Ahsoka: Origins
Chapter 1: First day
Life seemed to be fairly simple during these days on Shili. The planet full of hills and tall wavy grasses of color, some of greens and blues and possibly lavender as well. A major conflict had ended for the Togrutas of Shili just a few years ago that caused several Togrutas to migrate to the world of Kiros, but for young Maak and Ta'zeek Tano, who resided off a large grassy hill in a small styled house, things were as usual for them. They were an average married couple residing in the countryside which was beautiful to them. Maak worked as a butcher, with Togrutas being carnivores, hunters would bring their kills to him and he would prepare and cut up the meat for a fair price. Ta'zeek was a coordinator for holovids, and she was currently taking leave for she was far along in a pregnancy.
The young Togrutan couple sat down to a freshly cooked meal prepared by Ta'zeek. "Maak, I would really like to continue to stay home after our child is born." She mentioned.
Maak then spoke, his deep voice always managing to make Ta'zeek feel safe. "You don't want to make holovids anymore honey?" He questioned.
"It's not just that, I just think we will need someone to look after our child, I don't trust people easily after what happened with the large migration to Kiros." Ta'zeek flashed a nasty scar she had received during the crisis as some of her closest relatives tried to drag her away from Shili and her own husband. She acquired the scar in her struggle to get away. "Not to mention what happened with our last child." She added with a tear running down her cheek.
Maak stood up and walked around the table to his wife and placed his muscular red arms around her petite light skinned body. He kissed her Lekku and tried to calm her nerves. "I agree my love, we shall make sure nothing bad happens to this child." He said trying to reassure his wife.
Rubbing her husband's head, she replied; "I will tell my boss tomorrow." She said with a smile and went back to her meal.
"Our child will be so loved." Maak added as he sat back down to finish eating.
A few weeks later, the Tanos had a doctor stay in the house for when it was time for their baby to be born. They didn't want to take any chances so they let the doctor live with them, just until after the baby was born and Ta'zeek knew what she needed to know about actually raising a child.
"So, Ta'zeek, you seem to be mostly back to normal after everything that had happened." The doctor said.
"Oh, yes for the most part, but I can't help but have some fears Doctor." She said.
"Oh, tell me." He demanded.
"Well, Maak and I both are concerned that I won't be able to deliver this baby either." Ta'zeek said with a quivering voice.
"That's why I'm here isn't it Mrs. Tano." The doctor informed her. "Also, this one has lived much longer than the one you lost, I think we are safe this time." He added with a comforting voice. "Also, where is Maak? Shouldn't he be answering these questions as well?"
"He's at work right now, he can talk to you when he gets home."
Meanwhile at Maak's work:
"Good work today Saanik, clean those knives up and get outta here!" Maak said as he released his employee for the night.
Saanik cleaned off his knives and walked out the door to the butcher shop. "Night Mr. Tano!" He called as the door shut behind him.
Maak smiled and grabbed his knives to start cleaning and closing down the shop for the night when one last customer walked in. Maak heard the front door open and he saw a dark hooded figure standing at the counter.
"Are you Maak Tano?" came a voice from the hood.
Maak looked at the figure confused trying to see the face under the hood but couldn't. "Umm, yes I am. Need me to cut up some meat for you sir?" He asked.
"No no, not at all Mr. Tano. I am the head of one of the finest schools on Shili, you and your wife are with child, are you not?" The voice asked.
"Yes we are, how did you know that?"
"I think you should consider sending your daughter to my school when she's old enough, it would be a wise investment Mr. Tano. Here's some information." He said slamming his pale hand on the counter.
"A daughter?" Maak questioned.
"Yes, a daughter. Consider us please." The voice said as he turned and walked out of Maak's shop.
The voice was enough to give Maak chills. It was definitely not a friendly voice, but Maak and Ta'zeek were insisting on giving their child a top notch education when the time came. He rushed up to lock the front door so no one else would go in and he finished cleaning his tools.
Maak rushed home to tell his wife about what had happened. He threw open the front door and saw her sitting on a chair looking over some medical stuff. "Honey, you wouldn't believe what happened today! A weird guy with a dark hood came in to the shop today and he told me we were having a daughter." Maak said hurriedly.
The doctor who was lounging in the living room soon rushed in. "A daughter? How could this guy possibly know that, I haven't even told you what sex your baby is yet right?"
"Right doctor, we asked you not to tell us." Ta'zeek mentioned as she stood up with a bit of a fearful tone in her voice. "How could he know who we even are? You didn't know him right?" She had so many questions and her heart was now racing.
"No, I didn't know him at all, he had the most haunting shrill of a voice and I couldn't see his face." Maak said.
"I'd be careful Mr. and Mrs. Tano, if you don't know him, I wouldn't trust him."
"He knows about us, he knows we are with child and he knows the sex. He said he was the head of a fine school on the other side of Shili."
"What's the name of the school?" The doctor asked.
Maak handed him the flyer that the hooded man left for him at the shop.
The doctor eyed it for a moment then spoke up. "Well, the school is real, I sent my kids there. I don't know who the current head master is though." He informed them.
The tenseness that Ta'zeek was feeling suddenly fled from her body when she heard that the school was at least real. "That's a relief, isn't it love?" she said to Maak as she walked over to him and placed her hand on his chest and wrapped her other arm around his back.
Maak grabbed her petite hand with his large hand and pulled her close and kissed her. "Yes, it is for sure a relief." He said as he also felt less tension in his body as well after hearing the doctor's words.
The doctor was still uneasy about the whole thing. He cared much for the Tanos and didn't want anything to happen to this child either. He sat down in the living room chair and pondered who the new head master might be of the school.
The couple then walked into the living room as they were heading off to bed. "Thank you for your help tonight Doctor, we're off to bed. Make yourself at home please and settle in." Ta'zeek invited.
Still pondering the unusual situation at hand, he looked up and said, "oh, yeah sure. Good night Mr. and Mrs. Tano."
Malachor, 36 BBY:
A dark figure walked down the hall to the throne room of the hidden Sith castle.
"Darth Sidious, my apprentice. Were you successful in the first step of your mission?" asked another dark hooded figure seated on the throne.
"Yes my master, I found the Tanos. Master, how is it that you can feel her presence yet she's not even born?" Darth Sidious asked.
"That's something that you will learn in time. Something that someone who has truly understood the power of the force. The force is strong with her, very strong. If we don't do something about her now, she will become a Jedi, it will be her destiny."
"If she will be so strong with the force, we should bring her to our side, she will make a powerful asset in our cause against the Jedi."
"Don't question me or my plan Darth Sidious! You must learn your place at my side. I am your master therefor I make the plans."
Darth Sidious bowed to his master. "Very well Master Plegueis." Darth Sidious was already as powerful as he needed to be at this time to do what he'd been planning to do for quite some time regarding Darth Plegueis and his power.
Darth Plegueis was known to be one of the most powerful being in the galaxy at this point. He had been spending so much time meditating to cloud the minds of the Jedi to make it easier for Darth Sidious to creep in and infiltrate the Republic.
Shili, 36 BBY:
Ta'zeek was sleeping peacefully next to her husband when she began to feel her stomach cramp up. It startled her awake and the contractions started almost immediately.
Maak also awoke at the sound of his wife's loud and heavy breathing. Maak grabbed her hand. "It's time!" He shouted with excitement.
"Go get the doctor!" Ta'zeek demanded.
Maak rushed down the hall to the room where the doctor was staying in. "Doctor, doctor! It's time, Ta's having the baby!" Maak shouted as he startled the doctor out of his bed.
"Okay I'm coming, let me grab a few things she will need." The doctor said as he gathered up a few things to help Ta'zeek relax as she delivered the baby. He burst into the room and Ta'zeek was still having contractions that were getting closer and closer together. The doctor grabbed one of her hands and Maak grabbed the other hand and they were both trying to calm her as much as they could.
It had been 2 hours and she was now in labor. Ta'zeek was letting out unbearable screams, the doctor was doing what he needed to do for the sake of the baby, and Maak still held Ta'zeek's hand despite the fact that he was getting faint.
"Just a little longer Mrs. Tano. You can do it!" the doctor shouted over her screams.
"You got this honey, you got this!" Maak then shouted.
And after 5 and a half hours, the doctor pulled out a very tiny Togrutan baby and she was crying. "Here's your new baby girl Mr. and Mrs. Tano." The doctor said with a smile on his face. He wiped her off with a towel and wrapped her in a baby robe and placed the small wriggling girl in the hands of her parents who were both crying and laughing at this point, both so excited to see their own flesh and blood come to life before their eyes.
Maak kissed his beautiful wife on the montrels then turned his attention back to the crying baby girl.
Neither one of them could get over the miracle of life that they were both holding in their arms. The doctor just stared at them smiling with excitement as the two new parents held their child.
"I never thought it would be so beautiful." Ta'zeek stated.
"You both have a lot to be grateful for this time around." The doctor said. "But, I'll let you two take some time and I will need to know what you are naming her so I can take her info back to the medical station for documentation."
The couple looked at each other with smiles on their faces.
"Well, what should we name her?" Maak asked.
"Well, I've always liked the name Ashla." Ta'zeek stated.
Maak wasn't quite so fond of the name. "Well, we were going to name our son Tanoka, are there any girl names close to that?" Maak asked.
Ta'zeek smiled at him for being so sentimental about their son, who had not survived pregnancy. "What if we mesh the two names together. Ahsoka?"
Maak then looked at his worn out wife and smiled, "it's perfect."