Aria Kenobi held her newly born son in her arms. She gazed down at him with all the love and affection that a mother could show towards her child. Suddenly, a knock at the door made Aria tear her gaze from her son and look up.
"Come in," she said a little wearily. A tall man with light brown hair, poked his head around the door, and when he saw that the room was empty, entered.
"How's my darling?" he said looking down at Aria. The man pulled a chair from nearby and settled it next to his wife.
"I'm fine Caleb," she said, smiling up at him. He brushed a strand of auburn hair out of her eyes, and kissed Aria on her forehead. Then he looked down at his son.
"And how's my beautiful boy," he beamed down on the child. Caleb picked his son up, and very carefully rocked him in his arms
"He has the most amazing blue eyes," Aria said quietly, staring at the two men she loved more than anything in the world. Caleb looked at her and grinned.
"That my dear is the product of good genes," he said, pointing at her. Arias own blue eyes sparkled from behind a few pieces of stray hair. She laughed, but it quickly turned into a chesty cough. Caleb placed his son in a crib, and once again sat down next down his wife.
"Aria, are you okay?" he asked, a little anxious.
"I'm fine," she said, looking up at Caleb, but he wasn't convinced.
"Darling, you've been like this for days. Maybe I should call the-"
"I'm fine," she told her husband as firmly as she could manage. Caleb looked down at Aria and then back at their son.
"So, have you thought of a name?" he asked.
"Yes I have, but I still don't see why you can't participate as well?"
"Well, I'll name our next child," he smirked. Aria looked at him suspiciously.
"Next child?" she said, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, and then you can name the one after that. We'll alternate," Caleb laughed and his wife smiled, but Caleb could see it took a lot of effort.
"So about that name," he said, again.
"Right. I was thinking and there really aren't many that I like," she confessed. "So it was toss up between Ran-Tal or Doylan." Aria looked at Caleb, who was staring at her disbelievingly.
"Is that it?" he said sarcastically. "Darling, as much as I love you and our son, I don't want someone running down a corridor shouting, 'Doylan, Doylan!!'" There was a little pause and Caleb could see his wife was thinking.
"Well there was another name. Obi-Wan. I heard someone calling that exact name just before we came to the healing temple," Aria said a little superstitiously.
"I like it. Obi-Wan Kenobi," Caleb said as he picked Obi-Wan up again.
"Yes you like that don't you," Caleb cooed as Obi-Wan squeezed his finger and gave a little baby cry of happiness.
"Already got a lot of his father in him," Aria said, shaking her head. Just then, there was a soft knock at the door and a tiny woman dressed in brown and white robes entered.
"I'm very sorry to interrupt, but Mrs Kenobi needs her rest," the woman said, her silver skin glowing under the light. Caleb was very reluctant to let his son go, but gave Obi-Wan to the women all the same.
"Sleep tight," Caleb said, as he closed the door behind him.
"Your son is a ray of light to this little temple," the woman said as she held Obi-Wan.
"Thank you," Aria said jadedly, her eyes dropping with every passing moment.
"My, my, we're quite tired. I would say a goodnight's sleep and you should be refreshed by morning," the woman said sweetly.
"Are you taking Obi-Wan to the sanctuary?" Aria asked.
"Yes, just a few checkups and everything should be fine." The woman walked to the door and opened it, but when she turned around to ask Aria another question, she was already fast asleep. The woman silently walked to the sanctuary with Obi-Wan, while Caleb slept silently in the anteroom.

"Healer Monroe!!!" came a loud voice from one of the rooms. Caleb, who had been having a rather strange dream, was woken by someone yelling from a room. He got up, stretched and decided to find out what all the noise was about. He looked down the corridor and saw three healers running into Aria's room. He suddenly got a very bad feeling at the bottom of his stomach and without thinking, ran to her room. When he got there, he stood in the doorway, unable to move. Five healers were trying to revive Aria's lifeless body. Caleb just stood there, staring at her face. There were deep, dark rings under her eyes and it looked as if her whole body had been sucked of its colour and life. Every time the healers tired to revive Aria, her body rejected the treatment. Her arms hung limply at her sides and when Caleb caught sight of the wedding ring on her finger his eyes misted over. Caleb moved forward but a man, half the size of him with a beard that touched the floor, stood at his feet and looked very sternly up at him.
"Sir, the healers are doing the best they can," he said very slowly. Caleb didn't say a word; he just stood staring at Aria. When the healers suddenly closed the door in his face, he found his voce and spoke.
"No," he said softly. The man didn't hear him and tried to direct him back to the anteroom.
"Sir I would appreciate it if you could be-"
"She's dead! Can't you see!! You can't help her!" he shouted suddenly, looking down at the little man.
"Please, they are doing all they-"
"NO!! She's gone!!" he yelled, "She's dead! She's dead, my wife's dead," he yelled again, falling onto his knees and covering his face with his hands. He sat there for a few seconds, sobbing into his hands, until a healer came out of her room and Caleb looked up. The woman shook her head and he shut his eyes tightly.
"I'm very sorry Sir," he heard the woman say. "We were too late. You wife was physically exhausted from giving birth to your son. She died during the night." Caleb looked up at the woman and his face was stained with tear marks.
"Take me to my son," he said solemnly. Caleb turned his back on Aria's room and didn't look back. One of the healers took him to the sanctuary and he saw Obi-Wan lying in his crib. When the healer brought Obi-Wan to Caleb, an immediate smile formed on his lips.
"Obi-Wan, my boy," Caleb said to him, tears streaking his face once again. Obi-Wan touched his father's cheek and wiped one tear away with his finger. He instantly stuck his finger in his mouth and then let out a little joyous cry.
"It's just you and me now," Caleb said to him. He looked straight at his father and smiled, a toothless smile.

Caleb stayed with Obi-Wan the rest of that hour and when he had to finally face Aria's body again at the funeral pyre, he couldn't look at her. The woman he had loved for so long, the mother of his child, was dead. Caleb kept saying to himself that if he had acted on instinct and called a healer that night, when he had wanted to, she would still be alive. Aria's parents were both dead and so were Caleb's so he, and a few healers were the only ones at the funeral pyre. Caleb refused to subject Obi-Wan to that, so he stayed in the sanctuary. When it was over, Caleb went into the town and arranged for him and Obi-Wan take the first transport ship to Coruscant, where Caleb had some unfinished business.

After he had collected Obi-Wan from the healing temple, Caleb returned to the docking platform where the ship for Coruscant was already waiting. As he walked down the ramp with Obi-Wan in his arms, a cold gust of wind hit him on the one side of the face and he got a funny feeling. That same kind of feeling he had felt when he saw the healers running into Aria's room. Just the very thought of that name made him want to break down into tears. He stopped and looked at the entrance. What was his subconscious trying to tell him? Caleb had no clue what this all the meant. So he just dismissed it, the same way he had dismissed the thought to call the healers the night before. When Caleb found his seat he settled Obi-Wan, who was wrapped in blankets, down next to him and put his bags in the seat in front of him. Obi-Wan looked up at his father as he cradled him in his arms.
"Soon Obi-Wan, we'll start our life together," Caleb said a little dolefully.
"I wish you could've known your mother," he said under his breath and Obi-Wan just stared at him with his big blue eyes.

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" Caleb glanced up and looking down at him was a strong, dark-skinned man with a shaved head, smiling quite severely.
"No," Caleb said, grabbing his bags and placing them in the empty seat next to him. He grinned a little at the man who sat down in front of him. He was wearing a cream-coloured tunic and a dark hooded cloak. The light shone luminously down on his shaved head and as he moved to sit down, his cloak opened to reveal a long, short tube attached to a belt. He wrapped his cloak around him before Caleb could make out what it was. Then, without warning Obi-Wan burst out crying. Caleb had no idea what was wrong and he tried to calm him, but that didn't work.
"Is this your son?" the man suddenly asked, looking at Obi-Wan intently.
"Yes it is," Caleb said, still trying find out what was wrong with the screaming Obi-Wan.
"May I?" the man said, holding out his hands. Caleb hesitated, but gave in all the same. As soon as Obi-Wan looked up at the strange man, he stopped crying and stared at the man with his big blue eyes.
"You have a very special child here," the man said to Caleb, who smiled proudly. "He has his mother's eyes." Caleb's eyes widened at those words.
"How would you know?" he asked sceptically.
"Because he doesn't have yours," the man smiled and a little shiver ran through Caleb.
"I sense she is no longer with us," the man said and Caleb didn't look surprised. He nodded and watched while the man rocked Obi-Wan in his arms. The man never brought up the subject about Aria again and Caleb was glad.
"Where are my manners? I'm Mace Windu," the man said struggling to hold out a hand while he was clutching Obi-Wan.
"Caleb Kenobi," he said shaking his hand.
"The force is very strong with this one," Mace Windu said, still staring down at Obi-Wan who was now on the verge of sleep.
"The what?" Caleb said, as if Mace had said the stupidest thing in the world.
"The- never mind," Mace thought, changing his mind. He didn't want to waist his time explaining to a man who clearly wasn't interested. Mace handed Obi-Wan back to Caleb, who put him in-between a bag and the back of the seat, so he could lie comfortably. Mace and Caleb continued to talk for a while and Caleb realised he wasn't as painfully strict as he seemed. There conversation was suddenly intervened by a powerful shudder, and the ship came to, what felt like a halt. Obi-Wan was undisturbed by this, still blissfully sleeping.
"What the-" Caleb began, but Mace interrupted him.
"I'll find out. Stay here with Obi-Wan," he said seriously. Caleb wasn't used to been given orders, but as Mace walked away, he decided this one was for the best.

Then all of a sudden everything went silent, too silent for Caleb's liking. He took off his cloak and put it over the sleeping Obi-Wan. He had a very bad feeling about this. Just as quick as the silence had come it went, and screaming erupted from the next section of the ship. The sharp sounds of blasters and what sounded like powerful guns; could be heard very clearly from behind the door that divided the two compartments. Caleb stood up, with a blaster in his one hand. He always carried one with him wherever he went as protection. The sealed door was suddenly blast open and Caleb dived into the cubicle opposite where he had been sitting.
"Master, these passengers have nothing worth taking, they're all on diplomatic missions," Caleb heard someone say in a gruff voice. He sounded frightened.
"I did not come on this ship to steal pointless documents. Call the others and find me something of value!!" a second voice shouted. It was harsh and cruel. He looked up and saw two Pirates. Caleb had heard of them. The Togorian Pirates, who travelled in big groups, hijacking ships and stripping anything of worth from the victims on board. The first Togorian was short and his dark fur hid his cowardly face, much like the way he hid behind the master. The second Togorian was double the size of Caleb, in width and length. He dark eyes were deep set and his claws were long and sharp. Caleb's throat had gone dry and to his relief, he could hear their footsteps retreating.

Then suddenly, Obi-Wan let out a loud cry and they turned around.
'Well, well, well. What have we here?" the second Togorian said searching for the sound. When he found Obi-Wan, he threw the cloak off him and stared down at him in disgust. Obi-Wan's cries grew louder and louder.
"Kill him. We shall gnaw on human bones tonight!" the second Togorian said, his voice full of malice. Caleb found his anger starting to rise until he was boiling with fury. Then, without warning, Caleb charged forward and fired without even thinking twice. The cowardly Togorian ducked behind a seat as Caleb just kept on firing relentlessly. The second one seemed to have disappeared from sight.
"Caleb!!" came a familiar voice. He looked up and saw Mace running towards him, just as he felt something agonizingly sharp pierce him in the back. He felt it go right threw him and then it was suddenly jerked out. Caleb put a hand up to his stomach and when he pulled it back, it was stained with blood. He crumpled to the floor and Mace saw the second Togorian looming triumphantly over Caleb, who lay stationary. The Togorian's clawed were dripping with Caleb's blood. Mace charged forward and with the full weight of the Force behind him. The red colour from his lightsaber reflected in the Togorian's merciless eyes. The Togorian tried endlessly to slash him with his claws, but was unsuccessful. In a last attempt to end the fight, the Togorian kicked Mace in the stomach and while he was still a little dazed, managed to knock his lightsaber out of his hand. Mace watched in horror as it went skidding across the floor. The Togorian took this advantage and kicked Mace to the floor, pinning him down with one foot resting painfully on his stomach.
"Now we'll see who's stronger Jedi," he snarled as he brought his paw down to signal a killing blow. Mace used the Force and called Caleb's blaster to him, instantaneously shooting the Togorian in the chest. Just as Mace broke free, the Togorian fell face first on the floor, dead. At seeing his master killed, the second Togorian moved forward, but Mace was ready for him. Mace once again, called upon the Force and used it to send the Togorian crashing into the granite wall behind him. The power of the impact caused his spine to snap and after that, Mace didn't see him moving. Without hesitation, Mace ran and knelt by Caleb's side. He lifted his head and as Caleb tried to speak, blood emitted from his mouth.
"Stay with me," Mace said quietly.
"Look after my son- please," he gasped. "Take him- look after him-" Mace looked into his eyes and smiled.
"I will," he promised and as he did, he felt Caleb's last breath leave his body.

Mace was suddenly distracted by Obi-Wan's crying. He left Caleb, ran to Obi-Wan and picked him up carefully.
"I think it's time to get you out of here Obi-Wan Kenobi," Mace said kindly to Obi-Wan. He suddenly heard more blaster sounds from the other end of the ship. Mace knew that the Togorians were a cowardly race and once they learned their leader was dead, they would all retreat. Knowing that there were trained fighters aboard the ship as passengers, and that everyone else would not be in danger, he moved swiftly with Obi-Wan to an escape pod. Mace set the course for Coruscant and checked on Obi-Wan as the pod detached itself from the main ship. As it glided further away from the ship Mace wondered what he had gotten himself into. What was going to become of the boy he had promised to look after? Mace sensed something extremely special about Obi-Wan, but he wasn't sure exactly what. All he knew; was that Master Yoda would be able to answer all of his questions. As the pod came closer and closer to Coruscant, Mace wondered if he could request Obi-Wan to be trained as a Jedi. We'll see, Mace thought as the landscape of endless buildings came into his sight. We'll just have to see.........

*Authors Notes* I love Star Wars!!! They are the best movies to ever hit the earth! I don't own anything, George does, that great, great man!! I got a little inspiration while watching The Phantom Menace.:) Obi-Wan is by far my favourite character. Ewan is also SOOOOO HOT!!! The way he swings that lightsaber is enough to make any girl melt!!! Well, I would really appreciate feedback cause it keeps me going! Hope you like the story and this will be this first of many to come! :)