Author's Note: This is a story I'm currently writing based off a recent dream I had. The dream wasn't much and was barely related to this story, but it gave me the idea and the urge to write. I do not own anything Star Wars.
Also, this is my first fanfiction I've ever written, and I'm not too great of a writer, so it might be weird at times.
Markus Orion was a human Jedi Knight who lived by the Order's code. However, he didn't expect to fall in love. He met Anya Arcaina while looking for a smuggler on the lower levels of Coruscant. He had asked her and several others about the smuggler, but there was just something about her that stuck with him. During his next leave, he made his way back down to the lower levels and found her again. They talked and talked and soon fell for each other. Markus knew it was risky to give into feelings such as these, but he couldn't help himself.
When he went back to her place that night, she found that he was a Jedi. He didn't want to let go of her, but he didn't want to leave the Order. He convinced her that they would be together in secret, unknown to the Jedi Council. They spent two weeks together before Markus returned to the Jedi Temple.
A few months later, Markus was sent back to the lower levels to arrest a Rodian that had fired a blaster at a senator. Thankfully, his aim was horrible, but the Jedi wanted him off the streets. Anya sought him out this time and managed to catch him before he tried another local bar. She pulled him into an alley and talked to him.
She was pregnant.
Markus didn't know what to do now. He couldn't leave the Order, but he didn't want to leave his child fatherless. He said that he would speak to the Council. When she protested, he said, "The only thing they can do is kick me out of the Order. If that is the only way to be a father for my child, then that is how it shall be."
When he reported to the Council with the Rodian in cuffs, they took him away. Markus remained standing in the middle of the Council room as he was taken away by security guards. Once the door shut, Markus looked back at the Masters in front of him.
"One does not need to feel the Force to feel the distress on your mind, young Orion. What is the matter?" The male Kel Dorian, Sol Su, asked.
Markus looked around at the Council and then stared at the floor. "Masters, I... I don't know how to say this."
"You seem distracted, Markus," The female Rodian, Reboda Doa, remarked.
"Masters, I... I have done something forbidden and now ask for forgiveness."
Yoda stirred in his seat as the other Council members looked in his direction. "Done something forbidden you have, you say?" He paused a moment. "Done what, have you?"
Markus raised his gaze to look at Yoda. The feeling of all the Masters' eyes on him made him nervous. "I have given into love. A woman I have known... She is with child." The room was deadly silent, and it made Markus even more nervous. "Masters, I ask for forgiveness. But I also ask if I may be in the child's life." He was going to explain himself further, but one of the Masters cut in.
"Yousa have sworn yourself to thissa Order and our code, yet yousa have broken our code." The male Gungan, Gal-Wal Beelen, said sternly.
Yoda held a hand up, stopping Master Beelen. He looked back to Markus and asked, "More to say, have you?"
"Masters," Markus started breathlessly. "I don't want to leave a child fatherless. It would grow up in the lower levels here on Coruscant. That's no life for a child. I swear myself to the Order and the Jedi code is kept close to my heart, but I cannot leave a child in a situation like this. Please, Masters, for the child's sake..." He looked pleadingly around the room.
Sol Su exchanged looks with Yoda before saying, "Leave us. We will summon you after we have decided." Markus bowed and walked out without a word. It took three hours for the Council to come to an agreement. Markus stood in the center of the room, once again, with all eyes on him.
"Reached an agreement, we have," Yoda started.
Sol Su exchanged a look with Yoda before looking back to Markus. "Though we do not all concur with the decision that has been made, we all feel it is for the best." Markus felt extremely nervous as he spoke, something he was sure the Council could all sense. "We have decided that, for the sake of the child, you may be in its life." Relief washed over Markus. "However, the woman and child come second to the Order, and you must not spend too much time with them. That shall be decided by your own actions and the thoughts of this Council. When you leave here, you will go find the woman and bring her before the Council. We will offer her a place to stay. You may visit on occasion, but you are not to live together. We feel that in order for you to maintain your status as a Jedi, you must recognize how your feelings towards her and your child will work. You must put justice first. You submit to this Council and the Republic before your family." Several of the Jedi Masters in the room shifted uncomfortably at his last word.
"Understand, do you?" Yoda asked.
"Yes, Masters," Markus replied, bowing to them. "Thank you, Masters."