The First Day
Obi-Wan Kenobi stood in the doorway of the room in which he had spent the last half an hour. He looked upon the two children sleeping in the bed, both weren't yet a year old and both of their faces were tear stained from hours crying.
Obi-Wan rubbed his face tiredly, took one last look at the children then turned and left. He went to a small room and sat down at the com-station. He initiated a connection to Aldaraan. After a few seconds the face of Bail Organa appeared a mirror of how Obi-Wan felt.
"Bail."
"Obi-Wan," Bail replied. "Long day?"
Obi-Wan nodded. "We arrived about half an hour ago, more or less safely, but we picked up another passenger along the way."
Bail looked confused.
"I am now the guardian of Mara Jade, a Force sensitive little girl about Luke's age, as well as Luke," Obi-Wan explained with a wry expression.
"And how did this come about?" Bail raised an eyebrow in enquiry.
"Her father, from what I could gather, is dead, her mother died on my ship after saving Mara from Imperial troopers. She asked me to take care of Mara just before she died."
A sad smile appeared on Bail's face, "You didn't want to take on *one* Padawan and now you have *two* it would seem."
Obi-Wan smiled sadly in return grateful for Bail's attempt to lighten the mood.
"The bittersweet irony." Obi-Wan shook his head. He had noticed how the war and recent events had caused him and most others to gain a rather dark sense of humor.
"An irony that might actually help you," Bail said quietly looking at Obi- Wan in a way that had always made Obi-Wan feel that Bail didn't need the Force to convince people to do what he wanted them to do, "Are they alright?" he asked changing the subject.
"They spent the last few hours crying and have only just cried themselves to sleep a few minutes ago." Obi-Wan paused. "Luke asked me if the same thing was going to happen to his parents, that happened to Mara's...I didn't have an answer for him."
Bail nodded understandingly. "Leia cried herself to sleep too, asking for her mother, father and brother. I wish I could have given them to her."
Obi-Wan nodded in agreement, he had been wishing the same thing, for both Luke and Mara, but he was also wishing that there had been no need to separate them from their families.
"Do you have any idea where Anakin and Padmé might be?" Bail gave Obi-Wan an enquiring, and almost pleading look.
"Only that one of them is in the mid-rim and the other is in the outer-rim. I don't know which one is where, Qui-Gon and Yoda thought it safer for it to be that way."
Bail nodded.
"Do you think we'll make it?" He had a tired look on his face.
Obi-Wan rubbed his hand over his chin thoughtfully, "I have wondered that myself, but I have no answers, only the Force knows." He sat silently for a moment. "Have you heard anything about..." He couldn't bring himself to speak the name.
Bail pressed his lips together and finally shook his head. "Qui-Gon refuses to divulge her location."
Obi-Wan nodded in resignation. "Of course. I just - I -" He sighed.
Bail looked slightly uncomfortable. "We had best break this off, may the Force be with you, Obi-Wan."
"And you, the Force knows we'll need its help," Obi-Wan wryly replied.
Bail chuckled and cut the transmition.
Obi-Wan sat back for a few minutes thinking. Then he got up and walked to the room where Mara and Luke were sleeping. He silently watched them sleep. It was the perfect picture of peace. That is what Obi-Wan hoped that they would help to someday bring back to the galaxy. In the mean time he thought that perhaps Bail was right. Maybe they would be the ones to start Obi- Wan's healing.
"You will become Jedi...I promise," he murmured, and then quietly shut the door.
Obi-Wan Kenobi stood in the doorway of the room in which he had spent the last half an hour. He looked upon the two children sleeping in the bed, both weren't yet a year old and both of their faces were tear stained from hours crying.
Obi-Wan rubbed his face tiredly, took one last look at the children then turned and left. He went to a small room and sat down at the com-station. He initiated a connection to Aldaraan. After a few seconds the face of Bail Organa appeared a mirror of how Obi-Wan felt.
"Bail."
"Obi-Wan," Bail replied. "Long day?"
Obi-Wan nodded. "We arrived about half an hour ago, more or less safely, but we picked up another passenger along the way."
Bail looked confused.
"I am now the guardian of Mara Jade, a Force sensitive little girl about Luke's age, as well as Luke," Obi-Wan explained with a wry expression.
"And how did this come about?" Bail raised an eyebrow in enquiry.
"Her father, from what I could gather, is dead, her mother died on my ship after saving Mara from Imperial troopers. She asked me to take care of Mara just before she died."
A sad smile appeared on Bail's face, "You didn't want to take on *one* Padawan and now you have *two* it would seem."
Obi-Wan smiled sadly in return grateful for Bail's attempt to lighten the mood.
"The bittersweet irony." Obi-Wan shook his head. He had noticed how the war and recent events had caused him and most others to gain a rather dark sense of humor.
"An irony that might actually help you," Bail said quietly looking at Obi- Wan in a way that had always made Obi-Wan feel that Bail didn't need the Force to convince people to do what he wanted them to do, "Are they alright?" he asked changing the subject.
"They spent the last few hours crying and have only just cried themselves to sleep a few minutes ago." Obi-Wan paused. "Luke asked me if the same thing was going to happen to his parents, that happened to Mara's...I didn't have an answer for him."
Bail nodded understandingly. "Leia cried herself to sleep too, asking for her mother, father and brother. I wish I could have given them to her."
Obi-Wan nodded in agreement, he had been wishing the same thing, for both Luke and Mara, but he was also wishing that there had been no need to separate them from their families.
"Do you have any idea where Anakin and Padmé might be?" Bail gave Obi-Wan an enquiring, and almost pleading look.
"Only that one of them is in the mid-rim and the other is in the outer-rim. I don't know which one is where, Qui-Gon and Yoda thought it safer for it to be that way."
Bail nodded.
"Do you think we'll make it?" He had a tired look on his face.
Obi-Wan rubbed his hand over his chin thoughtfully, "I have wondered that myself, but I have no answers, only the Force knows." He sat silently for a moment. "Have you heard anything about..." He couldn't bring himself to speak the name.
Bail pressed his lips together and finally shook his head. "Qui-Gon refuses to divulge her location."
Obi-Wan nodded in resignation. "Of course. I just - I -" He sighed.
Bail looked slightly uncomfortable. "We had best break this off, may the Force be with you, Obi-Wan."
"And you, the Force knows we'll need its help," Obi-Wan wryly replied.
Bail chuckled and cut the transmition.
Obi-Wan sat back for a few minutes thinking. Then he got up and walked to the room where Mara and Luke were sleeping. He silently watched them sleep. It was the perfect picture of peace. That is what Obi-Wan hoped that they would help to someday bring back to the galaxy. In the mean time he thought that perhaps Bail was right. Maybe they would be the ones to start Obi- Wan's healing.
"You will become Jedi...I promise," he murmured, and then quietly shut the door.