Tattooine: One Day Later:

Han and Luke landed the Millennium Falcon right outside of Jabba's Palace the next day without incident, Han then looked at Luke and spoke, "You watch the ship and make sure that Jawa's don't get it. Chewie and I are gonna pay the worm off and then we'll leave."

Luke nodded in silence.

At the same time, Luke felt a strong Force Presence nearby. He watched as Han left and he then, quickly left the ship and headed off into the dessert to investigate.

Luke walked on through the Dessert in silence. As he walked, He noticed a figure laying on the ground. He approached the figure in shock. Right before him was a redheaded girl that was laying in the sand facedown. It was obvious that the girl was horribly dehydrated and exhausted as well as hungry. Who was she? thought Luke as he picked her up. The girl was dressed in a grey tank top with black leather pants. It was obvious that she had nothing aside from the clothes that were on her back.

Luke quickly carried the unconscious girl towards the Falcon. He carried her into Han's Cabin and laid her down on the bed. He then removed her utility belt, before leaving to get some water for the girl.

Luke quickly returned with Water and towels. He opened the girl's mouth and was pleased when he saw her drink.

At that moment, The girl's green eyes looked at Luke in shock and horror.

Luke frowned, "It's alright, I am an Alliance Officer. You're safe now."

The girl shivered slightly as Luke spoke, "What is your name?"

The girl shivered a second time in obvious fear, "M-Mara, Mara Jade."

Luke nodded as he wiped Mara's face with a wet towel. As he wiped her face, he noticed just how youthful her face was.

"How old are you Mara?"

Mara frowned, "I-I don't know."

Luke nodded as he reached out through the Force, "You're tired, "Go ahead and get some sleep. We'll talk more after you wake up."

Mara nodded as she closed her eyes.

As Mara closed her eyes, Shattered memories began to come into her mind.

A hideous looking yellow eyed man who spoke, "Your missions will protect the lives of those in the Empire Child."

She saw visions of herself training for battle.

She saw the horrible man come and face her and speak, "You're ready now for your first mission."

The next and last thing that she remembers, is an explosion.

For two years, Her memories have been gone. She only knew her name because of some kind of ID document that she had possessed before losing it during her two years of running. At this point, all that she knew was that she was in some kind of accident that had taken away all of her memories. She had had several mysterious and yet evil people chasing her. She had barely escaped from the last assassin and now here she was in the hands of some unknown yet charming stranger.


Luke examined Mara's utility belt with curiosity. The girl's belt contained an empty blaster holster and a second holster that still had a blaster. It appeared that she had possessed several darts that were missing along with several tools. He also noticed something even more shocking, The girl had a clip for a lightsaber.

Luke frowned, He took his lightsaber off of his belt and clipped it to her belt.

It stayed, Did she at one point have a lightsaber? Who was she? Where did she come from? Luke ended his questions as, Han boarded the Ship with Chewie.

Luke looked at Han and spoke, "How did it go?"

"Pretty well actually kid. I just gave him an extra ten thousand and he was happy. He even offered me more work."

"What did you tell him?"

"I was polite and I told him that I couldn't risk causing him problems now that the Empire was after me and he was grateful to me for being so considerate of him."

Luke nodded and spoke, "While you were gone, I sensed a Force presence outside of the ship."

"A Force presence?"

Luke nodded, "I found a dehydrated girl of around my age or younger. I brought her into the ship and gave her some water and she passed out. She said that her name was Mara."

"What do you want to do about her?" asked Han.

"I have a feeeling that she is in as much danger as we are. Just take us out of here and we'll head back to Hoth. We will deal with her when she wakes up. It's Better than leaving her here."

Han smiled, "Yeah kid, now that we're returning to the Ice Ball, I can hardly wait," said Han sarcastically.

Luke smiled in response. Han then spoke, "I'm gonna see how the Hyperdrive is running before we take off."

Luke nodded in silence.

Han then returned to the room, "Alright kid we're in good shape. You good with lifting off?"

Luke nodded, "Sounds good to me."

Luke then followed Han into the cockpit and strapped into the crash webbing as Han and Chewie took their places in the cockpit.

Moments later, The Falcon lifted off and flew into the atmosphere of Tattooine.


Millennium Falcon:

After making the jump into Hyperspace, Luke looked at Han and spoke, "I am gonna go check on the girl now that we're in Hyperspace."

Han smiled at Luke as he left him.

Luke entered the Cabin quarters, to see Mara starting to stir as she opened her eyes.

"Where am I?"

"You are onboard a Starship, We are en route to the Alliance Base."

"Y-Your rebels?" asked Mara uneasily.

Luke nodded, "Mara tell me about yourself."

Mara breathed in deeply, "There isn't much to tell."

Luke frowned, "You told me that you didn't even know how old you were."

Mara nodded, "All I remember is bits and pieces of myself. I know that about two years ago I was doing something. I was trying to kill someone, That is all that I know. For some reason there was an explosion. The next thing that I remember is trying to escape and barely escaping."

Luke frowned, "Any Idea of who the person was?"

Mara shook her head, "There was a man in my past, I am in a dark room training and he tells me that my missions will protect the people of the Empire. He tells me that I am becoming something noble and great and that I will protect people by doing what I must."

Mara breathed in deeply, "Then there is that horrible explosion and I have no memories of my life before aside from the explosion and of the man. I have been running now for two years from assassins and I don't even know who they are. The last one shot down the ship that I stole and I barely escaped with my life. That is how you found me."

Luke nodded as he got more and more suspicious, "How do you know your name?"

Mara frowned, "I had an ID card that said my name, It had this circular symbol on it. That is how I know."

Luke nodded, "This man that you see in the dark room, What did he look like?"

"Yellowish skin with yellow eyes and a black robe and hood."

Luke nodded as something came to mind, The Emperor! She was an Imperial assassin before her accident.

Luke frowned, "Mara what do you know about the Galactic Empire?"

Mara frowned, "Just that the Empire is the main power in the Galaxy and that it is ruled by Emperor Palpatine and his right hand Man, Darth Vader."

Luke nodded, "Have you ever seen an image of the Emperor?"

Mara shook her head, "I have been running so much for two years that I haven't had the chance to see him."

Luke nodded as he took out a datapad and pulled out an image of the Emperor, "Is this the man from your past?"

Mara shivered at the sight of the Emperor as she looked at Luke, "Y-Yes he is."

Luke nodded, "Those are his assassins that are after you. My guess is that you were one of his assassins Mara. You must have failed him and he must want you dead for your failure."

Mara trembled, "What will happen to me now?"

"Just stay with us, We're enemies of the Emperor, You're safe with us."

Mara nodded in silence.

Luke then spoke, "Go ahead and take a shower if you want and get some more rest. We won't be arriving at Echo Base for another day."

Mara smiled in response as Luke got up and left her.


Executor: In orbit above Ord Mantel:

Vader stood on the command bridge of the Executor in rage, Where was his son? Who was the person that had dared to shoot him in the back. How could three years of hard work so easily gone down the drain in just one moment?

He scowled in anger as the thoughts of failure continued to fill his mind.

At that moment, He sensed Piett standing behind him.

"What is it Admiral?"

"The Emperor demands that you contact him immediately."

Vader nodded, "You have the bridge."

With that, The Dark Lord stormed into his office and activated his Holocom. Instantly, An image of the Emperor appeared before him, "What is thy bidding my Master?"

"Lord Vader, have you found Skywalker?"

Vader nodded, "I had him in my grasp but, once again he escaped."

"How?"

"He had allies. An ally that jumped me while he was escaping. I have an agent working on finding that person right now."

Palpatine nodded, "I can't say that my situation is any better."

Vader frowned, "What do you mean?"

"The Agents that have been pursuing Jade for the last two years shot her ship down above Tattooine.

By the time that they got to her burnt up ship she was well gone. They followed her tracks and she was near Jabba's Palace when she was taken from where she had fallen."

Vader cringed in disgust, "Then that means that the Hutt has her."

"They checked things out inside and outside. He didn't have her. However, There was evidence of a cruiser that had landed nearby. The tracks of whoever had taken her led to the spot where it most likely landed. Whoever it was took her off world so now it is a dead trail."

Vader nodded in anger.

"I honestly thought that she should have been given another chance."

Palpatine sneered, "She goes on her first mission, she fails and gets knocked out and gets amnesia and I am supposed to be merciful? Do you know how much trouble her failure caused me? I mean You had to clean up the mess that she left by disposing of her target yourself. You know how much trouble it caused. My bond with her was broken by her accident, she is of no use."

Vader nodded in silence, "I am guessing that you want me to search for her once I find my son."

"She is of no concern, She probably got picked up by some spacers. I am sure that we'll never see her again."

Vader nodded in silence.

Palpatine then spoke, "Once you find the boy, bring him before me."

"As you wish Master."

Palpatine smiled as the transmission faded away.

Vader then stood up and prepared to leave his office.

As he left, he heard a beep on his Transmitter. He immediately activated it and saw an image of Jix appear before him. "Yes Jix what is it?"

"I have the security tapes Uncle D."

Vader nodded, "Good bring them onboard. We will view them in my office."

Jix smiled in response as the transmission ended.

A short time later, Vader watched as Jix entered the room with a small Datachip.

"I looked through it already Uncle D and I think we found our target."

Vader nodded, "Let's see who it is."

Jix smiled and took the Chip and inserted it into Vader's computer.

"She is a woman smuggler. I asked some of the other smugglers down on the planet about her. She has no name. All that is known is that the product she sells is real. She cares about nothing else. She has appeared throughout various spaceports throughout the Galaxy. Still, no one knows her name."

Vader nodded as An image of the said woman appeared before him.

As he looked at her figure, Something came to mind, Was it possible?

"Magnify her eyes."

Jix nodded as Vader looked at the dark brown eyes, the only thing that he could see upon the veiled woman but they eyes were a dead giveaway.

The woman was his Angel, His Padme. He would have never expected Padme to be in such a lowly position. Padme a smuggler? How was that possible? His Angel was now working amongst the scum of the Galaxy? She had left him for a career amongst the scum of the Galaxy, now this was something that he had never seen coming.

Vader looked at Jix in anger and spoke, "I want you to find out everything that you can about her. I want her found, Do you understand?"

Jix nodded as Vader spoke, "I am going to have Fett start searching. One of the two of you will find her and when she is found, She will be taught her place," stated Vader with a dark smile.

Jix nodded as he left Vader's office.

Vader then, headed towards the Command Bridge.

He soon, found himself face to face with Admiral Piett.

He casually spoke, "Summon Boba Fett, Inform him that I have work for him."

Piett nodded, "As you wish my Lord"

Vader then turned and stared out of the viewports of the Executor in silence.


Hoth: One Day Later:

Han and Luke landed the Falcon within Echo Base after one night of flying.

Luke looked at Han and spoke, "You go ahead and unload the cargo, I'm gonna take Mara to the Medical Center and then see about getting her some quarters."

Han nodded, "Sounds good kid."

Luke then turned and, looked at Mara, "I am going to take you to the Med Center Mara, Then we'll get you a uniform and some quarters."

Mara nodded in silence.

Mara followed Luke through the cold, Icy Hallways of the Rebel Base as they approached the Med Center, She was grateful to Luke for the coat that he had given her at that very moment.

Luke looked at her with a smile as they entered the Med Center.


Once they entered the Med Center, Luke spoke to a Med Droid, "I want a full physical done on this woman. I want her age range to be estimated as well as her current health."

"At once sir."

Luke then handed the Medical Droid a report on Mara that, he had written during the flight the night before.

Luke then stood in silence as the Droid conducted several scans upon the young girl.

After a few minutes, The Med droids spoke, "The girl is most likely sixteen or seventeen. She is in perfect health. She has signs of a previous blow to the head that is most likely the cause of the amnesia that you mentioned in your report. There is a fifty percent chance of full recovery of her memories but even without recovery, she will be able to function at one hundred percent capacity."

Luke nodded and, looked at Mara, "Aright come on Mara."

Mara nodded as Luke handed her, her utility belt.

"Now that I know that you're mentally stable, I know that I can trust you with this."

Mara nodded in silence.

Luke then led Mara towards the Council Room. Obi-Wan looked at Luke and spoke, "Now who might this be?"

Luke smiled, "This is Mara Jade, We picked her up on Tattooine when we stopped there."

Obi-Wan nodded as Mon Mothma spoke, "Commander Skywalker, I would like to hear your report."

Luke breathed in and spoke, "So basically, We had our load successfully loaded, Then we found out that some unknown smuggler woman was selling Tibanna Gas."

"The gas that you brought out in the Carbonite blocks?" asked Dodonna.

Luke nodded, "Han and I had just gone to get a drink when I sensed Vader's Presence on the Planet. We immediately headed back to the Falcon but it was to late, he was waiting for me."

Mon frowned, "how did you get away?"

Luke then spoke, "I fought him in a duel, he was oblivious to my surroundings and the smuggler, she stunned him and then helped me load up the Tibanna gas before we left.

We then headed to Tattooine. Han paid off Jabba and we picked up Mara. She is also an enemy of the Empire. She doesn't know why though, She is suffering from a case of amnesia."

Mon nodded, "Very well Skywalker, thank you and congragulations on a successful mission."

Mon then looked at Mara, "Welcome to the Alliance young Lady, I will have Princess Leia fit you in a uniform right now."

Leia nodded, "I have an extra bed in my quarters, we can be roommates until I have her adjusted to her duties here at the base."

Mon nodded, "That sounds like a plan."

Leia then looked at Mara with a smile, "Come with me Mara."

Leia frowned, Mara hadn't noticed her because of the fact that her eyes were glued directly on Luke.

Leia found herself smiling, She had a crush on Luke. If only Luke knew, thought Leia as she spoke, "Mara come with me."

Mara nodded and followed Leia out of the Council Room.


Luke then looked at Ben and spoke, "I need to talk to you alone Master."

Ben nodded, "Very well, What is it Luke?"

Luke frowned, "The lady smuggler."

"Yes?"

"It was the strangest thing Master, It was as though I knew her. Yet I didn't know her but I felt something that was in her presence that was familiar."

Obi-Wan frowned, "Familiar?"

Luke nodded as Obi-Wan spoke, "What did she look like?"

"She had really dark eyes that looked just Like Leia's and she was really small and petite. I don't know much else Master but I find it odd that she didn't want Vader dead and that the sight of me made her so sad. She had a really soft voice Master, I kept asking her who she was and she told me that I was asking to many questions."

Obi-Wan nodded, "I am going to have to meditate on this Luke because I honestly have no idea."

Luke nodded as he turned to leave.

Obi-Wan then spoke, "invite Mara to join us for a training session. If she is interested, she will make a fine Jedi."

Luke nodded as he turned and left his now mystified Master.

Obi-Wan frowned, "Petite, Dark hair, Dark eyes, soft voice. Why is that sounding so familiar?"

At that moment it dawned upon him, "Padme? How can it be her? She is dead. There is no way that Vader would have spared her. Or would he have?"

Obi-Wan frowned, Was it possible that she could have somehow escaped his clutches? If so it would explain why she was living as a smuggler. She was no doubt trying to avoid being caught again, thought Obi-Wan in silence.

Obi-Wan frowned, What if I am wrong though? What if she is dead as I have believed? thought Obi-Wan. If that is the case, He would have told Luke the truth and given the boy more hatred towards his father. No, if Padme is dead like he has believed, It is better that Luke is led to believe that she died in Childbirth instead of at Vader's hand. If she is alive, Luke will find out on his own.

Obi-Wan then turned and left the room.


Leia smiled as she showed Mara the room that they would share, "We will be sharing this room Mara."

Mara nodded as Leia spoke, "Do you have any friends Mara?"

Mara shook her head, "None that I can remember."

Leia nodded, "Then how about we change that starting with me?"

"Y-You want to be my friend?" asked Mara.

Leia nodded, "You know about Jedi Knights right?"

Mara nodded, "I have heard stories about them from old Space pilots. Actually this one old space pilot that took me off of one of the planets that I was on told me that I looked just like the Jedi that saved his Sister's life many years ago and that was why he was helping me."

Leia nodded, "I am training to become a Jedi. Luke has been training for his entire life.

Old Ben is one of the last surviving Jedi."

Mara nodded, "You're saying that I can be one?"

Leia nodded with an eager smile.

"Follow me."

Mara nodded and followed Leia as she led her through the base and towards the training rooms.

Upon entering the training rooms, She saw Ben and Luke in the training room practicing with two Lightsabers.

Upon seeing the weapons, Various images began to flow through her mind.


"Good Very good, You will serve me well Mara."

Mara Looked at the violet blade before deactivating it and looking at her Master after training.

"What is thy Bidding My Master?"

"I am giving you your first mission. This will determine if you are to continue to serve me.

Succeed, And the awards will be greater than you can imagine."

Mara looked into the grim Yellow eyes of the Emperor as he continued, "Fail me and, you shall be destroyed. Do you understand me?"

Mara nodded, "I won't fail you Master."

End Of Flashback:


As Mara opened her eyes, She saw Obi-Wan, Luke and Leia hovering over her.

Obi-Wan then spoke, "What did you see?"

Mara trembled, "The Emperor, I-I was trained by him."

Obi-Wan nodded, "Let's see what you can do. Take one of the training sabers."

Mara nodded as Obi-Wan spoke, "Under no circumstances is anyone besides the four of us to know of your past Mara."

Mara nodded in understanding as she took the blade and prepared to face Luke.

Much to her shock, the moves came to her naturally. It was as though she already knew how to fight.

Obi-Wan smiled, "You were taught at beginners level Mara. You still have a lot more to learn."

Obi-Wan then continued, "The Emperor was going to transform you into one of his Assassins."

Mara nodded, "In my flashback, He was telling me that failure would mean my death."

"And you have been running from assassins for two years since that day?" asked Leia

Mara nodded, "I guess so. I mean that must be what happened."

Leia nodded as Ben spoke, "What is Han up to?"

"He is examining the controls to the Carbonite block of the Tibanna gas to see if he can find out who the seller is. If that happens we can hopefully trace the smuggler."

Obi-Wan nodded in silence.


After an hour and a half of training, Obi-Wan and his students headed into the Dinning hall where they found Han and Chewie saving a table for them.

After gathering their treys, Luke, Leia, Ben and Mara all took their seats.

Luke anxiously looked at Han and spoke, "So have you found anything out?"

Han nodded, "I certainly have Kid. It turns out that the stuff came from Cloud City."

"Bespin?" asked Obi-Wan.

Han nodded, "I have a friend who apparantly is the Baron Administrator of the Mining Facility there now. I am thinking that we can find out who our mystery Smuggler is from him."

Luke nodded, "When can we go?"

"Do you want to leave tomorrow?"

Luke nodded as Ben spoke, "All of you should go. However, before you go, Luke and I need to have a private talk with Leia."

Han nodded in silence as he continued to eat.

Luke frowned as he realized what Obi-Wan meant by a talk, "Master I don't think that she is ready."

"Weather she is ready or not Luke, We have no choice."

Luke was silent in response. Everyone at the table looked at the two Jedi in shock wondering what was being said between the two of them that was so secretive.


Ok that is it for now. More will be up soon. Thank you for reading and reviewing.

-Fallen Jedi 79