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Meant To Be - an AU Luke and Mara story
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Jaded
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Feb '00
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7/9/00 10:03pm
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Damn, count me in as a sucker for a Luke & Mara story too. And count me in for a sucker for a good story in general. I really like this AU thing (but you beat me to the punch on the Dark Luke story--darn! But now I get the pleasure of reading this).
I'll be sticking around for this one, Herman Snerd. I am mondo impressed. Keep it up!
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padawan lunetta
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7/9/00 10:24pm
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Wow, this is soo good Herman!! Although I must admit I hope to see Lukie turn good. 
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QueenSkywalker
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7/9/00 10:49pm
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It'll be good when Luke finally meets Mara...he'll realize she has potential and craft her into a devious dark sider
i love au
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maramijade
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7/10/00 10:57am
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His care for his sister will be his pull to the light. But knowing his sister it'll be tough to win her back, Hmmmm. . . Luke seems to be afraid to look in Han's eyes, as if he'll see how wrong he was to defect to the empire. Bad Bad Lukie, now go to your room and think of what you've done. (hmmm this will be a twist, Mara bringing Luke to the light not Luke bringing Mara to the light. HMMMMMMMmmmmmm. . . )
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Herman Snerd
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7/10/00 8:48pm
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Ah Coruscant. The planet that never sleeps.
That’s not entirely true, Mara thought as she wound her way towards the Imperial Palace. As a planet, Coruscant was long dead, crushed under the weight of the city sitting on top of it. To be honest the city itself wasn’t exactly the picture of health either, it occurred to Mara as she looked around her. Here she was less than an hour’s walk from the Palace and she was parading through a dank, filthy alley. In the old days such an atrocity was not allowed. Evidently Emperor Palpatine’s successors didn’t care a whit about appearances.
Not that she really cared either. To someone who didn’t know better, Mara would appear to be an easy victim for the sort of scum that she knew was hiding in the shadows. She was only of average height for a woman and her physical regimen kept her slender. Her flight suit hid the tight, wiry muscles of her arms, shoulders, and legs. To offset this enticement to possible assailants, Mara carried an overly large blaster on her hip and a no nonsense look on her face to match. Only one fool had accosted her since she had landed on the planet. In a few months he should be able to feed himself again.
As she rounded a corner, it came into view: the Imperial Palace. Actually it was visible from horizon to horizon, but Mara’s route had kept her view limited. That didn’t matter. The building looked exactly the same as it had when she was forced to leave it eight long years ago. Hopefully, for her, the interior remained as unchanged as the exterior.
Almost two hours later, several detours had been necessary to slip past the half-awake guards in their observation towers, Mara arrived at her destination, no longer carrying the blaster. The sensors in and around the Palace were especially good at sniffing out any weapon requiring a power source that didn’t have the proper identification chip implanted in it. Relieved of the extra weight, Mara caught her breath and once again thought through her plan to infiltrate the Emperor’s home.
There would be no sneaking in through the garbage chute for her, she merely waited outside the rear entrance used by the servants and cleaning staff. No guards bothered to watch the door because, well, who cared about servants. Besides, the door was locked from the inside and any attempts to bypass the lock would set off enough alarms to raise the dead on the other side of the planet. Mara knew as well as anyone that guards, especially those assigned to sentry duty, quickly became bored with their jobs and eventually quit doing that job as it should be done. More than once she had used this knowledge to slip past some guard who had probably been assigned the duty as a form of punishment.
She hadn’t been waiting very long before her years of patience was rewarded. Out through the door walked a young woman wearing the unflattering uniform of the cleaning staff. Waiting for her prey to walk by, Mara crouched behind the immaculately trimmed hedges. The groundskeepers’ pride in their work also made it more difficult for security to monitor the exterior of the Palace. When the precise moment arrived, Mara leapt from her hiding place and violently grabbed the helpless young woman. A quick jerk of her arm followed by the cracking of vertebrae ended the brief struggle.
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RebelMom
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7/10/00 8:57pm
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Even though I prefer Luke on the light side, I am enjoying your story. It is well written and interesting. Keep up the good work.
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Stranger in Paradise
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7/11/00 2:05am
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Like RebelMom I'm not exactly a fan of Dark Luke stories but this one is very interesting, to say the least. I hope you post again soon. :~)
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Herman Snerd
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7/11/00 10:45am
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“Now let’s see who you are. Or rather who I now am,” Mara whispered aloud. According to the identification card she was now Yinalla Annakerrie Kuremina. Great, Mara thought, I would get the one person who uses the entire alphabet to spell her name. Cursing the woman and her name, Mara stripped her of her uniform and put it on in place of the flight suit she had worn for the past week.
Hiding the former Yinalla Annakerrie Kuremina’s body among the shrubs that bookended the flower garden, Mara/Yinalla returned to her former position and waited. It took roughly twenty minutes for the servants and cleaning crew whose shift had just ended to exit the Palace. When the service door remained undisturbed for more than five minutes, Mara/Yinalla decided to make her move. Scurrying up to the door and looking frantically through her bag, for the entertainment of whoever was monitoring the exterior security cameras, Mara/Yinalla used her ID card to activate the comlink.
“Yes, what is it,” the tired face on the tiny screen asked.
“I left the keycard to my apartment in my other bag,” Mara/Yinalla stammered, trying to put a hint of panic into her voice. “Could you let me back in so I can get it? It’s important.”
“You know the rules,” the Face said again, now not even bothering to look into the video pickup. “No one gets in except at the start of their shift.”
“Couldn’t you please make an exception?” Mara/Yinally pleaded. “I’d be so grateful if you did.”
The mention of gratitude caught the Face’s attention. Mara/Yinalla could almost hear his mind working as it tried to figure out how to use this ‘gratitude’ to his own advantage.
“All right I’ll let you in,” the Face finally answered, though the door still didn’t open. “Maybe we can get together when my shift is over and decide how you can repay me for my kindness.”
Wonderful, Mara thought. Some slobbering pig who can’t get a woman except by coercion. Oh well, it’s not like I’ll ever have to deal with him anyway. Trying not to let too much of her revulsion show on her face, Mara/Yinalla agreed to meet the Face at a tavern a few blocks north of the spaceport. Finally the door opened and Mara/Yinalla entered the service corridor. She immediately went to the coatroom set aside for the servants. She made a show of searching an open locker and appearing to find her missing keycard. Mara/Yinalla then returned to the exit, opened the door, and closed it again from the inside.
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maramijade
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7/11/00 2:43pm
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hold on, Luke may be emperor but that may not mean that he turned totally and completely to the dark side. (one can hear the gears in maramijade's head spinning.)
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Herman Snerd
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7/11/00 6:01pm
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Hmmm. It seems my readers want Luke to turn away from the Dark Side. I should tell you though, writing bad Luke is much more fun than writing good Luke.
But we'll have to wait and see what's going to happen. To be honest, even I'm not 100% sure how this story ends yet. I've narrowed the ending down to a few possibilities, but there's still a decision or two to be made.
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Jaded
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7/11/00 8:31pm
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Another great two posts! I can envision it in my head already, and I can't wait until more. Mm...as for the Dark Luke thing--as you will I'll still be reading. Though maybe if Mara redeems him...no no, I won't say anything more ;-)
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padawan lunetta
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7/11/00 11:45pm
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But good Luke is so much cute then bad Luke!!!  (BTW awesome parts Herman!)
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juwannajedi
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7/12/00 9:02am
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I really like this story Herman. Keep it up.
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Herman Snerd
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7/12/00 10:17am
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Despite the advantages of being Emperor of the entire galaxy, there were times when Luke wondered if was worth the trouble. After an interminable day of meetings with the bureaucrats and the military, Luke was wishing for a few hours to himself. In the old days he would have spent a few hours with his lightsaber, sparring against remotes to burn off the stress.
Emperor Skywalker however couldn’t afford such a luxury. His busy schedule nailed down almost every spare minute of his day. It had been this way since his father had become Emperor. Vader didn’t trust any of his subordinates to run things and insisted on either him or Luke overseeing fleet movements, troop assignments, intelligence networks, everything. Now that he was gone, it all fell on Luke’s shoulders. He had begun the necessary procedures to make the different aspects of the Empire more self-sufficient. Until the necessary leaders were put in place however, days like this would continue.
“Telin, get in here,” Emperor Skywalker growled from behind his desk.
“Yes my Lord?” Telin squeaked as he stumbled into the room.
“When you’re making out my schedule, does it ever occur to you that I might like some time to myself,” the Emperor asked dangerously.
“Of course my Emperor, but this was the best I could do. There’s just too much that requires your personal attention. I realize the schedule is imposing, but please consider that the list of people I turn away is at least five times longer than the list of people who are allowed into your presence.”
“Well there’s got to be a better way. When do I meet with my Grand Admirals?”
“In three days my Lord,” Telin answered quickly, grateful that he had just been going over the planning for the meeting.
“Good. I think I’ll give them back control of the fleet movements. I know they’re going to ask for it anyway. They’ve been moping about it since my father took it away.”
“An excellent decision my Lord.”
“Don’t patronize me Telin,” the Emperor snarled. “I won’t stand for it. I’m going to my quarters early tonight. Tomorrow morning I want to see the evaluation reports of all the command officers in the intelligence section. It’s about time they pulled their own weight too.”
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Liz Skywalker
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7/12/00 11:18am
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oh, please keep Luke a dark sider! I love this story line!
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