SEVENTEEN!

{[()]} The years to follow were full of joy, adventure, and learning.

Eventually, Anakin asked Tahari to marry him, and she accepted the offer. This was followed closely by Jason's proposal to Tenel Ka. She said she would have to think about it, but that only took about two seconds.

There was a short crisis at the outer rims about a year later, but with the Jedi once again becoming strong, that crisis was quickly silenced. Eventually, everything became as peaceful as it was before the Vong war. There was always some senator, who was complaining, or negotiations that needed to be worked out, but that was typical.

Zekk went on to be a squadron commander, and Jaina sometimes returned to Yavin 4 to teach with her Uncle. Jaina and Zekk had another child, and they called her Padme, after Jaina's grandmother.

After a searching through records on Naboo, it was found that a former Queen turned Senator had secretly married a young Jedi Padawan named Anakin Skywalker. This last piece of the puzzle to the Skywalker history opened a whole knew perspective to Luke and Leia.

Shallin and Dannon would later attend the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4, and become the newest batch of Young Jedi Knights. As heirs of the Force they would become the newest generation of Jedi, as a new hope for the New Republic.

THE END

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Tyanna smiled, leaning back against the hospital chair. "So that's what happened?"

Jaina nodded, taking in a ragged and shallow breath. "That's what happened."

The door chimed, and the white hospital doors hissed open, and Jaina could hear five people enter the room. Without turning her head she knew it was Dannon, Shallin, Padme, and Anakin's son Garenth.

Shallin took her mother's hands, her eyes wide and worried. "Mom?"

Jaina blinked, trying to focus her tired eyes. Slowly, she took in the site of her grown daughter, memorizing for one last time the jet black hair, and alert eyes. "Hello Shallin. Where have you been?"

Dannon knelt next to the bed. "We were exploring the outer rims."

Smiling, Jaina sighed. "I should have known."

Padme, who stood behind her older siblings bit her lip. Worriedly, she pulled her long brown hair over her left shoulder. "Mom, is it true what the medics are telling us?"

Jaina knew that her youngest daughter couldn't bare to say the words that were inevitable. Blinking, and bringing her eyes away from Shallin to look all around the room. "It's true."

Garenth, who had remained silent spoke first. "But you don't have to- I mean you could-"

"I am strong in the Force." Jaina whispered. "But not that strong."

"Have you been seen by the healers yet?" Dannon asked.

"Yes. But they can't stop what is destiny. It's the way of the Force."

Garenth's crystal blue eyes looked down at the floor. He was young and strong in the Force, but not fully trained. Jaina could feel his anger and frustration.

"Don't worry about me, young Solo." Jaina smiled. "Anger doesn't belong in a young Jedi's heart."

Garenth nodded, trying to bite back his emotions.

"Beware of the Dark Side." Jaina said, her eyelids closing halfway. "Keep your honor, and stay away. Not even when you think you can win a battle by using it." Sighing, Jaina struggled to keep her eyes open. "Tyanna and Garenth, I can tell you will be great Jedi Knights. And Garenth, when you do construct your lightsaber, remember it is a weapon of a Jedi Knight."

Garenth nodded, swallowing the incredibly large lump that had formed in his throat.

"I love you all." Jaina whispered, finally letting her eyes close.

For a moment, there was silence in the white hospital room. None present spoke or even moved, and instead watched as the Jedi Master's body slowly disappeared, leaving ruffled sheets and a lightsaber behind.

Shallin was the first to move, leaning her head against the bed and beginning to quietly sob, her tears rolling down her cheeks and into the white sheets.

Dannon rubbed her back, tears beginning to form in his green eyes.

Garenth only opened and closed his mouth, as if he didn't know how to react. He was more like his great grandfather than anyone knew, and one day he would express his inner feelings, but nobody knew quite how.

Tyanna paused, thinking of the story she had just heard. Then she remembered other times as well, laughing and crying. She had come to her grandmother to explain things to her that her parents didn't seem to understand. It was then that she understood that if she ever wanted to be like anyone in the galaxy, it would be like her grandmother. Jaina. A true Jedi Knight and Master.

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For Jaina, as soon as she drifted away, she was enveloped in a comfortable blanket of black. However, that soon peeled away, and she found that she was looking up at a shimmering sky of stars. Soon, they began to fall away, and she was standing in a dark and shadow-filled hallway. Suddenly, she felt someone's presence. Looking up, she met the gaze of a Jedi Knight she knew very well. She ran into his embrace, and laughed. "Zekk!"

Zekk nodded, his green eyes sparkling. "Come with me, Jaina." He whispered.

Jaina gasped, noticing that there were actually stars in his eyes, and the mighty sound of a planet shaking in his voice. "Go where?"

Reaching over, Zekk took Jaina's hand in his own. "To the next universe."

"How?" Jaina asked. "I can't see anything."

Zekk laughed quietly. "Just hold onto my hand. You'll be alright."

Suddenly, as Jaina looked up she saw that they were flying. Far and away from anything Jaina knew of, they journeyed through star systems and quasars, around burning suns and fading galaxies.

Gasping, Jaina grabbed Zekk's arm, and held him closer. Her long brown hair flew out behind her. They flew strait into a burning white light. This galaxy would be even farther away, and even longer ago than any other, and that's where they were going to make their new home.

-The End.