Author's Note: This is my first fan fiction so please be patient. I would
love reviews and comments! I am planning a sequel (if I ever finish this
one....). Also I started this back before I knew how old Luke & Leia were
in Episode 4 so I'd originally made them 16 (even though I now know they
were 20...I think). I've changed so that they're 20 and Kara is now 10,
not 6. Please review!!!
Also some things you may need to know: * word* indicates a person's thoughts ((AN: word)) indicates an author's note in the story // word // indicates telepathic conversations
Ch. 1: The Locket
A little black-haired girl sat on a large rock meditating. She began to think about the past. It had been a little over nine years since she, Chikara Skywalker, had been brought to this planet, Dagobah, when she was not yet one year old, and now she was ten years old today. * I wonder if Foster-Father remembered that today is my birthday. *
Kara reached up and held on to a heart-shaped locket that she couldn't open, it was the only thing she had from her mother, that and very dim memories. * I can barely remember her. I know she was very beautiful but sad, always sad. I wonder why? I also remember her singing to me, she had a lovely voice. I still remember that song she used to sing to me, Mama's Lullaby, at least that's what I call it. * she thought her sapphire eyes sad.
As she was thinking the one she called Foster-Father looked at her. * She looks so much her mother. * He stood up, "Kara, time for lunch it is." "Yes, Master Yoda." She said cheerfully and climbed to her feet. "Uh, Foster-Father, did you for-" she said slowly. "Little One, perfectly aware that today is your birthday I am" Master Yoda interrupted. She smiled excitedly. "Can I open my presents when we get home?" "Eat first you must." He said laughing slightly. She was like this every year. * So fast she has grown. Leave soon she must. Like it she will not. Miss her, I shall. *
Kara ran ahead and was sitting outside their little house. "Slow today you are," Kara teased. * Been with me so long beginning to talk like me she is. * Master Yoda thought wryly. "When almost 900 years old you are walk so fast you will not." He said with mock sternness. Kara laughed and waited for him to go inside first.
~*~
Kara sat calmly in their small living area and waited for Yoda to go back with her presents. * I wonder what they are this year. * Her hand went unconsciously to her belt and fingered her favorite birthday present, the blue-bladed training lightsaber she had gotten when she was six. She had been fighting with one for almost her whole life and was pretty decent at it.
Master Yoda came in and startled her from her thoughts. "Here your presents are Kara," he said handing her five packages. She started to open the littlest one first. "Save that one for last Kara." "Alright," she said confused. She started opening another one. It was a medium-sized book and a large one. "About the planet Tatooine the smaller one is. From there your father is." Master Yoda explained. * My father? Master Yoda has never mentioned him before so I was never interested in him the way I was in my mother. * She looked at the other one. "And this one is about a planet called Naboo," she said curiously. "From that planet your mother is." Master Yoda said answering her unasked question. "Thank you!" she said and set them next to her.
She opened the largest one. It was an instrument that looked like a small guitar. "A gita that is. Since so good at music you are, thought you would like this I did." "I love it, Foster-Father!" "Teach you to use it I will." Kara smiled pleased and set it next to her with the books.
The next two were also books. One had old Jedi songs and other types of music in it and the other one had old Jedi legends and prophecies in it. Kara couldn't wait to start reading. She loved history and anything to do with it, like legends.
Finally there was only the little package left. Kara opened it to find a tiny gold key with a heart on the end of it. She looked at it confused. "Goes with your locket it does. Asked me to give it to your when you were old enough, your mother did." "Oh..." Kara murmured.
She pulled the locket over her head and inserted the tiny key. The locket popped open. There seemed to be several pages in it. On the first two there were pictures. The one on the back of the front part of the locket was of a blond nineteen-year-old boy with sapphire eyes that looked just like her own eyes. "Yes, your father he is." Master Yoda said. "Anakin Skywalker his name is. A Jedi he was."
Kara looked at the one next to her father. It was a beautiful dark-haired woman of about twenty-four. Her dark eyes were smiling, not sad, but Kara recognized her immediately as her mother. "She's beautiful, like an angel," Kara said softly. "Yes, beautiful she was. Padme Amidala Naberrie Skywalker, her name is." Master Yoda said just as softly.
She looked at the other four pages. All but the last one were blank. The last one had their names on it, with three more places for names. She sat looking at their pictures quietly for a long time.
Also some things you may need to know: * word* indicates a person's thoughts ((AN: word)) indicates an author's note in the story // word // indicates telepathic conversations
Ch. 1: The Locket
A little black-haired girl sat on a large rock meditating. She began to think about the past. It had been a little over nine years since she, Chikara Skywalker, had been brought to this planet, Dagobah, when she was not yet one year old, and now she was ten years old today. * I wonder if Foster-Father remembered that today is my birthday. *
Kara reached up and held on to a heart-shaped locket that she couldn't open, it was the only thing she had from her mother, that and very dim memories. * I can barely remember her. I know she was very beautiful but sad, always sad. I wonder why? I also remember her singing to me, she had a lovely voice. I still remember that song she used to sing to me, Mama's Lullaby, at least that's what I call it. * she thought her sapphire eyes sad.
As she was thinking the one she called Foster-Father looked at her. * She looks so much her mother. * He stood up, "Kara, time for lunch it is." "Yes, Master Yoda." She said cheerfully and climbed to her feet. "Uh, Foster-Father, did you for-" she said slowly. "Little One, perfectly aware that today is your birthday I am" Master Yoda interrupted. She smiled excitedly. "Can I open my presents when we get home?" "Eat first you must." He said laughing slightly. She was like this every year. * So fast she has grown. Leave soon she must. Like it she will not. Miss her, I shall. *
Kara ran ahead and was sitting outside their little house. "Slow today you are," Kara teased. * Been with me so long beginning to talk like me she is. * Master Yoda thought wryly. "When almost 900 years old you are walk so fast you will not." He said with mock sternness. Kara laughed and waited for him to go inside first.
~*~
Kara sat calmly in their small living area and waited for Yoda to go back with her presents. * I wonder what they are this year. * Her hand went unconsciously to her belt and fingered her favorite birthday present, the blue-bladed training lightsaber she had gotten when she was six. She had been fighting with one for almost her whole life and was pretty decent at it.
Master Yoda came in and startled her from her thoughts. "Here your presents are Kara," he said handing her five packages. She started to open the littlest one first. "Save that one for last Kara." "Alright," she said confused. She started opening another one. It was a medium-sized book and a large one. "About the planet Tatooine the smaller one is. From there your father is." Master Yoda explained. * My father? Master Yoda has never mentioned him before so I was never interested in him the way I was in my mother. * She looked at the other one. "And this one is about a planet called Naboo," she said curiously. "From that planet your mother is." Master Yoda said answering her unasked question. "Thank you!" she said and set them next to her.
She opened the largest one. It was an instrument that looked like a small guitar. "A gita that is. Since so good at music you are, thought you would like this I did." "I love it, Foster-Father!" "Teach you to use it I will." Kara smiled pleased and set it next to her with the books.
The next two were also books. One had old Jedi songs and other types of music in it and the other one had old Jedi legends and prophecies in it. Kara couldn't wait to start reading. She loved history and anything to do with it, like legends.
Finally there was only the little package left. Kara opened it to find a tiny gold key with a heart on the end of it. She looked at it confused. "Goes with your locket it does. Asked me to give it to your when you were old enough, your mother did." "Oh..." Kara murmured.
She pulled the locket over her head and inserted the tiny key. The locket popped open. There seemed to be several pages in it. On the first two there were pictures. The one on the back of the front part of the locket was of a blond nineteen-year-old boy with sapphire eyes that looked just like her own eyes. "Yes, your father he is." Master Yoda said. "Anakin Skywalker his name is. A Jedi he was."
Kara looked at the one next to her father. It was a beautiful dark-haired woman of about twenty-four. Her dark eyes were smiling, not sad, but Kara recognized her immediately as her mother. "She's beautiful, like an angel," Kara said softly. "Yes, beautiful she was. Padme Amidala Naberrie Skywalker, her name is." Master Yoda said just as softly.
She looked at the other four pages. All but the last one were blank. The last one had their names on it, with three more places for names. She sat looking at their pictures quietly for a long time.