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Mr. G., Star Wars is a big world, with a lot of it happening in it, I can not even try to do it justice, so, with the help of Magic, I can only try… for free.

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I have my private Spaceship ready to go out into the big Galaxy. A galaxy I can cross in less than a week. I took one of my C-3POs with me as a co-pilot and soundboard. I know they have my personality and it would be like I am talking to myself. When everything was ready, I went for one last shag with the girls, and the morning after I took off with C-3PO. Let's forget about those problems for a while.

Four hours into my trip I received a holo call from Yoda: "Hmm, Young one, fools we are, solutions we seek, help us you can, hmm?"

13 A trip with Fida.

I answered: "What if my help is unacceptable to your upbringing? What if my solution is going against the order's way of life?"

The green Muppet sighed "Hmm, if solution is the answer, change our way we must. Happy about it we are not"

I bet they are not happy. Admitting your mistakes gets harder when you are aging. Admitting that your way of life is full of flaws is even harder. The worst part? Admitting it to a brat not even two decades old and who is telling it for ten years. Yep, that is a very bitter pill to swallow. I thought for a few minutes, not that I had to, it was just to sass Yoda.

"I was just preparing a holiday trip," I finally said, "I'll take one Jedi with me, if the Jedi has a Padawan, it can come along. The trip will last about 3 weeks.

Now it was Yoda's turn to drag his feet and pretended to think of someone, "Knight Secura you know, hmm, her Padawan she will bring. In Coruscant they are, hmm."

I sighed: "I'll be there in six hours. Tell her to bring a tunic made of natural fabric, the Padawan too." I closed the call.

"I thought this is supposed to be a holiday?" asked C-3PO, "I remember her as a stubborn brat, did she change a lot after you put your personality in this tin can?"

I shrugged: "Yep, she tasted the Dark side for a bit, and the months she spent at home with us made her find her balance. What the battle of Geonosis did to her… we will find out soon enough."

"I can pass these six hours to finalize our long-range scanners," said C-3PO, "the data that C-1PO and C-2PO sent just now is enough to build a working model, they also said that they still hate those names you gave us, and these bodies too."

I turned to C-3PO: "You know I can't put you in a clone, that spell doesn't work on a living body, it would take a Horcrux to achieve that, and you three are definitively not Horcruxes. How do you feel about those assassin droids? Those are bad-ass robots, I think I can find a couple of those droids if you want."

C-3PO looked at me: "You want to turn us into a foulmouthed killer droid? Where do I sign? Everything is better than this bucket of bolts!"

"We better create one from scratch, we stole… liberated the blueprints from all the droids the Federation has produced, even the ones from their allies, see that the three of you can come up with a working model. A built-in jetpack comes to mind, a complete Phrik coating to defend against lightsabers, you know, stuff like that"

C-3PO did his most evil impression of a dark chuckle: "Hohoho, Master, you are spoiling us, I'll send word to C-1PO and C-2PO so they can get a headstart."

Xxxxx

We arrived at the Jedi temple, C-3PO used the opportunity to do a deep scan of the temple and the Dark Well deep below, while I went outside to meet the Jedi Council.

The atmosphere was completely different than last time, Master Windu's ego took a serious beating, and he let Yoda do the talking.

"Hmm, thank you we must, your help most welcome it was, hmm, pointed out our many flaws you did. Change, we must." started Yoda, "Learn from you Magic we must, or doomed we are." Sighed Yoda

That five-year-old way of speech is getting on my nerves, at least they are ready to listen. Well, I better serve them my five Pegats worth of wisdom, rub some salt in their wounds, put a mirror in front of them, you know, that kind of crap. It will be fun to do though.

"You moved your young lings from here, that is a start," I said, "let them grow up in nature, teach them emotions, how to recognize them, and to control and balance them to find their peace of mind. Emotions yet peace is what you need to strive for."

I continued: "Love, hate, anger, lust, joy, there are thousands of different emotions, learn to recognize them and to control them, not suppress them."

"The main flaw of this order is how you abduct Force-sensitive children. A child flourishes in a loving familial environment. The parents hate you for the way you steal their children, some see it as an honor, most see it as an abuse of power"

The Masters felt uncomfortable, what I am telling them is nothing new, and yet nothing was done about it for ages.

"A solution for this," I said, looking at them all, "Is to bring the parents along to the training grounds and employ them. So that the children can keep in contact with their parents. Another way is to let the child stay at home and train the child with a modified Holocron, or Holo call via the net. From six to ten years they can come to the Jedi planet."

I am not done yet with these naffers: "Another big flaw is how you discard the children that don't make it to Padawan, and dump them in the Agir-Corps. Make teams of six or more and train them as a unit for the ones that crave action. A Jedi knight is more than able to train them, some will like it even better than being on a leach."

I addressed Yoda: "A fair warning Master Yoda, your clone army is highly trained and programmed, but remember, the original is a Mandalorian. That means those clones are too. Don't treat them as if they are droids or slaves, and remember who ordered them and why."

I stood up and said: "I think this is enough to meditate about. Once Knight Secura is ready, we will depart. Live long and prosper, Masters." Meh, inserting a Trekkie can not hurt.

Xxxxx

Aayla waited for me with her Padawan, she looked familiar, a female Tortuga, a few years younger than me, Aayla is seven years older than me… it is still within my limits, you know, ten years up and ten years down with fifteen as a bottom line. It saddens me that all spots are already taken, I'll keep it at a look but don't touch. Although, Aayla being blue-colored reminds me too much of Watto to get my juices flowing.

"Knight Secura" I greeted her, "congratulation on your promotion, my fiancees give you their well wishes, and their condolences when they heard of our trip together."

Aayla smiled: "Thank you, Master Anakin, your fiancees and I kept in contact all this time, I will give them a call later. May I present my Padawan Ahsoka Tano, we are together for a half year now."

Ahsoka nodded and kept still, I softly said: "I saw the footage, Padawan, you were very brave on Geonosis, many would crack under that kind of pressure. You have my respect."

"Come on board," I said, on a lighter note, "I made your rooms bigger, I even wedged a training room in, you will love them."

Ahsoka's eyes bulged out when she entered a small Starfighter and moved into a room, bigger than the ship itself. Aayla smiled at the accommodations, everything was high class, with all the bells and whistles. She is going to enjoy these three weeks.

"When you are settled, I want to introduce you to my co-pilot, and give a tour of my little ship." were my parting words.

C-3PO took off and Hyper jumped away, he made a full stop when we reached a planet. When we maneuvered the ship in orbit, we took our time to read and analyze the data of the Dark Well and calibrated our new long-range scanner with them.

Aayla came in with Ahsoka, I introduced C-3PO: "This bucket of bolts and wires is C-3PO, soon in a new and improved body he hopes. Make no mistake, he has my knowledge and my character, in a way you can say he is a piece of me. If you ask, it is Magic."

C-3PO nodded: "Jedi, welcome on board, please inform me if my Master is peeking on you, I will tattle on him to his wives if he does." he continued: "The scan will take a day, Master, we have to stay on one spot for it, you can entertain the Jedi."

"Or explain what we are doing," I added. "Aayla, Miss Ahsoka, come, I have some snacks in stasis cabinets."

Once seated, and nibbling on some food I said: "On this trip, we are going to locate Dark Wells, like the one under the Jedi Temple, and if possible disable them. That way the shroud over the force will be lifted. C-3PO scanned the well below the Jedi temple and programmed out the long-range scanner. You heard him, we need to stay put for a day to find the wells and a pattern in that grid."

Aayla was speechless, after a bit she asked "You can scan for these Dark Wells? Many Masters tried to locate them through the force and failed."

I shrugged: "If those dimwits can't even feel the one below their asses, how do you expect them to find some of those light years away from them? Meditating and letting the Force guide you is for lazy bums, Aayla. You need to take control of the Force, focus your mind on the result or task you want to do, and channel the Force through it."

I grinned and teased: "You can view my Magic as a higher evolution in the way of using the Force. Compare it with a baby's first steps to running an obstacle course in your temple."

Burn! Their faces said it all, I said: "And here is my prove." I changed them both into poodles, a blue one, named Fida, and a brown/white striped one named… hmm? I am out of proper names? Meh, I'll use Fifi again.

Fida didn't appreciate the change and attacked my leg, growling like a rabid dog, Fifi froze up and examined her new body, looked around, and joined Fida in her attack. I tried to fend them off with a rolled-up newspaper, but it didn't work though.

Finally, I turned them back and asked: "Is this possible with your force, Aayla? Have you tried to do Magic of your own?"

She glared at me: "Never do that again you brat! You don't know half how disturbing that felt to me. Did you ask for me so you can bully me?"

"Hey! I never asked for you specifically!" I protested, "You can blame Yoda for that honor, he is the one that volunteered you for the job."

Ahsoka asked: "Are you going to teach us to do Magic, Master Skywalker? To do what you just did to us?"

"It takes years to get to this level," I answered, "I am born with this knowledge, learning it the normal way takes years, it's a process that never ends. But I can get you started if you want to learn."

Ahsoka nodded: "I want to learn, Master Skywalker."

I have no problem teaching the kid, she was Anakin's Padawan in the movies, so this is kind of compensation for it. Some might find her attractive, but it doesn't work for me though, I am hooked on my girls so others don't stand a chance.

"Great, we start tomorrow." I said, "Here study this data chip and rehearse the ritual that is in the file Dark Well Ritual. Kind of obvious I know, but I try to be user-friendly here."

"What does this ritual do, Anakin?" asked Aayla, "Going on the name it has to do with the Dark Wells."

"You guessed it right, Aayla, this ritual cleanses the Dark taint of the Well and restores its original purpose. A power node to tap into the Force." I explained, "Building a temple or home above one gives a power boost to perform Magic. The Sith used it to hide their actions from the Jedi. I must say both Jedi and Sith degraded from the original Force users."

With these last mysterious words, I left them, I haven't got a clue who or what those originals were, but claiming knowledge of them and criticizing what they are now, is… evil, I know, but it will make them listen to me. I'll bet Aayla will tattle on me to Yoda. Meh, who cares hmm?

Xxxxx

The next morning, we got a clear view of the Dark Wells. Those Sith did a good job on them, it must have taken centuries to complete it.

"As you can see Aayla," I showed her on the map, "It is like a spiderweb that is spread out on the galaxy. The trick now is to find the anchor points of that web. If we can cleanse enough of them, the web will collapse. That is one of the reasons the Well under the Jedi temple stays corrupt."

Aayla studied the map and commented: "Most of those Wells are unreachable, they are not connected to any Hyperspace lanes, and they are too far apart, how do you think to destroy that web in three weeks' time? It is impossible."

C-3PO gave his creepy laugh: "Hohoho, Young Jedi, nothing is impossible for an evolved Force user! Magic rules! That and technology, we call it Magitech. Master, I advise you to start with these twenty Wells that are highlighted. If we do one or two a day, the rest will collapse. Although it is best to clean them all afterward."

C-3PO pointed at the nearest Well: "We can start with this one, ETA eighteen hours."

I nodded: "Set a course and move."

Ahsoka asked: "Are we going to cross wild space? The chances to survive such a trip is less than 1%!"

C-3PO chuckled: "My dear Padawan, nothing is impossible for our Master. He is not breaking the laws of physics, he is rewriting them. Too long has this Galaxy stagnated in the past. My Master is the Future!" yeah, imagine the voice of Vader with it, the effect is freaking the kid out.

Aayla followed our progress on the screen after twenty minutes she asked: "You found a way to avoid the debris and gravity wells in Hyperspace?"

"I did," I smugly answered, "I multiplied the speed of my Hyperdrive too, these N2 Interceptors are the fastest Starfighters in this Galaxy, and no, you can't have one."

Aayla shrugged "I'll ask one from Aola or Shiri, I think Smi will give me one too."

BITCH? Going behind my back and playing the Mum card? Where is a planet that I can dump her on?

I calmed down and said: "Not going to happen, Honey, you might be sexy as hell, but these Starfighters are our main advantage, not even when you suck my dick or offer a threesome with your Padawan. These ships have too many Magic secrets."

Aayla blushed a Marine blue color, and mumbled: "I bet I'll get one if I do a threesome with the twins." Crap, she might get one that way.

I tried to divert the attention "Did you manage to study the ritual? The wording must be done in that ancient language, one word out of place and we can start all over."

Ahsoka commented: "The words are strange when you don't know the meaning, can your protocol droid translate the ritual?"

"I am not a fucking protocol droid!" came from the cockpit. "That I happen to know the translation of that ritual or know six million languages doesn't mean squat."

Ahsoka rolled her eyes: "Can your not-protocol droid that knows six million languages help translate the ritual, please?"

"Girl, I just started to like you," grumbled C-3PO, "that is not going to happen now. Too much sass for your own good."

Ahsoka shrugged: "I can say the same about you, droids get melted down for less."

"Stop it please," I interrupted, "I am not in the mood to hear you two bickering at each other for three weeks. Ahsoka, be more respectful to C-3PO, C3, help the Padawan out, or we are stuck for months."

Can you believe those two both rolled their eyes at me? I am sorry that I made C-3PO's eyes able to rotate. Aayla watched the spectacle from the side with a smile Hah, she is able to smile after all. Now that those two found a common enemy, they bonded faster than I can tie my shoelaces, yeah, I am a pre-Velcro dude with clumsy fingers.

Xxxxx

We reached the planet just after dinner, we located the Well on the planet where the sun just raised into the sky. We landed close by, a few blasts from my guns cleared most of the flora, Aayla and Ahsoka took care of the animals that wanted to eat us. An hour later we exposed the ruins of a small temple, cautiously we entered the temple while C-3PO took the N2 to the sky to give us cover.

We found the Well deep in the basement, the walls, I conjured some light balls and examined the room. The floor and ceiling were covered in symbols and Runes, all walls had them too, Aayla recorded them all. It took twenty minutes to erase all the graffiti, and an hour to carve ours, each of us took a side in a triangle around the Well. A Well that projected Dark vibes that tried to influence us.

"Aayla, Ahsoka," I warned them, "You know what this Well is doing, recognize what it is doing, and cancel it out. The Dark feeling will stay inside for as long as we are here and the Well is not cleansed. All negative thoughts you have are influenced by the Well and are not yours. Contain the dark feelings, and focus on your task."

"Done! Show time," I called out, "You know the ritual, no weapon, metal, or synthetic materials on your body, the only thing allowed are natural fibers if you don't have them, then you go naked."

We stored our outfits away just outside the room and took our place on the Magic Circle. Too bad they have clothes with natural fibers. That I don't have romantic feelings for them doesn't mean that I won't like some eye candy. Both are fine piece of asses... Or is it pieces of ass?

The ritual itself took two hours to complete, two hours of nonstop chanting before the Darkness faded, and the Well shined bright.

I sighed: "It is done, you can go up now, I have to carve temporary Runes on the wall to prevent the corruption from coming back. It will take about an hour."

Xxxxx

An hour later we left the planet and headed to the next one, while Aayla and Ahsoka went straight to bed.

I reported our findings to Padme and the girls with a holo call: "We located the Dark Wells and the method to disable them all. It is like a spider web, we are cleansing the anchors, and hopefully, the rest will collapse. Here is the data and the ritual circle we have to draw. These are the temporary runes on the wall. Can you program some of the aliens and send them to us? And program some Aliens to remove carvings from the walls, floor, and ceilings. It will speed us up."

Padme asked: "What if cleansing the anchors is not enough? What if it needs more than that?"

I shrugged, when the outer anchors are gone, and it is not enough, then I go for the center of the web. If that doesn't help, then we program some N2s and stuff them with Aliens. On every uninhabited planet with a Well, they have to remove all the runes and symbols from the room."

I held my hands up: "After all that, the bloody Jedi can go for it. Although I bet it will collapse sooner than that."

Shiri smiled: "We trust your judgment, Ani. Tell us about Aayla's Padawan. Who is she? What is she like?"

"Ahsoka Tano, a Togruta, five years or so younger than me. In the original timeline, she would be my Padawan. She is smart, skillful, she was on Geonosis, if you see the footage of that battle you will recognize her. C-3PO likes her."

Yané chuckled: "In other words, you like her too. C-3PO is a reflection of you after all."

I shrugged: "I like you more. Enough about me, tell me about your day."

Xxxxx

When I woke up, we arrived at our next stop. After breakfast, C-3Po landed. He warned: "There are some big predators lurking around, they are attracted to the Well, it is possible there are some mutations inside of that temple."

I nodded: "That will be no problem at all C3, I have two warriors with me with glowy sticks to protect me. We will manage."

The animals were nastier than we expected, I had to chip in to clear the temple. The big animals were easy, the dark bugs, however, they kept on coming. In the end, I had to go outside and ward the complete temple against insects. Three hours later all the bugs were cleared mutant ants are a bitch to deal with I can tell you.

"This is another thing to add to our to-do list for the next well. We eat first and do the ritual after."

Aayla nodded: "Some food and a bit of rest is welcome. How are you holding out Ahsoka?"

"I am fine, Master," she answered, "I did not expect those insects to be so violent, that was the Well that made them that way, isn't it? What will they do when the Well is cleansed? Will they spread out on the planet and pollute it?"

"I didn't think about that," I said, "to be honest, the animals are attracted to the Well, so they stay in this region. When this goes away… We have to think about it, I'll ask the girls later at home."

The cleansing ritual went fine, after warding the room, we left for the next Well.

I addressed another problem: "Aayla, Ahsoka, we have to do a cleansing ritual on ourselves too, at least after two Wells, or the Dark Well will affect our thinking too much. Two Wells, that is four hours in close proximity of pure evil, that will taint everyone."

"Check the data chip under the file Beneficial Rituals," I continued, "the first ten rituals are the ones I do with my fiancees, number eleven is the most suited for us. We do it after dinner, study the ritual, it is a short one, I'll prepare the Magic circle."

Ahsoka's voice came out of her room: "We have to do that Naked?"