Life is a journey, a path on itself...

The night was just as turbulent as the last one. After the first hours I woke up from a nightmare, but this time a dark shadow lingered in my mind and I had the feeling it was a warning from the Force. Feeling sick I stood up and went to the kitchen to get something to drink. I took some cooler, made from wine and fruit juice and was mixed. I drank it up slowly while I walked to the balcony of my bedroom and stepped outside. The view was wide and lively with the endless stream of public traffic going on at every level possible. I had the Senate building insight, as well the Temple of the Jedi. I knew the Sith lived somewhere around too, but where they housed was not known. In these times new Sith Lords existed, although they were a few, they still created trouble in the galaxy. Both were orders, committed to certain ideals. I had no interest in that. I knew they would get interest in me, if they knew I wielded my power well as every other Jedi or Sith, that I had no trouble to control the Force. For some time I watched the nightly sky with all the lights. It was not less busy than during daylight. Shops never closed in this planet city. But the night hours would be quieter than the day hours for the shop owners.

I sniffled from the filtered air around me. It was cool, but not cold. I wonder what the temperature would be in the lower sections of Coruscant, hotter or just colder, or perhaps a mix of both? Over the balcony the depth was endless. It would be not so wise to have a child around here and climbing over the edge. I could imagine what would happen then… and the result would be horrible. As I thought it over, a thought came up in me how I could suddenly think about a kid? A laugh bubbled up from inside of me and laughing I disappeared inside. I felt more relaxed than earlier and perhaps I would now sleep better. With the juice in my stomach, I crawled back into bed and tried to fall asleep again. The next morning I awoke tired, but less edgy than the day before. Also the density of the dark side seemed to have solved a bit. That morning I got a visit from member of the Jedi. I allowed him to dock and came down to greet him. I could see that it surprised the man a bit. I took him with me upstairs with a lift. On the face of the Jedi lay a concentrated expression and I felt him probing me, but I didn’t allow him into my mind. He knew at that moment I was trained to use the Force. In a fight I would be the stronger opponent. He looked around, clearly wondering what his place really was. I offered him something to drink and he accepted it. Neither of us inquired the meaning of the visit, but spoke of other things. Coruscant was a large object and there was always a subject that fell in the range of talkative material. Nerny came beeping from my bedroom toward the living room, wondering who my visitor was. I answered upon his beeps.
Nerny was cautious when he looked up toward my visitor. It was a master among the Jedi and his name was Anda Sulundar. The name was not familiar to me. Anda invited me to come over to the Jedi Temple sometime, if I liked to do. I accepted the invitation, but knew already it would be no more than a visit. Just to see what the other parts of the building were. I let Anda go and said him goodbye in the docking area. Whatever he would report of me, it would not be my lack of manners and courtesy. The rest of the day I had for myself. I spent it through by what this refuse all had inside. In the former study room was a computer with access to everywhere. The chair was of an odd design and had survival gear integrated. It held a reference to the medical chamber. The computer had a connection to the city computer and other secret parts. I came across a very secret hide out post inside the Republic military, espionage it was. When the dark screen flipped on in their tactics room all looked in astonishment to me, not knowing what to say at first. Then they tried to switch off the screen and break the contact, but that could only through me. Where I was, they didn’t know. They couldn’t discover that, because it was all coded and protected. I severed the connection and tried other channels, what led me to most dark and abandoned places. But a few were also in use, underground cells of Imperials they contained. I didn’t speak to them either and disconnected. It would call up questions, but I would deal with those later.

I had access to everything in the position of supreme commander of all Imperial Forces, but also the Republic Forces. My great-grandfathers power had stretched to everywhere apparently. It was disenchanting. Combined to the man he had been in the latter years of his life and this all, I realized what his forgotten heritage was. It felt intoxicating, knowing what I could all do and that went far beyond my wildest dreams. The immediate contact could strike fear into the hearts of those on the other side of the connection line, just as they knew probably where it came from. But a dark path I didn’t want, although it had been one, long ago. I had no idea what would flow from sitting behind this console in the old study room. I pushed those worries back into my mind. I couldn’t deal with all uncertainties and possibilities, what could happen. I would deal when one appeared. One thing I knew, was I would not give up, the access I had everywhere. It was something I would need in the future as last living Skywalker. Trust in the Force was one thing, but not everywhere I could depend on the Force alone. I lived in a high technological developed society and in that one where tools needed to survive.

I learned to deal with the dark side around me. The dreams at night kept me plaguing, but I didn’t yield to them. I meditated a lot, because that was the only way not to be seduced by the atmosphere around me. Nerny was a delight to have around, he didn’t feel the atmosphere. The dark side didn’t have any effect on him. For me it was a test and I knew I was strong enough to pass it. A few days after meeting with the Jedi Anda Sulundar I took a shuttle and flew officially to the Temple. The news had passed along I discovered soon I docked and was welcomed by two members of the Jedi Council. I felt them reaching out to me, but I didn’t let them into my mind. I was questioned instantly about my intentions to stay on Coruscant and to what force I belonged. They tracked me and knew I was not a Republic citizen, I acknowledged that, saying I was Imperial. I felt their suspicion, because Imperial was still considered not friendly. But they knew also I was no dark lord. The questioning took some time, but I did nothing to ease their suspicions. I had nothing to prove to them.
When it was time for a meal I was taken with them to the dining hall. I could choose what I wanted, for all Jedi was there free choice. That system worked that way, because many other species were there among the Jedi. So was still not the Empire build together, with many different species. Coruscant was for me an exotic planet. I chose food that was something I always ate the Imperial Academy. It was something I knew and trusted, and I didn’t risk that I had taken something poisonous. I had the feeling that nobody would warn me for it, knowing already who I was and where my alliance laid. I could feel the distrust and irritation around me. What I knew about being a Jedi, I found it odd that Jedi let themselves being swept in those kinds of thoughts. It was a thread of the dark side and dangerous. My father had learned me not to judge people, because of their allegiance or what they served, but postponed judgment to a point when you knew the other person. Then you could say if the person was true of heart or not.