Imagine: Obi-Wan is a youngling, happily doing youngling things in the creche. Qui-Gon has been spending time in the creche because younglings are so silly and full of life, that the Living Force absolutely sings. He and Obi-Wan are getting on, and are already thick as thieves… until the Temple falls under attack by the Sith. Qui-Gon protects the younglings, as the creche master works to evacuate a herd of terrified little ones.
In the chaos, Obi-Wan gets separated from the group, and hides in a vent. Qui-Gon’s battle with a terrifying man wielding a red lightsaber draws near Obi-Wan’s hiding place. Qui-Gon gains the upper hand for a moment, before being stunned, and struck with a grievous blow. He staggers, the brilliant emerald of his lightsaber disappearing as he drops it to clutch at the burnt hole in his gut. Obi-Wan watches in horror as the Master topples forward, landing with a dull thud at the Sith’s feet. Said Sith cackles and nudges the man with his booted foot before sauntering away.
Obi-Wan waits until the Sith has left before running to Qui-Gon’s side. He’s buffeted by the man’s death throes within the Force, and a part of his mind is shrieking with a loss he doesn’t comprehend. When he reaches Qui-Gon, the man is still. Too still. Obi-Wan nudges him.
“Master Qui-Gon! You hafta get up! The bad man might come back. Please get up…” Obi-Wan takes hold of the Master’s enormous hand, finding it limp and entirely unresponsive. Tears prickle at his eyes as he nudges Qui-Gon again. Eventually, he does give up, but he never leaves Qui-Gon’s side.
Plo Koon and Kit Fisto find Obi-Wan there at Qui-Gon’s side, holding his hand, staring blankly into space, tears streaming down his face. The boy is silent, until he looks up at both Jedi Masters, and in a small voice asks, “Why?”
NO
FUCK THIS
I JUST WOKE UP AND I GET TO SEE THIS??
NONNY WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO BE SAD??
HOW DARE.
OK, but in another universe this is what happened:
Obi-Wan is hiding in a vent while Qui-Gon fights the scary man with the red lightsaber. Qui-Gon is a brilliant fighter, but as the fight goes on, Obi-Wan can see that he is tiring. All it will take is one mistake – one too-slow reaction – and the Red Man (as Obi-Wan has privately taken to calling him) will win. Obi-Wan doesn’t want to think about what will happen after that.
There has to be something he can do.
He racks his brain as his gaze scans the room… and then he spots it. The creche master had been in such a hurry to evacuate hir charges, that ze forgot hir lightsaber on the table across the room.
Obi-Wan has never wielded a real lightsaber before; only the older children are allowed to do that. But he has used a practice ‘saber in class. He knows how this should work… in theory.
He’s scared. What if he messes this up? But the Red Man is gaining ground on Qui-Gon. He has to try.
No – he has to do it.
Master Qui-Gon is counting on him.
He screws his eyes shut and takes a few deep breaths, releasing his fears to the Force as he has been taught. Then he reaches out and pushes –
– and miraculously, the lightsaber across the room snaps to life, its blue blade humming and incandescent.
Obi-Wan is so startled that he lets his concentration slip, and the saber’s blade retracts back into the hilt.
Neither of the combatants notice this, thoroughly engrossed in their duel.
Right. He can do this.
Now how did that feel the first time ‘round?
As the ever-escalating battle between Qui-Gon and the invader continues, Obi-Wan reaches out once more. Everything ceases to exist save for himself, the lightsaber, and the Force which connects them.
Later, Obi-Wan will find it difficult to explain just how he managed it, but the lightsaber snaps to life once more. No longer conscious of himself, Obi-Wan – only when he thinks on it later, he isn’t entirely sure he was Obi-Wan at that point – pulls.
The lightsaber flies across the room and buries itself in the Red Man’s back, smooth as a knife through bantha butter. The Man collapses at Qui-Gon’s feet, eyes wide with shock, a cauterized hole having been instantly seared through his belly.
Obi-Wan returns to himself with a jolt and the lightsaber abruptly switches off.
“Is… is it OK to come out now?” he asks Qui-Gon, who startles at the sound.
Obi-Wan is ashamed to hear the wobble in his voice. He’s practically of age to be a padawan… he shouldn’t be acting like a baby anymore. Imagine if Bruck Chun heard him like this!
…but it’s awfully hard to be brave right now, even with the Red Man lying on the ground, unconscious. Maybe especially with the Red Man lying on the ground, because Obi-Wan knows he was the one to put that hole in his stomach.
There’s a funny smell in the air, acrid and smoky.
…he doesn’t feel very well.
“Not… not quite yet, young one,” says Qui-Gon, lifting his commlink to request assistance and medical aid to secure their prisoner.
And that, children, is how six-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi became the first Jedi to defeat a Sith in centuries.
THIS IS GOOD
THIS DOESN’T MAKE ME SAD
I LIKE THISmore of the happy!
it is lovely! and poor Obi-Wan is a hero before he realises what it means, he is never going to escape the spotlight
^^^
Tiny!Obi-Wan is deeply uncomfortable with all the attention he’s been getting, positive though most of it may be, and he doesn’t have the mental/emotional maturity to cope with that very well yet.
He just? did? what anyone else would have????
Besides, as he’s explained what feels like hundreds of times, he wasn’t the one who took out the Red Man, not really. It was the Force moving through him.
He’s taken to scowling and hiding whenever large groups of people stare at him. Or when his agemates keep wanting to talk and talk about that day. They’ve already heard what happened; can’t they let it go?
Obi-Wan can still see the Red Man freeze, eyes wide and white, before he topples over, lightsaber embedded through his back.Possibly worst of all is Bruck Chun, who seems to hate him even more than he did before.
the-nightwing-rises replied to the post “imagine-obi-wan-is-a-youngling-happily-doing…”
you know how devastated Obi-Wan would be not to be a jedi?? Everyone probs assumes Obi is the Chosen One of the Prophecy, making Qui Gon DEFINITELY want Obi as his padawan, and fightin Yoda and the council for the right to train obi wan. Then Palpatine would probably catch wind and start trying to manipulate Obi when Palp starts visiting the creche for “Political Reasons” and “To look good with the media”.
The only one really seeing the problem is Qui Gon and Yoda. every other Jedi is mostly uncomfortable with the cameras and the younglings being used as media cutsey fodder, and want privacy. Qui and Yodes put aside the bad feeling as the same problems as every other Jedi, invasion of privacy, but they know it’s something more than they can put their fingers on, and the council just can’t say no to Palpatine and all the senators coming to see the younglings and the “Chosen One”.
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And if we’re using Legends canon, this works perfectly timeline-wise. Obi-Wan was born in 57 BBY, making him 6 years old by 51 BBY. Meanwhile, Palpatine orchestrated Senator Vidar Kim’s death in 52 BBY, and was elected as Naboo’s new senator shortly thereafter.
In this universe, Obi-Wan’s (in)famous distrust of politicians starts even earlier than it did in canon, thanks to all of the senators traipsing in and out of the creche. And he really doesn’t like Senator Palpatine.
The man certainly acts nice enough, and if he’s far too interested in Obi-Wan for Obi-Wan’s comfort, well, he’s not the only politician to act that way these days?So Obi-Wan can’t quite put a finger on why he dislikes the man so much; whenever he tries to examine the feeling any closer, it slips away from him. Which is incredibly irritating and only makes tiny!Obi-Wan dislike Senator Palpatine even more. Is that unfair? Perhaps. Obi-Wan knows it isn’t Palpatine’s fault that he rubs Obi-Wan the wrong way, but…
Well, Obi-Wan is trying, OK?
Excuse me, no.
No, you can’t just stop there!!!
What HAPPENS NEXT???!!!’
…honestly, Obi-Wan will probably have a very hard time controlling his expression after Anakin is discovered. Not out of supposed jealousy or incredulity.
It’s out of sheer joy.
Obi-Wan is probably biting back the urge to throw his hands in the air and scream for joy. YES! Yes! Yes, he’s not the Chosen One, this is the Chosen One, everyone is going to leave him alone now, YES! Bless you, Anakin! Bless you! Force bless you!
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