The Chosen Ones
Chapter 2
Potential spoilers for: All seven Harry Potter books, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, and maybe one or two scenes from Revenge of the Sith.
"Why do you take out that stick, Harry?" asked Obi-Wan a week later on the planet of Ilum, which was famous for its cache of lightsaber crystals.
"It is one of the ways that I wield what my people call magic," responded Harry. "If this Lightsaber is to truly be mine, then I need to use this wand to construct it, at the very minimum."\
"What are your other choices?"
"Simply break it, and include it in the lightsaber itself," said Harry. "Though that might prove to be slightly problematic at times, as I would basically have a lightsaber that could do magic."
"When we are creating our lightsabers, we fuel it with the Force," said Obi-Wan. "That is why we meditate in this fashion when we create them. It is to imbue the lightsaber with The Force. I've even known Jedi that use their lightsabers to use as a focus when they use The Force to move things."
"So it wouldn't be much different, Master Obi-Wan?"
"Not really," the Jedi answered.
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A couple of days later, Harry had learned how to properly meditate. He would begin the actual construction of his lightsaber soon. He and Obi-Wan were splitting their time between surviving the conditions on Ilum, practising sword-fighting, and preparing to construct the lightsaber.
"You're getting this a lot quicker than I did when I constructed my first 'Sabre," commented Obi-Wan. "Of course, I was in a bit of distress at the time, as my Master had just been killed by a Sith Lord."
"Quite unexpectedly, right?" asked Harry. "I know how that feels. My headmaster, whom I was rather close to, was murdered right as he was telling me how to get rid of our Dark Lord problem. Of course, it was only later that I learned he had set it up with the murderer, so that it was more 'assisted suicide,' but I was in a bad place after that happened. If my friends hadn't come to get me, I could have gone Dark."
"It was that bad?"
"It was," admitted Harry. "And if I would've gone Dark, the world would be in ruins. Everything would be dead. Fortunately, I came back with time to spare. I've never strayed again that badly. Yes, it hurt when my wife died, and when I found out I couldn't, but I never got that close again."
"I see why The Council is so interested in you," said Obi-Wan. "Anakin could use someone like you. He manages to get as close to the Dark Side as possible without going over. I'm afraid that he will actually cross the line one of these days."
"If we do not assist him, he will contribute to the deaths of nearly every Jedi, including yourself," said Harry. "He is that powerful, especially if my suspicions about Chancellor Palpatine are correct."
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Within a week, Harry had most of the components ready for the Lightsaber, and was beginning to shape the crystal. Harry had snapped his wand, and was currently using the components to help with the process.
"Master Kenobi, I think that the process is now complete, and we can seed the lightsaber with the crystal."
"Very good, Harry," said Obi-Wan. They started to use the Force to construct the lightsaber, with its blue crystal.
When it was complete, Harry turned the lightsaber on, and swung it in the air.
"Very good," said Obi-Wan. "Now we can get back to Coruscant. I'm sure that Anakin and the Council will want to meet with you."
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"Knight Skywalker, we do not believe you to be ready for your own apprentice. However, we are instituting a mentorship between you, Master Kenobi, and a new Jedi, who is very powerful, and much like yourself." said the member of the Council.
"Who is this new Jedi?" asked Anakin.
"It's me, Skywalker," said Harry, coming into view with his Jedi robes on.
"Really? You're my age, and they're allowing you to become a Jedi?"
"Skywalker, I am a lot older than you, even if I don't look it," said Harry. "I was already strong with the Force when the Council found me. I already knew how to use my powers. We are to work together: me, as an honorary Jedi; you, as a Knight; and Master Kenobi as a Jedi Master."
"May the Force be with you," said the members of the council. "You are dismissed."
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"As you might guess, Skywalker, I'm not from around here," Harry said. "I'm from a galaxy far, far, away, and I've had my powers for a long time. I know how to use them. I could probably hold my own in any contest of the Force, with anyone up to and including Master Windu. I have also gone closer to the Dark Side than anyone else in this whole room. Probably in this whole building. I'm here to learn from you and Master Kenobi, and you are here to learn what knowledge I have. You treat me well, I will treat you well."
"You're a bit arrogant, aren't you?" asked Anakin. "How old are you anyway? You look about 30 Standard Years."
"By my count, I am about 300 years old," said Harry. "Perhaps the next time I die, I will finally be allowed to transform into The Force. And to your first question, I'd say that you should look in a mirror."
"I can see that," said Anakin, holding out his hand to shake, which Harry did. "I once bragged to Master Kenobi that I could beat Master Yoda in a lightsaber battle. I was piloting a speeder madly at the time, too. That was fun. I don't think that I could beat Master Yoda, after seeing him duel to a draw with Dooku. What do you mean that you are closer to the Dark Side?"
"I said that I was," said Harry. "At one point in my life, I was very close to Falling. Just a little while longer, and I might have Fallen the whole way. Master Kenobi knows this. Masters Yoda and Windu suspect this, which is why they put me with you."
"What do you mean?"
"Reports say that you get as close to the Dark Side as possible, only going over enough to get the job done, and then returning," Harry responded. "But the Dark Side is addictive. The more you use it, the more you crave its power. On my planet, we use 'magic', and there are three spells forbidden to cast. I've cast two of them, but for good reason. I then realised what I was doing and never used that type of power again."
"But I can overcome it," argued Anakin.
"That is what most Darksiders say," interrupted Kenobi, walking into the apartment. "The Chancellor wants to meet us in his office in two hours. Attendance is non-optional."
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Excellent, thought Harry. This will give me a chance to see what type of security the Supreme Chancellor has. I may not be a Darksider, but I am still very close to the edge.
"Welcome, my Lords," said Palpatine as they walked into his office. "And who might you be?" he asked of Harry.
"I'm Jedi Apprentice Harry, sir. Harry Potter," he responded.
"And what do you see of the future, Jedi Apprentice Harry Potter?"
"The future is always in motion, Your Excellency," responded Harry. "An old friend of mine said, 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.' I see a prosperous future for the republic, though. One without the stain of the Separatists."
Harry could feel a slight probing of his mind—a lot gentler than Voldemort or Snape, but noticeable all the same. He gently pushed the intruder out. So Palpatine truly is a Sith, thought Harry. Palpatine looked only the slightest bit startled that someone noticed his probe, but quickly turned to Anakin.
"And what of the assassination attempt on Senator Amidala?" he asked.
"Master Kenobi and I found that it was a batch of Separatists under the command of a bounty hunter called 'Jango Fett'. Fett was one of the people holding us hostage on Geonosis, where we brought the clone troopers to rescue us."
"Knight Potter will continue to protect the Senator when necessary," said Obi-Wan.
The meeting went on for another 10-20 minutes, before they were dismissed back to the Jedi Temple.
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"Master Yoda, Palpatine knows the ways of the Force," exclaimed Harry.
"And how know you of this, young Jedi?" asked Yoda.
"He probed my mind," said Harry. "It was subtle, but I have a defence. I think that I was even able to skim some of his thoughts. I found nothing but Darkness, of war, of suffering. Palpatine is the Lord Sideous that Dooku mentioned to Master Kenobi."
"Tread carefully, we must," said Yoda.
"I agree," said Windu, walking into the room. "Even with your stance against prophesies, you seem to have an unusual grasp of the future, Potter. What do you see happening?"
"Unchecked, the Supreme Chancellor will stay in office for much past his term, and then use an emergency to declare himself as Emperor. I foresee that if the right person was Supreme Chancellor, the odds of that happening would be much lower."
"I concur," said Windu. "From what I see, Palpatine is one step away from a complete dictatorship."
"Also, we must see the listing of Emergency Codes for the Clones," continued Harry. "If there is a Code that would destroy the Jedi, the Supreme Chancellor would use it, and that would lead to the complete extermination of the Jedi. Only a handful of Force-users, light or dark, survive."
Another Jedi came running in. "Masters, the Senate is in emergency session. The Supreme Chancellor has been assassinated!"
"Curious, that able to see this, you were not," said Yoda.
Harry put his hands out in a gesture of peace. "The Force guides me. It does not tell me everything. Sometimes, I am wrong."
As Harry walked to the Library, he took a gold necklace with an hourglass on it from underneath his robes.
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A/N:
This story isn't quite taking place in a defined time-line. This takes place before Obi-Wan joins the Jedi Council, but sometime after Palpatine becomes Supreme Chancellor (with extra powers). I figure it is taking place at the beginning of the Clone Wars
Sorry about the rambling on in the chapter. I don't have my works beta-read, nor do I wish to have them beta-read
