Phantoms
Prologue
Timeline: Season 3 of BtVS just before The Zeppo and Pre Phantom Menace.
NOTE: Please keep in mind that Andrew doesn’t have his knowledge of Star Wars with him.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Buffy series, the Knights of the Old Republic game series or the Star Wars series.
Prologue
Andrew walked through Sunnydale High trying to get something out of his mind as something was going to happen today and it was either going to be fun or horrible. As he walked past some dark haired girl that he hadn’t seen before, he walked quickly past her and looked at her and suddenly a vision happened: he was standing at the bridge of a ship looking down at a planet and he knew that Revan was fighting Mandalore the Ultimate down there.
His mind suddenly cleared and he swore he heard a voice whisper, *So, here you are Exile, new form and even a new gender but you are still beautiful to me and even in this universe at this time we are still puppets of the Force.*
‘What the hell?’ Andrew thought.
Faith looked at the small looking blonde boy and an image passed in front of her mind of a young woman, wearing brown and white robes standing by her side, watching some sort of war on a computer screen and a man on it screaming, “General Revan please, we need aid. The Mandalorians are massing for another attack!!!”
A voice whispered, *Revan, my dear love, you’ll be with us soon, I promise.*
“What the fuck!!?” Faith muttered, she may definitely go for girls but that voice made her quiver all over. She looked around confused as it sounded familiar.
Later that day Andrew sat at his table by himself as Jonathon was away today, eating when the dark haired girl appeared next to him.
“Umm, hi?” Andrew said unsure of why she was here.
“Hey, I’m Faith. I’m kinda new here and I need to talk to you, actually I’ve been wanting to talk to you for a bit.”
“Oh, I’m Andrew and I’m really not sure why you want to talk to me? Do you need some help with something?”
“Not really, just wanted to talk,” Faith smiled and they began to talk about things. Faith looked Andrew over again and saw the woman from her previous vision, except the voice she heard was saying:
*Don’t you recognize your old friend Revan?* It laughed gently, *The one you trusted and the one who was punished for following you into war?*
Faith shook her head again and muttered, “What the fuck?” causing Andrew to turn pink at what she said and she apologized.
Andrew stared at Faith and wondered what was wrong with her when an image of a woman who wore a helmet and they stood side by side, fighting some armoured men.
The old voice whispered, *Don’t you recognize her Exile? Even if your heart and mind do not your soul does recognize her: Revan, your old general.*
“Yo!!” Faith snapped her fingers in front of Andrew’s eyes, “Earth to Andrew, you there?”
“Umm, yeah sorry, just spaced out for a moment,” Andrew said quietly
*Revan, my love,* the female voice whispered to Faith, *The Exile was never this shy; she was courageous enough to reject the Order and follow you into war. Perhaps Andrew needs your friendship.*
“You wanna hang out?” Faith asked with a shrug, “The group I’m hanging out with doesn’t need me tonight.”
“I guess so,” Andrew mumbled, “But all I’m going to do is watch movies at home tonight, I don’t get much alone time,” and he gave her the address.
“Movies sound cool,” Faith said shrugging, “Sounds good to me, see you later then.”
As Faith walked away Andrew heard the old woman’s voice whisper, *You should know your old friend by now, this place hides the truth but together we shall peer through the shadow and light together.*
Andrew looked uneasy, he was going nuts he was sure of it and maybe he had a new friend, maybe he didn’t but he was going to watch movies with a girl, didn’t see that coming. He wanted to watch them with Jonathon but Jonathon was at his grandmother’s home in San Diego.
Later that night after Faith excused herself from the Scooby meeting, something was distracting her and it had to do with that Andrew kid, something about him seemed so familiar so she headed to the address Andrew gave her.
As Andrew prepared for the movie night, placing a couple bags of salty snacks and cookies as mom had surprised him by giving him money for pizza so he was getting excited. But there was still that bad feeling that was crawling up his spine when a vision hit him: there was a blond man who looked hopeful and an idealistic, sarcastic dark haired man who looked at him with adoration.
The old woman’s voice whispered, *Don’t you remember them Exile? One was your devoted slave, he would’ve have followed you anywhere you went and the other you forgave him for such crimes that he committed against the Jedi and I believe he loved you at one point.*
Andrew dropped the bag in shock and surprise while his mind was reeling, what was going on?
He sat down and was about to start the movies when he heard someone knocking, he ran over to the door, thinking it was the pizza guy, when he saw Faith.
She walked in and said, “Hey Andrew.”
“Oh,” sorry,” Andrew muttered, “I forgot you were coming, I, umm, ordered pizza.”
“Cool,” she said as she sat down, she looked at the movies and thought, ‘Star Wars? Interesting,’ she thought, ‘Might be good, it has been years since I saw them.’
Andrew began to play the movies and Faith felt that someone else was watching with her, a voice then whispered, *Revan, my dear Revan, you are needed, the Force needs you and him back in our galaxy, things are happening and we cannot stand by and watch anymore.*
Faith whispered, “Bastilia? By the Force, Bastilia?” She looked at Andrew who was staring at her with a weird look on his face.
“Umm, who’s Bastilia?” Andrew asked confused.
“Someone I knew years ago,” Faith said, “Or at least I think I knew her,” she looked at Andrew and asked, “You ever get the feeling that something is happening, like at the corners of your vision?”
Andrew nodded, “Yeah, every time I see you.”
That night would be remembered by both the demon inhabitants and human inhabitants of Sunnydale as a storm shook the night, causing the sky to light up with lighting as the Force itself moved through Sunnydale towards its destination.
Andrew looked outside at the storm; he shook his head and said, “Looks like you’re staying here for the night if this storm continues.”
She looked out and nodded and sat back down to watch the movie, when Andrew looked at her and heard the old woman’s voice whisper, *You’re beginning to open your eyes to the truth.*
‘What the hell!!?’ Andrew thought, ‘Who the hell is speaking to me or am I going nuts?’
*No, you are not insane,* the voice whispered, *But soon perhaps and if you need a name to go with my voice, it’s Kreia.*
“Kreia?” Andrew whispered to himself, trying to understand what was going on but the name brought an image of an old woman dressed in brown robes and white hair and he shivered, trying to forget her.
*I am not so easily forgotten,* Kreia’s voice said, *After all, even after millennia apart and the Force,* she said with venom in her voice, *Picked me to guide you and guide you I shall but you shall have other teachers in time, but never forget my lessons.*
‘
Andrew looked down at his feet, still unsure about things when Kreia’s voice whispered, *Such doubt, it does not become you.*
As they sat down Andrew looked at Faith and muttered, “Why did you want to hang out with me?”
Faith looked down and said, “Because it felt like I’ve known you before and maybe we did, have you ever been in Boston before?”
Andrew shook his head, “No, we’ve never left the west coast, though for my cousin’s wedding in San Francisco but that’s it.
She looked thoughtful for a moment, wondering what was going on when the storm suddenly picked up in speed and intensity. She joined Andrew and listened to the wind hit the windows, she shuddered, “Jeez, what is going on here?”
*It should be obvious,* she suddenly heard Bastila’s voice whisper, *The Force is calling you both home and soon you shall have make the choice that you made all those centuries ago when we had to destroy the Star Forge, remember?*
Faith remembered as if a floodgate had been opened: standing over the body of someone who had been her best friend and he was dying, the lightsaber in her hand radiating a cold blue light. ‘This was my fault, he followed me into the war against the Mandalorians but he had become a brutal murderer, worse than I had ever become.’
Andrew saw Faith crying and went to try to comfort her when he had suddenly remembered Malachor, the mass shadow generator he or rather his past life had activated it with a wordless nod towards Bao-Dur.
*And now you remember,* Kreia’s voice whispered from the shadows, *And do you not remember my words about the Republic? Never doubt through words that a Republic can be overthrown and an Empire made.*
His eyes looked up haunted and they met Faith’s eyes, who had the same look and suddenly something knocked on the door and Kreia’s voice whispered, *I believe it’s for you Exile, will you answer the call as you did in eons past? Or shall you wish desperately to stay in this small town, praying that things might be better.*
He got up and walked to the door as in a daze, Faith heard Bastila’s voice whisper, *Revan, the Republic needs you, the Jedi need you again, please come.*
She got up and walked in front of Andrew and said, “If this is some psychotic trip then we might as well do it together.”
He giggled nervously at that and said, “Yeah, might as well try,” and opened the door when suddenly a wave of light and heat enveloped them, it was a comfortable warmth and gentle light as they disappeared in the light.
The next few days after their disappearances Andrew’s few friends did their best to look for him while the Scoobies did their best to locate Faith but even magic couldn’t locate them.
On Tatoonine Shmi Skywalker was holding her infant son Anakin when a sudden sandstorm whipped up quickly, she saw a lost little girl who looked lost and confused wondering around, she couldn’t leave any child out like this, especially in this sandstorm. She held her hand out to her and whispered, “Come with me little one,” they walked to her quarters and saw the little girl had a silver pendant, she looked at it and it showed the picture of the girl with her name and said, “Faith? Is your name Faith?”
Faith nodded as she sat down next to Anakin who instantly tried to grab at her and Shmi froze, what if Faith had no family? Shmi knew instantly that she couldn’t leave Faith alone, not here in Mos Espa where she would be easy prey for slavers and she knew how hard that life was.
In the lake country of Naboo Padmé Naberrie was sitting with her sister and parents on the beach when her father noticed the storm brewing, he cursed a bit as the storm would be there before they could reach shelter but he saw an old tree, he nodded to his family and brought them to it while the storm raged for a while, pelting the beach and the trees with rain and wind but as quickly as it came it passed.
Padmé walked down the drenched beach when she heard a piercing cry, she followed the crying to a small basket and wrapped in swaddling clothes was a baby who looked at her, Padmé lifted the basket up and screamed, “Mommy.”
Jobal rushed, afraid that Padmé had hurt herself when she saw her daughter holding a basket; she looked into the basket and saw a child looking at her. She picked it up and cradled it close to her, she looked at the clothes it was wrapped in, and she saw a note in the clothes and read out, “Andrew.” She cradled the baby boy close to her and showed him to her husband.
Ruwee looked at the baby and sighed, “The boy’s family must’ve been caught in the storm,” he looked at Andrew who gurgled happily as he tried to grab his hand. He looked at Padmé, Sola and his wife and smiled, “I suppose we can’t leave him alone here in the Lake Country, can we?”
Bastilia looked at Kreia and sighed, “I suppose we can do nothing but wait.”
Kreia nodded and sat down to begin to meditate, “Yes, we shall simply wait for events to unfold as they must. The Exile and Revan must be ready for what awaits them.”
“Why are you doing this?” Bastilia asked, “You hate the Jedi and the Force.”
“Because,” Kreia sighed, “Sidous’s plans are grand and manipulative, he shall mould the Republic through words rather than actions and I shall be most likely to recognize his manipulations.”
Bastilia sighed as she walked behind Kreia, wishing someone else had been picked and not Kreia but she knew that Kreia’s aid would helpful and besides, she had her hands full with Revan or Faith as she was now known and hopefully she could call on Jolee or Juhani to aid in her training and now they had Anakin to worry about too, all Kreia had to worry about was the Exile.
TBC
Ruwee and Jobal are the true names of Padme’s parents.
Revan is a Jedi who fell to the dark side and then redeemed himself during a war 4000 years before the rise if the Galactic Empire, he was in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for the Xbox.
The Exile was the main character in KOTOR 2 and she fought alongside Revan in the war.
I will be going into more detail behind KOTOR 1 and 2 in later chapters.
Please note that in the games Revan and the Exile can be either male or female.
Poll question: What do you think of my choices for Andrew’s and Faith’s adoptive families? Do you want them to remember their old lives on Earth? Keep in mind that Andrew doesn’t have his knowledge of Star Wars with him. What force abilities should Andrew and Faith show first?