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When consciousness returned as swiftly as it had faded, it brought with it a myriad of confusing feelings as well as a great deal of pain. However, in her young life Jaina had felt her share of pain and confusion, and continued to lay where she was. Pushing past the pain and negative emotions, Jaina reached out with the force to get a sense of her surroundings. To her relief she could feel Jag still lying next to her.

Just as she was about to open her eyes, she heard a speeder pass by and a familiar yet distorted voice call out, "Hey, Lieutenant, pull this barge over. Looks like these folks got into some trouble."

"Han, she looks like she's with the Alliance," added a very familiar feminine voice.

"Get back inside, Sweetheart, 'cause he sure doesn't." The familiar voice and the ever so familiar nickname sent Jaina's eyes snapping open.

She sat up abruptly, to find herself, not in the forests of Borealis as she had hoped, but staring at a couple who appeared to be a much younger version of her parents. Beside her, Jag groaned and began to stir. Momentarily diverted, Jaina took her eyes off of the people who appeared to be Han and Leia Organa Solo and looked over at Jag. As she started to reach out to the force to check him for injuries she abruptly stopped. She wasn't sure what was going on but if these really were a younger version of her parents then her uncle was sure to be around somewhere.

Instead of further examining Jag, although he appeared to be all right at her first glance, she turned to the people in front of her and asked, "Could you give me a hand here please, I'm not sure if he's okay?"

"Han," the woman said abruptly as if just making up her mind, "go help her. We can take them back to our quarters. I have a medkit back there." Turning back to Jaina she asked steadily, "Are you with the Alliance,." She deliberately left the sentence hanging pointedly asking her name.

"Jaina and yes we are."

"I might just believe you, Jaina, but your friend here sure doesn't look like he's with the Alliance." Han stated suspiciously.

Jaina groaned, silently cursing Jag for wearing his vaguely Imperial flight suite, then as she began to appreciate the situation began laughing, almost hysterically. Leia's slap though unexpected was enough to shock Jaina out of it.

"Listen, if you don't believe me, get Unc, I mean uh Luke Skywalker to come and see if I'm lying." Jaina was embarrassed at her slip. She didn't know when or even where she was yet, she didn't think it best to reveal it now.

"All right kid I trust you for now, but if you make one false move I'll blast you, understood." At her curt nod, he gestured towards the speeder. "Get in. Don't worry I'll make sure your boyfriend is safe."

Jaina blushed at the comment but she was so tired that she didn't dispute it, or at least that's what she told herself. She and a barely conscious Jag rode in the back of the speeder with Leia.

After a few moments, Jaina finally asked one of the questions that had been bugging her since she regained consciousness. "Senator if I may, where are we exactly? I'm afraid I can't seem to remember. I must have hit my head."

Leia looked at her a bit strangely for a moment then said, "We're on the Imperial world of Bakura."

"Thank you, Senator," Jaina said as she struggled to remember when or if her parents had ever been on Bakura and what exactly had happened there.

"Excuse me, but why do you call me Senator? Most know me better as a princess than an imperial senator." Leia's tone of puzzlement was a stark contrast to her normally controlled personality.

Jaina thought for a microsecond before coming up with the perfect dodge. "My mother was from Alderaan, but I was born on Coruscant."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Leia replied immediately. "Was she off world?" There was no need for either of them to specify when she was off world.

"Yes Ma'am. She survived and has since thrived."

To Jaina it felt very odd to be talking to her mother like this but before her train of thought could continue, they stopped and got out of the landspeeder. Slowly Jaina crawled out of the speeder and watched Han carry Jag into the suite.

Following Leia in she was shocked when Leia called, "Luke we have company."

"I'm coming Leia is everything o_kay?" he finished lamely stumbling over the last word as he came to the main room. He stared in shock at the resemblance between Leia and Jaina.

Feeling through the force, her uncle's shock and curiosity, she quickly turned to Leia. "May I go check on Jag? He'll be worried if he wakes up and I'm not there."

"Certainly," Leia replied.

"Great, but after that, Kid, you get to have a little chat with Luke."

Jaina nodded and then walked into the small room off of the suite where Jag had been lain down. "Jag are you okay?"

"Where are we," he asked groggily.

Jaina grimaced but answered, "We're on the Imperial world of Bakura."

He looked startled but, then a bit worried and said, "But, Jaina, Bakura hasn't been an Imperial world since shortly after the Battle of Endor."

Recognition hit Jaina's face at his statement and she smiled. "So that's it. We're here during the Ssi Ruuk invasion."

"Of course, where else would you be," came the soft voice of Luke Skywalker from the doorway.

The shocked expression on Jag's face as he saw Luke and put together the facts of the situation was priceless.

Then Luke began asking them questions about where they were from, who they worked with and many more along with those. Jaina's answers were very creative to say the least. However, none of them were flat out lies. She had learned long ago that it was impossible to lie to Jedi, but that it was possible to tell carefully worded half-truths without being caught.

When it was finally over, Jaina looked at the man who would one day be her uncle and asked, "Well did we pass?"

"Yes," he stood quietly for a moment as if considering something. "You know, Jaina, I believe that you have some talent for the force, only a small amount of course, but enough to make it worth while for you to receive training."

Jaina was immediately offended by his dismissal of her 'small amount of talent' but quickly stopped the ripple of emotion with a shielding technique that her aunt had taught her. That was when she realized what had happened. She had dampened down her presence in the force earlier and he didn't have enough experience to cut through her carefully erected barriers.

"Jaina," he spoke slowly, and then more sharply, "Jaina, I know it was a shock but_"

Realizing that he had been expecting an answer, she snapped back to the moment. "I'll consider it, Commander."

"Thank you. If you'll excuse me I need to go talk to Han and Leia."

"Of course."

As he entered the other room, he saw both of them waiting for him expectantly. He glanced over his shoulder for a moment, making sure that Jaina and Jag were not eavesdropping. "Well, they're not helping the Empire, but other than that I'm not really sure. She never really lied to me but I got the feeling she wasn't always telling the whole truth."

"Well what should we do with them, then?" demanded Han.

"I want to keep them around, Jaina has some strength in the force and I want to train her in_" He was cut off by the frantic blaring of a battle alarm.

Immediately they scrambled into action, preparing to return to their ships. To their shock Jaina and Jag were right behind them. "Give us x-wings, the Alliance needs all the help it can get. We're both ace pilots."

"No way, Kid," snapped Han, "there is no way that a green kid like you is going up there. Not in the same space I'm flying the 'Falcon."

Jaina started to press the point but then saw the look on Leia's face and realized a that now would not be a good time for a bickering match. Hastily trying to forestall it, she agreed. "Fine. Will you at least take us with you?"

Han looked at her harshly, "Don't get in my way, Jaina."

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"Why did you do that?" hissed Jag, "What's going on?"

Jaina sighed. "No offense but I feel safer up here then down on that Imperial base. I'm not sure what's going on, but if you have any better ideas, I'd love to hear them."

The Falcon shuddered under fire and before he could respond Han snapped, "Princess, get to that Laser turret, now."

To Jag's surprise Jaina was right behind Leia as she ran towards the gun turrets. When she opened fire on the nearest ships, it exploded very easily, almost target practice to Jaina who was used to skips. By the she had blasted four more fighters, Han's familiar growl came over the intercom.

"Who in the Sith is up there?"

"Jaina."

"Get out of there. Now. I'm the Captain and."

"And respectfully, Captain, I just vaped five of those Ssi Ruuk fighters."

"You're not qualified for those guns."

"I got my first kill on these guns when I was seven."

"I don't care, Kid. I want you out of there now."

"Fine," snapped Jaina quickly, decisively," give us x-wings."

"Done." Luke Skywalker's quiet but firm voice cut through Han and Jaina's bickering easily.

"Luke-" Han began entreatingly.

"This is my command, Han, my task force, and I say they can join Gold squadron."

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"This isn't a game, Sticks. Stop showing off," Snapped Jagged Fel with a certain air of irritation from the cockpit of his new x-wing.

"But Jag, this is so easy, compared to skips at least."

"I know Sticks-drop starboard," he interrupted himself, setting himself up to vape the fighter following Jaina closely, "but we don't want to attract too much attention, to many questions."

She paused considering her reply as she headed back to the Alliance section of the furball. "Fine, but we have to decide what to do about this whole situation and soon."

"Agreed, Sticks, now shall we focus on this."

"What? You can't split your concentration, Fly boy?" She challenged him eagerly.

"Just wait, Sticks."

"Cut the chatter, Gold Five, Six," ordered Commander Luke Skywalker, "Come up under planetside and plug that hole please."

The double clicks of comms were his only reply, but as he continued to watch he was shocked at what the pair accomplished, both as a group and on their own. It was unusual to see such a display of flying and battle prowess, especially in two such virtual unknowns. But, before he could ponder the significance of it further, a different part of the battle diverted his attention away from them.

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Hours later, Jaina sat in the cockpit of her borrowed x-wing, waiting patiently as it rose to let her out. Peeling off her helmet, she ran a hand through her sweat drenched hair, hair that was still short from its cut at Duro almost a year ago. So much had happened, thought Jaina as she jumped out of the cockpit using the force to help her down, so much had changed.

The familiar snap-hiss of a lightsaber near her ear and the blare of her highly honed danger sense sent Jaina into a low summersault as soon as her feet hit the duracrete. She came back up in a fighting stance, ignited lightsaber in hand, looking into the powerful and determined features of Luke Skywalker.

"Who or should I say what are you?" he demanded.

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