This is a new Star Wars story I was thinking about, a pure Star Wars story, no crossover and just a sort of What If. I hope you like it and you stay until the end.
Summary: Anakin is found earlier, and is trained correctly by the strongest. It changes the way of the original timeline severely. Anakin will be stronger due to the increased trust of him and the Jedi and a little stone I threw in. He won't be easily swayed by the Sith. He is also raised by Shmi on another planet.
-Chapter One-
Dantooine is a very green and peaceful planet. It is void of the many dangers of the galaxy such as slavery. It is also the home to one of the Jedi's many temples, as well as one of their crystal caves. It was also the planet of which one of the most powerful force-sensitives was born. That child was Anakin Skywalker, son of Shmi Skywalker. The odd thing was there was no father, though it was suspected that she was impregnated by the force. This suspicion arose due to Anakin's high Midi-chlorian count. His Midi-chlorian count was higher than anyone's in the history of the Force.
When he was born, Anakin didn't cry. The doctors thought he was dead, or close to it. But due to closer inspection, he was really healthy, healthier than anyone else. After the customary blood scan that is required in the Republic. It was at this point they found out his Midi-chlorian count was as high as it was. Their machines almost shorted out from the energy produced by his Anakin's blood. The doctors almost thought they were dreaming, but called the Jedi to check it out.
The Jedi arrived to inspect Anakin themselves. They were also surprised by his sensitivity to the Force. They decided if Shmi allowed them, they would take him to Yoda, the Grand Master of the Jedi to be trained. They all could feel Anakin was going to be more powerful than any Jedi in history.
Shmi decided that Anakin could have a better life with the Jedi, but she also made a deal she was to go with Anakin. The Jedi reluctantly agreed, as they weren't supposed to allow a Jedi attachment to their family. But with advice from Master Yoda, they allowed Shmi's request.
Unknown to everyone there, Anakin's Midi-chlorian count was still rising. He was absorbing the energy of all living things to add to his own surplus. Along with this came future advanced powers that would require full mastery of the Force. So first they took Anakin to a Jedi Shuttle that was used to take them to Coruscant, the home of the main Jedi Temple. Fun fact, the Jedi Temple was actually built on top of a Sith Tomb. The pilots then began to take off after dropping the wings. (Jedi Shuttle is the one used by Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka to Mortis in the Clone Wars.)
Their red shuttle was racing through the vacuum of space at light-speed using the hyperdrive. In about 3 hours of standard time, the universal time scale for all planets, they reached Coruscant. Anakin and Shmi were taken to the Jedi Temple to meet with Yoda.
Once they landed on a platform outside the Jedi Temple, they saw Master Yoda was waiting for them in his hover-chair. Yoda then spoke to them, "Anticipating your arrival, I have….Pleased I am with your presence."
Then Shmi replied, "I assume you are Master Yoda?" She got a nod, "I hear you are able to give my son a good life." She finished.
"Assure you I do, raised with great optimism, young Anakin shall be." He assured, seemingly getting the response he desired.
"I want the best for my son, I also want to help raise him. While I respect the Jedi, I don't believe cutting them off from family is wise." Shmi spoke up.
"Understand your predicament I do, while experienced it I have not, I feel what you do right now." Yoda stated while pointing his cane that was in his lap at Shmi. "Prevent the turn to the dark side this does, fear of loss leads to hate, the hate leads to pain, pain….leads to suffering." Yoda stated wisely.
Shmi retorted, "But attachments can lead to love which can help protect, or give inspiration to protect. The Jedi are supposed to care for others, but your code prevents the caring of others. You guys keep peace, but not the correct way. I believe that in order to protect, you need to have something close to you to protect."
Yoda replied just as quickly, "A point you possess. Believe I do, beliefs we may both have."
After that, Shmi just nodded and followed Yoda to the Jedi council room located at the peak of the temple. Shmi was examining everything on their path, looking at the younglings, the many Jedi just going on their way.
Once they reached the council chambers, Shmi was directed to the middle of the room. She looked at the many members, and saw another of Yoda's species sitting on the other side of the room from Yoda, and she also observed the other members.
She was then addressed by the dark skinned master, "My name is Mace Windu, and I assume you are Shmi?" getting a nod from said person, "We want to train your son because we believe he is the one of our prophecy said to bring balance to the Force." He said.
She replied, "Well I will allow this only if I can stay, and I was told I could."
"While we usually don't allow this, Anakin is a rare case." A noble voice spoke, coming from the Cerean Master, Ki-Adi-Mundi.
Yoda then spoke up once more, "Stated from before I have, Anakin will be trained, stay you will to help give guidance."
Mace Windu got up from his seat, "I will take you to your quarters," before he opened the door and motioned them to follow him.
Shmi was lead to the room next to Yoda's, so Yoda could keep an eye on them if needed. When they got there, Shmi noticed that her stuff was already in the room. While she was still holding Anakin, she sat on the bed as Mace Windu closed the door to leave. When she looked at the foot of the bed, she also noticed there was a crib for Anakin. She got up to put Anakin in the crib after she changed the crib to be as comfortable as possible. She turned on the lamp beside her bed when she went to lay down on her bed. Ever since Anakin was born, she was calm and his presence was soothing to her like he was a bright light that was warming her.
After a while, she took Anakin to the Contemplation Gardens, after using the datapad in her room to learn the layout of the building. She felt since she and Anakin were going to be here for a long time she had to learn the layout. So once she did reach the Gardens, she saw the biggest tree and sat against it.
She looked to Anakin who seemed to be staring at the tree before he looked around before settling into his mother's embrace. He seemed so calm and relaxed like he was laid in a nice, warm bath. Not only that, but she could feel a deep warmth radiating from him. She was calmed even further, enough to the point that she was on the verge of falling asleep. Eventually, she did fall asleep, and she was found by Yoda who felt the calm wave of harmony, radiating through the Force.
Yoda sat in front of her quietly as to not awake her. He began to bath in the aura of Anakin, and it made Yoda feel more in-tuned with the Force than he ever has been. It opened his vision to see past the dark cloud of the dark side, but not see what caused it. Yoda seen what could've been if Anakin was older, the fear, anger, hate, suffering, it clouded everything. But now, Yoda felt nothing but the light. When he focused on Anakin in the Force, he saw Anakin was almost fusing with the said energy. He has never seen such a sight, it calmed him even more to where he went into a meditative trance that should be considered impossible on your own. Everyone else in the temple felt the serenity flowing through everything. Never before have they all been so relaxed.
Anakin himself was seeing through the eyes of the force, he saw everything there is to see. While he learned to see, he can't understand, and he has not yet learned to open his ears to the Force. The Force is very complex, it is the energy that is within all living things, therefore, everyone and everything is connected. It is through this connection that people like the Jedi can do what they can. When everyone is connected, feelings are transferred to enable the deepest use of Empathy. If one feels pain and one is sensitive to the Force, they feel that pain too. The Sith however can control those emotions because they don't hold them back opposed to the Jedi. The connection to the dark, and the connection to the light grant different views. But like everything else, it possesses at least one similarity, the grey, everything is bound together, one cannot exist without the other. If light exists, it casts a shadow, and the brighter it burns, the darker the shadow. Similarities are formed when one thing exists and another rises to meet it. As much as try to deny it, we are always the same, we possess the same instincts. Everyone desires power, this is true for everyone, the Jedi desire power to protect in most cases, the Sith desire power to be noticed.
While Anakin could see everything, he could not yet make this out, as he does not know what he using to see, why he is calm, or why he is seeing everything. He began to hear a voice, it seemed quiet and wise. "Seeing the Force, you are. One with it you will become as more powerful you become." Anakin's vision focused on the one sitting across from him and his mother. "Master Yoda," he heard, "my name it is, train you I will to understand what is seen." Anakin could see another Yoda coming out from Yoda, it was an ethereal blue. And it was reaching for him. Anakin himself produced an ethereal body to reach for the ethereal Yoda.
Anakin grasped Yoda's hand with both of his own, but his hands were only big enough to grab one of his fingers. Yoda began to smile, as did his ethereal body. This made Anakin's real body smile and his ethereal body to laugh like babies do. Anakin felt a bond with everyone, like he was the bond between all, not only the light, but those of the dark as well. Yoda now felt that Anakin wasn't just destined to empower the light, but bring full balance. This made Yoda realize that Anakin wasn't to destroy the Sith, but to be the bond that pulls the light and dark together. If the Sith were destroyed, it could throw the Force out of balance even more, as the light cannot exist without the dark.
All at once, everyone awoke from their trance, with Anakin being the first, with him being the cause of everyone else's awakening. When Shmi awoke, she saw that Yoda was sitting across from her and Anakin. When she looked to Anakin, she saw that he was smiling up at her, this of course made her ecstatic, because mother and child always possess a bond that is unbreakable, when the parent or child does end up breaking that bond, great pain comes with it. Fathers are also part of that bond, but they do not possess as great of a bond. The mother is actually one with their child for about nine months. She births the child and they go through great pain together. The father is there to be the glue in case the bond does get wounded.
Yoda politely interrupted, "Great it is to see the bond of parent and child, pains me it does to remove one from their family. Pains me it does to do it, necessary the Jedi found it, upholding tradition I am."
"I understand, but I am glad you accept me to stay with my son. I feel it will help with his path." Shmi replied.
This is my new story, it obviously is of Anakin being found earlier and being more powerful. I wanted to focus on the feelings of bonds and the fact of while we may feel different, we are always connected to others. If we don't have those friends or family, try your best to find someone you can trust deeply. I assure you, the feelings of those types of bonds is powerful. If we are to understand each other, we have to see the other person's view. So next chapter is going to be older Anakin starting his training, earlier than normal, but he has a lot to learn. I hope you guys enjoyed this first chapter and that you guys come back for the second, and the ones after that. Leave a review of what you thought, constructive criticism is welcomed.