THE OTHER SKYWALKER
What if Anakin wasn't the only child of Shmi Skywalker? What if she had had a child before him also born of the Force?
Cadeyrn Skywalker left Tatooine when he was fifteen, now he seeks out his long lost brother, in dire need of his help; how will Anakin react to this family reunion?
(Set After Attack Of The Clones.)
CHARACTER PROFILES
Name: Cadeyrn 'Cade' Skywalker.
Name Meaning: Battle king.
Age: 30.
Appearance: Long wavy brown hair, rests just above his shoulders. Tall, thin, wiry body build, brown eyes.
Personality: Honest, kind, caring, determined, strong-willed, loyal, dependable.
Skills: Force Sensitive; self taught in the ways of the Force, affinity with mechanics, great skill with a lightsaber; constructed from instructions in a book, very shoddy looking.
Name: Ailene Skywalker.
Name Meaning: Noble.
Age: 27.
Appearance: Long straight blonde hair, reaches past lower back. Slender, delicate, body build, grey eyes.
Personality: Stubborn, determined, loving, gentle.
Name: Maeve Skywalker.
Name Meaning: 'Cause of great joy'.
Age: 11.
Appearance: Wavy dark brown hair, just below shoulders. Thin, delicate body build, brown eyes.
Personality: Kind, caring, gentle, shy.
Skills: Is force Sensitive like her father, can vanish into the force and become invisible.
Name: Boden Skywalker.
Name Meaning: Blond.
Age: 5.
Appearance: Short blond hair, grey eyes, thin body build.
Personality: Honest, strong willed, stubborn, kind, caring.
Skills: Is force Sensitive like his father.
CHAPTER THREE.
Ailene held her daughter and kissed her forehead gently, "you have to go Maeve." She could have left from the beginning, the Force was strong with her; she could use the Force and vanish, making herself completely invisible.
Maeve shook her head, "no." She stared at her Mother in sheer terror, "I can't Mom; I can't do it."
"Yes you can," keeping her voice low, Ailene brushed back a lock of Maeve's long brown hair. "You have to, your father needs to know where we are."
Maeve blinked, "Daddy. He'll come for us," she snuggled close to her Mother, "he'll come."
"Not if he doesn't know where to go," smiling Ailene shook her head, "you must go to him, tell him where I am."
Maeve sniffed and shook her head, "I'm not brave enough Mom; I can't do it."
"Being brave doesn't mean you aren't afraid Maeve," Ailene smiled at her shy daughter, "being brave is being able to act even when you're afraid." Pushing Maeve back, Ailene smiled again. "I know you can do this, you have to; it's the only way."
Maeve bit her lip, "I will come back for you Mom."
"No," Ailene shook her head, "you go, find your Father and stay where you're safe."
"Ok."
Maeve closed her eyes and breathed deeply. Ailene watched waiting; one moment her daughter sat before her, the next she simply vanished, disappearing before her very eyes.
Ailene smiled and nodded, "that's my girl." She stood and walked to the bed Maeve had slept on the night before, bundling up one of the sheets into a long lump, she spread the sheet from her bed on top; to the unsuspecting it would seem like Maeve was asleep.
x
The door opened and he stepped in holding to trays of food in his hands, he stared around as Ailene stood. "Where is she?"
"Asleep," Ailene kept her voice low, as though trying not to wake her 'sleeping' daughter. "Please don't wake her, this is the first time she's slept since we were taken."
"Boss says you're to eat," he said walking towards the bed.
Ailene planted herself in front of him, "please. She's just a little girl, she needs her sleep." Taking the trays Ailene smiled, "I'll make sure she eats when she wakes."
Over the guard's shoulder the saw the door slide open soundlessly and smiled, "please, she's been so scared, can't you just let her sleep a little bit longer?"
"Alright," the man sighed and shook his head, "but you make sure she eats when she wakes up."
"I will," Ailene smiled, "thank you."
The man turned and walked out; Ailene closed her eyes and took a shaking breath as she heard the door lock behind him.
x
Maeve ran swift and silent through the near deserted streets, it had taken her only a few minutes to escape the house where she and her Mother had been kept; it belonged to one of the men.
Now she ran towards the space port, unnoticed, invisible to everyone around her. She'd learned to vanish all on her own, she was just so shy; one day she and her father had been walking through a market, and she had simply wanted to disappear, to be invisible to all the people who seemed to be watching as she walked passed them.
Since then, it had gotten easier; she could vanish at will and she could stay invisible so long as she concentrated, if she lost her concentration though, she couldn't control it and she became visible again.
The men had come for them so suddenly, that she hadn't had a chance to disappear. She and her Mother had been grabbed and dragged out of their home, Boden had been asleep; she didn't know what he had done, but thy hadn't found him they'd been forced to leave with just her and her Mother.
Mom, Maeve sniffed and ran into the space port, I will find Dad, I will save you Mom. What would they do when they found that she had gone? Would they hurt her Mother? Would they kill her? Surely not, they needed her to make her father do what they wanted; but it didn't rule out hurting her.
Maeve bit her lip, how was she supposed to find her Father? Mom was wrong, I can't do this. Despair washed over her, and she felt her control slipping.
"… Skywalker's getting quite famous."
Maeve blinked, Skywalker? The security officers couldn't mean her Father, which left, Uncle Anakin. It made sense that her father would go to him for help, If I could just find out where he is.
"He and Master Kenobi, they're both making a name for themselves." Maeve listened, moving closer so that she could hear, "but Anakin Skywalker, he's just a learner."
"He'll make a great Jedi someday," the second officer said, "we need more like the pair of them…"
Maeve stopped listening; Uncle Anakin's learning to be a Jedi? Maeve grinned, she knew where to go now, after all; everyone knew that the Jedi temple was on Coruscant.