Dark Legacy 3
From the instant Mara met him, she had a bad feeling about him. But not through the Force, but because he was a politician. Enitaplap was the president-chief-of-state of the planet of Obrim. It was a planet located on the edge of the known galaxy, near the edge of the Unknown Regions. Yet for a planet in this sector of space, it was strangely peaceful. They have had no invaders or any internal hardships. The only reason Mara was called here was as a representative of the Jedi order and the Galactic Alliance, though the two were not the same. The planet of Obrim, by being so far outside of the mainstay of the galaxy, had lost touch and Mara was needed to reunite the plant and people with the rest of the galaxy. The task was easy enough, but the problem was Mara was bored out of her mind.
Enitaplap showed her the entire planet, riding in his personal shuttle. The planet was beautiful, the perfect blend nature and architecture. Sparkling blue oceans and clear skies. Buildings reached up to the sky, but did not cover the entire planet as on Coruscant. Amazing sculptures dotted the place, many of the founders of the planet themselves. Apparently, many of them were ancestors of the current leader, though there was no right-of-descent to become president. It was merely a coincident. Enitaplap was talking about the founding of the planet, while Mara was having trouble staying awake.
"That's fascinating." Mara said, trying her best to appear interested as Enitaplap continued on. Trying to stay awake, she began to concentrate on something else. Mara looked at his mouth as he talked, and then at his entire face. He had light brown hair, a good size nose and ears, and such nice brown eyes. Enitaplap's eyes were his best feature. It was definitely not his stories.
At last the shuttle returned to where Mara's ship was. Mara and Enitaplap departed, followed by the blue royal guard. The guard was dressed similar to those of the Old Republic guard. Mara bowed her goodbyes to Enitaplap, who returned her bow, and looked on as she departed in her ship. All things considered, the trip went well, and Enitaplap promised he would contact her again, to finalize Obrim's rejoining of the Alliance. Mara looked forward to it, except if she had to listen to all his stories again.
She looked at her chrono and noticed what the time was. She gasped as she realized she promised to meet up with Leia and Han soon. She wondered how she could have forgot but set a course for Ossus, where they were meeting. As she traveled in hyperspace she wondered how Ben was doing. Her thoughts drifted about her son and hoped he was doing well and that he was getting better. She hadn't talked to him for over a year, since he left. She missed him every day. She exited hyperspace near Ossus, and came into the middle of a battle. She turned the ship as turbolaser fire nearly slammed into her. Ossus ships were fighting off the enemy, who Mara assumed were pirates. They probably thought the Jedi training planet would have been an easy target.
Fools. Mara thought, and dove in to drive the pirates away. In a matter of moments the pirates were all gone and Mara resumed her course to meet up with Han and Leia.