Author's note- this will tell you why I should never write Lightsaber fight scenes, when they don't include Luke/ a Master Jedi if even that. See, I ran into major problems, Jaina can't be too good, after all, she is hardly trained in the area of lightsaber, she only has the skills she has observed, and 1 year of official training in Saber warfare because Jedi train in lightsabers last. So I had to make Jaina live, and kinda win, while not making her an excellent Saberswordswoman. And I couldn't have Luke help her too much, 'cause that will through the rest of the story off. Grrrrr.

        Anyways, I would appreciate it, if someone wanted to help me re-write the saber fight scene.  Sorry for the brevity of this. I just wanted to give you a chapter before the weekend. She went down to the meal room and sat with her friends. "You were right." She told Roald. "Master Numair asked me to… repeat the experiment."

        Roald smiled and patted Jaina's hand. He knew how much this meant to her, but he also knew not to talk about that right then.

         Kel also got the same vibe. She just smiled at Jaina.

       "What experiment?" Owen asked.

        Jaina shook her head. "So, how is training going?" She asked changing the subject.

       Owen was very unhappy with the subject change. "WHAT'S GOING ON?"

       Everyone respected Jaina's wishes, and ignored him and changed the topic. After dinner, though, Roald, Neal, and Kel walked Jaina back to her room, when they saw that no one else was around they asked. "So what happened?" Kel asked.

      "Just as Roald said, Master Numair came to my room and asked if I would repeat the experiment. He had already gotten the other necessary authorizations. Right now Geoffrey, Numair, the King, and probably some others are discussing the time."

   "Sounds fun." Kel said, imagining a council with all the bigwig nobles, and mages discussing the time, repercussions, so on and so forth of such communication.

    "Very much so." Roald said, dryly. "Except I think it is going to be a private King's council meeting, Alanna's here, so she, Raoul, Geoffrey, Numair, mother,  and my father." Roald said.

    Kel was startled. "Are you sure? I mean, I know it is your father and all, but still… wouldn't they want to do politics and consult all the big wigs."

     Roald shook his head. "Father doesn't like to do things that way, he prefers smaller councils with his most trusted advisors. He has to do big councils as not to alienate people but he can say this is more of a day-to-day matter and let his small group decide this."

    Kel shrugged. "This just shows how little experience I have with this kind of stuff. Anyways, I have to go, Lord Raoul wants me to do some accounting stuff. Jaina tell me how everything turns out."

    "I will." Jaina said. "Thanks."

   "No problem." Kel said, giving Jaina a smile.

   "Bye, Kel." Roald and Jaina said.

   "Bye, you two." Kel said, holding up her hand in a wave as she left.

   Jaina and Roald chatted for a few minutes until Geoffrey came. "Well, I might as well tell both of you together." He said, seeing Roald there. "They have decided on tomorrow about midday. It will be a little bigger group then you probably would've like, Jaina. But that can't be helped, because remember this is also a political thing. Communication between two different world, and a treaty with someone in another world will really give Tortall influence."

     Jaina shrugged. "I was expecting that. How big of a group?"

     Geoffrey winced. "Um, it is going to be an open 'audience'."

    "Well, worse comes to worse I can start talking to my parents in Corellian." She said.

    "There is no chance of anyone being able to understand that." Geoffrey joked. "Anyways, you two had better get some sleep now. Jaina, we will be doing lessons a bell earlier tomorrow so you can take your time with your chat home." 

    "All right." Jaina said. "Good night Roald. Good night Geoffrey."

    "Good night." Roald said to both of them, bowing to Geoffrey and leaving.

    "Good night." Geoffrey said, bowing to Roald.

    The next morning Jaina had to leave some of her exercised because she and Geoffrey were starting lessons early. The morning seemed to drag on; she had to exercise a lot of self-control not to ask Geoffrey every few minutes when the midday bell was going to ring.

    When it finally did, she ran and stuffed down her meal without really talking to anyone then ran to her room to get ready so she could talk to her family. She put a few braids in her hair and tried to make herself look all pretty. "What am I doing?" She asked herself. "This is not Jaina Solo. This is also a political thing; so make sure you don't look too different from usual." She took out the braids, and settled for just brushing it thoroughly and tying it back with a leather strap and wrapping a ribbon around that. She also put on a new uniform.

      Her friends were pounding on the door a few minutes later. "Ready to go?" Neal asked.

       "Is it time all ready?" Jaina asked, her heart pounding.

     "Most definitely." Neal drawled.

     "We asked Geoffrey if we could bring you, you know so we could… spend time together." Cleon said. "He said, sure, except he will meet you outside the audience chamber, then you have to walk in with his as you are his squire and it is your audience." 

    Jaina got from his hesitation, that it was actually calm her down and take care of her. "Thanks you all." She said.

     She opened the door and they started to walk. Then Roald stopped them. "Jaina, we forgot to tell you earlier, but you need to bring your… Jedi weapon. Numair says that he would like to try, with your permission, to use that as a focus so he can talk to the Jedi Academy, and get a feeler for talking to other places."

      Jaina nodded, ran inside and grabbed her saber from where she kept it hidden, making sure the doorway was blocked. She knew that it would be disastrous if anyone else figured out where she kept her lightsaber, because they might accidentally activate it and cause a lot of damage.  Jaina met everyone outside with then, and then walked with them to the audience chamber. She greeted Geoffrey who was waiting there with a smile. "Ready?" He asked.

       "Never been more ready for anything in my life." Jaina said, knowing he needed to hear it. Geoffrey, like many of the other Knights wasn't used to or comfortable with political situations.

     Geoffrey gave Jaina a grateful smile and they walked in together right after the Herald announced them. Then they bowed to Jonathan and Thayet. Jonathan gestured to Numair. "We will attempt to redo the experiment conducted awhile ago." He said, and Jaina could see that that was a line they had rehearsed at the meeting.

    There was a group of mages seated right around Numair. The air around his fingers crackled and changed color. But nothing happened except for swirling lights. Numair gestured to the other mages who now joined him. Now in about 2 seconds Jaina could see her room on Coruscant. She saw Jacen was lying in bed. She giggled internally, wake up sleepy head, she thought.

        Numair nodded to Jaina. "Jacen." She said, her voice cracking.

       Jacen got up in bed suddenly. "Jaya?"

     "Yeah, it is me." She said, her voice cracking a bit.

      "Wait a moment, I am going to go get Mom, Dad, Uncle Luke, Anakin, and Chewie." Jacen bolted from the screen.

     A few minutes later all of her family appeared on the screen. "How long has it been since we last talked in  RST [Republican Standard Time]."

      "Almost 2 months, why?" Leia asked.

      Jaina's eyes widened. "Our entire family, in the same room on Coruscant twice in two months." She asked in Corellian?

      "We have made some changes." Han replied in Corellian, Leia could understand it, but couldn't speak it that well yet. "Your disappearance showed us how precious our family was, and how we were drifting."

       "It happened like that because of the jobs, Mom as Chief of State, Uncle Luke as Jedi master, and Jasa, Ani, and I as trainees."

      "Well most trainees can go home about once or twice every two months for a few days, as long as their training masters think they are keeping up, and the republic has trained enough Jedi that Luke can take that much time off. Actually, the just arrived last night so you called in good time." Han said, in Corellian.

      "How are you doing?" Leia asked, in Basic.

     "Just fine." Jaina said.

    Leia gave Jaina the, I don't believe it tell me the truth look. Jaina sighed. "I just wanted to talk to you guys." She said in Corellian. "Can we talk about some neutral topic so I can talk in basic? This is a big deal for the people here, so they have a big audience called and a lot of people are here so I would like to talk in Basic."

       "Are you eating properly?" Leia asked.

     Everyone else in the family hid smiles, this was Leia's idea of a neutral non-embarrassing question. Jaina sighed. "Yes, mom."

     "Good." Leia said. "Now remember all the talks we had on the subject."
     "Yes mom." Jaina said, feeling her teeth grit.

      "How are you guys doing." Jaina asked, addressing Jacen and Anakin.

    "We are doing fine." Jacen said. "Uncle Luke's been grilling us." He said giving his Uncle a mock glare.

      "Good." Luke said, giving his nephew a look.

     "Did you tell your g/f yet?" Jaina asked.

   Jacen blushed.

    "JACEN SOLO you listen to me, and you listen to me well." Jaina said, unconsciously starting to sound like her mother.

     "Wow." Han said, giving a lopsided smile. "Someone is starting to sound a lot like their mother.

   Jaina lifted her eyebrow, then realized what she was doing. "Aah. I am turning into you mom."

     "You say that as if it is a bad thing." Leia asked, sounding wounded.

      Jaina had forgotten her mom was in the room. "Sorry mom." She said, guiltily. "I didn't mean that. I love you."

     Leia nudged Luke. "I thought you of all people would've said something in my favor."

      Jaina realized her Uncle really hadn't said a word. "Luke?" Leia asked.

     "Sorry." Luke said, absentmindedly.

    Something is wrong, Jaina thought. Her mother's next move reaffirmed that belief. Leia turned towards Luke. "Luke?" She asked.

      "Oh my gosh." Luke growled. "I am so dumb. I should've seen it."

     "Seen what?" Leia asked, confused.

   "Jaina, drop the connection."

    "What?" She asked.

     "DROP THE CONNECTION." Luke snapped. "NOW."

     When Jaina hesitated. "I MEANT NOW. Trust me." 

      Jonathan looked at Jaina who nodded. Jonathan nodded at Numair. Who started the process of dropping the connection (it took awhile because it was entangled with their gifts "Too late." Luke sighed. "Jain, do you have your saber?"

     Jaina nodded, laying her hand on it, and dread started to fill her heart. "Still, drop the connection. Open it again later, if there are less then 15." Luke said.

    "Less then 15 what?" Jaina started to ask, but by that time the connection was dropped.

   "What did he mean too late?" Jonathan asked.

   "I have no idea." Jaina said. "But Uncle Luke is usually right. I have a feeling something or someone is coming" 

     "What? Explain yourself please."

     But before Jaina could do so the air in front of them swirled. "Everyone get back." Jonathan ordered. "Everyone but the mages, Jaina, Geoffrey, and I leave the room."

    But before they could do so the doors snapped shut, and try as they might they couldn't open them, and the mages' attention was focused elsewhere.

     "Squire Jaina, stand behind me." Geoffrey said.

     Numair and the other mages in the room started using protection spells to try and keep the spell that was in action from going through. They were doing a good job. The swirls were frozen in place. They were trying to force the colored lights to recede and force back whatever spell had been cast. So far they weren't able to, though.

      She knew she had to hurry because the lights still weren't receding, and they had started swirling again a bit.

        Jaina knew she had to do something. She concentrated on the lights and tried to get them to stall herself.  But soon people bearing Lightsabers broke through. Jaina sucked a breath in; this is what her Uncle had meant. Dark-siders traced her, when her Uncle couldn't. She knew she had to deal with this. Lightsabers would melt through most of the weapons they had here.

     "Where is the *I don't like swearing so I won't have my characters swear either* daughter of the *again* Princess." The person who seemed to be the leader said.

     "What do you want with her?" Jonathan asked, the picture of regality.

     "What do you think, we want with her, you leader of a third-rate country, on a third-rate world."

      "Boss, maybe leading such a backwards country has dulled his brains, if he had any to begin with." One of the other men said.

     Jaina took a headcount. There were only 9. Luke had said to call if there were 15. Raoul came out, eyes blazing, and sword unsheathed. "Take back your words, and leave peacefully."

    Jaina winced. She started to move forward until she felt Geoffrey's hand tighten on her arm. "No." He whispered. "No."

    "But-" She argued.

     "That is an order."

   Jaina gritted her teeth but had to step back. The dark-sider sneered. "What are you going to do if I don't." He said.

      Raoul executed a perfect turn and upward sword slice, but it was caught by the darksiders lightsaber. Jaina bit her lip, she knew what was coming next. She had to try and stop it. "Tell Raoul to pull his sword back." Jaina whispered to Geoffrey. 

     "What?" Geoffrey said.

    "Please." Jaina said, urgently.

     "Pull." Geoffrey shouted.

    Raoul and the darksider looked at him. Raoul lowered his sword, and Jaina breathed a deep sigh of relief. But then one of the darksiders friends took advantage of the moment and attacked Raoul from the behind.  Raoul did a squat rotate so the lightsaber missed him. A moment later Raoul and the Darksider locked sword/saber. "He needs to pull." Jaina said.

      "Jaina, Raoul is an expert on fighting. I trust him to know when to pull." Geoffrey said, for the first time starting to get a bit annoyed at his Squire.

     Jaina could feel his annoyance so she quieted. She stretched out with her force powers and tried to keep Raoul's sword from melting. The darksider growled. "Little wench. That power of yours is inconsequential." The darksider slapped away Jaina's force powers from Raoul's sword.

      Jaina wished, for the umpteenth time that she had more training. For now she knew that she couldn't beat him in a force battle encounter. Now a Lightsaber duel……. There she had a chance.

        Everyone in the Tortallan court, except Jaina who had been expecting this, watched askance as Raoul's sword melted. Including Raoul.

    "Now, let me go." Jaina said. "Please. I am the only person who has a saber. I am the only person who has any training with it, and even though the training is minimal it is something. I can add that to my hand-to-hand skills and maybe get an advantage."

      Geoffrey knew they had no other choice. "Give me Jaina Solo, and I will leave this court alone. As you can see your weapons are inconsequential against the weapons I have."

        Jonathan didn't answer but sat mutely on the chair. Jaina recognized this political tactic.

      It worked like a charm. The darksider spoke up again. "I doubt the brat's skills have progressed to the point where she has built her own lightsaber. If so, give me a dual. The winner gets their way."

     "There are 9 of you and one of her." The king said.

    "One on one. Me v. her."

    The king discreetly sent Geoffrey a signal. "The King says it is our call. Jain, what do you think."

        Jaina sighed with relief. "We don't actually have a choice. Ask Numair if he can construct a barrier between the two of us and his friends."

     "I will." Geoffrey said, moving aside slightly.

      "How can we ensure it will be one on one." Jaina said, holding her saber in her right hand, and walking forward nonchalantly.

      "You will just have to trust me word."

    "Trust a dark sider, you have to be kidding." Jaina said.

     "You have no choice."

    "Or do I?" Jaina said.

  The darksider flipped his saber on, and charged. Here goes, Jaina thought, oh force please be with me.

         Jaina ducked and caught his saber with her own. She tried to force his saber back, but instead he pushed, and if she had been in almost any other position he would've flipped her. As it was he knocked the Saber out of her hands Jaina swore to herself a long line of Corellian swear words. She had forgotten her lightsaber lessons. She calmed herself and called her saber to her. Then let her Uncle's lectures flow to her. Always work with finesse, force never works. She remembered the line that had helped her in her hand-to-hand combat lessons.

         Next she worked on calming herself, fear always works against you. He started to charge again. "Come lass, let me show you the true power in the galaxy." He purred.

     "Really? I didn't know you were a part of the light side of the force."

      "Impertinent child. The light side has no power, it is the dark side that has the power."

       She smiled grimly. This time she was ready. She did a Durron 001 Chop-sweep-turn. This disarmed the darksider. Thank you Master Durron, also known as Kyp. She thought. Now this is more equal. "This child almost disarmed you." She kick-turned, using the force to propel her. But right after that kick he got his saber back and did some damage of his own. The match up went like this for quite a bit, mostly a stalemate; both sides landed a few lucky hits and so both were bleeding, but none of the injuries were bad enough to stop the match. The verbal sparring was also at basically a stalemate. He was getting to her, she had felt her anger level rising just a bit, but she wasn't showing it.

     Jaina was starting a tire a bit. Just a bit, she justified to herself. She had to end this quickly. She knew that at the smallest indication of their leader loosing the others would move in. She hoped Numair would get the barrier up, but in case it didn't work… well, she had to be at her best.

        She moved to do a Kikkkinian move, but then she felt a nagging from the Force. She used the force to keep his spars away while she investigated the feeling. She opened herself to the force, and felt relief flow to her. She felt a message from Uncle Luke come in. Open yourself to the force. Completely. Let light engulf you. Don't let anything he is saying affect you.  

         Automatically Jaina took a deep breath and let the force flow through her and heal what the words had cost her. Remember, Anger, Agress—th----darksid---For-----ey---- Jaina got a mental burst of static and she lost her Uncle's voice completely.

       Come again. She urgently sent.

       Nothing

     COME AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Nothing. She sighed and kept her eyes trained on her opponent, she would have to do this alone.     

          She went back on the defensive then and held him off well. She then noticed out of the corner of her eyes Numair and the mages were starting to shield the room with VERY powerful magic.

       She felt a surge of hope. She might actually survive this. Jaina, Jaina could almost here her Uncle's scolding voice. Believe you can do it, or you will not be able to. Why should anyone else believe you can do it, if you yourself can't.  

           Jaina smiled wryly. "I can do this." She said aloud.

          "Do what? Die honorably." The guy sneered.

         Jaina just smirked. "If you were so good, you wouldn't spend so much time trying to bait me, you would kill me and get it over with."

     "I was trying to have mercy on you. You are just a little girl. Go home, and play with dolls."

     Jaina did an impressive spin in the air and came down and locked her saber with the darksider. "Scared?" She asked.

      "Of you." He said, condescendingly.

      "Your arrogance will be your undoing. Or should I say, has been your undoing." Jaina said, feeling confident enough to engage in some verbal sparring. She also wanted to distract the darksiders from what Numair and his mages were doing. If they figured out… well, a lot could go wrong to say the least.

         She looked questioningly at Numair. He shook his head. So Jaina kept sparring. 5 minutes later Numair gave her a discreet thumbs up. She smiled relieved. She nodded to Numair. "Listen, Mister, my mages and I are closing up your portal home, you want to go home, then you have 15 seconds." Numair said.

     The darksider took a few seconds where he shielded himself using the force while using the force to check the validity of his statements. He cursed and then motioned to his friends. "I will be back." He promised Jaina. "With a bigger force." He said viciously.

        "I bet." Jaina said, grimly, not yet turning off her saber.

       "5 seconds." Numair said grimly, pointing to the swirling lights.

       The darksider and his group jumped in by rank.

        As soon as they were gone Jaina extinguished her saber and let out a breath. She collapsed onto the floor. "Good job, Jaina. Yet again you save us." Jonathan said.

          Jaina turned a deep red. "It was really nothing." She muttered. Then she said aloud. "Those guys couldn't have been skilled at the 'saber, because I have minimal training, and if I was able to hold them off…"

      "Or maybe your innate ability is such that it makes up for it." Alanna spoke up.

      "I somehow doubt that." Jaina said, remembering sparring lessons at the Academy.

    "Well, lets just thank Mithros that it worked." Jonathan said. "Thanks Numair and all of the mages for getting that shield up."

      "Speaking of which, do you think you have figured out how to make a portal." Jaina asked, trying not to let the notes of hope come into her voice.

      Numair shook his head sadly. "No, we just used a shield to block their magic."

   " Master Numair." Thayet spoke up for the first time that audience session. "Can you contact Jaina's family, they are probably worried sick."

     Jaina gave Thayet a grateful smile. "Of course." Numair said. "I am sorry, but it will have to be a brief one, the shield almost wiped us out."

     Jaina nodded, she just needed to tell them she was okay. Jaina saw that all of her family was waiting. "Jaina." Leia said, with relief. "Are you okay."

     "Perfectly." Jaina said.

     "Thanks for the reminder, Uncle Luke." Jaina said in Corellian.

     "No problem." Luke said, in Corellian.

     "I have to go now, but just wanted to tell you I am ok."

      "Take care." Leia said.

    "Love you." Her entire family chorused.

     "I love you too." Jaina said, waving as the connection closed.