OH MY GOSH I AM ALIVE! I have been gone soooo long because since 1 Thursday, I have had no WiFi.

I thought I was going to die.

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Obi-Wan, who had been sound asleep, suddenly startled awake. The memories that newly rushed through his mind seemed more like a bad dream; a nightmare full of pain and suffering…

I have seen a security video of him…killing younglings…

Let her go Anakin!

WELL THEN YOU ARE LOST!

You were my brother Anakin…I loved you!

I haven't heard that name in years…

Your father's lightsaber.

We wish to avoid any Imperial entanglements.

Use the Force Luke!

If you choose to face Vader, you do it alone!

Obi-Wan heaved a great sigh, burying his face in his hands as his brain muddled to process everything that was happening. He had known that the merge was coming: he had felt the gradual change while in the Force in his original lifetime. It was still strange, though, to have died, yet be alive at the same time.

This state of mind was going to take some getting used to.

Leia and Han had fallen asleep together on the couch, and were currently trying to calm each other down.

"I wasn't ready for this yet!" Han fumed.

Leia put both hands on her hips. "Well we didn't exactly have a timer counting down the time we had left till the times merged now did we Han?"

"Why am I always getting caught up in the middle of all this Force business?" Han asked grumpily.

"The Force has to do with everything Han, I'm sorry but everything happens because of the Force." Leia shook her head before pinching the bridge of her nose. "Even being forewarned couldn't have prepared me for this…I've lived an entire other life."

"Don't worry Princess, I'm sure the confusion is only temporary," Han said gently.

Leia paled suddenly as the thought of her father and brother came to mind. "Force! I'd almost forgotten about Luke! And f-father is just out of the medical wing on bed rest in his room…I wonder if he's merged now too."

Han grimaced a little. "We should probably go find out if he has, and then we can try and see if we can find the kid. He did say that he got separated from his other self: and right now we're the only two who know about it."

Leia nodded. "Come on, we need to go see my parents."

Galen and Juno had been stealing a stroll through the Temple gardens when the merge happened. Galen had buckled, falling to his knees as the memories flooded through him, the harsh reality of his other life hitting him full force.

He'd died. His Master, Vader, had betrayed him, and to save his friends—to save Juno—Galen had given his life up. He'd kissed Juno right before he'd left, not wanting to have any regrets if he didn't come back…

"…Galen!"

Galen startled back to himself. Juno had her arms flung around him, clutching him close as if afraid that he would slip through her fingers.

"Is this…this what you meant about...the times merging? You…you died and I…"

Galen reassuringly rubbed her hand, trying to sooth her. "I know Juno, I know…it really happened but…I'm here now. This is our reality. I'm alive, right here, right now."

Juno took a shaky breath, composing herself. "That's right…you are…and I will never let you go on a space station without me ever again. You got that Galen Marek? Do you hear me loud and clear?"

Galen smiled weakly at the firey determination in Juno's eyes. "Yes, I hear you Captain Eclipse."

Juno sighed in relief, pressing a kiss to his lips. "Good. I'm happy we understand each other."

It took a lot to startle Grandmaster Yoda.

However, two timelines suddenly merging into one was one of the few things that could startle the roughly nine hundred year old Jedi Master considering he hadn't been aware of any merge happening.

Yet at the same time he had been very aware that it was coming…

Yoda made a small 'harumph' noise, shaking his head.

Need time to meditate on this, I do…much time. Give me the chance to sort out my thoughts, it will.

As Yoda settled down for some deep meditation, he vaguely found himself wondering how Windu would take the revelation of Master Skywalker being a Sith Lord that brought down the entire Jedi Order in another life.

Yoda allowed himself a small chuckle at the thought before beginning his meditation.

Ahsoka had been wandering the Temple, having found herself suffering from a random bought of insomnia that night, when she suddenly had to lean against a pillar for support. Vivid images at the quality of her own memories surfaced of a Galactic Empire, an Emperor that caused suffering Galaxy-wide, the end of the Jedi Order, and the surface of a Rebel hero that suspiciously held her old Master's last name.

Stormtroopers—no, clones that had been renamed stormtroopers—had turned on the Jedi and wiped out the Order; the Force had cried out in agony at the great loss, an agony that Ahsoka could not escape in her solitude with Lux.

Ahsoka slid down the pillar that was acting as her support, shaking her head. It's not real, it's not real, it can't be.

Suddenly neither of her memories made sense: both were so real and she believed both of them had happened, but they couldn't possibly have both happened. She groaned, burying her face in her hands. The confusion was too much.

What was going on here?

Mara Jade flew out of bed almost immediately, eyes wide as she sprung to a defensive position, ready to lash out at the first thing that moved.

An intense, burning desire to serve her Master coursed through her, at the same time that a still healing emotional wound from the loss of said Master registered. He'd been murdered, betrayed by Vader and his son, Luke Skywalker…

Luke…

The cute blonde haired boy who she had known since she was a little girl, the one with piercing blue eyes and a blinding, infectious smile. She had grown up training as a Jedi, and she could still remember crossing paths with him and his father Anakin Skywalker here and there on her missions with her own Master.

Master…Master…which one?

The Emperor, whom she had served under as (as far as she knew) his one and only Black Hand for as long as she remembered, was her Master. She thirsted for revenge against the ones that had killed him!

Yet there was also Master Shaan-Ruh, her Jedi Master who had trained her since picking her from her group of Initiates…

Confusion raged within her, and with a whimper and sob that she would have never let through had she thought she was being watched in any way, she sank to the floor. Two sides that were completely opposite raged inside of her, each fighting for dominant influence over her train of thought.

Mara dreaded to see which side would eventually win out.

Eius froze where he was currently standing, every one of his senses humming on high alert. He could feel the shift in the Force as it shifted to heal itself of a wound that had previously been unseen by the Force users of this timeline. It was almost successful.

Eius felt a sharp pain in the back of his head for a moment, and then the sensation was gone. The Force around him seemed to rear in unrest as it failed to completely merge, and Eius smiled in content at the disquiet of the Force.

His mind was his own. What right did the other Luke have to come in and invade his mind anyway? His mind was his own, not this other Luke's.

Eius stopped his train of thought there. You are no longer Luke Skywalker. You are Darth Eius. You are Eius, and this other one is Luke. You are two separate people, and you will be known as such.

Scowling, Eius paced at his post on the rocky cliff that overlooked the lone building that his first two targets were staying in. The Force's attempt to merge had been his sign to prepare himself. Now he simply awaited his Master's command. Then, he could begin his assult.

The Jedi would not know what hit them.

Darth Sidious sat in his favorite spot in the Sith Academy, a chair that acted as a throne, as he absorbed the complete effect of the timelines merging. He let the rage from the other life seep into him, feeding his power exponentially. His eyes snapped dangerously at the thought that the insufferable Luke had been his downfall in the other life as well only added fuel to the fire.

He stewed in his rage at how close he had come to his vision, and how successful it would have been, had it not been for Anakin's son.

It's no matter, he finally decided cooly. Skywalker's son is now mine. And I will be sure that there is no father/son bond to stop me this time. This Skywalker will not be relinquished from the dark side. He will stay mine to control.

When the Force had settled down considerably, Sidious reached to contact Eius. He couldn't stop the sinister grin that spread across his features at the sight of Luke Skywalker garbed in all black, his face hidden in the hood of his black robe other than the glowing golden yellow eyes. Of course the holo-image was blue, but Sidious knew the colors that the boy was garbed in.

"What is they bidding Master?" Eius said humbly. The boy had already been on one knee when Sidious had contacted him. Sidious was struck with the eery similarity that Eius had to Vader in that moment, though he pushed it aside easily. It mean that Eius would be efficient. Sidious also had the feeling he would be brutal as well.

"Begin your assault Lord Eius. Show no mercy; I want no one left alive. Make sure our message gets through to the Jedi Order," Sidious said sternly.

Eius somehow bowed even lower in acceptance. "It shall be done Master."

Anakin was currently struggling to calm down two very impatient and stubbornly willed people.

Leia and Han had both come to him moments after the merge had occurred, pouring forth with a wealth of knowledge that came from their newly gained knowledge. Anakin hadn't missed the slight falter in Leia's step as she had entered the room, and his sorrow momentarily deepened as he realized that the other Leia still had not found it in herself to forgive him yet.

It seemed he still had some making up to do. Never making the main mistake in the first place had not been enough for her. Then again, she took after her father. Anakin could understand where she was coming from.

Leia and Han hurriedly explained how Sidious had cut the two Luke's off from each other, preventing their merge, and Anakin felt his blood boil. As if luring his son into a trap and turning him hadn't been enough…

"The kid said that he might be running around the same time as the other one—" Han was saying. Anakin cut him off almost instantly, sitting up a little straighter without Padme's help for the first time in a while.

"There's going to be two? Original Luke is going to be here?"

"If he's not already here somewhere," Leia quipped.

Anakin moved to get out of bed, but Padme restrained him. "Anakin, you're not fully recovered yet. You need to rest."

Anakin shook his head. "Not right now Angel. I can rest when Luke's safe."

Somehow, he managed to shake off Padme as he painfully rose to his feet, leaning on the wall for support for just a moment. When he stood on his own, he weaved slightly before he steadied again. "We have to find him. Who knows where he landed."

Anakin could have sworn he saw a spark of admiration flicker in his daughter's eyes, which brought some ease to his troubled mind. "Should we spread out?" she asked.

Anakin shook his head. "No…I think he might be a little confused whenever we find him. We should stick together just in case something is wrong. He isn't supposed to be separated from his other self; anything could be wrong with him."

"Good point," Han mumbled.

"And if one of the others find him, they'll contact us, I'm sure they will," Anakin said confidently.

"Then shall we get going?" Han asked.

Anakin nodded. "I'm coming, just give me a moment…"

Anakin called his robe and lightsaber to him with the Force, pulling both on before he gradually made his way out of his Temple quarters. He tried not to look at his son's usual room as he passed by, drawing on the Force for extra strength.

Leia frowned at him, coming up beside him. "Do you need help?" she asked, concern leaking into her voice.

Anakin shook his head. "No, it's alright Leia, I'll be fine."

"Are you sure?"

Anakin smiled a little. Even with the resentment from their other life, Leia was still his daughter. Anakin could feel the relief seep through him at the realization that this merge had not hardened his daughter towards him. "Yes Leia, I am sure. If I need help I will be sure to let you know," he said gently.

Leia huffed. "Alright."

Anakin smiled a little, gently draping an arm around her and kissing the top of her head. "But thank you for your concern."

Anakin didn't miss the fact that she shifted uncomfortably for a moment before she pushed the feeling aside into the Force.

"Luke had me promise I'd watch out for you," she said quietly so that only Anakin could hear. He nodded slowly in understanding.

"Just in case something happened, or in case he still merged like everyone else," Anakin murmured.

Leia nodded. "He was so scared something bad was going to happen…I'm worried about him. I just…I hope that he's alright."

Anakin's comm started to go off, the one he kept on his belt. Seeing that it was 3PO, he simply ignored it. However, the device started to go off again almost the moment that it had stopped ringing. Anakin scowled, pulling out the device. "What is it 3PO? I'm a little busy at the moment."

"I'm sorry to disturb you sir, but something rather strange has happened."

"What are you talking about?" Anakin asked, frowning. Would 3PO be getting the memory from the other timeline? He didn't see how that train of thought made any sense, but it could still be possible…

"I was going by the vendetta, which had been unoccupied moments before, when I realized that there was someone there! Closer inspection showed that Master Luke was in fact passed out in the fountain—"

"He what?" Anakin practically shouted, alarmed.

"I figured I should alert you immediately Master Ani. I—"

"Keep an eye on him 3PO, we're headed over there right now."

"Of course."

Anakin ended the transmission that they had all clearly heard, immediately turning around too sharply. Leia steadied him before they started their rush to the apartment at 500 Republia without a word.

Luke's mind was muddled. Everything was too bright, and it hurt to breathe. It felt like he was falling, the sound of roaring wind pressing against his ears. For a moment, he felt overpowering darkness all around, clogging every one of his senses and choking out the light within him. Just as quickly as it had come, the feeling dissipated, and he retreated into the warmth of the light.

In the next instant, he felt himself slam into a stone hard surface. Luke felt he was partially submerged in water, but he was too confused to figure out which way was up and which way was down; nor did he have the strength to drag himself out of the water if he could manage to get his bearings.

As the lack of oxygen got to him and he continued to gulp in water instead of air, Luke began to resign himself to his apparent fate of drowning to death in the next few moments.

Metal hands grabbed him from behind and pulled, serving only to confuse Luke even further as he tried to understand what was going on. The world tipped back and forth, constantly changing. He greedily traded in water for air, sputtering the water that had filled his lungs back up as he took in the sweet oxygen he had been deprived of.

"Master Luke! Oh dear, what is going on here?"

"3PO…" Luke slurred, the world spinning around him. He couldn't seem to open his eyes for some reason. It just took too much effort….

"I should call Master Ani, perhaps he will know what's going on," 3PO was saying frantically. Luke felt himself slowly dragged across a stone floor, his head lolling back. "Master Luke, can you hear me? Are you all right?"

"3PO…h'many times d'I gotta tell ya…'s jus Luke…" he slurred once more before the darkness of unconsciousness finally overtook him. Luke welcomed it happily. This world was too confusing for him anyway…