Anakin's Journey (SbS Spoilers)

STAR WARS
GUARDIANS OF THE NEW REPUBLIC


THE CALL OF DESTINY I
ANAKIN'S JOURNEY

DEDICATION
To all the guys at TF.N's bulliten boards (you know who you are). Especially Tahiri-Solo.

DRAMATIS PERSONALE
Anakin Skywalker; Jedi Spirit (male human)
Anakin Solo; Jedi Knight (male human)
Cilghal; Jedi Master (female Mon Calamari)
Corran Horn; Jedi Master (male human)
Darth Bane; Sith Spirit (male human)
Darth Maul; Sith Spirit (male Iridonian)
Dash Rendar; "freelance cargo deliverer," captain, Outrider (male human)
Jacen Solo; Jedi Knight (male human)
Jaina Solo; Jedi Knight (female human)
Kam Solusar; Jedi Master (male human)
Kenth Hamner; Jedi Master (male human)
Ki-Adi Mundi; Jedi Spirit (male cerean)
Kyp Durron; Jedi Master (male human)
Leia Organna Solo; Jedi Consular (female human)
Lowbacca; Jedi Knight (male Wookie)
Luke Skywalker; Jedi Master (male human)
Lynn Rar; Slaver (female Twi'lek)
Mace Windu; Jedi Spirit (male human)
Mara Jade Skywalker; Jedi Master (female human)
Obi-Wan Kenobi; Jedi Spirit (male human)
Praetorite Yammka; Warmaster and Supreme Overlord (male Yuuzhan Vong)
Queen Panaka; Sovereign Ruler of Naboo (female human)
Qui-Gon Jinn; Jedi Spirit (male human)
Ryn Moonglow; head of Black Sun (female Twi'lek)
Tahiri Veila; Jedi Knight (female human)
Tenel Ka; Jedi Knight (female human)
Triebakk; Senator (male Wookie)
Valin Horn; Jedi Knight (male human)
Wedge Antilles; New Republic Defense Force Supreme Commander (male human)
Yoda; Jedi Spirit (male)

PROLOGUE
"No-for that, you have to come back."
Anakin grinned lopsidedly as he had hundreds of times. He knew he wasn't coming back. But he couldn't say it. "Soon then."
"Soon. May the Force be with you."
Anakin forced back the tears. He would never see Tahiri again...
Anakin fought his way along, falling several times.
And then, he let the Force in fully. He was the Force. Everything was painfully clear.
But he was dying.
There was no reason to be afraid, but he was fading. His body couldn't handle the ammount of energy he was putting into, and he knew it."
"Jacen you're in charge. Take everyone and go after her."
"Can't get there, Little Brother," Jaina's voice replied.
Anakin was only vaguely aware of the fact that he assured her the path would be clear.
He was too deep in the Force to notice much of anything.
Anakin was glowing now. His aura hurt everyone else's eyes. Warrior after warrior fell to Anakin's blade.
He could feel them. They were there. They had been right there in the Force all along.
"Anakin!" Jaina cried.
Go! She's getting away!
Anakin continued to fire, every wound he accumulated not even troubling him.
The Force was his ally. More fully than it ever had been.
Go! I can't hold!
Anakin continued to fight, the Force guiding his every action. He was barely even aware of his own actions.
Go now.
"Anakin, I can't!"
Thirty seconds. Take her, Jacen. Kiss Tahiri for me.
Tahiri... how would she ever forgive him?
Anakin was so far into the Force by now he was only vaguely aware of his actions.
He was aware of the fact that, one last time, he reached out with the Force to nudge the detonator into the equipment pod.
And than he was gone.


Anakin was falling.
Voices and images presented themselves to him.
"Good. It's settled then, we're best friends now. Are you going to tell me your name?"
"My name is Anakin Solo."
The memory flashed by quickly, but to Anakin it was an eternity in and of itself. That was when he had met her...
"Sernpidal?"
"You'll be back before anyone realizes you're gone."
"No! don't do it!"
But it was a memory. Anakin couldn't turn back the hands of time.
"I- You look... different."
"Older maybe? I'm fourteen now. Last week."
"Happy birthday."
"You should have thought of it then, but thanks anyway. Dummy."
His best friend... he had left her...
"It will burn you Anakin."
"Master?"
"Your anger. You have built yourself a vessel to contain it, but the cruc

 

O my gosh that was soo great!!! I loved it with all my heart, once of the best posts ive ever read...you should write more...hehe hint hint

 

Thanks . Typing the next post now. You should read it (wink wink, nudge nudge, hint hint)

 

CHAPTER ONE
He was gone.
Just like that he was gone.
Tahiri felt like a part of herself had been torn away. The best part.
Anakin!
Naturally, there was no answer.
Nothing.
Never again would her call be answered.
Never again.
He was gone.
Out of her life.
One with the Force.
Gone.
No! It can't be true! I can't accept that! I won't accept it! Come back to me Anakin! Please!


Anakin landed.
He knew he was already dead, so he was surprised to actually feel the impact.
He shouldn't be able to feel anything.
"Welcome, young Solo. Expecting you, we have been."

 

Anakin jumped to his feet and took a moment to take in his surroundings.
The obvious problem with this was that he had no surroundings and there was nowhere for his feet to land. Or so he thought. Anakin's feet slammed against a ground just as solid as any in real life.
Anakin turned to face the person who had spoken.
"Am I dead?"
"Yes."
Anakin felt the word like a physical blow. It was confirmation... he had left her. She was back there on the physical plane. Alone.
"Who are you?"
"Know me, you do."
Anakin didn't know how he could've missed it. He was exactly as his uncle had described. "You're... you're Yoda!"
"Correct, you are. Yoda I am."
"I thought... you were..."
"Dead, I am. But forget you should not: so are you."
"He hasn't completed the adjustment period yet," a calm and serene human voice inseted.
Anakin whirled to face the new voice.
He was completely bald, and his skin was very dark. He possessed an aura of calm... and his presence in the Force was very noticable. This was a powerful Jedi. A Jedi Master at the least.
"I know you..."
"As you should," Yoda replied, "Mace Windu, he is. Jedi Master of the Old Republic."
That took Anakin by surprise. Mace Windu was without a doubt one of the most well-respected Jedi Masters in existence.
"You... you're all here to meet me? Why?"
"Important you are, young Solo. Very important."
"How so?"
"You are very gifted," another serene voice replied. Anakin turned to face the cone-headed Cerean. Ki-Adi Mundi? What am I, the prodical son?!
"Yes, as a matter of fact."
Anakin closed his eyes and opened them again, taking a calming breath. He couldn't believe he had forgotten these were Jedi Masters. The second a thought crossed his mind, it was known to them.
"You could block us if you really wanted to," Mace pointed out.
"All of you? I doubt it!"
"It is yourself that you doubt," Yoda pointed out. "That, you should not do."
"Why am I here?"
"A fair enough question," another voice replied.
Anakin's jaw dropped.
"Anak... Anakin Skywalker?!"
This was quite a gathering they had here.
"You are special, Anakin. Very special. Your death was unexpected... and unfortunate."
Anakin hung his head. The person it was most "unfortunate" for-
"Do not worry; blame you, she does not."
Right. Forgot they were all Jedi Masters again, didn't you?
"Why am I here?"
"My young friend, you must be very confused right now."
Anakin turned to find himself facing a tall human with very long hair. Like everyone else, he projected an ever-present are of calmness. He smiled. Anakin could tell that this Jedi was the most friendly out of all of them. Which was saying a lot, so far all of the Jedi had bent over backwards to make Anakin feel welcome and safe. "My name is Qui-Gon Jinn. This is my apprentice- sorry, living in the past again. This is my friend, and fellow Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi."
Anakin's jaw dropped.
"All of you... are here for me? Why?"
"Again you ask this of us?" Yoda replied.
Anakin felt a twinge. "Sorry..."
"Don't appologize. You don't have to appologize here. You're among friends, Anakin. Fellow Jedi."
Anakin nodded.
"Why am I here?"
Yoda gestured towards an empty seat in the circle of Jedi. "Because it is your place."
Anakin's jaw dropped, again.
Yoda was offering him a place among the greatest Jedi who ever lived.

 

This is great! Im really liking where this is going..Yoda Rocks!!

 

Oh Man, this is so cool! I love all the great Jedi together! Keep Going! Please?

 

"Me?"
"You have not yet begun to realize your potential, young Solo," Mace Windu replied, "A pity... it seems you never will. However, you can help us now. We ensure the balance of the Force. You would be of great help."
"Me? Help you? But... you're more powerful-"
"No, we are not," Qui-Gon interupted. "When you realize your potential... no. You are a more powerful Jedi than anyone here, that much is certain. Will you help us, Anakin?"
"Of course."
"Good," Obi-Wan cut in. "There is much to be discussed. But first, we will show you to your room."
"Room? I thought I was one with the Force?"
Qui-Gon smiled. "You have much to unlearn, young Solo. This is where Jedi go. It is another plane. 'There is no death; there is the Force.' This is your new life. But your body has the same needs here that it had on the physical plane."
Anakin nodded, apparently understanding.
"That's why I can feel the Force..."
"What mean you?" Yoda replied.
"If there was no nature, I shouldn't be able to feel the Force. The Force binds us in a symbiot circle with nature. No nature, no Force."
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon exchanged looks.
This boy... he understood something as complex as the symbiot circle as though it were a simple math equation!
"It seems, that we were not overestimating you after all, my young friend. Anakin, take Anakin to his room and make sure he gets settled in."
Anakin-the other Anakin-nodded to Qui-Gon and led Anakin-this was going to get confusing...-down the hall.
"You'll be staying right here."
Anakin noticed the nameplate. "Interesting... it's as though-"
"Yes, the room was already prepared for you."
On a hunch, Anakin glanced at the room to the left of his. It was Jaina's. The one on the right... mom's. The one to the left of Jaina's... Jacen's. "My whole family, they have rooms prepared for them?"
"Yes, all Jedi do."
Anakin glanced across the hall. His uncle Luke's, Mara's, and Ben's.
"What about... what about Tahiri?"
The older Anakin smiled. "When she arrives, she'll stay with you. We know that you care for eachother very much, and seperating you wouldn't make much sense."
"We're already sepererated..." Anakin replied.
"It is temporary. Don't worry, these are the longest days, the adjustment. Time will fly like the wind, and you two will be back together before you know it."
"Thank you. For everything. I think I'm going to get some rest now."
The older Anakin smiled again. "Yes, you will. Most Jedi spend almost their entire first week resting. It's the sudden change from the physical plane to this one, it takes most by shock."
Anakin nodded and entered his room.
He sunk into the luxurious bed and fell into the world of dreams.
Alone.
Tahiri...
But she was there. She was there in her dreams.
Her golden hair, her emerald eyes... they were all there.
So Anakin retreated to his dreams, but knew they were not real. With all his heart he yearned for Tahiri, for her gentle touch and for her mere presence.
Tahiri...

 

Something was wrong.
Something was terribly wrong.
Even the long-awaited arrival of Anakin couldn't change that.
Qui-Gon gazed out his window with the certainty that whatever was wrong and Anakin's recent arrival were not unrelated.
The door chimed.
"Obi-Wan? Is that you?"
"Yes Master, me and Anakin Skywalker."
"Come in."
The door slid open and Anakin and Obi-Wan entered.
"Something's wrong, isn't it?"
Qui-Gon smiled at Anakin's perceptiveness. If only he'd known him when he first became a fully fledged Jedi. When he had died, Anakin was just a boy. And by the time he came here, well, he was as old as Qui-Gon when he had died.
"Yes. Yes, something is very wrong."
Obi-Wan nodded his head in agreement. "Whatever it is, it has something to do with our new arrival."
"He shouldn't be here."
Qui-Gon turned to face Anakin. "Why do you say that?"
"It just... doesn't feel right..."
"The Vong can't be sensed through the-"
"Yes they can."
Qui-Gon whirled to face Obi-Wan. "What?"
"Yes they can. Anakin can sense them. He could completely sense them before... something is wrong."
"Yes... and we have to find out what it is and correct it before it's too late. Speak with the other Masters. Each of us no doubt has a different piece of the puzzle. As soon as we have a better idea of what we're dealing with I'm going to ask Yoda to call an emergency meeting of the council."
Obi-Wan and Anakin both nodded in agreement.
"Very well. May the Force be with us all."

 

CHAPTER TWO
Somewhere in the Force, storm clouds were gathering.
Ominous storm clouds of Dark Force energy.
Mace Windu didn't like it.
He sat in a meditative posture, his hands folded neatly in front of him.
"Upset, the balance is."
Mace nodded to Master Yoda. "The Darkside is gaining in strength. To much strength. Even our combined powers may not be able to defeat this."
"But we must. Guardians of the Force, we are. To abandon it-"
"Master Yoda, I have no intention of abandoning the Force. You know me. What I am telling you is that we may not be able to win this battle."
"Win we will. For we must."
"Master Yoda... I think I understand now."
"What understand you?"
"This is why he was sent to us. We are in our hour of need, and the Force has delivered the answer."
"Young Solo. Save us, you think he will?"
"I can think of no other explination."
"Yes. Great things I sense in this boy's future. Great things."
"Then let us hope he can help us. He may be our last, best hope."

 

I have complete faith in him.. awww but the poor boy misses Tahiri. Great posts..I'll check on it again 2morrow cuz its past 11 here an im in desperate need of sleep...keep it up!

 

What a cool idea! Keep it up!

 

Keep Going J_A_S! This is so cool!

 

Wow, this is great!!! Post soon!

 

"Where is the boy?"
Yoda turned to regard Qui-Gon Jinn. He was a great Jedi Master, but even he limited patience at times like this. "The council meeting he cannot attend; asleep he is. Rest, he needs."
Qui-Gon's eyes widened. "No! He doesn't need sleep, he needs protection! Post a guard, quickly!"
"Already done it is. Did you not notice your former apprentice's absence?"
"Good. In that case we may continue with the meeting."
"Thank you for your permission," Anakin Skywalker said with a laugh.
Mace Windu leaned forward. "You mentioned something about... Dark Side energy?"



Anakin was asleep.
For hours and hours he had slept, but that was only the beginning.
Most Jedi slept for days if not weeks after making the transition.
But Anakin was especially vulnerable.
The forces of darkness would love to be able to eliminate him before he became a threat.
And Obi-Wan couldn't let that happen.
So, he sat outside his door listening for any sign of distress and keeping himself open to the Force for warnings of danger.
That's when he felt the dark maelstrom of power moving towards Anakin.
"Oh no..."
Obi-Wan's saber was instantly ignited and he kicked the door open.
A Sith Lord landed in the center of the room, lightsaber ignited.
Obi-Wan rushed forward and attacked. The Sith Lord parried with his red lightsaber and blocked the next shot cleanly. Obi-Wan pivoted for better position and struck. The Sith didn't even come close to going offbalance as Obi-Wan thought he would, and instead threw Obi-Wan into the wall with a Force blast and shot him with Force Lightning.
"I am not here for you. I am here for the boy. I will leave you alive to deliver this message. Tell them, Darth Bane did this. Tell them, the days of the Jedi are coming to an end."
With that, he turned, scooped up Anakin, and jumped out of the window.
And there wasn't a thing Obi-Wan could do to stop him. For the first time in his life, he felt completely powerless.
He had failed.
And now they had Anakin.
He was the price of Obi-Wan's failure.
And he was a price that the Jedi couldn't pay. He was their last hope, and they had to get him back. Everything depended upon it.

 

Poor Anakin. People just won't leave him alone! Great post!

 

Obi-Wan came bursting through the door to the council chamber.
"Qui-Gon was right! A Sith Lord just attacked myself and young Solo! I... I failed..."
Qui-Gon stared at Obi-Wan with sympathy. Trust him to blame himself for everything. "Do you know the Sith Lord's name? Which one was it?" he inquired.
"He called himself Darth Bane."
"Then your failure was unavoidable," Mace Windu cut in. "It wasn't your fault Obi-Wan."
"Yes," Yoda agreed. "Powerful, Lord Bane is."
"He was the first," Ki-Adi Mundi added.
"The first?"
"The first of the Sith. The greatest of them all. His powers surpassed all, even Sidious and Vader."
Anakin Skywalker shot Ki-Adi a meaningful glance. The second name was never to be spoken in his presence. Never.
"He has become known as 'the Dark One.' His sudden reemergence could doom us all."
"I failed," Obi-Wan replied. "I failed, and now all is lost."
"Why do you say that?" Mace inquired.
"Because they have Anakin now."

 

CHAPTER THREE
Anakin was surrounded by long-dead Dark Jedi and Sith Lords.
They were everywhere.
Anakin fought to sit up, but he was being held down by some sort of dark energy field.
He was in pain.
Horrible pain.
The darkness was overwhelming.
"Young Solo, we have been expecting you."
This was a sinister and dark parody of the welcoming given to him by the Jedi.
Anakin turned to face the person who had spoken.
His face was a mosiac of dark tattoos. Other than that, his skin was a demonic red with horns jetting out from the top of his head.
"Who are you?"
"I am Darth Maul. I am your worst nightmere."
"What do you want?"
Maul didn't answer. Anakin was well aware of his reputation as the silent and deadly type.
"To hurt you," another Sith Lord answered for him. "And to go on hurting you. He cannot kill you, you are already dead, but he can hurt you. And he will. If you fall, the Jedi will fall with you. And then you will have a choice. You can join us, and be more powerful than you can possibly imagine, or be our prisoner. You could be more powerful than any of us, or any of them. But for as long as you are our prisoner, you will know nothing other than pain, anquish, and fear."
"Fear," Maul spoke up. "It is your enemy, Jedi. But fear is my ally. And with it, I will turn you into a shell of the person you are now. It is only a matter of time."

 

i love it!! interesting story idea and, as always well written. more!

 

More soon!

 

"Action must be taken!"
Everyone turned to face Anakin Skywalker.
Mace raised a questioning eyebrow. "'Action?' We must be calm, passive-"
"I protect, I serve, Master Windu. If these goals are incompatable with yours, I appologize."
"How dare you?" a younger council memeber demanded. "You will speak to Master Windu with respect! I don't care who you are."
"A hypocrit, you are being," Master Yoda pointed out. "Master Windu, he should respect. But Master Skywalker, you should respect."
"I'm sorry Master, I didn't think-"
"Correct. Corrected, your error is."
"We're Jedi. We have to get him back," Anakin cut in. "Please! If you won't help, let me. Let me help! I won't go without your authorization... I can't. I won't. But I am begging you, let me help him!"
"He's right."
Everyone turned to face Obi-Wan.
"We need to help Anakin. Everything depends upon it."
"If we lose him, we lose everything," Qui-Gon added. "And if we lose everything, the Force loses everything. We cannot let the Force fall into darkness. The light cannot be extinguished."
"Help him, you shall. It is your destiny."
"I thank you-" Qui-Gon began.
"Not your destiny Master Qui-Gon."
"Master?"
Mace Windu smiled. "You were correct when you said that Anakin was the one who would bring balance to the Force, but we didn't know how. Until now. He will save Anakin Solo."
"Why-"
"Because," Anakin cut in, suddenly understanding. "That is my prophesised great destiny! Not defeating Palpatine... but... saving Anakin."
"Exactly. We had the first name right... we were just a little off on the last name."
"What can we do?" Obi-Wan cut in eagerly.
"Help them, you can. Help them, you will."
"May the Force be with you," Mace Windu added.

 

Anakin plunged into the circle of Dark Jedi, lightsaber ignited.
He blocked blows left and right with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon at his side.
Anakin ducked under a strike intended to decapitate him and brought his blue lightsaber up to block the blow.
"Are we crazy? These are our eternal souls we're talking about!"
"They can't kill us!" Anakin shouted back at his former master. "We're already dead!"
"What happens if they strike us down?"
That made even Qui-Gon think. "I don't know," Anakin and Qui-Gon both announced without even pausing during the battle.
Obi-Wan cursed and ran to catch up with them.
"Not that way!"
"Why not?"
Then, Anakin saw it.
Darth Bane.
"There's three of us! We can take him!"
Anakin froze.
"That's... not possible!"
The second man blocking their way... was him. His shadow. His reflection. His past.
Darth Vader.
Without thought, Anakin threw himself at the Sith Lord, lightsaber ignited.
This was going to get ugly.

 

I really like this fic ^-^ Great job! Arg, those DJ spoilers about his funeral have ticked me off!!!

 

[face_shocked] Post soon!

 

Anakin Solo's eyes drifted open very slowly.
"It's okay," a calm and compassionate voice soothed. "You're safe now."
Anakin sat up and adjusted to his surroundings.
Anakin Skywalker was there, along with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon.
"Who..."
"Anakin," Anakin Skywalker said with a smile, "I want you to meet someone. This is your grandmother, Padme Amidala Skywalker."
Padme smiled warmly. "I've heard great things about you, and I'm very proud of you."
Anakin suddenly felt much more normal. He had a family. It might not be the family he was used to, but they were family. They were his grandparents, but they appeared in the prime of their lives here.
"Amazing... this is just amazing. Am I dreaming? Is this place for real?"
Anakin-the other Anakin-smiled. "I know. It's hard to believe, isn't it? That so many people you never thought you'd meet... well, everyone here has been looking forward to your arrival. We're sorry the Sith interupted, we fixed that."
"How?"
"I vanquished my Dark Side. That was their challenge, and I met it. After that, they let you go. No one wanted to face the man who killed Darth Vader."
"But... we're already dead. How can we die?"
"Because he's my counterpart. All that made me evil. My opposite. It's very rare that two souls from the same person survive. But when they do, they are the only souls that can vanquish each other."
Anakin nodded, apparently understanding.
"You comprehend much for one so young," Qui-Gon complimented.
"It must run in the family," Obi-Wan said with a laugh.
"You really do remind me so much of myself at your age..." Skywalker said.
"Thank you for the compliment."
"Compliment?" Obi-Wan cut in with a laugh, "he just insulted you."
Padme shot Obi-Wan a meaningful glance, but he smiled to indicate that he was joking.
"No, Obi-Wan. I said he reminds me of me not you. That would be an insult."
Anakin laughed. Actually laughed.
But there was something missing...
Someone missing.
"You're thinking about her again, aren't you?"
Anakin turned to face his grandfather. "I can't help it... I miss her so much."
"You'll meet again."
"I now. But that isn't soon enough, I want to see her now!"
The other Anakin laughed and ruffled his hair. "You need to learn patience, just like I did. It's not much fun, but I know if I did it you can do it."
"You never did actually do that," Obi-Wan cut in with a laugh.
"Yes I did. Just not as completely as you. If there was a moon falling out of the sky-"
Anakin shot the other Anakin a meaningful glance.
"Sorry... bad analogy. If there was a star exploding, Obi-Wan wouldn't mind if he were the last one off the planet."
"That I can believe," Qui-Gon added.
When the laughter died down, Anakin noticed several glances in his direction. He finally sighed and said what's on his mind-even though Padme, the only non-Jedi, was probably the only person in the room who didn't already know what was on his mind.
"Everyone keeps looking at me like I'm going to explode into a being of light and completely annihilate the Dark Side and they'll miss it if they don't glance in my general direction every couple of seconds. Anybody care to explain this to me?"
Obi-Wan laughed. "That's actually not far from the truth. There are great things prophesised in your future. Everyone is just as curious as you are as to what those things are."
That's when Anakin felt the explosion of dark energy.
"Oh this does not look good..."
"What?"
Anakin realized he was the only person in the room who had felt it.
"Dark energy. A lot of it."
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon exchanged glances. "Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"How sure?"
"Pretty sure."
"And no one else felt this?" Anakin Skywalker added.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan indicated they did not.
"Well this can't be good," the older Anakin pronounced.