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Luke was lying in his bed at the Temple when he felt something he hadn't felt in years. Sitting up, he almost sobbed as the connection to his twin started to weave itself back together. Even through time and space, it was almost like she was right beside him, and he could tell she was frightened. That bothered him so much since he had no way to communicate with her, but just being able to know she was alive was comforting.

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The next day he was sent on a mission to Tatooine, they thought that some of the Dark Forces had been seen in that area, though it could just be some inner squabble of the Hutt clan. Whatever the reason he was just glad he had been selected to go and that it was simply a scouting mission. He hadn't been to see his grandmother and step-grandfather in years.

Upon arriving, he decided to stop in and see the first so he gently set his Starfighter down next to their house. Across the way was the house of his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen. They had a daughter called Naomi, who was just a year younger than him. The five of them came rushing out of their homes, giving him hugs as he climbed out to greet them.

"I see another house is in the process of being made, so are you finally settling down Naomi?" Luke teased his cousin, whom blushed and said "As a matter of fact, yes. Biggs asked me to marry him the last time he was home, said he only had one more year left and then he would be free to come back and marry me." "Wow, he didn't tell me this the last time I saw him! Congratulations!"

"So what brings you out here Luke?" Cliegg asked, as he put his arm over his grandson's shoulder. "The war I'm afraid, though personally I think the reports we are getting are simply the Hutt clan having a problem within, if you know what I mean." Everyone nodded at that and they took their family reunion inside. Luke had arrived late in the day and decided that for the night he would focus on family, the scouting could wait until tomorrow. Shmi and Beru made a big family dinner, consisting of all of Luke's favorite foods and they all visited late into the night.

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The next morning, Luke borrowed his uncle's Landspeeder and, accompanied by Naomi who insisted on going along, they headed out into the day. Naomi helped keep an eye out for sandpeople, whom had been causing a lot of trouble as of late, while Luke concentrated on getting them through the landscape safely. Soon they arrived close to the sites where the reports came from. Luke stopped the Landspeeder and hopped out. As Naomi moved to follow him, Luke motioned for her to stay put. "Jawas might take apart the Landspeeder if we leave it alone, plus I could be wrong about the reports and we may need to make a fast exit. Slip over and be ready to take off in a hurry."

"You never did let me join in the fun when you came to visit. You always went off with Biggs but you guys would never let me join." She muttered. Luke simply flashed her a smile, before heading off in the direction he needed to go. After making his way up a short dune, he looked out across the wasteland in front of him. For now, it was quiet, but he had been sure to arrive shortly before any sightings were listed as having been seen.

That was another thing that made him think it had something to do with the Hutts, the reports always happened to have listed the sightings as having taken place around the same time. That made it seem to Luke like Jabba was probably marking off his territory, whether from another relative or someone he felt was encroaching on him. Still, someone had to check to be sure and he got to visit his family, so that made everything right.

Soon he saw something on the horizon, just a blob that was blurred by the heat rising from the sand, but I quickly drew closer. Just as he thought, the tiny ship was full of those worked for Jabba… wait a minute… another smaller ship followed close behind, obviously in pursuit of the other craft. His eyes narrowed as he recognized the insignia of the Dark Forces. "Well this scouting mission just turned into a rescue mission." He muttered as he hurried down the slope.

Naomi saw him coming and by his pace knew something was wrong. "What is it?" she shouted as he drew closer. "The Dark Forces." Luke puffed as he threw himself into the Landspeeder, "And they're after some of Jabbas men, we have to help them!" "What?! Help Jabba?!" she exclaimed, as she moved to do what her cousin said. "I know it seems weird, but better Jabba is here then the Dark Forces, especially if they were to discover that you are all related to us." Naomi couldn't deny his words and thus resolved to help her cousin, no matter what.

Therefore, she took off after the two fleeing ships, even though every instinct of hers was screaming at her to just go home. Unfortunately as they drew closer, the Dark Forces overtook Jabba's small craft. In seconds, they obliterated it, parts of both creatures and craft littering the sand where it once was. Even worse they noticed Naomi and Luke. "Go!' Luke shouted at his cousin, as she cut the craft in a tight turn, racing for cover. "Go where? We can't go home, they'll follow us!" "I'll take care of them, just keep us in front of them!"

Luke hopped on the back of the speeder, keeping his balance with the help of the Force. He ignited his blade as the Dark Force members got close enough to attack, deflecting their shots back at them. Suddenly he shouted at Naomi, "Cut the engine, now!" Naomi didn't question, just did as Luke said, watching the Dark Force craft fly pass them… and smash right against Jabba's head ship seconds later. The ship was one he used for space travel and while it was dented by the smaller vessel hitting it, its hull was not breached. It did however turn to make an emergency landing.

"Go to it Naomi, then wait for me once more in the Landspeeder." Luke told his cousin. "I hope you know what you are getting us into." She answered him, but did as he asked. Luke hurried towards the open gangway, giving his cousin a reassuring look before heading in. "I wish to speak to Jabba." He said to Jabba's right hand man, Bib Fortuna, who nodded and took him to the room where the Hutt sat.

Through a translator, the Hutt asked who Luke was and what he wanted. "I'm Jedi Knight, Luke Skywalker. I was sent here to discover if reports of the Dark Forces being here are true. I saw them chasing one of your crafts and tried to help them, but did not reach them in time. They chased us and were the ones that ran into your ship. Tell me Jabba, are there more or more coming?"

Jabba affirmed that there were more coming, those in the smaller vessel were acting as a diversion while he and most of those who worked for him made their escape to Coruscant, in the hopes of asking for help. "I will send for others at once. You need to return to your palace and act like everything is going okay, we need to lull them into a false sense of security. Are you willing to help?" Jabba agreed to the Luke's plan and had preparations made to return to his home as Luke exited the craft and rejoined his cousin.

"What's up?" she asked. "Trouble. I need to get back to your home and send a message to the Council." He replied. She nodded and zipped across the sands as quickly as possible towards home.

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Anakin and Ahsoka entered the Council room just as Luke ended his call to them. "Good news Anakin." Plo Koon said, "You're going home." "Home?" Anakin questioned. "Yes to Tatooine. The Dark Forces have attacked Jabba the Hutt and you have been assigned to go. Ahsoka snickered at the look on Anakin's face at the thought of all that sand. While Luke may have made visits with Obi-Wan over the years to Tatooine, anytime Anakin wanted to see his mother she flew out to him, he had sworn he was never going back to that planet. Looks like she was finally going to see where Skyguy grew up.

Okay, so I know that I basically used the Prequels as a backstory to this one, but I really wanted to see some interaction between Shmi, Cliegg, Beru, Owen and Luke in this chapter. What can I say inspiration took me and I checked every possible word I could think of to see if I had mentioned any of them in my story yet and I hadn't so I was like sweet lets go :D And I gave Beru and Owen their own kid XD Probably one of my favorite OCs so far :D