"We can't leave this boring old shack for a month!!" a very infuriated 6 year old boy shouted, "This is so stupid!"
"You had to admit, Jacen," his older sister by 5 minutes, grinned, "that was amazing! I can't believe we pulled it off."
"Yeah," the boy said sarcastically, "until the little part where we got caught."
"Well, at least we did what we wanted," the girl said, "and it was really awesome, like really, I mean how many 6 year olds do you know that can steal a ship and sneak past thousands of security systems."
Her brother scowled at her, "But was it really worth it?"
"In the name of the Force!" the girl exclaimed, "did you see the look on mom's face when she found out we stole the Falcon and snuck around Cloud City? Of course it was worth it!"
The boy rolled his eyes.
Suddenly the door slammed.
"Now you did it, Jaina!" their 4 and a half year old brother sighed, "how do you expect them to make us Jedi if you keep pulling stunts like that?!"
"Ani!" the girl, Jaina, exclaimed, " we're only six, well, in your case four, we've got ages until we even become padawans. Besides, it's not like we're going to turn to the dark side for playing jokes like that!"
The boy called Ani sat down on a bed and crossed his arms, "I'm just saying you should be more careful, some of the things you think are just jokes could really be dangerous."
"Oh, come on!" Jaina snorted, "you sound just like mom and uncle Luke. Lighten up a bit! We all know you're scared of the dark side, but seriously, how's a bit of fun going to turn us into Sith lords?"
At this Ani pointedly turned his back on Jaina and stared out of the window overlooking the crowed and busy town of Coruscant.
Silence filled the room.
These three children, the girl, Jaina, her twin brother, Jacen, and their little brother Anakin were the children of two of the most highly respected people in the galaxy, Leia and Han Solo. They were also probably the galaxy most mischievous children, Jaina came up with the main schemes and the others followed. All of them were highly Force sensitive and had a good feel for fixing things. When they put their heads together they could come up with complex plans for sneaking around the galaxy or breaking a few thousand rules. Their latest scheme had been sneaking off to a city they had been strictly forbidden to enter, Cloud City. Jaina, being the avid history lover only because she loved to point out some of the stupid or funny things her parents and grandparents had done, somehow had gotten her hands on a very detailed story about the adventures of her parents, her uncle, her father's wookie, and the two droids. The three had always wondered why they had been forbidden to enter this city in the clouds, so when Jaina found out about the dangerous machinery and not to mention very dark events that had taken place their, she had immediately came up with a plan to get them to Cloud City. It had all worked out beautifully, except they got caught near Coruscant. So now they were under surveillance and stuck in their apartment for a month.
Jaina sighed and sat down at her desk, fiddling with some of the small pieces parts they had gotten from Cloud City that they had managed to smuggle past their parents. Then she straightened up.
"Do you...feel... something?" she asked hesitantly.
Jacen and Anakin looked at her.
"No," they replied.
Jaina could feel something moving towards them, she didn't know what, but it was twisted and complicated.
"You guys," the words caught in her throat as a multicolored haze swept over them. For a second, Jaina felt like she was free falling through nothingness, then, with a slight bump she felt solid ground. Slowly she opened her eyes.
Jacen and Anakin were stumbling to their feet and looking around in wonder. It seemed like they were in a large gray space, it wasn't solid, liquid or gas, and there were other children their, too, looking as confused as the Solo children were.
There was a young boy with light brown hair dressed in a Jedi younglings attire, he had a small light-saber clip to his belt. Jaina wistfully thought of her tiny light-saber that had been taken from her after their explorations of Cloud City, a ragged looking boy with patched clothes of a slave from Tatooine, he had piercing blue eyes, a noble-looking girl with long brown hair and a pretty dress, what looked like a gypsy boy with a huge air of arrogance and a blaster clipped to his belt, a shy looking boy with Tatooine attire was sitting quietly, watching everyone else in awe, and two other girls, both looking like princesses surveyed the scene with hands on their hips. One had pure white hair and then other had dark brown hair. They all looked about the same age
"What is going on?" Jacen muttered under his breath.
"No idea," Jaina replied.
"Hey, does anyone know who brought us all here," the gypsy boy drawled, "because I've got better things to do then hang out with Jedi midgets, Tatooine slave boys, spoiled princesses, and a farm boy."
The other kids frowned at the boy. The princess with the dark hair said coolly, "Does it look like we want to hang out with a filthy gypsy beggar boy?"
The boy snarled at the princess, "I'll show you, your worshipfulness!" and drew his blaster.
"Peace!" a loud voice commanded.
The children fell back.
"Don't not fight amongst each other," the voice advised, "it will only make your atsk harder. Or, it will make you fail, and then the whole galaxy, and even more, shall be lost."
"Task?" Jaina asked, bewildered.
"Yes, your task to confront the most powerful dark lord of the Sith that has ever existed."
"What?" the dark haired princess questioned.
"I am very sorry to say that a new Sith lord had rose to power."
"What's a Sith lord?" the gypsy boy interrupted.
"An evil Jedi," the boy with the light-saber answered.
"Ha!" the gypsy boy laughed, "Jedi are old crackpots who believe in hokey old religions, I'm sure anyone could bring an evil Jedi down."
The others stared at him accusingly.
"Soon," the voice continued, sounding sad, "you shall see that this Sith lord is a real threat."
The gypsy boy snorted at this.
"For I am a afraid," the voice ignored him, "he has learned to unravel time."
Jaina, Jacen, Anakin, and the young Jedi gasped.
"Impossible," the Jedi youngling gasped.
"No, not impossible," the voice said, "This is very, very unfortunate, it will wreak havoc if not brought in check. Can you imagine your younger-self popping out of thin air in front of you? Or someone you thought dead? Or your worst enemy whom you though you had killed?"
The young children were silent, even the gypsy boy.
"In order to stop this Sith lord from destroying the galaxy, eleven beings have been chosen to fight back. You, are those eleven beings. One of you shall be the leader, they will be able to travel through time, and control the Force in ways many Grand Jedi Masters have never even dreamed. The rest of you will be able to feel when another older or younger part of you needs help. You will feel their pain, their alarm, everything, and it is your job to make sure that they don't fall to this Sith lord. You must be brave and merciful and completely understand what it means to embrace ones destiny, no matter where it leads.
"You're first mission begins soon, you will find that the Sith lord is trying to change a key point in every times history. Your leader will know what that change is, and how to fix it. Luckily for us, there are only about 14 time periods that are being unraveled. How many have changes, I do not know. You will find, however, that you will know.
"We must hurry, soon it will be too late to fix the changes. I shall appoint the leader and then you shall go on your way."
The children murmured quietly to themselves and each other. Jaina's head was in a whir, a Sith lord had learned to unravel time?! The thought left her shaking, after reading many of her history texts she knew that, that would not be good, all of those evil Sith lords to help the big one.
"Jaina?"
Jaina jumped at the sound of her name. Looking around to see who had called she realized it was the voice.
"Y-yes?" she asked shakily.
"You shall be the leader."
"Me?" Jaina could not quite believe her ears.
"Yes," the voices reply was firm and final.
The others turned to look at her. The two princesses and the gypsy boy seemed to sneer a little at her. Jaina found herself staring back coldly.
"And so your journey begins," the voice said quietly, "Now, your identities will need to stay secret. I can assure everyone that you will find everyone's identity sooner or later, and their destiny, but you may not tell, only at the right time will you find out. Is that clear?"
"Yes," was the dull reply.
"Good, now fly! You are the present, past, and future's only hope!"
"But how are we supposed to get to where ever we're going?" Jaina cried.
"You will find that you already know," was the reply.
And then the voice was gone.
Jaina took a deep breath, "Ok, everyone gather around me."
They stared.
"You heard whoever that was!" she exclaimed, "I know what to do. Now we've got to go!"
"You actually believed it?" the dark haired princess asked.
"Yes!" Jaina said, "I did. I feel it was right."
"Me too," the Jedi youngling said.
"And so did I," Jacen added.
"Me, too." Anakin put in.
"Well we don't," the gypsy boy said.
"Can't we just see? Please!" Jaina begged, she felt so sure that the voice had been telling the truth.
"We don't even know you," the raven haired princess pointed out, "for all we know you could lead us to our deaths."
Jaina frowned. These people had to accept their destiny, either that or she'd have to force it upon them.
"Well," Jaina said, " if you refuse to accept your destiny, then you'll have to have it forced upon you."
Under her breath Jaina muttered to Jacen Anakin, and the Jedi youngling, "Grab them all and make sure we are all touching in some way."
They looked at her, but then obliged.
"Let me see you try!" the gypsy boy challenged, and then let out an angry grunt as Jacen grabbed his hand and then the dark haired princess's whom Anakin grabbed by the other hand and then took the white haired princess's hand, too. The Jedi youngling grabbed the two other boys and took Jaina's hand, she reached over and snatched the gypsy boy's hand and motioned for Jacen to hold the white haird princess's hand, too. Then she yanked at the Force, she felt time slip from under her feet, then a feeling of falling, next an impact as they hit the ground in a room aboard a ship over looking a blue, green planet.
Jaina realized with a jolt that it was Naboo, her grandmothers home-world. The she saw though a window that two hooded men were standing in a room next to them. They removed their hoods and with a bigger jolt Jaina recognized them. It was Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi meaning that she was so far back in time that her parents weren't even born. This was the Old Republic and she could feel the wrongness everywhere.