Disclaimer: Quite a lot happened last chapter that was my own writing. However, Harry Potter and Starwars are not mine. Enjoy

Chapter Eleven

Calm

The Marauder burned towards the planet's surface on a fast approach. Harry skillfully guided her towards the hidden enclave that only he and Ginny knew the location of, having put the whole underground facility under the Fidelus. Ginny was beside him, holding their newborn son. They had both agreed to name him after Harry's godfather and thus, Sirius James Potter was brought into the galaxy. Sensing that he was strong in the Force, the few Jedi that had seen him, recognized the threat of the Sith against him and agreed that the Potter's needed to be relocated off Coruscant.

Determining how strong Sirius was, Harry discovered that during the battle of Kamino, Ginny had tapped into the boy's power and magic during her assault against the CIS droids. Initially, Ginny had been concerned that she had hurt him, but recognized that the boy was unharmed and healthy. Sirius was currently asleep, his pair of brown eyes shut as Harry disengaged the camoflagued bay door locks, which hid the only entrance any ship could come in and began the landing. In all, there was only one other door to leave the facility, and it required that Ginny, Harry or Anakin accompany anybody who left because of the charm. Even with the number of clones in the facility, the Potters had decided to keep the facility hidden to keep any enemy from discovering it, or any ally to reveal the location.

The Marauder touched down in the center of the circular landing pad and Harry saw a dozen armored clones moving to greet them.

Each new clone wore the same type of armor as the others, with subtle variations to the Republic models. Their faces were concealed with a golden visor which remained opaque unless the clones activated its transparent mode, allowing everybody to see the soldier's eyes. Their chest armor was the same, except for the greenish black camoflague that set them apart, as well as the durability and lightweight charms added. The only thing which could tell them apart without their helmet was the a red blood stripe which started on their offhanded shoulder and traveled down their arm.

Each clone was armed with a personal blaster that varied between the clones because Harry believed the clones should construct their own, as they were taught to do with their light sabers as well. Their wand was the only gear they did not personally make. Taken from the trees of Dantooine, the core of each wand varied with the numerous creatures of the galaxy including Kath hounds, Kinrath and Ackalay. All of the clones were trained to use them in their off hand to allow the use of their lightsaber at the same time.

After six months of having their own cloning facilities, there were nearly four thousand ready to guard the temple. Even with the impressive numbers that they had achieved in the short amount of time, the ysalarmi used to aide in the cloning were extremely dangerous to the Jedi as the animal created a bubble the was void of both the Force and magic and therefore, the cloning facility had been established off Dantooine.

Harry lowered the ramp and was the first one off. Twelve waiting clones came to attention and Harry grinned, "Detail, as you were."

"About time you got back here, Harry!" a voice from the docking exit called out.

"Hey, Anakin! You can blame Sirius for that one." Harry turned to his wife who was smiling at the other Jedi, while holding her son.

"So he finally decided to join us?" Anakin looked at Ginny proudly, "Sirius then?"

Harry gently took the boy and held him out to Anakin who shied away at the idea of holding the infant, "Sirius James Potter. We would like to ask you and Padme to be his godparents, Anakin."

"Really? Me?" Anakin's eyes widened, "I'd love to be his Godfather."

"Where's Padme?" Ginny asked.

"She's a little under the weather this morning." Anakin shook his head without taking his eyes off the boy in his arms.

"I'll go find her then." Ginny smiled at her son one last time, who was now wide awake and staring inquisitively at Anakin, "Can I trust you and Harry not to get up to anything?"

Harry chuckled thinking back to a memory of taking their first born on Earth out onto a broom during the boy's first month, "I promise, Gin." he gave her a kiss and turned to the youngling class following Master Yoda off the ship.

"Underground, this facility, is?"

"Master Yoda?" Anakin looked up from Sirius in surprise, "A pleasure to see you, sir. Then the Council agreed?"

Harry shook his head, "Nope, they only agreed to safeguard the younglings."

"Master Yoda insisted on coming to see the facility though."

Yoda nodded, "Difficult to change the Order, is, Master Skywalker. Difficult. Grateful for your plans to save the Order, I am. Suggested I have, to move our archives as well." he turned a glance at the twenty children behind him, "Come, show us this facility you must. Yes, yes, train we must, if combat the growing darkness we will."

Anakin passed Sirius back to Harry and they left the hanger, leaving five clones to prep the Marauder for a fast take off in case of emergency.

x x x

Padme walked to the door after the chime and as it slid open, a smile instantly spread on her face, "Ginny! You're back!"

Ginny embraced her friend, "Anakin mentioned you were a little sick?"

"Nothing to worry about." Padme dismissed the idea with a simple hand wave, "Where's yours? I'm noticing that you're not a plus one anymore."

The witch grinned, "Sirius James Potter. He's with Harry right now. I would have brought him but I wanted to see how sick you were."

"Oh, I understand then. Shouldn't be contagious. I'll be good in the morning."

Ginny paused drew her wand and muttered a quick incantation on her friend, "I don't think you'll be better in the morning, Padme."

"What'd you do? Why am I glowing and what makes you think I'm not going to get better." Padme frowned and Ginny cancelled the spell.

"You'll get better, and it's not contagious."

"What is it?"

"Padme, you're pregnant."

x x x

Palpatine glowered inside at the Jedi, but he effectively maintained a concerned look as Mace Windu concluded his brief. "...since the loss of Dooku and his own apprentice, Ventress, the Separatists have become increasingly unorganized. If our sources didn't reveal that General Grievous has taken command of them, I'd say that the head has been cut off the serpent."

"Then it seems we have to find this Grievous quickly." Palpatine began, "Of course with Dooku dead, the main threat does seem gone."

"Normally, I'd agree." Mace said, "But we have reasons to believe Grievous is merely a puppet, just as Dooku was. He was having his strings pulled by another and we haven't discovered who this menace is."

"You're sounding very confident, Master Jedi, that there's somebody else." Palpatine said, "How can we be sure it's not somebody from the Banking Clan, Techno Union or even the Trade Federation?"

"There is nobody that powerful within those organizations." Ki-Adi-Mundi shook his head, "If there were, then Dooku's death wouldn't have slowed the Separatists down. In the last year, they have barely advanced or shown enough aggression against the Republic to indicate there is still a main leader."

"Then we must capture Grievous and see what he knows." Palpatine knew it would not come to that. Since Dooku was killed he had almost severed all ties with the CIS, hoping the Jedi had not discovered anything when they had captured Dooku's flagship. At least he still had the Death Star plans. Still with the clones in place he might be able turn everything against the Jedi, but he needed a new leader to operate outside the Republic and lead the Separatists, "Might I inquire where Master Skywalker is? I tried to summon him a few days ago, but I was told he is off world. I wasn't aware I had sent him on a mission."

"Skywalker and his wife are hidden for now." Mace answered, "When word surfaced that she was pregnant, concern for her safety became apparent. The Trade Federation is still after her."

"Wouldn't she have been safer in the Temple with your graces?"

"Because she isn't a Jedi, we don't have any say on where she lives, Chancellor." Mace glared at the Sith, wishing he could strike the man down.

"I just figured her child will be strong in the Force enough to be trained as a Jedi." Palpatine would love to get his hands on the Skywalker child, as well as the Potter child, "What of the Potters? I would have expected young Ginerva to be here as she is also one of your liaisons."

Ki-Adi-Mundi glanced away to hide a smirk as he thought about what Ginny would do if she had heard him use her given name, "She is with her husband working on something for the Order. Though we don't know how long she or her husband will be gone."

"I must insist that she return to Coruscant. As well as Master Skywalker. Both are needed here because I can't have the Jedi Council take up their valuable time with me. More Jedi are needed on the outer rim combating the Confederation."

"We have them on the run, Chancellor." Mace countered, "We already have enough Jedi to lead the Republic in their battles. Our concern is to restore order to the Republic in the aftermath of this war."

"As noble of a quest as that is, Master Jedi, I disagree." Palpatine continued his line of thought, "If we are to restore order to the Republic, we need to apply the pressure against the Separatists in light of their lack of organization. Therefore, I'm passing on an executive order from the Senate to deploy all capable Jedi to the front with the hopes of ending this war."

None of the Council were expecting this, "The Senate doesn't have control of the Order like that, Chancellor." Mace started.

"Are you saying that the Jedi Order is above the Senate? That you don't answer to the elected body of government of this galaxy? I assure you that this order has been voted on and approved of and to disobey it, would be equivalent of declaring war on the Republic, Master Windu."

"The Jedi have been defenders of the Republic for more than a century, Chancellor."

Mace frowned, "We shall relay the request to the Jedi as soon as we are able."

"Understand this, Master Jedi, this is not a request." Palpatine was grinning to himself for the tight position he had just put the Jedi into, "Be sure to pass on to the Potter's and Skywalker's that they are required back on Coruscant."

The meeting continued only for another few minutes and after Mace and Mundi left did they sigh, "Let's hope Potter and Skywalker's plan works. I could feel the darkness within him this time, now that I know where to look."