Star Wars: Edge of Hope

Chapter Twenty Nine: Shadows On The Wall...

Ben and Rey take their places outside the Mosaic carefully calculating the distance evenly between each of them. Nothing akin to this had ever been attempted before, the reprocussions as well as the likelihood of success, were both unknowns. Consciousness within the Force were tentative connections reaching out into the vast infinite that existed between and inside all living things. Ben and Rey hadn't managed to control their bond completely as of yet, and even then the link was one way...to each other. Rey had called out to the Force before, but no one had answered her. So the idea of pushing the link farther...and pulling other's consciousness in, creating a link between them all was unknown. Ahsoka had cautioned Rey and Ben about this, and despite all of her redicence she was willing to try. Others were less convinced in the application of their use of the Force. Obi-Wan was sure it violated some natural laws between the users of the Force and the Force itself. Luke was unsure if even all together they were capable of pulling off such a feat. Anakin...was Anakin about it...and less than helpful.

Anakin: This is ridiculous...it's not...this isn't going to work. I don't even known how...this worked. Some things aren't within our reach, and we have to accept that.

Ahsoka: Anakin...Let them try. You never know what can happen...You just have to believe. Try...okay?

Anakin looked down at Obi-Wan and shrugged as he climbed into the middle of the basin placing his feet on the left side of the mosaic. The rest of them move in to take their places alongside Ben and Rey. They walk forwards and place their hands on the stone surround. As they close their eyes they let go of self and look out past the confines of the Temple walls surrounding them. Rey and Ben feel the connection between them waking up, as the electric prickling creeps up through their finger tips to their elbows, and then the sides of their neck. They feel the conduit reaching through them into the stone beneath their hands, the wind whipping out across the sea, the crash and sweep of the tides moving around the island. They focus on each other's heart beat following the pull inside of the uniting them to each other. Then Ahsoka begins to hear them, calling out to her, her hands flatten against the smooth stone as she reaches out to Luke. The links of the chain slowly connecting to one another. The aura surrounding Luke brightens as he finds Ahsoka, Obi-Wan hears Rey calling to him, for the briefest of moments he opens his eyes looking at her to be sure she's alright.

Obi-Wan: Don't be afraid, Anakin. Trust the Force....as we all trust and love you...brother.

Anakin: Obi...

Obi-Wan joins them letting all their energy reach higher creating a circle of energy around Anakin. From beneath him the water begins to shudder and jump, large balls of water rise with all their energy. They float around Anakin as the thin veil of white light rises around him. Anakin looks around him the only witness to the presence of a Force unheard, unseen for time inmemorable. He feels a brush...a voice that only ever lived in his head...but it's cadence was unmistakable.

Padme: Anakin? Anakin?! Where...Where are you?

Anakin felt the jolt as the voice grew to become more than a memory, more than a feeling...more than the shadows parting them. Anakin kept reaching out...calling into the Force...secretly begging for it to find him and to let him find her too. They stood still, as One reaching out and holding onto each other, anchoring themselves in the Light as they threw the thread out into the beyond. 
The Circle was complete.Their call goes out....
And the Force....Answers.

Her voice comes in fragmented and sparse at first, as she were calling through the beating sounds of driving rain outside your window. It was a whisper, a prayer, a small sound drifting in and out of earshot. But then Anakin felt the sound stop, all he could hear was the beating of his heart, traveling out into the Force speaking every prayer, sorrow, and oath he could offer just for a moment. Anakin couldn't hear her anymore...it had all gone so quiet...he could sense the vibrations dying. But then from now where he could hear others...voices from his past...guiding him...