Title: Way of the Force
Author name: Icy Manipulator
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Category: Action/Adventure
Sub Category: Romance
Keywords: Harry Jedi

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Why Voldie want to kill Harry as well as a look on historical events.

DISCLAIMER:

This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling and/or George Lucas, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, Lucas Books, Del Rey and Randomhouse, Lucas Arts and Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Author notes: I've placed all the review answers at the end to facilitate the new format, hope you guys like it. I still need a Beta.

To use the Force, the Jedi must remain at harmony with it. To act in dissonance depletes one's power.

- Jedi Tenets

Chapter 3 – So, Who's Gonna Be Han and Chewie?

Rev. 03

'OOOOKKKAAAAAYYYY' Harry thought. 'Now I know I'm just dreaming or having some kind of weird hallucination. I just knew I shouldn't have eaten those leftover can of sardines!' Again doubting his sanity, who would believe otherwise? In plain and simple words… The movies, the StarWars Trilogy as it was collectively known, are the silverscreens' depiction of true to life events!

"No Harry, you're not going crazy and you're not having hallucinations" His Mother said.

"Woah Mom! How'd you know what I was thinking? Wait, let me guess… the Jedi thing…" adding the last in a mysterious sounding voice

"No, it's not the…Jedi thing, as you would call it. But, knowing how very much like your father you can sometimes be Harry, it's easy enough for me to guess." Lily said.

"Hey! I resemble that remark!!" James retorted with a grin.

"So, whad'dya think of it, Harry?" Sirius inquired about the trilogy they've just seen and added "Remember though that the first one came out in 1978 it started with episode 4, we should really see episode 1 too…" then looking at Lily he said "You know we need to watch it, I mean, we already know the entire story, but its just great to see it on film!!"

"Later Sirius, Harry first needs to understand everything. Your side comments during the film don't help enough!" Lily said exasperated but continued.

"Harry, as you already know, most of what you saw that happened in the movie really did already occur a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…"

"but…" Harry started to interrupt but his mother won't let him.

"The beginning of the Jedi purge started with the weakening of the Jedi Knights, most especially their numbers. The then High Chancellor Palpatine formulated a plan to lure the Jedi to far off places and destroy them. Outbound , as the project was know, was created to search for the existence of life and thereby the Force in neighboring galaxies and to determine if the force still exists in the vacuum between those galaxies."

James then picked up the story. "From what you're Grandfather told us in one of his story telling moods, the Project itself was an intricate trap designed to bring them out, lessen their numbers if not utterly eliminate them. But, then, he and his master were able to escape through some weird stroke of fate. But their ship got damaged just enough that they wouldn't be able to shut down their… What's the term again Lils?"

"It's called a Hyperdrive. Honestly James, weren't you listening while we were watching the movie?

"Anyway" James continued after rolling his eyes, which earned a snicker from Harry and Sirius and a hit on his ethereal head from Lily. "As I was saying, they had no other choice but to wait it out. But since their ships were specially constructed for long range recon and long term independence, they would need to wait a very, very long time."

Sirius now continued the rest. "What your Dad's been saying is that, Jedi or not, both of them would be dead before the ship went out of …hyperspace. The good news is they had these contraptions that enable them to place themselves in suspended animation over an indefinite period. The Bad News, however, is that they only had one functioning chamber left. His Master chose your grandfather to go on which she knew would also mean her definite death."

"What we are saying, Harry, is that The Force and the Jedi does exist and my father… your grandfather was once one of them.

Harry was surprised and whispered in a shaky voice, trying to comprehend the significance "Then… I'm a Jedi….?"

His mother smiled at him but shook her head slightly "No, my son, not yet… But soon."

"How…?" A thousand questions came bursting forth for attention in his mind. Sorting these out, he asked the most nagging ones "How did muggles come about knowing… all…this…stuff? How did Grandfather knew what was happening…rather what happened, when to him it was all in the very far past? What was his name anyway? And wouldn't that make you a Jedi too?" he asked, all the while trying to answer the questions himself.

A laughter that could warm even the most frigid of hearts rang out through the living room. "Just like your father, Harry. And to answer one of your questions, your Grandfathers name is Eleo Lye Vans, or simply Leoli Evans. I'll try to answer the rest of your questions after dinner. For now, I think you need to have a short break."

Harry almost frowned at the thought that another secret is being held from him but then again he just asked his mother "Mum, please promise you'll not hold anything back from me. Please don't say that I'm too young to know the truth."

"No, my son…" Lily said seriously, thinking about how young her father was when he was separated from his parents to be taken for Jedi training. She also thought of how, at the age of 11, her father and most of his classmates were already apprentices, going out with their masters to handle the Jedi's sworn duties. And as she reflected on how Harry has handled himself over the years, she further added as she looked at her son, emerald eyes reflecting – mirroring the other, "…you were old enough the day we died…"

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"You sure don't hold your punches, do you Mum?" Harry's head was whirling, threatening him with bouts of nausea from information overload.

"Well, you did want to know everything…" his mother answered.

"…and we did promise to be truthful, so… there it is, the Complete…" James started.

"…Unabridged…" said Sirius

"… Undeniable…" James piped in again.

"…Truth." Lily finished.

"You might have known Old-Snake Face's reason for going after you…" Said James.

"The Prophesy…" added Sirius as a counterpoint then continued what James was going to say. "But now, you also know why he chose you instead of Neville"

It was way past midnight by now so Lily, being the mother she once was, and from a certain point of view still is, sent Harry to bed. "You'll be able to think about everything much more clearly with a fresh mind and if you take the time to study the things you found out today in small chunks. We served a huge helping on your plate today Harry, it would be best to take one spoonful at a time and chew it slowly."

There were a few moments of silence as Lily looked at Harry, watching him with eyes that could see more than the messy hair, boyish (mischievous) looks and the deepest yet brightest set of emerald green eyes on anyone, save her. She smiled…'Oh yes, the Force is strong in you my son…' Suddenly, she clapped her hands twice "Spit-Spot Harry, off you go now. You've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow."

"What do you mean Mum?" Harry asked Lily with slight trepidation, but it was James who answered.

"Tomorrow, you start to train!" James ethereal hands rubbing against each other, in a gesture that said that whatever was going to happen tomorrow, Harry won't like it.

It was Sirius who supplied the final straw that further aggravated Harry's anxiety, turning him paler than a ghost "You think I shouldn't feed the Dragons tonight to make things more interesting tomorrow, or are we going to use the Trolls?"

Lily just rolled her eyes and turned to Harry "Don't mind them Harry, just go get a goodnight's rest"

Harry just nodded and went up to get ready for bed. Although, he thought he won't be able to fall asleep because of the things his elders had told him, He drifted off almost immediately after laying his head on his pillow..

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The battered starship sped the through the void between the galaxies, its two lone occupants sharing the same vessel, but headed for separate destinies.

Both are servants of the Force, defenders of peace, sustainers of freedom and equality… Jedi Knights.

The Apprentice, now cryo frozen in suspended animation, protected for the long and unknown journey towards his fate. The Forces will.

The Master, deep in trance, waiting to know Force's will for her… waiting for death…

Then, she felt it. That unmistakable well of power that has been always there for her to use and obey, now seem to pour out more… Like a life giving spring she felt burst forth, surrounding her, drowning her…caressing her in its embrace.

'Do not fear' It whispered 'I am not…' she thought back

'No Emotion but Peace' it answered back.

'You know your fate… your destiny…' It asked. 'I do' was her reply.

'No Ignorance in Knowledge' It Judged.

'No regrets…of loss, of love, of life' It tempted. 'I am Jedi' she challenged.

'Calm Serenity in the heat of Passion' It Advised.

'Death is an adventure' It teased. 'Adventure A Jedi craves not' She retorted

'To what end of life but death…' It pressed on.

It was here that clarity was achieved. At the pinnacle of power of every Jedi that passed on.

Slowly, she opened her eyes where were now glowing with a sheer determination that wouldn't be matched, and said in a whisper that rang against the ship holds

"There is No Death, There is The Force…"

In a burst of white enough to rival that of a dying star, Jedi Master Dax Merrix, as many had gone before her, anchored a part of her essence to her apprentice and became One with the Force… to guide, to heal, to create.

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More than a thousand years have passed.

On June 30, 1908 at approximately 7:15AM, a huge explosion occurred in a remote, mosquito infested swamp near the Tunguska River. A local reindeer herding tribe, called the Evenki, described seeing a bright, white light streak across the sky. They claimed the object, with a tail over 800 kilometers long, made no noise as it passed over the forests northwest of Lake Baykai. They heard 5 explosions, the second of which was the most powerful. The Evenki people sealed off the area, believing it was 'enchanted', and feared the gods must be angry at them.

The detonation sent seismic shock waves that were recorded all over the world. At impact, a huge pillar of fire rose several thousand feet in the air. The huge fire, visible for hundreds of miles away, instantly produced a hot current of air that scorched forests and burned towns in its wake. Destruction was witnessed as far as 375 miles from the point of impact. Between 3 and 5 shock waves followed, some heard as far as 800 miles away. As dark clouds formed over the area, Russia experienced a strange rain of black debris and soil particles. Dust particles were carried all over the world.

Other parts of the world reported odd atmospheric phenomena for several days after the event. Colorful sunsets and unusual sunrises captivated people Russia, Scandinavia, and Western Europe. Light nights were produced in Eastern Siberia and all throughout Middle Asia. There were reports that the nights remained so bright, you could easily read a newspaper or book with no external light source. There were also magnetic storms, typical of those produced by nuclear explosions. Here in the United States, scientists at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and California's Mount Wilson Observatory reported a marked decrease in the air's transparency.

Unfortunately, scientists in Russia were unable to immediately research the occurrence. During a time of political strife, Russians felt other matters were more important that trekking through the swamps of Siberia in search of the culprit. The first expedition to research event did not take place until 13 years later.

n 1921, an expedition led by Leonid Kulik, a member of the Russian Meteorological Institute, bravely fought their way to the site. Facing dangerous, uncharted swamps and 'walls of mosquitoes', the team was shocked at the devastation they discovered. For hundreds of miles, trees were flattened around the center of the impact site. At the impact site itself, trees were still standing but were completely stripped of leaves and branches. The team, theorizing that a meteorite caused the devastation, searched endlessly for fragments - none were ever found. Magnetic probes were incorporated into their search but not one trace of metal was ever found.

Theories abound as to exactly what caused the huge explosion. Leonid Kulik himself proposed that a huge meteorite crashed into the area. A colleague of his theorized that since no debris could be found, the force must have been generated by a freak windstorm. Others point to a black hole. Some think anti-matter was involved.

In 1946, A. Kasantsev, a Soviet science fiction writer, published a story in the Jan 1946 issue of Bokrug Sveta. The story told of a nuclear powered alien spacecraft exploding in a fiery crash in the Tunguska area. This triggered other research into the matter. Felix Zigel and Aleksey Zolotov, Soviet scientists, found radioactivity at the site and furthered the theory of a crashed alien spacecraft even though subsequent radioactive surveys proved inconclusive.

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Six years earlier…1940

An expedition led by Albus WPB Dumbledore to determine an unexplained phenomena regarding a high concentration of unspecified magic right smack in the middle of what was considered as the impact area. He uncovered a cylindrical object 7 feet high and 4 feet in diameter.

Inside was the body of a boy, no older than 15 having with him were three items. Two cylinder shaped object about a foot long and three inches in diameter both of which looked the same yet with marked individuality on its own, and an odd shaped object like two pyramids with their apex joined together.

It was after he had the boy sent to St. Mungos (most advanced Wizarding Medical Facility in the world), which to his surprise was alive though confused and while he was examining these objects, an apparition of a woman appeared.

She was garbed in the same manner as the boy, a pale blue shimmering glow surrounding her.

"Peace, my brother in the Force. I am once Jedi Master Dax Mirrax. Please hear me."

Albus could only nod in reply, so she continued.

"Those three you hold in your hand. One, the cylindrical object with the green gems shall return to my apprentice. He shall help you in your time of darkness and the child of his child shall overcome the next. The other two, you must keep until the day the chosen shall come. Until that day, forgotten shall it be by all except for you, my apprentice and a select few. Thus is the Force's will."

Then, she was gone.

So it came to be that the two items were kept in a secret vault in the Department of Mysteries of the British Ministry of Magic.

True to her words, though the most of his powers depleted and some forgotten, Eleo Lye Vans was able to help one Albus WPB Dumbledore by keeping the majority of the Dark Lord Grindewald's minions from his back, while he himself tackled the Dark Lord.

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Harry suddenly woke up, sweating and panting. No, it wasn't a nightmare. It was the affirmation, he knew for sure, of the events of how things came to pass for his Grandfather.

Knowing that he wouldn't be able to sleep again for sometime, he proceeded to think about the things his parents and Sirius told him after dinner. A grin formed on his face, then he chuckled, tears began to pour out of his eyes from mirth. Suddenly, he was in a full blown, belly-aching laugh. 'Why?' one might think.

'If my life parallels Luke's' he thought 'then Ron could be Han, Sirius would be Ben Kenobi, C3-PO and R2 are the Twins (the useful comedy reliefs smile) … … Hermione could be Leia or (snicker)… Chewbacca (B-Bushy Hair, snicker snort oh she'll kill me!), House Elves would be ewoks (snicker free them Leia snort I mean Hermione) and Dumbledore would be… oh my tummy aches Yoda (wonder how he'd twinkle his eyes?)…'

Then, doing his best Yoda voice impersonation Harry said "Lemon Drop?" He burst out laughing again.

Sirius who was watching over him at the time had a confused look upon his face.

"I don't get it???" he said to the air around him.