CHAPTER 1

It was the middle of the night. A woman was giving birth. She was crying in pain. "Hang on Shmi, hang on." An old lady was encouraging her. Shmi Skywalker was exhausted, she was carrying twins. This meant well and bad. Well as there would be two more members to the tiny slave family which she had on the planet of Tatooine. Bad as they would be properties of Gardulla the Hutt. The tiny slave family which she mentioned had only eighteen members, all were different but they looked after each other like a family. The grand old lady, Maiser Olka, was like a mother to Shmi. She looked after her while her sisters worked for her when she was pregnant. Now all of them were with her as she was giving birth to twins. "One is coming out." One of her sisters said out loud. Soon a healthy boy was born. The family cheered. As the lady brought the child to its mother, Shmi named him Anakin. After ten minutes the second child was born, it was a girl. They all cheered less when compared to the time the boy was born. The girl was brought near its mother but she was exhausted and named the child Aarya while closing her eyes. The moment the twins were born the atmosphere in the room was full of cheer. The boy was in a cradle, with its umbilical cord cut and wrapped in a warm towel. The girl was placed in the cradle besides her brother but the blood and the umbilical cord was just as it was. The boy was comforted and he slept. But the girl kept crying and was still in pain. Nobody noticed it as they were busy tending to an exhausted Shmi who could have healed without them. After fifteen minutes Shmi got up, she turned to see her children and found to her horror that her daughter was left ignored. The rest quickly understood and acted. The girl was wrapped in a cold towel and placed besides her brother.

Congratulations were showered on Shmi for delivering two healthy children. People came and left in silence as the twins slept tranquilly. Slowly almost everyone slept. There were few men who chose to stay up and guard the children. Shmi was tired and slept with her children at her side. Those who chose to remain awake stood outside the hut. It was a silent night. The sandy planet's nothingness reflected the morality of its lords. As everyone was lost in their thoughts nobody noticed the hooded figure in the entrance of the village. As it moved it raised its hand slowly and soon the guards were either dead or would die. It walked past their dead bodies. As soon as one of the guards noticed it he raised an alarm waking everyone. All the hooded figure did was ignite a red colored double hilted lightsaber and kill the two guards. Shmi was woken by the cries of her son. She started panicking. The hooded figure just waved its hand and moved towards the children. The mother went to sleep. The boy was still crying, but the girl was calm. She was undisturbed. The figure knew who it wanted. It picked up the girl and left. By the time the people came to the camp, the girl was gone. But they were pleased that the boy and mother were fine. Nobody noticed that the girl was gone till the mother pointed it out. Everybody mourned the loss of the child who was alive. The child with the figure had reached a ship. Inside the ship a nurse droid was waiting for it. It took the child from the figure's hand and placed it in a cradle. The child slept tranquilly. The figure lowered its hood and removed it. It revealed to be a young male Zabrakk. He had black tattoos on his red skin. He was barely over the age of eighteen. He looked at the child. It was so young and didn't know what its destiny had for it.

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Soon the ship had reached the planet of Coruscant. The Zabrakk landed it in an abandoned facility. There he got down with the child in a cradle. He bowed down to another man who was there. "I picked the girl. She was stronger than the boy." He said with his head bent down.

"Good, good. You have proven yourself as a good assassin Maul. You have earned the title of Darth Maul. Rise." The man replied as he moved forward to have a look at the child. "She shall be a good Sith."

"What will we name her? The mother named her Aarya."

"Aarya shall be her old name, now her name shall be Vader, Darth Vader."

"Is she the Sith'ari?"

"Yes. She shall be with our help."

The two men looked at the child. She had woken up. Her blue eyes looked at the two men.

"Where will she be?"

"In my palace at Naboo, you shall look after her."

"Yes master."

Maul then took the child and carried her with him to the ship. Once inside he placed the child in the cradle. He then set the coordinates to Naboo and left.

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In the Jedi temple, the grandmaster of the Jedi; Yoda was meditating when he felt the strong essence of the force. He opened his eyes. Never in his life of 900 years had he sensed such a strong presence of the force. He walked out of his chambers and met Master Mace Windu.

"Master Yoda, did you feel it too?"

"Feel it I did too. Strong the force is with this individual."

"But who is it?"

"Know not that I do. But do know the force has decided its destiny."

"We shall see how it will be then."

"See we must how this will go."

The masters stared across the windows towards the planet.

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Maul had landed with the child and the droid on Naboo. There he entered the palace of the house Palpatine. It was a luxurious palace. There were plenty of droids. But Maul trusted only the nurse droid who he just called nurse. He placed the child in another cradle. Once placed the child cried loudly. Maul look at the nurse in confusion. The nurse then informed "The child is hungry and has to have its diapers changed. I shall go and get the formula for it. You can change the diaper."

"But I don't know how to do it."

"You don't need to be a genius to figure it out."

Maul then turned to the bag of diapers placed besides the cradle along with the wipes and everything. He remembered once seeing a lady change a diaper for her child when he was sent on his first mission. He recalled whatever he saw. He removed the soiled diaper slowly and carefully. As soon as he removed it the child peed all over him. Maul was disgusted. He was covered in an infant's pee. He then took the wipes and wiped the bottom of the child. It was still crying. Where was that droid? He then took a powder and started applying it. As he was applying it the child farted at his face. He almost fainted. He then took a new diaper and put it on the child. Once the child was in the diaper Maul got up to clean himself. At that time the droid came. It went past through him and held the bottle to the lips of the child; it refused to drink.

"It needs a familiar organic bond." The droid declared after trying for the tenth time. Maul looked at it in confusion. He had cleaned himself up. "Here, feed the child." It ordered Maul.

"You want me to feed the child?"

"What do you think I just told?"

"I don't know how to do it."

"Oh it's very simple. You need a degree and twenty years experience. Just hold the bottle to the child's lips."

"All right." Maul then walked up to the cradle and sat on the chair besides it. He then took the bottle from the droid. The droid then carried the child and placed it on his laps. He was shocked.

"What? How do you expect to feed the child otherwise?" it said. Maul then held the bottle to the lips of the child and it started drinking. After drinking he placed it in the cradle but the droid slapped him on the arm.

"Ow, what is it?"

"The child hasn't burped. Carry it to your shoulder and GENTLY tap it on its back till it burps." Maul did as ordered. As soon as the child burped he placed it in the cradle while the droid rocked it to sleep. Maul sat down on the sofa in the hall. He sighed in relief when the child slept. It was the first time he ever did this and it was beautiful. He slowly slept. He slept for three hours or so before being slapped to wake up. The child was crying.

"But we fed it."

"Children that young must be under strict vigilance. Its diaper is dirty. Go and change it."

"Fine." Maul said before going inside. He went and removed the diaper. This time he was showered with a whole lot of feces. He was disgusted when he found himself covered in the brown mess. He repeated the procedures and placed the diaper. He then went to change his clothes. He then returned to see the droid sitting besides the child. It was entertaining it.

"The child is awake. You must accompany it."

"Fine." Maul said before going and playing with the child. Finally after three hours or so, it went to sleep. Never in his life had he been so exhausted. Maul slumped onto the sofa and slept for an hour to be woken up again by the droid. This time the droid just woke him up to inform him that the child was fine. Maul had the burning desire to destroy the droid. He nodded and the droid walked away. Three hours later the droid woke him up again to let him know that the child was hungry. Maul got up and fed the child again. This time the child was active and Maul and the droid had to entertain it. This went on for four hours. Later the child slept and so did Maul. All the Sith exercises that he went through were nothing compared to looking after a child with an irritating droid. Maul was surprised but knew the child had grown a bond with him the moment he kidnapped her.

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