The Youngest Skywalker

Backstories

"I can't believe he's gone!" Luke sadly said.

"I don't think there was anything you could have done." Leia put a comforting hand on Luke's shoulder.

"I'm awfully sorry, Luke. Ben trained you for a bit, didn't he?" Kyra expressed compassion.

"Yeah, he did milady. I have nothing to go back to after my aunt and uncle were killed by stormtroopers." Luke revealed.

"Oh Luke...! I'm so sorry!" Kyra gasped in sorrow.

"Thank you, milady. I'm going to become a Jedi just like my father." Luke said.

"You don't have to call me milady every time. Just Kyra will do." Kyra said kindly. "Your father? He was a Jedi in the Clone Wars?!"

"Yeah, Ben told me that Darth Vader betrayed and murdered him during the Purges." Luke said.

Come to think of it, I've never heard of my own father. All I know is my mother's story. Who was my father? Why have I never heard of him? Kyra wondered.

"Speaking of, my mother was a Jedi. She instilled in me the belief that faith, hope and love, as well as the ideals of democracy are the answers. She died when I was ten and Krista was only 3. My father had her killed. I haven't forgiven him since then." Noah chimed in.

"Ouch," Lizzie winced in sympathy.

"Oh, that's terrible!" Luke gaped in shock.

"You must have been through a lot." Leia added with empathy.

"That's why I felt your anger and resentment towards him when I first met you." Kyra realized.

"Yes. Well, my father wasn't always like that. Before the war, he believed in the ideals that Senator Amidala believed in before he was corrupted by the Emperor." Noah explained.

"Senator Amidala? She was my mother." Kyra smiled in sorrow.

"Really?! The name sounds familiar. I've heard great things about her." Lizzie gasped. "Whatever happened to her?"

"She died in childbirth." Kyra said sadly. "I'm not sure how she died, but I heard from my grandparents that Vader killed her."

"Kyra, I'm so sorry." Krista put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Thank you." Kyra said.

"How'd you end up as an Imperial?" Lizzie asked.

"When I was thirteen, I joined a group...I think it was called The Ghost Crew. They were stealing from the Empire and giving back to the backwater planets." Noah answered.

"I was with them for a time! Back when I was starting my second term as Queen, I disguised myself and helped you guys! How did I miss you?" Kyra gasped in surprise.

"Well, unfortunately my father happened to be on the star destroyer above Mustafar and he kidnapped me.  Soon, he kidnapped my sister without telling me. So ever since then, my father forced me to do the Empire's bidding. I hated every minute of it. Before today, I was about to give up hope that I was ever going to escape, until I met you, and for the first time since I decided to escape, I felt hope again." Noah said. "I think the Force led me to you."

Chocolate brown eyes met azure blue. Kyra could feel her heart beating wildly and she blushed, realizing she was already falling in love with the ex Imperial from Naboo. Noah blushed too as he leaned closer.

What is this feeling that's overwhelming me? Is this what you felt when you met my father again, mom? Kyra wondered.

"Do you think fate led us to each other?" Noah said softly.

"I don't think. I know it must have." Kyra whispered.

"You'll have to forgive me...I..." Noah leaned in.

"Say no more. I feel the same way about you," Kyra stroked his curls.

Krista cleared her throat. Both looked at her, their faces still blushing.

"Hate to break the moment but we're headed to Yavin 4." Krista said. She giggled when she saw them still locking eyes. "Noah! Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Well, Kris...I think that's up to her." Noah chuckled.

"Well, we just met each other. It's not official yet. But don't worry. Once we destroy the Death Star, I'll give you an answer." Kyra grinned.

"Fair enough, lovebirds!" Krista teased.

"Kris!" Noah scolded but it was a chuckling scold.

"As for me, I moved around a lot. I was born on Coruscant a year before the purges, and I was the only baby Jedi who had escaped. I settled on different planets, but I couldn't stay for too long because of the stormtroopers." Lizzie said.

"What planets did you settle on?" Noah asked in curiosity.

"Well like I said, I was born on Coruscant but I escaped the Purges. I was only a year old. I think I settled on Kashyyk, Utapau, Maridun, Mandalore, Ryloth, Mustafar somewhat, Geonosis, Lothal and I was on Tatooine when I was eleven and I met Ben Kenobi in the Jundland Wastes. I stayed there for a bit until I had to go again. That's when I think Kyra was in the middle of her second term as Queen of Naboo, I became one of her handmaidens. I stayed for a bit but then I had to leave again. Y'know, stormtroopers." Lizzie explained.

"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Before I got captured by my dad, the stormtroopers were always on our tails. We had to be ready at any given moment. I still remember the Ghost Crew. It was like that all the time." Noah said in agreement.

"Whatever happened to them, and Ahsoka? I left for Naboo  to finish my second term after I went to Malachor." Kyra asked.

"Whoa! You went to an ancient Sith planet?!" Lizzie gaped.

"Malachor?! What were you doing there?" Noah gasped in shock.

"Looking for knowledge on how to defeat the Sith. Last I heard of the crew, Kanan was blind, thanks to Maul, Ezra was being tempted by the Dark Side BY Maul, and Ahsoka...I don't really know what happened to her after Vader battled her." Kyra described.

"I was there when they faced Thrawn. My father had forced me to go with his crew. I don't think Ahsoka was with them. She may have been killed. I'm so sorry, Kyra. I was hoping that they all would make it out alive. I don't think they did." Noah said sadly.

Kyra hung her head in sorrow.

"Then their deaths will not be in vain. We'll all make sure that this time, we prevail and destroy that Death Star." Kyra said with firm resolve. "It has already taken Leia's home planet of Alderaan. Let's make sure that doesn't happen again."

"Right. I'm definitely past ready to leave the Empire and join this Alliance. Besides I'm already 20 years old. I don't need my father to make decisions for me." Noah agreed.

"Yep, it's time that the Empire gets its karma thrown back at it! They blew up Alderaan, we'll blow up their stupid space station!" Krista said, already pumped up.