Anuvuin: episode #15 Anakin
Previously: Lowdun has revealed to Summoner a little of
his past. He tested and questioned
Summoner, and found out his suspicions were correct; Summoner had indeed joined
up with the Maurders.
Now,
a month later, back to Shmi. Shmi is
due now at any time. The Maurders do not have the best of medical services,
especially for slaves, but they did pay for the child, so they felt they
had to provide a doctor of some kind. Shmi was not looking forward to having a Maurder doctor deliver her
baby, but she knew she had no choice. So, when the doctor named Doctor Pere came to check on the morning of
August 30, the following thing happened: Shmi turned to see the doctor slide the plate of smashed up cardboard
toward her.
"How are
you feeling today, Mrs. Skywalker?"
"I'm a little tired, but I think I'm all
right."
"Yes, well let me take a look to make sure
everything's all right. You said your
old doctor said it could come anytime from last week on?"
"That's right."
"Okay then, why don't you lie on the bed…and
I'll take a look here."
The doctor took out his tools. Shmi was used to this. The doctor hooked up
some machine that projected the baby's image on a screen. Both her old doctor, and now this one knew
if it would be a boy or a girl…but Shmi had asked not to know.
"Well h…(then he remembered) it looks like it
will be healthy, however, I think I'd better check on you more than once a day
from now on…it looks like it's getting ready to come out…in fact…. it could be
within just a few hours form now."
"It could be…"
Then Shmi
said, "Well, if you would know your medicine better, you would know I'm about
to have it now…I think it's coming…"
And that's when she started going into
contractions. The doctor ran away, screaming
for another doctor or nurse t help him. Shmi actually cried.
"Where is
he going? I can't do this by myself…"
She started pushing and she knew it was
coming.
She
yelled, "Someone, help me!"
But she was left alone to do everything by
herself until finally when the baby was almost totally out, the doctor came
back with 3 others.
Shmi says, "It took you long enough…now help
me."
So the doctors try to help her in the
final stages of birth…and out pops the baby. Shmi is so relieved that's all over. She looks up in anticipation.
"So what
is it?"
The doctor checked, although he was already
pretty certain of what it would be.
"A boy."
Shmi quickly thought up a name.
"I know
Summoner doesn't like it, but he has no say in this child's life anymore…I'm
going to name him Anakin Luke Skywalker."
The baby kind of made an oper or qui que
noise when it was born. Just
kidding! I just had to put that in
there. Anyway, over the next 3 years,
Shmi and Anakin remained with the first Hutt. But during one of the pod races, the Hutt lost both Anakin and his
mother to Watto in a bet. Anakin grew
to be a very bright and considerate young boy. He was one of the nicest people to ever live in the galaxy…only to later
by topped by 2 other people, but that is another story. Once time Anakin even saved a baby bantha's
life, even though banthas were so undesirable. Anakin also learned how to pilot ships fast…and he learned things
quickly. One day, Watto decided to try
Anakin at podracing…and found out he could do it, and do it well. Anakin would always dream of leaving
Tatooine to become very famous…piloting the big ships and becoming a Jedi
Knight. He always tried talking to the
big time pilots and hearing what they had to say…they would often come to
Tatooine to tell these stories while their ships were being repaired, or if
they were taking a break from their travels or trading. Anakin loved his mother very much. H even built her a droid…C-3PO. He was very good at building things…he also
started on his own pod racer…and this was all while Anakin was 9 years old or
younger. And that is how the years
passed for him. He always hoped that
one day Jedi Knights would come and rescue him. (These events overlap with Part 2…we'll explore them in more detail.) And, next time, learn about the deal between Darth Sidious and
the Trade Federation. This concludes
Anuvuin, Part 1.
Until
next time!
