Chapter 2

As Luke was taking his sonic shower, he could not believe Shelley had showed up at Sinkhole Station, made sure not only that both Luke and Ben were healthy when she got there, but doing many things to give them more strength.

As he got out and got dressed, he could smell something like nerf stew and it smelled wonderful, he couldn't cook like his sister a proper meal to save their lives. Mara was not that great a cook either. But Ben had been able to make something at least eatable, but Shelley knew how to cook from scratch. And it smelled like she had or at least partially cooked the whole thing. Walking up the hall to the kitchen, and saw her, stirring the pot in front of her then tasted it. She smiled. Then walked over and to the refrigerator got out Blue Milk (Luke's favorite) and Orange Soda, and out of her bag she pulled out a clear bottle of clear soda of some kind.

"Are you just going to stand there or come and help me serve? Ben is almost finished with getting ready."

"Yes, I'm coming. What was that you pulled out?"

"It's just soda water."

"Is something wrong with your stomach?"

"No, but I was never one for any kind of liqueur, so I drink this and it's been something I have been drinking for a very long time."

"Oh, Aunt Shelley's been cooking I can tell." Ben said excitedly as he came skipping into the room.

"Oh and how do you know it wasn't me?" Luke asked sarcastically. Shelley merely raised an eyebrow.

"Because you can't cook to save either of our lives." Ben said smugly.

"Hey that's no way to speak to the person who cooks most of our meals."

"Well, then Thank the Force Aunt Shelley is here, because I'm dying for some real food."

"Well, Aunt Shelley can't stay here cooking for you for the ten years."

"Yes well, maybe she can teach you how to cook before she heads home."

"I won't be heading home as in Courasant anyway, I resigned from the council when I felt a disturbances in the Force."

"What type of disturbances?"Ben asked immediately on alert.

"I was meditating when suddenly I felt both you and Luke a blaze in the force. Like a beacon calling to me. 'Saying come and help.' So I readied myself the next day when the meeting was almost over I told them I was leaving."

"What did Kenth say?"

"That any Master leaving when the Order was in trouble weren't needed. I told him that when I get back and that I will be back we will have a go."

"Hasn't Master Hamner lost every duel you have ever participated in?" Ben asked

"Yes." Luke responded with small laugh.

"Where are you going from here?"

"I don't know, I need to find my brother and I can help you both as well."

"What is your brother name, Aunt Shelley?"

"Joshua, but when I sent him away to keep him away from Palpatine. He was strong in the force I dampened it before Jeremy and Janette took him, we we're all trained by an exiled master after the purge. I'm sure they changed his name. One day I will find him."

"Are you sure Palpatine didn't find him?"Ben asked worriedly

"Yes he would have brought him before me as well Jeremy and Janette."

"Where did you send them?"

"The Unknown Regions. I had a friend in Chiss Space that was willing to keep their true identity secret for me. Mara and I have hunted for them for over 30 yrs."

"You haven't seen your brother in over 30 yrs?"

"I haven't seen my brother in over 42 yrs."

"I'm sorry Aunt Shelley."

"It's not your fault and it's not mine, I did what I had to do when I sent them and him away. When I find him, if I find him, he may very well not want to see me anyway, but I must find him to make sure he is at least safe. And if he doesn't want to see me he doesn't have to."

"I am sure we will find him."

"Now you two off to bed into healing trances I'll get us out of here, then we can land on Kessel to restock, and wait till she make it off this Station, if she makes it off."

"Very well, Ben do you need any help?"

"No Master, I can get into a Trance."

"Very well, off you go."

"Okay good night."

He took off down the hall within a few minute he was in a trance.

"We will be in Kessel tomorrow, off you go to bed. Grand Master." Her voice was full of mock seriousness.

"I swear the moment we get home I'm making you a Grand Master so you can't play that card anymore." Luke said smartly

"Sure, but the Order only requires one and we have one already. Good night."

"Good night, Shelley."

It took only a few minutes, before he too was in a trance.

"Motor, let's go to the Flight Deck, and get you plugged in."

It took only a few minutes before The Jade Shadow was out of Sinkhole Station and flying through the Maw.

You know I'm bored with this black hole nonsense. Motor said

"I know I do so hate the Black holes, I was always glad Han took the runs to Shelter."

The next day they were coming through Hyperspace and dropping out of Hyperspace above Kessel.

"This is Kessel control to the unidentified vessel."

"Control this is the Jade Shadow requesting permission for landing vector."

"Well, well. Last I check Luke didn't have such a lovely voice." Lando said laughing

"Hello Lando, its Shelley Harris."

"I know, come on in."

"Well it seems you got us here safe and sound." He said as he walked in the room.

"That I did Luke."

"Why don't you go get in the shower and get some rest, I'll land us and what not."

"Are you sure, you can land this without me Skywalker?" she asked playfully

"I did blow up a Death Star, remember?" saying smugly

"Yeah, Yeah. Shall I wake Ben?"

"Oh this is so going to be good, turn on the vid so we can see what happens."

She switched it on. Then Luke watch as Shelley fell into the Force then the blankets on Ben flew off, and then Ben floated off the bed and like a light switch went on his eyes snapped open, he looked around and growled something like, 'Aunt Shelley.' And she dropped him.

Yoew, bam.

Laughter, peals of laughter came from the flight deck.

"Dad, Aunt Shelley that was not funny." He called through the comm.

"Oh, dear Ben, it was hysterical." Shelley said through peals of laughter. "I'll see you in a while boys. Oh, Luke, which room?"

"You're usual; I put your bag in there already."

"Thanks Luke." And she let him feel her gratitude in the Force. "Do you want Motor or do you want him to come with me? If anything he'll give you a laugh."

"He can stay maybe he'll tell me all your deep dark secrets." With a wicked laugh.

"Oh he'd love to tell you everything, but if he says certain things, he'll be auto-turned off isn't that right, little guy?"

He beeped mournfully. Luke looked at the screen and laugh again.

"He says he will behave for now but someday he will spill all your secrets to me even if it means being turn off hundreds of times. Keeping secrets are we, Master Harris?"

"Of course, and someday I may just tell you them, but not this day. When we go to ground I'll need to contact the Council to tell them I am at the beginning of my journey."

"Very well."

She left heading down the Hall, past Ben who was scowling good-natured.

"That wasn't very funny, Aunt Shelley."

"Oh yes it was very, ask your Dad to show you the Vid, and don't even bother trying to delete it. I've made a copy to show your future wife someday."

"I hate you, you know that?"

"Right."

Shelley walked into her room shut the door, and went over to her bag pulled out her Jedi robes and Queen Jedi robes that were her custom for her entire Jedi trained life.

She took a nice long shower and then went to the bed in her night clothes. (Purple tunic and pants.) She rolled into bed and fell into a healing trance. It felt like five minutes when Luke pulled her out of her trance. She heard him suck in breath.

"Shelley, were on the ground I left you in for an hour, do you want more time?"

"I can get up now if you need me, too? But I would prefer an hour or so more."

"Tendra is making dinner for all of us, teaching Ben a special recipe she got from her mother."

"Okay thanks just wake me then, I will contact the Council."

"Sleep well." He put his hand on her forehead and put her back into a healing trance.

He brushed her hair out of her face, and kissed her forehead. She was his best friend next to Han, and she was like Mara's sister. But he had been having feeling for her since he finished grieving for his wife a year before. He left her be so she rest well. And headed back out and found Lando leaning against the wall in the seating area.

"I think we need to have a little talk my friend." Lando said.

"About what?" He asked innocently.

"Oh, I don't know. You show up here with Ben but also Shelley? And why do I get the feeling you have finally come to terms with your feelings for her?"

"She felt a disturbance in the force and followed it. And as for my feelings we both know that is a foregone conclusion."

"Does Ben know or Shelley for that matter?"

"Shelley may know, actually I'd say she most likely knows and I think she feels the same way, when I woke her a minute ago, she awoke and I felt love coming from her. As for Ben he may have a thought but mostly not."

"Alright old buddy lets go see your boy and my wife there cooking this should be interesting if he inherited any of yours or Mara's cooking abilities."

"Actually you could say he inherited it from his Aunt Shelley."

"Yes I do recall her being quite an amazing cook. I always did love her Special salad, and Nerf stew."

"I agree she made her nerf stew last night. I think there is some leftovers if want some, I do remember you begging her for it more than once."

His eye gleamed with excitement, got up and walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a container; put it in the warmer got a bowl and a spoon.

"Do you want any?"

"No I don't think so. I'll wait for dinner with everyone else."

He pulled the food out of the warmer and filled his bowl.

Beep. Luke and Lando both turned.

"Come here, Motor."

Incoming encrypted message for Master Harris from Jaina Solo.

"I'll go wake her."

He got up, and started heading down the hall.

"Shelley." Putting a hand on her forehead and brought her out.

A blast of love hit him and then went into just a normal controlled emotions coming off any Master.

"Yes, what is it. It can't have been two hours?"

"No I'm afraid not, Jaina is sending you a live message routed through Motor."

"Very well, will you pull my Purple gown out of the closet?"

He turned opening her closet and there were her Queen Jedi robes. In some way's similar to Tenal Ka clothes. When he turned to give her the robes. She was standing with her back to him brushing her hair, and quickly braiding it from the top of her head to the end of her hair.

"Wow, your fast at that, even Mara or Leia couldn't do it that fast."

"I've always done my hair faster than either of them for fighting purposes."

"Here is your dress I'll step out so you may change."

"Thank you. Oh and tell Lando I hope he enjoys his stew."

"Your scary sometimes you know that."

"Oh, I know just as scary as you, my friend."

Luke shut the door walked out and Lando was filling his bowl again looked up with mischievous at Luke.

"Shelley says she hopes your enjoying yourself with her stew."

"You know she's kinda scary sometimes."

"Oh, I know. I said that very same thing."

"Whatever Skywalker, you're just as scary when you decide to use that brain of yours." As she walked into the room.

"What does that mean that I don't always use my brain?"

"No."

"Lord you to fight like a couple of teenagers, you know that?"

"Why do people keep saying that?" he looked back to her, she shrugged.

"I have no clue. Motor Activate live-feed Naboo-Joshua-Ithor Authorize."

Then a screen appeared of the entire Jedi High Council.

"I was under the impression; this was from Jaina Solo not the High Council, Master Hamner?"

"Your niece was reluctant to give me the codes and I have a feeling they will be changed so I will have to order her to give them to me, again. We have a problem that we think only you can handle."

"Oh, remember what you said Kenth?'Fine but don't come back, a Master that leaves the Order in a time of need is not a Master that comes back.' And my Master has not changed my Order's and until the time comes it is unlikely I will do anything you have to say Kenth. What is it you want Kenth?"

"Master Harris, you must return to Courasant. All of the Jedi abroad are being summand there have been problems, the Temple has already been attacked by Mandos and Jaina is the only Jedi that knows the Shatterpoint technique to teach over a thousand Jedi. Daala is getting ready to send more in." Shelley looked over her shoulder and shared a pained look with Luke.

"Why don't you tell the Grand Master and I all about it."

Luke stood up walked to Shelley's side.

"Grand Master?" Came a call from all of the council

"Yes, the disturbance in the Force was them in trouble in a way only a Skywalker could possible get themselves into, I was called upon by the Force to remedy the situation."

The Council informed them of what had happened in the last 24 hours. It was sad and scary and angering. They had given up so much to put the Alliance back together after Jacen to have Daala destroying it now.

"The time to evacuate the Temple and Ossus has come, send them to Hapes, and the Empire. I will contact Jagged Fel and Tenal Ka. This is an emergency evacuation when the last of the Master are out take 10 of you and engage the shield generator they'll never. I want you all out of there by tonight. I am again the acting Grand Master of the Jedi Order, if Daala won't abide by our deal neither will I."

"Luke, bring the Council here for now so you can get things going." Lando called.

"Thank you Lando, Council members and their apprentice only. Jaina will go to the Empire with Jag. Leia and Han will go to Hapes. Amelia will come with Master Sebatyne, she will be safe here with us its almost time for her to start the Academy, she'll work with Master Harris until the Academy starts."

"Grand Master, Tesar and the other Barabel are going into seclusion for a time."

"I understand, Master Sebatyne. Send them to Dagobah." Luke and Shelley and dealt with nesting Barabel before. And knew that having them on Dagobah would also strengthen them in the force.

"Yes Master."

"Come to Kessel."

"Yes, Grand Master."

"Dismissed, May the Force be with you."

The picture dissolved.

"Motor Connect Jagged Fel Authorization Joshua-Naboo-Jedi."

"Grand Master Luke Skywalker for the Head of State Fel."

"Master Skywalker, Master Harris. What can I do for you?"

"The Jedi are in need of asylum."

"Very well I will have my Flag ship prepare to break Orbit. And get the Queen of the Empire to jump in as soon as your ready, are you sending them all with me or are they going to Hapes as well?"

"Hapes is where I'm sending half of the Jedi that are there."

"Okay, the ones that are coming to the Empire to my flag ship, the others to the Queen of the Empire."

"Thank you, Jag."

"You're welcome, oh Master Skywalker…"

"She will be going with you."

"Thank you."

"May the Force be with us all."

The picture Dissolved.

"Motor Connect to Queen Mother Tenal Ka Authorization Joshua- Naboo-Queen."

"Grand Master Luke Skywalker for Queen Mother Tenal Ka."

"Master Skywalker, what can I do for you?"

"The Jedi are in need of asylum."

"Send them I will make arrangements immediately who are the emissary?"

"Han and Leia, Amelia will be coming to Master Harris."

"Very well, and the rest I assume will be going to the Empire?"

"Yes."

"Very well, I hope to see you soon, Grand Master, Master Harris." She nodded

"May the Force be with us all."

The Picture dissolved.

"Let's get ourselves ready for the Council; we need to inform Ben as well." Shelley said

"I can't believe she is doing this she wouldn't even be in power if I hadn't allowed it."

"Well she will get what she deserves very soon."