Star Wars Imagines

Begin Again(Obi Wan Kenobi)

You stand on the deck of your home on Kashyyyk, staring out at the ocean. A moon glows in the sky, casting a brilliant white light. It's a warm, peaceful night. The waves lap at the shore, and a breeze from the ocean cools your face and blows your hair back. Most of the wookiees are asleep. Most. You hear footsteps, and turn around to see Chief Tarfful, your adopted father, and smile.

"Hello, Father," you say.

"Greetings, (Y/N)." Your father walks over to you and begins to brush your hair. You hold perfectly still. Your father never played with your hair. The highest compliment a wookiee could give you was grooming you. "(Y/N), your circumstances are rare."

"I know, Father. Never in the history of Kashyyyk has a human been raised by a wookiee chief." Your father nods and continues to brush your hair(it's really long, down to your feet).

"This has escaped our planet and captured the attention of the Jedi. Tomorrow, Master Yoda will be here with two others to meet you."

"Okay. I'll be ready." Tarfful nods.

"Good. Master Yoda will be here around sunrise." You nod, and hug your father.

"I'd better get some rest then. Goodnight, Father."

"Goodnight, (Y/N)."

***

The next morning, you wake up early, bathe, comb your hair, and prepare breakfast. Everything is ready at sunrise. You walk with Chief Tarfful to meet Master Yoda, whose ship is just landing. A short green man walks out of the ship with a taller man with a beard and sandy blonde hair. Beside him is a boy about your age with shorter blond hair in a braid to one side. You stand beside your father, who bows to the short green man.

"Greetings, Master Yoda. It is a pleasure to see you again."

"The same I could say about you, Chief Tarfful. Qui Gon Jinn this is, and his apprentice Obi Wan Kenobi." Your father nods to Qui Gon and his apprentice, and you follow suit. Your father gestures to you.

"This is my daughter, (Y/N)," he says, and you bow to Master Yoda.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Master," you say in flawless Shyriiwook. Qui Gon Jinn raises an eyebrow.

"She can speak Shyriiwook," he asks, and Tarfful nods.

"It's her primary language."

"Impressive that is," Yoda says. "Shyriiwook not many humans can speak. Get here, how did she?"

"We're not sure. I found her on the shore down there," your father answers, pointing. "I've raised her as my own ever since." Obi Wan Kenobi leaned toward Qui Gon Jinn.

"I don't understand Shyriiwook," he murmurs to his master, and you smile. Obi Wan Kenobi frowns at you. You feel him taking in your long (H/C) hair, your bare feet, and your white shirt and calf length brown pants.

"What are they saying," he asks Yoda.

"Unimportant it is," he answers. "Know, you do not need to." Obi Wan Kenobi frowns, but is silent. You smile at the Jedi.

"I made breakfast," you say. "Would you like to eat?" Yoda nods.

"Yes. Food we need. Nourishment." Obi Wan's face lights up.

"Breakfast," he asks his master, who nods. Tarfful turns around and starts walking up to the house. You follow, Qui Gon Jinn and Yoda joining you. Obi Wan quickly falls in step with his elders, and you smile. Men are all the same, no matter their species. At breakfast, you pretty much zoned out while the adults talked. You kept catching Obi Wan staring at you, and you smiled at him each time, making him blush and look down at his plate.

"(Y/N), we have reached a consensus," your father says, though he is frowning. "You are going to go to Coruscant with the Jedi when they leave. In exchange, Qui Gon Jinn has promised to take care of you and train you to use the Force."

"That seems like a fair offer," you say, staring at your plate. Obi Wan stares at you.

"Don't worry," he says. "Qui Gon Jinn is a very good teacher. He's also a man of his word."

"Thank you Obi Wan Kenobi. That's very reassuring." He nods to you, and you smile. He smiles back hesitantly. When the time comes for you to leave, you hug your father goodbye and climb onto the ship. You sit beside Obi Wan, chin up, eyes forward, your brave face on.

***

"Almost," Obi Wan says. "Try again." You concentrate on the board in front of you.

"M--my name?" You look at Obi Wan, and he nods. "My name is...." You squint at the board. "My name is (Y/N)?" Obi Wan grins at you.

"Yes! You got it." You smile. Obi Wan has been trying to teach you Basic. The Jedi Council required him to, so you could communicate with senators. It's an uphill battle, but you're getting better with each week. You can form full sentences now, though you still speak in Shyriiwook whenever you can get away with it. It's the reading and writing that you're having a hard time with. You reach up and stroke your hair for the millionth time. Qui Gon Jinn cut your hair for you when you reached your quarters. It graced your shoulders. The feeling was foreign to you.

Obi Wan smiles. "Still getting used to short hair," he asks.

"Yep," you nod. You smile back at Obi Wan. He's your best friend. Maybe more....