Just a little something that's been floating around in my head. It's a little far-fetched, but I hope you enjoy it anyways.

-ROTM

Luke Skywalker, the hero of the Rebellion, walked swiftly across the halls of the Jedi Temple. As he approached his destination, he quickened his pace. The doors slid open with a hiss, revealing an immense chamber. All around Luke, droids rushed from place to place, turning dials and gears and whatnot. And in the center of the chamber was a tube-like structure. It was a glossy, translucent blue and resembled a bacta tank.

The head droid of the operation approached Luke. "All preparations are complete, Master Skywalker. The Temporal Gate is ready for activation."

Luke nodded in response. "Good. Is the child here?"

"Yes, Master Skywalker." the droid buzzed out, gesturing to a nurse droid, who was caring for a Togruta infant. The baby was wailing loudly, frightened by the sounds of machinery.

The head droid swerved his eye-stalks back to face Luke. "Do you wish for me to inform Masters Han and Leia Solo of your departure. Or perhaps your wife or your son."

Luke made a dismissing gesture. "No. If all goes well, they won't even know I'm gone."

With one last look out through a holo screen at the planet-city of Coruscant, Luke carefully received the wailing infant from the nurse droid, and stepped into the tube-like structure.

"Activate the Gate. Put me a little outside the temple, I don't want anyone to see me." Luke pulled his cowl over his head.

"Initiate procedure." the head droid commanded.

A few seconds later, the world suddenly changed.

It wasn't a smooth transition. It was very abrupt. One second, Luke was standing in the chamber, the next on the streets in front of the temple. Luke tested his Tether. A feeling of dread washed over him when he couldn't get a signal from the Gate. This was one of the risks of the trip, and Luke knew that, but he now saw that a worst-case possibility had been shoved in his face by reality. Luke was now trapped here.

Resigning himself to his fate, Luke was able to bring himself to remember his initial mission. He proceeded to scale the steps of the Temple, carrying the infant with him. She had, miraculously, ceased crying. Even if he wasn't going to see his family again for a long time, perhaps never, Luke thanked the Force for that small miracle.

As Luke climbed the final step, he beheld the majesty of the statues outside the Temple. It was a shame that the Emperor had destroyed them.

Luke shook his head. "No, they haven't been destroyed. Not yet, and if my plan works, not ever." he mumbled quietly to himself.

Walking up to the doors of the Temple, he gently lowered the infant's frail body onto the cold, hard metal of the Temple. After he bade her a final, soft farewell, Luke sent a surge of the Force out into the surrounding area.

Luke turned around and sped down the stairs, never once looking back.

Jedi Master Plo Koon stood in the gateway to the Temple. Detecting the surge, Master Yoda had sent him to investigate the source of it. But he hadn't expected to find an infant Togruta. Although Plo Koon could sense that the Force was strong in here, he didn't believe she was the cause. The surge was too calculated, too controlled, to be the product of the chaotic powers of a Force-sensitive infant.

Bending down to pick her up off the ground, he noticed a small sheet of...paper? Paper hadn't been used in centuries. Ever since the invention of the datapad, paper had become obsolete.

Amused by the vintage form of writing, Plo Koon brought the paper up into his field of view. His amused mood soon morphed into a perplexed one as he read through what had to be a letter. He retreated, with the infant cradled in his arms, back into the halls of the Temple, hurrying to present his findings to Master Yoda.

The letter reads as follows:

This girl shall play a key part in preserving both the Jedi Order and the Republic. Keep her safe, and train her in the ways of the Jedi. When the time is right, when the Galaxy seems to be torn apart, assign her to a young, somewhat reckless Jedi Knight. The Force will watch over her from that point on.

May the Force be with you.

P.S. Her name is Ahsoka Tano.