WAKING BACK ALONG THE LINE.

Luke goes to sleep…

… And wakes 20 years in the past. Can he change past events to save the future? (Set at the end of ROTJ and the beginning of ROTS just after Anakin is accepted on the Council.)

PROLOGUE.

Luke lay on the bed in the Star Cruiser and sighed, he still couldn't believe everything that had happened; Han being caught and taken to Jabba, Leia admitting her feelings for him, rescuing Han and finding out that Leia was really his sister, and then Vader; he had saved him, he had died as Anakin Skywalker, he had died his Father.

When he had first found out the truth, the knowledge that Darth Vader was his Father had just too much to bear; he hadn't understood why Ben hadn't told him, hadn't understood why he had lied. He remembered what Ben had told him perfectly when he had asked how his Father had died.

"Young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father."

Luke shook his head and sighed, he understood why Ben hadn't just told him the truth now; he hadn't been ready. I wish I had known him before he turned, the stray thought was his last before his eyes drooped and slowly closed, sighing softly, Luke let himself drift into peaceful sleep.

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"Take a seat, young Skywalker."

Anakin had barely turned to sit on his seat in the council chamber when a blinding light flashed from behind him.

As quick as it had come, the light vanished. Blinking Anakin spun around… and froze, staring at the young man lying in the middle of the Council Chamber. He noticed the shock of the entire Council mirrored his own; after all, this young man had appeared out of nowhere.

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Luke groaned and slowly sat up, his head throbbed with pain. "What happened?" He opened his eyes and froze staring at Yoda in shock, then he groaned, "oh."

The tall blonde man standing in front of him raised his eyebrows, "this makes sense to you?"

Luke snorted, "If you can make sense of going to sleep and waking in the past, then yes, all of this makes perfect sense." He shook his head, "none of this makes sense, I don't know how I got here, or when here is."

The Jedi masters stared in shock at Luke's admission, then the blonde man shrugged. "I'm Anakin Skywalker," he said pulling Luke to his feet.

His eyes widening again, Luke stared at his father in astonishment; somehow his wish had come true.