Little Lost Maul

(First published Mar 21, 2018 for Alien April)

Summary:

       

Plagueis and Palpatine lose their tiny Sith Apprentice during a vacation to Yavin IV, and now must search for him.

                 

Notes:

   

• For pileofsith.

   

This is my first time writing a gift fic, so I hope that it is an acceptable one.  Just something I came up with that lives in its own little AU.  At 4,223 words, this is the shortest fanfic I've ever posted.  This is a complete short story with one goal:  finding a very tiny Maul.

                 

"How could he have vanished so quickly?!” Plagueis exclaimed in dismay.
 
 "He's got to be somewhere," Palpatine said, looking behind a tree.  "Why are children so small?!"
 
 Plagueis pulled up some scrub on the forest ground.  "I thought you were watching him!"
 
 "I was!  I looked away for three seconds and he somehow disappeared!"

"Maybe this is a manifestation of his latent Force powers," Plagueis said.  “Though enhanced speed does not usually manifest this early…”
 
"Maul," Palpatine called out in a singsong tone.  "I have this whole cake I made just for you! It's full of sugar and incredibly unhealthy!"
 

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