I Dreamed I Fought Darth Vader

This is a recounting of a dream I had one night after reading to much Star Wars. It is also my first Fan Fic, so I'm sorry if it's not to good. Feedback is always appreciated!
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I stood there, in the corridor, facing the dark lord of the sith. Tall and menacing in his black mask and armor, he waited, waited for me. I should have felt something, fear maybe, or at least apprehension. Instead I felt only calm, and a strange, pervading peace. I didn?t know why I felt this way, maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was a Jedi. To my knowledge no one, Jedi or not had fought Vader and lived to tell about it. But this did not concern me. Not that I thought I was invincible, far from it, I was quite aware of my vulnerability. Nor did I want to die, no I simply accepted my almost certain demise.

Vader remained silent, but I knew what he was thinking. He was waiting for me to attack him. Why he waited I didn?t know. As a Jedi I was bound to fight only if I was attacked, but Vader, being a sith, had no such constraints. I would not attack, this I knew. Suddenly a new thought entered my mind. I spoke, firmly, without fear. "You are evil, and I am good. You are dark, and I am light. But I will not fight you." As I stood, lightsaber still at my belt, no thought of removing, much less using it crossed my mind. Still the dark figure before me stood, unmoving, and silent. What happened next I will remember for the rest of my life.

Vader ignited his saber and slashed at me. I did not die, however. My reflexes kicked in, causing me to flip over backwards and ignite my lightsaber. Why I did what this I will never know. Despite my earlier assertion that I would not fight, I began to vigorously defend myself. Back and forth we fought, neither gaining on the other for long. I don?t really know how it happened, perhaps he tripped, although this seems unlikely, but suddenly I found myself standing over Vader, my lightsaber at his throat. I could have killed him, but a Jedi doesn?t kill a helpless opponent. I stepped back and silently let him up. He attacked, I defended. This time I had a plan. I allowed him to drive me back, but maintained control of where I was going. When we reached the hanger where my spaceship, with my friend at the controls, was parked, I hoped my friend saw what was happening and had the presence of mind to prepare the ship for takeoff. I waited for a lull in the fight, and when it came, I Force pushed Vader back and sprinted for the ship. I darted up the ramp, and felt it close behind me. I yelled for my friend to take off. As the ship rose into the blackness of space, I pondered the strange events that had just taken place.

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Hope you like it!
MTFBWY

 

well i must say pretty good for a first timer, I used to have the same dream but it always occured that Vader told me he was my father and that I ended up ruling the galaxy with him! lol pretty good, I can't wait to find out what happens next.

 

Thanks DarthVader54! Is that dream where your name came from? I'm kinda new here, so what does "lol" mean? That is the end of the dream, but I'm going to turn it into an AU story. Might take a long time to finish, but it will come. I'm still in highschool, and have tons of stuff to do, so be patient with me! I have to go now but hopfully I'll post later tonight!

 

Okay here's a new piece. I'll just warn you, this may not be as good as the first part. It's totally different writing from a memory, and writing from your imagination!

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I finally picked myself up and walked to the cockpit. My friend was sitting in the cockpit with a puzzled expression on his face. "What was that all about?" he asked " I thought I saw Darth Vader chasing you, and then you yelled at me to take off. I could use an explanation of what it was all about."

"Well, Luke," I said slowly "I'm not all that sure what happened myself. I think we stumbled on Vader's private castle. And I remember runing into him in a hallway. He wanted me to attack in anger, but I said I wouldn't fight him. He attacked and I found myself fighting back. I don't know how it happened, but I ended up back at the ship. I had to get out of there, so I yelled to you to take off. That's about all I know. I'l have to talk to Ben about this when we get back." I stopped and sat down in the co-pilot's chair.

"Wow,sounds like you had all the fun!" Luke replied.

"Fun!" I gasped indignatly "You call nearly being bisected by the Dark Lord of the Sith fun! It was more like scary, terrifying, and shocking!" I stopped to catch my breath. "I need to go meditate and take a nap. Take us back to Tattooine so I can talk to Ben." I headed to my room, leaving Luke alone in the cockpit.

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Hope you like it ! Keep the feedback coming!

 

wow, i think you should consider writing a book...hehe....do i sense a future tim zahn?

~sith lord gurlie...

 

Wow! Thanks SithLordMara! I never had anyone say that before! I'm flattered! There's more on the way, hopefully tonight!

 

I'll be watching for it!
BTW (by the way), LOL means Lots of Laughs...I can't tell you how long it took me to figure that out when I first came here.
This is a great place to be, though. Everybody is *really* nice and friendly.
If you want anymore explanations, just ask, and I'm sure someone will answer it.
Keep writing!!!

PS--do you really dream in SW? I am so jealous! Usually I dream about school--ick!! And now that I'm out of high school, I always dream that I have to go back, for some reason. I would *definitely* rather be dreaming about that galaxy far, far away...

 

Okay, here's a bit more. Sorry it's coming in pieces like this, but that's how my brain works, a ittle bit at a time. Trust me, it will turn out better this way.

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"Hey, Loren!" I woke to Luke calling me from the cockpit. "Better get up here!"

"Okay I'm coming!" I called back, getting up and running to the front of the ship.

"Something's wrong with Ben! I can sense it! He's calling us to hurry home." Luke said, eyes tightly closed in concentration.

"Well we're almost there. Let's just get there as fast as we can." I replied. Soon we had landed a short distance from the small home in the Jundland Wastes that we shared with Obi-Wan Kenobi. We hurried off the ship and into the house. The sight that greeted us was not pretty. Ben was very sick, maybe dying!

"Ben!" I gasped, "What happened?"
"I'm old Loren, I am not as strong as I once was. When I went into Mos Eisly for supplies a week ago I was exposed to a deadly desiase. Once upon a time I could have fought it off with the aid of the Force, but now I am to old. I tried to call to you, but you were to far away. When I did reach you it was alreddy to late. I am dying, Loren. You and Luke need more training, but I cannot give it to you. You must go to Dagobah. There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me. He will complete your training."

"Yes Ben, but what about you? We can't just leave you!"

"You must leave. There is nothing you can do, and I sense that you have battled Vader. He now knows that you exist. He also knows that you are a Jedi, for no other could have lived through a battle with him. Go to Dagobah, you will be safe there. Go now before he finds you."

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Princess Sari, I'm so sorry you dream about school! Yes I do dream Star Wars! Not so much now as a few years ago, but somtimes I get lucky! When I get this story going better I may turn another dream into a story. If I do I'll post a link to it here. Hope you all enjoy this newest segment of a saga in a galaxy even farther away than Lucus's. Thats cause this is an AU!

 

Just upping this so it won't get lost!
By the way, replies = posts

 

That was good!

 

Okay, thanks to Valiowk, here is some more.

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I stared at my mentor in shock, this couldn't be happining! The man who had taught me all I knew about the Force, the only true Jedi I had ever met, could not be dying! It simply couldn't be. But he was, I just couldn't get my inexperianced, 16 year old, brain around that fact. I shook my head and said "Ben this is not fair! We need you!"

"I know that's how you feel, but it's not really true. Yoda will train you better than I ever could. I should have taken you to him sooner, but I selfishly wanted another chance to train a Jedi right. It broke me when I lost Anakin, and I wanted one more chance. Now I'm dying, and you must go to Dagobah. I'm certain that Vader is alredy searching for you, and he must NOT find you! Go! Quickly!"

I looked helplesly at Ben, then said "Come on Luke, he's right. If we stay here much longer Vader may find us. We have to go now." I grabbed a reluctent Luke and ran out the door with him.

When we reached our ship I said "Luke, go get her going, I'll find Dagobah and plot a course to it." I raced to our Nav-Computer and brought up a search for Dagobah. It took the cmpouter some time to find it, and when it did it took even longer to plot the route. Finally it decided on a safe path. I told Luke that the Nav-Computer was ready, and we took off. After clearing Tattooine's gravity well, we jumped into hyperspace. Space distorted around us, mottelling, and streaching into the familiar lines of hyperspace.

"Loren, I can't belive this had to happen! Some stupied virus is killing Ben!" Luke nearly shouted this at me.
"Luke! Dont't get angry! Don't you remember what Ben told us about anger?"
"Ya, I remember. Anger leads to the dark side. It's just so hard sometimes" Luke sighed in frustration.
"I know it's hard Luke. But we are on our own now until we find Yoda. We must be strong." I forced a smile, after all I was a whole year older than Luke, I had to be a good example to him.
"Thanks Loren, I'll remember that, and try to be strong."
"Try!" I exclaimed "Did you forget? There is no try. Do or do not."
"You'er right, thanks for reminding me."
"Any time Luke, any time" I replied. We settled in for the long journy to Dagobah, woundering what we would find there.

 

Feedback is nice! any kind! Don't forget the magic formula: Replies=Posts

 

Where is everybody? I need feedback! Need......feedback......

 

Okay, update on how to get posts: There are things running around called plot bunnies. Every time one comes to my computer I get an idea for a post. To get them to come they have to be fed. They eat Feedback. So give me feedback, the plot bunnies will come, I'll get an idea, I'll post, you'l read, the cycle will start over, we'll all be happy!

 

Is anyone reading? I found this on Page 4

 

To that top! I need some feedback for my plot bunnies! Their getting REALLY hungry!

 

Darn, I only daydream Star Wars! =)

Actually one time I had a dream I was flying the Starship Enterprise through the asteroid field being pursued by the Imperial fleet. That was a lot of fun. I was really sad to wake up from that one.

Great idea, so is this a real dream you had about Stasr Wars? If so it's really awesome. Don't worry if you don't get a lot of replies at first, some times it just takes a while to get your name known.

Can't wait for more. Please post some more soon.

 

Thanks for the complment! Yes the first part is the dream, the rest is just made up. Now my plot bunny has been fed I'll post some more! Here it comes!

 

As we approched Dagobah Luke called me to the cockpit. "Hey Loren. We're here." He said. Just at that moment all our scopes, and nav equipment died. "What happened?" Luke cried in panic.

"Don't worry, we'll be alright." I said, forcing myself to be calm for Luke's sake. "I'm sure you can get us down fine." I was suddenly proven wrong as we crashed into a lake with a large splash.

"You call this alright? We're stuck in a swampy lake, on a planet we know nothing about, being hunted by Vader, and you say we'll be okay!"

"Luke, ol buddy! Take it easy! If we just stay calm, unload the important stuff from the ship, and set up camp, we can go find Yoda and then everthing will be okay." I tried to muster my resolve so I could bouy Luke in this rather strange, and usettling predicament.

"Your right. I'm sorry, I just tend to be rather pesamistic. I'm sure your right, we will be fine. Let's get going so we can find Yoda." Luke said much more calmly.

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Well, there it is. And next time, dependent on feedback of course, a Vader's eye view of the situation.

 

Hmmm, looking forward to that. I always picture Vader as going between cool contemplation and furious anger in a heart beat. Rather capricious dude.

 

Okay here goes. Never tried to write Vader before, hope it's okay.

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Darth Vader paced his castle on Courasant. He was alternately contemplative, and boilingly angry. Right now he was very angry, a chair flew suddenly, and violently, across the room, propelled by the dark side of the Force. Vader's cloak flew out behind him as he walked. If there was one thing he detested, it was weakness in an otherwise worthy opponent. And in Vader's book, the Jedi he had fought was definitely weak! She had failed to kill him when she had the chance, and that was, to Vader, the epitome of weakness. Then to turn, and run away to her space vessel! It made Vader practically seeth with anger. If you could have seen beneath his mask you would have seen his expression change from one of anger, to one of, was that almost... fear? Yes, it was, his Master, the Emperor, would not be happy to hear that he had been bested, no, not happy at all! Hiding the incident from him was out of the question. If he tried, the Emperor would find out eventually, and when he did, Vader would be as good as dead! No he could not hid it, nor did he have to volunteer the information. Finally Vader reached a decision, he would tell the Emperor about it the next time they spoke, whether he was asked or not. This approach would get him in the least possible amount of trouble.

 

Got to up this before I lose it!

 

I'll give your plot bunnies some food. I loved this so far. It's different, (in a good way) from what i normally read.
I don't know if anyone else has tried this, but my way of finding these againis to bookmark them. This is being bookmarked...NOW!

 

Thank you Aralna! More story is coming soon. Hint: My bunnies are very hungry, if you feed them some more the length of the new posts will increase!

 

I can't wait, I'm going to check again when i wake up tommorow.