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Chapter Three: Welcoming Into a Family, and a New Mystery
When Luke woke up, he found himself lying on a soft, but ruggedly made bed, with a large, brown rag for a blanket. Where was he? Oh, right. The Wookiee had found him last night. He must have brought Luke home with him.
Achabacciac and two other Wookiees sat next to the bed that the little human was sleeping on. The three Wookiees were all still teenagers, and they were still wondering what to do with the boy.
/I want to keep him,/ Cachiecae, a female Wookiee, said. /Look at him. He's so cute!/
/We noticed that,/ Baccichith, one of the males, said. /But we don't know anything about him. He may have a family that misses him./
Cachiecae snorted. /If he had a family, then Achabacciac wouldn't have found him all alone in the forest! He's obviously an orphan./
Achabacciac decided to cut in. /Look, I'm the one who found him, so I get to decide what we do with him, and I say that we keep him./
/Yay!/ Cachiecae cheered. A sudden movement from the human made her calm down.
/Shh. He's waking up,/ Baccichith said.
The human rubbed his eyes sleepily, making him look even more adorable, and then he raised his big blue eyes up to see who it was who was standing over him. His eyes widened for a second, seeing the big towering bodies of the Wookiees, then he buried his head in his pillow, and started crying.
/Oh no!/ Cachiecae exclaimed. /We've scared the poor little thing! Does anyone speak his language?/
/None of us here,/ Baccichith said. /We'll have to go get Kachabacca./
/You go get him, we'll stay here,/ Achabacciac said.
Baccichith got up and left the house, leaving the other two alone with the little human.
Cachiecae couldn't stand it any longer, and she picked up the boy, cradling, and trying to comfort him. After a minute, the human stopped crying, and looked up at Cachiecae with trusting and appreciating eyes.
/Aw… he likes me!/ Cachiecae exclaimed happily.
/No fair. I was the one who found him! Why doesn't he like me?/
/I don't know. Maybe he likes you and you just don't know it./
Achabacciac thought about this for a second. /Can I have a turn holding him?/
/No! I haven't held him that long yet./
/Give me a turn!/
/No!/
/Come on, share!/
/In a second!/
/Come on, I found him! Let me hold him! Please?/
/Fine. Here you go,/ Cachiecae said, handing Luke to Achabacciac. /Hold him carefully./
/I am holding him carefully./
There was silence for a minute as the two admired the adorable human, but finally, Cachiecae broke the silence.
/What do you think we should call him?/
Achabacciac paused. /I don't know. What do you think would be a good name?/
/Well… I was thinking something like Sunshine./
Achabacciac almost coughed. /Sunshine!? What kind of name is that!?/
/Well, his hair is the color of sunshine. It's an appropriate name for him./
Achabacciac considered the name for a moment. /Alright. Sunshine it is. I guess the name isn't that bad./
Suddenly, the door opened, and Baccichith came back in, followed closely Kachabacca, an older Wookiee.
/I got him!/ Baccichith declared.
/We noticed,/ Cachiecae said. /Kachabacca, look at what Achabacciac found last night!/
Kachabacca studied the human in Achabacciac's arms for a minute, then turned back at the other three. /Has he said anything?/
/No,/ Achabacciac said. /He's only cried a little. We wanted you to talk to him since we can't./
/I see. Put him on the bed./
Achabacciac did as he was told, and Kachabacca turned to speak to him. "Hello, little one."
The boy looked startled for a second, probably because he was surprised that the Wookiee was speaking his language. "He… hello. Who are you?"
"I'm Kachabacca. Who are you?"
"I'm Luke."
"Well, Luke, what is a young human like you doing here all alone?"
"I wanted to get off my home planet."
"You were running away from your family?"
Luke punched his little fists together indignantly. "Of course not! My family's dead. They were murdered, and I had no reason to stay."
Kachabacca stopped to digest the news. So the boy was an orphan. "Well, if you have no home right now, would you like to stay here? These three have taken a liking to you, and I think it would make them very happy if they were allowed to keep you."
Luke liked the idea. These Wookiees were friendly, and Luke had decided that he liked them. "I guess I'd like to stay."
"Good." Kachabacca turned to the others to translate what he had just learned. /He says that he's an orphan, and he'd like to stay./
/Yay!/ Cachiecae said. /We get to keep Sunshine!/
Kachabacca paused. /By the way, his name is Luke./
/Oh. Well, I'm still going to call him Sunshine!/
Kachabacca turned to Luke. "These three want to call you Sunshine. Is that okay?"
"Sunshine? Hmm… I guess I wouldn't mind if they called me that."
"Alright then, Sunshine. Welcome to Kashyyyk."
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Meanwhile, back on Tatooine, Vader was making his way back to his shuttle. After some inquiring, he'd been able to discover where the ship that left with his son was heading to. Kashyyyk.
That was actually a good thing, because the Emperor had put it on Vader's 'to do' list, to take over Kashyyyk, and find a suitable place for the Wookiees in the Empire. Namely, slaves. Vader hadn't wanted it to be slaves. Once being a slave, he knew what it felt like, but orders were orders. So now Vader was going to kill two birds with one stone. Retrieve his son, and take over Kashyyyk.
But what was he going to do with his son once he found him? Luke was only five. That was good. If Vader had found Luke when Luke was older, and then it would have been difficult. Luke would be thinking for himself, and maybe resist capture.
At five, there was very little that Luke could do to escape. Much less, resist capture. True, Luke would be frightened, but that could be managed. Just as soon as he had the child. And that would indeed, be very soon.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi watched Vader's shuttle lift off the planet and make it's way to the Executor. As soon as it was out of sight, and in lightspeed, Obi-Wan lifted off in his own ship.
He too, was heading to Kashyyyk. And for the same reason. To get Luke. It was more important then ever to make sure that Vader didn't get Luke. If Vader got Luke, then Luke would certainly be trained in the ways of the Dark Side of the Force, and Obi-Wan just couldn't let that happen.
When the Lars' were murdered, Obi-Wan had tried to get to the house before Luke could be killed as well. He wasn't killed, but neither was he at the house. Obi-Wan had made it to the next farm house, and not finding Luke, he'd gone on to Ancorhead. Once again, still too late, he'd gone to Mos Eisley. And, still, he hadn't found out where Luke was until it was in fact too late.
Obi-Wan still looked quite young. After all, it had only been five years since that fateful day when Anakin had turned to the Dark Side. Why didn't Anakin just come to him. He knew that he could always trust Obi-Wan. Or did he?
That didn't matter now. Anakin was lost, and all that remained was an inhuman robot.
"Blast it," Obi-Wan muttered.
Things could have been different, but no. What had happened had happened, and there was no way to change it. He had a job to do. He had to ensure Luke's safety.
WAIT! The Lars' had never done anything to anyone. They didn't have anything that anyone would want. Then why had they been murdered? It was becoming all to clear to Obi-Wan. The murderer had been after Luke, and if he had been after Luke, then he would be back. Yes. The murderer would strike again. How much time did Obi-Wan have to get Luke? Or did he have any time at all?
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To Be Continued…
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