Beyond - Legends Bedtime Story

"Bedtime story"

Written By: Team Padme

Characters: Allana Solo and Ben Skywalker

Setting: Few months after "Invincible"

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Ben Skywalker walked his younger cousin Allana to her
bedroom in his Aunt and Uncle’s apartment on Coruscant. Leia
and Han were off with Luke somewhere and Ben was watching
her till they came home.

“I still can’t believe you’re my cousin Ben!” The five year old redhead said which made Ben laugh, Allana told him that a lot.

As they entered Allana’s room Ben spotted the stuffed Tauntaun Jacen had given to her right before Mara was killed. Allana crawled into bed and put the covers over herself.

“Don’t you need me to put them over you?”

“I’m a big girl Ben! I’m already five years old!”

Ben smiled. He looked around, a lot of stuffed animals were on his cousins bed.

“Get to sleep Allana. It’s almost nine thirty.”

“Wait! Grandma always tells me a bedtime story.

Ben wasn’t sure how to react. He wasn’t good at telling
bedtime stories, but Allana was his cousin so he decided to
just make something up.

"What kind of story?"

"Tell me about the time Grandpa and Grandma were on Cloud
City with Chewie and Lando!"

Ben knew about that story so he deiced to.


"OK, once upon a time Grandma Leia, Grandpa Han and your
Uncle Luke were apart of the Rebel Alliance, they were
trying to take down the Empire which was led by a very bad
man named Darth Vader. 22 years before he was burnt by lava
on the volcanic planet Mustafar in the Outer Rims. The
Rebel’s base was located on the snowy planet Hoth. The
Imperial’s attacked the base, Grandpa and Grandma along with Chewbacca and Threepio while Uncle Luke went with Artoo to the Dagobah system.

"Why did Uncle Luke go to Dagobah?" Allana asked curiosly.

"So he could train as a Jedi. The force ghost of Obi-Wan
Kenobi, who I am named after told Luke to go to Dagobah and
officially become a Jedi Knight. While on Dagobah Uncle
Luke’s ship crashed and he came across Yoda, a little green
creature who secretly was once a Jedi. Yoda taught him the
ways of the force. Back on Cloud City Darth Vader and a
bounty hunter named Boba Fett were secretly already there.
Darth Vader was after Luke, but frooze Grandpa Han in
Carbonite."

Allana gasped. "That’s terrible!"

"But Vader didn’t mean to. So Luke arrived on Cloud City and tried to save them but it was too late. Boba Fett already
took Grandpa Han. Leia, Lando, Chewie and Threepio were
already leaving. Uncle Luke confronted Vader and they had a
lightsaber fight. Vader cut off his hand, and revealed a
dark secret no one knew except for a few people. Vader was
his father."

Allana gasped again and Ben realized Allana didn’t know. He
had just dropped the bomb. "Ben, I am related to Vader?"

Ben nodded his head slowly. "Yes, you are. I know it’s hard
to realize but he wasn’t a bad man. Just very confused."

"What am I too him?"

"His Great-Granddaughter."

"How come Grandma Leia never told me?"

“Because she didn’t want to upset you.”

"I’m not upset. Just suprised. Grandma tells me Darth Vader
was a good man."

"Deep down inside he was."

Allana yawned. "I’m tired."

"Alright, get to bed kiddo."


Allana layed down and Ben kisses her on the forehead. Allana hugged him and he hugged her back. “I love you Cousin Ben.”

Ben was suprised to hear that. But she was family after all. "I love you too.”

 

Awww!

 

I'm guessing you liked it?

 

Very nice, but if I was Ben I would have gotten a little nervous when Allana mentioned that her Grandmother never told her she was related to Vader. Maybe Leia didn't want Allana to know at that age. I hope the upcoming books has some interaction between the cousins. Usually they are so busy killing Sith, dating Sith (in Ben's case) or marrying Imperials that they never have time for a family reunion.

 

Thank you! I do agree I should've made Ben more nervous, I'll try to edit it soon.