"Father & Son" - An AU Round Robin starring Dark Luke, Vader, Mara, and Leia

Ok, now I don't want to write it all, there's only one rule to this round robin:

*Have as many plot twists if as you want but no magical changes like killing big main characters like Luke or Vader or having someone turn back to the Light (not that you'd want to do that) you can do basicly anything else.

Ok, now the story basicly starts out like this: During ROTJ, Luke changes his mind about Vader and when he meeets him on the landing platform on Endor he agrees to that offer that Vader made at Bespin. The rebs don't succeed in destroying the death star and have to retreat. Luke and Vader kill Palpy and then the reb commando team (along with Han and Leia) get captured on Endor. Luke tells Vader about Leia and then Leia agrees to join Luke and Vader providing they don't hurt Han.
The actual story takes place a few months after these events.
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Leia survaded the landscape on Coruscant, the stars looked quite beautiful in the evening and sometimes she wished she could just fly away and forget all her troubles. She had so many troubles, her brother had turned to the Dark Side and she was prisoner of the Empire and if she didn't cooperate then Han would die or suffer great pain.
Leia sighed, her eyes drifted to the imperial prison where Han was being held, she was rarely allowed to see him and when she was an armed escort of troopers would always take her there and then bring her back to the palace. Vader didn't trust her yet and so she was only alowed to go certain places. She looked around her room, Vader had given her anything she wanted but she wasn't free.
"Excuse me, milady, but Emperor Vader wishes to speak with you."
Leia recognized the sound of her handmaiden's voice. She didn't want to go to the monster who was responible for her imprisonment and the death of millions, but she had no choice.
Leia silently stood up and followed her handmaiden out of the room.
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And there you have it, just a little collection of Leia's thoughts.
Perhaps I will write more later. But I urge you and other people to write some, you can bring Mara into it, I'm sure she'll want to get Vader back for Palpys death and then end up falling in love with Luke at the same time.

 

Great start!
I´m not here to add anything,sorry.

 

Interesting plot line. I would add something, but I really dont have the time. sorry

 

Go up!

 

It sickened Leia to walk into the throne room of the Imperial Palace and see Luke standing behind Vader's right shoulder. Vader was seated on the throne, and his expressionless mask hid any suggestion as to why her presence was required.

"I have come as you asked, my Emperor," Leia said submissively as she took a knee. She refused to call the Emperor 'father' as Luke did. Only a few weeks before she had been both thrilled and saddened to learn the truth about her family. Now her brother, who had already been one of her best friends, had lost the light in his eyes and was almost a stranger to her.

Not a stranger, Leia thought, my teacher. Busy with the affairs of running the galaxy, Vader had handed Leia's training off to Luke, who Leia was quickly discovering could be a cruel taskmaster. No matter how quickly she learned, Luke gave her no credit for her accomplishments. He just kept pushing her harder and harder. It was almost as if he wanted her to lash back at him. Well if that was what he wanted, then there was no way she would give him that satisfaction, Leia decided.

"It has been brought to my attention that you lack focus in your training," Vader began. "I hope I've made clear the price that will be paid if you don't cooperate with us fully."

"You have, my Lord," Leia answered meekly. "It's just that this is all so new to me. It's taking me a while to adjust."

"Time is a luxury your friend can not afford," Vader threatened. Either follow your brother's example with more enthusiasm or he will pay the price."

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That's all I could think of spur of the moment. Maybe I'll come up with more later.

 

That was pretty cool, Herman, and I was one of the more silent readers of 'Meant To Be', it was great.
Anyway, I don't have anymore story right now but I may post some tomorrow.

 

Herman, it's so wonderful to see you again. I was just planning to P/M you to ask if you could lend me a cup of sugar and some ideas for my new Dark Luke, which is only due out around X mas but i started it today. I was one of the pretty vocal readers of Meant To Be. That story will be with me forver.

Luke had wanted to give her another impromptu training session. Leia sweated as she tried to fend off her brother's thrusts with her blade, but she was tired now, and he was too powerful for her.
She could see the cold look in his eyes. He was so unlike the young man she had met years ago. In some very real way, she hated her brother for what he had become.

Hope I didn't ruin that.

 

Hey, this is really cool! Herman, that post rivaled Meant to Be! uh...I think that's good. I might add s/t later if no one minds.

 

Hey, this is really cool! Herman, that post rivaled Meant to Be! uh...I think that's good. I might add s/t later if no one minds.

 

Ok, I can't resist, so here's some more.
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A few days lays later, Luke spoke to Vader about Leia, "If she only knew the power she could have." he said.
Vader nodded, it was true, she still cared for the rebels and the hatred that she felt towards Vader may have had good use if she didn't hide it so well.
Vader was about to say something when suddenly the door opened and Grand Admiral Seren, the Empires 3rd in command, burst into the room. He had a small holo-pad in his hand.
"Excuse me, Sire." Seren said in a fear stricken voice.
Luke shot a glare at the Grand Admiral, which caused him to wince in fear, Luke enjoyed tormenting some of the officers, and he didn't like Seren much, grant it he knew how to follow orders and he was a good officer but he was also one of the few who didn't think that Luke, a former rebel, deserved as much power as Vader gave him.
"What is it, Grand Admiral?" Vader asked, after a moment.
"We have received a destress call from one of our bases in the Outer Rim." Seren said and he approached the throne to present Vader with the holo pad.
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Ok, I'm sure you all know who the attackers are.
Well I gotta go, maybe more tomorrow, feel free to post.

 

This is really nice!
I want to add something, but I'm afraid to ruin it...well, here goes nothing!

Vader got the holo pad from the Admiral's hands, and flicked it on. It was a distress call from Nirauan. Which supposedly was the exile of one of the traitors of the Empire. Supposedly.
But Vader knew better. He knew that what the Emperor did was not always what looked like.
Immediately, Vader ordered the opening of a channel to the Imperial Base on Nirauan, and as soon as it was made, an image of an humanoid appeared.
But not a regular humanoid. It was a blue skinned, red eyed humanoid.
"Greetings, Lord Vader. I see you finally have taken the Emperor's throne" Grand Admiral Thrawn said, without second thoughts.
Vader wondered briefly what Thrawn meant with that "finally" of his. Well, he was a very intelligent man according to the late Emperor...Maybe he had figured it out before it happened. Or maybe he was just really controlled.
"Greetings, Grand Admiral Thrawn."
Just the simple fact of hearing this name made Grand Admiral Seren stiffen. Something Luke obviously noticed.
"May I ask why did you call?" Vader continued.
"We have find a strange asteroid heading our way. Really fast."
"And why should I bother with a simple asteroid?"
"Because it isn't a simple asteroid." Thrawn said, calmly.

 

Here's my humble attempt. Please accept my profuse apologies in advance.
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Darth Vader, newly self-appointed emperor of most of the known galaxy, sat in his study bemused. He knew a little of the Chiss from Palpatine?s private information store. And for Thrawn to be calling him so soon after his elevation to the throne, on so ambiguous a pretext as an asteroid left him trying to second guess and triple guess the Grand Admiral?s actions.


_Of course, that could be the whole point behind this subterfuge_, Vader thought to himself for the umpteenth time. Assuming it was indeed a pretext for some more sinister motive.


Vader slammed the datapad off with his fist. He didn?t need this. He was still consolidating his power on Coruscant and throughout the rest of the Inner Rim. He had an apprentice and heir to train, who in turn had one of his own to watch over. Leia, of course, was the fly in the proverbial ointment. While her very existence had come as a shock to Vader, he had nonetheless quickly embraced the idea of having two extremely capable Force-sensitive children. The revelation of Luke?s maliciously cruel streak, on the other hand, was something of a disappointment, strangely enough. The boy appeared to run in the same mold as Palpatine. Rule by fear, oppression and cruelty, often with reason, but almost as frequently for personal enjoyment. While Vader was certainly not above such tactics himself. There was a time and a place for all things, and Vader would certainly never handle his apprentice in the manner Luke was treating his.


*If only Leia would see sense.* The girl had enormous potential. Her midichlorian count was just as high as Luke?s. She was highly intelligent. Unlike Luke, very well educate. And her anger... Vader smiled at the thought. Leia?s anger would be her undoing. She would not pass up the chance to seek revenge against the Empire, and restore order to the galaxy. After all, was not that his aim also?


*That* was the key to winning Leia over. When that was accomplished, he would take her on as an apprentice also. Her time with Luke, while serving little purpose in itself (What use is a lightsabre to a true Sith Lord? The boy had obviously never been on the receiving end of Palpatine?s Force lightning), it would give Leia that extra push to fall over the precipice and into the bottomless depths of the Darkside. Vader knew from personal experience that self-righteous anger was difficult to maintain without becoming tainted by far darker urges. As a politician, the lure of power would make it even more difficult for Leia to resist.


Amidala, if she had been given the right opportunity or born in a different generation, would have become a prime force in the galaxy. So it struck Vader as more than befitting that her daughter stepped into the role that by right should have been hers.

 

WOW!Great storie you've got here!

 

Thanks Anya! Ok I think it's time we brought Mara into it.
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Luke strode into his quarters, deep in thought. He was just as puzzled as his father about what Grand Admiral Thrawn had up his sleeve. Luke had never met Thrawn, but when he joined the Empire, Vader had told him that Thrawn was one of the few who couldn't be trusted.
Luke walked through his office and out onto the balconey. He looked out over the vast landscape of the city.
Leia's training wasn't going as well as he wanted, no matter how hard he pushed her she just wouldn't lash out at him, anger can be a powerful ally but not if it's hidden and not used, Luke knew that Leia felt anger toward him and perhaps that could be her downfall.
Luke's thoughts were interuped when he heard something coming from inside his quarters, he turned and walked inside, his hand hovering close to his lightsaber. His eyes darted around the room, there wasn't anyone there.
Then suddenly Luke activated his lightsaber and whirled around, the tip of the saber was just inchs away from the neck of a beautiful young red headed women. Mara Jade.
Luke lowered his lightsaber and deactivated it.
"What are you doing here?" He asked her.
"I needed to talk to you." Was all she said.
"If he finds you here, he'll kill you." Luke said, referring to his father, who had always hated Mara.
Mara stepped closer to Luke, "Have you asked him yet?" She said, if Luke could convince Vader to let him be with Mara then she would sware alligence to him.
"No." Luke replied, "I'm waiting for the right time."
Luke closed the small distance between them and kissed Mara lightly on the lips.
"The answer'll be 'no'." Mara said when the kiss ended, "But if you tell your father what Thrawn's plan is then maybe he'll trust me."
Thrawn's plan? How did Mara know about that?
Luke looked at her, "How do you know about Thrawn?" He asked, puzzled.
"I know what his game is, I have a friend who works with him." She said and she kissed him again.
"Tell me." Luke said in barely a wihsper as he wraped his arms around her.
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Yes, yes I know, I'm evil. But the truth is, I really don't know what Thrawn's plan is, so I leave it to someone else to think of something.

 

Helllloo?? Where is everyone??
Oh, well, Up!

 

I'm still reading it!
But i cant write anything.

 

Ok, just some thoughts:

1) I think we should explain why Luke and Mara are a couple. I mean, I KNOW they were meant to be together, but her last command probably was to kill him...so, what happened? I think we could write something to explain it...I will gladly do it, if you like! =)

2)About Thrawn and the asteroid: I wrote the asteroid with the idea of it being a Vong shuttle. But you can write whatever you want!

 

Oh no, no, you can write about why Mara and Luke are a couple, please feel free, and about the asteriod, go ahead and write that too if ya like.

 

um. I'm going to try here not to mess this up.


Mara worked her mouth around Luke's and moved to his ear. "He wants to kill your father."

Luke broke away from her. "That's his plan?"

"No, that's what he wants to gain. How he plans to do that, well, he's found another race of aliens. And these aliens, they call themselves the Vong, wish to take over the galaxy. So Thrawn struck a deal with them. He will give them the Emporer for their purposes if they will leave the Chiss homeplanet alone."

"Of course they are both planning to double cross the other."

Mara smiled coldly. "But of course. The Vong won't stop at one planet and Thrawn will wait until the Vong have killed your father and then he will get rid of the Vong."

"And how does he plan to do that?"

"My spy can't find out. It seems that only he knows. Well, that's all I know."

Luke turned to leave. "I'll tell my father. Maybe then he'll trust you."

As soon as Luke left the room, Mara relied, "I doubt it very much."



if that doesn't go with what you're planning, just disragard it.

 

That was great Liz! I hope you write more of this story in the future.

 

During his walk to the throne, to talk to his father, Luke remembered the first time he met Mara.

Mara Jade.

It was on his first day at Coruscant. His father had made an announcement in which he told all the galaxy that he was the new Emperor.

And that Luke was his heir.

Many people disliked it. Some because they remembered that he was the one who blew up the first Death Star. Others because they remembered that he was a traitor to the Rebellion.

And one person hated him because he had killed her master.

After the announcement, he had gone to his new private quarters. And as soon as he entered it, he was attacked.

But he his danger sense had alerted him. Soon they were entangled on the floor, with him pressing his atacker to the floor.

The first thing he noticed, was that his attacker was a woman. The second thing was that she was a VERY attractive woman.

And the third thing he noticed was that she had hatred in her eyes.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the one who is going to kill you." she retorder, icily(sp?)

"Well, this is going to be difficult, since you are now my prisioner."

"No prison can stop me. If you send me to one, I will just escape and try to kill you again. And the next time I will kill you."

Luke wondered briefly about this strong woman, who apparently had nothing in mind but to kill him. "And may I ask why do you want to kill me?"

"Because you killed my Master. You killed Emperor Palpatine."

He didn't try to deny it. "Yes, I did. But only because he tried to kill me. He asked my own father to do so."

She looked puzzled. "Your own father?"

"Yes. Vader. Vader is my father."

She started to wonder. So THAT was why Palpatine had ordered her to kill him at Jabba's sail barge. Because he wanted to hurt Vader.

But that didn't mattered. He killed Palpatine, and she would kill him.

"Why?"

That question startled her. "Blast it, Skywalker! Stay out of my mind!"

He was starting to get on her nerves. And not only because she wanted to kill him, but because she had just noticed how handsome he was!

That thought startled her. She was finding him ATTRACTIVE?

He interrupted her thoughts "Ok, I will. But now let me ask you something. What did the Emperor give you?"

"He raised me. And I became his personal assassin." she said, confused.

"So, he used you."

"NO! That's not true!" She said, and she could sense that she didn't trust her own words. Deep inside, she knew the Emperor had used her. She just didn't want to admit it.

"Yes, it is. You know it. So, you should thank me, instead of kill me. Besides, if you decide to join me, you can become very powerful."

Suddenly, she noticed the lustful look on his eyes. On his beautiful eyes. "And become Empress when you succeed(sp?) your father on the throne?"

He smiled. "Yes. I see you are as intelligent as you are a beautiful woman."

She thought for a moment. All her life she was a servant of the Emperor. Now she had the chance to become Empress.

She smiled. "So. Do you want to get off me or are you just getting comfortable?"

 

That last line- true spirit of Star Wars!

 

This first part is still part of the flashback explaining when Luke and Mara first met. The rest occurs in the present.

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Mara, proving her intelligence once again, didn't wait around to be re-introduced to Vader. Instead her and Luke shared a stolen moment before she hastened off planet.

From time to time, the pair arranged to meet, and after each meeting the parting tore more at their hearts. Yet despite their growing love, they both knew the consequences Mara would likely pay if they were caught.
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Since Luke had undertaken his sister's training, his opportunities to rendezvous with Mara were few and far between.

"If only Leia would take that last step and lash out with her anger," Luke said to himself when he was alone that evening. For Luke the fall to the Dark Side had been all too easy. He had always been emotionally charged, and Vader had known just the right lure to cause Luke to make the plunge.

Leia was proving more difficult. While she was indeed learning to use her powers, she always held herself in check. Never letting her anger flow and take over. If she would only do that, Luke knew, his job would be much easier.

Then, an idea occurred to Luke that was startling in its simplicity. The reason Leia wouldn't fall to the lure of the Dark Side was that she had an anchor holding her to the Light, Han Solo. Luke knew that Leia felt righteous in taking on this punishment to save her love. In one swift move, Luke could cut loose his sister's anchor as well as giving her the provocation necessary to embrace the Dark Side. He would have to kill Han Solo, and Leia would have to watch.


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Sorry, I was just feeling evil.

 

don't be sorry! Well, Luke sure is cruel! top!

 

That's so good!