Lookie here! A new chapter! I'm having fun writing this, and my brain is already throwing all sorts of ideas at me hehehehe

I can't wait ;D

Yet again, I do not own any of the songs in here! Though if you want to watch the tribute videos that Aria got the songs from, I'll list them at the end of the chapter, and any other time there's tribute videos referenced, so you can see them.

Anyway, thanks for the reviews, and Enjoy!


"Time waits for no one, so do you want to waste some time, oh, oh tonight? Don't be afraid of tomorrow, just take my hand, I'll make it feel so much better tonight…suddenly my eyes are open, everything comes into focus, oh. We are all illuminated, lights are shining on our faces, blinding."

Aria tapped out the beat of the first song on the CD—Illuminated, by Hurts. This was also one of her favorite Star Wars Tributes on Youtube. In fact, every song on the album had a tribute that went with it, and she could see the video clearly in her mind as she sang along with the song.

"Swim with these sorrows and try delusion for a while; it's such a beautiful lie. You've got to lose inhibition—romance your ego for a while; come on, give it a try. Suddenly my eyes are open; everything comes into focus, oh. We are all illuminated, lights are shining on our faces, blinding. We are all, we are all, blinded! We are all, we are all, blinded!"

Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme all watched her curiously. "This is a Star Wars soundtrack you created?" Anakin asked her.

She blushed, glancing at him. "Yes, it is."

"Do you think there's anything you could tell us about it?" Anakin asked.

"Anakin—" Obi-Wan started.

"No, it's fine Obi-Wan," Aria reassured him. "Ah, well…there're six episodes in the movie series. Three about you guys and three about a different generation. The first one was set…ten years ago for you guys. And the second one is probably where you were. Halfway through it I'd say," she added, glancing down at Anakin's still intact right arm he was currently resting his head against.

Anakin sat a little straighter. "Well if the first one has already happened, can we watch it, see these movies for ourselves?"

Aria hesitated. "Maybe."

"And what about the three not about us? Could we watch those too?" Anakin asked.

"No," Aria said immediately. "No, those talk about what happened to you quite a bit."

Anakin scowled. "Fine."

The song had switched. Now it was Hurricane by 30 Seconds to Mars feat. Kanye West. Aria smiled, turning the volume up a little. "Oh, I love this song. Heck, I love all of these, but still."

"How'd you pick these?" Anakin asked. Aria didn't miss the fact he had taken an interest to both songs so far and seemed to like them.

"They're almost all songs on tributes. I like the songs and the videos, so I decided to make a collection of the songs that I could listen to," Aria explained.

Anakin nodded. "I see."

The artist finally started singing and Aria found herself singing along softly again. This time the others listened, probably sensing the darker nature of the song.

"No matter how many times that you told me you wanted to leave; no matter how many breaths that you took, you still couldn't breathe. No matter how many nights that you lie wide awake to the sound of poison rain; where did you go? Tell me would you kill to save a life? Tell me would you kill to prove you're right? Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn; this hurricane's chasing us all underground..."

"They're a little dark, don't you think?" Obi-Wan asked seriously as the song came to a close.

Aria found herself blushing again. "Maybe. It's just the tribute songs, and they fit what happens really well."

"What happens?" Obi-Wan echoed. The way he said it almost sounded like a question.

"I need to shut up," Aria muttered as Savin' Me by Nickleback—her all-time favorite tribute video song—came on. "Listen, I'll show you the first movie if you really want to see it, and I'll even show you the Clone Wars movie perhaps, depending on how this conversation with Parker goes. Just…trust me when I say I don't want to show you the other ones for a reason."

Anakin gave a huff of frustration, gaining control of his temper before he gave her an obviously forced smile. "Well, I like the songs."

"I do too," Aria said easily. "Now…when we get there, I'm going to run inside and bring him out to the car. I can't keep you with me I'm afraid, and I can't send you back home, so if you don't mind you can hang around the local library until lunch. I can scrounge up a few sandwiches for you if you're there around 11:30. I'll show you where I'll be so you know where to go, and I'll point the library out as we go past so you know where you'll be staying until then. You'll have to stay there because I can't take you through school with me. There's no way you will blend in, and the only person remotely close to being able to blend in as a high school student is Anakin, and even then it's not going to work."

"It won't be a problem. It will give us a little longer to adjust," Obi-Wan told her, as diplomatic and calm as ever.

The song changed yet again, and Aria grinned as Fight Inside by Red came on, singing the first few lines to herself. "Enemy, familiar friend; my beginning and my end. Knowing truth, whispering lies…and it hurts again. What I fear, and what I try. The words I say and what I hide. All the pain, I want it too end. But I want it again. And it finds me; the fight inside is coursing through my veins. And its raging. The fight inside is breaking me again. Still the same, pursuing pain; isn't worth the lie I've gained. We both know how this will end; but I'd do it again…"

"Are we almost there?" Padme asked in the back. She sounded as if the songs—apparently picked to match their lives—were bothering her. Anakin seemed to be rather enjoying them, though that much Aria had expected. Most of them were based on him. Here and there were ones based on both him and Luke.

"Yeah, almost," Aria told her. She grew quiet as she thought of the videos of the songs they were listening to, and it finally hit her. All of those things; Anakin basically selling his soul to save Padme, the loss of Anakin's mother, the fight between Anakin and Obi-Wan, Anakin slaughtering everyone in the Jedi Temple and at the Separatist base on Mustafar, the Empire, Luke's loss of his hand to Anakin, Anakin killing Obi-Wan…

So many bad things…and all of them real.

But not yet, Aria's mind whispered to her. No, this is before Anakin's mother even dies; it's in the way he looks. There's not as much darkness in him as after that event. They're possibly even from before he kisses Padme—there's still time to save them from that fate. You can save them from all of those horrid things, you can change Anakin's future like in your fanfictions: like in your dreams.

"What are you thinking?" Anakin asked her.

"Hmm?" Aria asked. She'd been so lost in her thoughts that he'd caught her off guard.

Anakin studied her. "Your emotions are all over the place. What are you thinking about?"

Aria chuckled darkly. "Lots of things, really. You guys showing up here…it's really got me thinking about a lot of things."

Anakin gave her a funny look, but said nothing. Suddenly uncomfortable, Aria couldn't help but hope that he hadn't sensed anything that gave him a clue about what happened to him.


Anakin kept a close eye on Aria for the rest of the ride. The songs really had appealed to him; they really had seemed to speak to him on some deeper level. However, when Aria had started to think…he hadn't missed how somber and grievous she had become, almost like she was mourning something that had happened, or would happen. And Anakin couldn't help but feel that it had something to do with them. She knew about something bad that was going to happen to them, and she wouldn't tell them for whatever reason.

He sighed, casting his thoughts elsewhere as he nodded along to the song that was currently playing—All Alone, by a group called Kutless was what Aria had said. He figured he should probably be a little bothered that he was connecting to such dark songs, but at the moment, he didn't want to think about it. He had enough stuff to figure out what as it was.

"There's the library you guys will have to stay in," Aria suddenly said, drawing Anakin out of his thoughts. He looked at the single story stone building, decently large, but not that big compared to the buildings he had seen in his life. "It's heated, and there's plenty of books to look at while you're in there, so it should be a nice place to lie low until I can get out of school," Aria continued.

"And where would you're school be?" Obi-Wan asked, leaning forward from the back seat. Both Anakin and Obi-Wan had been keeping their senses attuned through the Force throughout the entire trip. Anakin could tell his Master was not comfortable around Aria right now, undoubtedly because of what could possibly be gleaned from her music preference.

"Right here, right down the street," Aria informed them, turning into a wide paved area filled with the same kind of vehicles. "You won't have to go far, don't worry."

Aria parked the vehicle, getting out. They all followed suit, though she quickly stopped them from following her. "Stay here, I'll be right out."

Anakin scowled, but did as she asked, leaning against the vehicle and watching her hurry inside the three story stone building. Was everything in this Galaxy made out of wood and stone?

"What do you think of her?" Obi-Wan asked Anakin as Anakin pulled at the fabric of the long-sleeved, long-necked shirt.

"She seems fine. I still don't sense any ill intent from her; I think she only wants the best for us," Anakin said thoughtfully.

"I don't know…something about her in the vehicle makes me feel uneasy…" Obi-Wan muttered.

"I don't think it's what was Aria that made you feel uneasy Master. I think it was those songs, and the thought that they were all meant to match our lives…even she felt uneasy with that thought; I could sense it from her."

Obi-Wan gave him a small smile. "Oh really my young Padawan? Your senses were that attuned, even more-so than mine?"

Anakin smirked. "Yes, they were."

Obi-Wan sighed. "Well, I'm still going to keep an eye on her."

"You do that Master," Anakin said. "I'll focus on how we're going to get back home."

Obi-Wan gave a sigh of exasperation, but said nothing more.


Aria rushed inside the school, weaving through the crowd of people gathered in the doorway, ignoring their complaints when she bumped into them. Once she was free of the initial group, she made her way across the gym to the corner that she and her friends would stay in until school actually started. She was lucky, because at the moment there was only Parker up in the corner.

She trotted up the bleachers, coming to a stop in front of him. "Hey Parker."

Parker looked up, ruffling his short crop of red hair as Aria approached, his blue eyes looking as anxious as ever. "It's about time you showed up Aria. I was beginning to think you never would."

Aria shrugged. "I got held up."

"Oh, I read another chapter of your story last night—" Parker started, but Aria cut him off.

"Listen, Parker, I don't have time to talk about that today. I need you to come with me to me car, I want to show you something."

Parker gave her a curious look, his freckled face scrunching up. "What for, can't you just bring it here and show me?"

Aria laughed. "Ha! No. Come on, I need to show you this." When he didn't get up immediately, she pulled his small form up. "Come on, we're running on a short schedule," Aria said.

"What's so kriffing important?" Parker asked. Aria did her best to ignore the stares she was getting as she dragged him outside. Dang, they were probably going to be gossiping like crazy that she and Parker did it in her car or something for the next year.

Just her luck.

Aria dragged Parker out the door. "Now, I know you're not going to believe me on this, but you have to keep an open mind, all right?"

"What did you bring a Jedi Interceptor to school?" Parker asked as he pulled his arm free from Aria's grip.

"Close," Aria mumbled. She could see the top of Anakin's hair now. They were almost there.

Parker glanced around. "Where did you park your car?"

"Right here," Aria said as she finally came to a stop. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme all straightened up when Aria arrived. "Parker…meet…well, I'm sure you know who they are, but I'm still going to introduce you…Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Padme Amidala. Guys…meet my nerd, Parker Evans."

Parker stared openly at the three, then back at Aria, then back at the three. "All right, how much are you guys being paid to do this? This has got to be the best attempt at a prank I've ever seen from you Aria."

"Parker, it's not a prank," Aria said calmly. Parker made a scoffing noise and Aria rolled her eyes. "I'm serious Parker. Ask them anything, they'll know the answer. In detail too I bet. These aren't actors; it really is Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme."

Parker studied each of them closely for a moment, causing them to shift uncomfortably. Suddenly, he started firing off questions. "Alright Anakin, how old were you when you started your Jedi Training?"

"Nine, of course," Anakin replied easily.

"Who's your father?"

Anakin winced, and Aria was tempted to slap Parker's arm and scold him for being insensitive. "I don't have one," Anakin responded smoothly.

Parker turned to Obi-Wan. "Who was your Master?"

"Qui-Gon," Obi-Wan replied shortly.

"When did you gain the rank of Padawan?"

"Fifteen, on my birthday."

"Why do you bicker with Anakin?"

Obi-Wan actually hesitated to answer for a moment. "What do you mean by bicker?" Obi-Wan asked slowly.

"He means argue Master, obviously," Anakin said with a roll of his eyes.

"Well Anakin he could mean something else entirely, you never know, we are in a different Galaxy."

"You just don't want to answer him, especially not in front of me."

"I didn't say anything like that Anakin, I simply asked a question of clarification."

"Master, everyone can tell your lying."

"You're looking too far into it my very young apprentice; you've started to overshoot the real meaning because of how badly you want to find a hidden meaning. I simply asked a question, nothing more, nothing less."

"Alright, alright, that's enough, I have my answer," Parker said in annoyance before turning to Padme. "Who's your bodyguard?"

"Right now my Jedi Protector is Anakin, though before him, normally, it's Captain Venture."

"Why are you a Senator?"

"I was the last survivor of the Royal Family."

"Who did you meet that saved you from the ICB?"

"Master Kenobi and Master Qui-Gon."

Parker looked genuinely impressed, turning to Aria. "Wow, you got really good actors."

Aria knocked him lightly on the head with a scowl. "They're not actors!" she replied hotly. "They're the real deal!"

Parker scowled. "Hey, hey! Wanna try that again?" he taunted. "I do know karate!"

Aria matched his scowl. "And I know knock-you-on-your-rear. I am not kidding Parker! They really are Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme! What do I have to do to convince you of that so we can get some help from you?"

The fiery look in her eyes must have convinced him otherwise, because he sobered, staring at the two. "Well, what help do you need? Let me guess; you want to send them back to their own Galaxy, world, wherever they came from?"

"Yes!" Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme all exclaimed.

"Please," Aria added. "In layman's terms so I can keep up by the way."

"Woah, woah, woah; aren't you going to ask how I knew that?" Parker asked with a smirk.

Aria shrugged. "I figured it was kind of obvious."

Suddenly, Parker launched into a complicated explanation Aria was not truly awake enough to hear.

"Alternate dimensions exist through inanimate objects. We control them unintentionally. That means toys, movies, books, stories, games, are all real life worlds. For example, the dungeon and dragons game is real. Sadly though, that means that I am a female catfolk in some dimension, but it also means that we are on an adventure. I think if we can find what brought them to our world we can use it as a portal to return them. Sadly, we don't have a clue or a T.A.R.D.I.S. to send them back, but we do have them. They can tell us how they got here. If that doesn't work, maybe we can keep watch and see if more characters come through the portal. Now if I am not mistake, we can communicate with them. Luckily they speak human English."

Aria blushed, burying her face in her hands and trying her hardest to ignore the 'seriously' looks she was getting from the three. Maybe she would have been better not asking Parker anything at this rate, because now he was only serving to embarrass her as he dug around in his bag, pulling out four composition notebooks.

"Now, I have prepared a journal for extra-terrestrials coming to Earth," he continued, handing each of them a journal. Aria was sure she was going to die of embarrassment at this rate. "All of you must lay low and as rule 32 states, killing a human is illegal here. If you have a problem using the journal, there are 753 rules to follow."

Aria massaged her temples lightly, suddenly regretting coming to him in the first place. "Oh my gosh you actually have a book of rules on hand? Oh my Force I think I have a headache..." she groaned. With a sigh, she ran her fingers through her hair, shoving her free hand deep into her pocket. "I need to know if you have any suggestions on what I can tell and show them by the way, because they already want to see the movies."

"NO! No, no, no, no, no! If you do that you will change their fate! Like, a lot!" Parker practically shouted. Aria wasn't fazed.

"But what if I've already said one or two things? And what if..." Aria lowered her voice so that the others wouldn't hear, taking a step closer to Parker as she mumbled out the next part. "What if I want to change something? I mean, it's not like any of their fates are good as they are."

"Then you will kill us all!" Parker argued at a regular tone of voice. "They can't know! If you tell them something it will kill them!"

I already see a hole in your theory Parker, cause Obi-Wan is still alive, Aria thought sarcastically in her mind. She folded her arms over her chest, staring him down. "Seriously? You can't possibly believe that: we're all still here, aren't we?"

"How do you know if you haven't already done it and we're just repeating forever?" Parker argued.

Aria stared at him for a few moments. ""I really am friends with a psycho, aren't I? Don't answer that! Just...yeah...thanks...I guess..." Parker looked like he was about to say more, but Aria refused to be embarrassed any further. "All right, schools about to start, get inside, I have to point them in the direction of the library so they have somewhere to go until I'm out of school. I'll see you later."

"But—" Parker started, but Aria cut him off.

"Seriously Parker, you've got, like, two minutes. Get in there," Aria said sharply. Parker scowled, shoving his hands in his pockets and begrudgingly leaving as she shooed him away. When she was gone, she turned back to the other three, ready to crawl under her car and die from embarrassment. "He's a little…yeah…I apologize for him. I didn't expect half of that from him…I figured he would be able to give us something to start with," Aria said sheepishly.

Anakin was, as she expected, giving her a 'Seriously? Was that guy for real?' look. "Most of what that kid said—"

"Sounded crazy, I know. I truly believe he is some days. But he's the one who watches and reads all the stuff about alternate dimensions and traveling through time and through the universe and all that stuff. By the way, you don't have to use those journals; I highly doubt anything in there is really useful or not common sense. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if 'Don't breathe' was in there somewhere."

"Thank the Force," Anakin mumbled, leaning over and tossing the journal in his hand into the car. "There was no way I was going to abide by 753 rules."

Aria could hear the bell ringing inside and she cursed in a mix of Huttese and regular English. "Gah…crud. I showed you where the library was, right?"

"Yes, we remember," Obi-Wan reassured her. "Where to you want us to meet you at 11:30?"

"I'll show you on your way out, come on," Aria said, starting to make her way around the school. "There should be plenty of books in the library to keep you busy, there's a teen hangout in the way back that has couches and beanbag chairs and anything you need to stay comfortable. When the librarian asks just say you need to kill a few hours and you decided to hang out in the library for a while until a friend of yours gets off work."

"All right," Obi-Wan said with a nod.

Ari turned the corner and gestured towards the picnic table in the way back under a small picnic shelter by a tree. It was shrouded in shade and out of the way, the perfect place for the three to come back, not counting the cold. "That's where I'll meet you for lunch. I should have something for you to eat."

Obi-Wan nodded again. "Thank you for your hospitality," he said with a smile. Aria shrugged.

"It's nothing really," Aria said with a blush. Anakin Skywalker had showed up in her room, there was no way she wasn't going to help them. "I have to go now, or I'm going to be late."

"We will meet you at eleven thirty," Obi-Wan reassured her. Anakin nodded.

"We'll see you then," Anakin said.

"See you then," Aria said, blushing rather profoundly when she met Anakin's eyes before she gave Padme a wave and turned to rush inside, pressed for time to make it to the top floor and retrieve her stuff from her locker before the second bell.


Tribute Videos (YouTube):

Illuminated by Hurts-"I was blinded" by 1jonde1

Fight Inside by Red-Anakin Skywalker's "Fight Inside" by Damsel in Damnation

Hurricane by 30 Seconds to Mars feat. Kanye West-Anakin/Vader-Hurricane by 1jonde1

Savin' Me by Nickleback-Save Me (Anakin and Luke) by WormieHerMajesty

All Alone by Kutless-All Alone by 1jonde1