My Father, I Love You--chapter 3
By: Sarah
Sitting next to young Luke was an older version of himself! And standing in the doorway...stood someone who looked enough to be his father. But that was impossible! Lord Vader wore a black suit and respirator!
Anakin and Luke Skywalker stared in shock at the sight before them as the child version of Luke backed away from them fearfully.
"Are you, by any chance, Luke Skywalker?" Anakin asked hesitantly. Child-Luke wrinked his brow and nose in confusion.
"Skywalker? Don't you KNOW who I AM?! I'm Luke Vader!" The elder two's eyes widened. "Now where's my dad!? AND WHERE AM I?!?"
"Di-did you just say your last name is Vader?" demanded the older Luke of his younger counterpart.
"Ye-yes," Luke Vader mocked. "You guys gonna tell me what's goin' on or what?" Father and son shared a glance as well as a mental conversation before turning back to the child.
"I'm Luke Skywalker and this is my father, Anakin Skywalker. I'm," and here Luke Skywalker gulped, "I'm you."
Luke shot up in his bed panting heavily. A quick glance around confirmed the boy was in his room.
"A...dream?" There was only one sure way to find out. Luke left his room and made his way to his father's.
Before Luke even had a chance to knock, Darth Vader opened his door to reveal his surprised son. Vader remembered then that his son still did not know about the Force.
"What is it, my son?" Luke seemed to relax after hearing his father say that.
"Well, I had this dream where I was older but my name was Luke Skywalker instead of Luke Vader and my father was some guy named Anakin Skywalker instead of you!" The boy waited patiently and expectantly for his father's response.
Vader did not know how to respond. He could not--would not--lie to his son. However, he coud not very well tell him the truth either and Luke was expecting an explanation. But what would he tell him?
Emperor Palpatine was NOT happy. His servant, Lord Vader, had just told him about Luke's dream. Both agreed that the dream had been a vision of an alternate dimension given to Luke by the Force. That meant they would need to start training the boy lest he turn to the light side and become a Jedi. The Sith master was extremely displeased to have said the least. If Luke Vader did NOT accept the dark side...he would kill Vader's son himself.
Palpatine had given Vader instructions to notify him immediately should Luke have more visions of a place where he and his father belonged to the light.
"Luke Vader will be a Sith or he will be .dead.!" seethed the old goa--emperor. (a/n: Luke often called him a Royal Old Goat to his father's constant irritation/secret amusement. Palpatine, however, never once found out. *wink*)
The boy would NOT be allowed to become a threat.
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