Chapter Twenty-One – Luke

Harry waited until Lisera and the droids left, then thought about Luke and the time he was in. Concentrating on the date and time in his datapad and the front of the temple, Harry disappeared from their room and landed in front of the Jedi Temple. Only he travelled over several centuries to a time in the past when Luke Skywalker, the ancestor of Lucas, was also the Grand Master of the Jedi Order. Power seemed to flow in that family.

Luke was well known for helping bring the Jedi back from the brink of annihilation. He was also known for the changes he made to the Jedi Order and helping to establish the New Republic. Before his time, the Jedi were forbidden to have spouses. In fact, all emotional attachments were discouraged. While the Sith used emotion to power the Force, the Jedi basically used will and kept themselves away from such strong emotions for fear of falling to the dark side.

It was Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker, who married in secret to Luke's mother, Padme Amidala. That helped start the ball rolling. Of course, later Anakin did fall to the dark side after Darth Sidious corrupted him. He became Darth Vader and practically destroyed all remaining Jedi that were left after the Purge. Padme died in childbirth after her husband hurt her in his rage as a dark sith. She had twins, Luke and Leia who were secreted away and hid from their father until they could fend for themselves.

Luke was trained by Obi Wan Kenobi, the same master his father had as a padawan. After Obi Wan died, Luke completed his training with Yoda. In history, Luke was well known as one of the most powerful Jedi to ever live. If he said he had a vision he wanted to share with Harry, then Harry wanted to hear that vision.

He found Luke in the temple and in his office, having a heated discussion with a very pretty Jedi sporting red hair. They cut off their discussion quickly when Harry appeared at the door. Luke looked over at Harry in recognition while the red-haired Jedi pulled her lightsaber with amazing speed and ignited it, pointing it straight at Harry's face. It was only a couple of inches from his nose. Harry never flinched.

"Harry!" Luke said about the same time. "I'm glad you're back!" He turned and looked at the other Jedi. "Now, if my wife would be so kind as to put away her lightsaber, then I would be pleased to introduce her to you," he said staring at the woman and waiting.

She turned off her lightsaber and placed it back on her belt in one smooth movement.

"Happy?" she asked with a smirk.

"Yes, dear. I'm very happy to introduce you to Harry Potter. Harry, this is my lovely wife and master Jedi, Mara Jade Skywalker. As you can see, she's a bit of a spitfire, red hair and all."

Mara just gave her husband a strong stare, completely missing Harry's bow to her in greeting.

"Sorry, Harry Potter," she said turning back to Harry. "It's a pleasure to meet you. My husband evidently doesn't know when to stop talking."

"It's my pleasure and feel free to call me Harry."

"Mara," she insisted back.

"Thank you. Now, what was this vision you wanted me to hear, Luke?"

"That was what Mara and I were just discussing. However, if you don't mind, would you be so kind and tell your story to Mara so she will be on the same page with us? I have not told her myself as I felt it was your story to tell. Not to mention, I highly doubt she would believe me."

"Very well, Luke. Mara, I am what is known as a Time Mage. As far as I know, I am the only current Time Mage. I have yet to run into another during my time travels."

"Do you wish me to believe that you can travel through time?" Mara asked incredulously.

"Just try to listen, dear. You will see shortly what he's talking about."

Mara turned back to Harry and nodded.

"I was born in another galaxy we call the Milky Way, on a planet called Earth," started Harry.

Harry continued on and shared his entire story with Mara, who sat fascinated the entire time. She was shocked when it dawned on her who he actually was. She finally remembered where she had heard the name Harry Potter. She also remembered reading about him in the Archive.

"So, you actually knew Revan, even before he was a Jedi …um …the first time."

"Technically, I met him on the same day he completed his trials and was made a Jedi. He was several years older than me. I was only a teenager when he found me. He vouched for me then they allowed me to train with them."

"But you are not Force sensitive. How can you train like a Jedi?" she asked.

"My abilities allow me to imitate most of your Jedi powers. I even have a lightsaber that I know how to use. I'm sure I'm not as proficient with it as you and your husband are, but I rarely need it to fight with. In fact, I have a magical shield that will block your lightsaber."

Mara and Luke's eyebrows raised with that statement.

"Now, what about this vision, Luke? You wanted me to come back after a month and revisit it with you so you would have time to work out more of its meaning. I'm ready to hear what you have to say."

"When I felt you coming to our time in the Force, I was given a vision at that same time where you were helping us fight off an invasion. Since then, I've been trying to determine who it was invading us and when exactly it was going to happen. I saw some very horrible things and I think without your help we would be overrun."

"Did you recognize the invaders?" asked Harry.

"No, but they had strange ships the likes of which I have never seen. It was almost as if the ships themselves were alive. I would assume they are coming from a different galaxy. It also appears it will be a few years before it happens. My sister's kids were grown during the vision and helping us fight the invaders. They are young teenagers right now."

"What do you need me to do?" asked Harry.

"I believe you can go back to your time in the future and search the archives for an invasion of Coruscant that happens a few years from now. Coruscant has not been attacked that many times so with the correct timeline in mind, you should be able to find it and know plenty about who attacks and why. I'm not sure if it will show what it was like after you helped us or if the history will change once you actually help us."

"History changes after I participate in it. That's based on my experience as a time traveler. It's been a while since I've had to fight anything. Perhaps it's time I did something about that. I've been working on plans to further technology on my own planet. We are not as technologically advanced as you are here. It will take a lot of work and I'll probably need a break soon anyway."

"I knew I could count on you, Harry. I can feel it in the Force," said Luke.

"Well then, I guess I'll head back and say hello to Lucas for you."

"Lucas?" they both asked.

"Oh, I guess you wouldn't know him. He happens to be one of your descendants, named after you somewhat, Luke. In my time, he's the Grand Master of the Jedi Order just like his ancestor standing before me," Harry said with a smile. "His wife is named Karenna and they have two small twin children, a boy and a girl, by the name of Jace and Jaley."

They were both stunned for a second.

"Then please give him our regards," replied Mara shocked.

"Yes, that would be great," added Luke in a daze.

oOo

Harry went back to his own time and searched through the Jedi Archives a few years after the time he met Luke and Mara. He did a basic search on all invasions and attacks on Coruscant during that time period. As luck would have it, there was not a long list of events. At least the planet had not been attacked very often, especially via an invasion.

When he found it, he was shocked at what the invaders were able to accomplish, not just on Coruscant but other core planets were hit as well. In the end, the invaders were defeated soundly, but only after they conquered Coruscant. However, the cost in lives was beyond astronomical. Whole species were made extinct and entire planets uninhabitable by the invaders, not to mention some were even destroyed.

The Yuuzhan Vong attacked in the year 25 ABY and the Great War, as it was known, lasted into 29 ABY. The Yuuzhan Vong were a Force-sensitive, warrior species that fled the destruction of their own galaxy and after decades of preparation, they invaded the Outer Rim, conquering it quickly. They were also a religious minded species who believed that the invasion was divinely ordained. Plus, they believed the galaxy was theirs by right.

It was actually Luke Skywalker who defeated the Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane. This defeat led to the end of the war and the Sekot Accords agreed on between the Yuuzhan Vong and the Galactic Alliance.

Harry was amazed they were able to recover after all that. It was beyond horrible. The question was, should he interfere? The invaders were defeated but at such a cost in life. If he could limit the invasion and prevent all that needless bloodshed, wouldn't that be a good thing?

How many planets of beings could he save if he stopped them early? With his control over time, they should be able to defeat the invaders long before they could ever get started, especially if they meet them where they enter the galaxy with a huge show of force.

According to recorded history, the Yuuzhan Vong entered the galaxy in the outer edges of the Dalonbian sector, near the Helska system. They called it Vector Prime since it was the only location they knew of where their ships could penetrate the energy shield surrounding the galaxy.

Harry wasn't comfortable revealing the future to anyone, since it could have disastrous effects, but in this case, he felt justified just so they could prevent all the unnecessary loss of life. Perhaps in the years leading up to the invasion they could beef up their forces and prepare accordingly just in case it's needed.

With all this in mind, Harry went back to Luke's time. He actually arrived just a couple of hours after he left before. Luke was in his office but invited Harry to come home with him so they could discuss everything with a little more privacy. They could decide after that what to reveal to everyone else.

When they arrived back at Luke and Mara's home, there were more people there than Harry was expecting. He was introduced to Luke's sister, Leia, and her husband, Han Solo. All the kids were at the temple still training, but there was a gold protocol droid named C3PO that loved to talk. He was accompanied by a white and blue astromech droid named R2D2.

After Luke convinced Harry of how safe it was to reveal his abilities and the vision to Leia and Han, Harry went over it again for his new audience then proceeded to fill them in on what he knew about the coming conflict. They were all in a state of shock. When he was done, he asked a question.

"What if you prepared for this and put together a big enough force so that we are sitting there waiting on them when they punch through into this galaxy? Hopefully, that will convince them to surrender immediately. If not, and they simply want to fight anyway, I will step up and do my little magic trick which should allow us to conquer them against their will, but still end it peacefully as well."

"You must have some big magic trick up your sleeve if you can do that," Leia commented.

"Would you like to see an example on a much smaller scale?"

"Sure," they all said at once.

Suddenly time stopped in the room they were in. Harry reached over and touched Leia to just have her see the others frozen in time. She looked around and was shocked again at what she saw.

"I just cancelled it on you so you can see that I stopped time just in this room. The others are still frozen in time as you can see."

"That is amazing!" Leia said excitedly.

"Now, let me show the others."

Before she could respond, Harry refroze her in time then woke each one so they could see what Leia saw. When they were all done, he cancelled the stoppage of time so everyone was back to normal.

All of them were amazed at what he could do.

After much discussion, it was decided that Luke would tell his contacts in the Galactic Senate to get a discussion going on beefing up their forces and preparing for the invasion over the next few years. He wasn't going to tell them everything, but he was going to add some of Harry's info into his vision to shore it up just so the Senate would realize how real this was.

He had no intention of telling them about Harry, that would be a surprise if needed. Luke's reputation was unquestionable as well. He felt confident they would act on this more than clear vision he would present.

After the two couples shared some of their earlier adventures with Harry, which was worth a few laughs, plus C3PO interjected a few times, Harry decided it was time for him to get back and help Lisera prepare for their return to Earth. After some hearty thanks and good-byes, Harry left from Luke's house and landed back in his time in the accommodations Lucas provided for them at the temple.

Lisera was not back yet so Harry decided to enter all this in his datapad and setup an alert to remind him to show up for the showdown with the Yuuzhan Vong at some point in his future, which would also be in his past.

Time was such a kick in the pants sometimes.

Harry rested after that and let his mind wander over all the things he had going on. The biggest thing on his mind at the moment was Lisera, and he knew they were going to have to sit down and talk about their relationship soon, especially since they admitted to each other that they were in love.

He was wondering how that was going to go.

oOo

Harry felt something nibble on his ear. It was a little wet and the breath being exhaled into his ear was causing a sensation that he couldn't ignore. He sat up suddenly, realizing he had fallen asleep with his head leaning back on the chair. He turned and looked back behind him to see Lisera standing behind the chair with a big grin on her face.

"What were you doing to my ear?" Harry asked.

"Nothing," she said quickly and quietly but with a look Harry knew. She no doubt was up to something.

"No, you were doing something to my ear and I know it."

"Well, when I saw you sleeping there I thought you looked so cute and vulnerable. I then remembered that earlier today you finally admitted that you loved me, so I just got this strong urge to nibble on your ear."

"The truth is finally revealed," Harry said with a smile.

Lisera grinned even bigger back at him. Harry looked at her with a glint of mischief in his eyes.

"You know, there are two or three places I wouldn't mind nibbling on you."

"Harry Potter!" she exclaimed at his forwardness.

"I thought we were being honest with each other?" Harry said in surprise.

A few seconds passed as they looked at each other, trying to read the other's faces.

"You're right," Lisera finally admitted. "We definitely need to discuss a few things."

Harry decided to change tactics.

"Why don't we wrap everything up here? I'll shrink it all and we can travel back home the quicker way. I know I'm the master of time of space, but I just can't help feeling with everything I have on my plate to do, I'll never have enough time to complete it all."

"I know what you mean. I still have so much to do on your space station," she agreed. "However, that is sort of funny coming from you."

"Our space station."

"What?" She wasn't sure what he was talking about.

"Lisera, you said my space station and I corrected you. It's our space station."

"Are you sure about that?" she asked stepping up close to Harry so they were touching.

They wrapped their arms around each other and held on facing each other.

"Are you doubting my love for you?" Harry asked quietly.

"No, of course not. Are you doubting mine?" she asked worriedly.

"Never, not in this lifetime or the next," Harry replied confidently.

Lisera thought about it for a few seconds as they held each other.

"You know coming from you, that's pretty important, Harry."

Harry laughed. "I suppose your right."

Lisera had picked up everything they needed so they put it all in a conjured box. Harry had put an Undetectable Extension Charm on the inside of it so when he shrunk it, the items would remain the same. He shrunk the ship and the droids before storing them in the same pouch as the box.

He carried the pouch on him at all times in case he needed to collect several things. It already had the Undetectable Extension Charm and Cushioning Charm applied to the inside of it.

After they said their good-byes to Lucas and his family, and promised to come back and visit, Harry took them all back home with Lisera on his arm and the two elves each hanging on to one of his legs.

oOo

Harry was right in the middle of expanding everything back to normal size when Todge popped in next to him. He had a letter in his hand.

"Master Harry! It is good to have you back and the misses too," he said looking over at Lisera. "Todge has a letter for you. It came yesterday from Professor Dumbledore, sir. I think it may be important."

"Thank you, Todge," Harry said taking the letter. "It's very good to see you too."

Harry opened the letter and began to read.

Harry,

The Ministry has fallen and Voldemort has taken it over. It happened last night. He showed up himself and led the attack around one o'clock in the morning. As it turns out, he had planted Death Eaters in the Ministry ahead of time to facilitate this and make it go smoother for him.

Many have fled to Hogwarts for safety.

Please come see me as soon as you can. This letter will serve as a portkey to get you inside the gates. Just hold the letter and say the word 'Sanctuary' to activate it. I'm afraid there is a large group of some unsavory types just outside the gates preventing people from getting in the normal way.

Albus

Another item on his plate, thought Harry, but at least he knows where Voldemort was going to be this time. He needed to go see Albus so they could plan for the attack.

Harry wrapped up what he needed to do then decided to go to Hogwarts. Talking to Lisera was just going to have to wait for now. After his goodbyes, Harry left. However, he didn't use the portkey. Not yet anyway. Instead, he appeared in Hogsmeade then walked to the school.

When he came close to the gates he saw around thirty scruffy looking people camped out and standing guard. They all jumped up and readied themselves when Harry came down the road right toward them with no fear at all.

Two of the men each cast the Cruciatus Curse at Harry. They were intent on torturing him and having some fun. It was getting boring doing the master's will and guarding these gates all the time. They were instructed to not let anyone in or out.

What a shock it was when their two spells stopped in mid-air between them and the approaching wizard. The man didn't use a wand or even wave his hand for that matter. Before they knew it, the two horrible spells returned twice as fast to the casters where they fell down in agony. Luckily for them, the torture stopped almost as soon as it started.

The others just watched, not believing what they saw. They had no concern for the others around them, just themselves. Then, just as they all collectively decided to cast at once, in hopes that it would be more than the wizard could handle, their whole world came to a screeching stop. They were all just standing there frozen in time.

Harry considered his options for just a second. They had taken over the Ministry and some of them were now attacking anyone who showed up here. No questions asked, just attack. Easy decision, he thought.

Kill them, especially since this whole scenario may not even occur if his plans work out.

With a wave of his hands the thirty-odd Death Eaters all came together as one, but not in a good way. Their bodies began to meld together into one big ball of flesh as the space around them collapsed in on itself and crushed them together in a disgusting display.

Harry then shrunk the ball of flesh to the size of a pea. Walking over to the side of the road, he used a piercing spell to create a small, but six foot deep, hole in the ground. He then dropped the small ball of flesh into the hole and refilled the hole back up with the dirt he removed.

Harry mumbled a few words in gest over the impromptu grave. He said something like, 'May you all rot in hell.' Next, he used the letter portkey which sat him down on the grass inside the gates and about halfway to the castle. Before he made it to the door, Albus came out and greeted him.

"I saw the activity at the gates and knew it had to be you, Harry."

"Voldemort may send more, but for now the gates are clear of the vermin infestation."

"Thank you, Harry, but I'm not sure why you had to kill them all."

"They had their chance, Albus. I didn't force them to make all those bad decisions that led to this result. They meant to kill me. I know it. You know it. Now they are dead because of it. End of discussion. We have more important things to discuss anyway. By the time we're done, those people out there may still be alive."

"You mean… ?"

"Yes. We now know exactly when and where Voldemort was for a much safer time jump and change in result. Tom Riddle needs to die. There is no redemption for him. I will not pass up this opportunity. We need to act quickly. Every time I'm around, he's in hiding. This time he pays for killing the parents I never got to know."

"Harry, he will not be as easy an opponent as the others you've gone up against. He is extremely powerful."

"No doubt, Albus, but this isn't my first dance with a powerful dark lord. Voldemort might be my equal, maybe, but I seriously doubt he is my better. I've run across my better before. I know what that feels like."

"You have led a very interesting life, Harry."

"I can't argue with you there, Albus."

The two powerful wizards made their way into the castle and up to the headmaster's office. There Harry laid out his plan for Albus. The Order of the Phoenix, who had already arrived at the school, were not included in the discussion just yet. They had gained a few more members recently since so many had fled to the school.

Albus and Harry knew the only way to accomplish this was to have Harry go back in time two days so that Albus could be informed and they could prepare the Ministry for the attack. It would also allow them to hopefully identify most of the hidden Death Eaters within the Ministry before the attack started.

Albus had plans to contact a few trustworthy Ministry employees to help him set the plan in motion. Of course, they would have to keep quiet about it so as not to raise suspicion and change the arrival of Voldemort.

Albus wrote himself a note, along with the general plan, so Harry could give it to him in the past, two days ago, just in case he needed it to convince Albus. He didn't think he would have a problem believing Harry, but wasn't going to take any chances.

Harry moved himself back two days and to early in the morning right in the Headmaster's office. Albus was sitting at his desk when Harry appeared before him. Just when Albus was asking him how he arrived so easily into his locked down office, Harry handed over the note.

"Read this note from yourself, Albus. You just gave it to me two days from now."

His eyes grew big as he took the note and read through it. When he finished, he looked up at Harry expectantly.

"We need to act on this today, Albus, so let's make sure you're completely up to speed then we can go to the Ministry and get this ball rolling."

"Yes, Harry. Yes, indeed."