Jemmalynn awoke and looked around her, and discovered that she was on a ship. She couldn't remember where she was coming from or where she was going. She couldn't remember much of anything.

She had a terrible aching pain in her head. Wow, she thought, something big must have happened. She tried as hard as she could to remember but she couldn't. Maybe after a little sleep I will feel better, she thought.

As she was closing her eyes, her master walked through the door. "Jemmalynn, you're finally awake. How are you feeling?"

"Fine I guess. But what happened?"

"We went to Tirosha, and confronted King Ahno, remember?"

Memories started to come back to Jemmalynn. "That's right. . my father. . what happened? Did he get away?"

Kyto looked at her sadly. "Yes Jemmalynn, he did. I know you tried to stop him. But don't worry. He had to go into hiding, and couldn't carry out his plans to attack."

"He's still alive then?"

"Yes."

Jemmalynn felt better knowing that he was alive. She was glad he couldn't attack, but she did not want him to be dead. She wanted to get to know him a little, but she knew that was impossible. Jedi weren't even supposed to know their parents. Especially when their parents were so evil.

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When they arrived back at the Jedi Temple, Jemmalynn felt much better. She was still a little upset about what she had learned about her father, but she would be alright.

The first person she saw was Darius. He greeted her warmly. "Jemmalynn! How was your trip?"

"It was alright. Could have been worse I guess." She looked sad, so he hugged her. They stayed in each other's arms for a long time. He could feel that things were troubling her, and he tried to soothe her the best he could. She felt so nice being in his arms; she never wanted him to let go. **************************************************************************** ****************

That time had passed though, and it was three years later, and Jemmalynn was now 17 years old. She didn't see much of Darius, but she knew undoubtedly that she was in love with him. Of course, it was forbidden for her to love him, and she knew it.

Kyto and Jemmalynn had taken a part in the Clone Wars. They had been in a few battles and helped in other ways.

They were sent on a mission, into a secret lair, where many leaders of the Separatists were. To Jemmalynn's excitement, Darius was sent to go with them. He was now 25 and had become a Jedi Knight.

When they approached the secret lair, all three of them got a bad feeling. "This isn't going to be good," Kyto warned the two younger Jedi, "Darius, you stay here and watch. Come warn us if you see anything dangerous."

Kyto and Jemmalynn walked in, and to their dismay, the first person they saw was Count Dooku. And he had seen them too.

Dooku smiled at them, an evil, mocking smile. "Hello, Master Jedi. I'm afraid I don't know you're name."

"Kyto Ticassi. We're here to end this."

Dooku's smile turned to laughter." I hope you are joking. That is ridiculous."

At that moment Kyto, Jemmalynn, and Dooku all took out their light sabers. Jemmalynn and her master ran towards Dooku, striking his light saber hard.

Jemmalynn fought with such fierceness and intensity that her master was impressed. I have trained her well, he thought. He began to fight almost as well as she was. For a while it seemed they were going to defeat him when all of a sudden Jemmalynn was hit with Dooku's light saber. She fell down to the ground, crying in pain.

"Jemmalynn, don't worry. I'll take care of him." Kyto told her.

Jemmalynn watched the battle. Her master was losing. She couldn't get up. She lay on the ground in pain, helpless. Then she saw the most horrifying thing she had ever seen in her life. Dooku cut through her master with his light saber.

She was shocked at first, unable to comprehend what she had seen. As soon as she came to her senses, she jumped up. She ignored that pain that overcame her body. She chased after Dooku, fueled by her anger. She ran as fast as she could, but Dooku went through a metal door, and closed it behind him.

"Come back!!!!" Jemmalynn screamed, tears running down her face. "Come back!! I'll kill you!!!!" She pounded on the door for a few minutes, until she realized there was nothing more that she could do.

She walked over to her master; he was still alive. "Master. . master!!" She cried.

"Jemmalynn, I am so proud of the Jedi you have become." He said, barely getting the words out.

"No . . no. I'm not a Jedi yet, only a padawan! You're going to complete my training for me!" She yelled. She could not lose her master.

"I can't Jemmalynn, I can't. You will have to finish your training under a new master."

"NO!!!!!! I WON'T!!!!" Jemmalynn screamed.

"You're going to have to." Those were his last words.

Jemmalynn stared at him, completely shocked. Her master, her best friend and most important person to her, was gone.

Darius could feel something was wrong, very wrong. He decided to go inside and see what happened. He saw Jemmalynn, sitting next to her master's dead body, crying and shaking uncontrollably.

"Jemmalynn, what happened?" He asked, trying to sound sympathetic.

"He's. . . gone. My master. . . "

"I know. But how did this happen?" Darius could see it was going to be difficult to get anything out of her.

"Dooku. . . he got away. I couldn't stop him."

"Dooku's here?" Darius was surprised.

Jemmalynn shook her head no. "He got away. I would have killed him."

Suddenly the metal door that Dooku had gone out opened, and three men walked in. "You two, the Jedi. You're under arrest for trespassing." The men ran up to them and put chains around their wrists. Jemmalynn and Darius didn't say anything as the men dragged them each to separate rooms.

One of the men chained Jemmalynn to the wall. "Heh, good luck getting out of this, Jedi. Oh, and I'll be taking this." He said as he grabbed her light saber.

Jemmalynn looked around the dark, cold room. She knew there had to be a way out. She rattled her chains. It looked like there was a way she could get them off the wall. Concentrating, she used the force and detached the chain from the wall. It was still around her hands but there was nothing she could do about that until she got her light saber back.

With her anger, she was able to push the door to her room down. Quietly, she walked through the hall, trying to find Darius. She couldn't see inside the other rooms, so she used the force. She finally felt his presence, and entered his room.

"Jemmalynn? How did you get here?" Darius wondered.

"I used the force. Come on, we are leaving." She undid his chains, and the both ran towards the exit. They came to a corner, and stopped, feeling the presence of people on the other side.

"Okay Jemmalynn, let's split up. You go this way, and I'll go that way. We'll meet at the ship" Darius said.

They ran off in their separate directions. Jemmalynn had almost made it outside, when a guard grabbed the end of her chain.

"Where are you going, young Jedi? I guess we can't keep you here, we'll just have to get rid of you won't we?" The guard laughed, and took Jemmalynn outside.

"Can you see down there?" He pointed to an endless abyss which surrounded the building. "You go down there, and you're never coming back." He laughed again, as he pushed her down.

Jemmalynn fell, and realized there was nothing that she could do, until she came to an abrupt stop. She saw that her chain had gotten caught on something on the building. She hung there for a long time, not sure how to get herself back up onto the ground.

She decided just to risk falling, and use the force to jump up. If she didn't make it, she would die, but hanging there wasn't going to do her any good. She took a deep breath, pushed off the side of the building, and jumped up.

She landed with a hard thud on the ground. At least I made it, she thought. She ran back to the ship. Darius was there.

"What took you so long Jemmalynn?" He asked.

"Don't ask. But I'm here now. Let's go back to Coruscant." Jemmalynn sat down. She was very tired.

Darius flew the ship, and for a while everything went fine. But then, the ship started going down.

"Darius, what's going on?" Jemmalynn was suddenly awoken from her deep sleep.

"There's a problem with the ship. We're going to have to land it on the nearest planet."

"Which is. . . ?" Jemmalynn asked, somewhat afraid of the answer.

"Tirosha." Darius answered grimly.