Disclaimer - I hope you enjoyed my last chapter, because if i tried to pass this off as mine, I wouldn't be able to write anymore. That being said, I'm not the owner of starwars or potter and would appreciate everybody believing me about that. Also, like I said in the last chapter, the fanfilm of this story would still be a cool thing to see. I mean, sure we probably couldn't put it into a live action movie, but what if we went the animated route and showed some badass fighting with the clones, and the droids and the magic wiping everything out, etc. Enjoy the chapter

Chapter Nine
Kamino

"Were you able to get anything from the databanks?"

Harry shook his head, "Even our slicer couldn't get a whole lot. Most useful information was their chain of command. We now have a name of our shadow behind the war, Darth Sidious. That's the name of the Sith Lord in charge of Darth Tyrannus, or as we know him, Count Dooku. General Grievous is his second with a couple more Sith Acolytes under him."

Harry and Ginny had just come from a minor planet in the outer-rim where they had engaged Dooku and he had just barely gotten away from them as Ventress, one of the Acolytes under Dooku, had managed to wound Ginny and Harry remained with his wife rather than pursue the Sith. They were now reporting the council the information they had collected from the mission.

"Encountered we have, this General Grievous. Dangerous, he is."

Windu nodded, "He's killed seven Jedi himself and with his Magna droids, several more padawans have fallen as well."

Ginny grinned, "Yeah, we've run into those Magna droids before. Didn't have too much trouble."

Anakin snorted in amusement behind her while Harry cracked a smile at his wife before turning back to the council, "I still wish to speculate that our best lead on Sidious is, in fact, Palpatine."

"A dangerous accusation." Mace frowned, "Though we're in agreement with your speculation. He does control a lot of the senate already."

"Difficult to read, Palpatine is." Yoda interjected, "If the Sith Lord he is, hard to get to, he will be. Protected by the Senate he is."

"Then how can we know which side is the right side?" Harry asked, "He's controlling us through the Senate, voting himself more and more power to overrule us while at the same time, he's ordering Dooku around and slowly killing us off with the war."

Obi-wan cleared his throat, "He's spreading the Order thin with this war. We've lost a lot in the Order. He's certainly proving to be a very effective Sith, killing us without lifting a finger."

"All from the comfort of his chair." Anakin repeated, "We need to confront him."

"We can't be hasty, Anakin." Obi-wan held up a hand, "We should try and gather more information."

Ginny smirked, "Appoint me his liaison. Make it sound like we're getting desperate for help with the war and we're trying to show more cooperation with the Chancellor and the Senate. We'd be putting him in a tight spot if he said no."

"Why you?" Harry asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Ginny grinned, "He hates me. I can easily get him more and more frustrated. Maybe make him show his hand before he wants to."

Harry still hesitated, not enjoying the thought of having his wife as a liaison for a Sith Lord, "Put us both as Liaison. Besides, he might like the idea we're not on the front beating the Separatists."

"And if he asks for somebody else?" Mace asked.

"We can make sure everybody is unavailable." Harry smiled.

"Agree on this, we do." Yoda nodded, "However, an interest in young Skywalker, Palpatine has shown."

"Me?" Anakin did not both hiding his surprise or his confusion.

"Of course." Ginny agreed, "He has always asked Padme about how you're training is going. He's one of the few with the Senate that knows you're married, and I know that nobody here told him, which makes his network of information suspect."

"How do you know?"

"I'm best friends with Padme, Anakin. She finds it a little creepy actually that he's been taking an interest in your career."

"But why me?"

"Because you're powerful." Harry said, "And because of the fact that you're a Jedi, that is a threat to him. And if he's the Sith, with your 'Chosen One' title, he's either going to try and turn you, or kill you."

"So what does this liaison thing have to do with me?"

"Use you as bait." Obi-wan frowned, voicing what the other Masters were all considering about why they would use Anakin as a liaison to the Chancellor.

"You'll be able to distract him while Ginny wears him down. If he's trying to convert you he'll eventually slip up and reveal his position as a Sith."

Anakin nodded as he thought about what they were saying, "I see where you're going with this."

Ginny put a hand on his shoulder, "You'd be able to spend more time with Padme, too. I know she'd worry less with you not being away."

Anakin smirked, "You know the right things to say to convince me. I'm not a fan of this plan, but if the Chancellor is a Sith, we need him brought down. He's too dangerous to the Order if he remains in power."

"Be careful, Skywalker. He already deceives millions as well as more than half of the senate. If he is our Sith, he is also very strong in the Force."

"Sense him, we cannot." Yoda added, "Difficult to see, the future is. Clouded, this path is."

"I'll remain with Obi-wan." Harry said, "Anakin, I expect you to look after Ginny."

"We'll up the security of our apartments." Ginny said, "We can recast the Fidelus Charm."

"You'll be the secret keeper, Gin?" she nodded and Harry looked at the council, "With your permission then?"

Yoda nodded, "May the Force be with you."

x x x

"Ahsoka!"

"Master Kenobi? Where is Master Skywalker?"

"He's been given an assignment on Coruscant." Kenobi answered, "For the moment, you're being assigned to myself and Master Potter."

"What about Ginny?" Ahsoka asked, using her first name since the woman had requested such informality between the two.

"She's on the same assignment as Anakin." Harry answered, "Master Kenobi will further your training in the Force. I'll begin working on your magic."

"I don't see why you're training me in that, Master." Ahsoka frowned, "I'm not very proficient in it."

"I'm going to teach you to apparate. It'll give you a very valuable skill in combat and it'll save your life some day. You watched Ginny and myself dueling one another and saw how we use it, right?"

"Of course, Master. But I can't even get your simple ones to work."

"You're able to cast Lumos, even without a wand. Something else we're going to be making while we're on the outer rim. Even Lumos can distract a droid long enough to get by it or even kill it."

"Besides, you're better at it than I am, Ahsoka." Obi-wan laughed, "I think you should learn the basics."

The three were nearing their transport when a voice called them from behind, "Master Potter! Master Kenobi!"

They turned and saw Master Luminara Ulundi and her Padawan, Barriss Offee.

"Master Ulundi, a pleasure to see you again." Obi-wan nodded, "How can we help?"

"My padawan is scheduled to train at Kamino for the next cycle. I'm going as well."

"Why do you..."

"I've learned that training on Kamino has been very useful from the Council and Master Yoda...suggested I join Barriss to gain a better insight in our clone tactics and their combat styles."

"You're already skilled with the blade..." Harry raised an eyebrow.

She cut him off, "Learning the style our soldiers is still wise. Please, will you take us to Kamino?"

Harry grinned, "Welcome aboard."

x x x

"Master Potter, you asked to see me?" Master Ulundi entered the cruiser training room and stopped short. Harry and Ahsoka were in the middle of the room sparing with their light sabers and she was about to continue to the other side of the room without disturbing them, when a red beam flashed from the left hand of Harry and moved towards Ahsoka.

The padawan easily batted the light away with her lightsaber and rushed the Master, striking towards his legs while he deflected the blow, "Excellent reaction time, Ahsoka!" Harry exclaimed and disapperated from in front of the padawan.

Ahsoka immediately went on the defensive, reaching out with the force to find the wizard. She rolled away to the right as three more red bolts appeared from nowhere. two were dodged, while the third was bounced off a raised shield, "Protego!"

Harry's green lightsaber engaged and advanced on Ahsoka, even though the wielder remained insivible. Both weapons sparked as they struck one another. Ahsoka countered towards the invisible man but before the lightsaber moved to block the blow, a red light flashed from behind the padawan and struck her in the back, knocking Ahsoka out and through the air about five meters.

Harry's lightsaber disengaged and flew towards the now visible hand ten meters from where Luminara had thought he had been, "The Force is a very powerful ally, Barriss." Harry turned to face Luminara's padawan, the Master just noticing that she was also in the room, "And I know that you're strong in it. But there is another strength within you that hasn't been taught yet. I was hoping to demonstrate some of that today and ask if you were willing to learn from me."

Barriss was about to answer but Luminara stepped forward, "You would try to take another Master's padawan, Potter?"

"Did you enjoy the show, Ulundi?" Harry waved his wand towards Ahsoka, "Enervate."

"You're offering to train my Padawan in your magic? Without talking with me?"

"I knew you were there, Luminara. I didn't offer anything before my duel with Ahsoka." Harry turn to face the other Jedi, "You have the same abilities, Luminara. Another reason I called you here to watch."

Ahsoka was walking over to the ground, "What did you do to get behind me?"

"I faked my apparation and turned invisible. Those initial stunners were illusions but i was controlling my lightsaber through the Force. once you were completely focused on the duel, I stunned you."

Ahsoke frowned as she replayed the duel in her head, if only she could wield her magic as fast as he could.

"Your wandless, Ahsoka, is getting better. Your shield was powerful enough to deflect that one stunner. However, I do have your own wand finally. Once you have that, you'll find your control a lot easier."

"Of course, Master."

"Go ahead and get cleaned up. I still have some matters to discuss with Barriss and Master Ulundi."

Ahsoka nodded and flashed Barriss a grin before leaving. Harry waited until the Padawan left before pulling out his wand and conjuring three chairs and then cleaned himself with a cleansing charm, "Not the same as a shower, but that can wait."

"Yes, it can." Luminara frowned at the magic, though inwardly she was still impressed.

"Let me explain some things before you yell at me." Harry began, "Barriss has the potential to be a very powerful Jedi. In fact, your guidance has increased her talents ten fold in the short time you've been teaching her. Hell, she was there on Geonosis and made it through the arena where full fledge Jedi were killed! My point is not to take her from you. I want to teach her more. She has the potential to be a very powerful witch on top of a Jedi."

"A witch?" Luminara frowned, "Where have I heard that before?"

"Because that's what Ginny is. She's a witch and I'm a wizard. She and I trained together and have fought together for nearly our whole lives. Now, like I said, Barriss has the abilities to do everything that I demonstrated here as well as things you would deem impossible. And I want to teach her."

"What about Ahsoka?" Barriss asked, "I don't want her progress hindered because I'm new."

Harry smiled pleasantly back at the young girl, "Ahsoka has taken most of her training in magic from Ginny. She's on a mission right now so I took over for the time being."

"Why didn't you directly come to me with this?" Luminara asked.

"When I asked after the duel, I knew you were there and it was the first I had mentioned it to her." Barriss nodded in confirmation, "Second, ultimately, the choice is hers. I know the ways of the Jedi in their selections, but a wizard or witch is given a choice to train. A reason why Master Kenobi is only a Jedi and not a wizard. He keeps telling me that he's too old to learn anything new like what I'm offering."

"Would we be privy to your background?" Luminara asked. The history of the Potters was extremely taboo among the Jedi, concealed within the Council and speculated among the lesser Masters and Jedi concerning who and what they really were, and therefore, Lunimara had never been told the exact details.

Harry knew all this and chuckled at the question, "If either of you accept, then yes. All will be known."

"Either?"

"You have potential as well, Luminara. Though, I'm not going to lie about it. Barriss will be a more powerful witch than you."

"Because I'm older?"

Harry shook his head, "Not really. True, Barriss' magical core is still growing and yours is not, her core is simply larger."

"I see."

"Might I ask a question, Master?"

Harry nodded, "That was a question, but you can ask another."

"How would I be defined in the Order if I accept?"

"You'll remain a member of the Order. But you'll also fall under my 'jurisdiction'." Harry used quotation marks to emphasize the last word, "Right now, only Ginny, myself, Anakin and Ahsoka are part of the Magical Order. You could say we're an offshoot of the Jedi, though we answer to the Council, as I'm on it. We're very unique to the Jedi and Galaxy and I hope to pass on my knowledge before my time is done."

"When would we start the training?"

"I would remain on Kamino while Obi-wan and Ahsoka continue their mission."

Barriss looked over at her Master, "What do you want me to do, Master?"

Luminara hesitated, "It is your choice, my Padawan. My council is to follow the will of the Force. Even as you're receiving this training on Kamino apart with me, you shall always remain my Padawan until you've finished your trials. I've seen you grow in the Force and understand that you have my blessing as your Master to accept this if that is the will of the Force."

Barriss nodded and looked at Harry, "I accept your offer, Master Potter."

Harry had watched the two Jedi with a quiet understanding. It had been difficult for Obi-wan to accept the teachings at first, that love was a magic users greatest weapon and that to mix it with a righteous anger, well, anger was very anti-Jedi. When Barriss accept his offer, he smiled, "Thank you. What about you, Master Ulundi?"

"Train to be a witch?" Luminara shook her head, "I'm content where I am in the Force, Potter."

"I understand." Harry nodded and then looked from one to the other, "There is one major difference with the Magic Order and the Jedi. I was just thinking about one of the greatest difficulties Obi-wan faced while I was training Anakin. Emotion."

"What do you mean?"

Emotion gives the wizard more power and once control over your emotion is learned, spells and hexes are learned faster and performed easier. I understand the teachings of the Jedi, but sometimes emotion is required in magic. Like this, Expecto Patronum!" Harry whipped out his wand and a brilliant stag leapt from the end and cantered to the other side of the room. Harry called it back and as he put a hand on the muzzle, the stag vanished.

"What was that?" Barriss asked, the awe very evident in her voice as well as her face.

"That was a Patronus charm. Very advanced. But only possible because of emotion. Saying the words for that spell isn't enough, you have to bring up a very powerful and happy memory. Mine is the knowledge of my parents and their love for me. They sacrificed themselves through love and allowed me to survive the worst curse ever cast, the killing curse."

"I see the conflict in your training, Potter." Luminara frowned, "because we teach our padawans to clear their emotion."

"There is no emotion, there is peace." Harry nodded, "That does help, trust me. I want you, Luminara to understand if Barriss begins to show emotion that it is part of my teaching and it is important for a witch, in her case, to learn about emotions and how to better understand and control them."

"I will try...and understand." Luminara smiled, "Good luck with her, Potter. May the Force be with you both."

x x x

Ginny smirked at Anakin as they entered the Chancellor's office. Palpatine was fighting between scowling at her while trying to appear happy to see Anakin.

"What brings two Jedi to my office? Especially two Masters of the Order who have become Hero's of the Republic?"

"Our Council has been trying to gain a better insight on our enemy. But they remain shrouded in the Darkness. We've recognized that your intelligence is very helpful and have therefore appointed two liaisons in the hope of ending this war faster." Ginny smiled politely at the Chancellor.

Palpatine cringed, but managed a weak smile, "And they appointed you both?"

"Yes."

"While I do applaud this...idea of the Council. I must protest the need of two Jedi for the job. Can we agree that Master Skywalker is adequate for the Council's Liaison? Then we can keep you, Master Potter, on the front where your talents and skills can keep the Separatists back."

Anakin shared a knowing look with Ginny, it was going exactly like the Council had predated, Palpatine was interested in him, "The Council believes that Master Potter will be better back here, given her condition."

"Condition?" Palpatine frowned, his spies had not reported anything about either Potter, "Surely you haven't been injured."

Ginny shook her head, "No, but fighting on the front would not be healthy for my child."

Palpatine frowned to himself, any child of the Potters or even the Skywalkers would be powerful, more than himself. Still he adopted a cheerful yet genuinely concerned look, "Congratulations, then on the news. And I can see why Master Potter would not want her out there."

"He doesn't know." Ginny said, thinking back to the conversation with Padme concerning their current mission. They had been brainstorming ideas for a good enough reason to keep her off the front lines and Padme had suggested this one, "I hadn't confirmed it before he had left, but I suspected it, which is why I didn't volunteer to go with him and took this one. Politicking should be safer here than out there."

"Politics are a very stressful ordeal, Master Jedi. I would suggest you don't take this appointment lightly."

"I'm still useful to the Order. If I can be a messenger and help end this war sooner, it is the will of the Force. I want to create a safer place for my child to grow up in, Chancellor." Ginny flashed a hint of annoyance at the man, daring him to try and get out of this.

"Well, I shall bring this matter up to the Senate. They will need to vote on the matter."

"No, they won't." Ginny answered.

"The Jedi don't have the power to dictate orders to this office, Master Potter." Palpatine angrily ground out, "They are the Guardians of the Galaxy and are subject to our Democracy."

"Really?" Anakin asked, "Then are we merely pawns of the Senate? To be used as they will it? We serve the people, not this body of politicians. If we're part of the system, then why don't we have a Senate seat?"

"Your wife is part of that body, Skywalker. Do you not serve her?"

"Just as she is my wife, I'm her husband. Both of those come first, then the Order, which by extension, the people."

"So you're telling me, that you would betray the Republic if your wife was ordered to death?"

"Are you trying to be uncooperative, Chancellor?" Anakin frowned at the questioning, and cautiously rested his hand on his lightsaber.

Palpatine glared at Ginny, who was cracking a very large smile at him, "Of course not. I'm trying to determine the reasons behind the Jedi Council suddenly having you, Anakin, of all people, assigned to my office. They probably..."

"Do you have anything of importance, Chancellor? No doubt you have things to do." Ginny droned out as if she was becoming bored with the conversation.

"Yes. In fact there are several things that I need to take care of." He looked pointedly at Ginny before trying to smile warmly at Anakin.

The two Jedi were dismissed and once they were clear of the Senate building and safe inside the wards, Ginny looked at Anakin, "You sensed it?"

"No doubt. Everything you said about him and what he would try and do, was true. I fear if you'd kept me in the dark about this, I'd have been deceived." Anakin admitted.

"We have no solid proof." Ginny frowned, "But at least I was able to plant a handful of recording charms on both his room and his person."

"We'll need more evidence than that." Anakin said, beginning to pace, "Evidence will be needed beyond voice recordings because even I know how to fake those. We need holographic evidence that he is behind this war."

"What if we do something he won't expect?" Ginny reasoned and saw Anakin looking at her, confusion evident, "We both know that the Seps are fighting a stalemate right now, if not losing ground. We're nearly winning and they're going to need a demoralizing victory over us. I think they'll go after Palpatine."

"He would orchestrate his own kidnapping?"

"What better way to throw off us Jedi into believing that he isn't responsible for this war?" Ginny asked, "A brilliant plan if it works. I mean, he'd be able to get the Separatists team in and out and even plant some evidence that the Jedi were responsible."

"So we're assuming he's a Sith, right?" Anakin asked, his pacing resuming, "And it looks like he's slowly wiping out the Jedi through this war?" she nodded, "It's too slow. He has something else planned that will take the Jedi off guard and with one move, he'll wipe us out."

"You're right. But what is it?"

x x x

"Hey, Harry." Obi-wan did not even turn as his friend walked onto the bridge, "We're at Kamino. We should get Master Ulundi and Offree to the...what is it?"

"I'm going to be staying on Kamino for a while. You and Ahsoka are to continue mission."

"What happened?"

"I have a new student." Harry smiled, "A very willing and powerful student."

"Offree?"

Harry nodded, "I'll remain here and take up this semester of cadets for field training. Master Fisto is already on his way up from the surface."

"You never cease to surprise me, Harry." Obi-wan extended his hand, Well, good luck with your student, may the Force be with you."

Harry shook the hand and left the bridge grinning. He found his way to the hanger where Luminara and Barriss were waiting, as well as his commando team, "Anxious to see home, boys?"

"We know it's a little unorthodox, sir. But you're the best commander we're going to have in this war. We'd like permission to remain as your escort, sir."

"Permission granted. All four of you survived Geonosis and I think its the will of the Force that you four were the ones who made it out alive. That and damn good training, you can certainly pass on to our clones the real experiences and knowledge you all have."

"Master Potter, we're cleared to depart." Luminara motioned to the transport warming up in the hanger.

"Then let's get moving."

x x x

Harry stared unflinchingly at his opponent across from him. He was poised in a defensive stance that aimed his lightsaber angled to the ground, while keeping his wand aimed at his adversary. While studying her, and the stance she was carrying herself with, he sunk into the Force, willing it to instruct and guide him before the first strike was made.

Without further delay, a wand was brought to bear and a flurry of spells were flung at him. Gracefully, he batted and dodged the ten spells before bringing up a shield to reflect two more back at the caster. She was caught by surprise but was still standing. Unfortunately, Harry capitalized on this and launched an offensive of spells, drawing himself closer to dueling range.

The other, barely keeping up, realized what he was doing and vanished with a loud crack. She apparated behind him and had already sent a pair of spells at him before he turned. Harry grinned and jumped towards her with his lightsaber cutting down.

She deflected the blow and countered with a strike at his head. Still relaxed, Harry blocked the shot and threw a chair at her through the Force. She banished it with her wand at him while jumping away to put more distance between the two. He ducked beneath the chair and threw a disarming hex so fast, she was not able to avoid it and her wand was knocked from her hand. It only made it halfway to Harry before she was able to summon the tool back, catching it in her offhand while blocking four saber strikes from him at the same time.

"Excellent summoning charm!" Harry paused, as did his student, "Not only did you keep your head and lightsaber, but you used the Force to bring the wand back in record time."

"Thank you, Master." Barriss Offree bowed her head with respect, fighting the blush from his praise.

"Your spells have grown in power, Barriss. You continue to show your ability to mix magic and the Force."

"You're an exceptional teacher, Master. Had you been my Jedi Master..." Harry stopped her with a hand, "Your Master is perfect for teaching you the ways of the Force and the ways of the Jedi, Barriss. Even though I'm a Master in rank, my knowledge of the Force remains weak compared with true Masters of the Force. Including that of your own Master."

"Forgive me, teacher. I meant no dishonor towards my Master."

"I know you didn't." Harry grinned and turned to an opening door across the room, "Master Ulundi, a pleasure seeing you again."

"Potter." she said pleasantly enough though in her normal reserved tone, "I apologize for intruding early on your training, but our long range sensors are acting up. We're also unable to raise Master Kenobi's fleet regarding this disruption."

Harry frowned, "Have our defenses remained active?" Luminara nodded, "Barriss, find the other cadets. Then have them meet us in the control room. We need to meet with the Garrison Commander."

"He's aware, Potter. Though he's expecting you to meet him there."

"Excellent, let's go."

x x x

"What do you mean, I can't get through to Kamino?" Ginny put both of her hands on her hips, striking a pose everybody knew even Harry Potter feared, "I would strongly advise you to get a channel open immediately!"

"We've been trying, ma'am." the frightened, non-clone, comm officer stammered, "All have gone unanswered and it's like there's nothing there."

"Has there been an alert given to the nearest fleet?" Ginny asked, her temper simmering beneath the surface.

"We were contacting General Kenobi as you entered, ma'am. We're still waiting for his reply."

"Contact the Temple. Notify General Skywalker to meet me at my ship." Ginny turned and left the control room that collectively release a sigh of relief, Ginvera Potter was not a person to cross.

x x x

"Sir, long range sensors just went offline."

Harry stared at the inoperable screen and frowned. First comms and now the sensors, "Alert the Garrison and our defensive fleet, the Seps are coming."

"Are you positive?" Luminara knew he was right, but she was hoping that he would be wrong.

"Yeah." Harry nodded, "you and Barriss head to the main clone facility and get the clones ready for battle. They're all younger than our standard clone, but they are still trained to use a blaster. Remain inside and wait for the landing parties to enter. We have several thousand clones in training here and it looks like they'll be getting experience a little earlier than normal."

Luminara was going to protest, but realized Harry knew the risks, before she nodded, "And the other cadets?"

"I want two with me and the other six at the incubation facility. I also want a battalion of troopers there to help protect it."

"That would only leave you with..."

"I'm ordering all commandos to the command center to guard it. We'll have a couple ARC troopers here too."

"That'll give you barely a hundred, sir." the base commander gaped behind his helmet.

"Bring all genetic material here from the labs. They might look to steal it to engineer more bio weapons or something worse. I'll see to it personally in guarding it."

Luminara put a hand on Harry's shoulder, "I'll take the two cadets. Keep Barriss with you. You'll need her strength and skills for this battle. Such is the will of the Force."

Her quiet and respectful tone gave Harry pause and studied the Jedi Master before smiling softly at her, "Thank you. It's what I would have suggested, but you are her Master, while I'm merely a teacher."

"You have shown her that friends are important for a Jedi. And I've learned that you are a good friend for the both of us. Perhaps I will seek out Ginerva and Padme to become friends with them."

"They would like that." Harry looked up and saw the other cadets enter the room, "But first, let's survive this."

x x x

By the time the first wave of droids landed, only six hours had past. Hundreds of droids charged through the never ending ran towards the command center only a handful of Clones and the Jedi defended. Harry remained passive at the beginning, stepping in to defend the clones as the droids fought to keep their beachhead. Barriss was being kept out of the fight, Harry ordering her to remain ready to cover them when they would fall back as well as keep the illusion that Harry was the only Jedi guarding the command center.

Two more dropships landed through the heavy anit-air fire that was able to knock down three others and disposited the troops they were carrying. The foothold was becoming more concrete and Harry recognized that they were beginning to dispatch units towards Luminara's sector where the younger clones were being guarded. The clone lines were still strong, but the droids were increasing the assault and Harry knew it was only the matter of time.

A laser passed his head as he continued to assess the battle. He turned to see six Super battle droids attacking him. With his lightsaber, he deflected back a pair of lasers before banishing one of the droids into another and over the edge. A rocket launched towards him, but he casually flicked his wand and transfigured the warhead into a rock before deflecting it away from him. A pair of blasting hexes and metling curses struck the remaining droids, ending the immediate threat on his sector. Still, hundreds more were being redirected his direction.

Tapping his wand against the catwalk, he muttered a quick charm and watched his power release into the metal. Nothing happened right away, but he apparated to one of the flanks that appeared to be weakening. Clearing the immediate walkway with his lightsaber and a handful of banishing hexes, he muttered the same charm into the walkway and called for the clones there to pull back.

Lasers continued to sizzle past him, his wand and lightsaber deflecting several of the deadly bolts away from him and his men, while he waited for the droids to continue their approach, "Stay back!" he shouted to his men.

A second later, the droids stepped onto the main catwalk causing the rails to come alive and ensnare the droids. Confusion within the droid ranks spread as they were unable to understand how to fight against the animate railings. Dozens were crushed and broken as the Super Battle droids pushed to the front to get at the enemy. Harry stepped to the front of his men and with another spell he hit the path leading up to them. Almost immediately, the droids still fighting the rails, began to sink into the ground, Harry's quicksand spell pulling them down and towards the oceans below.

While they were distracted, Harry decided to pull in his magic and focus on the air around him. Next to him, the clones could hear him muttering a long string of words in another language before he raised his wand into the sky with a flourish. At once a giant shape formed in the wind, barely a hundred meters above him and he pointed the wand at the shape and directed it at the droids, "Attack!"

A ten meter Dragon of the wind swooped past the clones and the wizard, rushing towards the droids with a ferocity none of the droids could combat as their energy weapons passed through the conjured air elemental. As it passed above the droids, it opened its mouth and let loose a ferocious howl along with a flame of lightning. The electrical strike devastated nearly five hundred droids in the elemental's first pass and Harry turned back to his clones, "Fall back inside. I'll only be able to hold it for a few more minutes."

They nodded and began to pull back to the command center, leaving Harry to continue directing the air dragon across the battlefield. He could only get three more devastating electrical strikes in again, before he knew he would run out of energy and then be useless to the fight. He also could sense that there were several more transports on approach to land more droids.

He apparated towards the landing site they were going to use, hoping to buy his men more time in getting inside. However, twelve assassin droids were waiting there and attacked without hesitation. Harry drew his lightsaber and sliced the first one in half. He unholstered his wand and threw a banisher into the two pieces another of the droids, sending them over the edge. Three lasers passed his head and he threw a reductor into the middle of them. Three more were sent over the side and he apparated behind another, driving his blade through its neck. It collapsed while Harry was already blocking several more accurate blasts.

He raised a shield and stepped back, assessing the remaining six gathered on the other side. They came after him quickly, but Harry was still faster, ducking and expertly slicing the droids in the right spots until only three were left. Harry threw a low powered spell which his target ducked and Harry bisected its head with his lightsaber. However, he missed the thermal detonator the droid dropped as one of the droids grabbed him from behind. He enhanced his strength through the Force and tossed the droid over his shoulder, a second before the detonator went off.

x x x

The Marauder sailed swiftly through hyperspace towards Kamino. Since comms were down, she had been getting a feeling through the Force that something bad was going to happen to Harry. They had already confirmed that Kamino was under attack. Not only had Ginny been unable to raise him on their mirrors, but she had not heard from him since he had arrived on Kamino and she was feeling very lonely without him.

So much had happened in the three months since she and Anakin had been appointed as the Jedi liasion. It turned out that the reason she had given Palpatine of being pregnant was not a ruse after all and she really was pregnant. Initially she had tried to raise him and tell him, but figured that the news would only be a distraction while he was training Barriss. She would be damned if Harry was going to get himself killed before she could tell him the news.

Beside her in the co-pilot's seat, Anakin was meditating, being very away that beside him was a very irate and pregnant redhead. Behind them was Anakin's wife, Padme, who had refused to remain behind and instead support her best friend.

A tremor moved through the Force and Ginny's face paled, "Harry's hurt!"

Moments later, as if the ship knew that time was critical, a warning light flashed announcing their eminant arrival. Anakin pulled back on the controls to bring them into the system. Two large fleets were engaged with one another, with a Separatist Dreadnaught taking a heavy barrage from two Republic cruisers, before it started to explode.

Ginny continued watching out the viewport, while Anakin scanned the system, "There's a ship moving away from the battle..." she frowned as she watched it jump out of the system.

"I'm picking up twelve dropships on their way to the surface." Anakin announced, checking their cloak shield and keeping them on the edge of the battle.

"Get me to the surface, Anakin." Ginny ordered, "I can't apparate because of the baby."

"Right. Hang on." Anakin pushed the throttle to its peak and they easily maneuvered through the fight. They moved easily past the fight and into the atmosphere where they avoided the transports which failed to detect the freighter.

"Is Harry still alive?" Padme asked, knowing that a negative answer would crush Ginny.

"He's alive. Unconscious, but alive. He must have taken a hard hit for that." Ginny answered, "Get us to the command center."

"We'll have to clear one of those landing pads." Padme pointed to the closest platform that was literally crawling with Battle Droids.

"Lower the ramp." Ginny glared.

Her voice was cold and they could both feel the righteous anger simmering behind the tone. Turning the dark power of the Force into a positive emotion. It was a type of anger the Potter's had discovered made them infinitely more powerful and kept one from the taint of the dark side while angry.

She funneled her magic into the Force and with a burning fire visible in her eyes, she attacked the platform, "Abrumpo!" she slashed her wand diaglonally at the enemy ship and the powerful slicing shot towards the dropship.

As if struck by a knife, the dropship was cut in half, diagonally from left to right, the two halves falling apart on top of the majority of droids protecting it. The other half toppled into the ocean. Ginny pulled out her hand and waved it over the platform, banishing the remaining droids off and into the ocean, "You're cleared to land."

Anakin chuckled, awed at the displayed of raw power Ginny was channeling, "You're sure? You might have missed one down there."

Padme smacked Anakin in the head, "Anakin!"

"All right! All right! I'm landing!"

Ginny was still on her power high and as the ramp was just touching down, her lightsaber was drawn. Very few droids were still on the platform, unsure as what had just wiped out their transport. The witch swept threw them as she deflected and dodged the lasers fired at her. Around her, the rain bowed to her command, changing directions into the faces of the droid ranks while barely touching the woman.

Her path was never blocked while her lightsaber was methodical in her as well as the constant string of fire spells, barely moving her hand to melt the hunks of metal.

Behind her, Anakin and Padme moved easily as there was nothing left for them to fight in Ginny's wake. Anakin still amazed at the power behind the short witch as they neared a blockaded entrance with nearly fifty super battle droids there, trying to get in. Ginny paused and with two free hands gathered a Force push between them. One of the Supers started to turn, that was when she released the energy wave.

The blast struck the droid in the chest and carried it down the middle of the formation, knocking everything down before it slammed into the door. Anakin knew the push should have cleared everything away and was confused until she twisted the push with her hands. The pillar of energy split in half and crushed both sides of the Battle droids, knocking half into the waters below and the other half into the wall.

"That was a new one."

"I realized that I'd have destroyed the door if I didn't control the push. So I funneled it into a column and then made it explode in the directions I needed it go in." Ginny grinned.

"Do you know the codes?" Padme asked.

"Nope." Ginny shook her head, "Alohomora."

Her spell hit the door and nothing happened, "I guess Harry locked it before..."

"Actually, I did." A female voice interrupted him and they found themselves at the end of a lightsaber and wand with a squad of commando's behind her.

"Padawan Offree?" Anakin's brow furrowed, "When'd you get the wand?"

Barriss glanced around outside, expecting to see either more allies or more droids, "Get inside! Quickly. There're probably more to regroup and hit us again."

"Actually, the sector is clear. I took care of them."

Barriss frowned, "Master Potter did that before but they were landing more. How?"

"Where's Harry?" Ginny looked around the control room, "I know he's alive, and that he's injured. Where is he?"

Barriss shook her head, "He ordered the doors sealed on our retreat. He stayed out to keep them back. We felt an explosion out there and when we checked, he wasn't out there. He told me that he was going to apparate here once we were all inside, but, he hasn't shown up."

Ginny closed her eyes and sunk into a vacant chair, "He mentioned something about training in his last communication. How long has he been training you?"

"Since arrival."

Sinking deeper into the Force, she found the bond connecting her to Harry, as well as the new one forming with their child, "He's still alive."

"Then he's captured?" Padme asked.

"The Separatists better hope not." Anakin said lightly, earning a set of glares, "What? If they're holding him, what we just saw here is proof that he won't be there for long. You think that ship jumping out of the system when we arrived was holding him?"

Padme glanced at Ginny, "He has a point, Ginny."

Ginny turned her glare over to Padme, stared at her for a minute before sighing, "It's not like he would need me to rescue him. I didn't spend nearly two centuries with him though only for him to be killed by a bunch of dumb droids."

The two Jedi could feel her grief as clearly as Padme could see it on her face, "What about using your ring?" she asked quietly, "You told me once it was a permanent port key that would always take you to him."

Ginny shook her head, "I wouldn't be able to if he's on a ship moving at lightspeed. Besides, it's only a planetary one, not multi-system."

"Can you sense if he's still on the planet?" Anakin asked.

"No, there's something else blocking me." Ginny shook her head again, "It's like...Dooku."

Anakin looked down at his fake arm, "I still have a score to settle with him too."

"Patience, Anakin." Padme walked over to him and put a hand on his gloved one, "Besides, I want a piece of him as well."