Beyond - Legends About Time (Anakin Skywalker Meets Ben Skywalker - One Shot)

Title: About Time
Author: darth_treyvah
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Ben Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Genre: Drama, Reflection, Sentiment
Timeframe: The Unifying Force
Summary: A grandfather visits his grandson.

Ben Skywalker lay in his crib sleeping. The window above him was mercifully turned away from the Maw, letting the stars of distant planets and suns glitter over him.

To the shimmering figure near the crib, who had once looked out at these same stars, they seemed gentler somehow for the boy: as though they could afford a sympathy for him that the rest of the Galaxy could not. Anakin Skywalker tried to remember if that was what the stars had been like on Tatooine so many years ago before the Jedi, before his life, before the mask ... before he'd moved on.

"My grandson," the young man with the old blue eyes said with pride, "you are just as beautiful as your aunt's children."

He let a hand, once artificial but now alive and outlined in blue light caress his hair. The boy shifted slightly in his sleep.

"You'll be just as strong as they are, as your aunt, as your father ... Luke. It is about time they had you," then Anakin's wistful smile had a tinge of sadness to it, "I wasn't there for your father. Or your aunt. I never held them in my arms, like your mother and father hold you when you see them.

"And I'm sorry for that."

Anakin sighed and then shook his head and then smiled again, "You have a good father, Ben. He can't be with you right now, but he will be. He is a good man, my son. I wish that things had changed since I left. That this Galaxy would stop having its pointless wars. I wanted a better legacy for my children. I wanted a better legacy for you, than to feel all that pain in the Force."

He gave Ben's hair another ghostly caress, "I can't appear to your father anymore, and though your aunt has forgiven me ... I doubt I can come to her at all. But I'm allowed this much. I wanted to see you and to tell you, though you're still far too young to understand that the Force is not about pain or fear. We're all born, grandson, knowing what the Force truly is. It is all living beings. It's life and joy and you are so close to it. Don't close yourself off from it because it has many things to show you and good people to bring into your life."

Anakin Skywalker remained silent for a few moments, "I never got to grow old, to see you, and I am also profoundly sorry for that: that I can't hold you that way I couldn't hold my own children. But I can promise to watch over you, and your cousins. I always have. You have a good family, my grandson. You have a good name."

"That he does, Anakin."

Anakin turned to see the shining outline of Obi-Wan Kenobi appear next to him.

"Becoming One with the Force has improved your sense of modesty, Master," Anakin quipped gently.

A twinkle came into Obi-Wan's eye as he smiled under his white beard, "Come, my friend. You have another grandson you need to keep watch over."

Anakin nodded, "Yes, I know. He needs to stand firm," he looked back at Ben's sleeping form, "and what of you, Obi-Wan?"

"I'll be with them. Then I think I will pay Zonoma Sekot a visit. Come on, let my namesake sleep in peace for now. We'll see him soon enough."

"Hopefully not too soon," Anakin leaned forward and kissed Ben's forehead, "Good night, Ben. The Force be with you."

"Always," said Obi-Wan, as the both of them faded away, back into the stars.

 

I loved this. Anakin's tender words to Luke's only son. Fantastic!

 

Cudos! this was very well thought out and your writing style is excellent. Pity it's a one shot, it could continue forever or like a diary challenge?

 

Very nicely done. This would make a nice diary challenge.

 

Aw! So sweet!

Congrats on such a lovely fic!

 

Aw! Very sweet! I love fics like this.

 

Very soothing! I loved it.

 

I loved it! Especially Ben meeting Obi-Wan at the end... Will he even remember it?

Thank you for making my day.