Saga The Forgotten Past- AU/Drama/Romance COMPLETE 7/11/09!

Yikes, Luke is in worse shape than I thought



I hope, if nothing else, Vader can stop the torture and allow the poor boy to heal.

Loved the reunion with his friends.



Great update

 

I hope, if nothing else, Vader can stop the torture and allow the poor boy to heal.

Perhaps, but somehow, Vader may not be in as much favor as he used to be... I mean, Luke is his son and a traitor to the Empire. Anything Vader does will probably be viewed as biased. On the other hand, maybe he has some healing skills. That would be useful.

 

And a month later... Sorry! You guys had nearly caught up to me!

Chapter Eight

Luke levered himself up off the bench and walked stiffly over to the edge of the balcony. He started to hang them over the edge when a tall man wearing elegant livery stopped in front of him. The man smiled thinly, blue eyes sharp as ice and said, "I'll take those for you."

Luke gazed at him for a second before handing them over and turning away. He could feel the servant's eyes on his back, feel the man's shock and horror at the condition of his back and grimly smiled. It was nothing to him.

He stopped in front of Leia and said, "Now you can give me a hug."

Leia stepped forward and wrapped her arms warmly about Luke, fighting back tears. She held him close to her for a second, reveling in the fact that he was her brother, her twin. Rieekan's revelation had come as a shock to both her and her newly-discovered father, but she was willing to drop all of her anger for a while in order to support her brother.

Luke pulled away from her for a second, gazing into her dark brown eyes. In a soft voice he said, "Something has surprised you recently."

Leia took a step back and lowered her eyes. She lifted them and smiled, he was as perceptive as always. "Right on target as usual, brother."

Luke took a half-step back and gazed into Leia's eyes with shock.

* * * * * *

Lord Vader watched his newly-discovered daughter as she hugged Luke and proceeded to tell him that they were twins. She was so beautiful and such a strong reminder of her mother that it made his heart ache to watch her interact with Luke.

Luke's eyes went really wide with shock and Lord Vader extended a tendril of Force energy toward his son, curious. Oh Force, I can't believe I actually... was all he heard before Luke slammed down a reinforced shield.

Luke ran a few fingers through his hair and proceeded to turn a few different shades of red as he said to Leia, "Well I guess that explains the, uh, attraction between us."

Leia blushed and Vader wondered at his son's wording. He actually seemed very embarrassed about something. He heard a loud whoop of laughter and turned to seen Solo about to die laughing as he watched Luke and Leia.

"Now there's an awkward development for you!" Han leaned toward Wedge and told him why he was laughing, which caused the pilot to nearly spew a drink of water as he looked at his nervous commander and the Princess.

Luke whipped around toward Han and Wedge and said sharply, "Han, Wedge, don't you dare tell him. It's embarrassing enough that you know about it."

"We won't, promise."

* * * * * * *

Luke limped over toward his father and Carlist, aided by Leia. He gazed in shock at Rieekan and his brow started to furrow. He lost all tendencies to laugh as he gazed at the General with fierce hostility in his dark blue eyes. He shook off Leia's arm and came to stop inches from him, aware that he was crackling with tension.

"I renounced the Rebel Alliance and came after you a day after the Princess, Solo and Antilles left." Rieekan said softly.

"Forgive me if I find that hard to believe," Luke said softly, voice dripping with angry sarcasm.

He deliberately turned his back on Rieekan, ignoring the disbelief on Leia's face, the sorrow on Rieekan's or his father gazing at him with curious interest.

"When is the arraignment?" Leia asked Avery to cover the confusion over Luke's reaction to Rieekan.

"Tomorrow."

"List of charges?" Lord Vader asked.

"Ah, let's see. It's a long list" he apologized, "I've forgotten some of it." He pulled out a datapad and sat down, gazing at it intently for a second.

" 7 counts forgery, 6 counts destruction of property, 13 counts first-degree murder, 1 count espionage, 1 count High Treason and 1 count AWOL."

"Thirteen counts murder?" Leia whispered, incredulous.

Luke's impassive face twitched slightly as Han cleared his throat and said, "Well, it's obvious, ain't it Your Holiness? They decided to say

 

I hope that by helping him in this trial I can gain his forgiveness and at the same time help prevent an innocent man from dying.

If nothing else, that is a good start.

I'm glad Luke now knows he and Leia are twins. Better to find out now than when something more embarrassing happens.

Great update

 

Ahhh, it seems that Vader's curiosity has become piqued? I wonder if he'll pester Luke for an explanation, if Luke survives long enough...

Cheers_Cazza

 

This is a great story. I hope it turns out all right for Luke.


Can I please be added to your PM list?

 

Please More![face_alien_1]

 

Chapter Nine

The next morning Leia, Han, Rieekan and Wedge joined Lord Vader, Admiral Pellaeon and Captain Derek Aldridge in the enormous Hall of Justice, sitting behind Avery.

"Luke will be coming in after the Judge," Avery whispered.

They nodded and watched as the gigantic chamber filled with high-placed Imperial citizens.

Suddenly Rieekan turned from where he sat next to Pellaeon and whispered to them.

"No matter what you hear, remember who Luke truly is and not as he was," his face was white with fear for Luke as he finished.

They were turned away from the front of the courtroom so they didn't notice the tall man with thin lips and weary brown eyes enter the room until the courtroom announcer said loudly, "All stand for the Honorable Judge Atticus!"

They all stood until he sat down and said, "Let the typist note that the day has begun. Be seated, members of the Empire."

The prosecutor stood and said clearly, "We bring before the honorable Judge the case of the Empire vs. Luke Skywalker."

"Let the accused enter the room," Atticus said wearily.

The chamberlain shouted across the room, "Lieutenant Commander Luke Anakin Skywalker of the Rebel Alliance, formerly of the Imperial Military!"

"What?" Leia gasped, spinning around.

Luke stood behind her in an Imperial dress uniform of black with silver piping with the lapel of a Lieutenant Commander on his chest and two strange insignia on the right arm.

His gaze was focused straight ahead and when he began to walk forward his stride was smooth and supple and echoed with military precision. With his shoulders thrown back and chin lifted defiantly he made a completely different image than the fearful arrival.

Murmurs followed his approach to the front and he stood next to Avery, who was standing and trying not to stare at the uniform.

"The list of charges are as follows: 7 counts forgery, 6 counts destruction of property, 13 counts first-degree murder, 1 count espionage, 1 count High Treason and 1 count AWOL."

"How does the defendant plead?"

"Not guilty on all counts Your Honor," Luke said clearly.

"We shall now proceed with the opening statements," Atticus stated. "Be seated, Lieutenant."

Luke sat down sharply, remaining facing forward. He could feel the shock of his companions and he promised them that this would be the last lie he'd ever tell them. It had been a large one but he hoped they could forgive him. At the thought of losing them, especially Leia, his throat tightened with sorrow.

He watched as the jurors were announced and went to their seats.

* * * * * *

Lord Vader sat behind his son, attempting to recover from the shock of Luke's military history. His son had been a lieutenant commander in the Imperial Military! How had he missed that in Luke's file?

He watched the jurors with interest, wondering if any of them had known his son in his previous life. He saw Luke suddenly stiffen with rage and watched in shock as the last figure entered.

"High Admiral Ckoden of Alderaan."

Luke was about ready to start snarling as he snapped his head around to Avery and hissed, "How dare they allow him on this trial. That man is a traitor to all who think him trustworthy."

Avery swallowed and said, "They did it deliberately. They know you hate him and he hates you, so he was one of their logical choices. If you fight his appointment and lose he'll be that much more deliberately against you."

"He's already against me. He's been against me for years." Luke said ominously. His tone said that there was nothing but dislike and mistrust between him and the High Admiral and Vader wondered where they'd run across each other.

The prosecutor stood, signaling his intent to begin.

"Honorable members of the Empire and the Imperial Military, we are here for an event that has been called historical, but truly should be decided swiftly and buried beneath the pages of the Empire. You will hear tales of oaths taken and forced duties and an honorable mind being used for dishonorable purposes. Beneath

 

Playing catch up here. Great updates! Poor Luke though. A person as good as him shouldn't have to go through awful stuff like that.
Please keep me on the pm list, so I won't miss any more chapters! Great job!

 

Whoa! Really awesome chapter!! Looking forward to more!

- Serena

 

I must have answers! He was part of the military! Oh dear!

 

And now to be a good author and reply to all of your comments.

Chapter Seven

JediNat Glad you're still reading my tale! It gets crazy soon.

KELIA Unfortunately, Luke won't be able to heal anytime soon.. Glad you liked the reunion. Dialogue is hard for me to write.

dm1 You have some good points there, dm1. I'd never thought about some of them.

Chapter Eight

KELIA I had fun writing that part. All I had to do was imagine what I would feel and amplify it.

Jedi_Master_Cazz Vader is interested. He won't hear it from Luke though, and he'll die laughing when he hears.

Sara_Kenobi and lightsaberbeauty Welcome to the craziness of The Forgotten Past

Chapter Nine

Sorry dancing_star! I lost your request in the mess of writing! Glad you like it!

Hope you keep looking forward to it Serena

Jedi_Master_Cazz You'll get your answers soon enough, Cazza! Enjoy

 

Oh, so that's why it's a court martial...

 

Leia stood and walked out of the room, taking in the shock that her brother had been a member of the Imperial Military

That was quite a shock!

It'll be interesting to see how/if that changes things between them.

Great update

 

dm1 Yup, that's why its a court martial! I'm sneaky sometimes. I can imagine that Luke looked pretty good in that uniform...

KELIA It may change things and then it may not....

Thanks for reading everyone!

 

Chapter Ten

The jury filed into the room the next morning at 0745, followed by Atticus. This time when Luke stepped into the room he wore a white shirt and black pants under a soft blue Killik wool vest that came to his knees. The entire outfit came from Alderaan and Leia lowered her eyes to conceal the tears in them.

Luke sat and listened as Kallen called the first witness, a member of the Alderaan Refugee camp named Dr. Lansd. Leia remembered him as working at the Alderaani orphanage as well as the palace, taking no pay for working with the orphans.

He took the stand after being sworn in and looked alertly at Kallen.

"I have a piece of paper here, labeled exhibit A, that I would like you to read aloud for us, Doctor."

Lansd nodded and picked up the sheet from where Kallen had placed it. He glanced down at it and cleared his throat. Removing a pair of spectacles from his breast pocket he put them on and began to read.

"Imperial ID# 787492008. Name: Luke Anakin Skywalker. Age: One standard year. Homeworld: Alderaan. Place of residence: National Orphanage of Aldera. Hair: Blonde. Eyes: Blue."

Kallen cleared his throat. "According to Rebel files, the same person, the accused, is listed as being a resident of Tatooine, born and raised there by his paternal step-uncle Owen Lars and his wife Beru. Here it says that his homeworld is Alderaan. Which is correct, Doctor?"

"His correct homeworld is Alderaan," Lansd said clearly.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course," Lansd snorted. "I was there when he arrived at the orphanage. A little thing, big wide blue eyes and somewhat fearful of his surroundings. He didn't get along well with the other kids, they thought him somewhat strange."

"So the second record placing him on Tatooine is false?"

"Yes."

"How is that, when it has the identical signature of his birth mother on both?"

"Well, the second one is obviously a fake."

"Obviously a fake," Kallen repeated with a smile and a nod. He turned to Avery and said, "Your witness, Pellaeon."

Avery stood and moved forward. "Dr. Lansd, you said that he didn't get along well with the others. Was he a bully?"

"No."

"Was he tall?"

"No. He was actually very small and thin for his age."

"Then why did the others dislike him?"

"It's hard to describe. He was very young but his intelligence was phenomenal. He would pick up on other's moods and would occasionally answer a question or comment that wasn't said aloud. He was also very good with mechanical things and loved flying. He would talk to the speederbike racers around Aldera, asking them questions and commenting on racing paths. He was also very mature for his age and very solemn."

"Was he aggressive or temperamental?"

"No. He was one of Alderaan's most loyal citizens. Bail Organa kept a close eye on him; he was slated to enter the training program of the Royal Guards in the fall of his 14th year."

"He was slated? What happened?"

Lansd sighed. "One day the Director appeared in the doorway as I was treating him for a cut he'd received while playing in the woods near Aldera and ordered me to take Luke to the receiving hall. Normally the Director didn't order me around, she was a very considerate lady. I knew that if she was ordering me, it was something very important."

"I escorted Luke down to the hall and opened the door, preceding him into the room. Sitting in the Director's chair with two of his Red Guard was the Emperor Palpatine."

"What happened next?"

"I introduced the Emperor to Luke. His Majesty asked me several questions about the boy's constitution and health records and then dismissed me."

"Did you ever see Luke again?"

"Yes, twice. Once at the end of that day. He was shaking like a leaf and only told me that he was leaving Alderaan for Coruscant. The other time was years later when the Imperial Royal Guard who was acting as a head physician at the Palace recruited me. Luke walked into my office one day escorted by two Red Guard. He had been sent to me for a routine exam."

"What was you

 

Luke walked into my office one day escorted by two Red Guard. He had been sent to me for a routine exam."

"What was your reaction to the exam?"

"I was appalled. As part of the exam required a physical notification he was wearing only a simple pair of black shorts. His legs were bruised and cut in several places and his arms had red marks as well as scars. His torso carried one horizontal scar that ran the width of his body. I nearly fainted when I saw his back."

"Why such an extreme reaction?"

"His back was covered with old scars. I had studied lightsaber wounds as part of my experience was in the Clone Wars with the Jedi and many of the wounds that covered his back were inflicted with a lightsaber. The other half were either given with a rapier or during interrogation."


Another terrific post! Looking forward to more!!

 

Ooooh... now I have more questions??? This is getting undeniably good! Keep writing!

 

Such high praise... I'm speechless! Thanks!

And to you dancing_star!

 

Wow!!!! This just keeps escalating!! Awesome, awesome chapter!! Keep it up!

- Serena

 

Leia did not like the mysterious

I can relate to that!

It seems as if the first witness was okay...at least he didn't paint Luke in a bad light.

Great update

 

Thank you. The dear doctor was one of the only nice ones unfortunately. Imperials aren't very happy with Lukie right now..

Serena: Thank you my dear. Glad you like it still. One of the things I was worried about was keeping people's interest.

 

Hey!

UP!!!!!!

There. Now the readers can find this postie!

Anduli

 

*Pops in with a guilty expression* Hi guys! Don't worry, I'm working on it. Its harder to get to a computer right now because I broke my leg a little while ago. I hate roller skates! Anyways, I'm working on the next couple chapters and if you want something to read while your waiting so patiently try Path of Love which is also on this board. /end commercial/ See you soon, hopefully!

 

Aww, I'm sorry to hear about your leg. Hope and pray you feel better soon!! In the mean time, rest and recover and we'll try to wait patiently for an update.