The Story of Jade Jinn Halcyon and Obi-Wan Kenobi

Chapter 2

Bail Organa arrived at Naboo as Mace was departing. 

"Master Windu, I was not aware that you were leaving too," Bail said shaking his hand.  "And who is this little one here?  She seems unhappy."

"Well, I wasn't supposed to leave but something has occurred so my services are needed.  As for this little one, she's Jade Jinn Halcyon, Hal and Taylor's girl."

"She looks a lot like Qui-Gon," he said frowning.  "Let's hope that she doesn't turn out to be a rogue also.  The first caused enough problems to last forever."

"I will ask you to refrain from speaking of him in such a manner while in my presence," Mace said warningly.  "He was a great Jedi, so he was rebellious, big deal.  He always followed the Force and his heart.  Not once did he stray.  He may not have listened to the council but he always did as the Force told him to."

"Sorry, I was mistaken.  If you'll excuse me, I need to go get Leia."

Mace reached out and grabbed Bail by the arm.  "Thank you for looking after Leia."

"I'm doing this for Padme, not you Jedi," he said, using the word Jedi as though it were a curse word.  "It's the Jedi's fault that we're in this mess.  If it wasn't for Vader these darling children wouldn't be separated from their mother."

"If it wasn't for Anakin, these darling children wouldn't be here as our only hope," Mace shot back.  "Now if you'll excuse me, I must leave."

With that being said Mace, with Jade still in his arms strode up the lamp, closed it and left.

On Tatooine:

After a few days of travel in hyperspace, Mace arrived with the children on Tatooine.  When he landed, he went to the Lars' Homestead.

As he arrived Beru Lars greeted him.

"Here let me help with the children."  After they got the children settled, they sat and talked.

"If you don't mind my asking, who exactly are you, sir?" Beru asked.

"I am Jedi Master Mace Windu."

"Yes, Obi-Wan…I mean Ben, mentioned you were helping hide one of the Horn children, why are you here with three children?"

"The boy is the child we have asked you to watch, Luke Skywalker.  The other two are the Horn twins.  The red haired one is Mara Jade, she will be staying on Ord Mandell with Master Depa Billaba.  The dark haired one is Jade Jinn Halcyon.  She was supposed to stay with Ben…" he said trailing off.

"Where is Ben?  I thought he was bringing Luke."

"He was, but something happened to him and he never returned."  He purposely left out how they knew, it would be hard enough to get them to agree to what he had to ask.

"Beru, I need a favor."

"What?" she asked.

"Can you keep Jade until I am able to return?  I must take Mara with me and help the other Masters set up hiding places.  As soon as I return I'll take Jade with me," Mace explained.

"I'd love to keep the little girl.  It would be wonderful to raise a girl."

"I will return someday, after my work is finished.  I'll be a short ways away, but close enough to help keep an eye on them as they get older or run into possible problems.  I'll be living in the hut that Ben has set up."

"Ok, it sounds good to me, and I'm sure Owen will agree."

"I'll agree to what?" Owen asked as he walked in.

Mace stood and introduced himself, extending his hand, "My name is Mace Windu."

"Great, another Jedi.  Where's Kenobi?  I thought he was bringing the child."

"We don't know what happened to him.  I am taking his place but have some personal affairs to attend to, as well as one of the children," Mace told him.

"Well what will happen to the other child?"

"I was hoping that you would be kind enough to keep her until I can return."

"I really don't have a choice, do I?"

"No, not really," Mace told him.

"Fine.  When will you return?"

"Probably not permanently for a while now," Mace said as he noted the look on Owen's face.

"Fine, we'll keep her until you return permanently.  As soon as you're back for good, she's gone."

"Good, that's all I'm asking."  Having said that Mace went over to the children.  All three were in a playpen across the room.  Mara and Luke were having a good time playing.  Jade had secluded herself to a corner and sat there despondently.  The happy spark she once had in her eyes had disappeared about the same time as Ben.  In order to give Luke and Mara a few more precious moments together he picked up Jade and spoke quietly to her.

"Be a good little girl Jade.  One day we'll find Obi-Wan, I promise."  He sat Jade down, putting her in a light trance, then moved to the other two children.  'I hate to separate these two, they're so connected.  But it must be done.'  As he picked the two children up he had a vision.

~A male with blond hair and blue eyes stood in the middle of the woods with a lady.  The lady had the most beautiful fiery red-gold hair.  She was poking the young man in the back with a blaster.  'No that can't be right,' Mace thought as the vision continued.  It showed the same two people a few years later.  They were sparring with their lightsabers; the male had a green one and the female blue.  'That's Anakin's!'  They soon collapsed to the ground.  They sat talking and laughing, like best friends.  Soon is shifted to a wedding, the only problem was that Mara was in the audience crying and Luke was getting married.  Then he caught one last glimpse of them laughing together. ~

"You will face rough times, but you will be reunited and your connection will be reestablished.  I'm sorry." He then sat Luke in the pen, placed both Luke and Mara in a trance and hurried to leave.

"Thanks again, I'll return one day."  Those were his departing words as he took Mara and left for Ord Mandell.

Years Later:

The years went by and things happened.  The hidden base, where Master Billaba was looking after Mara, was found and destroyed.  It was assumed that everyone died.  Upon investigating, Mace determined that Mara was still alive.  He only shared this with one other person, his wife, Master Adi Gallia.  He still couldn't believe it.  After spending so much time helping her set up the Jedi base on Dantooine, he'd fallen for her.  He then realized how wrong the council was pertaining to love.  They bonded a few years ago and had a son, Di-Jinn.  They decided that there was nothing they could do for Mara and would have to put off saving her until later.  All they could do was hope she was ok.

Mace sat in his hut on Tatooine thinking back on the last time he's seen them in person.  He still talked to them frequently and missed them very much.  He decided it was time to go visit Luke and Jade.

As he arrived at the homestead, he heard tow people yelling at each other.  'Oh great, Jade and Owen are at it again.'  Then he suddenly heard a loud pop, a scream, and a thud on the ground.  Then he heard a new voice start in.

"I can't believe you just did that to her!" Luke yelled.

"Boy, you stay out of this or you'll be next!"

"Don't you go near her, if you want to hit something, hit me!  Don't you touch her!"

He heard another cry from Jade and a few more loud pops.  Mace rushed in and used the Force to throw Owen against the wall and pinned him there just as he was about to hit Luke again.

Mace looked at Luke.  His cheek was bright red and was beginning to swell and bruise.  He then looked to where Jade was laying on the ground.  She already had a black eye that was swollen shut.  She had a bloody nose, busted lip and was holding her stomach.

"Luke, Jade, go to your rooms and pack you things.  You'll be leaving with me."

Luke helped Jade up and assisted her in hobbling to her room.

Mace turned to Owen who was still pinned to the wall.  "Don't you ever touch those children again, Owen Lars, or you will regret it," Mace said coldly.

"If she had of left those blasted sand people alone, none of this would've happened!"

"What did she do to deserve what you did to her?" Mace asked calmly.

"One was injured and she helped it."

"So you punished her for being compassionate," Mace stated.

"No, I punished her for being stupid."

"No," Mace said, cutting him off and pointing a finger at him.  "You punished her for being like her grandfather."

"Yeah, and see where his 'compassionate nature' got us," Owen spat.

"He was a dear friend of mine and you will not speak of him in that manner.  You have taxed my patience to its limit today Owen Lars, and that is a hard thing to do.  Now I will check on the kids, help them gather their things and we will be out of your life for good."  Having said that he dropped Owen to the floor and headed to Luke's room.

Luke sat Jade on her bed and went to the small sink she had.  He grabbed a washrag and wet it as much as he could.  He returned to where Jade sat and preceded to wipe the blood away from her busted lip and nose.  She hissed as he touched the area.

"I'm sorry, but I need to get this blood off of you mouth and try to stop the bleeding at your nose."

"I know Luke, this isn't the first time we've had to do this, remember."

"Yeah, I know.  But what I don't know is why you wouldn't let me tell Mace earlier?"

"Because I didn't want to seem weak.  And it hurts to think about it."  As she said this, tears started to come to her eyes.

Luke brushed her tears away.  "You're not weak, you're one of the strongest people that I know.  Don't let Owen see your tears, you be strong.  We're finally getting away from here."

She just hugged her knees to her chest and put her head down.  "I'm sorry about this Luke.  Thank you for being here for me, I appreciate it."

"Of course Jade, I'll always be here for you.  You're my best friend and have been a sister to me over the years, I love you as if you were my own flesh and blood."

Jade hugged Luke, "Now get on out of here and go pack.  I need to get straight and pack my things."

"Ok, just remember, I'm here for you."

"Alright, thanks," she said as he left the room.

Luke and Jade moved in with Mace who began to train them in the ways of the Jedi.  He gave Luke Anakin's old lightsaber and Jade got Qui-Gon's.   Soon Jade decided to build her own lightsaber.  She had taken and interest to martial arts.  She built herself a double lightsaber that separated in the middle to become two separate ones.  The blades were both white with a bluish-green tint to them.  Both showed a talent for flying.

Mace decided that it was time for them to join the Rebellion.  They headed off to Yavin 4, where they both became members of Rogue Squadron.

Since the last incident with Owen, Jade  became withdrawn from others especially males.  The only two people she was close with were Luke and Mace.  That is until she went to the Rebellion and met Han Solo and Wedge Antilles.

After they returned from the battle with the Death Star Leia and Han congratulated Luke before she could get over there.  She separated herself from the crowd and all of a sudden someone grabbed her from behind.  All of a sudden her mind reverted back to Tatooine and Owen Lars.  She screamed, but everyone was so busy cheering that they didn't notice. 

Luke was across the hanger, being congratulated by Mace when he felt Jade's distress.  He ran away leaving confused people behind.  He arrived to see Jade elbow her attacker hard in the stomach and run off.  Luke ran up to the guy and realized it was Wedge.

"What did you do to her?!" he practically yelled at Wedge.

"I was just going to surprise her and congratulate her on making it back safely.  What did I do wrong?" Wedge asked, his voice full of concern.

"Just don't sneak up on her.  I can't go into any more detail, you'll have to ask her.  I can tell you it has something to do with our childhood, but that's all I'm at liberty to say."

"You and Jade are very close.  Is there something going on between you two?"

"Well, that's really none of your business, but since you are a friend that doesn't matter.  We're very close, but like brother and sister.  Neither of us knew our family and we grew up together, so we consider each other family.  But I think you need to go talk to her and possibly apologize."

"Yeah, thanks for the talk Luke.  I hope she trusts me enough to confide in me.  Wish me luck."  With that he was off to straighten things out with Jade.