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Couple months passed

Ezra and Ahsoka were standing in a elevator

"Seriously master. I know we are being sent to Bail Organa for protection but why am I needed since their is lot of clones going with senator Organa and Master Kenobi with Father." Ezra asked as Ahsoka smirked at his question

"Do you want to see your girlfriend." Ahsoka asked making Ezra blushed

"She and I are close friend we do not have a romantic relationship....Unfortunately." Ezra said and whispered the last part making Ahsoka roll her eyes

"The princess could use a bodyguard." Ahsoka said as Ezra widen his eyes as they arrived to see Princess Leia who blushed seeing Ezra as Ezra did the same

"Your highness." Ezra said with a smile as Leia nodded with a smile

"Come my father will speak about the mission." Leia said smiling
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"Their you go." Ezra said smiling as the Manager bowed

"Thank you master Jedi. Its good to see Jedi returning. Need anything just tell me. I got clothes and any hideout spot location for base." Manager said as Ezra nods as he lookes for Leia just as

"LET GO OF ME YOU ASSHOLE!!!" Leia screamed as Ezra ran towards the location to see Two Pirates grabbing Leia shirt and removing it

"Well this would be great sex and some money sold to market." One Male said making Ezra growled igniting his lightsaber his purple blade sprang to life cutting the male in right arm as the second fled

"OH NO YOU DON'T!!!" Ezra said raising his hand starting to choke the other pirates as he grabs him with a good grip as two Police droid arrived

"Take him away." Ezra ordered as the droids took the pirates away

"Why, did I agree to this to let you out of my sight for 2 minutes? Now you are in trouble if your father see this. This is why do not go out of my sight" Ezra asked using his cloak hiding Leia ripped shirt who was blushing embarrassed at her mistake as she covered herself as the manger approached them

"Can she get a new clothes." Ezra asked as the manager nods pointing a stack just for the size for Leia as she ran to grab some

"Alright go get changed quick this males are looking at you . Please don't try to get rape this time. I don't want to see you naked." Ezra said with a blush making Leia blushed as well as she smirked walking away

"Thanks Father for the distraction. Now I can try to see if I can ask him out" Leia whispered in a com link smirking 

"I will never do this again you better do this right or else think of another way." Bail voice said as Leia chuckled changing into a black shirt with dark blue jeans as Ezra decided to change himself getting a dark blue shirt with dark blue pants with a black jacket just as Leia was daydreaming 

"Leia are you done." Ezra asked as Leia stepped out and nodded as he gasped closing his eye as Leia looked curious

"LEI YOU FORGOT TO PUT THE SHIRT ON!!!" Ezra said embarrassed as Leia looked and slapped herself blushing before quickly putting the black shirt on as she blushed at what Ezra called her as 

"Lei...That what my ex boyfriend used to call me." Leia said making Ezra blushed deeper red making Leia giggled 

"Ah who the fucks care. Ahsoka is right about the "do or do not" thing." Ezra said confusing Leia as his lips made contact with her shocking her but return it as both started to feel sexually aroused as Leia smirked grabbing Ezra running back towards a quarter that Leia owns before she was adopted as they ran inside a house locking it as they went into her dead parents master bedroom.

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It's desperate, that kiss, and it burns through her with its hunger. At first she just holds on, passively letting him take the lead, parting her lips beneath his in invitation. Ezra's tongue brushes hers and her knees go weak. He kisses her like he's been holding it back for far too long. One of his hands leaves her waist to cradle her head, his fingers sliding into her hair against her scalp, sparking new shivers down her spine.

While he licks and bites at her mouth, it dawns on her that she can touch him now, actually touch him. Her hands drag across his shoulders, broader now than they had been; down his arms, heavier now with muscle; through his hair, darker now that he isn't constantly in lothal. Leia tugs, just a little, to see his reaction.

The sound he makes is almost like a growl. Ezra's mouth leaves hers and trails over her jawline to her neck. His hand in her hair tightens as he pulls her head to the side and covers her pulse with his mouth. Leia couldn't have kept quiet if her life depended on it, and gives a soft cry. The scrape of his teeth against her skin reverberates down her body and curls in her gut. She is hyper-conscious of where their bodies press together, the pressure of him against her breasts, the hint of his arousal against her tummy.

She expected that he might be shy, but it seems she isn't the only one who's just been waiting for permission.

Finally they break apart, both of them out of breath and flushed. His eyes glow as he looks down at her, looking at her in a way she's only ever seen in her mind's eye. He brings her back in for another kiss, cradling her head in his hands. It is too brief, but then he takes her hand in his and steps backwards toward the pile of blankets and padding on the floor. He sits down and pulls her onto his lap.

He turns his head to kiss her hand. "I didn't believe you were wanted to this for real." Ezra leans in and kisses her again, the hand at her stomach sliding against the rough material of her dress. The pace is a little more leisurely, as if he's realized she isn't going to disappear. Still, Leia holds her breath as his fingers slide along her ribcage, up until they curl beneath the curve of her breast. She shivers and murmurs a yes between kisses. Ezra's palm drags heavy over her, catching on the peak of her nipple and making her squirm sucking it to please her as he tried to take the bra off fully.

He tugs at the laces, then pauses frustration clearly on hid face making Leia smile

"The only way it's coming off is over my head," Leia murmurs. "Shall I?"

Ezra pulls away from her and sits back on his heels. "Please." It comes out as a harsh whisper. He holds out his hand and she lets him pull her up onto her knees. There is nothing beneath the dress but an under-tunic, and she could shed both with a single motion.

She does, moving slow enough to watch Ezra's face. He draws a sharp breath, his eyes darting between her face and her body like he can't decide where to look first. His gaze settles on her bandaged shoulder, a frown flickering.

"It's a graze, nothing more. I promise," she adds, when he looks dubious.

The hand he extends toward her has a faint tremor.

"Wait," she says. He stops, and she smiles. "Your turn now."

It's chilly in the hut and she resists the urge to hug herself as Ezra pulls his shirt over his head.

Leia gasps, and it isn't because of his beauty. She is seeing Ezra injuries for the first time on his chest. His chest and shoulders are covered in an erratic pattern of bruises, some in a zig-zag pattern she can almost identify.

"It looks worse than it is. I am a Skywalker and in my family they somehow get scars" Ezra tries to be reassuring, but he's never been able to lie directly to her not wanting to tell what Vader did to him. Looking closer at his face, she saw traces of the pain he's suppressing.

"What did He do to you?" Leia wants to pull Ezra into her arms, but isn't sure if that would cause more pain.

He solves that for her by wrapping his arms around her instead, and his skin is hot against hers, almost too hot. "It's not important now. I'm okay it just how a Sith does when they want something." Before she can argue, he kisses her again, his hands splayed on her back, half-tangled in her hair.

Leia finally leans away laughing. "Pants first."

He stands up to push them away and step out of them, moving with more haste than she had and quickly coming back to his knees in front of her. Their eyes meet, then their hands, palm to palm as their fingers link. He is beautiful, even with the bruises. That's no surprise; she's thought that since the first time she saw him. What surprises her is the depth and strength of her need, how greedily her eyes move over the curves of his chest and arms, down the length of his thighs.

Leia can't look as long as she wants to, because Ezra reaches for her again, tilting her chin up so he can kiss her. Their mouths slant open against each other, his arms go around her waist again, pulling her in tight. The feeling of rightness, despite everything, floods her with warmth. After kissing her for what feels like hours, Ezra drops lower, kissing down her collarbone until he reaches her breasts. His mouth on them makes her dizzy, and she pulls him back down to blankets with her. They tumble down with a laugh, but his thigh nudges between hers and she quickly grows serious again.

She wants to memorize him with her fingers, in case this is the only chance she has. His skin is softer than she expected, almost silken in the tender places like the crook of his arms. There are more scars than she would have liked; she recognizes the marks of old blaster wounds, tracing them with her fingers, trying to remember where they came from. There are too many she doesn't recognize. The join where his prosthetic meets his arm is nearly invisible, but she knows exactly where it is. That image of him in agony and so close to death is indelibly carved into her memories. The moment she'd first felt him in her mind. The moment she'd first realized just how much she couldn't bear to lose him.

Leia's thoughts are full of memories of him even as his mouth burns over her body like he could sear away anything but the here and the now. Her only regret is not doing this sooner. So much time lost.

"I wanted to," Ezra murmurs against her skin, his breath hot across her nipple. "Seeing you every day like that was hell, wanting to do anything to make you feel happy."

"How often can you do that?" Leia asks, suddenly amused, tilting his head back to look up at her. "Pick thoughts out of my head."

"I try not to, but that one was pretty loud." Stars, it is so good to see him smile again, a real smile, the kind she remembers from years ago.'' Ezra said smirking as he pulled Leia nipple with his mouth and sucking on them make her gasp really loud

"Come here." Leia pulls him up and he settles against her, still smiling down at her. He still burns hard against her hip, and just the feel of him there makes her ache. She reaches for him, savoring the way he closes his eyes, the way he bites his lower lip when her fingers close around him.

"Leia." Ezra says her name like it's torn from his throat, half-gasp and half-growl. A shiver darts down her spine. The feeling of him, so ready for her, makes her give a whimper of her own. It takes all of her self-control to keep from stroking him too fast, to just tease him until she can have him inside her.

The thought brings another shudder.

Before she can beg him to touch her, his hand is already sliding up the inside of her thigh. She shifts and parts her legs, a small, quiet part of her thrilling just a little at the very thought of the taboo they are breaking. Although she tries to keep that thought to herself, she doesn't miss the amused sound Ezra makes as he leans down to kiss her, his fingers just barely brushing against the curls between her legs.

It's hard to concentrate with his mouth on hers and his fingers slowly teasing their way between her labia, but she thinks it anyway: For Leia, at least.

From his intake of breath, she knows he heard her. His fingers twitch and she arches her hips toward them, needing him to stop teasing her. Leia could cry tears of relief when his agile fingers start to find all of her most sensitive spots, inside and out. Any thought that she might have been his first vanishes.

Leia clings to him as he buries his face in her neck, his hand relentlessly finding exactly the right rhythm, the right pressure, the right everything. He knows her in a way that no one else ever can, can read her every reaction.

"Now, Ezra. Please. Now" Leia begged

"Let me hear you." Ezra said

She hears the words in her mind and in an instant sees, knows, feels every single time he'd thought about this, every single fantasy that kept him awake, that drove him mad, that kept him sane.

She presses her lips to his ear and murmurs, "I need you inside me."

The sound of his answering moan will stay with her forever. He rolls over with her, pulling her on top of him. His eyes are burning, but soft, as he looks up at her. "I'm yours, Leia."

"I love you too." Then she takes him into her, her back arching with the sudden, fierce pleasure of it. It shocks her, feeling not just her own pleasure but his, the culmination of years of longing on both sides. Ezra pulls her down to kiss her again, and she rolls her hips against him, trying her best to start slow but there is so much time they've missed, so much time to catch up on and if this is to be the only night...

But it can't be. Leia can't give this up, not after just finding it.

After that they collapse, exhausted.

Leia rests her cheek against his chest, too drained to move off him, although she's starting to get cold. She no sooner thinks it than he's dragging one of the blankets over them, wrapping his arms around her before kissing her forehead.

"Are you ready?" Ezra asks. as Leia nodded with lust

"Let see if you can stay conscious after this." Ezra said making Leia groaned As Ezra return on Leia breast sucking it as Ezra pinned her to the Bed

"E-Ezra." Leia said while moaning as Ezra Pulled her nipple sending shocks wave of pleasure

"Umm Your taste good." Ezra asked playfully sucking on his girlfriend left breast

"E-E-EZRA PLEASE TALK DIRTY." Leia said as Ezra smiled sucking her nipple as milk started to form as Ezra started to suck slowly and started to banged Leia really hard

"Y-Y-You R-R-Really like to b-b-bang me a lot." Leia said while moaning as her nipples kept sucked and banging her so hard making her look like a slave sex for Ezra

"You know I can stop if you say so" Ezra said with concern now realizing he is treating her like a slave for sex 

"Never k-keep do-doiin-doing it. I will only a-a-allow you to do treat me as a s-sex slave." Leia said as she moaned louder as Ezra took her nipple and sucked a lot enough that milk is coming more faster as he entered her pussy hard

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Clones were running trying to find the Jedi Padawan and Princess Leia Organa as they arrived to Leia former house

"Move." Commander said as they secure the perimeter as Ezra walked outside with a black shirt and dark blue jeans only

"Get her out of here. She isn't going to like it." Ezra said as he felt the cold igniting his two sabers ready to fight

He leaped down as well and the two men continued their fight. Their lightsabers clashed endlessly in a display or red and purple, white sparking in every time their blades crashed together. Their lightsabers clashed endlessly in intricate patterns and techniques prescribed to their forms. Ezra jumped and attacked Vader showing no mercy as he use form VII on Vader who had to blocked his strikes. Both duelist were launching heavy blows

"Most Impressive." Vader said as Ezra ignited his green blade smirking force pushing Vader as Leia and the clones got onto the speeder as Ezra joined them

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Anakin had a weird vision of a different timeline 

Vader activated Ezra's Purple lightsaber and Ezra tensed instinctively, turning his head just so towards the sound cautiously.

"I see you have constructed a new lightsaber," Vader said, inspecting the weapon. "Your skills are complete."

After sheathing the weapon Vader turned away to the opposite railing, his back to Ezra. "Indeed you are powerful as the Emperor has foreseen."

Ezra turned to face the Sith slowly, evaluating Vader as Anakin watched in overwhelmed silence, still struggling to process what was happening. "Come with me," Ezra said softly.

"Obi-Wan once thought as you do," Vader said quietly, turning back around. "You don't know the power of the dark side! I must obey my master."

Ezra shook his head slowly, holding Vader's gaze. "I will not turn...and you will be forced to kill me."

Anakin felt sick. "Don't you dare do it you fool, he's your—our—son!" he muttered.

"If that is your destiny," Vader said slowly, and Anakin immediately felt sick to his stomach. He couldn't believe what he was hearing!

Ezra walked up to Vader in three short steps. "Search your feelings, Father, you can't do this! I feel the conflict within you, let go of your hate!" Ezra said, his tone getting harder and his words coming out faster near the end, pleading.

"It is...too late for me, my son." Vader turned away, Ezra's expression turned devastated, and Anakin felt faint, grabbing the railing to steady himself. "The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master now."

The Stormtrooper appeared on either side of Ezra to escort him, and Ezra slowly nodded. "Then my father is truly dead," Ezra said, voice clear, disappointment and mourning clear in his expression before he was escorted away. His words struck Anakin hard, and he stared after Ezra with tears burning his eyes as they led him away, Ezra's gaze never leaving Vader's form. Anakin wished that this better be a different timeline 

When Anakin looked back at Vader, the Sith was slowly moving to the window, obviously in deep thought as he leaned against the railing.

Once again the scene changed, and Vader was leading Ezra into a room on a space station to a chair where a wizened old man Anakin guessed was the Emperor sat. Ezra remained bound.

"Welcome, young Skywalker. I have been expecting you," the Emperor purred. His voice was disturbingly familiar, yet at the same time, Anakin remembers that horrible voice. "You will no longer need those," the Emperor stated, waving his hand and removing Ezra's cuffs.

Ezra looked up at the Emperor wearily. "Guards, leave us," the Emperor ordered, waiting until the red-dressed guards had disappeared to speak again. "I'm looking forward to completing your training. In time you will call me Master."

"You're gravely mistaken. You won't convert me as you did my father," Ezra said calmly making Anakin realize this is a different timeline when he fell towards the darkside.

"Oh, no, my young Jedi. You will find that it is you who are mistaken. About a great many things," the Emperor said gleefully as he approached Ezra and Vader.

"His lightsaber," Vader said, handing the Emperor the weapon. Anakin stood tall and firm by Ezra's side, heart aching at what he was witnessing but wanting to be by his son's side, even if he wasn't really there.

"Ah, yes, a Jedi's weapon; much like your father's. By now you must know your father can never be turned from the dark side. So will it be with you," the Emperor said sinisterly.

"You're wrong," Ezra said with a smug smirk, refusing to break eye contact with the Emperor. "Soon I'll be dead...and you with me."

Anakin looked at Ezra, shocked. What was he talking about?

The Emperor simply laughed. "Perhaps you refer to the imminent attack of your Rebel fleet."

A little of Ezra's bravado slipped away and for a moment his eyes broke away from the Emperor's, though he still kept his courage about him. The Emperor laughed again.

"Yes, I assure you, we are quite safe from your friends here." Emperor said

"Your overconfidence is your weakness," Ezra told him, an almost mischievous look in Ezra's eyes similar to Anakin's.

"Your faith in your friends is yours!" the Emperor snapped, returning to his throne. It took him a few moments to get there, but Anakin had the feeling that such an appearance of weakness was misleading.

"It is pointless to resist, my son," Vader told Ezra.

Anakin shot the man a glare as Ezra looked down, his expression gradually losing its bravado and confidence.

"Everything that has transpired has done so according to my desires," the Emperor said from his seat as Vader and Ezra approached. "Your friends, up there on the Sanctuary moon, are walking into a trap, as is your Rebel fleet. It was I who allowed the Alliance to know the location of the shield generator. It is quite safe from your pitiful little band. An entire legion of my best troops await them. Oh...I am afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive." The Emperor laughed again and Ezra's face fell to despair.

"Come boy, see for yourself," said the Emperor, gesturing to the window. Both Anakin and Ezra went up to the said window, witnessing a small fleet stuck in the crosshairs outside between the battle station and the fleet of Imperial ships outside and getting picked off one by one. "From here you will witness the final destruction of the Alliance, and the end of your insignificant Rebellion."

Ezra turned, and Anakin noticed he was eyeing his lightsaber, which was beside the Emperor. "You want this...don't you? The hate is swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it; give in to your anger. With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant."

Anakin looked despairingly at Ezra—his son—struggling not to give in. Ezra truly did know the consequences acting on anger brought, as he said earlier. Mournfully, Anakin knew that he could not help his son at all, reminding himself that this was one of different Ezra.

"No," Ezra said, though Anakin heard his voice shake a little at the end.

"It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. You, like your father, are now mine!" the Emperor hissed.

As the minutes ticked by and more people died outside, Ezra became more and more tortured by the scene he was witnessing and the taunting words of the Emperor; Anakin could see him starting to slip.

The Emperor was all too happy to tempt Ezra once more.

"As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this fully operational station." Emperor said gleefully as Ezra growled hoping his girlfriend and brother are safe

"He's not yours," Anakin growled angrily at the Emperor, useless as it was a thing to do.

The Emperor pressed a button for a comm, and Ezra glanced desperately between the Emperor and the fleet outside, panicked. "Fire at will, Commander."

After the destruction of several fleet ships, the Emperor spoke again.

"Your fleet is lost, and your friends on the Endor moon will not survive. There is no escape, my young apprentice. The Alliance will die." Emperor said as Ezra looked at Vader accusingly, his eyes asking why his father just stood there and watched as the Emperor did this to his own son. "As will your friends."

Ezra's eyes returned to his lightsaber knowing he cannot lose anymore. He lost Ahsoka, Obi-Wan and his real mother before and his adopted parents. No he won't allow his brother and his girlfriend to die.

"Good...I can feel your anger. I am defenseless. Take your weapon; strike me down with all of your hatred, and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete." Emperor said taunting Ezra to use his anger

It was obvious that Ezra had to force himself to turn away from the Emperor, his movement jerky. Then, suddenly, Ezra whipped around, summoning his lightsaber to him. Ezra quickly lashed out at the Emperor, but Vader's crimson blade got in the way. The Emperor simply laughed as Ezra found himself forced into another battle with Vader.

So far into the battle, Ezra, still driven by the anger that had caused him to lash out in the first place, kicked Vader down a flight of stairs, and Anakin couldn't help but wince. The Emperor chuckled behind Anakin, who was standing tense just behind Ezra as he watched the fight.

"Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you."

Ezra paused, anger still in his eyes before he managed to slowly reign in his temper, the fight gradually draining out of him as he gazed at Vader and sheathed his weapon. Vader started to approach him from below at the same time. "Obi-Wan and Ahsoka...has taught you well."

"I will not fight you, Father," Ezra said softly, a slight tremble in his voice as he drew back.

Vader drew closer, ascending the stairs, and Ezra instinctively stepped back, warily watching Vader. Anakin was just as cautious, instinctively fingering his lightsaber although he couldn't do anything even if he wanted to. The only sound was the hum of Vader's activated lightsaber and both Vader's and Ezra's heavy breathing.

"You are unwise to lower your defenses!" Vader exclaimed, swinging his blade swiftly at Ezra, who was quick to reactivate his lightsaber and block the advance. Anakin felt his anger spike at seeing Vader attack Ezra, but he quelled it with great effort, continuing to watch in silence.

Ezra broke away, retreating up to an overhanging walkway where he gazed down at Vader, who was now breathing rather heavily. "Your thoughts betray you, Father. I can feel the good in you; the conflict," he called softly down to Vader.

"There is no conflict!" Vader stated firmly.

"You couldn't bring yourself to kill me before and I don't believe you will destroy me now," Ezra told him as he started to move along the walkway he was standing on. With a start, Anakin realized what he was hearing now was what he had heard from Ezra when the darkness had descended on him earlier. He was seeing what happened instead of hearing bits and pieces.

"You underestimate the power of the dark side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny!" Vader flung his lightsaber at Ezra, who just managed to dodge the flying blade; but the walkway crashed down below, and Ezra disappeared from view.

"You kriffing—" Anakin shouted at Vader's retreating back as Vader went after Ezra. He cut off, reminding himself he couldn't be heard here. He could hear the Emperor laughing as Vader searched for Ezra.

"Good...good!" Emperor said gleefully 

Anakin had to follow Vader to see what was going on, and he was quick to do so, searching for Ezra just as Vader was currently doing. He was having a very difficult time relocating Ezra, so he couldn't gauge any reaction out of him for what was going on. Vader crept slowly through the darkness as he searched for Ezra.

"You cannot hide forever, Ezra," Vader called.

"I will not fight you!" Ezra called out, voice echoing around them so it wouldn't be easy to pinpoint his location.

"Give yourself to the dark side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for...brother and girlfriend! So, you have a younger brother and girlfriend! Your feelings have now betrayed them too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide him from me and you to protect your girlfriend. Now his failure is complete and including yours. If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps they will!"

"Never!" Ezra screamed, suddenly coming out of the darkness in a charge right towards Vader that had Anakin got out of the way. Ezra rained furious blows down on Vader, and Anakin realized that this was the moment Ezra had told him about a few moments ago. This was when he had given into his anger.

Mercilessly, Ezra advanced on Vader, raining down blow after blow. Eventually, Ezra managed to push him to the walkway over the reactor shaft, where Anakin watched Ezra overpower Vader in his rage and promptly cut off the Sith's hand. Vader cried out and Ezra leveled his blade at Vader's chest, panting, anger still burning in his eyes.

The Emperor laughed behind them. "Good, good! Your hate has made you powerful. Now, fulfill your destiny, and take your father's place at my side!"

Ezra turned back to Vader, who had a hand raised in pitiful defense, shoulders and chest heaving with every breath. Ezra looked down at his mechanical hand, moving the fingers slowly before he looked back to Vader, eyes drawn to Vader's own mechanical limb that Ezra had just severed. Anakin watched in relief as Ezra gradually came back to himself, staring in horror at what he'd just done.

Ezra deactivated his saber. "Never," Ezra told the Emperor, turning around and shaking his head, eyes alight in righteous determination. Anakin had the sudden urge to strangle his son when Ezra tossed his lightsaber away, even if it was a gesture of removing temptation from him. "I'll never turn to the dark side. You've failed your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me."

Anakin swelled with pride at that statement, beaming at Ezra, who was standing straight and defiant before the Emperor, unwavering.

"So be it, Jedi," the Emperor hissed. Anakin's skin prickled at the danger in the Sith's voice. "If you will not be turned, you will be destroyed!"

With Ezra rendered defenseless, the Emperor shot a deadly bout of Sith Lightning at the youth, and Ezra instantly crumpled. Anakin gave a shout of alarm, running to his son's side as Ezra clung to whatever was closest to keep from falling into the reactor shaft behind him. Over on the walkway Vader stood up, and Ezra reached out to the Sith as if pleading for help.

"Young fool. Only now, at the end, do you understand," the Emperor snarled. He zapped Ezra once again with the lightning, causing Ezra to recoil from Vader, coming dangerously close to falling down the shaft as the electricity continued. Ezra managed to pull himself up, electricity still sparking off of him as the Emperor stopped again, drawing closer.

"Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side!" the Emperor sneered as Vader took up the spot next to him, watching silently as Ezra continued to be electrocuted. Ezra fell to the floor, convulsing and trying so hard to keep his screams inside. "You have paid the price for your lack of vision!"

Anakin kneeled down beside the withering Ezra, trying but failing to help him up since Anakin could not do anything here. Ezra managed to pull himself up, reaching out to Vader feebly. "Father, please!" he cried out before collapsing back to the ground and continuing to writher and scream in pain. The Emperor increased the intensity of the lightning, which snaked all around Ezra and across the floor. "Help me!" Ezra begged again, his voice almost lost in the crackle of the lightning as he curled weakly into a ball. Vader simply watched, and Anakin glared murder at him once again, his hands on Ezra's shoulders.

"Don't just stand there and watch do something! Stop him! This is your son!" Anakin shouted at Vader, standing and getting up in the Sith's face. He didn't care if no one could see or hear him; he wouldn't just stand by and watch like Vader was currently doing even if this is a different timeline his son was getting hurt by a Sith. 

"Now, young Skywalker: you will die," the Emperor stated smoothly. Anakin turned and saw the smirk appear on the man's face, and immediately felt pure hatred rush through him towards Sidious.

Ezra had now been electrified so long he was smoking, his form stirring oh so slowly as he moaned and gasped in pain. As the Emperor started once again to electrify Ezra, this time to finish the job, Anakin knelt by his son, trying not to let the crushing feeling of helplessness get to him. Ezra convulsed violently at the Emperor's mercy, his screams filling the room. How could Vader just stand there and do nothing? "Do something, help him, I almost lost my Ezra, don't lose yours!" Anakin screamed at Vader, his voice cracking.

Vader looked between Ezra and the Emperor, as if he actually had to think about it! "Now!" Anakin yelled at him.

To Anakin's slight surprise, at that very moment, Vader grabbed the Emperor, picking him up and carrying him over to the reactor shaft. Anakin saw Vader's armor short circuiting as the Emperor's lightning sparked over him, and Anakin saw Ezra raise his head, watching Vader in amazement as he chucked the Emperor over the edge and down the shaft. Vader collapsed, and by the sound coming from the machine that kept the Sith alive Anakin could tell that he was dying. Ezra painfully dragged himself over to Vader, weakly pulling his father away from the edge, holding Vader up by himself.

Once Ezra had gathered his strength, Anakin watched the weakened Ezra put Vader's arm around his shoulders before he started to carry the armored giant through the space station. The two managed to make it to the hanger, and for a second Anakin had hope that perhaps the redeemed Vader might make it. However, Ezra finally crumpled under Vader's weight. Desperate to get them both out of the space station alive, Ezra dragged him to the lowered ramp of a ship before he collapsed himself to gather his breath.

Vader was hardly breathing, and Ezra held him up to see if he was still alright.

"Ezra...help me take...this mask off," Vader said weakly.

Ezra stared at him, shocked. "But you'll die father. I can't lose you again!"

"Nothing...can stop that now. Just for once...let me...look on you...with my own eyes again just like... when you were born and the year...I thought I lost you as well" Vader said his breathing and life support broken

Ezra looked like he was going to argue, but found himself at a loss of words and simply nodded, working on taking off the pieces of the mask. Anakin knelt beside the two of them, watching solemnly as the mask came off of Vader, revealing the man underneath.

Vader smiled at Ezra as Ezra put a hand on his shoulder, and Anakin was mesmerized to see his own eyes in such a damaged face. "Now...go, my son...leave me," Vader croaked.

 "No, you're coming with me! I'll not leave you here, I've got to save you. I lost mom and I am not going to lose you either" Ezra said shooking his head, his eyes pleading.

"You already...have...Ezra. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your brother...you were right..." Vader said taking his last breath

Anakin saw a flash of panic across Ezra's face as Vader's voice started to fade. "Father..."

Vader's eyes had closed, and he was starting to go limp.

"I won't leave you not again." Ezra said, his voice breaking and emotion clogging his tone. Anakin could still hear the double meaning to his words. 

"Don't leave me..." Ezra begged tears in his eyes

It was too late, though. Vader had already passed. Anakin saw an expression he was all too familiar with flash over Ezra's face, and Ezra hung his head in overwhelming sorrow.

The scene went to black and Anakin saw flames flicker to life. He followed that light until he had found Ezra standing in front of a funeral pyre. He didn't have to look to know that Vader's body was the one he was burning. Ezra watched him burn, shoulders tense and in obvious mourning. He was the only one there as well, Anakin noticed. Eventually, Ezra seemed to make the best peace that he could with his father's passing, and Ezra left, heading back to a celebration a little ways off. He stopped at the edge of the celebration though, obviously not in a festive mood. He turned, his attention caught by something, and Anakin did as well. There, he could clearly see Obi-Wan and Yoda's Force Ghosts. As he watched, another one began to materialize, and he was shocked to see himself, as he was in this very moment, materialize next to them. Ezra smiled when he spotted him, and Anakin's ghost smiled back, looking down for a moment before he looked back up and gave a small smirk.

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Anakin woke up as he breathed quickly before smiling

"Ezra..I know you will be a great Jedi." Anakin said with a smile before falling back asleep