Disclaimer: Star Wars isn't mine and neither is the NJO novel, 'Star by Star'…..I just use them for ideas.

Author's Note: See this chapter and chapter 15 were originally supposed to be together, but it was this chapter that had me at a standstill for so long. But I finally worked the kinks out and here it is! Enjoy!

Chapter 16: Lost

It had been a few weeks since Anakin Skywalker's sudden appearance. And much to his surprise, most all the Jedi had taken the news rather well. Of course there was the shock value at the initial announcement, but that was to be expected. But what really shocked Anakin was the fact that no one tiptoed around him or even treated him differently. To him, that meant a lot.

Sure he hadn't been assigned any special tasks as of yet to help in the battle against the Yuuzhan Vong, but he didn't care. His favorite way to past the time was to spend time with his grandchildren, but most notably Caylee. He knew all his grandchildren were talented in the ways of the Force, but for some reason there was something about Caylee that worried him deep inside.

He knew that there were several old Jedi prophecies that had been long forgotten or never even known about by this Jedi Order. And for the life of him, he couldn't remember any of them! But he remembered part of one. But he only remembered it having something to do with twins. Yet in his family there were several sets of twins – Luke and Leia; Jacen and Jaina; Caylee and Cray.

"How is the training of the Skywalker child coming along?"

"Quite well, Master. He is progressing at a very rapid pace," Trekk replied as he and his master walked in the darkness of the Galena night.

"As to be expected," the cloaked figure replied.

"Why is that Master?"

"His lineage. He is a child of darkness and light."

"That's right. The ancient Sith prophecy of the one who will completely destroy the Jedi. But Master didn't his grandfather do that?"

"No. He set the spheres in motion. That is all. The boy is the key to everything."

"Grandpa why are you tucking me in tonight and not daddy?"

"There's Jedi business to take care of. Besides, I wanted to be able to tuck you in once before you are left with your Aunt and Uncle for Courscant."

"Oh," was all that Caylee said.

Anakin could sense that something was wrong with her. "Is something bugging you Caylee?"

She nodded yes.

"You know that you can tell me if you want to."

"I keep having a weird dream. And I always tell daddy about my dreams."

Anakin looked at her funny for a second. "What happens in the dream?"

"Well part of its sad. Then another part is happy. Then the ending is scary."

"What happens in the happy part?"

"You and grandma are together."

A little shocked by what Caylee had just said, Anakin paused before asking her about the sad part of the dream.

"Grandma is crying and you're not there. She seemed to be in a lot of pain."

"I'm not there?"

Caylee nodded her head yes in response.

Anakin was then afraid to know what happens in the scary part of her dream. But she kept on telling him, without hesitation.

"Then I see two figures fighting with their light swords. It's like the other dream I've had before, but this time there is a lot of fire and explosions. And then I see this black figure that is really scary looking hurting Aunt Leia and Uncle Han. And then I see daddy and the black figure fighting and then I hear the bad laugh that I've heard before."

After a few seconds of silence, Anakin spoke up. "I promise that everything will be fine Caylee."

At first she didn't say anything, then finally she spoke up. "Grandpa is the black scary man still alive?"

"No he isn't. He died a long time ago."

"Promise? I was afraid that he was going to come and take me from daddy."

"I promise he is dead."

"Ok grandpa," Caylee said with a smile returning to her face as she sat up and hugged him goodnight and kissed his cheek. "Love you grandpa."

"Love you too Caylee," he said as he pulled the covers up around her shoulders as she snuggled under the covers.

He quietly watched her for a few minutes. 'I can't believe that she is scared of me!' he thought to himself. But then he realized that she wasn't afraid of him, but afraid of whom he once was. He wasn't sure if he should tell his son about Caylee's dream. Then he decided that for now it was better to see what happened. At the moment Luke and the rest of the Jedi Order had more troubling things on their minds…

Luke simply starred at the information in front of him. The Yuuzhan Vong were getting craftier and craftier.

"You are sure Cilghal that these new voxyn are simply altered vornskrs?" he asked.

"Yes Master they are. Some sort of Queen is creating them. Destroy this Queen and destroy the ability to create any more of them." Cilghal replied.

"If that is the case, where is this so called Queen?" Jacen asked.

"On this worldship," Kam said pointing to a spot on the holovid. "It's far behind enemy lines."

"Then how are we supposed to get there?" Tenel Ka asked.

Luke went on to explain the plan. A team of about 20 Jedi posing as captives are going to be turned over to the Yuuzhan Vong. Then they are able to infiltrate the worldship from behind enemy lines.

Once the explanation of the mission was complete, there was nothing but silence among the Jedi that were currently on Eclipse. That was until someone volunteered to lead the mission.

"Uncle Luke I want to lead this mission," Anakin Solo said speaking up.

Luke looked over and Leia and Han. Their faces said it all. They didn't want their youngest son to lead this mission, but then they also realized that he was a Jedi Knight and it was his responsibility to do these kinds of things.

With a simple nod of Luke's head, Anakin was now the leader of the force to destroy the voxyn queen.

Caylee had never been so happy in her life! "Caitlyn!" she yelled as she ran off the Falcon to find her best friend on the Errant Venture. Everyone present just laughed and watched.

"Is she always like this?" Anakin asked his son as they watched Caylee disappear from view, with Artie right behind her.

"When she is around her friends she is," Luke said sighing a little.

Anakin turned to look at him. "What is it?"

"Sometimes I wish she was a normal little girl with no knowledge of the Force."

"But even then, she will still be in danger. Danger from your enemies. I can guarantee you that before the war is over, there will be another attempt to take her. That's just the way things are. And they will always be that way until she is old enough to defend herself."

Luke chuckled a little. "And that won't be very far away."

After their visit to the Errant Venture, it was on to Courscant where Luke was going to address the senate and then leave Caylee there for a while with Leia and Han while he and Anakin Skywalker returned to Eclipse to prepare for the upcoming Battle of Courscant.

Luke had been very hesitant about leaving Caylee with Leia and Han. It wasn't like he didn't trust them, because he did. But the last time that he had left Caylee somewhere she had ended up being kidnapped.

Leia had reassured him that nothing would happen to Caylee. And Luke finally gave in. He rather have Caylee be with Leia and Han during the upcoming battle, rather then left on Eclipse.

"So Senator Shesh tried to kidnap Caylee along with some Vong invaders?" Lando asked.

"Yup." Han said. He and Lando were sitting in the Solo apartment on Courscant. It had been a few days after another attempt to kidnap Caylee had failed miserably. And it was revealed that there was a traitor among the ranks of the Senate.

Suddenly there was a wailing coming from Leia's office. Han and Lando jumped up and ran in there. They found Leia curled up in a ball on the floor wailing. One of her Noghri bodyguards was trying to console her.

"What happened?" Han asked, kneeling beside Leia. She didn't say anything but kept on crying. The Noghri explained that the Princess had been talking with an undersecretary when she suddenly fell to the ground and began wailing.

"aaa….aaaa…." was all that she was trying to sound out. That was when Han knew.

His youngest son was gone and Leia had felt it.

Suddenly there was a blood-curdling cry from the other side of the apartment. Leia got up and stumbled out of the room. Han knew it had to be Caylee.

Han took a hold of his blaster and shot at several things around Leia's office before Lando finally calmed him down and found out what was going on for himself.

"Help! Someone help!" Threepio cried as he came clambering down the hall.

"What is wrong Threepio?" Han asked with his temper still flaring.

"She's going to suffocate her!"

"Who is going to suffocate who?"

"Princess Leia! She is going to suffocate Caylee!"

Han left the office and found Leia holding Caylee tightly to her and the little girl sobered against her Aunt's chest. Han knelt down inbetween them and gently loosened the grip that Leia had around Caylee. He pulled Caylee close to him on one side and left her cry, while he pulled Leia close to him on the other side.

Eventually Leia turned and looked at him. She seemed to be off in another world. "Don't worry Princess, I'm here," he gently said.