Ties that Bind, twenty Two

M'kay. Chapter twenty two up and runnin'. Hoped you liked the last chapter. I want to make this one long, but If I don't get to , oh well. There will be a sequel to this, called The Antilles life, a look into Wedge and Jaina's life as a married couple

Shanesnest- Thanks. I worked hard on those. And I was gonna have get his behinid kicked by Wedge, but then I changed my mind. Jaina seemed like a much better choice.

Jaina pulled her X-wing out of hyperspace. Artoo twittered behind her, and she smiled.

"No, Artoo. I'm fine. Look, there's the rest of the fleet" Jaina guided her X-Wing to Korriban.

"Jaina!" Leia ran to her, and hugged her. The Falcon landed right next to them, and Han stepped out, followed by Chewbacca.

"Hey, dad."

Mara took a shuttle to Korriban, and sighed.

"Mara!" She turned and saw Luke running towards her. She smirked. "Did ya miss me that much?"

"That much and more" Luke said, and she rolled her eyes, but smiled anyways. Mara embraced him, and they stood like that until several catcalls pulled them apart.

Jaina looked around for her fiancé. She saw Jaden and Kyle meet up, and watched another ship land. Raven's Claw, Jaina thought. Jan climbed out, and rolled her eyes when she spotted Kyle and Jaden.

Padme stood in the hangar, and looked around for Ani. He hadn't returned yet. 'Maybe he landed in another cruiser.' She thought, still looking around for him.

"Mum, I'm going over to the Dodonna to see if Wedge is over there." Jaina climbed back into her x-wing, and lifted off.

Anakin climbed out of the X-wing, looking around. His robe brushed the sides of the craft as he touched the floor. He saw Wedge sitting on the nose of his X-wing, and walked over.

"Nice flying" Ani commented, and Wedge smiled. "Thanks. You're not such a bad pilot yourself"

Ani held his comment, watching the shuttles and fighters land and take off, attempting to return to their ships, bringing personnel and pilots.

Jaina landed her fighter, and sat in the cockpit for a minute, watching her grandfather and her fiancé chat.

"Well, I'm going to go find my wife. I'll talk to you later, Antilles." Anakin clambered back into the X-wing as Jaina approached.

"Hey. You okay?" Jaina asked, brushing hair out of his face. It was bruised, and dried blood caked his cheek.

"I'm fine." He muttered. Jaina raised an eyebrow. "C'mon. Lets get you cleaned up and taken care of."

Galactic Voyager-several hours later

A star map of the galaxy was projected onto the wall, several planets highlighted.

"This is where Intelligence has Alora. We need to finish her now, while her forces are weakened, or we're going to be at war again." Ackbar looked around at the assembly of pilots, and commanders.

"We have a dozen Battle Dragons coming off the assembly line. They can be here in a day." Isolder told Ackbar.

"We also have six Star Cruisers coming off the Assembly line-Shiva, Osiris, Poseidon, Forseti and Bellona. They're the top of the line, New Republic class. Weapons designed from the Battle Dragons." Ackbar told him. "I think we've gathered enough force to finish this fight, if we strike quickly. She won't wait to attack us." Jaina pointed out. "That's what I was planning. She'll attempt to attack many places at once, to scatter our forces." Han added.

"So lets go. Sooner we get this over with, sooner we can get back to our semi-normal lives." Jaina leaned back in her chair. "Dismissed. Prepare for a trip to Commenor."

Alora sat in her private chamber in her castle on Commenor. She practically owned the planet. Her people worshiped her like a goddess. She held a glass in her hand, a fruity cocktail in it.

"She beat me. A kid beat me." The glass shattered, the contents dripping to the floor. She stood up and crossed to an altar. A crystal sat on a stand, surrounded by charms and ancient spells to protect it. Not that she believed that they actually worked. No one but the spellcasters knew that she had the crystal, and well, they were dead now.

Alora picked the crystal up. 'Such a tiny thing…yet it holds unlimited power' She thought, holding the crystal to the light. A purple glow was cast into the room.

"When the time is right, my apprentice, you will use this crystal to finish the Jedi and the Rebellion once and for all. You will rule the New Empire in my name." Sidious told her, handing the crystal to her. Alora slipped the crystal into her pocket and smiled. "Thank you, my master."

Alora reached for a ceremonial knife, setting the crystal back onto its stand. She drew the knife along her palm, blood welling up. She let it drip onto the crystal, and it began to radiate dark power.

Servants of the castle felt the dark aura, before it pulled the life from their bodies and fed it to Alora. Surrounding villages also felt the power grow, also having the life pulled from them.

On the New Republic warships, every force sensitive being dropped where they were, pain ripping through their bodies.

Okay, short chapter, I know. I had to end it there, though. Cause that's a good place to end it, I think.