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Ianna focused her eyes on a pebble on the floor. She tried to reach out with the force…she was sure she felt something…

"Ianna do you wish to pay attention, or shall I let you find the secrets on your own?" Aine asked sarcastically.

"Oh…no, I'm paying attention now." Ianna sighed and turned her thoughts back to the story.

Every day, I would put you down for a nap and steal away to Thayl's secret haven. She resumed my training where Obi-Wan left off, teaching me things I had never learned in the temple. Under her watch, I mastered five of the seven ancient lightsaber techniques, which notmany Jedi had done. I was amazed at Thayl's knowledge.

"How do you know so much about the force?" I asked her one day.

"I have simply had a lot of time on my hands." Thayl managed a brittle smile.

Something was not right.

"You lie." I said simply and honestly.

"There are many things the temple does not reveal to Padawans." She said mysteriously, "There is a time and place for everything. The Jedi order is not always what the Masters lead people to think…"

"You are hiding something." I stated.

"Of course." She looked deep into my eyes, "Not just 'something' but many things. You will share the same secrets one day."

"Why?"

"You shall find out soon. How old are you again young one?" She inquired.

"Seventeen." I answered. I added quietly, "My Masters told me I could run the trials when I was eighteen. Earlier than most Jedi Padawans."

"Do you know how old I am?" Thayl's eyes glittered slyly.

I studied her closely before guessing, "Around 35?" I guessed.

"I am nearly five-hundred years old." She said smiling triumphantly.

I was stumped. Five hundred years old! "How?" I gasped.

"It is the gift of the force. Few have this gift. Most Jedi live to be very old, yes, but very few retain their youth. Look at Master Yoda. He lived to be almost nine-hundred, but did he look it? Certainly not!" Thayl smiled grimly again. "They were supposed to tell you when you became a knight. The force has chosen you."

"You mean I…." I gasped in shock.

"You are one of the few, yes. You bear the force signature of the Sokana, a secret sub sect within the Jedi order.

"What is the Sokana?" I asked. I was trembling from astonishment.

"The Sokana was a group of powerful female guardians within the Jedi order of light. Their existence has always been known, but kept secret from less powerful Jedi. Those who are arrogant or greedy are not told. I believe that you are worthy of this role. You are a powerful, but virtuous Jedi…more powerful than you know. I shall teach you all the secrets of the Sokana. You will bring hope back to the Jedi.

"You look your age to me." Ianna mocked. "You look about thirty-something."

"I'm only twenty eight!" Aine cried indignantly. It was the first time Ianna had ever heard her sound indignant. She smirked.

"Watch this…" Aine slowly put her hand in front of her face and held it there for a few moments. When she took it off, her face looked like it belonged to an eighteen-year-old girl. Ianna's mouth hung open in surprise.

"How did you do that?" She asked excitedly.

Aine shrugged. "Thayl taught me to do this among other things. She knew it would be odd for a teenager to have a mother who looked like a young girl." She smiled jokingly, "Sooner or later you would have to start calling me your sister!"

"I think you should look like your true image." Ianna said earnestly, "I mean, people wouldn't care how you look, and you don't have to hide yourself from me anymore. This is a gift! You should take advantage of it!"

"Perhaps I will." Aine mused, "It's rather nice to be myself."

"I think you should be." Ianna gave her notouriously wide grin. "What else did Thayl teach you" She asked with interest.

Aine's smiling face became stoic again. "There is a time and place for everything. Now is not the time. We've had enough stories for a while. Now, it's time for us to get ready to move."

"Where are we going again?" Ianna asked pensively.

"Alderaan." Aine rose from the floor and walked out.