Sorry for the delay, but I took extra to plan out future chapters. Hope you enjoy this chapter.

Leia

For Leia, Mon Mothma was little more than the colleague that she met when her adoptive father, Bail Organa agreed to join forces with the Rebellion during the Galactic Civil War. But still, the sight of her corpse brought a sense of pain to her. Leia knew what she had done for the galaxy when the Empire was in power and after it was defeated. At least the investigations led to the conclusion that she died simply from a subtle illness, and that there wasn't any pain.

Leaning against the railing on a balcony overlooking the eulogy, Leia was laser focused on Mothma's dead body, consumed by questions of what the future held for the Senate. She was so focused, that not even the force could indicate to her the arrival of her scoundrel husband, even if a one-woman scoundrel, Han Solo. "Has anyone ever told you that you worry too much," he said waking her up from her trance. She turned to spot him. He still wore his signature boots and dark blue jacket that he wore during his smuggling years. But now that he was married to a Senator and was father of five children, his clothes no longer snetched of starship fuel fumes and metal rust.

"And since when do you ever really worry about politics," she responded snarkily.

"I do," he said innocently.

"You only attend the meetings I have with the senators because I insist you come."

"I just don't like the system. Especially now. We know the First Order is based in the Outer Rim. We have the strongest military in the Galaxy. All we need to do is go in there and take them down."

"That is a dangerous example of wishful thinking, Han. We have to also at the possible consequences of such a heads-on approach. Sending troops into the Outer Rim could spark a war with the sovereign governments in the region due to us, "trespassing", and… what if a front scale march is what they want? What if we go in with 40,000 ships and only 400 return?"

Han may be stubborn, but he wasn't a fool. "So, we find another way. Like, uh...maybe Mothma's death is part of some scheme those Empire knockoffs have to infiltrate our ranks."

Leia was flabbergasted at such an assumption from her husband. "Han, an investigation already happened. A natural illness killed her. The cause of death is set in stone."

"Like you said, what if that's what they want us to think?" Han did have a point. The Empire did have a history of manipulating the truth to gain advantages. And if the reports of the First Order were to be believed, much of its structure and tactics are based on the Empire. They are strong and very untrustworthy.

"Good point," Leia said. "Makes sense that they would want the Chief of State dead. But if we are going to restart the investigation, we're going to have to keep it quiet. It's bad enough that we need to shuffle our leadership around during wartime, we don't want people thinking we're weak."

"Just another way for them to destroy everything we built," Han said. "Do you…" he paused, reluctant to continue. "Do you think we should ask Luke for help?"

Leia let out a deep exhale. "I don't know. We could really use him right now, but he's already in the middle of building a new Jedi Order. He has enough on his hands."

"What about Mara?"

"Not right now. She was sent to defend Toprawa from a First Order attack."

"The Hydian Way. A hyperspace route that can take any ship in the Outer Rim straight here to the Core Worlds."

"Exactly," she said. "Now that you mention it," Leia started to smile, returning to stand up right, remembering that was only as tall as Han's shoulders. "I would like to check in on Luke and the kids." She start to leave the balcony to the comm room, with Han following her, walking side by side. He said in response. "Yeah, I bet Jaina is just dying to see my face again."

Leia nudged his shoulder and her smile grew bigger, "I told you that you love it."

"Love what?"

"Having kids. You thought they would be too much of a handful."

"They are, but I love how passionate they get about what they want out of life. Reminds me of you and Luke when I first met you guys."

"Right. We were both very idealistic." Their conversation then paused as continued walking through the hallways to the comm room. Until Leia then asked. "Do you think Rey is okay?"

"I would like to think so. If Luke is good at one thing. Its help those with serious problems."

Luke

Luke knew that he couldn't possibly recreate the systems used by the old Jedi and make it work. He had to take chance, and use what worked for him. He was a man of rather simple tastes. He didn't bother with long deep preparations. Instead, when he decided to meditate, he just sat in the bed of his Master chamber, and closed his eyes. Through the force he could see all the worlds he has visited in the past, and glimmers into worlds he has yet to see. He could feel the presence of his family and friends, as well as those who have passed away from the living force and into the next life. His father, Anakin, and his masters Yoda and Obi-Wan. He unfortunately has never been to commune with his mother, likely because she was never taught about the "living force". As far as he knew, she does remain in the netherworld, but can't communicate with those from the living. While such circumstances have disappointed Luke, he prefered to look to the future, something he could sense glimmers of, but was still not set in stone. All the while, any small object that surrounded Luke and wasn't nailed down levitated around him all without him even noticing, ranging from his lightsaber, his holo-scrolls, and his spare wardrobe.

When his door began to knock, Luke awakening caused all of it drop to the ground and his eyes to burst open. He didn't like being interrupted, but he could sense that the one on the other side had a familial bond with him. Must be one the kids. Luke rose to his feet and opened the door. Turns out the one knocking was Jacen, who came with an innocently curious look on his face. "Hello, Jacen. Can I help you?" Luke asked.

"Uh, yes sir Uncle Luke. Can I come in?" Jacen answered.

"Of course." Luke made way for his nephew to enter the chamber, then closed the door behind him. "So, what did you need?"

Jacen turned back to answer without even sitting down by Luke's desk, clearly anxious about his uncle's response for whatever he had in mind. "Right, uh. I was wanting to ask for something. I want to take the trials now."

Luke knew that Jacen was likely going ask about something that. Ever since coming to the Praxium, he has been desperate to become a Jedi Knight. He would hear stories about the valor of Jedi before and after the rise of the Empire, and wanted to be a part of such legends. "Jacen, look we've talked about this already, you're not yet ready. You…"

"But Uncle Luke, I…"

"I may be your uncle, but here, I'm your Jedi Master."

Jacen paused for a second before continuing, saying reluctantly, "Master Luke, I have placed as highest or one of the highest in the order for every test. Lightsaber combat, force strength, physical prowess. You name it, I've exceeded at it."

"Then try to guess why I haven't let you take the trails." Luke threw out firmly.

This threw Jacen off. He couldn't tell if this was a trick question or not. Either way, he honestly answered, "I don't know. Enlighten me."

Luke walked across the room and sat down on his little cushion he would use to meditate and answered. "You may end up becoming a great warrior. A great hero. Maybe even a great husband and father. But I sense something more in you. Potential that you haven't yet realized. I like to believe that everything happens for a reason, and there is a reason you and your siblings are here today. You were born in a time where the strength of the Jedi has resurfaced. Before that, me and your mother were supposed to be the last of our kind. You have a chance bring balance in a way neither me nor my father could. But to do that, you more than skill or strength. You need insight, you need spirit, you need knowledge. These are what separate the Jedi from the Sith."

"I want to know. Please, teach me," Jacen begged.

Luke stood back up and said, "I will, but I need to…" he was interrupted by his astromech droid R2-D2, who rolled into the room with a series of beeps and whistles. "Hey, R2, this isn't the best time." R2 though continued throwing out beeps.

"Message from Coruscant? Okay, patch it through." The astromech then rolled over to the holocommunicator by the wall, and inserted his utility arm into the slot on the side, which activates a projection of Han and Leia on Coruscant. The sight of them was a pleasant surprise to Luke, and even more so for Jacen. He quickly reached out with the Force, using his twin bond with Jaina to tell her to come over as well as Anakin, Ben, and Rey. "Han, Leia," Luke greeted.

"It's been awhile, kid," Han said, even though neither of them were young anymore. "How are the kids?" he continued, referred to his and Leia's children.

"They're good. Anakin has become one of my best students, and Jacen is making great progress. The other three, not so much. Jaina has been late for many training sessions, Ben has been both a handful and a ghost, and Rey...she...I don't know. She wants to start training harder, but...I don't think she's ready just yet."

"Dad! Mom!" Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin yelled in unison coming into the comm room to join Luke, with Ben and Rey behind them holding their hands together. The noise caught Luke's attention, who turned back to invite them to join him. "I can see you noticed your parents were line," he said.

Jaina rushed in front of her two brothers, acting as fiery as she always. "Hey dad, can I show what I've been working on?" then the mood of all the other Solo children shifted to either mild or heavy annoyance to the point where Ben nearly rolled his eyes right to the back of his head.

"Uh, sweetheart I'd love to," Han said with heart, "but I have to discuss some important matters with your uncle."

"Come on, it will only take a minute," she demanded with frustration in her voice. "Its an upgrade for the hyperdrive," before she could finish, Luke gently pushed back so she would go off on another tangent, but Jaina refused to be silenced, continuing with, "it can help make ships travel at a 1.0 rate. I can show you."

Jaina had been going about such an invention that she had worked on for months, but no one in the family really believe such an upgrade could ever exists. The principles of hyperspace had been studied by scientists and pilots for thousands of years, and there haven't been any new improvement for ship drives since the end of the Clone Wars. It truly seems as though they were living in the peak of space travel. "Jaina, honey," Han said, "I have modified the Falcon about as much as a Mandalorian frigate. The limit that I have found throughout my travel was class 0.75."

"He's right," Ben rudely threw out. Ben and Jaina always had problems with each other because their differing life goals. "You know, maybe you should stop with your hordes of junk and start developing your saber technique."

"Says you!" she threw back at her brother with a scowl on her face, "I want to be the best starpilot in the galaxy like Dad, and I need you telling me that I have no chance."

"Because you don't have a chance with starships. Father's not here, and you're here. You need to set your priorities straight."

"HEY!" Han roared over the hologram, to the point where even Luke shook. "Don't talk to your sister like that!"

Great, Jacen angrily thought before shoving Ben's shoulder, "thanks, man. Mom and Dad barely have time to talk to us and you ruined it!"

"Guys, Guys," Luke interrupted. "That's enough!" In the back, Luke noticed that Rey had stiffened in the corner with terror. He could sense that seeing her siblings getting confrontational was stressing her out. "I can see that you guys need some time apart. Jacen, Jaina, Anakin. You all wait in the courtyard. Ben, you go with Rey to your quarters. I will let you know when we're done."

The five kids were clearly disappointed that the meeting with their parents was going to end so soon and so abruptly. Anakin tried to plead for himself and his siblings by saying, "But uncle, they…"

Luke cut him off with, "I said that's enough. Now go. Don't make the situation even worse." Anakin realized that really there was nothing he could say to change his uncle's mind, so he remained silent and through the force suggested his siblings to do the same, to which they actually manage to all agree to. Obeying Luke's command the five Solos exited the room and headed to their chambers. However, without anyone else noticing, Jaina grabbed Jacen's wrist and gave an expression that suggested, hey, let's try to eavesdrop. At first, Jacen was hesitate of such a rebellious act, but then he noticed that Anakin, Ben, and Rey had already vanished from sight, and he was indeed curious to know about this business that their parents seemed desperate to keep private. He nodded in agreement, and the two twins snuck over to a good hiding spot where they could listen in.

The first thing they could hear was Leia stressfully asking, "Do you think we'll ever be able to raise them the right way."

"I think the problem is the circumstance," Luke said.

"What do you mean?" Han asked.

"The kids aren't like most. Anyone their age with famous parents would probably believe that they could live their lives without working a day. But them," Luke turned back, thinking about them. Jacen, Jaina, Anakin, Ben, and Rey. "they're different. It's almost as though the fact they have famous parents motivates them to be better. To be more than just another Solo."

"Do you think they push themselves too far?" Leia asked.

"Time will tell," Luke said, not sure of how he should feel. "For now, our job to guide them down the right path."

"But as you say," Han said, "only they can walk it."

"Yes." Hearing such words coming from his parents' mouths made Jacen think. Why did he want to be a Jedi? At first, he did so because he heard stories about his grandfather's heroic feats, then seeing the incredible gift the force granted him made him think. Even now, he isn't sure why he continues his Jedi training. Out of obligation to his family? To do good? For pride? Maybe all the above. All he knew, is that he didn't want to stop. "Now, I sense that you didn't contact just to say hi." Jacen and Jaina started to really pay attention.

"Unfortunately yes," Leia said reluctantly.

Luke let out a deep groan of annoyance. "I'm listening."

"According to our informants from the front in the Outer Rim," Han explained "The First Order has halted any forward operations. Instead, they've started digging on some planet called Seoul 5. Not yet sure what."

"It must be important. They would have stopped unless it gave them some sort of advantage, even in wild space."

"Whatever it is, we're going to need help your with it. Especially now that the senate is the middle of trying to elect a new chief of state. Without Mara, we don't really have anyone else to support us," Leia responded.

"Leia, you know my students need me here. You saw them right there. They're young. Wreckless. And in need of guidance."

"I know, you must understand, I know how hard this is. We both do. We wouldn't ask this of you if it wasn't important."

Luke was given an ultimatum. He knew that this situation could decide the fate of the Republic, something he couldn't ignore. But if he left now, that could possibly delay progress on his students' training by months. "Ok, uh...maybe I could bring some of the kids with me. Let them see the Capital, and learn to work together."

"I guess that could work, but...are you sure Luke?" Leia asked, not quite sure if the kids could handle such a giant, busy, and at times dangerous place.

"Of course I'm not. I'm still relatively new at this, and the kids are a handful, but sometimes we have to make compromises." Luke paused to choose who he would take with him if he indeed agreed to go. It would probably be best to take two of the five Solos who are not on the best terms. So, not Jacen and Jaina, not Rey and Ben. Maybe… "How about I take...Anakin and Ben. Anakin is one of my best students and Ben could definitely use some time outside the temple. Something to tame his...arrogance."

"He got into another fight?" Han questioned.

"Yes."

"About Rey."

Luke nodded his head to acknowledgment.

"Okay sounds good," Han said. "Just be careful Luke. These First Order scum are clever, and we're at the top of their kill list."

"I will. Expect me to get there in about five rotations."

"Looking forward to it," Han finished before the transmission cuts off. With nothing left to see, Jacen and Jaina walked off to their quarter to avoid getting caught.

Luke was curious about this planet Han and Leia mentioned. Seoul 5. It sounded familiar. He and Han once destroyed Imperial base on such a planet back in the day. It's supposed be a nearly dead world. Felt strange to him, that the First Order would stop at such an barren world. There had to be a good reason for this. Luke dashed over to his stone desk on the side of the room, "R2, log into the main computer," he commanded, prompting R2 to roll over to the computer console on the wall and insert his utility arm and twist it clockwise. "Search Seoul 5," then R2 twist the device clockwise again causing the holoprojector on the droid's head to light up showing a presentational info page regarding the planet. Luke leaned in forward to inspect the text. "Geography, climate, population. Filter: history." His command caused the text to dissolve into a new page, but significantly shorter. "Not a lot known about the planet."

Luke then proceeded to skim through the text. It stated that the planet was a colony for the Rakata, an ancient race who ruled the galaxy tens of thousands of year ago. Not much remains of their empire with the exception of ancient ruins and remnants of the technologies they paved the way for. Other than being theorized as a place where they would store slaves, nothing else was known about the planet.

The First Order were working on the occult, on a planet once controlled by an ancient race known for their ability to use the dark side of the force to power their technology and conquer planets. Now Luke felt he now had more reasons to leave and help Leia.