Fighting for Skywalker ↬ Star Wars

He Is Back

Sarah looked out of the window in her room. In the next room, Leia and Han were discussing their plans, and beside her was Luke. The boy was only ten, but was already extremely talented, but also very heartbroken. "Aunt Sarah? When are we going to start today's training?" Luke asked her.

Sarah looked down and smiled at him. "Let's go ask your grandfather," Sarah responded, taking his hand and leading him out of the room. They passed Ben's room on the way, and Sarah could hear Leia crying, and Han's attempts to console her. She quickly moved them on, knowing Luke really didn't need to hear their crying. He was already hurting enough.

They arrived at Padme and Anakin's bedroom. Luke raised his small fist and knocked gently. Padme opened the door looking glum but put on a smile and hugged Luke. "Hello Grandma!" Luke giggled.  Padme released him and gestured for them to enter. Luke stepped in and Sarah followed suit.

"Grandpa?" Luke asked, and Anakin stepped inside from the balcony. "Lukey!" Anakin grinned. "Go on, Luke, why don't you ask him?" Sarah urged. Luke turned around and gave her a salute, then turned back to Anakin. "I wanted to know when we were going to begin my training?" he asked hopefully. Anakin sighed. "Right now, if you'd like," Anakin answered.

The mention of training often put Anakin and Leia in a sour mood, after everything with Ben. It made Sarah uncomfortable too, but she knew it was best for the galaxy right now to get enough padawans trained as soon as possible. Soon, Luke and many others would be old enough and possess the strength needed to defeat Kylo Ren.

Leia was originally going to take on Luke as her padawan, but after Ben, she wouldn't go near her lightsaber, much less use the force. Anakin was growing older, he couldn't fight like he used to. It made Sarah sad to see her master prepare to retire from fighting, but before he did that, he promised he would train Luke, and Sarah would help him.

"Soon Luke, you'll be ready, and we can go to get you your very own kyber crystal! You'll have a lightsaber!" Sarah told him. Luke was still looking forward to that, and if the thought of it could make him happy, and forget Ben for awhile, they would certainly talk about it. Luke nodded happily, and began the walk towards the training room.

The walls were littered with dents, holes, and burn marks. Some of the training figures were in parts, scattered around the outskirts of the room. Ben had always had an angry air about him when training. They should have seen it earlier..but enough of that.

The three of them took a seat, forming a triangular like shape. "First, we're going to meditate, then we will practice our force abilities," Anakin said. She took a deep breath, and closed her eyes.

Sarah entered a trance like state, and soon enough visions were filling her mind. They went by so fast, she could barely see any of it. There was pain, anger, and many other emotions held within them.

Burning.

Her parents, burning.

Smoke filling the sky, clouding the twin suns of Tatooine.

Screams.

Pain.

Red.

The humming of a lightsaber.

Red light cutting down jedi and padawan, one after the other.

And then, the golden eyes to match the golden hair.

"I'm back," came a voice, the gold eyes boring into her.

Sarah felt a soft mattress beneath her, and smooth sheets over her. "Sarah?" A voice called her. She groggily opened her eyes to see Leia and Padme looking down on her. "W-what?" Sarah asked and then everything hit her at once. Panic seized her. She started thrashing around, kicking the sheets off of her.

"M-mom! Dad!" She shouted as tears fell. "B-Be-Ben!" She choked out. Suddenly she started screaming. "He's back! HE'S BACK! NO!" Sarah screamed and kept on kicking. There was a sharp poke in her neck. Sedative. The world went dark.

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Leia stared at the sedated form of her cousin. The whole panic attack had scared both her and her mother. Thankfully Luke had been sent out of the room before the incident, that would have scarred Leia's poor child. The things Sarah had said bewildered them, especially the part about someone being back. And Ben? Why in the world did Sarah shout his name?

They had lost Ben almost six months ago, the poor boy was only fifteen. The First Order had arisen, along with the new Sith leader, Kylo Ren. Her poor son... It hurt to know that her brother's sacrifice was for nothing. He had died in order for the Empire to die, but now here was the First Order, just as terrible.

Leia left the room to go find her son and her father, who had returned to training. When Sarah collapsed during meditation, mumbling incoherently and crying, they had taken her to her room, concerned for her health. Leia and Padme had assured them that it would be alright, and had urged them to go back.

Now she just wanted to be with Luke, and see that he was alright. Whenever she thought of Ben, seeing Luke always calmed her down. She didn't doubt that it would help her now. Leia approached the training room, and paused to listen to their conversation.

"Grandpa! I did it!" Luke exclaimed in joy. Leia could almost see the smile that would be gracing his features right about now. Her father laughed and applauded her son. "You did very well, Luke, now levitate it back to the table," Anakin prompted. "Yes, Grandpa," her son responded. Leia opened the door and peeked through, watching as her son levitated a piece of fruit back onto the table.

The whole scene reminded her of her experience with training Ben. And now Ben was gone. She had lost Ben to the same evil that had consumed her brother. 'It must run in the family' Leia chuckled to herself, and turned away from the room, knowing she couldn't bare to look anymore.

Leia walked down the hall towards a balcony. She gazed out over the lush green of Naboo, where they had resided for the past fifteen years. The breeze blew loose strands of her chocolate brown hair, and the sweet smell of the flowers was intoxicating. The water lapped at the bottom of the Villa, reflecting the sunlight.

Something else was being reflected too.

A figure was being reflected. It looked human, most likely a male. Leia looked up in time to see a man with sun bleached blonde hair fall from the sky, headed right towards her.