AN: Amazingly I am posting these in the correct month! Now to turn my attention to my other stories for a wee while and see if I can get some time to do some proper writing.

Warning - Depending on your POV "Anguish" may contain triggers for child abuse. Although, I don't see it that way, others more sensitive might.

As always - All previous disclaimers still apply.


Horror

It was deep in the night when Obi-Wan arrived at the farmstead and Beru had to wonder what kind of man had the confidence and courage to travel the sands of Tatooine when the moons were at their lowest and the night at its darkest and coldest; when all the horrors of the planet crept or crawled from their holes and burrows to skitter across the sand in search of prey.

She took him down into the courtyard as Owen reset the perimeter sensors and defences. The sombre Jedi silently followed her to Luke's room where the boy innocently slept.

Terror

Owen met them at the bedroom door, silently nodding his acknowledgement, his permission for the Jedi to continue and palmed open the door before turning away, not wanting to watch, not wanting to see.

Obi-Wan stepped into the room. It was dimly lit by a nightlight; a childish attempt to banish night terrors with a light. He looked at the sleeping boy, his heart lurching with grief and love. Luke was Anakin's double, a painful reminder of the child who had fallen asleep beside him on the journey home from Naboo.

A child destined to destroy and burn a galaxy.

Anguish

"Will it hurt?"

Obi-Wan turned to Beru, tried to smile to allay her fears.

"Not... physically..." he told her, hating himself, but the boy needed protected, needed a deeper hiding place than just Tatooine.

He closed his eyes, drew the Force to him, felt the shadows deepen as he placed his hands at either side of the Luke's head and violently shoved into his mind.

The boy's eyes snapped wide, he fought, kicking and howling in anguish at the intrusion, as Obi-Wan constructed the shield that would hide his presence from his father, from Palpatine, from Obi-Wan and from himself.