This is my life. This is my life before and after both the Force and my one true love.

I was born to Chalin Mara Chekonie. My father was the famous Jedi, Qui-Gonn Jinn. People who knew him would tell you he had a slightly rebellious tendency. My parents met on one of my father's missions and fell in love. Fate was not kind. All Jedi have enemies and Qui-Gonn was no different. They made him fear for the safety of those he loved. So, he refused to marry my mother, but I believe they married in secret.

Records say that I was two when I came to live at the Temple. All I remember is Qui-Gonn and his friend Plo Koon, bringing me home to my mother. Qui-Gonn tells me that after they had rescued me from slavers, (we lived on an rim world and such scum is rampant in that area) they had decided it would be safer for me to be raised at the Jedi Temple.

As I grew up, I met a lot of potential Jedi, like me. There was Ruby, who became my best friend. We were often teased by some of the other trainees, but the guys all thought we were cute. When we grew up we would become as beautiful as the jewels for which we were named. One of our friends was Kenal, he had a crush on Selema and they tended to stick together. Selema was a short, thin little person with a huge chip on her shoulder, but she was kind and loyal once she trusted you. There was Consen too. He grew into a cute guy, but while we were growing up, he seemed to tolerate my friends only because they were my friends. None of us knew then what he was truly like. I had started to suspect he liked me; I would often catch him staring at me.

When the Council thought I was ready, they let Consen and I spar with our real light sabers. By this time we were twelve and soon to be apprenticed if we were so lucky. Right before we were to be chosen by our new Masters, our lives were endangered and the Jedi Code compromised.

The council had a retreated on a deserted moon of one of the outer rim planets. Every once in a while all students were taken to the retreat to concentrate on the mediation aspects of being a jedI. Newly knighted JedI were babysitting us kids as their foirst assignment. Since they weren't really paying attention it was easy for the intruders to overpower us kids. There was a storm raging so when the powered went out it was out for good. These creatures' had yellow teeth and eyes that glowed in the darkness. They made us stand in a line. I felt the kid next to me grab my hand. He was as frightened as I was. I felt as though I would never live to become thirteen let alone any kind of Jedi. Then, a great wind came; it seemed to control everything we felt about life and our future. The kid held my hand tighter; to make sure I didn't disappear in the dark or be swept away in the wind. A light came on and I see the other kids holding tightly to each other. The older Jedi were bound with cortosis ore shackles that were light saber resistant. The creature had bound them to the wall and tied their hoods over their heads. They then surrounded them and knocked them to the floor. The hand squeezed tighter. His head was hooded too, but I could tell he was a guy from his calloused hands from obvious training of some kind. One of the intruders broke away from the group and ripped off the boys' hood.

It was Obi-wan Kenobi, someone who had started to become my friend recently; I had known him for ten years. The creature paused before us, smiling cruelly then rejoined the others. Our captors grilled the knights about the location of the Masters and the other knights. When they refused to answer they were beaten. Every time the Jedi were struck Obi tried to pull away, to stop them but I couldn't let him leave me let alone get hurt. I didn't want them to kill him, for they would in a heartbeat. He squeezed my hand and I knew he understood. Our captors began to split up the boys and girls. Obi-wan didn't want to break our grip, but the creatures did it for us. His face disappeared in the dark hall and I could hear him calling for me. The creatures soon realized that the kids would be harder to control apart; so, to prevent further trouble they put the groups back together. Before I could get to Obi in the crowd of frightened kids a creature grabbed my arms and dragged me to another room. I didn't recognize it so, I think it may have been one of my masters' bedrooms. The leader of our captors stood in the middle of the room. I could tell he was the leader by the way he was dressed and carried himself. The way the other creatures cowered around him told me this too. When he spoke, he spoke in Basic

"Do you know why you were brought here?"

"No! Who are you? Why are you here?" I wasn't really expecting an answer. He paced from one side of the room to the other. Then He spoke.

"Do you know where the Jedi Masters are?" I knew but I wasn't about to tell him.

"I have no idea."

"You lie! You know one personally, I am sure!" he screamed.

"I don't know where they are!" I lied.

He signaled to one of his men and I was struck behind my knees and forced to the ground. One of my captors used cortosis ore shackles to bind my hands behind me. The leader lifted my chin in his hand. I was small compared to him I was 5'6 and I had not filled in, so I still looked young however, I had red hair and green eyes and that attracted attention. As he looked me over he noticed a training scar above my eye; I could see that he recognized that I was a fighter. After he shoved my face away he asked me again if I knew where my masters were. When I refused to tell him I had a bad feeling.

I felt the sting of pain I was waiting for, ending up on the floor. My nose felt kind of weird so I flipped my arms under my legs from behind my back and checked my nose. It was bleeding. My hands were recuffed behind my back. Every time I refused to tell him he had his goons beat me. A couple times in the ribs and a couple times to the head. I started to get dizzy. I could barley see anything but I sensed it when they brought someone else in. As they got closer I could see it was Obi-wan. They bound his hands and made him kneel across from me. Our captor made it clear that if Obi didn't tell him the location of our Masters they would take it out on me.

" I don't know where they are!" I felt his dismay as they brutalized me.

The leader turned to Obi after I had collapsed on the floor, barely conscious.

" I am going to ask you one more time and unless you tell me, you're both going to get it"

"Neither of us knows where they are!"

Suddenly four guys jumped Obi. He hit his head and lost consciousness, so he was spared the worst of the pain. I felt a blow and everything went black.

Some time later I could faintly hear blaster shots and screaming. I was being dragged by someone not very strong, but someone snatched me away and kicked him or her away. I tried to call for my father but I had no strength in my lungs and it came out in a whisper.

I heard some one who sounded like my father shout,

"Jade!"

The voice sounded as if it came from down the hall.

The person that carried me took me far from that voice; all of a sudden drooped me to the floor. A large hand gripped tightly on my arm. A voice that sounded like the creatures' leader rasped

" Tell you father I will see him soon". I then all alone, slipped out of consciousness.

TBC

PLEASE R&R