~~5~~
"Ben, or Obi-Wan, or whatever your name is, I don't want you comin' 'round here no more, alright?" Owen Lars said to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"I brought him here to protect him, not to keep him from learning the power of the Force." Obi-Wan replied, trying to persuade Owen to allow him to see Luke.
"The best way to protect him is to keep him away from all of this Jedi nonsense and teach him to lead a normal life, away from all Jedi." With this said, Owen went back to his farm, ignoring Obi-Wan as he yelled after him.
"This is ridiculous!" Kenobi said to himself as he walked back to his home across the Dune Sea. "I am the only one who can protect that boy from the Empire, and his blasted Uncle won't even let me near him! He must learn the ways of the Force."
"Hi Ben!" a little boy around the age of ten said, running up to Obi-Wan and giving him a hug.
"Hello Luke." he said, returning the hug. "Did you get a lot of mushrooms this evening with your aunt?"
"Yeah! We got a whole bunch! Look!" he handed Obi-Wan a basket full of mushrooms.
"Luke, we have to get home." a woman around the age of 26 said putting a guiding arm around young Luke's shoulders.
"Hello Beru. How are you this evening?" Obi-Wan said, looking at the woman.
"Uh, fine. Please excuse us, we really must get going." She said hurriedly.
"I understand Beru. I have already spoken with Owen and he told me how you feel and since I put the responsibility on you, I have to respect your rules, no matter how ridiculous they may be." Obi-Wan said, sounding suddenly sad and forlorn.
"Oh, Ben. It was his idea. I am sorry, but, because of his parents and your history with them, we think this is for the best." She said apologetically.
"I understand your reasoning." He said, "but that doesn't mean that I think it is the right thing and it does not mean that I have to like it." With that, Obi-Wan walked away, returning to his home.
"Aunt Beru?" the little boy said, pulling on Beru's dress.
"Yes Luke, what is it?" she said, looking away from the shadow of Ben Kenobi as he continually got further from their lives.
"Who were you and Mister Ben talking about?" he said this with a confused, scrunched-up face that always made her laugh.
"Someone that we knew a long time ago, dear." She said with a chuckle. "C'mon now. We really need to be getting home." With that, she took Luke's hand and they walked the rest of the way to the moisture farm that served as their home.
"Ben, or Obi-Wan, or whatever your name is, I don't want you comin' 'round here no more, alright?" Owen Lars said to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"I brought him here to protect him, not to keep him from learning the power of the Force." Obi-Wan replied, trying to persuade Owen to allow him to see Luke.
"The best way to protect him is to keep him away from all of this Jedi nonsense and teach him to lead a normal life, away from all Jedi." With this said, Owen went back to his farm, ignoring Obi-Wan as he yelled after him.
"This is ridiculous!" Kenobi said to himself as he walked back to his home across the Dune Sea. "I am the only one who can protect that boy from the Empire, and his blasted Uncle won't even let me near him! He must learn the ways of the Force."
"Hi Ben!" a little boy around the age of ten said, running up to Obi-Wan and giving him a hug.
"Hello Luke." he said, returning the hug. "Did you get a lot of mushrooms this evening with your aunt?"
"Yeah! We got a whole bunch! Look!" he handed Obi-Wan a basket full of mushrooms.
"Luke, we have to get home." a woman around the age of 26 said putting a guiding arm around young Luke's shoulders.
"Hello Beru. How are you this evening?" Obi-Wan said, looking at the woman.
"Uh, fine. Please excuse us, we really must get going." She said hurriedly.
"I understand Beru. I have already spoken with Owen and he told me how you feel and since I put the responsibility on you, I have to respect your rules, no matter how ridiculous they may be." Obi-Wan said, sounding suddenly sad and forlorn.
"Oh, Ben. It was his idea. I am sorry, but, because of his parents and your history with them, we think this is for the best." She said apologetically.
"I understand your reasoning." He said, "but that doesn't mean that I think it is the right thing and it does not mean that I have to like it." With that, Obi-Wan walked away, returning to his home.
"Aunt Beru?" the little boy said, pulling on Beru's dress.
"Yes Luke, what is it?" she said, looking away from the shadow of Ben Kenobi as he continually got further from their lives.
"Who were you and Mister Ben talking about?" he said this with a confused, scrunched-up face that always made her laugh.
"Someone that we knew a long time ago, dear." She said with a chuckle. "C'mon now. We really need to be getting home." With that, she took Luke's hand and they walked the rest of the way to the moisture farm that served as their home.