Buffy 'Elisa' Kenobi- 46

Obi-Wan Kenobi- 60

Willow Amidala Kenobi- 20

Obi-Wan Alexander 'Alex' Kenobi- 17

Giles Jinn 'GJ' Kenobi- 3

Han Solo- 30

Anakin Skywalker- 44

Padme Skywalker - 50

Luke Skywalker- 20 ½

Leia Skywalker- 20 ½

Buffy Skywalker- 16 ½

Chapter Two -o- New Beginnings

Han sat at the table, a drink in his hand. He was staring, he knew he was staring and yet, he couldn't pull his eyes away. He was watching as she danced gracefully across the dance floor with her brother. He took a long drink then set the cup down on the table, a little harder than necessary.

"Arr raaharr arrh?" Chewie asked and Han looked away and towards Chewie.

"Because she's almost ten years younger than me," Han said, shaking his head as he leaned back against the chair, his eyes drifting back to her.

"Arr rawwra graa?" Chewie asked, looking across the room where most of the 'adults' sat. Of course he did have a point, none of them was the same age; Elisa had even pointed out once how much older Obi-Wan was than her.

"It's different," he finally said, shaking his head as he looked down at his drink. He sighed then finished the drink off. It was different. None of them had watched the younger person grow up, go from a small girl in braids and ribbons to the beautiful young woman he was staring at.

"Arr?" Chewie asked again and now Han shook his head.

"It just is," he told him, looking away from Leia and her brother.

-o-

"Is he still staring?" Leia asked, smiling up at Luke as they danced to their favorite song.

"No," Luke said, shaking his head. He smirked and looked down at her. "Why do you care anyway?" he asked and she blushed and looked down at her feet.

"I don't," she said after a moment, looking back up at him. Luke smiled and nodded his head, though he didn't believe her for a second.

"Oh, he's staring again," Luke said and her face brightened.

"Really?" she asked, forcing herself not to look.

"No," Luke said, smirking and she glared at him, pulled back her arm and whacked him in the shoulder. "Ow," Luke said, rubbing his arm and she laughed, but it stopped abruptly and she hung her head again.

"I don't know why I care," Leia finally told him in a low voice after a while. "I wish I didn't," she whispered, sighing as she shook her head. She was sure, as a young teen, that the crush would dissipate and disappear as she got older, but it seemed to be doing exactly the opposite. And now she was beginning to wonder if he was ever going to really see her, as more than Willow's friend or the girl who saved his life once.

-o-

"So, you ready to be a grandfather Anakin?" Buffy asked, smirking across the table at him.

"Excuse me?" he asked, his head jerking up and his eyes wide as he looked from Buffy to Mara dancing out on the floor with Alex.

"Not yet," Buffy laughed, shaking her head and his face relaxed. "I'm just saying, I don't think it'll be long."

"They're too young for that." Anakin looked over to Padme, who had a huge dreamy smile on her face. "Aren't they?"

"Well," Obi-Wan said and Buffy smiled at the tone in his voice. "Would you look at that?" he said and all eyes turned to follow his.

"Told you we'd win the pool," Buffy told him, smiling as they all watched as Han was, most forcefully, pushed out of his seat by Chewie and shoved towards the dance floor.

-o-

"Excuse me." Leia's eyes widened when someone tapped lightly on her shoulder. Luke's face broke out into a huge smile as she turned. "May I cut in?" Han asked and Leia swallowed once and nodded her head, trying to relax her face. Neither Han nor Leia really noticed as Luke walked away, rolling his eyes.

"You look..." He cleared his throat and smiled. "You look really nice."

"Thank you," Leia said, smiling at him. "It was a really pretty ceremony," she said and Han nodded his head as he looked around the huge ballroom.

"Yeah," he agreed as his eyes fell back on her face. They danced in silence for a long moment then Han smiled softly at her.

"Leia," he said and they both stopped in the middle of the dance floor. It was amazing, she thought staring up into his eyes, how everyone else disappeared. How there was a new depth to his eyes she'd never seen there before.

"Yes?" she asked and her whole body began to shake a little.

"Can I-"

"All right girls!" Willow cut Han off, shouting into the com-mic hooked up to the music system. "Time for the bride to throw the flowers!" Leia looked towards the voice, a knee-jerk reaction. By the time she looked back up at Han the soft sweet face, and deep eyes were gone, replaced by the stupid boyish grin he wore all the time. The moment was gone. Leia looked up at Willow as Han released her.

"I'll catch you later Princess," Han said with a wink as he walked away and Leia frowned as she watched him. He hadn't called her that in a very long time and she wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

"So, how'd that go?" Luke asked as all the girls around them formed a group behind Mara.

"I'm going to kill Willow," Leia said and Luke laughed, nodding his head.

"That's what I thought." He smiled and pushed her towards the group of girls. "Better get in there, you're going to need all the luck you can get."

"Shut up," Leia said, but she walked over to the group anyway.

"Ready girls?" Mara asked, looking over her shoulder at them. A call of 'yes' went up all around them and Luke smirked from the sidelines as Mara turned back around, her back facing the girls. She threw the flowers over her head and they flew back, and then hovered there. Then they did a few circles just above the girls, all of them trying to jump up and grab them.

"You're lucky Master Yoda is out talking with your mother," Anakin said, putting his hand on Luke's shoulder. Luke smirked up at his father then let the flowers drop, right into Leia's arms.

"Right, lucky," Luke said, nodding his head and smiling impishly at Leia, who was now glaring at him too. "She wouldn't kill me on my wedding day, right?" Luke asked, looking up at Anakin.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Anakin told him and smiled at Leia. "She did inherit your mother's temper." He told him smirking; they both knew Padme had a very even temper.

"Right, from mom" Luke agreed with a little sarcasm. "See ya," he said, turning and hurrying over to Mara, for protection, not that he'd ever say it. Anakin chuckled and watched as Leia looked down at the flowers in her hand. He looked to her left, where a tall dark haired man stood, trying not to look like he was watching her. Everyone thought he was totally oblivious to his daughter's feelings. Like he himself wouldn't know exactly what she was going through. It was hard to love someone you thought unattainable.

"What are you doing?" Padme asked, kissing him on the cheek.

"Nothing," Anakin said, smiling when Leia looked up and caught his eyes. He smiled and she smiled back before shaking her head and looking back down at the flowers then rolling her eyes at him. "Just thinking."

"Well stop thinking and ask me to dance," Padme said and Anakin laughed then twirled her out onto the dance floor.

-o-o-

At first he was confused and he looked around the unfamiliar terrain. It was cold and the air held the scent of death all around him. He could see that he was standing on the edge of a cliff, on the other side of which he could see four people fighting, lightsabers flashing. But he could make out no one's identity from the other side of the cliff. Something told him it was very important he knew who they were. He blinked and suddenly was standing mere feet away from the group. He could now make out everyone's faces and he was not happy by what he saw.

Alex was face to face with none other than Juno, her red lightsaber clashing over and over with his beautifully crafted green one. Alex, still only five years into his training, was no match for Juno; she was winning. He looked around at the other two fighters and grimaced. Elisa and Sors Bandeam, Alex's Master, were fighting, but Sors was winning, not because he was better, because he was not, but because Elisa could not stop looking over at Alex, losing his own battle. He wanted to scream at her 'Pay Attention! You can't help him if you're dead!' But he got the feeling she wouldn't be able to hear him.

Then, two things happened very fast and at the same moment. Juno, tired of her game with Alex, force pushed him back, into a tree a few feet away from the group, and Elisa, obviously not as oblivious as he had thought, ran Sors through with her lightsaber, killing him.

'That was very stupid of you,' Juno sneered at Elisa, shaking her head. 'Now I have to kill you myself.'

"Yes well, if you want it done right and all that," Elisa said, smirking at her, her eyes flashing quickly to Alex. But it was just enough time, Juno threw her arm out towards Elisa, and force pushed her right over the edge of the cliff.

"No!" Alex cried, flying up and at Juno so fast Luke almost missed it. He came at her with an unheard of force as he slashed at her, moving faster than even Obi-Wan at his best. When Juno's lightsaber went flying Luke was beyond shocked. The anger on Alex's face made him almost unrecognizable.

"Yes," Juno said, nodding her head, a vicious look in her eyes as she smiled widely up at Alex. Alex stood, a foot taller than her, with his lightsaber raised above her, ready, it looked like, to take her head. "She was so weak, so worthless. Do it, take my life, take my life and take on the journey that has been laid out before you." He stood for a very long moment, all that hate and anger burning on his face. After another moment it all seemed to boil over as he took a deep breath, and swung down.

"No!" Luke cried as he shot up in bed, drenched in a cold sweat. He took a deep shuttered breath and looked around the dark room. He jumped a little when a hand landed on his shoulder.

"Mara," he breathed, still not quite used to sharing a bed, but then it had only been a few days.

"Luke, what is it, what happened?" she asked, her voice full of worry. He took a few deep breaths and pulled the covers back.

"I need to talk to Alex," Luke said, pulling on his pants. He knew it had not been his dream; not that he had ever shared a dream before, but he had been inside Alex's mind before; he knew what it looked like.

-o-

Luke sat in his speeder on his way to Alex and let his mind wander. And it wandered to just a few short years ago, almost a year after Alex had been taken on as a Padawan. They had been together in one of those rare days off they got. Sitting in Alex's room at home, talking about nothing really important, at first.

-o-

"What do you think it's like?" Alex asked, looking up at Luke from the floor after a long comfortable silence. Luke, who was sprawled across Alex's bed shifted and looked down at him.

"What what's like?" Luke asked, wondering when the girls were going to show up and ruin their boy time.

"The dark side," Alex said quietly and Luke sat up on the bed and looked down at him. There was a concerned look on Alex's face as he quickly looked down at his hands.

"Why?" Luke asked, not sure what else he should say. He had no idea what it felt like, didn't want to know.

"Just...it seems that it must be different, you know?" Alex said and his voice had gone down to a hushed whisper. "Like..." And Luke just stared at Alex, who then shook his head. "Never mind, it's stupid. Who cares right?" He smiled at Luke and then the girls came crashing through Alex's door, laughing, and Luke let his worry go as they descended upon the boys to get them to go 'spar' with them.

-o-

Luke hadn't really thought much of it at the time. Everyone wondered...once in a while, right? He sighed when he pulled up to the Temple and looked up at the tall beautiful building and wished he had any idea what he was going to say to Alex.

-o-o-

Alex poured the tea into his cup and sighed as he looked out the window into the darkness outside. He blinked and sighed then turned around and walked over to the door, unlocking it before Luke could knock.

"Do you know what time it is?" he asked, looking Luke over. "What are you doing here?"

"Alex," Luke said and suddenly Alex was worried, that tone meant very bad things.

"What?" he demanded now, his eyes going wide. "What is it? Mom, Willow? GJ? What?"

"How long have you been having that dream?" Luke asked and Alex took a step back as his eyes went wider.

"What...what dream?" he asked though he knew it was no use. How was it that Luke knew, how could they have such a strong bond as that?

"Alex?" The tone was the same and Alex sighed again.

"A few weeks now," Alex finally said, glaring at the floor.

"And it didn't occurto you to tell someone?" Luke asked, glaring at him, his eyes angry and a little hurt. "Not even me?"

"You all think I'm being irrational," Alex said, shaking his head. "Because I happen to have something against the kid who tried to kill my sister and-"

"I'm sorry, are you really defending this?!" Luke demanded, glaring at Alex. Alex glared right back at him and crossed his arms across his chest. "Were you even listening to my dad's stories over the years?" he asked, his voice softer again as he sighed.

"This is different," Alex said and Luke nodded his head.

"Oh, is it?" he asked sarcastically. "How?"

"Someone was sending your father those dreams and-"

"Yours are totally real?" Luke interrupted him again. "Were you even paying attention to the dreams? Did you see just who your mum was fighting?" At that Alex lowered his head and his arms fell loosely to his sides.

"Yes," he said, looking over his shoulder to his Master's room. "And I still don't understand why."

"You should have come to us...to me," Luke said and his voice was concerned now, though there was a hint of the hurt he felt that Alex hadn't come to him with this.

"I know," Alex said, nodding his head. "It's just...everything has been so...hard lately." He looked up and met Luke's eyes again. "Mom still doesn't like Master Bandeam. And Willow isn't speaking to me."

"What?" Luke asked, that was news to him. Of course he had just returned from his honeymoon with Mara, but, shouldn't someone have told him?

"We...had a fight," Alex admitted and Luke could hear the shame in his voice.

"About?" Luke asked, though he already knew the answer.

"Martyne," Alex said and Luke nodded his head.

"What happened?" Luke asked and Alex sighed. This really wasn't a story he wanted to tell right now, or ever.

"It happened at the wedding," Alex finally said, shaking his head as he fell back onto the couch.

-o-

Alex laughed as he watched Leia chase Luke out of the main hall, both laughing the whole time. He looked around the room as everyone danced and laughed. Everyone looked so happy and yet he couldn't shake the dark cloud hanging over his head. After a while he found his sister in the crowd and grimaced when he saw who she was dancing with. Then he sighed and shook his head. He didn't really know why he couldn't stand Martyne; the kid had pulled himself out of a very dark place. Everyone else seemed to like him. He watched as Martyne leaned in towards Willow and whispered something in her ear. Willow's face lit up and she smirked as she nodded her head. She dropped her arms and took his hand, then pulled him from the dance floor and disappeared.

Alex was moving forward before he realized he was moving. He stopped himself at the corner that Willow and Martyne had rounded moments before. He was fairly certain he didn't want to see or hear what was going on wherever they went. He leaned against the wall and took a deep breath and just stood there for a long while. He did not want to round the corner, he did not want to go down that hall, he did not want to. And yet he found himself rounding the corner and walking down the hall.

At first the sound was very faint, he almost couldn't hear it. When he realized just what the sound was he found himself speeding up. He rounded a corner and stopped frozen in his tracks. Willow and Martyne were fighting, not shouting, but all out fighting, lightsabers clashing together over and over again. Willow was not doing well, and it looked as though Martyne was going to overtake her. Martyne's right foot caught behind Willow's leg and brought her down onto her butt, with him towering over her. Alex didn't realize he'd moved from the doorway until he was standing in front of his sister, his lightsaber out and pointed at Martyne. He could hear Willow scrambling up behind him as he glared at Martyne.

"Don't move," Alex said, his voice harsh.

"You are such an idiot." Alex's face dropped as he turned to look at his sister. "What did you think Alex? That we were having a fight to the death, in the middle of Luke's wedding?" she asked, her voice full of sarcasm, her hand on her hip making her look so much like their mother.

"But-"

"But nothing," Willow said, shaking her head. "I'm so sick of this attitude. He's done nothing-"

"But try to kill you!" Alex said and Willow actually smiled.

"Wow," she said, shaking her head as Martyne moved around Alex to stand at Willow's side. "That is a little old and over used Alex. We've all moved on. Why don't you? Grow up!" she told him as she took Martyne's hand and lead him out of the room.

-o-

"And?" Luke asked, staring at his best friend, trying to figure out why he carried such a hate for this other boy.

"And nothing, she hasn't spoken to me since," Alex told him sulkily.

"I don't suppose it occurred to you to apologize?" Luke asked, mostly rhetorically. "Of course not," he said, shaking his head at Alex's look. "She's right, you know."

"I know," Alex said quietly.

"Then why-"

"I have to figure out where all this anger is coming from before I can do anything about it." Alex shook his head and sighed. "So for now I'm staying clear of both of them."

"That must make family dinner a blast," Luke said and Alex winced.

"I haven't been," Alex whispered and Luke winced.

"Oh, Elisa is so going to come after you," Luke told him and Alex nodded his head.

"I know," Alex agreed. They sat in silence for a long while, both their minds on much the same matter. Luke didn't really know how else to help but to be there for him. He put his hand on his shoulder and Alex looked up at him.

"You should talk to Master Yoda about this dream," Luke told him and Alex nodded his head.

"Tomorrow," Alex told him and Luke nodded once.

"I've...I've got to go," Luke said, standing to look down at Alex. "I have the trials in the morning."

"Right," Alex said, standing too.

"Com me ok? If you need anything," Luke told him and Alex nodded his head.

"Good luck tomorrow," Alex said, smiling a little.

"Thanks."

-o-o-o-o-o-

"You ready for this?" Buffy asked, looking up at Luke. He tugged at his tunic and sighed and she was suddenly in another time, watching a much younger Luke tug on the hem of his tunic. He was shorter back then, with a just barely there braid hanging behind his ear. She'd just been named his Master and he was standing in the middle of the room, smiling proudly at her.

"Yes," he said finally after a moment, pulling her from her memories. "No," he said, shaking his head. "I think I'm going to be sick," he told her, looking down at her and she smiled at him and shook her head.

"You're not going to be sick. You'll do fine," she told him, giggling a little. He glared and she smirked. "Just don't- " She stopped when the big double doors behind them swung open.

"They're a little early," Luke said and she smiled.

"Well, they can do that you know," she told him then she frowned when a small Padawan stuck his head out.

"They need to see you inside," he told them, stepping out of the room and moving to the side so they could enter. Luke looked at her and she shrugged and walked through the doors. Everyone was there, including Obi-Wan. She gave him a questioning look but he just closed his eyes for a brief moment and then opened them and shook his head, just a fraction of an inch, but she knew it was not good news.

"Gathered new intelligence has been," Yoda said and Buffy pulled her eyes away from Obi-Wan. "Found Juno we have." Buffy's eyes went wide as she looked around the room.

"We have decided to send the two of you to bring her back," Master Windu told her and she shook her head. Luke stepped forward and Buffy couldn't help but smile.

"What about-"

"Wait your trials will," Yoda said, looking Luke in the eyes. He nodded his head once and Buffy had to hold back the small giggle at the irritation coming off of him, just like his father in so many ways.

"Yes, of course," he finally agreed, stepping back beside her.

"When do we leave?" Buffy asked, looking around, her eyes lingering on Obi-Wan for a moment before she met Yoda's eyes.

"As soon as your ship is ready," Windu said and Buffy nodded her head, putting her hand on Luke's shoulder. "We'll go get ready," she said and tugged Luke back till he was moving from the room on his own.

"Not expecting that huh?" Buffy asked and he shook his head and sighed.

"I was just so..."

"Excited?" Buffy asked and Luke laughed a little, nodding his head. "Well, like Master Yoda said 'wait your trials will'," Buffy said in a some what accurate imitation of Yoda.

"Yeah," Luke said, laughing. "They will."

A/N- I know it's been ages and I'm really sorry. I hope to work on this more over the next few months but I just got married and I'm getting ready for my husband to be deployed to Afghanistan next month. Sorry it's been so very, very long. But don't give up on me. Once I'm settled I'll be right back into it. Promise! :-)