By Dave Mycock Darkness Falls

Luke/Mara

Disclaimer: I do not own Luke, Mara or any other character from the
star wars universe; they belong to George Lucas and the writers of
the star wars novels.

Set somewhere after Return of the Jedi

Summary: nine years after the battle of Endor a new even darker
empire rules, controlled by Leia Organa and a Dark Jedi named Ja'non.
Han Solo is a prisoner of this empire and a new rebellion has begun
under the leadership of Lando Carlrsission and Wedge Antilles. Luke
has disappeared after witnessing his sister's fall to the dark side
and a titanic battle with Ja'non where he was beaten badly.

(I'd like to thank Nikki for been my beta and helping me with the
spelling and grammar and also pointing out a few mistakes I'd made)

The shadowed figure walked silently through the streets of Coruscant
hugging his cloak tight around himself making sure not to draw any
attention to himself. He still couldn't believe he had come here
after vowing never to return. But the force presence he had been
sensing for the last week had drawn him out of hiding. It was like
nothing he had ever felt before. Whoever this person was their force
presence was very strong. He was amazed that Ja'non's search teams
hadn't captured them and started twisting their mind to the dark
side. He shook his head trying to clear his thoughts. He had to stay
focused and make sure his shields kept his presence here hidden.

His mind began to drift on how this had all come about, everything
was going so well. The New Republic and the remnants of the Empire
had finally called a truce. He had been training his sister in the
use of her own force abilities, although she didn't have a lot of
time to devote to her force studies she was becoming quite strong in
her knowledge of the Force and how to use it.

Then he had received a call from Han saying that someone had
contacted him about wanting to meet the last member of the Jedi, that
he had information about where an old Jedi library was hidden. He had
quickly arranged to meet the man, intrigued by the possibility of
finding more information on the Jedi ways. He and Han had used the
millennium Falcon to fly to a planet in the outer rim where the man
had said he would meet them.

After a long talk the man had revealed he had been a Jedi apprentice
who had managed to hide from the Empire's Jedi Purges, fascinated he
had foolishly offered the man a chance to join the New Republic and
help him search for new potential Jedi. He had never suspected it
would lead to what it did, the lives that had been destroyed by him
being too trusting. Thousands of people had trusted him and he had
failed them in just one choice, he hadn't felt anything threatening
from the man who finally told them his name was Ja'non. He had felt
nothing from his scans of the man, felt nothing evil from him and yet
he had turned out to be more dangerous than the Emperor and his own
father had been.

He quickly shook his head and blocked his memories; he didn't have
time to feel sorry for himself. He had to stay focused on what he was
doing or he would end up in real trouble. If Leia or Ja'non felt him
he wouldn't have a chance to escape, as he turned the corner he heard
the sounds of a struggle. He was going to ignore it when suddenly a
cry for help raged inside his mind; the person who had drawn him here
had used the force to call to him. He drew his lightsaber and rushed
forward to see a tall woman with fiery red hair barely holding off
three wookiee's with two blasters.

He quickly ignited his weapon and swung the blade once for effect and
walked forward toward the woman, she spun halfway to see him enter
the fray and smiled grimly. He pulled a second lightsaber from his
belt and tossed it to the woman who quickly dropped one of her
blasters, and ignited the blade. The wookiee's retreated somewhat
unsure how to react to seeing someone other than their master's Dark
Jedi wielding lightsabers. He spun his lightsaber and then placed
himself into a defensive stance waiting for the attack. The woman
matched him after placing her second blaster back into its holster.

The lead wookie launched himself at the woman whilst its two
companions went for the unknown male who had interfered in their
business, the woman stepped back as the huge creature landed and then
quickly attacked, catching the wookie off guard. The male easily
blocked the wild swings from the wookiee's' spears, he waited for
them to try again before dropping to a crouch and swung his blade in
a wide arc cutting through the first wookiee's legs. The second just
barely jumped back in time.

The woman knocked the spear from the lead wookie and then spun wide
and imbedded her own blade deep into the creature's chest. It howled
in pain as she withdrew it as it slumped forward. She turned to see
her unknown helper cut down the last of the wookiee's with a wide-
angle swipe taking the wookiee's head clean off.

He faced the woman as he shut his blade off, he knew now that she was
the one he had come to find. It was her force presence that had
forced him out of his hiding place to find her. He watched as the
woman approached somewhat warily as the blade he had given her
pointed at him. As she stepped closer he gasped at how beautiful the
woman was, her piercing green eyes seemed to glow with fire. She was
dressed in a tight flight suit that fitted her body perfectly. He
shook his head and cursed the way he had dropped his guard as he
studied the woman who was now almost right in front of him.

"Who are you?" she asked, "And where did you come from?" she added,
keeping the blue blade pointed at his neck.

"I heard you call for help," he answered trying to avoid giving her
his name.

"I didn't call for any help," the woman shot back.

"Maybe none that you're aware of," he pointed out.

"Are you one of their search dogs?" she asked her eyes narrowing.

"No, but I am sensitive to the Force and so are you," he told
her. "That's how I found you, I was following your Force presence,"
he quickly added as her stance became a bit more aggressive.

The woman continued to stare at him as if waiting for him to try and
attack her; he shook his head and slowly raised his hands in a
gesture of trust.

"We're in danger here, you must come with me," he told her using his
force skills to do a quick scan of the area.

"Where to?" she asked as she finally shut off her lightsaber.

"Yavin 4," he answered her. "It's a planet full of both Jedi and Sith
temples so they won't be able to locate us using Force scans," he
added as she stepped a bit closer.

"Why should I trust you?" she inquired.

"I don't know, I only know the Force wants you safe. We must hurry
before they send more searchers, if they learn I am here neither of
us will be safe," he told her as he slowly reached out and grasped
her hand and began leading her to where his ship was docked.

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By Dave Mycock Darkness Falls

Luke/Mara

Disclaimer: I do not own Luke, Mara or any other character from the
Star Wars universe; they belong to George Lucas and the writers of
the Star Wars novels.
Set somewhere after Return of the Jedi

Summary: Nine years after the battle of Endor a new even darker
Empire rules, controlled by Leia Organa and a Dark Jedi named Ja'non.
Han Solo is a prisoner of this Empire and a new rebellion has begun
under the leadership of Lando Carlrissian and Wedge Antilles. Luke
has disappeared after witnessing his sister's fall to the dark side
and a titanic battle with Ja'non where he was beaten badly.
(I'd like to thank Nikki for being my beta and helping me with the
spelling and grammar and also pointing out a few mistakes I'd made.)

He led her quickly through the back areas of the city making sure to
stay clear of the shock troops who patrolled the city. As they
neared the small hangar two shock troopers appeared in front of them.

"Stay where you are," the first one said as he levelled his rifle at
them.

"What now?" the woman asked her tone somewhat angry.

He sighed as he raised his hand and sent the two troopers back into
the wall knocking them both unconscious, the woman glared at him as
he led her into the hangar where his ship was hidden.
Although it wasn't his ship by right, it had been the only ship left
to escape in, the Falcon was one of the fastest ships ever. Granted
it was an old Corellian YT-1300 series but with the modifications Han
had made it worked well. At the thought of his friend, he quickly
tried to fight the memory of seeing Han being beaten before he had
fought Ja'non.

"This ship is familiar to me," the woman said, somewhat confused.

He nodded knowing she had most likely seen glimpses of it through the
Force, or she had seen this event taking place. They quickly walked
up the ramp and into the cockpit, he closed the ramp and began
prepping the ship for take off. He noticed the woman was watching him
as if she still expected him to try and harm her. He found it oddly
amusing. Even after what he had told her, it was obvious she didn't
trust people easily. He couldn't help but wonder what sort of life
she had been living before her Force abilities had manifested
themselves and led him to her.

As the ship began to lift off they noticed four shock troopers
entering the hangar, he just smiled as they began trying to damage
the ship by firing their rifles at the engines. He quickly hit the
thrusters causing the ship to burst out of the hangar, knocking the
four troopers to the ground as they did.
The Falcon quickly made it past the atmosphere and into orbit of the
planet, he noticed two Star Destroyers coming towards them. He began
making the calculations for the jump to light speed

"We have to leave now," the woman said as she noticed the approaching
Star Destroyers.

He couldn't help but smile as he remembered the first time he had
been aboard the Falcon with Obi-Wan as they fled Tatooine and he had
been pressing Han to escape quickly as a couple of Star Destroyers
came towards them.

"Almost ready," he said as he raised the ships deflector screens.

The Star Destroyers opened fire as they came into range, the Falcon
rocked with the impact of the blasts as he keyed in the last
calculations. He turned the ship away from the Star Destroyers and
quickly hit the switch sending the Falcon into light speed.

"We should be okay now," he said as he faced his companion.

"They won't give up searching for me," she replied as she sat back in
her seat.

"For now they won't find you," he assured her.

"Guess we'll just have to wait and see, now who are you?" she shot
back.

He looked away for a few minutes thinking about whether to be
truthful or not, everyone believed he was dead. Ja'non had made sure
of that, but he knew Leia would know he wasn't dead. He looked at the
woman again and noticed she was studying him intently; he looked away
again before deciding being truthful was the best way to gain her
trust.

"I'm Luke Skywalker," he told her.

"Skywalker," she repeated confused. "You're supposed to be dead," she
told him.

"They want people to believe that, especially those in the
rebellion," he said as he turned away.

"Why have you let everyone believe their lies?" she asked, not
understanding why someone with Luke's history would allow people to
believe the Empire's lies.

"Because I can't help anyone," he replied as he stood and made to
leave.

He didn't want to explain to her how he had failed everyone he had
known, his friends, his family and everyone else who believed he
could help bring peace to the galaxy.

"What do you mean?" she asked before he could leave.

"I'm a failure, okay. They all had me pegged as some great hero. A
powerful Jedi master but in reality I'm nothing but a failure," he
spat before he exited the cockpit leaving her to her own thoughts.

The two guards were pushed in front of Leia as she stood, her black
dress clinging to her body, she looked at the two guards with a cold
glare. They both tried to back away from her as she raised her hand.

"You let her escape," she hissed.

"She had help. The man who was with her, he could use the Force," the
smaller of the two guards tried to defend himself.

"You shouldn't have given him a chance to use it, you were given
orders to capture the woman and eliminate anyone who got in your
way," she reminded him as she let loose a streak of Force lightning,
the guard screamed in agony as he fell to his knees.

From the side a tall figure walked towards them, he was wearing a
black shirt and pants and easily blended into the darkness of the
throne room. As his face came into view the second guard began to
shake in terror as he noticed the cold smile that graced the man's
face. His eyes seemed to burn right through his soul, the guard tried
to turn and run but for some reason he couldn't move his legs.
He watched as his fellow guard began convulsing on the ground,
coughing up blood, until finally his eyes rolled up into his head and
his body fell still. He looked to where Leia now stood grasping her
gold lightsaber. He tried to run again as she activated the blade,
but his legs would still not move. She approached slowly making sure
his pain would not end until she wanted it to.

"Failure is not acceptable," she hissed as she raised the blade and
brought it down hard cutting his left arm clean off.

The guard cried out as he fell to the floor, he barely had time to
breathe before she brought it down again cutting his chest open; she
deactivated the blade and smiled coldly as she walked away. Ja'non
walked forward and grabbed the guard by the throat cutting his air
off as he bled to death. His body quickly went limp as he released
him.

"Dispose of them," he commanded to the two bodyguards, they nodded
and quickly dragged the corpses away.

"We have to find her, if we wish to draw Luke out we must have her,"
Leia said as she sat on her throne.

"Skywalker would sense any attack on her, she is bonded to him as he
is to her," Ja'non reminded her.

"But he has no knowledge of his Soul mate, and even though we've
tried to block him from sensing her it's possible the one who helped
her escape us was Luke," Leia replied.

"If Skywalker had been on Coruscant I would have sensed his
presence," Ja'non said with a smile.

"If we capture her, we could use her against him. Twist her mind and
turn her into the perfect weapon to finish Luke," Leia said
thoughtfully.

"She has the potential to be one of the strongest Jedi ever," Ja'non
said. "I have forseen this, and if she ever does meet and join with
Skywalker they will be almost unbeatable," he added as he approached
his dark queen.

"Luke is no threat as long as he allows his guilt to control him,"
Leia told him with a confidant smile.

"If they find each other they will be able to overcome anything that
haunts them," Ja'non said.

"They will not find each other, we have blocked Luke from feeling
her," Leia said standing.

"Their bond may be stronger than our power, they are destined to be
together. It is the will of the Force," he said as he embraced her.

"Time will tell," Leia said as she kissed him.

Luke sat on the cold floor trying hard to keep his memories at bay
whilst he meditated, but he couldn't stop the images from appearing.
He remembered the first time he introduced Ja'non to Leia during one
of their training sessions, he remembered seeing a small glint in the
man's eye as he got his first look at his sister. That should have
set off some warning but for some reason he didn't question him about
it. He also remembered one or two incidents such as Ja'non touching
his sister's arm and a slight waver in the Force, but again he didn't
do anything about it.
He opened his eyes to find the woman watching him keenly, her red
hair was tied back and her piercing green eyes were locked on him. He
stood up and stretched himself.

"What were you doing?" she asked.

"Meditating," he answered as he sat down in one of the chairs. "By
the way, I still don't know your name," he said suddenly realizing he
had stormed out of the cockpit before she could tell him what she was
called.

"Mara Jade," she said simply.

He nodded thinking the name suited her perfectly, and yet for some
reason he couldn't explain it seemed as if he had heard that name
before. He shook his head and focused on Mara.

"So what will we do once we reach our destination?" Mara asked.

"I don't know yet," Luke replied hoping she wouldn't ask too many
questions.

"Will you teach me about the force?" she inquired her voice becoming
quite serious.

Luke stared at her as if she were crazy, how could a failure like him
teach her about the Force. He had tried to teach Leia and she had
ended up being turned to the Dark Side by Ja'non. He had no right to
try to be a Jedi Master. He had already failed in that respect. He
couldn't help but wish Yoda or Ben were still alive, he was sure they
could have prevented this from happening.

"Will you?" she asked again.

"I'm no Jedi Master, no matter what you might have heard," he told
her before entering the cockpit and locking the door.

feedback would be welcomed

By Dave Mycock Darkness Falls

Luke/Mara

Disclaimer: I do not own Luke, Mara or any other character from the
Star Wars universe; they belong to George Lucas and the writers of
the Star Wars novels.
Set somewhere after Return of the Jedi

Summary: Nine years after the battle of Endor a new even darker
Empire rules, controlled by Leia Organa and a Dark Jedi named Ja'non.
Han Solo is a prisoner of this Empire and a new rebellion has begun
under the leadership of Lando Carlrsission and Wedge Antilles. Luke
has disappeared after witnessing his sister's fall to the dark side
and a titanic battle with Ja'non where he was beaten badly.

(I'd like to thank Nikki for being my beta and helping me with the
spelling and grammar and also pointing out a few mistakes I'd made.)

Mara looked at the door for what must have been the third time;
Skywalker's actions were not what she expected. From what she had
read about him she thought he would be very confident and strong
willed, but from what she had seen of him so far he was doubting and
fearful. She could feel the guilt radiating off him, he was locked in
a sea of despair and for some reason she felt it was up to her to
pull him out of it.

Luke sat in the pilot's seat trying to ignore the nagging feeling
that by meeting Mara he had set something in motion that was very
important, he shook his head and checked the navi computer. They were
at least nineteen hours from Yavin and that meant he couldn't stay in
here for all that time. He would have to speak to Mara again.

Leia watched as Jenna walked into the throne room. She was one of the
strongest force sensitives that the search parties had found; she was
a Corellian like Han. She had been working as a bounty hunter when
Ja'non had felt her Force presence; it had been easy to turn her to
the Dark Side. Her mind was strong, but her desire for wealth and
power had been her downfall, She wore a long skirt which matched the
jet black of her hair, her dark brown eyes were filled with anger and
hate like all of the dark Jedi they had mastered.
Jenna bowed as she stood in front of her, Leia just watched her.
Jenna might be one of their best servants, but Leia could tell if she
saw an opportunity to gain more power she would take it.

"What is your command?" she asked.

"The capture team failed to take Jade. I want you to take Waku and
Tarrick and find her and kill the man who helped her escape, unless
it turns out to be my brother," she instructed.

"Skywalker... but if he is with her it will be difficult to take her
without killing him," Jenna told her.

"You will not kill him! If you do, then you know what will happen to
you," Leia hissed as she stood up. "Luke will join us when we capture
him, and Jade is the key to doing that," she continued.

"Why don't we use Solo to trap him?" Jenna inquired making sure to
keep her voice even.

"Luke believes Solo is dead, and even if he didn't I doubt he'd take
the chance. Solo may be his friend but Jade is so much more, even if
he doesn't realize it. Once we have Jade he'll come, he won't be able
to stop himself," Leia informed her.

"Did the tracking station manage to find out where they had headed?"
she asked hoping to find a place to start.

"According to tracking they headed for the outer rim, but I doubt
Luke went there," Leia told her. "Start in the Hoth system, Luke
knows the system is a good place to hide, if he isn't there then go
to Dagobah system, the Jedi master Yoda hid there for years," she
added.

Jenna nodded and then bowed before leaving to carry out her task,
Leia watched her go and then walked to one of the windows looking out
over the city. Once they had Jade Luke would come, then she'd turn
both of them to the Dark Side just as their father had been turned.
She smiled at the thought of having her brother serving her. They
would be unbeatable then. With Luke and Jade on their side the
rebellion would be destroyed easily, and then she'd make Wedge and
Lando pay for disobeying her and Chewbacca would pay as well for
killing Yarrick.

Mara inspected the lightsaber Luke had given her; this was the first
time she had seen one up close. It was a very light weapon, lighter
than her blasters. But it was very effective, they had easily managed
to take care of those Wookiee's. Granted she hadn't wanted to kill
them but they had been left with little choice. She wondered how
things were going to turn out.
The galaxy was in chaos right now, the new Empire was stronger than
the old one and the New Republic put together. The dark Jedi, who
served as bodyguards for the new emperor and empress, were almost
invincible, each carried a Blood red lightsaber and their Force
powers were said to be deadly. So far only one of them had been
killed and that was by the Wookiee Chewbacca during the battle to try
and retake Coruscant. The battle was a disaster in itself but hope
had been gained that someone other than a Jedi could kill them.

"Are you okay?" Luke's voice startled her she hadn't seen or heard
him come out of the cockpit.

"Yes, I was just thinking," she replied as she looked at him.

Luke nodded as he sat on the chess table Artoo and Chewbacca had once
played on, he wondered if they were okay. He knew they weren't dead,
he would have sensed it if they had died.

"Luke why haven't you joined the new rebellion?" Mara asked suddenly.

He looked at her in surprise at the question, he would have thought
his responses before would have answered that question easily. "I've
already failed them once I don't want to do it again," he told her
simply.

"What happened, what is this great mistake you're supposed to have
made?" she asked digging deeper to find out why Luke had fallen into
such despair.

"I don't want to talk about it," he answered.

"Please Luke, I need to know," she told him.

"Not yet Jade, give me time," he replied although he did feel a
strong pull to tell her everything, but he had just met her. He
wanted to get to know her first.

"Okay," she nodded; she guessed it would take time. She was not one
to befriend many people and those she had, she hadn't told them much.
She didn't trust anyone and yet for some reason she felt as if she
could tell him anything.

"They'll send out search parties, most likely searching areas they
already know have been used by the Republic during the rebellion such
as Hoth," he told her.

"Why?" she inquired.

"Leia will most likely believe I'd go to places I know, Yavin is not
known by many people. That is why I hide there. I found it just after
Leia fell to the dark side," he answered.

"So we should be safe?" she asked

"For a time," he answered glumly.

feedback would be welcomed

Luke/Mara
Disclaimer: I do not own Luke, Mara or any other character from the
Star Wars universe; they belong to George Lucas and the writers of
the Star Wars novels.
Set somewhere after Return of the Jedi
Summary: Nine years after the battle of Endor a new even darker
Empire rules, controlled by Leia Organa and a Dark Jedi named Ja'non.
Han Solo is a prisoner of this Empire and a new rebellion has begun
under the leadership of Lando Carlrsission and Wedge Antilles. Luke
has disappeared after witnessing his sister's fall to the Dark Side
and a titanic battle with Ja'non where he was beaten badly.
(I'd like to thank Nikki for been my beta and helping me with the
spelling and grammar and also pointing out a few mistakes I'd made.)

Han looked up as the door to his cell opened and Ja'non walked in,
Han tried to stop himself from cringing but he couldn't help it. This
man had almost killed him twice now during these torture shows he
liked to put on, the first time Leia had been there watching with a
dark smile.
It was then he had given up all hope of recovering the woman he had
loved so deeply, he still held onto a small hope that maybe Luke or
one of the others would somehow manage to break him out of here but
he doubted it would happen. From what he had heard the guards say the
rebellion was losing badly on all fronts and Luke had vanished, most
speculated he was dead. Han hoped that wasn't the case, he wondered
if his friend was planning something.

"Solo," Ja'non's cold crisp voice broke his contemplation.

"What now, another session of torture?" Han asked trying to keep his
act of arrogance up.

"No, Leia wants to see you," Ja'non answered as two guards dressed in
black approached him.

This filled Han with complete terror, he had been shown some of the
dark acts Leia had committed. The day before Ja'non had shown him the
bodies of two guards who had failed Leia, he had almost been sick at
the sight of them. Ja'non had just laughed at him telling him that
the galaxy had no hope, Leia and he were invincible.
Han had managed to laugh at that reminding Ja'non that the Emperor
had once thought he was invincible and Luke had his father had taken
care of him. Ja'non had just stared coldly at him and then reminded
Han of the fact that Vader was long dead and Luke might as well be.
It was that slip that gave Han hope that Luke was alive and just
waiting for the right time to strike, he just hoped Luke would find
the courage to defeat Leia.

"Bring him," Ja'non said breaking Han's train of thought again.

The guards grabbed him roughly and hauled him out of his cell and
followed Ja'non to the waiting lift where one of Ja'non's dark Jedi
was waiting. They entered the lift and the dark Jedi took Han from
the guards who bowed and then went back to their stations.
The lift arrived at the throne room and Han was dragged to the centre
and then dumped on the floor, he looked around but saw no sign of
Leia yet. He tried to stand but was kicked in the back by Ja'non.

"You belong on your knees, Solo, especially in the presence of your
Empress," he sneered.

Han shook his head wishing he had the strength to attack Ja'non and
to wipe that smug look off his face but he knew he'd be down on his
knees again before he reached him. A shadow in the corner caught his
eye and he turned to see Leia walking towards them, the black dress
she now wore had streaks of gold and silver on it. The look in her
eyes made Han wish he was dead, but Leia wouldn't let him die, she
wanted him to suffer and so he did.

"So why am I here?" Han asked once again trying to sound arrogant and
unafraid.

Ja'non went to strike him again but he halted when he noticed Leia
shake her head, he looked down at Solo's pitiful form and then walked
towards his Empress, embracing her just for Solo. Han looked away in
disgust and anger, wanting nothing more than a blaster so he could
send his tormentor to hell.

"Han I know you're trying to act strong but give it up, you've been
beaten," Leia told him smiling, however there was no warmth to this
smile and Han just stared at her defiantly.

"Maybe he'd like to hear the good news," Ja'non suggested coldly.

"We just destroyed the rebel base on Cloud City, we were told Wedge
was injured badly. He may be dead," Leia said smiling as she
approached Han's still form.

"Don't believe you," Han said.

Leia's eyes went colder than they had been and she unleashed a Force
bolt knocking Han across the room; she hissed, "Don't ever think me a
liar."

"Take him back to his cell and teach him some manners," Ja'non
ordered Cyblek.

The Selonian bowed and grabbed Han and quickly dragged him out of the
room, Leia and Ja'non smiled, both enjoying Han's suffering.

***********

Luke watched Mara try and block the remote's shots with the
lightsaber; he was impressed seeing as she had deflected nearly all
of them. She had decided if he wasn't going to teach her then she'd
do it herself, Luke knew the dangers that faced Mara if she tried to
be a Jedi by herself so he decided reluctantly he'd help, but he
would not be her master.
Actually, he mused, he doubted anyone could be Mara's master, she was
headstrong and had seemed to have quite a bit of strength in her.

"Try it with this," he suggested tossing her the old helmet he had
once practiced in with Obi-wan.

Mara stared at it for a few seconds with a confused look, and then
she turned to Luke for an explanation.

"I had to train with the blast plate down, Ben told me that my eyes
and ears cold deceive me so I shouldn't trust them. He told me to
reach out with my feelings, I suggest you do the same," he explained
to her.

Mara nodded and then placed the helmet on and brought the blast plate
down, inwardly she smiled. She had managed to get Luke to help, now
all she had to do was keep him engaged in the activity and maybe then
he'd snap out of whatever despair he was in and help her fully in
becoming a Jedi and then maybe they could help stop the Empire.
The remote stayed where it was while Mara prepared herself and then
began moving again as she activated her lightsaber, the first bolt
struck her in the leg and she hissed in anger but the next couple of
bolts she blocked easily. Luke was impressed, it was clear to him she
had a great deal of potential and could be a very powerful Jedi if
taught properly. He sighed knowing it was up to him to keep Mara from
falling to the Dark Side, but how, he had failed Leia in this respect
so how could he teach Mara.
Then it hit him, he could try and contact Ben or Yoda himself, they
were going to a planet filled with Jedi and Sith temples and although
it had been a while since either of his old masters had manifested
themselves to him it was worth a shot.

"Okay, I think that's enough for now," he told Mara as she deflected
another bolt.

"How did I do?" she asked as she deactivated her lightsaber and the
remote once again went still.

"Better than I did," he told her truthfully.

Mara nodded and smiled happily at the fact that her first lesson had
gone well, she didn't like failing things and this was important. She
could feel it was, something told her that her becoming a Jedi was
very important she just didn't know why.

**********

Lando watched as the few ships to survive the attack on Cloud City
came out of light speed, he knew Wedge had been hurt but the last
communication he had received had told him that he was okay and would
live. He noticed Artoo and C-3PO coming towards him with Chewbacca
close behind; he wondered what they were thinking.
He missed Han, the few spies that had managed to survive on Coruscant
had reported that he was alive but there was no way to rescue him.

"Master Lando, the ships are requesting permission to land on the
planet," C-3PO reported.

"Granted, make sure Wedge is taken to the hospital straight away," he
told the golden droid.

C-3PO nodded and then headed back to the command deck to give the
order, Artoo followed quietly behind. The small droid hadn't been
very vocal since Luke had vanished, the reports from the Empire
saying he was dead didn't help the rebellion too much. But the one
thing he couldn't ignore was the fact that if Luke was alive had
would come and join them wouldn't he?

By Dave Mycock Darkness Falls

Luke/Mara
Disclaimer: I do not own Luke, Mara or any other character from the
Star Wars universe; they belong to George Lucas and the writers of
the Star Wars novels.
Set somewhere after Return of the Jedi
Summary: Nine years after the battle of Endor a new even darker
Empire rules, controlled by Leia Organa and a Dark Jedi named Ja'non.
Han Solo is a prisoner of this Empire and a new rebellion has begun
under the leadership of Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles. Luke has
disappeared after witnessing his sister's fall to the dark side and a
titanic battle with Ja'non where he was beaten badly.
(I'd like to thank Nikki for been my beta and helping me with the
spelling and grammar and also pointing out a few mistakes I'd made.)

******

Luke brought the Falcon down close to the Jedi temple he had been
using as a home; it was one of the biggest temples on the planet. He
had found quite a few books on the history of the Jedi and had also
learned of the war with the Sith which the Jedi had won.
He looked over to where Mara sat in the co-pilots chair; she seemed
impressed at the size of the temple. He had been as well but due to
the circumstances of his arrival he hadn't the time to really
appreciate it.

"So this is where we going to stay?" Mara asked.

"I know it's nothing special but it will hide us from any Force
scans, the temple is pretty big so they'll be plenty of places you
can go. The most important thing is that this temple is the perfect
place to train to become a Jedi," he told her.

Mara nodded as she looked at the temple again, it was quite big and
she could just make out another in the distance. She could tell Luke
was pleased to be back, most likely due to the fact that it was
highly impossible for the Empire to find him here.

"If you go exploring don't enter any of the Sith temples, if you do
then I doubt you'll make it out alive. Especially if you have little
training in the Force," he told her and by the sound of his voice she
could tell it was important. She listened.

"How do I know which is which?" she inquired as the ship finally
landed in a clearing to the right of the temple.

"You'll feel it through the Force. Granted, you haven't had much
training in it but with your potential I think you'll feel the slight
warning the Force gives you," Luke replied as she shut down the ship
so no scans would pick up the power source.

Mara looked at her companion for a few minutes and noted he was
trying to avoid talking to her again, she could tell he was pretty
tired and so she decided not to ask anything more. She followed Luke
out of the cockpit and down the ramp, which he had activated, there
was a slight wind blowing through the near by jungle. The whole
planet seemed to be one big jungle with the temples spread out in
certain clearings.

`I wonder how both Jedi and Sith temples came to be built here,' she
wondered.

"I don't know how they did it," Luke said.

"How they did what?" she asked, startled out of her thoughts.

"You asked how both Jedi and Sith temples were built here," Luke said
turning to face her.

"No I didn't, I thought it," she told him.

Luke frowned at this, he hadn't been trying to read her mind and yet
he had clearly heard her ask the question. He could tell she too
seemed a bit wary of this turn out, he decided to ask Yoda or Ben if
he managed to get through to them.
He turned and began walking again; it took a few minutes before he
felt Mara begin to follow him again. This was getting stranger and
stranger but he could tell the Force was pushing them along. He just
couldn't tell what the Force wanted of either of them; he shook his
head and tried to clear his thoughts.

*********

Lando walked into the medical bay followed by Barc and Wilson two of
his most trusted lieutenants, they had been telling his about the
losses they had sustained at Cloud City.

"So, all together how many men did we lose?" he asked as they
approached Wedge's bed.

"Three hundred were killed and twenty five wounded," Barc informed
him.

"Inform all of our remaining bases to go silent, do not allow them to
launch any ships or send any communications," he ordered.

"Yes, sir," Barc nodded and quickly left.

They stopped in front of Wedge's bed to find him sitting up talking
to Ackbar, one of the few commanders from the original rebellion to
escape the Empire's take over of Coruscant.

"Glad you made it back, Wedge," Lando said as both turned to face him.

"I was lucky, Jaxs managed to grab me when I went down and he carried
me to the cruiser we escaped on," Wedge told his friend. "Jaxs
suffered burns on his left leg when the cruiser was hit but he'll
live," he added as an afterthought.

"I've decided to let things die down before we try another attack.
I'll see you later," Lando told him before turning and walking away
followed closely by Wilson.

**********

Mara was sitting in her room trying to come to terms with what had
transpired in the last few days. As she stood to go find Luke, a blue
glow began to appear before her, she went for her lightsaber as the
glow turned into the image of an old man with white hair and beard.
He smiled at her gently, she kept her hand on her lightsaber as
another appeared this one was smaller than the first and turned out
to be a small green alien.

"Hello, Mara," the first said.

"Who are you?" she asked her eyes narrowed as if expecting an attack.

"My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi, I was Luke's former Master and this is
Master Yoda," the old man replied.

"Aren't you guys dead?" she inquired as she recalled hearing their
names before.

"Yes and no, we've ascended though the Force," Ben explained to
her. "We can appear in this form at certain times," he added.

"Why are you here?" she asked as she removed her hand from her
lightsaber.

"Luke is busy trying to contact us, however due to his state of mind
at the moment we cannot help him," Ben explained. "It is up to you,
Mara, to help Luke put the past behind him and help him to embrace
his destiny again," he continued.

"Why me?" she wondered.

"You are not just a fellow Jedi, Mara" Ben replied.

"Force mates you are," Yoda finally spoke.

"Force mates?" she asked staring at the small green alien.

"You and Luke are bonded by the Force, soul mates if you will, you
are the only one who can help him," Ben told her. "What has
transpired with his sister was not supposed to have happened. Anakin,
Luke and Leia's father, is trying to contact Leia and trying to get
her to stop this, but the Dark Side is too strong," he
continued. "You must get Luke to put aside his guilt and his pain,
then he can begin to prepare himself for what will come," he
finished.

"Which is?" she asked again trying to gain as much information as she
could from the two dead Jedi.

"Say we cannot, the Force is unbalanced and nothing is for certain,"
Yoda spoke gravely.

Mara was having a hard time believing what she was being told, and
yet a part of her seemed to accept it without question. The two
manifested forms began to disappear as she heard the sounds of
someone walking towards her room. She could tell it was Luke, she
couldn't decide what to tell him and what to keep to herself until he
was ready.

feedback would be welcomed

By Dave Mycock Darkness Falls

Luke/Mara
Disclaimer: I do not own Luke, Mara or any other character from the
Star Wars universe; they belong to George Lucas and the writers of
the Star Wars novels.
Set somewhere after Return of the Jedi
Summary: Nine years after the battle of Endor a new even darker
Empire rules, controlled by Leia Organa and a Dark Jedi named Ja'non.
Han Solo is a prisoner of this Empire and a new rebellion has begun
under the leadership of Lando Carlrsission and Wedge Antilles. Luke
has disappeared after witnessing his sister's fall to the dark side
and a titanic battle with Ja'non where he was beaten badly.
(I'd like to thank Nikki for been my beta and helping me with the
spelling and grammar and also pointing out a few mistakes I'd made.)

Luke walked into Mara's quarters to find her practicing with her
lightsaber; she was very quick with her thrusts and spins. All he
thought she needed was a deeper knowledge of fighting skills, she
would most likely out match him soon enough with time and practice.

"You look frustrated," Mara said breaking into his train of thoughts.

"What?" he asked startled.

"You seem frustrated," she said again as she deactivated her
lightsaber.

"Oh, it's nothing really," he tried to evade answering, although he
was surprised at how well she seemed to read him.

"So what do we do now?" she inquired.

"I guess I'll try and teach you as much as I can about the Force and
how to use it," Luke said, although he still felt this was dangerous.

"You still don't think you're good enough for this do you?" she asked
seeing right through him.

Luke stared at her in complete shock; it was as if she could read his
mind and his deepest emotions. Which was impossible as he was
shielding himself from her, he shook his head more confused now than
ever.

Mara kept her eyes fixed on Luke's blue ones, he seemed to be trying
to fight of a wave of surprise at the way she knew what he was
feeling. She didn't understand it herself but she bet it had
something to with them being Force mates as Ben and Yoda had told
her.
She didn't know when to tell Luke about the appearance of his old
masters but she knew at the moment he wasn't ready to know, she had
to get him talking about what was making him feel guilty.

"Hey Skywalker you still in there?" she asked hoping to snap him out
of his shock.

"Sorry. No, I don't think I'm the right one to train you but there is
no one else," Luke told her, "But it seems the Force wants us to work
together," he added.

"I think so too," she said surprising him again.

Luke once again looked at her but he couldn't seem to read how she
was dealing with this. He sighed and decided he would try getting her
to tell him about it later, for now he decided to start her training.

***********

Han cried out as Ja'non threw him across his cell, his cruel smile
grew darker as he approached him again.

"Leia will be down soon to talk to you again, I don't suggest you
make her angry," Ja'non told him.

"Why not?" Han asked trying to get to his feet.

Ja'non's eyes flashed in anger at Han's question and he kicked him
again sending him into his bunk, Han cried out in pain as he pushed
himself to his knee's to face his attacker.

"You're lucky she likes torturing you, otherwise, I would rip your
heart out," he hissed as he faced the ex-smuggler.

"Maybe she still has feelings for me," Han said smugly enjoying the
look of rage that graced the dark Jedi's face.

Ja'non raised his hand and unleashed a couple of Force bolts that
struck Han in the chest. He cried out rolling around in pain as the
attack increased, the attack finally stopped as Leia entered the
cell. Han managed to look up to see the two kissing deeply; he closed
his eyes, wishing he were unconscious.

"It seems our latest victory has turned the new rebellion into a
bunch of cowards," Leia said smugly as she eyed the broken figure of
her ex-lover.

"Don't bet on it," Han managed to spit out.

Leia stared coldly at him as he pushed himself to his knees to stare
back, his eyes were filled with defiance and hate and it pleased her
to no end to know he was still fighting her. It meant she would have
more fun breaking him; she walked over to him and knelt in front of
him.

"When we capture them you'll watch them all die slowly before your
own end," she told him.

"Luke will stop you before that ever happens," Han said with complete
faith in his friend.

"Skywalker is dead," Ja'non said trying to break Han's strong belief
in his friend.

"Don't believe you," Han said finally pushing himself to his feet.

As Leia stood as well Han decided to take a chance and pushed her
over and jumped Ja'non before he could strike. He quickly began
strangling the man who had brought all this misery on the galaxy;
Ja'non's eyes were now engulfed with barely contained rage and
hatred. Leia came to her feet slowly a bit surprised Han still had
the will to attack, she watched as he tried to choke her lover to
death. She was surprised she felt a small tug of hope rush through
before she stamped it out; she raised her hand and with the force
slung Han into the far wall.
He slumped down to the floor a bit shocked at the attack, before he
could regain his feet Ja'non unleashed a long bolt of Force lightning
knocking him out cold.

"Next time he dies," Ja'non hissed at his queen before storming away.

Leia turned back to where Han lay unconscious; she didn't understand
the small rush of hope that had risen when he had been chocking
Ja'non. Was it possible she still had feelings for him and wished him
to take Ja'non's place; she shook her head, confused, before leaving
Han to the coldness of his cell.

**********

Luke fell hard against the wall from the back kick Mara had executed
on him, it had took him by surprise. It was not clear to him she knew
how to defend herself with both weapons and hand combat.

"Okay, that's enough for now," he said allowing himself to sink to
the floor.

Mara gave him a sly grin before sitting herself; she was obviously
pleased with her efforts.

"Luke, we need to talk," Mara told him deciding now was the best to
start.

"About what?" he asked looking at her intently.

"Our pasts," she said watching him carefully.

Luke stared at her for a few minutes as he battled with his emotions,
for some reason he couldn't understand he decided to tell her about
his past. The look in her eyes made his defences slip away and he
dropped his shields allowing her to read him fully if she could.

"Okay, but first lets get something to eat," he agreed.

feedback would be welcomed

By Dave Mycock Darkness Falls

Luke sat trying to ignore Mara's piercing stare, she had finished her
meal pretty quickly and had then decided to study him.

`Wish she'd stop watching me' he thought as he finished his own meal.

"Sorry Luke," she said instantly.

Luke's head shot up as she read his thoughts, it was just like he had
answered her thought when they had arrived.

"No problem," he replied leaning back into his chair.

"So, what do you want to know?" he asked.

"I wanna know what this big mistake is that you are supposed to have
made?" she asked, keeping her eyes fixed on his

Luke looked at her for a few minutes and then sighed, knowing it was
now or never. "I am the reason why the new Empire is in control. I
was the one who introduced Leia to Ja'non, I never even saw the
threat until it was too late," he told her. "And even then I couldn't
do anything to stop him, he was too powerful. He almost killed me
just after he captured Han." Luke shook his head as the memories
began to replay themselves in his head. "Leia was slowly seduced by
Ja'non to the Dark Side, and I never saw it, I was too stupid and
too damn arrogant to see what was happening," he hissed, disgust
filling his voice.

Mara sat and listened intently as Luke told her what had happened in
the events leading up to the new Empire taking power, she could feel
the self-hatred he held for himself, the disgust was evident in his
voice. She could feel every emotion coming off him

"Luke you couldn't have known what was about to happen," she said
carefully.

"I am a Jedi, or at least I was," he said, "But I didn't listen to
anything. I most likely ignored any warning the Force sent me because
I allowed myself to believe the tales about me. I was the great Jedi
Master Skywalker how could anything get past me?" he spat as he stood
up in anger.

"Did any of the others suspect anything? Wasn't Solo dating Leia?"
Mara asked remembering what she read about Luke and his friends. "I'm
sure he would have noticed something if it was there to be seen," she
added.

"No, they didn't, but it wasn't their job to watch out for Siths, it
was mine. I'm the last of the Jedi," he said turning to face her, his
face contorted in pain.

"Not anymore, Skywalker," she assured him. "I'm here now," she added
softly.

"You're not a Jedi yet," Luke found it funny that he was repeating
what his father had said to him on Bespin.

"Maybe not but I will be one," she said knowing it to be true. That
was her destiny.

Luke turned away. "The Force is unbalanced again and it's my fault,"
he said allowing his disgust to run through him.

"Wrong, Skywalker. It was something neither you nor the Force could
possibly see," she said, standing as well as she remembered what Ben
and Yoda had told her. "Ja'non was supposed to have been dead along
with the rest of the Jedi order, so when he re-appeared the Force
couldn't or didn't detect him," she said trying to push through
Luke's shields.

"The Force sees everything," Luke told her.

"Maybe, maybe not," she replied. "The Dark Side, from what I have
read, can blind the Jedi and the Force," she added as she remembered
reading about the fall of the order.

"So you're saying the Dark Side blinded my vision?" Luke asked her, a
shred of hope flaring within him.

Mara felt it as soon as he did. It was working. She was getting him
to ignore his self-hatred and getting him to think "That's right,
and if the old older of Jedi can be blinded by the Dark Side and
there were more of them, then it's obvious that the last Jedi can be
blinded as well," she finished for him.

"I guess," Luke said, not believing that his disgust was vanishing as
she spoke.

"The Force couldn't warn you, Luke, and you couldn't see the danger
because a veil of darkness had been put in front of you," she told
him. "It could not be foreseen," she finished not really knowing
where some of this was coming from just that it was the truth,

Luke turned to face her and he could tell she had meant everything
she had said, he smiled slowly which she returned. "I need time to
think," he told her before leaving the room, hope flooding his very
being.

As Mara went to return to her own room she noticed Ben and Yoda
reappearring.

"Well?" she asked.

"You have begun to put him back on the path, but there is still much
to do," Ben replied.

"Train both of you should," Yoda said. "Full Jedi must you be to
destroy the Sith forever," he added

Mara nodded, understanding the challenge she and Luke would be
undertaking if he continued to listen.

"I'll do my best," she said to them as she left the room, leaving the
two spirits alone.

"All our hopes rest with her now," Ben said as Anakin appeared next
to them.

"She will succeed, she is the only one my son will listen to," Anakin
said sadly.

"Help they will need, more Sith than Jedi there are," Yoda reminded
them.

"We will search for any possible Jedi whilst you help Mara bring Luke
back into the light," Ben said with a nod as he and Anakin faded away
leaving Yoda to his own thoughts.

feedback would be welcomed

By Dave Mycock Darkness Falls

Luke/Mara
Disclaimer: I do not own Luke, Mara or any other character from the
Star Wars universe; they belong to George Lucas and the writers of
the Star Wars novels.
Set somewhere after Return of the Jedi
Summary: Nine years after the battle of Endor a new even darker
Empire rules, controlled by Leia Organa and a Dark Jedi named Ja'non.
Han Solo is a prisoner of this Empire and a new rebellion has begun
under the leadership of Lando Carlrissian and Wedge Antilles. Luke
has disappeared after witnessing his sister's fall to the dark side
and a titanic battle with Ja'non where he was beaten badly.
(I'd like to thank Nikki for been my beta and helping me with the
spelling and grammar and also pointing out a few mistakes I'd made)

Anakin and Ben's spirits arrived on the planet that the strong Force
presence had come from; they were shocked to find the planet filled
with training Jedi.

"How is this possible?" Ben asked.

"This planet has been lost for many centuries even before the fall of
the order. There is a Force presence of a Jedi Master here," Anakin
answered as he led Ben onwards.

He led them through the students who were training; they both noticed
the lightsabers they were using were very old ones. Both Anakin and
Ben were surprised to see so many Jedi alive, how had the Emperor not
detected and then wiped them out. They came to a halt in front of
what looked like a huge tree.

"This is where the presence was coming from," Anakin said as he
looked around.

"It has been a long time since I sensed the presence of other Jedi
Masters," the tree spoke with a warm voice.

"Who are you?" Ben asked.

"I was once a Jedi Master and this world was one of the best places
for Jedi to train, but it was almost destroyed in the Sith war. I
used my Force energies to guard this place; it has secrets that only
a true Jedi can know. These students you see are survivors from the
war, generations of Jedi have lived and died here but can do nothing
to help the galaxy without a means to escape the planet," the being
told them.

"My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi and this is Anakin Skywalker, the chosen
one," Ben introduced them both. "A lot of things have happened since
your time, but at the moment we need the help of your Jedi," Ben told
him.

"Why?" the being asked.

"There are only two Jedi alive at the moment, Luke Skywalker the last
Jedi Master and Mara Jade the last Jedi Knight," Anakin
answered. "They face an army of Sith, which no one could detect
arising, not even the Force," he added.

"How did this happen?" the being demanded.

"I believe we should start at the beginning," Ben sighed and began to
tell the old Master everything that had transpired since the end of
the Sith War.

***************************************************************

Han gasped in deep lungfuls of air as Ja'non continued to beat him
mercilessly. His attack on Ja'non had made the Sith lord even more
deranged than he already was, in Han's view.

"You should count yourself lucky Solo, if not for Leia you would be
dying so slowly you'd beg to never have been born," Ja'non sneered at
him.

"Not likely," Han managed to bite out.

"Your defiance is really beginning to annoy me Solo," Ja'non said as
he kicked Han's prone form again.

"That's my talent," Han replied. "Never surrender, especially not to
you," he added, managing to smile.

Ja'non's eyes narrowed dangerously but before he could lash out again
one of his servants entered the cell.

"My lord, the Empress commands your presence," the servant said
bowing respectfully.

"Your luck will run out soon Solo, count on it," Ja'non hissed and
then stormed out of the cell.

"Shmuck," Han said.

"Quiet, slave, or you'll bring more of my lord's wrath down on you,"
the servant hissed as he closed the cell door and locked it, leaving
Han lying on the floor.

"Let him come," Han replied before he fell asleep.

*****************************************************************

Lando walked into the command centre rubbing his eyes, he had gotten
very little sleep. He was beginning to get very worried about the
chances of Luke and Han still being alive. If Luke was alive, then
where in the hell was he.

"Master Lando," C-P3O said. "Admiral Akbar is looking for you," he
continued as Artoo reeled past silently.

"Thanks," he nodded and went in search of the Admiral.

He found him talking with Wedge, who was finally out of the med bay,
and Colonel Zars.

"General, we've been picking up a lot of Imperial signals, it seems
one of the Sith search parties has been dispatched, they've been
sited in the Hoth System and now Dagobah," Zars reported.

"They're searching for another Jedi potential to twist," Lando said.

"I don't think so, sir, it appears they are looking for Commander
Skywalker," Zars shot back with a smile.

Lando's head shot up to look at each of them "Are you sure?" he asked
not daring to hope that they now had confirmation of Luke still being
alive.

"In their last report to Coruscant, they reported no signs of
Skywalker hiding in the old rebel bases and they were moving on to
Tattooine, Luke's old home planet," Zars told him still smiling.

"So they want to find Luke and are searching the old bases, but so
far no luck which means Luke is most likely on a planet the rebellion
never used as a base," Lando mused.

"So what do we do?" Akbar asked.

"Send out small search parties, have them search planets we've never
used as bases, if Luke is alive and in hiding we have to find him
first," Lando ordered feeling his old strength return at the thought
of having Luke back with them.

"Yes, sir," Zars replied and quickly left to carry out his orders.

"If Luke is alive and in hiding why hasn't he contacted us?" Wedge
asked.

"Most likely because he fears Leia catching him, and who wouldn't.
You've seen the videos our few spies managed to get out, how she
loves to torture people." Lando answered with a shudder.

**************************************************************

Ben and Anakin watched as the old Master thought about everything
they had just told him. They had heard of certain Jedi who could use
the Force in such ways as to transform themselves in the way he had,
but to see it was quite interesting.

"The galaxy has fallen into very dark times," the being mused. "Send
Master Skywalker and Jade to me, guide them to this planet and from
there we will train a new order to face this darkness," it commanded.

"We don't have much time for them to train, the darkness continues to
spread." Ben told the old master.

"We will have time, do not worry and trust in the Force," the old
master replied. "Now go," it told them.

Ben and Anakin both nodded respectfully and vanished; they headed
straight back to Yavin hopefully to find Luke in better spirits than
when they left.

****************************************************************

Luke sidestepped Mara's swipe and quickly came back with a side sweep
that she easily jumped over.

"Come on Skywalker, give me a challenge," Mara said with a smile.

"Okay, you asked for it," Luke said as he launched a huge fury of
swipes which Mara just barely managed to block.

"Enough," Yoda's voice broke through both of their concentration.

Mara and Luke both fell to their knees with fatigue as they
deactivated their lightsabers; they had been training for five hours
non-stop. With Yoda and Mara's help Luke had easily got back into
shape, his lightsaber skills were returning as were his Force skills.
He had recovered nearly everything that he lost since Leia had been
turned to the Dark Side. His guilt, however, was still there and he
knew Mara could sense it, but for now it wasn't getting to him. He
was managing to keep it in the back of his mind whilst they trained
and prepared to fight the Sith.

"Good both have become, but still much to learn," Yoda told them as
Ben and Anakin began to manifest into the room.

"Ben, Father?" Luke said shocked.

He had been shocked enough when Yoda had appeared just as he and Mara
were about to begin meditating and now his father and his old master
were here too.

"Son," Anakin said with a smile.

"Hello, Luke," Ben said warmly.

"Help did you find?" Yoda asked .

"We found a planet full of Jedi, protected by an old master," Ben
told them all. "The planet was lost during the Sith war, and yet now
it flourishes again. I believe the Emperor did not find it due to the
Force shielding it," he added.

"This is good," Yoda said.

"The old master has commanded that Luke and Mara be taken there so we
can train a new order to combat the Sith," Anakin told Yoda.

"Then go we shall, prepare your ship," Yoda said facing Luke and Mara
who both nodded and took off.

"A second Sith war is about to begin," Ben said sadly.

"Help it we cannot," Yoda said with a shake of his head. "The Dark
Side must be defeated," he added as he, Ben, and Anakin vanished and
prepared to guide the Falcon to the Jedi Planet.

*********************************************************

Leia sat on her throne and watched as Ja'non finally entered, she
knew he had been torturing Han again and she felt a growing sense of
anger at her lover.

"What is it my love?" he asked.

"There is a disturbance in the Force, something I cannot make sense
of," she told him as she stood.

"I feel nothing," Ja'non told her.

"They've found each other, our search teams have found no sign of
either Luke or Mara," Leia said with a frown.

"It is a possibility," Ja'non said with a shrug. "But they are only
two Jedi we have an army of Sith," he added. "They cannot win," he
finished as he turned and stormed away.

Leia watched him go, her frown deepening. She was beginning to
suspect that Ja'non's hate and anger were beginning to cloud his
mind. She turned and looked out of the window and once again felt the
disturbance in the Force.