Chapter Six: Hocus Pocus

Luke and Jack started getting along after that. Jack even told Luke that that upcoming Saturday, she would he celebrating her seventeenth birthday.

FIVE DAYS INTO THEIR TRIP: SATURDAY MORNING...

Jack woke up on the sofa and looked at her watch. 10:00 in the morning her time. Luke should be up already. Maybe he had actually let her sleep in since it was her birthday. But she didn't see him anywhere. Maybe he was still in bed.

She shivered. It was cold this morning! She went to the bedroom to see if Luke was awake yet. Or maybe she was going in there to see if he had made up the bed. He never made up the bed. But when she entered, she saw that Luke was still in bed under the covers watching TV. He looked at her and smiled.

"Finally awake, are you? Happy Birthday."

"Thanks." Jack looked at the TV.

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I watched TV every Saturday morning." She said.

"Same here." Luke said. Jack shivered again.

"I'm cold too." Luke said. Jack sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Well at least you're under the covers," she said.

They watched TV all day. And since it was Jacks' birthday, Luke made the meals. After that day, Luke and Jack argued less often.

After eleven days, of hyperspace traveling, the two ships finally reached their destination. The Star Streak came out of light speed 20 minutes after the Falcon.

"Hay, Jack!" Han said into his com. "I won that time."

"Oh, aren't you the king of observations! Land over there to the right. I hope you guys brought your coats 'cause it's gonna be a little chilly."

After the two ships landed, they all met up at the snow speeder they brought. They cruised around for about an hour before Leia was satisfied.

"Okay, I guess this is good enough for a base," she approved.

"At last! Take you that long to find out?" Han said.

"Shut up. Let's get back to the ships and call Mothma and tell her."

When Leia went to the Falcons' cockpit to call the Alliance, the others went to the Falcons' living space.

"How 'bout some hot coco?" Jack said. "My treat!"

"Yeah! And make pancakes!" Luke said.

They had just finished eating when Leia came back from calling.

"The fleet will be here in about two weeks," she said. "In the meantime, the only thing there is for us to do is stay here and wait for them."

"You mean we're just gonna wait here for two whole weeks?" Luke asked. Or more like yelled.

"We'll be making a base here. I suggest you get used to this planet, kid." Han said.

"Where will we stay?" another question from Luke.

"Where we've been staying. You and Jack in the Star Streak, me, Leia, Chewie and the droids here.

Luke and Jack looked at each other.

"I'm not sure that's such a good idea," Luke finally said.

"Sure it is," Han said. "We've gotten used to living together. And you kids seem to get along very well." It was Jacks' turn to speak.

"Not as well as you'd think!"

Despite Luke and Jacks' doubts, they all got along quite easily. Almost every day, they would come over and visit each other. Sometimes it was in the Star Streak, sometimes it was in the Falcon.

ABOUT A WEEK LATER...

Luke ran into the bedroom and pounced on the sleeping Jack.

"Jack, wake up!"

"Luke, won't you ever let me sleep in?"

"Ah, no. Come on, get up. Today's my birthday. I want pancakes!"

"Okay. And after that, we'd better go next door and celebrate."

"Hay, guys!" Leia said when they entered the Falcons' living space. She and Han were sitting on a sofa, sharing a drink of some sort. Jack was about to speak but Leia beat her to it.

"Today's my birthday. I'm turning twenty," she said.

"So am I!" Luke said.

"Well let's celebrate our birthdays together!"

One week later, the rest of the fleet arrived and they started operation on their new base. It took them two months to carve it out and everyone to settle in. Jack still stayed in contact with Vader. But only when it was Vader who called her.

One day, Jack was eating breakfast with the others, when she suddenly noticed that her surroundings had changed. She appeared to be in a hospital of some sort. One word came to mind; Vader. She pulled out her comlink, and keyed in his number. It wasn't long before he answered.

"Yes?" Jack attacked immediately.

"What did you do this time!"

"What?"

"You wished something else, what did you wish?"

"I wished that Padme hadn't died."

"You didn't! Vader, don't make anymore wishes." Jack turned off the comlink before Vader could say anything.

"I want to get on with it, get done with it, and get out." She muttered to herself.

She walked into the next room, and saw the last thing she expected; a young Obi-Wan Kenobi holding a baby, and leaning over...Padme. Now she understood. She walked up to where Padme was. Obi-Wan looked at her, a surprised look on his face. Jacklin ignored him and leaned over Padme, and began to speak to her.

"Don't give up, Padme; you still have a lot to live for. Your children will need you later on. Trust me! And, Ani, there still is good in him. You just need to wait for the right moment to expose it. Don't give up. Please don't give up." At that moment a medical droid rolled up, looking as excited as a droid with no expression can.

"Sir! And Lady, it seems that the mother won't die after all!"

"Yessssssss!"

"Oh, and here," the droid gave Jacklin a baby to hold. It was Leia.

"Awww, you're so cute!"

Jack looked back at Padme, she was sleeping peacefully now. Obi-Wan walked out of the room holding baby Luke, and motioned for Jack to follow. Once out he looked at her and began to speak.

"Thank you. You saved Padmes' life."

"I know. That's why I'm here."

"If it comes to that, who are you, and how did you get here?"

"I'm Jack. I've come to help Padme. She'll be needed later on."

Jack looked down at Leia. She was sleeping.

"Enjoy unlimited rest while you got it, kid," she murmured to the sleeping baby.

"You wanna switch babies for a while?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Sure." Obi-Wan gave her Luke, and she gave him Leia.

"These are beautiful children," Obi-Wan said.

"Oh tell me about it!"

Suddenly, an idea began to form in Jacklins' mind. She needed to be able to do a little hocus-pocus, but she knew where to find some people who could teach her that.

"Obi-Wan, will you leave me in charge of where Padme will be sent for safety?"

"Well it depends. What did you have in mind?"

One week later, Jack and a fully recovered Padme, arrived on Dathomir. Jacklin made sure that Luke and Leia were sent to the places they would have been sent if Padme had died. Her plan was to have Padme stay on Dathomir 'till Jack came back for her like twenty years later. Then she would put the rest of her plan into action. Jack remembered reading a book called The Courtship of Princess Leia, and in that book, she learned of the planet Dathomir, which was rumored to be inhabited by witches. In reality they were just female force-users. They were all trying to get of the planet. But Palpatine, being afraid of the force-users' power, stranded everybody there. There were light-side force-users, and dark-side force-users. Jack knew she could trust the light-side force-users to take care of Padme. They always took care of anyone who needed help or refuge.

"Lady Augwynne," Jack said as she approached the lead force-user. She gave a short bow.

"I must ask a favor of you."

"And what would that be, darling?" the older woman said, smiling.

"I need you to take care of this woman. She needs refuge."

"Of corse. And what's your name dear?"

"I'm Padme."

"Pretty name. Tenineal, show Padme to her room. Make sure she is comfortable."

"Yes m'am." a rather pretty girl approached. She didn't seem any older than six.

"Thank you, Jacklin." Padme said hugging her. Jack returned the hug.

"You're welcome, Padme. Remember, you must not leave this planet 'till I come for you."

"I'll remember." Padme walked over to where Tenineal was standing, and the two walked off.

"There is something else you want." Augwynne said. It was not a question.

"Yes. I need to learn how to heal someone. And not just anyone, but someone with a badly burnt body, burnt lungs, and mechanical legs. Someone who once looked good, but now looks terrible. Can you teach me to do that?"

"Sure. If you will just follow me." Jack followed Augwynne to a room that looked like a library.

Of corse! Jack thought. These ladies need to say chants to use the force. Kinda like reciting spells, only they're using the Force.

"Here we are, dear," Augwynne said after flipping through a book.

"Do you want me to say it now?"

"No, wait. I need to write it down so I can use it later. Alright, ready. Say it slow. I'm not a fast writer."

"Lissenen ar' maska'lalaith, Vanimle sila tiri, Cormamin lindua lle, Ed' i'ear ar' elenea, n'quel farnuva, Oio naa elealla alasse'." When Jack finished writing, she looked up. A look of understanding on her face.

"Isn't that Elvish for 'Sweet water and light laughter, your beauty shines bright and my heart sings to thee, by the sea and the stars, good shall suffice, ever is thy sight a joy?"

"You speak Elvish well."

"Thanks."

"Now to make this spell work, you and the person you intend to heal must be within four miles of eachother. And you must say the first and last name of the person you intend this for. And you must concentrate very hard to make this happen."

"It's that easy? Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh..."

"One more thing?" Augwynne finished for her.

"Yes. Do you have a spell to make yourself disappear somewhere, and reaper somewhere else? In your time, the past and the future?"

"Well, yes, but for it to work, that person must have already done something like that before."

"Perfect! How does the chant go?"

"Let me find it. Ah, here it is! Are you ready?"

"Yep! But..."

"Say it slow, I remember. Ateema, ateema, bunky dunko an bata, boska, boska, bunko peetch bunko. Chess ko da sonncha, du tee-tocky, peetch doma toma, chess ko an doopee peechar tee-tocky mar thathe. Do you know what that means?"

"I have a vague idea, but I'm not quite sure."

"It means, 'This time, now, home and back, let's go search place to place. Take care, waking planet, from time to space, be careful and move through time with grace."

"That sounds so beautiful. The way it rhymes."

"Yes."

"Hay, will this spell just work on me, or can I use it on other people?"

"You can use it on others if you're touching them. And before you use the spell, you need to think real hard about where you're going."

"Thanks! Now, I heard you needed a space ship, so I'm giving you the one I came in. I have one back home anyway."

"Thank you dear. Be careful."

"I will." And with that, Jack left.

Once outside, Jack got out her book, and read the spell for time traveling. She thought real hard about where she was going, and then said the spell out loud in a clear voice.

"Ateema, ateema, bunky dunko an bata, boska, boska, bunko, peetch bunko. Chess ko da sonnacha, de tee-tocky, peetch doma toma, chess ko an doopee peechar tee-tocky mar thathe!"

Suddenly, her surroundings changed, and she was back on Hoth.

"It worked!" she yelled.

Everyone in the cafeteria looked at her. She was sitting at a table eating breakfast with her friends. The whole trip back in time had taken less than a second.

"What worked?" Han asked.

"Oh, ah, nothing!"