Chapter 4

Fellowships of Middle Earth

"Before we start this quest to restore peace to Middle Earth once more, I shall assign two separate fellowships. One that I and Mara will lead to aid in the battle of Minas Tirith, and the other which Jaina will lead to Helm's Deep." He said with a smile as Jaina gasped.

"Thanks Uncle Luke." Jaina whispered.

"You are the Sword of the Jedi, Jaina. You are needed now more than ever." Luke said.

Jaina nodded.

" Now in my fellowship shall be: my sister, Leia, and for the elves shall be: Elrond and his two sons, and Gildor and Cirdan. Representing the Hobbits shall be: Rosie, Lacnas, and Merry." He finished as all the ones named gathered by him and the rest gathered by Jaina.

"Jaina, you will take care of Ben for me, right?" Mara asked.

"Indeed I will, Aunt Mara. You can trust in me." Jaina said with a bow of her head.

"We won't be separating yet. For now we shall make for Lorien and then go our separate ways." Luke finished.

With that all settled, the travelers all mounted and sped off for the edge of the Shire.

"Wow, I can't believe we're leaving The Shire!" Nobb gasped as she held tightly on to Ben.

Ben chuckled. "Hey, it's a big world out there, and an even bigger Galaxy." He said as the wind blew through his hair.

Nobb grew wide eyed at the mention of the galaxy. " You mean you've been through the Great Ring before?" she asked.

"Well, this is actually my first time actually. Before I flew a starfighter to other planets in my galaxy." Ben explained.

Nobb gasped at the mention of a starfighter. "What's a starfighter?" she asked.

Ben paused at that. How could he explain what a starfighter was to this young hobbit who only knew horse drawn wagons and swords and spears?

"Well, it's a great flying vehicle that can travel in space." He explained.

"I hope to see one in my lifetime, they sound fascinating" Nobb said.

"Who knows maybe you'll ----" Ben started to say but got caught off by a great thundering noise behind him.

He quickly turned his horse around to witness the StarGate activate and a wormhole appear. Zooming out of the StarGate were thousands of starfighters. The Jedi were all off their horses in moments with lightsabers lit.

"Luke, those are Imperial fighters!" Leia whispered as the Jedi prepared to take down the fighters.

"I know, Leia. Jacen wants us dead." Mara said as she tightened her grip on her lightsaber.

All of a sudden Ben issued a shout and like a flash was pummeling all the fighters to the ground.

"Uh, Luke, who taught him how to do that?" Mara gasped.

"I can't even do that!" Luke gasped as he slashed one of the fighters.

There was a fierce battle between the Jedi and the fighters. But, Ben Skywalker mysteriously destroyed them.

"Ben, how did you do that?" Jaina asked dumbfounded.

"I have no idea." Ben whispered.

All of a sudden the Ben of the future appeared again. "Don't you guys understand? He is the Chosen One!" he explained.

Luke and Leia looked at each other.

"But I thought Anakin Skywalker was the Chosen One!" Luke asked.

"He was the Original Chosen One, but now a new Sith has risen." Ben replied.

"So we need a new chosen one!" Luke gasped.

Future Ben nodded. But the younger Ben held up a hand.

"Wait, if Jacen is a sith, who's the other?" he asked.

"Yeah, Yoda said there were always two!" Luke added.

Older Ben took a deep breath. "This time there is more than two; a whole group actually." He whispered.

"The Alliance of the Dark Lords is allied with the Sith! Of course, only Jacen would think of that!" Mara seethed.

Older Ben nodded. "Yes, mother, only he would think of something so dastardly." He said as he vanished.

With that the fellowships mounted their horses once more and began to head towards Buckland. After a fortnight of travel, they finally reached the edge of the Shire and entered Breeland. Once they had passed over the Brandywine Bridge, they quickly made their way to Buckland. From there, they headed for Crickhollow. They made no stops, for they wanted to reach the home of Tom Bombadil before dawn of the next day. As the sun was rising, they were entering the Old Forest.