I need to put this here because I always do. I apologize in advance for any issues that may happen with uploading this story, I mean I have yet to know what those issues might be, but knowing me it might be late. I generally upload these before hand when I can, so I have a week ahead, such as I'll upload one part, turning it into a chapter instantly, and then I will upload another chapter in advance since I've finished this entire story ignoring some minor tweaking (Also I have yet two finish part two.) So yeah.


Above her the clouds moved in strange patterns and shapes, underfoot was a hard stone floor, as Tahiri stepped out into the darkness around her she looked up to see the sun blazing red above her, the stone beneath her feet was cool and hard like the stones of the temple on Yavin IV, where she had grown up, and the dampness in the air resembled the jungle worlds of the Yuuzhan Vong. The stone started crumbling away into dust and ash, and from the sky she saw the sun fading, from the darkness a voice spoke "Do not let this be the future choose and act Tahiri." Tahiri fell, quickly into the darkness, which never ended.

Awaking in a dark cellar was less than preferable, but Tahiri wasn't dead, and that was good, looking around she barely could make out her crewmembers in the darkness, unable to see their faces, she reached out with the force to confirm that they were really there, "Well this is bad." Ren managed a cough, "Well, yes observant one, this is bad, of course, we'll escape but this is bad." Tahiri nodded, from a dark corner a small noise was heard, Tahiri turned her head, "Who's there?" No response was heard, "Can't you just use the force?" Ren asked with a confused stare. Tahiri knew that there was nothing there in the force, but that didn't mean there really was nothing there.

"Wait a second." Tahiri delved deep into her Yuuzhan Vong personality Riina Kwaad, calling upon her connection with the Yuuzhan Vong to find who was in the corner, as she had expected, a small hunched figure was there, though his life was sick. She spoke again, this time in Yuuzhan Vong "Who is there?"

This time there was a response, "I am a shamed one of the lower class, who is it that speaks to me." Tahiri sighed, she really didn't want this shamed one knowing who she was, very specifically because the Yuuzhan Vong Shamed-Ones referred to her as The Jeedai-Who-Was-Shaped, which got annoying quickly, instead of answering she started using the regular force again, looking for whatever switch would activate the lighting, after a couple moments light filled the cell, blinding Tahiri briefly.

"Well, now we can all see, let's talk." The two crewmen looked at the shamed one, "You know I thought Yuuzhan Vong were supposed to be big scary warriors." Tahiri breathed in, "They are, this is a shamed one, he is the lower caste, his body rejects implants, and scars." The shamed-one had taken one look at Tahiri and had knelt on the ground and started worshipping her, "Is he ok?" Ren asked, looking down at the small hunched figure, who was speaking in a foreign language.

"He's worshipping me, but other than that yes." The two fell silent for a moment, "So you want to enlighten us?" Stril had remained quiet, as Ren spoke, she was focusing on coming up with a plan, but Tahiri started talking again.

"The shamed-ones created a cult, or heresy worshipping the Jedi, considering them the messengers of the gods, and such, focusing around a shamed warrior, the Jedi-who-was-shaped, the Slayer of Shedao Shai, and the twin gods of Yun Yamka and Yun Harla having Avatars." Ren looked more confused, but instead of asking he just sat back, "So they worship Jedi?" Tahiri nodded, "Now, If you'll excuse me I would like to talk to our shamed one friend here." Ren sighed, "Go ahead, you're just confusing me anyway."

Tahiri smiled, and started in Yuuzhan Vong, "Shamed one, what is your name?" The Yuuzhan Vong looked up, "I am addressed by the Jeedai-who-was-shaped, I am unworthy." Tahiri sighed, this is why she didn't like talking with the Shamed-Ones, maybe partially because of Riina Kwaad's superior attitude towards them, but also because of the shear amount of talking they did, "Listen, I want you to tell me your name, do that before any more grovelling please."

"I apologize, Jeedai-Who-was-shaped, I was shocked by your presence, but I am called, Miriak Dwem."

"Miriak Dwem, do you have a Tizorwyrm?"

"Yes, Jeedai-who-was-shaped, I will use it now if you wish."

"I do, we should all be able to talk now." She looked back at the other's smiling, "Well, Miriak Dwem here has activated his Tizowyrm, or is about to, so we should all be able to talk now."

"Well Scars, hopefully we can come up with something."

"Well I mean, yes if you're talking about getting out of the building that would be good." "

You will lead us out, will you not one-who-was-shaped?"

"I could remove my restraints, but little else, I mean, we'd actually have to be able to get out." Ren nodded, seeming to ignore the comment about, 'The One-who-was-shaped.'

"So, we have no knowledge of our surroundings, and we have to get out, sounds like a normal day in the life of a smuggler to me." The Yuuzhan Vong looked confused for a moment, the word smuggler probably didn't translate well into Yuuzhan Vong, of course Tahiri doubted that he would be any happier if he knew what it meant,

"Well then, first we've got to get our weapons, and then we find out what we're dealing with." This was the first time Captain Stril had spoken throughout the conversation.

"Well, yes we clearly need our weapons, but at the same time, well, fighting our way out may not end well, but I guess staying here won't either." With a wave of her hand she sent the cuffs to the ground, before individually removing the others, "Ready?" A round of nods passed through the room, and Tahiri shoved the door outwards and prepared for a fight.

The Lost Jedi came out of hyperspace above Denon, and Anakin felt a flickering trace of Tahiri which cried out to him, but only for a second, she wasn't dead, Anakin could still feel her vague presence in the force, their bond was unbroken, but it made Anakin wonder for a second what kind of hell Jaina must have lived in, still must live in, he had been Jacen's brother so losing him hurt, but Jaina and Jacen, they had a bond that must have been greater than anything that Tahiri and Anakin had, to lose Tahiri would be so damaging to him he could only imagine what it must have done to Jaina, and he understood why she had been pulled to the darkside so briefly, because she couldn't keep that pain locked up, she needed to direct it somewhere.

The tapping of boots on the metal floors was getting annoying, even to Tahiri, and she was never annoyed by anything, "So Miriak Dwem, how did you end up on Denon?" The shamed one bowed, almost tripping over as they walked,

"One-Who-Was-Shaped, I have come here by kidnapping, the Bothans took me from Artorias, the world I worked at, along with some of my fellows, the others are dead, I am the last." Tahiri shook her head, the very suggestion that a being of this galaxy would go out of it's way to harm the Yuuzhan Vong stung her, sure when people encountered the Yuuzhan Vong they would fight and sometimes even kill them, but to try and specifically hunt down Yuuzhan Vong across the galaxy to destroy them was somehow worse than Tahiri could understand.

"Why? Why do they want to kill you, or at least hunt you down, you're not responsible for the deaths that have taken place." The shamed-one was about to respond when Ren spoke, "It is fear, and anger, some of these people were born into a war, some people only know the war, other's like you have memories of better times, but there are far too many who choose to dwell on the past, instead of moving into the future." Tahiri nodded, "It was rhetorical, but thanks anyway, also Miriak Dwem, if we could stop calling me The One-Who-Was-Shaped that would be great, because it's beginning to get annoying."

The Shamed-One looked down, "I apologize, but what should I call you." Tahiri sighed, "Well you could use my name, or call me Jirah, or even, if you really have to Riina Kwaad." The shamed one nodded, "I apologize again Tahiri Viela, I am simply honored to meet you." Tahiri tried to ignore him, "Well that's great and all, but right now I want to be prepared for the whatever this organization is." The other three remained silent, not surprising for Stril, who reminded Tahiri of Anakin somewhat, she was quiet, but once you knew her, she would watch out for you, risk everything to defend you, the first rule of the ship, look out for the crew. Rounding the corner Tahiri found herself face to face with two armed aliens, a Bothan, and a Trandoshan she shoved them backwards with the force, sending them sprawling to the ground, heading over to the now unconscious guards she took their weapons, throwing one to Ren and one to Stril,

"They're just temporary, until we get our own weapons back." She didn't think she would have to say it, but the look of shock on Ren's face had told her otherwise, smugglers got sentimental about their blasters, it was a fact she had found out on her first mission with the crew. "Now, let's mess with their heads." Smiling she slapped the Bothan into consciousness, "Hello, Tahiri here, the person you almost shot at, now you're going to tell me everything I want to know." The Bothan breathed in and spat at her, Tahiri wiped the spit from her face, "Hard way it is then." She moved her hand in a two fingered wave focussing her thoughts into a narrowing spear, cutting into the Bothans mind. "You will tell me everything I want to know." The Bothans eyes glazed over, "I will tell you everything you want to know." Tahiri smiled, "Good, where are the weapons you took from us?" The Bothan spoke in a hazed voice, as if confused, "In the main office." Tahiri pressed further, "Now, what is your organization called?" Tahiri was waiting for the ridiculous name, something like, 'The Shadow Empire' or 'The insane group of people who want to hunt down and kill an entire species', instead she got a somewhat less ridiculous name, "The Blade of Vengeance." Tahiri thought it sounded more like the name of a vessel or warship than an organization, but she wasn't going to argue it, it was their dumb name anyway, "Good, now you're going to take us to this main office where we can get our weapons and then go."

Kyp had heard the accounts of a Yuuzhan Vong agent on Denon, rumors spread quickly, especially on city worlds, he almost instantly recognized the description of Tahiri, who had been missing for several months, his only hope was that she didn't get too caught up in whatever was happening, Tahiri may not look like a Yuuzhan Vong, but pinning her as one wasn't too far fetched, she had the scars, and her ability to ignore pain, which partially terrified Kyp, didn't help. Why couldn't she have just kept out of it all, come back to Ossus, and lived there happily, of course Kyp new why, it was because she wasn't trusted, she was aware of that, Kyp found that deep down whenever he saw her he wondered, for however briefly, if he could trust her, or if she would turn on them all.

Tahiri had followed the Bothan eagerly, Ren and Stril watched her back, ready to fire on anything that moved, of course if she had payed more attention, she would have realized the office was a trap, unfortunately she had been too focussed on the Bothan who she had been manipulating with the force. The older Bothan smiled, a red twi'lek and a human probably twice Tahiri's size awaited them, both were armed. "Well then, I suppose this is a trap." Ili'yen smiled, "Welcome, I see you found the other monster as well." Tahiri looked around, she could win this fight, if she really wanted to, but she wasn't sure how useful it would be. "There is no way out for you traitor, but your friends will live if you make a full confession of your crimes." Tahiri growled, this Bothan was clearly insane, but he was the aristocratic type of insane, his mannerisms were upper class, his words were that of the well educated. "And what crimes would those be?"

Ili'Yen smiled at the girl, she wasn't going to be easy to deal with, she was too sure of herself, there was no way she would admit to her betrayal of the Republic, through her work for the Vong, "Your crimes, girl, are working for an enemy of the New Republic, murdering three innocent men, and spreading a false sense of security." The girl laughed, "As a veteran of the Yuuzhan Vong war I take some offense to any of those charges, and unless the Jedi are an enemy of the New Republic I would double check those charges."

Ili'Yen was confused, the girl clearly somehow thought this was all going to her plan, a sense that made him afraid, what kind of monster was so cold hearted it thought to challenge the accusations, and then there was the ship, they had found and taken the Smuggler's vessel, it had taken some time to remove the locks and get the doors open, when they had after intense searching they had found a lightsaber, he had presumed it stolen, but now he was unsure, "What's your name girl?" She seemed to take offense at being called girl, even though she was only in just an adult as far as he could tell, the oldest he would guess her was twenty and even then it seemed a stretch.

"First, I'm a woman not a girl, I'm an adult by every galactic standard, and as far as my name, I could make up a good lie, tell you my name is Jirah, but I'm tired of lying, so my name is Tahiri Viela, part of a whole, Jedi, and Yuuzhan Vong, I am she-who-was-shaped, and I am a Daughter of the Tusken Tribes." Tahiri's eyes shone with the truth, but around that swirled anger and determination, and Ili'Yen knew what it meant to truly fear. "Your unarmed though, and as far as I'm concerned you've freed an enemy of the New Republic, and acted as a smuggler, you have very little rights left to live by."

Tahiri smiled, the smile was enough to put the soldiers on edge, "See, I'm glad you said that, because for a while I thought you were an actual master criminal, but I've realized now, your just an afraid little man, so paranoid that he thinks everyone is out to get him, and I've fought actual master minds and won, how well do you think this will end for you?"


So basically this ends on Tahiri threatening someone.

I found it was hard to give Tahiri a strong character, I hope I've done well so far. Anyway, the reasoning behind that is because Tahiri has as stated in story, two personalities. She has her 'Tahiri Viela, Jedi Knight, and Tusken Raider' personality, and her 'Riina Kwaad of the Yuuzhan Vong.' personality. I tried showing them in different scenes, while we still see Tahiri get angry quickly which is more 'Riina Kwaad' than Tahiri Viela, oh and trying to explain this better without having Tahiri sound insane, she had two separate personalities that merged. I mean that's that.

Back to the personality thing, Tahiri's Yuuzhan Vong side comes out more when she or her friends are in danger, she shows her claws and threatens people, basically it activates almost like Flight or Fight, this part of her keeps her alive, and also is tied to protecting her friends, that's why she seems more like the dangerous Jedi warrior she is, and less like a happy talkative little kid.