Disclaimer: All characters or part thereof are property of George Lucas, Timothy Zahn and
Lucasfilm. Don't sue me cos I ain't making any money from this. It's written for the
pure joy of writing.

Don't know why I did this, must be cos of the boredom on this godforsaken country. I hate Singapore. Anyways enjoy the fic.

Danni is caught between the fine line of death and life because of Jacen's love for her. She meets her mother and father who tries to stop her from crossing into the eternity of death.

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The Force moved through all living things, weaving the universe into an invisible tapestry that tied the smallest living creature to the largest star cluster. Synergy made the total far greater than the sum of its parts.

Whenever one of the threads was strengthened, ripples spread through the entire web. Actions, reactions and great shock waves that affected all who could hear.

The combined healing power of the most powerful Jedi screamed through the Force, building power as it reflected off other sensitive minds as it rose into a tumult that struck and woke.

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Danni Quee opened her eyes as a strong force awakened her. She looked down at herself and found that she was in a sleeping position. She took a moment to re-orient herself before her eyes surveyed her surroundings.

All she could see was a universe of black that stretched out as far as her eye could see. She jerked up into a standing position and was surprised at the energy it took for her to do that one simple movement. She looked down at her legs to see why it was so difficult but she was not prepared for the sight that came next.

Her legs were not solid and she was in a two dimensional state covered in blue. In fact, her whole body was covered in a pale blue that seemed to spark whenever she made a movement. Being the scientist she was, she tried to figure out what would enable her body to change into the state it was in when it hit her.

She was dead.

Memories of her death came flooding back like a swarm of hawkbats. Memories of Jacen saying that he loved her, screaming at her not to die.

"So this is what death feels like," she muttered. She stood up and hugged herself, feeling the cold of the black abyss. It sickened to know that she was the cause of her own death. If only she had left on the shuttle with Jaina and Kyp, she would have been able to spend the rest of her life with Jacen.

She felt like crying but her disembodied spirit did not allow any room for tears or feeling. She was dead. She looked around and noticed that there was a fine white line not far away from her. The line also stretched out for as far as she could see.

She felt an urging sensation to cross over the line. She stuck out her right foot to cross the line when a voice cried out.

"No! Don't do that Danni!" the voice cried out again. She looked around to see who had just shouted at her and found no one. The voice was familiar, a memory at the furthest dimension of her mind.

Her eyes rested on the white line again. The line glowed with a sparkle that matched one of Corellia's diamonds and the sparkle seemingly beckoned Danni to cross the line. Once again, she lifted her foot to cross the line when the same voice, speaking the same words cried out again.

That voice.

She found it very familiar and yet not familiar. She could not put her finger on the voice and there was a gnawing sensation and the recesses of her mind. She put her finger on her chin and looked at her blue feet to ponder the thought.

"Danni?" she heard.

She looked up and jerked violently at the sight in front of her, sparks flying from her blue body at the sudden movement. She was looking at the face of a man, were he alive she estimated that he would be around thirty years of age. His body was also blue and sparkly as hers was. The man had a familiar look and she struggled with herself to find where she had seen this man before.

"Don't remember me Danni?" he asked, chuckling a bit.

"No," was her reply as she stared at the man's face. Then realization struck. She had seen his face before. She had seen holopictures of him in her mother's wedding album. The man who had divorced her mother and died not long after in a thunderstorm.

Her father.

"Dad?" she asked, ignoring the strange feeling that she felt when she uttered that one word. It had been twenty long years since she had last said that word.

"I see you finally got it. You look so much like your mother," he said, smiling. Danni's mother had also died four years, just before the start of the war from Klatt's disease. She reached out with her hand to touch her father.

"Stop! Don't let any part of your body cross this line Danni," her father shouted at her pointing at the sparkling line.

"Why?" she asked incredulously.

"You see. This line is a divider between the lands of the dead and life. Cross it and you will die. You still have a chance to live Danni," he explained.

"But I'm already dead. I felt myself die," she said, wincing at the memory of her last sight of Jacen crying over her.

"Well you were dead but you have been given another chance Danni," her father told her.

Her mouth dropped in disbelief at her father's words. She could not believe what she had just been told. Another chance!? How could that be? She was dead. She herself knew it.

"How can I still be alive and still be like this?" she asked her father thrusting her arms upward, careful as not to cross the line.

Yet.

"Well I can't tell you that. Only he can. I have to admit Danni, you definitely have good taste in men. Especially when he's being chased by two other women," her father grinned at her.

"Dad!" Danni did not know if she could blush in her disembodied but she sure felt like she was. Here she was laughing and joking with her father like as if nothing happened and neither of them was dead. She nearly laughed at the irony.

"Danni, you have a chance to go back and make him happy. I would think that you are the only whose able to do that," her father's voice had turned serious again. "You future is with him Danni, not the dead. Not yet," he continued.

"But-"

"No buts Danni. I am talking to you here on borrowed time. You have to make your own decision. Cross the line and be unhappy or go back to where you belong for now," her father cut her off, his voice reverent.

"Tell Mom I love her?" she asked. She looked on desperately as her father's body began to fade into the abyss. He nodded and she allowed a small smile to creep onto her face.

"I am proud of you my daughter. We will meet again," he said, understanding that she had made the right decision as his body finally disappeared from sight.

"But how?"

"Close your eyes and believe Danni," her father's voice boomed out.

She was going back to him. To Jacen.

She closed her eyes and she felt herself being tugged back towards the edge of consciousness.

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She opened her eyes, expecting her vision to be blurred by bacta. She winced when her gaze met instead with a harsh light. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust to the light and she looked up at the light for a good two minutes, not knowing what to do.

She could not feel anything until her sensory perceptions rushed back to her in a rush and she had to tolerate the urge to vomit. Her body was outstretched on a standard medical bed found in medcenters. She looked to her left and saw that her left hand had been fitted with a heartbeat diagnostic counter. She looked to her right and she smiled.

He was holding her right hand tightly to his forehead. She could feel the Force emanating from him towards her body. She wanted to scold him, to hit him for risking all his strength to save her. She tried to sit up but she was still weak. It took all her strength to grip his hand back in assurance that she was okay.

His head jerked up at her contact and he turned his eyes on her. She could see his eyes filled with pain and regret, filled with anger and filled with elation as he saw her smiling at him. If possible, his grip on her hand became tighter and he suddenly let it go, regarding her with a look of confusion and worry.

"Are you real or am I dreaming again?" he asked, looking at her. She shivered a bit when she felt his gaze run over her from head to toe.

"How would I know if you're not a dream and you're going to fade again?" he asked this time, his voice had an edge. A tear rolled down his cheek. She gently let go of his hand and wiped away his tear with her right thumb.

"I'm real Jacen and I'm staying. I won't ever leave you again," she said as she sat up in her bed.

"Really? You won't disappear again? Promise?" he looked at her blankly. His tone was one of a child. She smiled and caressed his cheek. She shook her head and his eyes lightened up and a broad grin appeared on his face.

"I promise Jacen," she leaned forward and kissed his cheek.

"Cilghal!" he screamed at the top of his voice.

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"Do you think the both of them will be okay?" Leia asked. Luke looked at his sister, hearing the concern in her voice. He did not have an answer for her. No one did.

"I really don't know Leia. Jacen must face this by himself," he replied. Everyone else had dismayed looks on their faces at Luke's answer.

"What do you mean Luke?" Han asked, his voice frothing with concern and worry.

"It's just like me and Mara, you and Leia, Kyp and Jaina. I don't think one will survive without the other. I've had a few visions about," he stopped there, not wanting to cause extra worry for those around him.

"About what Uncle Luke? Tell us," Jaina piped up.

"Well of the few visions I've had about Jacen and Danni, if one is missing, so will the other. We already gave both of them their chance. It's up to them if they take it," Luke answered his niece solemnly. "But remember the future is always in motion".

Everyone gasped at Luke's statement. Leia was clutching on to hand's wrist tightly and Kyp had his arm around Jaina. Somewhere inside farther back inside the room, Ben started wailing, feeling the desperation of everyone through the Force. His wife went into the room with Ben, sighing as she walked.

They had been put on a physical and emotional strain ever since the Yuuzhan Vong attacked Mon Calamari, three weeks ago, and even more of a strain when they had revived Danni. The Jedi's most accomplished healer, Cilghal, had been monitoring Danni daily.

He looked around the room and as usual for the past three weeks, the only one missing was his nephew, Jacen Solo. Jacen had spent every single day of the last three weeks in the hospital room with Danni, giving his energy to her body. The only time his nephew had ever gone out was to venture for food or take a bath. Luke nearly smiled when he saw his own self-sacrificial features embedded inside his nephew.

He took a long look around the room and felt his mood darken. Assembled in the room were Kyp Durron, the Solos excluding Jacen and all three Skywalkers. The seven of them had been staying in a room at the medcenter so they could check up on Danni easily.

Everyone looked at him when his comlink beeped. He switched it on.

"Skywalker," followed by the person's voice. No one could hear what was being said to Luke, so they waited intently.

He shot up from his seat, practically screaming out the word "Really" after the speaker had finished. To top it all of, Luke was grinning from ear to ear and his Force sense had brightened, eliciting a happy squeal from his son.

"What happened Luke?" Han asked as Luke rushed to the door pulling Mara and Ben with him.

"Danni's alive and she's conscious," he replied looking over his shoulder for a second before disappearing from sight.

For a few moments, everyone else that remained in the room simply looked at each other in confusion, amazement and disbelief. It took another moment for them to make a mad dash towards the door and to Danni's medical ward.

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"I was so scared Danni. Scared for you. Don't ever do that to me again," Jacen said hugging Danni as she got to her feet much to Jacen's disapproval. She had just woke up from the dead to him but she felt energetic enough.

"Easy now," he said as he steadied with her hand when she tried to walk a few steps. She felt a sudden light-headedness and she fell into Jacen's chest. She heard his chuckle and she reached out to caress his chin. It was smooth and shaven.

"You shaved your beard?" she asked skeptically.

"Yes. I did for you," he replied looking straight at her. She was startled by the intensity of his gaze. She could not tear her eyes away from his. They were such a deep brown.

"Why?" she asked softly, her hand was still caressing his chin.

"Because I thought since you didn't like it, if I shaved it off, you would come back again," he told her, his thumb resting on her cheek. His voice had taken that of a child's again.

So pure and so innocent.

"You did that for me? Really," she said, her eyes watering slightly. It was silly crying over a simple gesture of Jacen shaving his beard but after what they had both been true, she felt touched.

"Really. I did it because," he stopped and inhaled sharply. He exhaled and Danni could feel his sweet breath and her cheek before he continued. "I did it because I love you Danni Quee".

Her tears never looked more beautiful to Jacen as they did now. Each tear was laden with happiness, beautiful and perfect droplets of liquid. The tears flowed down her cheeks and she smiled at him while he wiped them away gently.

"Don't cry for me Danni," he said. His head dipped towards her lips and he could feel her anticipation and her excitement when the door flung open.

In the walkway, was his Uncle Luke. His uncle seemed oblivious to the fact that he had yet again spoiled the moment between him and Danni as she stepped away from him. Jacen could see his Aunt Mara and parents behind his uncle but he could not care about them now. All he could think about was Danni. His uncle had ruined the moment one too many times.

"Sithspawn! Get out of the room Uncle Luke. And that goes to everyone waiting to come in here," he screamed out adding some Corellian curses for good measure. The grin his uncle was wearing was wiped off and he hurriedly closed the door.

He could see the shock in Danni's face at his outburst as he wrapped both his arms around her waist.

"That was rude Jacen," she admonished him, though he could sense a tone of amusement in her voice.

"Well I have nothing against the man but he was just damned irritating whenever we want to-" he stopped there, flashing her a lopsided grin.

"When we want to what Jacen Solo?" she asked, a wicked gleam in her eyes.

"This," was his short reply as he finally closed the remaining distance between their lips.

Their lips finally met in a kiss and the feel of her lips seared through him like electricity and burned through his every sense. Never in his wildest dreams did he think that kissing could feel like that. They broke their intimate contact and judging from Danni's quickened breath rate, she too felt the same way as Jacen.

"Wow!" they both exclaimed at the same time. Danni had begun playing with the hair at the nape of his neck and on his head.

"I love you so much Danni," he said. She looked to him and a grin played on her lips. The green in her eyes never looked so mesmerizing.

"I love you too Jacen Solo," she replied as a thrill shot through him at her admission. "Now shut up and kiss me again".

He grinned and kissed her again, this time pouring out his heart and soul towards the woman he loved as he felt her do the same.

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Author Notes: I was planning on this chapter to raise a few tears but I don't think I got the write effect but heck I'm just happy I got this chapter up.

Acknowledgements:

Kaz: Once again, many thanks to you for reviewing every single one of my chapters. I hope you like this chapter as I much as I enjoyed writing it though it was a bit tiring.

Mara.Jade: Yep, the second dream would be downright scary if the wrong person said it to you. Imagine a Gamorrean or a Hutt talking about you staring in their sexual fantasies. *shudders* By the way, I went to your homepage and I really have to know. How tall are you? I'm a very height conscious man. *winks*

Sky: You're a wonderful author yourself. I really liked your story and I hope you do more stories soon. I do hope you like this chapter but try not to get hooked on so much. They are more worthwhile fics out there.

Puppyglo: Here's something to consider. I wrote in chapter four that Jaina always had a degree of affection for Kyp. Maybe you were just too blind to see it and focusing on the parts that you really hate. Don't you believe in love at first sight and from the sounds of your review, you really hate the Kyp/Jaina pairing but that's not my problem is it? I don't really show people my angry side but you just take the cake my friend. Don't tell me what to do and what not to do. You're a great author, I read you story but you don't like flames. Neither do I. So only word comes to mind when I think of you and your review, Hypocrite!