A/N: Well, I just saw Ep. III and it has given me inspiration to write a story! Please enjoy and let me know what ya think! Thxs!

New League of Jedi

Chapter 1

Janira entered into the large, cold room, suspecting of her situation. She knew what she had to do, and she would do it with ease. With the dancing of her light saber, she would take down all that tried to get in her way. Looking about her, she saw the dark figures surrounding her, ready to attack. Her cape hood shadowed her face, to disguise who she really was; of course, no one knew her, at least not yet. She erected her green light saber and charged the hooded figures. They, too, pulled out their light saber's, but theirs were red, the color of the dark side.

Attacking the first man, she thrust her saber into him, then swung around to face her next attacker. This one blocked her swing with his saber and attempted to thrust it into Janira, but she was too quick. Twirling her light saber, she sliced the man into two. With there only being three figures left, she smirked to herself; this was too easy.

Janira was about to charge again, but before she could, all the figures ran off. Just as she was about to run after them, she remembered what her master taught her, do not ever pursue if the enemy is of no importance, he had said. And surely, these men, if that is what they were, did not hold any importance in her quest.

Lowering her light saber, Janira left the tall building and loaded herself into her spacecraft. Setting the coordinates of her home planet, she relaxed herself and let the ship do all the flying. Observing the each of the planets that she passed, her gaze landed on the remains of the Death Star. Shivers ran up and down her spine as she remembered the horrid events that took place with that ship and its commander, Darth Vader. But he was long since dead, and now there was a new enemy approaching, one that Janira was sure that she would defeat.

As her ship sailed along the stars, her mind kept wandering back to her home planet. How she longed to be back with her family and back in her home, after being gone for so many years. How many years has it been? She pondered. Counting up the years, she came to the conclusion of 6 years.

Janira had left her family when she was 12 and now, being 18, she realized that she had changed so much, inside and out. Now she had long, curly brown hair, hazel eyes, and a well-built body.

After reflecting on the past years, she began to sit up straight as she neared her home. Changing from autopilot back to manual, she maneuvered the ship into a smooth landing. Quickly emerging from the craft, she hurried to the vehicle that was waiting to transport her to her family.

Janira had called in to the head governor, before she left the last planet, alerting him of her coming. She now was in the floating vehicle and was well on her way back home, to her unsuspecting parents. How excited they will be to see me, Janira thought to herself.

Over the hill, she could she her families little hut in the sand dunes. Seeing her brother out in the shop, working on the robots, made her nearly jump out of her seat. Her brother turned around, hearing the machine nearing the home. Putting his hand up to his face, to shade his eyes, Janira's brother squinted to see who it was. Once he did see Janira, he dropped everything he had and ran over to greet his baby sister.

"Kerg!" Janira called to her brother, just before they embraced in a hug.

"Janira," Kerg said warmly as he, too, hugged his sister. "I thought that I'd never see you again."

"Well, here I am," Janira replied.

"How long are you staying?" Kerg questioned as he pulled away from the embrace.

Janira hung her head in guilt. "Not very long, I'm afraid."

"What? Why?" he asked, a new worry spreading across his face.

"You see, there is a new… a new sith, attempting to come to power again, and…"

"No Janira, don't you see?" her brother said mockingly. "You cannot defeat a sith. You need help, you cannot do it alone."

"I am not alone!" Janira cried. "My master will help me!"

Kerg just laughed. "Master? What master? I see no master! Even if you do have one, and have truly learned the ways of the Jedi, then why is he not here?"

"I told him not to come," Janira said. "And yes, I have learned the ways of the Jedi knights, do not make me show you."

Kerg only glared at Janira. "Come," Kerg said grumpily, "parents will want to see you."

Kerg walked away form Janira, and she turned to follow him. She hoped that her parents would have more faith in her, than her brother did. They walked in silence to their home, neither of them wished to speak any longer on the topic of the Jedi. At last they reached the hut and walked inside.

"Janira!" her mother yelled when she saw her daughter enter through the doorway.

"Mother," Janira responded with a hug.

"Oh my, how you've grown." Janira only smiled at her mother's comment.

"Father," Janira said, while turning to face her father.

Yougana, her father, stared at her for a brief moment, and then turned back around to continue working. Yougana was never happy with Janira's choice of leaving to pursue her dream of becoming a Jedi; he had said that if she left, she would bring dishonor to her family. But Janira did not understand how she would ever bring dishonor to her family, for being a Jedi was a great privilege, but not in her father's eyes.

Quickly changing the subject, Gartery, Janira's mother, said," So how has your… training been?"

"Oh, just fine. Master Skywalker is a great teacher and a great Jedi. But sadly, I must return soon, for there is a new menace to the Republic that we must vanquish."

"What?" Gartery said astonished. "I thought that the, oh what do you call it, the … dark side, was destroyed when the Emperor and Darth Vader were killed?"

"Well, yes, everyone thought so too, but apparently, this new menace has learned the way of the dark side, and is rumored to be even more powerful than any other, even Darth Vader."

"No," her mother said stubbornly, "I will not let my girl go to battle such a monster."

"Mother, I must go. They need me."

"We will see about that." And with that Gartery left to go to her room. Janira closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She did not really expect any support from her family, but she had hoped that they would come to understand.

"I am going out to visit the town," Janira said shortly.

Angrily, she stormed from the room and left through the door flap. Just as soon as she had left her home, she nearly bumped into a man with a brown cape with the hood covering his face. When she looked up to see whom she had bumped into, she was startled to see Master Luke standing before her.

Quickly bowing, Janira said, "Master! What a surprise to see you!"

Returning her bow, Luke replied, "Yes, I did not expect to come here so soon, either. But the council has requested that all Jedi come to the temple and have a conference. We have learned that the new menace calls him, Lord Larveus. He is forming an army of drones in the east. At the conference, we will decide what our plan of action will be."

"Why do we even need to discuss it?" Janira questioned. "Why don't they just send the Jedi to the east to stop Lord Larveus's plans?"

"Because the council thinks that it may be a trap, and that Lord Larveus just wants to get all the Jedi in one place at one time." He paused at looked into Janira's eyes. "Come, we must go now, we are already late as it is."

"But I just got here," Janira complained. "Must I go?"

"If you want to be taken seriously as a Jedi, then yes, you must come."

"All right, let me just go tell my family," Janira gave in.

She walked slowly back inside the house and told her family the news. Of course, they did not take it well, but Janira told then firmly that she was going. At last she left her home once more and walked over to Master Luke.

"Ready?" he asked.

She nodded her approval. Then she climbed into the vehicle, and was off on her way again, to go to the convention of Jedi's.

"How did your family greet your return?" Luke asked.

"Exactly how I planned they would. Even my brother does not have faith in me," Janira responded while hanging her head.

"They will understand in time. Have patience, my apprentice."

"Yes, Master," Janira answered.

Luke shook his head. "I wish you could have met Master Yoda. He would have given you better advice. Besides Master Kenobi, Master Yoda was the one who taught me all I know."

"I hear that he was one of the best Jedi of all time. But, who is this Anakin that I hear some people speak of? Was he, too, a Jedi?"

Master Luke hesitated a moment before he answered. "Yes, some say that he could've been the best Jedi ever if he had not…turned."

"Did he turn to the dark side?" Janira whispered.

"Yes… But he was a true Jedi before he died. He helped save me."

"You knew him?" Janira asked unbelievably.

Luke nodded his reply. "He… he was my father."

Janira gasped. She paused to think this over. Never in a million years would Janira have believed that Darth Vader was somebody's father. And not just anybody's father, but her Master's. This puzzled Janira for some time, and sent her into deep thought. How could anybody want to produce children with someone who had done such horrible things? But, alas, she shook her head. Luke seemed to like him, no matter how many evil things his father had done. Perhaps Luke had known him better than the rest, and seen the good side of Darth Vader, or Anakin. "So, if he saved you," Janira said at last, "then this Anakin must not have been completely bad."

"No, he was not. His mind just got twisted by the dark side, but in the end, his better side won." After a pause, Luke continued on. "Now, you must get some rest. We will be approaching the city soon."

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