After Padme had died, a funeral had been held on Naboo. It was a short ceremony, in which her body was sent down the streets of her home planet and taken to the morgue in a funeral capsule.
As this was happening, her children, Luke and Leia were aboard a ship headed to Alderan the home world of Bail Organa, a close friend of the deceased mother of the children, whose fate was to be decided.
"Separated, the children must be. Harder to find one than two, for the Emperor it would be." Yoda stated as soon as the meeting to decide the best course of action regarding the twins had commenced.
"Master Yoda, as wise as that may be, should their mothers last wish not be respected?" questioned Obi-wan, not one to ignore a dying wish if he could. "Besides if they are separated and one of them finds out we ignored their mothers' last words, surely even if one saw it your way, the other would give in to their anger and start down the path of the dark side."
"Obi-wan is correct." Started Bail voicing his opinion, "The children will not obey any instruction given by those they have no respect for, it is simply a child's' nature, not to mention their mother was extremely stubborn when she set her mind to something."
"Make valid points, you do. Still separated they must be, for their own safety, it is." Stated Yoda.
"Very well Master Jedi." the senator of Alderan conceded, "I shall take the girl, my wife and I have always wanted a daughter. She will well protected on Alderan."
"In turn, I must take the boy, Luke, to a planet where he will never be found by the Empire." said the Jedi knight, tired from his battle in the fires of Mustafar.
"Tatooine perhaps, hmm" suggested the green elfish Jedi master, who was approaching nine hundred years old.
"No, I was thinking of Dathomeir actually." Replied Obi-wan, getting up from his seat, and walking to the door."
"Dathomeir, you've gone mad Kenobi, that dark place is said to be home to witches and savage, beast-like men." exclaimed Bail.
"Precisely."
And with that the determined Jedi walked away to fetch Luke from his crib and prepare him for travel.
Obi-wan sighed in relief as he landed a ship he had bought on Nal Hutta in a small clearing in the twisted trees that grew over most of Dathomeir, thanking the force that the ship hadn't been a ripoff one way bucket of bolts. Pausing to pick up Luke from his makeshift crib in the cargo hold of the ship the Jedi, now wearing a brown hooded robe, walked out into the dark forest.
The further into the forest Obi-wan ventured, the quieter Luke became until he was completely silent and his breathing was the only sound coming from the tranquil infant. The bearded warrior was confused, from what he knew, babies weren't normally silent but tried to make as much noise as they can to attract attention. 'Probably a temporary silence' he thought dismissing it.
As the middle aged man strained his eyes peering into the forest, he saw a faint green glow in the distance. 'There it is.' He shuddered inwardly at the sight of the obvious massacre all around him, dead Night Sisters sprawled on the earth and off-lined battle droids littered the place.
Without warning a comet of green mist burst from the forest and began to circle him, mostly clouding his vision, as a figure, robed in dark red, manifested behind him.
"Why have you come to Dathomeir Kenobi?" intoned a voice that portrayed power and wisdom.
Obi-wan hesitated then replied.
"I have come seeking assistance only you can provide, Mother Talzin."
"As well hidden as the boy would be on Dathomeir, Master Kenobi was mistaken to take him there." argued Bail Organa clearly annoyed by Obi-wan's choice of planet to take Luke.
"Unorthodox, Obi-wan's choice may have been, but be found, young Skywalker will not." countered Yoda as the ship approached the planet he had chosen for his exile.
"If the choice was unorthodox or not, the witches of Dathomeir do not help and neither do the horned men that reside there either for that matter." complained the irritated senator.
"If only complain you will, then listen I shall not." Yoda stated jumping into the escape pod he had commandeered for his descent to Dagobah and pressed the launch button.
After receiving Luke from Kenobi and being told his name, parentage and story, Mother Talzin, with little Luke disappeared into green mist and reappeared in the hidden home of the night sisters, all the while thinking of which sister to entrust Luke's upbringing to. 'Preferably one not fooled by Kenobi's lies' she thought, going over every night sister individually in her mind as she carried Luke to the main chamber she finally deciding on the right night sister to give Luke to.
'Yes, she will most certainly do.' Talzin decided with absolute certainty. Summoning the sisters, the leader of the witch coven gently place the silent infant on the ground and waited patiently. When all the sisters had come running into the chamber and assembled in a horseshoe shape she began to explain to them.
"This infant is the future of the Galaxy, sisters. But he shall require a strong upbringing and even stronger willed teachers. As such I have chosen one of you to raise him, however he shall be taught by all of us." Talzin pointed at oldest of the assembled, "You shall be the one to raise this child, sister. Your unique talents will be instrumental to his childhood and training."
"I give you my word, Mother, the boy will be ready for his destiny." declared Asajj Ventress with the utmost determination.
What did you think. I wrote this in response to the helpful reviews I got so here it is.
In case any of you are wondering I will upload a new chapter every Friday so you know when to expect a new chapter.
Luke is not going to believe Obi-wan's lies in this story and he will be able to feel Leia across the Force from the beginning and she won't be so downplayed either.
Question: how old was Luke at the beginning of 'A New Hope'? say in comments please
