Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Star Wars.
Spoilers: PS/SS, CoS, PoA, GoF, OotP and HBP. Star Wars Ep I, Ep II and Ep III.
Summary: An incident in space causes Anakin and Obi-Wan to land on a planet in the Unknown Regions. There they will discover a whole different way of using the force, and secrets long kept from both the Jedi and Sith Orders. Will eventually be an AU ROTS.
Brackets are a master-padawan bond.
(Padawan speaking) - Anakin in this case
(Master speaking) - Obi-Wan.
'Thoughts'
I haven't actually played/read Kotor at all, so all my knowledge of it is from other fanfictions. If I have used anyones ideas without permission I apologise, I will have thought them to be part of the original game/book/whatever it is. Thanks to I'mnotdori for the name of the Order, which is part of a Japanese phrase, 'kite irú' which means 'to be alive'. Thanks also to all of you who suggested names.
On with the story!
Chapter 2 – The Irú Order
…Harry shot off, weaving past trees and buildings with a speed and recklessness that rivalled Anakin's.
b r e a k . . . b r e a k . . . b r e a k . . .
"Well, here we are, Godrics Hollow! Do you want a rest before we get those parts or not?"
"Lets check that you've got the parts we need first, if not I'll have to adapt them, then you can explain why you seem to be the only person on this planet with knowledge of the Republic."
"If that's what you want…" Harry led the way to an annex off the side of the house. By the door was a similar device to that which had read the jedi's identities. As Harry removed his hand, a cool voice spoke. "DNA sample confirmed, Harry James Potter, midi-clorian count of 29, 700, status: irú knight. Access granted."
"That's the one bit of programming I haven't been able to tamper with. It refuses to just say 'access granted'."
Meanwhile, Obi-Wan and Anakin were having another nonverbal conversation.
(Did you hear that count? The only jedi with a higher one is you.)
(I'm more interested in what it meant when it said irú knight.)
(Why don't you ask him?)
"Harry, what's a irú knight?"
"I'll explain once we've got the parts, it's a long story."
Suddenly, a woman appeared, startling the two jedi. The other three remained perfectly calm, as though this was a familiar occurrence. She was very pretty, with red hair and green eyes, yet it was her force presence that was the most interesting thing about her. It seemed that she was an actual part of the force, rather than having it simply flow through her. She was also transparent.
"Forget the parts Harry. Come up to the house. We need to talk to these two."
"Hold on! We need those parts to fix our ship."
"That won't be a problem. I'll see you in a moment." Then she disappeared.
"We'd better do what she said. Don't worry, you'll get back to Coruscant, possibly even faster if she has in mind what I think she does."
As they sat down on sofas in the living room, the woman reappeared, accompanied this time by a man who looked like a slightly older version of Harry.
"Do you want to begin love?" she asked him.
"Okay. Sitting comfortably?" When they all nodded, he continued. "What do you know about the Mandalorian wars?"
Obi-Wan answered, "They were the last big wars, between the Republic and the Sith Empire. Their leader was Darth Revan, before he suddenly disappeared and the Sith began to fight amongst themselves for dominance, leading to the eventual extinction of the Sith Order. Or so we thought."
"Good enough. This is the history of the Irú Order. During the war, Revan managed to capture a jedi padawan called Bastilla Shan, with the rare gift of battle meditation. Seeking to use this for his own ends he attempted to turn her. Instead, over time they fell in love."
"The sith don't know the meaning of the word!" Anakin interrupted.
"Not whilst the dark side still has them in its grip, that's true. However, he was never quite as immersed in it as other sith. Even in the midst of the war he took time to help people. He even freed an entire race from slavery. When he and Bastilla began to debate with each other, it became clear that he truly believed he was doing the right thing, by freeing these planets from the 'corruption' of the Republic. Anyway, they fell in love. Revan now knew that he could no longer remain a sith, and Bastilla didn't want to stay a jedi. That's the one thing the two orders have in common. Love, especially the romantic kind, was not permitted. So they planned. Bastilla 'escaped' back to the jedi, and Revan took a trip to the sith fortress on Korriban. There they both made copies of every Holocron and every databank they could. It took several weeks, but eventually they managed to load everything onto their ship, the Spirit Storm. They chose to go to the Unknown Regions, and eventually landed on this planet. They settled down, and they probably lived relatively peacefully until their son received a strange letter, inviting him to a magic school. When someone came to explain magic, they were fascinated, and immediately began finding ways to use it without affecting their technology."
"Is that what happened to our ship? When we flew over the wedding, all of the systems failed."
"Magic and electricity are connected somehow. Unless you take steps to protect it, anything that runs on it will malfunction." Hermione explained.
"So basically, this Order is made up of light-sided force users who use magic?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Ah, I forgot to explain that bit. When Revan and Bastilla fell in love, they noticed their connection to the force changed slightly. In time, they learned to connect to the force through that love, and became much more powerful than either of their previous methods. Well, powerful maybe isn't the exact word, but I can't explain it. The Irú Order study both Jedi and Sith lore as well as their own, but we connect to the force in a completely different way to either of them. The magic is just incidental."
"What is magic anyway?"
"Magic is the force…sort of. A part of it at least. To perform magic you have to have a midi-clorian count of over 5,000, and you also need a wand. Even the strongest wizard is defenceless without one. With a wand, you can do many things that other force users can't, such as mending broken things, re-growing bones overnight, get replacement body parts that are better than the original, and so on."
"How exactly do you access the force then?"
"I can't explain. I'd be able to show you, but only if you are capable of love. Not compassion, but actual love."
"Romantic love?" asked Anakin, who was wondering how he could find out how to access the force this way without giving away his secret.
"No, platonic is just as good. Love is love after all. So, do either of you want to try?"
"I do." Obi-Wan shocked Anakin with his reply. He followed the Code rigidly, how could he possibly have an attachment?
"Okay, focus on that love. Not the person or whatever it is, but on the feeling itself. Let it fill you completely."
After a few moments, Obi-Wan asked "Now what?"
"Now connect to the force through that love, using it as a pathway."
The older jedi concentrated a bit, then gasped. "I can feel it! I always thought I did before but this is…"
"It's incredible isn't it?"
"I can see now how the Order went wrong, why we haven't been able to see through the shroud of the dark side. Anakin, you must be able to get in touch with the force this way. You have so much love in you, I can feel it. I can feel it!"
Anakin thought about the ways he felt for Padmé and Obi-Wan because, whilst vastly different they were both love. His love for his wife was like a fire, blazing and consuming him. His love for his mentor was much more peaceful, more like the force, so he chose that. He let the feeling fill him completely, until all that remained was love, then reached out. Instead of the dim radiance he usually felt, he was awash with light and life. The force was still neutral, but now he could tell it wasn't due to indifference, but because it cared about all life equally and tried to redeem all. There was only one thing he could say:
"Wow." he breathed. "Master, I'm sorry to say this, but I'm going to switch to this Order if I can. It makes so much more sense."
"Oh I agree with you. I was actually going to leave the Jedi Order anyway as soon as peace was achieved. I formed an attachment and felt that I didn't deserve to remain, that I wouldn't be able to serve properly. Now I know that it can help me I would love to continue to do my duty as well as being able to show my feelings. But what should we do about the war?"
"Well now that you two have decided," interrupted the woman "we can tell Harry what he needs to do. Harry, we've stood by for long enough. The war which rages through the republic is our concern as well especially since it is being manipulated by a sith lord. Form a truce with the Jedi for the duration of it, on the proviso that you will not kill the Sith without giving them a chance to redeem themselves. Go to the mausoleum in the graveyard. The access to the Spirit Storm is there. Do you know what to do when you get there?"
"Yes mum."
"We'll see you on Coruscant then. Farewell for now my son." The man and woman vanished.
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So are you two sure you want to become members of the Irú Order?"
"Yes, definitely."
"It just makes much more sense. That and I'd be able to get married to Padmé and neither of us would be kicked out." Anakin said. 'What they don't know can't hurt them.' he thought.
"You realise you'll both be padawans again? Our trials are very specific. Still, I suppose you could keep your jedi title as well, after all, you did earn it. That would make you a master-padawan and a knight-padawan."
"If that is what we must do, then so be it."
"Here we are." Harry then turned to his two friends. "Ron, Hermione, I'm going into a war, probably to the front lines. It will be very dangerous and full of death. There is a dark lord even more evil than Voldemort. I will not hold it against you if you decide to go home now."
"Not a chance." Ron said.
"We swore to stay with you until the end, and I intend to keep that promise." Hermione added.
"Okay. I'm not going to take Hedwig though, the republic is no place for her. I sent her to Remus yesterday, along with a note asking him to find and keep Sirius' mirror. I wondered why, but now I know. I mended mine, so we'll be able to communicate with the Order still." Seeing the two now ex-jedis' confused expressions he added "The Order of the Phoenix. They fight against the dark lord of this planet."
They entered the mausoleum and saw a single tomb with a carving of a man and woman cradling each other in their arms. Above it was the inscription 'Through love will come balance'.
"That is a prophecy Revan gave. It's now the motto of our Order. This is the tomb of Revan and Bastilla themselves. The entranceway is through here."
He lifted the arm of a statue to reveal some stairs. After going down them, they entered an underground hangar with a single ship in it. It was a sleek, silver design, similar to a Nubian ship yet more simplistic-appearing. Writing on the hull proclaimed it to be the 'Spirit Storm'. Once they boarded it, instead of going to the cockpit, Harry led the way to what his friends knew to be the training and recreation room. He opened a glowing blue chest and they saw that their preferred weapons were in there, as well as a few spares. Harry picked up one of his lightsabers and said "Ron, Hermione, you'd better cast that altered shield spell. Anakin, Obi-Wan, get your lightsabers out but don't activate them except in defence."
He led the way to the cockpit. Inside were two droids, an astromech and a kind they hadn't seen before, but which was obviously built for war. They were hooked up to a power terminal.
"Okay, here we go. Get ready to defend yourselves. Do you two have an absorbance setting on your lightsabers?" They nodded. "Good. Can you use it please? I'd appreciate it if the ship wasn't destroyed."
He walked over to the terminal, then pushed a button. The room was filled with whirring as the droids came to life. Suddenly, the warrior droid began firing at everybody. It was a much better shot than the separatist's droids. If they hadn't been able to use the force, they would be dead or at least wounded by now. As it was, their lightsabers had absorbed all the blaster bolts.
"HK, override code B-3-delta-R-0!" Harry called. The droid stopped firing. "Don't put your 'sabers away just jet, I might not be closely enough related for this to work."
As he was speaking the little astromech trundled forwards and took a DNA sample. It then beeped happily.
"Translation: You are a descendant of Master Revan. What shall we call you Master?"
"My name is Harry."
"Statement: I am HK-47 assassination and protocol droid. This is T3-4M."
"Pleased to meet you both."
Just then, a sleek, black version of HK walked into the room. "I came here as requested Harry. What are we doing?"
"Right on time MInT, this is HK and T3. All right, begin start up procedures."
As the droids plugged in, Harry slid into the pilots seat and began flicking switches. "Okay, are you all ready for takeoff?"
They all scrambled to find seats. Anakin managed to sit in the co-pilots chair. The doors above them began to slide open and the ship took off, leaving the atmosphere of the planet quickly.
"Okay Anakin, can you plot a course to Coruscant? We're going to meet up with the Jedi Council."
TBC
A.N. Just in case you didn't read the bit at the top, thanks for the name ideas, and if I've borrowed anyones Kotor ideas without permission then I'm sorry but since I've never played/read it I've taken what I've read about them in fanfictions as fact.
Later on in the story, it is going to be Anakin/Padmé and Ron/Hermione, but I don't know whether to pair Harry and/or Obi-Wan with a) a random jedi, b) a random senator/handmaiden etc. or c)just leave them single. Opinions appreciated.
Review Replies
crtrk: Thanks. Your name idea was pretty cool. Sorry for not updating sooner, but life got in the way.
Willow: It is a fantastic fic isn't it? It's ones like that that inspired me to try and write my own.
Sharem: Thanks for the compliment. I must admit, I'm starting to read more and more of these crossovers as well. That's a very cool sounding name. What does it mean?
korrd: As you can see further up, Harrys count is 29, 700, slightly below Anakins, which in this fic is 30,000. He is capable of using a lightsaber, and a lightstaff, for reasons that will become clear next chapter, however his favourite method will not be revealed until they reach Coruscant. Sorry about the longer time, but to be honest, this is probably the amount of time it will regularly take.
i'mnotdori: Thanks for the name, it's very nifty-sounding. I'll be aiming to update about once a week, but we'll see.
A.N. Thanks for the reviews, they help me know how my story's going down and if I should alter it. 'Till next time,
Amethyst Sylph