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Year: 14 BBY

Chapter 38: New Council Member

It has been two weeks since Mark and Rachelle announce there feeling for each other. There have been a lot of High Council meetings and meetings with the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. Mark had warned Padme, it seems like that Darth Vader's army have seem to all focus on one attack at a time. It was so unlike the Clone Wars where there were bunch of attacks going on at once. He warned her not to get use to it, because Darth Vader might launch much more attacks at once instead of how he was doing.

Even through Mark still thinks those recent attacks was somehow to draw him out. Darth Vader kidnapped Anakin to get to him. Either that Darth Vader was trying to get more people to join like he went to Naboo to get Jenna Farlay. Those attacks were all focus on one thing. Most likely the only attack was not focus was the trap on Anchoron which was used to destroy some of the Grand Army of the Republic.

To him it seems like the start of the war seems to not be as bad as originally thought. It could have been worst anyways and he senses that it will become worst. He just hopes he is wrong about that. Something tells him that Darth Vader is done playing soft and start striking much hard and quicker.

The High Council meetings themselves most be updating about how well that stations around Kamino and other various places is coming along and the planetary defenses of various planets. The good thing about the beginning of the war not being such a hard strike against the Republic is that they able to put some great defenses up.

During the past two weeks, the Jedi High Council have been keeping an eye out on whom that they want to join the council so that they can be full once more. It seems lately it has been down to 2 Jedi Masters, Those 2 Jedi Master are a Twi'lek named Aayla Secura and a Mirialan named Luminara Unduli, both whom that Mark was able to worked with bunch of times in the other universe and this universe. They both of are great Jedi Masters but it seems like Luminara Unduli may get the seat since she is more serious than Aayla who is a relaxed person.

So the very current meeting he is sitting in was the topic of which of them would be getting the seat on the Jedi Council. Out of both of them, Mark knew Luminara Unduli longer due to the fact that she is 6 years older than him. Still some of her personal history is unknown to him. All he knows is that just like him, Luminara fly through the ranks of the Jedi Order. By the year of 32 BBY she was already at the rank of Jedi Master. It took him slightly longer to achieve the rank of Jedi Master. It took him 27 years since his birth to become one. Since he does not know Luminara exact year when she become a Jedi Master, he knows that it would be around 26 years. He knows it was some time during the 30s.

Mark sits there listening to his follow Council members speaking about the choice. He will throw in an opinion here and there, but for the most part he just listens. As he was thinking it seems like the council is agreeing with Luminara should be it. To Mark is makes sense, she hold true to the Jedi Code and is more serious. Thinking of this makes him wonder why exactly they let him on the Council back in his other universe.

He was against the attachment and marriage codes of the Jedi Order. If it was possible to travel trough time back in his other universe, you could ask anyone that he and Yoda often have arguments about the topic. Yoda does not view love as a bad thing, but to love you must have attachment and attachment could lead to the Dark Side. This is something that Mark understands fully. Like everything else in the universe anything in the wrong hands is a bad thing.

"Mark you been very quiet about the discussion what is your points?" ask Mace looking over at Mark. Mark looks up at them. "As far as I have known both of them are great Jedi Masters. If they are anything like the ones I know in the other universe, than they would both make great members of the Council. Through Luminara seems to be more serious. Aayla seem more to be a relaxed and not serious, but she can be serious. Luminara have more experience than her anyways." say Mark lightly as he put his fingertips together in front of his face.

They got back into the discussion once more, when they were interrupted by Rachelle Hunter. Mark thought he sensed her presence bounding through the halls to the lift that will take her up to the room he is sitting at. Mere seconds later the lift doors open, which Mark had his eye on for a few seconds.

Mark looks at Mace who looks like he is a bit annoyed. Not many times people interrupted a meeting. "Rachelle what is the meaning of you interrupting out meeting. It better be serious." say Mace not hiding his feelings from his voice. Mark remember one time, when he was way young, he used to not like Mace due to the fact that he seems way too serious and mean. That was back when he first arrived. He does have that impact on people.

"Sorry, Masters for interrupting. Dooku just arrived back from his mission along with Master Kota to retrieve some sort of advancement for the Grand Army of the Republic fleets. Also, Master Marek has arrived from Neimoidia. He is heading toward the Halls of Healing, but both Dooku and he send me up here to report these things. Oh about Master Marek mission, it was a failed. The Trade Federation joins the Empire and you knew that Neimodians and their planet will side with them." say Rachelle looking around the room.

To Mark it came to be no surprise. Why would Nute Gunray, leader of the Trade Federation and his people, would want to side with the Galactic Republic due to his hatred for the Supreme Chancellor that is Padme. Nute Gunray has a problem with Padme ever since she beat the Trade Federation during their blockage of Naboo back in 32 BBY.

The Trade Federation is a big conglomerate of shipping companies. Still even through they have a lot of companies there are bunch of shipping companies that are not part of it. Even through they did caused a lot of problems during the Clone Wars. The company is run by Neimodians.

Most Neimodians are stereotyped as greedy, fearful of death, lazy, corrupted, child neglectors and have a strong problem with loyalty. Sadly this stereotype proves to be true. The younglings, until the age of 7, were known to be neglected by limited amounts of food. In this way it teaches them survival of greediest. They also does not like to fight there own battles so that is why they have battle droids. In ways, most people dislike them as they dislike the Hutts. Still in Mark's eyes they are not as bad as Hutts. Hutts are criminals; the Neimodians are just cares about themselves and are cowards. Hutts are not afraid to get there hands dirty.

"So I guess we could expect Battle Droids to be a problem than. I swear I have seen enough Battle Droids to last me 500 years at the least if I lived that long." mumble Mark. Mark knows Darth Vader will hold fear over them to make sure that they stay with his Empire.

"Something that we will need to let the Chancellor know. Thank you for bringing this to us, but it still could have waited until later. We will let the Chancellor know as soon as we can." say Mace still have a tint of annoyance in his voice. Rachelle bows her head and walks out of the room.

Now that is something else that would need to be discussed. Mark uses the Force to see how hurt Kento Marek is. He sense that he is injured. Mark stands up. "Okay, I want to make sure that Kento is alright. If you get to voting for the next member, my vote is for Luminara." say Mark as he walks out. Mace shakes his head a bit. First they were interrupted and than one of their council members walks out on the meeting. Still there was not a lot to talk about either, so no bid deal.

Mark walks into the Halls of Healing to see Kento Marek getting a cybernetic hand place on. Unlike the cybernetic hands that both Dooku and Anakin have, this one looks more realistic. They look realist to the normal hands due to the Synthflesh that is put on. It was something Anakin was going on about getting his cybernetic hand upgraded to have Synthflesh on so that they look as his normal hand.

Mark walks over to him after the medical droid got done. Kento was testing his new cybernetic hand. Which blends in with his flesh perfectly. "I should have known you would be down here." say Kento looking at Mark.

"What happen?" ask Mark lightly. "Dark Jedi, at least 20 of them arrived on the planet last night. Nute Gunray threatens that he will have me killed if I did not leave. Before I could leave he sends them on me. According to him per orders of Darth Vader." say Kento.

"I figure he would join the Empire. Greedy people they are. I bet if Vader never order him to use the Dark Jedi he wouldn't have used them. Neimodians do not trust others well, but they are cowards. I sense that there are more to the story." say Mark. "Yes, and do you not talk me down, I am no longer your Padawan. I tried to fight all those Dark Jedi, I manage to take down 6 but they begin to overpower me. One of them manages to cut my hand off. I thought I could take them down since I had your training." say Kento.

Mark pinches his noise as he shakes his head. Kento forget one of the main lessons he was taught by him. That lesson is to never underestimate your enemies. "You should have only fought them while trying escape. You do not have anything to prove. Just because I taught you, does not mean that you can do something so reckless. You were outnumbered and you thought your training would have gotten you out of there. Good thing you came to your senses when you did or we might not be here having this talk." say Mark. He had a feeling Kento did something stupid. Yes, Kento is a great Jedi, but sometimes he seems to take unnecessary risks. Even when Mark was his mentor, he did the same thing.

"I saw you take down bunch enemies by yourself. Master Kota told me that even when you were a Padawan you could take down and army. You did not even have to kill them to take them down." say Kento. Mark sighs as he looks down to his feet a bit.

"Kento you need to get this through your thick skull, you are not me! Even if you learned for me, does not mean you are like me. Yes I have taken down a lot of people myself. I have taken down highly trained and dangerous Force Sensitive by myself that outnumber me a lot. Yes, sometimes I manage to not kill them, others I did killed them. Still I do not stand there in a straight fight. I would also tried to escape if I know that I most likely going to lose. You have the same problem as you did when you were my Padawan. Stop trying to mimic me, and be yourself. Just because I do something does not mean you have to. You have trained with me, but your skills and experiences are not up to par with mine." say Mark look at Kento.

Mark knows what Kento saying is true. Even when Kento was his Padawan, he has taken out people who outnumber him bunch of times. The one thing is he never underestimated his enemies nor did he let his guard down.

"How you fight?" ask Mark. "Head on." say Kento. "When facing numbers greater than your numbers it not a head on thing. You have to keep your focus on everything around you. I am not saying that I got out of every fight like that without a scratch, it is impossible. Try to split them up. Droids are one thing, Kento." say Mark lightly as he turns around.

"You are always like this with me! I have seen how you trained Jenna. I have witness conflicts where she fraught numbers greater than she had, even when she was a Padawan of yours. You do not have a problem with that!" say Kento. Mark stops and looks at him. "There is a difference between you and her. You do not think clearly in battle. If you just think about stuff, I would never have problem. You rush into things without thinking. I always thinking of plans and ideas as I fight. Some types of fights you should just avoid. Remember Kento, I am not trying to put you down or anything. I hate to see people die because of stupidest. Yes, I understand at the moment you thought you can handle yourself. There is always a chance of someone outsmarting you and you die. Do not underestimate your enemies and think while you fight. You got lucky with Vader on Kashyyyk, but luck only gets you so far. I hope you feel better." say Mark before walking away.

Mark knows deep down, Kento is a great Jedi and a great person, but sometimes he just gets too caught up in the moment and that is why he makes mistakes or his plans failed. Yes, Mark believes if Kento had his head in the fight, he might be able to win. Yes, it most likely not wised to face a lot of people at once, but it most important to know one limit. That is the problem with Kento he does not understand his limits.

Mark walks back to the High Council Chambers and sit in his seat just in time when the members begin to vote to whom to elect to become a member. This is how the voting usually works. If they have too many people to consider they will vote on each one of them. Then the lowest get kicked out of the discussion. They keep doing this until they have one. To become a member you need a majority of the Council to agree upon. If there are more than one seat on the top two or how many need will be voted in.

Also while voting they will have discussion to let people know why they voted the way they did and hopefully to get others to agree. It hardly ends up in a tie. Sometimes it is not the one that is the oldest. It was the same thing that happened to him when he first became a member. There was a Jedi Master who has been here for 60 years longer than Mark, who seems to be a member, but Mark got chosen instead.

"Okay, the newest member of the Council will be Luminara." say Mace. After that it was the end of the meeting. Mark guessed that meeting for that advancement will be discussed in a meeting with the Chancellor. The mission that Kento was on, there was no need to discuss that because what is there to do. They already expect what will happen.

There was a tradition that she have taken from her mentor when their Padawan became a knight. It is a tradition that she have taken up too with her Padawans. It is something Celestia Aluna is glad to do. She feels bad that Rachelle hasn't got the chance to do so. Even through Rachelle was not her Padawan when she became a Knight, she figures that Rachelle still deserved the tradition.

The tradition that Celestia does is when she takes a Padawan, that Padawan is given a green crystal to make their Lightsaber. When they become a Knight they get to choose from a blue and purple crystal.

So Celestia made out to find where her former Padawan was. She had with her few Lightsaber crystals. She already has checked Rachelle quarters and has not found her there. Reaching out through the Force she senses that Rachelle is meditating in the Room of a Thousand Fountains.

It amazes Celestia how much she seems to be able to remember about her past, but when she was Darth Destria she did not even get an eighth of the memories back in those five years that she have been getting since returning to the Jedi Order.

She walks into the room and looks around for Rachelle. Rachelle was sitting in the middle of a small stream that had a flat rounded rock in it. Rachelle was sitting on the rock with her legs cross and with a peaceful expression on her face.

Celestia have to stop and watch this for awhile. When she trained Rachelle, she was not much into meditating. She did some, but not a lot. It amazes her how much Rachelle had change since her "death" at the hands of the late General Grievous.

Celestia walks to the small stream and Rachelle open her eyes as she was approaching. "Hello, Master Aluna. What brings you here?" say Rachelle looking up at her first mentor. Celestia takes a seat on the grass near the stream.

"I know that I wasn't your mentor when you became a Knight, but I still feel like you earn the choice for the tradition. I have noticed that you keep using those green crystal and I am wondering if you up for a change." say Celestia as Rachelle stands up.

Rachelle jumps from the rock and landed on the ground near Celestia. She sits next to the mentor that was like a mother to her. "Oh that tradition, it was not the reason why I keep those crystals. It was because that it was the only thing I had left from you. I am currently on my final one." say Rachelle.

"Well, do you want to change them?" ask Celestia holding out a few purple crystals and blue crystals in her palms. Rachelle looks at the crystals with a slight smile as an idea comes into mind. "I guess I will take both sets." say Rachelle grabbing both of the purple and blue Lightsaber crystals. "Um, usually you should choose one color?" say Celestia. "Make an exception for me. Plus, I am doing this to honor two people." say Rachelle.

Celestia eyes narrowed in confusion. "Honor who?" ask Celestia. "Those who have the biggest influence on me during the time when I was a Padawan." say Rachelle. Celestia eyes widen in understanding. That why she wanted two. She most likely is going to make a Lightsaber to hold both crystals to honor both Mark and her. Celestia know that Mark is known to favor blue crystals and herself favor purple crystals.

Rachelle thanks Celestia and walks away to start working on her new Lightsaber. Celestia has a soft smile on her face. She got up and walks out of the room to get something to eat.

Finally we have reached it! This is the end of this story. Okay I know it sounds like I am glad that it is over, no I enjoyed typing it, but I have few ideas for the next couple of stories bouncing around my head that I couldn't wait to get this story done.

I was debating to put a part of this chapter in about Darth Solaris, but decide not too.

The decision to use Luminara as the new member of the High Council win out in the little debate that was going on in my mind. I was comparing both Aayla and Luminara, but she won out anyways. While we are on this note, I might as well as give a little reason why for the lack of info on Luminara. Wookieepedia does not have a lot of information out, most likely (I'm guessing) That there are not many books out there with her in them or shows or movies. It stated that Luminara was a Jedi Master before 32 BBY and she was born in 58 BBY. So I figure she would have been a Padawan when Mark joined the Jedi Order at the age of 6 in 46 BBY. She would be 12. Most younglings becomes a Jedi Padawan around the age of 10 and spend a decade as a Knight. Then becoming a Jedi Master is harder and does not have a suggested length. So with the info I have and the info that I do not have I can not come up with a great timeline that seems acceptable. So that is why there is not a lot of info in here. You want to read more about Luminara go to Wookieedpedia.

Something else I was debating was either to show the mission of Dooku or not. My plan was to have Mark and Rachelle go along on a mission with Dooku to retrieve the information that Dooku promised Padme before he was released from prison. The reason I would have both Mark and Rachelle to go with him was due to the Senate would want someone that could stand up great in a fight with Dooku if he tried to betray them. I decided to scrap that idea and imply that mission.

Oh, the idea of Rachelle's new Lightsaber blade, I figure since she loves Mark and Celestia so much that she would like to honor both of them, so I figure I change her Lightsaber blade from green to either purple with a bluish tint or a blue with a purple tint. It was an idea I have since I had the idea of Celestia turning back to the Lightsaber and the tradition she picked up on.

Apparently out of the 3 stories of this Series I have type, this one is equal to the amount of chapters of the 2nd one, but have more words than the first one which had the most chapters. I thought that was amazing. I knew that this story was going to be longer, word wise, than the last one but not the first one.

The next story, I am for sure it will be called PD: Raging War. No, just because the title is called that, it does not mean that the war in the story is called the Raging War.

I would also like to remind people that the length of this series, I have no clue about it. I have a lot of a ideas for this series and until the time I run out of ideas or I feel like that I could do no more for this series, then it will end.

I would also like to take the time to thanks those who review this story and even offer ideas when I need them. A part of these thanks for keeping up with the story and the long notes and comments I make for guests on the chapter. So to show my thanks, I will let you on something about the next story, be ready for a time jump. We are jumping 4 years ahead and I promise you, Mark and Rachelle relationship is just going to get better. Will there be a wedding next story or not, now that is a secret that I am going to keep close to my heart. I cannot give you all the secrets can I now. Look like you will just have to put up with that for a while.

I hope you enjoyed this story and keep an eye out for the next story of this series. Until next time, Enjoy!