Chapter 7

Jag and Jaina were just about to hit hyperspace when Jag decided to bring up the innuendo.

"You know Mrs. Solo-Fel, you were being naught when we, we're in a hurry to get out of there."

"Well, Mr. Fel you can blame that entirely on yourself, you're the one that knocked me up."

"Oh I know, believe me I was planning that, when we did get pregnant, I was going to lock us in a bedroom for the entire nine months."

"Oh dear, Jedi are pregnant for an entire ten months."

"Jedi are pregnant for ten months?"

"Yes you didn't know that?"

"NO, but this could be fun."

"Fun? Bloated and fat with a baby for ten months."

"As I recall sweetheart, Grand Master Yoda said children as in twins."

"Oh, dear God, Twins? I don't think I can do this I've seen the pictures of Mom she was huge."

"Oh get use to it sweetheart, because were pregnant. Now I'll see you in Kessel. May the Force be with you."

"Clear skies. Jumping in one, two, and three. Mark." And they jumped into hyperspace.

They came out of hyperspace at the same time as the Falcon and another space ship she had never seen before.

"Incoming Fighters this is Kessel control, please identify yourself."

"This is Jedi Solo and Jagged Fel requesting landing vector."

Luke could feel his sister approaching, and she was sending him comfort and telling him everything was going to be okay. The Jedi High Council had been stand Vigil at Shelley's bedside since Yoda put her in a Healing Trance, Ben was asleep in a chair his head laying on his mom's bed holding her hand.

"How is he Luke he is closing himself off from the force, I can barely feel him if I didn't see him sitting there I wouldn't know he was there." Kyp said looking at Ben.

"It's a defense mechanism he did it during the Vong War, in the back of his mind he doesn't want to feel his Mom die, so he's closed himself to it."

Everyone was quite for another two hours when they all looked up, Leia, Tenal Ka, and Jaina were like beacon's in the Force. Even Ben stirred.

"What is that? They are all giving off raw power."

"I don't know I've never felt anything like it before."

"Neither have I." Kyp agreed the other Masters were nodding.

"Millennium Falcon, Jedi Solo, Jagged Fel and a ship called Harris Legacy are all requesting clearance to land." The last one got a few raised eyebrows.

"Granted."

Yoda reappeared.

"Remove all medical things, you must. Free of all, only clothes and a blanket, she must be. Instruct them you must, easier it will be then you think, powerful are they." And he disappeared, again.

"You know I'm beginning to think Mara was right, I was wrong about him, he floats in give us some very cryptic stuff and floats away. At least Ghost can't hit you or he'd be banging me over the head with that stick," Yoda appeared behind Luke with his walking stick raised. "You know when I was training with him he would hit me with it anytime I asked a stupid question or was being disrespectful." Yoda had that sadistic smile on his face just waiting, Ben looked up at his Dad and Laugh out right. "What?" Bam."Ow. I knew you would do that just to prove you could."

"Wrong you weren't about me, just not knowing me long enough you did. Ask Obi-Won he knows I use my stick to train brats."

Obi-Won appeared and scowled at Yoda.

"Brats? I wasn't a brat, I was young. Luke on the other hand back talked just like his Father." Ben was rolling on the floor with laughter.

"Thanks so very much." He said to Obi-won. Then he leaned over the chair."Are you quit done over there?" he asked Ben. Who stopped laughing immediately, which made everyone else laugh.

"Okay everyone out, I need to take care of thing like Master Yoda said out, I'm sorry Ben you too, we need to change her clothes." Ben nodded and followed the Masters out. Yoda and Obi-Wan had disappeared as well.

Luke helped where he could but for the most part he just stood back and watched as things were taken out of his wife, the bed was striped and her gown was changed in a Jedi sleeping tunic, Cilghal said that a night dress would be inappropriate for what they were going to do. There was a knock on the door and he felt his sister's presences on the other side.

"Come sister, only you." Leia opened the door just enough to come in and closed it again.

"Luke, are you okay?" She asked as she got to his side and pulled him into a big hug.

"Not really, she was still bleeding when Cilghal changed her clothes."

"She will be fine in short order I promise, now I have a sense in the force from you that we will be doing something, so teach me oh great and powerful Master." And that did it he laughed.

"Oh, thanks Leia I needed that."

"Its okay, now start teaching."

Ben was standing at the end of the Hall waiting for his dad to summon him back. He turned back toward the entrance and right in front of him were three people he'd never seen before.

"Excuse me, we are hoping to get an audience with either the Jedi High Council or the Grand Master Luke Skywalker." The younger man with brown hair said.

"The High Council hasn't convened since our relocation here, one of the High Councilors has been in need of medical help."

"Then would it be possible to speak with the Grand Master?"

"Ben I have this, your Dad has summoned you."

"Thank you, Master Horn." He bowed and left.

"Now how can I help you?"

"We, were hoping to get an audience with either the Jedi High Council or the Grand Master Luke Skywalker."

"The High Council hasn't convened yet, and the Grand Master is with his wife who is have problems with her pregnancy in fact they are about to do something for her as soon as, Jedi Solo gets here."

"And here I am Master." Jaina came around the corner and bowed.

"Jedi Solo, Head of State. Just follow your Uncles Force Aura they are only waiting for Tenal Ka now."

"Thank you Master Horn." And they both disappeared down the hall.

"Wasn't that Head of State Fel?"

"Yes, he is Jedi Jaina Solo fiancé." All three of them looked at each other.

"Okay, look since it seems I won't be speaking to anyone from the council.."

"I'm on The Jedi High Council, I just said we hadn't convened since we got here. So if it something you need from the council maybe I can help."

"I'm looking for my sister, she was the Queen of Naboo, when I was sent away with these two." Corran contain his emotion. "To keep me safe from the Emperor, my sister sacrificed herself in my stead, now I had thought her dead these many years because she never found me, until the other day on the news when they hit your Temple with the Ion Canon, they said with the like of Luke Skywalker and Shelley Harris, as master of the Order no one would be getting in. My sister's name is Shelley Harris, my name is Josiah Harris it was Joshua but she had them change it so I would be safe. Is she a High Councilor or is she in the Empire or Hapes?"

"Um, just a moment." Corran pulled out his commlink. "Master you need to come out here there is someone you need to speak to."

"Very well Corran, Octa has taken over teaching the girls I'll be right out." They could tell he had forgotten to turn off the commlink because they heard him still talking. "Ben stay with your Mom. I'll be right back." They heard a 'Yes, sir.' A door opening and closing and a blonde haired man walking down the hall.

"Luke your comm is still on." Luke turned it off.

"Sorry my wife is having some problems with her pregnancy if we don't help her soon were going to lose her, and I don't think my son or I could take losing her, we already lost Mara."

"Grand Master Luke Skywalker this is Josiah Harris also known as Joshua Harris he said he is Master Harris' brother. He would like to know where she is he saw the news about our withdrawal and the temple ion canon and then them talking about you and her and that if you didn't let them in they won't get in."

"There right about that. Master Harris and I have known each other these past 35 years, we built the order you see and hear about on the news together. And you certainly do look like an older version of the picture she had of you, you as well Jeremy, Janette. Shelley and I were married a few days ago by order of the force master Yoda showed up and did it, if you follow me you may observe she is still unconscious, and this may be too much for you, if you need to just step out, it might be disturbing for anyone Force sensitive and all three of you are." Luke stepped into the room and motion for them to step against the wall. "Just wait here."

"Are we ready?"

"As soon as Saba gets here, we will be." Just then the door opened.

"Thiz one iz here, Masterz. Let uz begin. She must be out of the healing trance."

Luke stepped forward and put his hand on her forehead bent and whispered in her ear.

Suddenly Shelley was standing in front of them all.

"Luke Skywalker I told you NO. You had Yoda come down here and over power me, you know full well you could have done it yourself."

Kenth Hamner stepped up when he saw their panicked faces.

"She's not dead, she's throwing her spirit only the most powerful of us can do it."

"I came and over powered you they were going to let you do it your way, my way there is no chance of death for you or them, the force promised, it did."

"Peace Sister, we will take care of you." Another ghost appeared.

"Sister." Shelley nodded but looked up and right into the brown eyes, she had longed to see for so very long. "Sweet force. Joshua?"

"Yes it's me."

"We will have a long talk when this is done, Ben?"

"Yes Mom, what is it?"

"If for whatever reason I don't make it, remember I love you."

"I love you too. But you're going to be okay."

"Sister, you must reconnect."

"And released from Force Bubble the children must be, or save you they cannot."

Shelley disappeared and then a wall surrounding his children dropped. Leia, Jaina, Tenal Ka, Octa, Saba, and Mara's arms crossed in front of them there heads fell back, and Shelley's was raised in the air, a blue shimmer went through her body. Ben fell to his knees.

"It's hurting her, it hurts bad. Dad I cannot disconnect, do it for me."

Luke put his hand on both sides of his head, and disconnected him from the force connection with his mom. About ten minute later, the husbands or for those who weren't married another Master went up behind them ready to catch them. Then Shelley's body lowered to the bed, and the five of them went down or would have if someone hadn't caught them.

"Jag, I need to lay down." He picked her up and carried her out of the room down the hall into the conference room where there had been bed set up for this very occurrence.

Kyp brought his wife Octa. Han brought Leia, Corran brought Tenal Ka, Hamner brought Saba.

"There all very weak, they need to be put into Healing Trances."Cilghal said

"Mom, please wake up, please, please." Ben was crying.

"Ben I know your scared look at me, feel her she's alive give her a few minutes."

Cilghal walked in.

"I had to put them into Healing Trances, there very weak. I need for you all to step out please." She looked at the remaining Masters and Joshua, Jeremy and Janette. They all left quickly.

Cilghal and Tekli worked quickly draping her and removing her pants.

"She's stopped bleeding, she'll be okay, and the twins are fine. She should be waking anytime I'm going to restart the blood and pain med drip to restore what she's lost."

After just a few minute she was done, they changed nightgowns when Ben stepped out, he just slid down beside the door. Then he heard a soft voice.

"Ben?"

"He just stepped out sweetheart, do you want me to get him?"

"Yes please, I told him I would hug him and I have yet to do that but first help me up a little, I need some water."

A moment later the door open Ben looked up, his dad was looking down at him.

"Your mom wants you, just remember to be gentle."

Ben got up and went straight to his Mom.

"Mom are you okay, I felt your pain it was terrible."

"Yes, I tried to disconnect from you, I was unable to do anything with the force while that was going on. Come here give me a hug." He was up on the bed and in her arms before he had even know what he'd done.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." As he was slowly getting up, he mom laughed and pulled him back down.

"You didn't hurt me, now I want you to go to bed, I know you sleep in a chair holding my hand all night, and I believe everyone is going to bed soon. Master Cilghal may I go to my bed please?"

"Yes you are out of the woods, just give me about a half hour, for this I.V. bag to finish and then you may go."

"Thank you. Is everyone else going to bed?"

"Yes its well past midnight now the Masters have been up for the past day and half for a bedside Vigil, Jag and Jaina, Han, Leia and Tenal Ka flew through the night. Tendra told me to tell you she will keep Amelia tonight so you may rest, as can her Mother and Grandmother."

"Thank you, Master Cilghal for helping me."

"You are quite welcome, Master."

"Go on Ben, well be behind you in a few minute." Ben nodded and went to the Shadow rolled into his bed and was asleep in just a moment he didn't even see his Mom sitting in a seat watching him.

A half hour later.

"Okay you can go now. I want you to rest tomorrow now that doesn't mean you have to stay in bed just rest, nothing to strenuous."

"Thank you Cilghal. Luke help me up please." She reached out and took his hand. He pulled her up gently. They walked past the conference room, saw all the Masters and Han and Jag asleep next to Leia and Jaina. Kyp was on the same cot as Octa holding her to his chest. Jag was also holding Jaina.

"So when are those two going to tell everyone their pregnant?" Shelley asked him when they we're down the hall.

"Oh, I don't know, when their ready."

They walked up the ramp, and down the corridor Luke stopped abruptly, waved his hand to her and he stepped in Ben's room. Mara was sitting there.

"Mara, what are you doing?"

"I haven't just watched him sleep in forever. When we were doing the Circle of Life today I felt your babies and I remember what it felt like to be pregnant, you know there are no babies in the netherworld of the Force." She looked at Shelley and she shook her head no.

"Mara what's wrong?"

"Luke I was pregnant when I died. I'm sorry." Luke's eye were tearing up. Shelley took a deep breath.

"I'm going to go, to bed, it looks like you two need to talk." She stepped back into the hallway. And didn't even think about it as she entered her room and climbed into her bed, and rolled on her side, and put herself in a Healing Trance, so she wouldn't have to see the sorrow in Luke's face.

"You need to go to her, she went to her room not your room, I shouldn't have told you, I saw her face she just went through hell trying to keep your children alive, and I'm sitting here telling you about a child you'll never know and neither will I."

"I'll join her in a few minute."

"No you need to go now wake her and take her to your room, and lay down and hold her. I'm going to go anyway."

"Are you sure Mara?"

"Yes, go my love. I'll see you when the Council convenes." With that she got up stepped pass Luke kissed Ben's forehead, turned back smiled at him and disappeared.

Luke check on his son, pulled the blanket up and kissed his forehead and left closing his door behind him, went to the next door opened it and his heart about broke his wife had just walked in taken off her slippers, rolled over and put herself in a trance. He put his hand on her forehead and brought her out of her Trances picked her up and carried her to their room laid her down on the bed, and amusingly enough her side, was opposite of his.

She rolled away from him, and he felt her sadness through the Force, He laid down behind her, and pulled her to him and kissed her on the neck.

"I'm sorry." He whispered kissing her neck again.

"Its alright." She rolled over. "I love you." They shared their first real kiss and it was passionate, Luke had missed kissing someone like this and Shelley was an amazing kisser. They broke the kiss gasping for breath.

"If only I could have you right now." Kissing her again. "It would be amazing, I wish we could have had made them ourselves instead of the way it was."

"We will have our chance, and these will not be our only children. And we will have that amazing night, it will be a passionate and love filled night."

"Yes, I will have you. Hopefully sooner rather than later. I want to hold you in my arms, hold both you and our children while I sleep." Shelley rolled over and snuggled back into him, he put his hand on her stomach, and she put her hand on his and laced their fingers. It didn't take long before they fell asleep.

"Ben contact the Temple and tell them Shelley is in labor and we don't know if we're going to make it before there born." Luke said he was rubbing Shelley's back. Vestara was bringing in the baby blankets and towels. Ben and Vestara had been married two months ago, and only because they were order to by the force and the old council. A few minute later Ben came back.

"The Venture is on its way apparently they went to get Jaina, at the shelter, she too has gone into labor. We only have about thirty minutes before connect up time."

"I don't think we're going to have it her water broke hours ago."

"Luke, it will be alright, I will do my best to keep from having them before, The Venture gets here."

Shelley was doing meditative breathing, it was okay for about twenty minutes.

"Luke I can't hold them in anymore, Ben you come to this side, Vestara you to this side I need you help me sit up, and pull my legs back and sideways as far as you can without hurting me."

"Jade Shadow come in this is The Errant Venture, were ready for you to dock. Come in Shadow."

Luke gave Ben a look, he went quickly to the flight deck to bring the Shadow in the Venture docking bay.

"This is the Shadow, thanks, were going to need Master Cilghal right away, I don't think my mom can make it to the ships hospital wing she already started pushing, but no babies yet."

"Roger will have the Master standing by to come straight to you as soon as your berthed." There a Push you need to push from his dad.

"Thanks Shadow out." He quickly got the ship in The Venture hit the button to lower the ramp and got back just in time for another push. Cilghal came flying into the room. Luke hurried up to Vestara side and took over for her.

"You know this will be the second set of twins I deliver today, and third in history for me and all from the same family." She was talking just to try and distract everyone from the pain filling the Force but no cries or scream or pleading came from his mom and that was when he realized for the first time his mother was royalty and noble she did cry out she just took it. He ideally wonder if when he had children if Vestara would be like this. "Vestara will you assist me please?"

"Yes of course."

"You and your niece are too much alike, you can cry and scream if you want, no one would be mad or care that you did, you are in terrible pain. Let it out." She just shook her head. She would not scare Vestara, she didn't want her to think child birth was as horrible as all the stories your told, and since she was pregnant with her first she wasn't going to scare her more then she already was.

"Okay push." Luke and Ben pulled her legs back with her help and supported her back as she leaned forward into the push." That's right, its crowning, again. One more."

His mom let out a small cry, and then there was a baby wailing.

"It's a girl."

"Halie Skywalker."

Then she let out a little cry.

"Push, you can do it."

She now had his dad's hand in a death grip guess it's a good thing it was the false one, because as she pushed again her knuckles turned white. She then fell into the Force, probably to booster her strength. She let go of the leg in Bens hand and gripped around Luke shoulder hugging him.

"The baby will not move he is sideways, the only way for you to get him out is if you take him. Do it now." She hugged Luke one more time kissed him. "I love you, take care of them." She looked over at Ben's wide eyes. "Remember I love you, and will always be with you." Ben lent down and kissed her cheek tears streaming down his face. "Vestara, I love you too, daughter take care of them." Vestara bent down and hugged her,

"I can't do this without you, I'm scared, and who am I going to talk to now?" she whisper in her hair.

"You'll be fine I promise, and I'll always be with you." Kissed her forehead.

"I've commed Tekli she'll be here in just a few minute with the tools to close the wound when were done."

"Master Cilghal, baby first."

"Yes, Master."

"I love you all." She looked at Luke tears streaming down his face as well. "Do it Luke."

His Dad laid his hand on her forehead and put her into a healing trance. She made one cute and Vestara ran to the fresher. Not two minute later another baby cried. Then the hand he'd been holding disappeared, becoming one with the force. Just as his other mother had done.

"I'm sorry. I love you, and I will always be with you." Ben heard her say in his head.

"I love you, I'm sorry to leave you alone again, take care of yourself and all of my children, Halie and Hayden I gave birth to but the others are mine as well. Goodbye my love." Luke heard her say as he stared at the spot where she just was.

"When the time comes, I'll be there I promise. I love Vestara."

"Goodbye and May the Force be with you all." She told all of the Jedi.

Luke sat bolt upright. Shelley stirred.

"Luke what's wrong?"

"Nothing just a bad dream, go back to sleep my love." And from the other room they heard a 'MOM.' And Ben ran right into their room.

"Mom I had the worst dream ever, I dreamt you were in labor the baby girl came then the boy was side was and would turn you had a C-section the boy was delivered and then you became one with the Force."

"It was just a dream come on lay down, go to sleep." He laid down after a few minutes he was asleep again. She put her hand on his forehead and sent him into a Healing Trance.

"You saw it too, didn't you?" Luke asked

"Yes, but now that we know, we can prepare for it."

She reached behind his head pulled him toward her kissed him as she put him into a healing trance, also. She slowly got up and went to the sitting area, where she sank down cross her legs. And was only mildly aware she had been joined…