Title: Never Again
Author: Sandi Gonzales
Author email: sandigonzales@hotmail.com
Catagory: Old Republic
Keywords: Drabble, angst
Spoilers: none
Rating: PG
Summary: Just the feelings a mother would have about giving up her Force-sensitive children
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Lucasfilm, Ltd. No money is being made and no infringement is intended.
Author's Note: This is my first drabble (a short story with a very limited number of words, in this case 250) and it is inspired by my intense case of baby disease. This story has an alternate ending that might be cheesey, or explain a few things; depending on your point of view of course.

When the Jedi came and took my first child I was honored; when they came for my second child I felt brave. When my third child was born I decided something different; the Jedi will accept children up to two years of age. I believed that if I kept my little Kylie for those 24 all to brief months, then I could extinguish my longing for a child; I could be happy with a husband who loved me, and a job that was rewarding. I cannot begin to describe the pain that came from my decision; they came for Kylie and I handed her over like a good citizen. She screamed, and screamed, and screamed. I hear Kylie's screams whenever I see a happy mother. I hear her screaming before I sleep at night. I hear her when an abandoned child is found dead; I hear her when I walk by a school. They follow me. Knowing that Kylie will not be exposed to the dark side is cold comfort. When the Jedi came for my fourth child, I had never seen it. I thought that would stop the pain. All my life I wanted to have a baby, but my own genetics had denied one to me four times. My fifth child is mine. The Jedi will not know. I will not lose another child! Dark side be damned; I will raise this child. He will never know about the Force. Never again will my family lose a child. (Never again will the Skywalkers lose another child).