The woman stood, cradling her baby, standing outside of her hut. The aggressive wind of the storm threw the long grass from side to side. She extended one hand out to feel it, as she was blind, and could no longer see. The woman's name was Kanna, and she had been raising her young son with her husband for two years. She had dark skin, and white hair tied up into two sections, adorned with coloured string and beads.
She wore a long yellowish robe, as well as various gold necklaces, and a long pair of earrings. It was unfortunate that she could not see, or she would have noticed the several armed figures on the horizon, rapidly approaching the small village of huts.
By the time they were close enough that Kanna could sense them, she could not shut the door in time. The figures were all masked, and wore dark robes made from a mix of leather and chainmail. There were three of them, and all three had strange metal cylinders, not ones that were familiar to the people of the village.
Kanna felt the door become yanked from her grip. "Who are you?" she demanded, holding her son close.
"We have come for the child." she heard a strange metallic voice say. "We have heard him through the Force."
Kanna's eyes widened. "No." she snapped, "My son.. he cannot use the Force. You are mistaken."
"There has been no mistake." Kanna heard snarling, but not one a human could make. Even if she could see the crimson red lightsaber in front of her, she wouldn't have known what it was. None of the villagers had ever seen one before.
None of them would live long enough to remember it.
And when the intruders left with the wailing baby among them, they watched through their starships as the village below burned.
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sparks to ashes- (finnpoe) PAUSED
Science FictionFinn doesn't need anyone. He never has, and he never will, or so he thinks. When he is rescued by starpilot Poe Dameron and Jedi Rey, his life begins to change as he struggles to balance hiding from his past, and finding a place to call home.
