Welp, here's the next chapter!

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Luke didn't know what to think. He was frozen.

'Wait, you don't recognize me?' The Jedi had asked him. Luke had been confused. Was he supposed to know this Jedi? If so, where from? And then the Jedi went on

to introduce himself.

'They call me the Hero with No Fear,'

That title was one Luke recognized. A title a very famous Jedi had had during the Clone Wars. And that smirk was one he knew all too well. It was the same trademark

smirk Lariss would give Luke and everyone else she crossed paths with. Lariss...Now that Luke thought about it, this Jedi was really familiar. Too familiar. There was

also a strong resemblance between him, Lariss, and the Jedi. The hair, the eyes...the facial structure...

'Dear Force!' Had been Luke's first thought.

'I'm Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight.'

And that was when Luke wished he could just disappear. His mind had gone blank, and for a moment, Luke was calm. Completely devoid of any emotion.

Then everything exploded.

'WHAT!?' He was frantic for a moment. This man, this Jedi, was his Father?! He merely stared at the Jedi, not completely seeing him as he was still too engulfed with

his thoughts. 'I don't believe it.' But there was no denying it. Luke could feel the Force whispering to him that it was him. Anakin Skywalker, before he became Vader.

Luke didn't know what to feel. Sure, he had been excited once he accepted the fact that he was stuck in the past. It meant he would see Obi-Wan again, which he

had immediately wanted to do, and he would be able to find out who his Father was before he turned. He had thought through it before. What he would do if he

should ever meet his father, that is. But now that he was here, standing in front of his Father, everything just left the poor, stunned, kid.

"-Uke?...Hey!...Luke?"

Luke blinked himself back to reality to find Anakin looking down at him, a concerned expression adorning his features. It was then he realized that after his Father

had introduced himself, Luke had been staring at him without saying a word.

"Are you alright?" Anakin found himself asking again. Luke said nothing for a moment, but that was because he was still somewhat in shock. This was not the reaction

Anakin had been expecting.

"Y-Yeah." Luke shakily replied, flashing the Jedi a forced and nervous grin. Anakin frowned. Had he done something to offend the child? Luke caught the look and was

quick to reassure him. "Sorry, I'm just...surprised, I guess. I mean, I've heard a lot about you...You're pretty famous." Luke laughed nervously, rubbing the back of

his neck. "I don't know how I didn't recognize you."

Anakin could sense there was more behind than that, and he felt a little suspicious. He had seen the many emotions that flew through the boy's blue orbs when he

had said he was Anakin Skywalker. At first, there was nothing. Then there was shock, disbelief, then grief. But the boy was shielding himself quite well, seeing as he

could just barely sense this. Though Luke appeared calm on the outside, Anakin knew he was a wreck on this inside. How he knew, he didn't know.

'That cursed connection again!'

Anakin muttered silently. Luke started and looked up at him.

"Sorry, did you say something?" He asked, and Anakin was taken aback, though he did his best not to show it. Checking his shields, Anakin found that they were up.

Then how had Luke hear his thought?

'Oh no...' It was then Anakin felt it. The boy's emotions were clear in his mind. He could also sense the boy's thoughts, though he couldn't hear or make any sense of

them. Startled by this revelation, Anakin mentally put a reminder to speak with Obi-Wan about this unexpected turn of events. The sooner, the better.

"No." Anakin quickly replied to the boy's question. "Just making sure you were okay. You froze up there for a moment." He said as an explanation. Luke blushed

again in embarrassment.

"Sorry."

"No problem." Anakin dismissed the apology.

An awkward silence reigned for a moment before Luke shifted in the direction of the showers.

"Well, I'd better hurry. Class starts soon. Thanks again for showing me where to go!" Luke quickly spoke, and Anakin narrowed his eyes on the boy.

'He knows something...Or he's hiding something...And it has something to do with me, doesn't it?'

"Sure thing. Still up for that tour later?" Anakin asked. Luke excitedly nodded. A tour, with his very own Father! This was an opportunity to get to know his father. One

Luke wouldn't pass up.

"Yeah! I mean," Luke lowered his head. mentally berating himself again. "Sorry. I'm not used to...formalities."

"Pft, who cares about formalities?" Anakin said with a dismissive wave of his hand. "I most certainly don't! Besides, you're new here. No one can expect you to catch

on immediately."

Relieved, Luke gave him another smile before bidding goodbye and rushing into the shower rooms. Anakin remained there for a moment, looking where Luke had just

gone. There was something about that boy...

Shaking his head, Anakin turned and made his way to the Council Chamber. He needed to talk with Master Yoda about something...

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Luke leaned against the door, dropping his head back against it. He couldn't believe it! He had just met his Father! Though it wasn't exactly how he had imagined

meeting his Father...He had still met him. His heart was thumping against his chest, a tale-tell sign of his nervousness and stunned disbelief of having finally met

Anakin Skywalker. Luke had longed for years to know who his Father was...Always believing that one day, his Father would come back for him. That was before he

found out the truth from Vader. At first, Luke had been angry at Obi-Wan for keeping the truth from him, but at the same time, he understood and never held it

against the man. It was a struggle, fighting in the Rebellion. Fighting against his own Father. It hadn't taken him long to accept that Vader was his Father. Luke had

loved him. He had fought to save his Father, to help him return back to the Light. Vader had resisted, but Luke knew Anakin Skywalker had been there. The Jedi had

only locked himself away. But Luke's efforts to save his Father were futile. He had been unable to rescue him in the end. No, he had allowed himself to be subdued

by the Emperor, and then watched as Vader, now Anakin Skywalker, had lifted the Emperor and thrown him over the railings to save his son. For a moment, hope had

blossomed in Luke. He had crawled over to his Father, but when he heard the respirator wheezing, Luke knew it was too late.

Tears blurred Luke's vision, but the boy didn't wipe them away.

He had tried to get them off of the Death Star, but Vader had told him that he would never make it. Luke was in denial, not wanting to believe his own Father was

now dying before him. But in his mind, he knew it to be true. His heart just refused to accept it. Luke had taken off Vader's mask and after his father's last words,

watched as the life faded from him, his Force Signature diminishing as he became one with the Force.

It had been painful. Almost too painful. Luke had felt as though someone had ripped out a piece of him as his Father died in his arms. His whole being screamed in

anguish and pain as he felt his father's death in the Force. Lariss, who had been with them, was inconsolable. Luke had never seen her so...distraught. She blamed

herself. Blamed herself for everything. For not even trying to save her Father, for giving up too easily, and accepting that Anakin Skywalker would never return. She

had failed, or so she believed. No matter what Luke told her, Lariss would never listen.

She cast away the Force, even going as far as to cut herself from it. It was still there, but it was locked away inside Lariss. For days, Lariss remained by the pyre

Luke had built for their Father, motionless and unseeing.

Then, one day, she returned and declared that she would take it upon herself to train Luke. With the help of Ben and Lariss, Luke progressed rapidly. He soon became

a powerful Jedi, almost completely one with the Unifying Force. Lariss continued to work with him on his saber skills and Ben helped him learn the ways of the Force.

After some time had passed, Luke found himself on his own. Lariss had been rushing about the Galaxy, researching the disturbance she and Luke had been feeling

and Ben never returned to train Luke. It had worried him, but Luke knew Ben had to have had a good reason for doing so. Then Lariss returned, the Temple was

attacked, they pinned down the disturbance, and here he was.

Stuck almost two and a half decades in the past in his fourteen year old body. He knew he was supposed to keep the imbalance from happening, but how was Luke

supposed to do that if he didn't even know what the imbalance was? And where was Lariss? Had she traveled back with him?

A sudden, fearful, thought came into his mind and Luke's eyes widened in horror. Now that he was in the past, history was being rewritten! The future would cease to

exist, if it hadn't already!

Did that mean...

Was Lariss gone? Leia and Han? What of Jaina and Jacen?

Luke slid down until he plopped down against the ground. Was that why Lariss was taken away? Had the void swallowed up his link to the future in order to pull

him into the past..?

'Lariss...Han...Everyone...' Luke dropped his head against his knees, suddenly feeling weak. 'Leia...' He stayed there, knees pulled up to his chest, arms wrapped

around them as he wallowed in his sorrow and fear. Were they...

A tingling sensation stirred in the back of Luke's mind and Luke's head shot up in surprise. Was that...

Could it be..?

He waited with baited breath as the niggling sensation grew stronger until finally...There it was.

It was a mere, faint, whisper... But it was there.

'...Luke?'

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Short, I know, but more is on the way!