Ghost of You - Anakin Skywalker x Reader (BOOK 1)

Chapter 45

"What do you want?" I ask the obvious.

My older self sighs, "You are part of the Chosen One prophecy, (Y/N)."

"How can I know that?" I argue.

"I understand your hesitation, but you will do what is right."

I will do what is right. This seems like a lot of trust regarding such a huge area. I currently don't even trust myself enough to get out of bed on time each morning, let alone trust myself enough to do what is best for the galaxy.

All jokes aside, it seems this is what the Father wished for me to see. My older self. He wants me to ask my future for guidance concerning the present.

"Then tell me, what do I do about the Son? Do I leave, or do I stay and kill him?" I ask.

"Neither. Look deeper, young one. You will find another way."

"When did I become so confusing?" I sigh.

"Not far from here there is a place which is strong with the dark side. You must go there."

I nod to my older self and proceed back toward the Father. The sooner I get away from this confronting conversation, the better.

"If you wish to bring balance, you must face your demons by taking away any barriers." She calls out.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask defensively.

She turns her gaze to the ground. I'm very familiar with this mechanism I use. I...she... is struggling to find the right words to say.

"You must cut off your attachment to Anakin Skywalker." She announces.

My body becomes overwhelmed with anger toward this vision in front of me. How could she even suggest such a thing? She's me. She knows there is nothing I care about more than Anakin.

"Not a chance." I refute.

"Trust your instincts, young one. You know it to be true." She argues.

There are a thousand questions I wish to ask about what she is saying. While I'm struggling to think of which to ask first, my future self disappears.

"Come back!" I call.

She never comes.

I crouch down to the ground and contemplate everything I have heard. If any part of that is true, Anakin and I cannot be together.

"Who were you talking to?" A familiar voice asks.

"No one." I reply.

It isn't until after I answer that I realise who the voice belongs to. I quickly stand up and cover up any sign of sadness or distress before turning to the person sitting on their speeder.

"I told you to stay with the ship." I groan.

"Doing what you say is one thing, how I go about it is another." Anakin smirks.

I remember using this quote with him during our Naboo mission when he was worried about Obi Wan. Only I never thought he would end up using my own words against me.

"Master Qui-Gon spoke to me." Anakin explains. "He said I need to go to the part of the planet where the dark side is strong."

My older self said the same thing. Whatever the Father or Son is trying to achieve involves us both. I want to tell Anakin the truth about my vision, but wouldn't that be going against what the Daughter had said? Telling him the truth about some things will only bring forth the truths I am trying to conceal.

"How do we get there?" I ask, not speaking of my own vision.

Anakin raises his eyebrow smugly.

"I'm sorry, but I have to do this alone." He teases.

Anakin has a real habit of using my own words against me when the situation suits him. It is charming, but boy is it annoying.

"Surely you know better by now than to try and stop me." I muse.

I climb onto my speeder which is parked beside his and go to start it while keeping my smug expression focused on him. My victorious moment is destroyed when the speeder doesn't start.

Anakin sits on his own speeder and starts it with no trouble.

"Sorry, love, but I'm not letting you get in the middle of this." He states.

I look up and he gives me a two finger salute before riding away. He has done something to my speeder to temporarily disable it. I truly should have seen this coming.

I have no choice but to watch him ride away. I don't have the slightest idea how to get to where he is heading nor do I know where the Father is. This is only made worse by the fact that I do not have an operating speeder.

I groan aloud in sheer frustration before beginning to pull apart the speeder. Anakin didn't have any tools on him, so whatever he did could not have been that hard. I push the broken speeder nearer to one of the luminous objects to have a little more light.

Upon looking a little harder, I notice Anakin cut a wire in the engine. I smirk a little at his choice but quickly brush away those thoughts. Within a minute or two, I successfully hotwire the speeder and get the engine running.

Just as I sit on it and prepare to leave, the large figure of the Father appears a few metres before me. I hurry off the speeder and approach him.

"Where's Anakin?" I ask the Father.

The Father is all knowing within the realms of this planet. If Anakin has gone to a beacon of the dark side as my future self had described it, the Father will surely know where it is.

"The Force is his guide now." The Father states.

I understand and admire his deep trust and commitment to the force, but it gets to a point where it becomes really irritating.

"Perhaps you didn't understand my question. Where is Anakin?" I repeat, only more sternly.

The Father doesn't show any sign of emotion but I can tell he wants to smile at least a little bit.

"He has gone to the Well of the Dark Side."

The very name of this place gives me chills. Nothing good could possibly come from a place harbouring such a dangerous and negative title.

"The what?" I ask.

"Deep within this planet exists a place where all that is dark is channeled."

Great. My husband is running blindly into a place that harbours all that is evil in this place. I wish the Daughter were still alive. Her guidance right about now would make things far easier.

"And you didn't think to warn me sooner?" I reply angrily.

"The Force is his path. You cannot interfere."

"You forget that I am part of your oh-so-precious prophecy. If I were not meant to interfere, I would not be part of it." I retaliate.

I don't bother waiting around to hear what more the Father has to say. Any guilt I have been feeling regarding the death of the Daughter has vanished. Now, my only goal is protect the one I love most from the evil lurking within the Well.

I sit back on the speeder that I managed to start and begin on my way to Anakin. I focus on his force signature to ensure I am travelling in the right direction before increasing my speed.

Pain begins to consume me as I get closer to this 'Well of the Dark Side'. I pull up my speeder to avoid crashing as the pain grows stronger. Anakin's intense distress from whatever is happening with the Son takes over me. I collapse to the ground in distress when something more horrifying happens. The chilling, mechanical breathing from my dream enters my head. Whatever is happening has something to do with that Sith.

The fear I am feeling from Anakin fades into guilt. I get back on my speeder and go as fast as the machine will allow. I follow the path I am on until I reach a hole in the earth leading to a pit of lava. From the feeling of this place, I know it to be the Well of the Dark Side.