How You Got Your Name
by JekWindu
(based on the original NJO storyline)
3 years post-NJO
Tahiri Veila Solo curled in her bed and slid a hand to the other side, now cold from the Ossus night. Her eyes opened. There should be a 2-meter tall lummox beside her. She sat up, solving mystery as she heard a muffled voice from the baby's room.
Padding out of the room, Tahiri came to stand against the door frame, a smile blossoming at the sight in the baby room.
Jedi Knight Anakin Solo, decorated hero of the New Sith War, sat in his underwear, sleepily trying to soothe his son.
"Shh,it's okay, daddy's here, so go back to sleep now." he whispered. The baby whimpered in response. Tahiri's smile widened. Didn't get much cuter than this. Anakin tried once more.
"Okay, okay...uh, do you want to hear a story? Uh, I don't know any stories...oh, I know." With a smile of his own, Anakin began the tale.
"A long time ago, before you or I were born, there was a man, a lot like you, who lived on a big desert world called Tatooine. One day, some very bad people came to the world, and did a very bad thing. They left and, when he saw what had happened, the man left too- so he could try and stop the bad people. Years passed, and the man became a Jedi Knight and stopped the bad people, bring freedom to the galaxy. His task done, the man started training other people to be Jedi Knights. More years passed, and more bad people came to the galaxy. They waited, and when the man was helping people, they killed him and started a war. Your mommy and I fought in that war and we stopped the bad people. Then you were born, and we decided to name you after the man, so everytime we thought of you, we'd think of him and all the good he bought to the galaxy. So, that's how you got your name." His story finished, Anakin stood and placed the sleeping boy in his crib, whispering,
"Sleep well- Luke."