Chapter 1
A fifteen year old boy, dressed in rags sat aboard a transport heading to the planet of Mayim. He had ginger hair, and ever-changing eyes. No one knew where the boy came from, or where he had been born. The only thing people knew was that he was searching for something, or someone. No one had the courage to ask such a frail boy what he was doing all alone on a transport. He looked like he hadn't eaten in days, or weeks for that matter. If one looked one could see all of the bones in his body. A child his age should be a lot healthier looking than that. The pilot made an announcement that they were coming up on Mayim. The boy once known as Obi- Wan Kenobi sat gloomy looking at the blue planet wondering if this was the place he could call home.
Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn strode down the corridor of the Jedi Temple. He was following the fifteen year old padawan who had told him that the Council had summoned him.
"Fifteen," he thought, 'the same age of Obi-Wan."
Obi-Wan, the thought of that name brought fresh tears to his eyes. He spent everyday of the past two years just thinking about him. He had a tough life, but this had to be the hardest. First he had lost his first Padawan to a mission gone wrong, then Xanatos turned to the dark side. He then went into a deep, dark depression for three years. Then came a turning point, he married his long time sweetheart Tahl, and they had a little boy together. A little boy with ginger hair, and ever changing eyes. The boy's name was Benjamin Nuri-Luka Jinn. And he was taken away from him at the age of six months to live in the crèche. Then Tahl died leaving him all alone again. He wallowed back into his depression, until he was convinced by his former master, Yoda to take on a new Padawan. He wasn't going to, until Bandomeer happened. He then took on Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was with him for six months until his stubbornness and other factors drove him away.
Qui-Gon wondered if there was something wrong with him. Everyone he had ever loved had either died, been taken away from him, or ran away from him. He thought many times of just ending it all then and there, but something in the back of his mind told him otherwise. The council chambers came all too quickly for him. He stepped inside and surprisingly, there were only two masters there, Masters Windu and Yoda.
"Something we need to tell you Qui-Gon." Master Yoda said.
"This may be hard for you to hear after so long, but something has come up that needs your attention." Master Windu said.
"What could this be?" replied the solemn faced Jedi Master.
"Remember your son, Benjamin?" Master Windu asked. Qui-Gon nodded his head. "Two years ago he was taken by a Master and six months later he ran away. No one here has heard from him or seen him since he left that day." Mace continued.
"So what does this have to do with me? My son hasn't been with me in fifteen years. I don't know him and I want no part of him." Qui-Gon replied sternly.
Master Yoda looked at his former Padawan. Years of tragedy hardened his once loving and carefree heart. He couldn't believe that that came out of his padawans mouth. But Yoda couldn't wait to see his Padawan's reaction on the next part of the news. The news that might bring Yoda's former padawan out of hiding.
"Qui-Gon, its not that simple. You know your son. A little better than you think. Your son has been spotted on a transport to the planet of Mayim. Your home planet, I believe." Mace said.
"So what?"
"Qui-Gon, I didn't want to have to do this to you but, I'm going to come right out and say it," Mace raised his voice a little. "Your son, Benjamin, when he was taken from you was renamed Obi-Wan Kenobi. If you hadn't been so stubborn you would have realized that Kenobi is your mother's maiden name. And if you don't get up right now, your son is about to meet the King and Queen of Mayim, your parents, his grandparents. And If I were you, I would be the one to tell him the truth, not them."
Qui-Gon froze in time at that moment. He had had a second chance with his son and he didn't realize it? He felt like a fool. What he wanted to know is how Obi-Wan/Ben tracked his family to Mayim? There was only one way to find out.
A fifteen year old boy, dressed in rags sat aboard a transport heading to the planet of Mayim. He had ginger hair, and ever-changing eyes. No one knew where the boy came from, or where he had been born. The only thing people knew was that he was searching for something, or someone. No one had the courage to ask such a frail boy what he was doing all alone on a transport. He looked like he hadn't eaten in days, or weeks for that matter. If one looked one could see all of the bones in his body. A child his age should be a lot healthier looking than that. The pilot made an announcement that they were coming up on Mayim. The boy once known as Obi- Wan Kenobi sat gloomy looking at the blue planet wondering if this was the place he could call home.
Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn strode down the corridor of the Jedi Temple. He was following the fifteen year old padawan who had told him that the Council had summoned him.
"Fifteen," he thought, 'the same age of Obi-Wan."
Obi-Wan, the thought of that name brought fresh tears to his eyes. He spent everyday of the past two years just thinking about him. He had a tough life, but this had to be the hardest. First he had lost his first Padawan to a mission gone wrong, then Xanatos turned to the dark side. He then went into a deep, dark depression for three years. Then came a turning point, he married his long time sweetheart Tahl, and they had a little boy together. A little boy with ginger hair, and ever changing eyes. The boy's name was Benjamin Nuri-Luka Jinn. And he was taken away from him at the age of six months to live in the crèche. Then Tahl died leaving him all alone again. He wallowed back into his depression, until he was convinced by his former master, Yoda to take on a new Padawan. He wasn't going to, until Bandomeer happened. He then took on Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was with him for six months until his stubbornness and other factors drove him away.
Qui-Gon wondered if there was something wrong with him. Everyone he had ever loved had either died, been taken away from him, or ran away from him. He thought many times of just ending it all then and there, but something in the back of his mind told him otherwise. The council chambers came all too quickly for him. He stepped inside and surprisingly, there were only two masters there, Masters Windu and Yoda.
"Something we need to tell you Qui-Gon." Master Yoda said.
"This may be hard for you to hear after so long, but something has come up that needs your attention." Master Windu said.
"What could this be?" replied the solemn faced Jedi Master.
"Remember your son, Benjamin?" Master Windu asked. Qui-Gon nodded his head. "Two years ago he was taken by a Master and six months later he ran away. No one here has heard from him or seen him since he left that day." Mace continued.
"So what does this have to do with me? My son hasn't been with me in fifteen years. I don't know him and I want no part of him." Qui-Gon replied sternly.
Master Yoda looked at his former Padawan. Years of tragedy hardened his once loving and carefree heart. He couldn't believe that that came out of his padawans mouth. But Yoda couldn't wait to see his Padawan's reaction on the next part of the news. The news that might bring Yoda's former padawan out of hiding.
"Qui-Gon, its not that simple. You know your son. A little better than you think. Your son has been spotted on a transport to the planet of Mayim. Your home planet, I believe." Mace said.
"So what?"
"Qui-Gon, I didn't want to have to do this to you but, I'm going to come right out and say it," Mace raised his voice a little. "Your son, Benjamin, when he was taken from you was renamed Obi-Wan Kenobi. If you hadn't been so stubborn you would have realized that Kenobi is your mother's maiden name. And if you don't get up right now, your son is about to meet the King and Queen of Mayim, your parents, his grandparents. And If I were you, I would be the one to tell him the truth, not them."
Qui-Gon froze in time at that moment. He had had a second chance with his son and he didn't realize it? He felt like a fool. What he wanted to know is how Obi-Wan/Ben tracked his family to Mayim? There was only one way to find out.