First contact

[Devrin pov]

The morning sun just begins to rise over Tatooine, Anakin and I already awake.

Ani stands across from me in the open air behind our home, now a house thanks to Watto's money. We're only renting, we won't be her much longer.

Ani holds a wooden training sword, his attention fully on an identical one I hold. Now 9 years old, he's far from the immature version from the movie. His eye focus with tension as I approach him.

"Don't be scared. It'll all be over soon." I say rapidly closing the distance. I fake an overhead and swing for his left flank. He doesn't flinch and blocks the blow.

He takes his turn to attack, giving me two big slashes that I block with ease. "You're too honest," I say locking swords with him. "You have you take any advantage you can, even against me, no, especially against me."

He looks at me confused before I slam my knee into his midsection. He crumbles in place, sword dropping to the ground.

"That's no fair!" Ani yell holding his belly. "You cheated."

"And?" I say rolling my eyes. "I told you, fighting with a lightsaber is dangerous. Do you seriously think that fairness matters when you're fighting for your life?"

Ani pauses for a moment then nods without saying anything.

I let him be, don't want to watch over him too much then become the very thing that pushes him to the dark side.

C-3PO comes running outside with a data pad. "Sir! Sir! You told me to tell you if anything happened to the trade federation, They have a situation on Naboo."

I look at Ani." Time to start packing

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Mom stands in the front of the house, now empty of our personal affection.

"Mom you okay?" I ask placing my hand on her shoulder. "Feeling homesick already?"

She smiles softly. "No I'm just thinking about how I raised you two for a decade and we're finally leaving. Doesn't feel real."

"You say that like you're old. You're only 26."

Dodging a swing from her backhand, I create space standing father away from her.

"I should break you legs, prevent from running."

"That's child abuse."

"Only if I get caught."

I've created a monster.

Dodging her follow up hits, I see Ani wheeling out a pair of droids. One a dark metallic surface with golden highligh, its look made to resemble Revenant from apex legends. The other a silver white droid with royal purple highlights, made to resemble Ash from the same game.

Ani opens the chest of each droid showing years of scavenging parts. The inside twisted with creation, Ani brilliance shining through every wire. In the center of each droid and medium sized indent.

"I need their hearts!" Ani yells finally acknowledging mom and I .

Losing my chase, I pull out the two of the medium sized Krayt dragon pearl. We decided that I'll hold most of the pearls, Ani and mom will hold one each, I'll take care of the rest.

Placing a gold medium sized pearl in the black droid, " did you get everything I asked for?" Repeating the same steps for the white droid with and purple pearl, I feel the two droid servos roar to life.

They both step of the loader, the first steps of their new life. The look around their new environment, their first glimpse into the word. They make eye contact (is it eye contact if they're droids?) with my family, they drop into a kneel.

"Lord's." They say simultaneously.

Lords huh? "We need to name them."

I say stopping Ani from yelling out. " I have one for the black one, but the white still needs one."

"Angel." Mom says smiling at the droid. "It what ani would have been called if her were a girl."

Angel. Moms got taste, as she should.

I point a the black droid, "Noir. That's your name."

Both sets of droid eyes gleam in acknowledgment. Standing and taking position behind us, Angel behind mom and Noir behind Ani.

We go to start our journey, should be fun.

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Sitting in behind the counter at Watto's is boring when your wait for a specific customer. Ton of seedy back alley types, but no Jedi and diguised princesses. It's not until Ani say something that I even look up at the customer in front of me.

"Wassup G, how can I help you?" Standing up lazily.

"Need a photon receptor, and three ion canisters?" The blue snake skin patron In front of me asks.

"Fresh out till the trade blockade drops. No runner wants to risk getting caught up in that mess." I say lying through my teeth.

"Yeah it crazy on-" he continues to speak, but my attention is pulled to the huge force signature that appeared in my senses. Glancing at Ani, and he's already out the door, damn that kids fast.

"RNG-1 clear the shop." I say to our security droid before following after Anakin.

"Wait you hyperactive woomp rat." I grab him and pull him back to the front entrance. "They're coming here anyway, just relax."

He nods, but I can see his eye scanning the distance. He's nervous, he was so excited before, now he's nervous. Perfect.

Before long we see them, two men, a woman, and a droid assistant. They Approach the shop, the tallest man making eye contact with Ani. He stops for a moment before continuing inside.

Ani and I follow them in, mom helps them from behind the counter. The tallest man asks mom something, "You need a hyperdrive replaced? On Tatooine?" Mom ask the leader before continuing, "I can get it replaced, it's gonna cost you though."

He begins to wave his arm before Angel standing behind mom raises its arm, its hand transforming into a pistol pointing directly at him.

"So you you were gonna mind trick a shop owner? You're better than that Qui-gon." I say stepping behind his group with Ani. "You'd think the Jedi would have some decency."

Turning and making eye contact with me was him, the man, the myth, the legend, THE Qui-gon Jinn. And he just tried to mink trick my mom. Damn I guess we start the combat training now.

I force push him into Obi-wan.