Hoth: Several Hours Later:

Mara sat in the room that she shared with Leia in tears as Leia hugged her, "Don't worry Mara, I am sure that Luke found a way to escape."

Mara struggled to contain herself as she spoke, "H-He's been shot down and his father is after him. What if his father turns him into a monster? What if he kills him for not turning? Then I will have no one."

"We haven't felt his death Mara, I am sure that he is fine," stated Leia calmly.

At that moment, the door opened and Padme walked in, "There is a Tie Fighter that just entered the system and made contact with us, It is Luke. He made it off of the planet. He is about to enter the Atmosphere."

Mara reached out through the Force and her soul was instantly filled with joy when she felt her lover's presence.

Without a word, She ran out of her quarters and towards the Hanger Bay while Leia and Padme followed her.

Luke smiled as he landed his Father's Tie Fighter inside of the Hanger Bay, He noticed looks of shock and disbelief as he prepared to open the Canopy. He looked out the viewport of the fighter, To see Mara eagerly running into the Hanger followed by his mother and Leia. He saw Vima and Han walking towards the ship with Chewie and 3PO. At the same time, He saw all of the Rogues gathering in the Hanger Bay as well as Ben.

Without a second's hesitation, He opened the Canopy of the Fighter and climbed out.

He at the same time, Heard the sound of beeps as he jumped off of the fighter and, Looked to see R2 freeing himself from the storage compartment as he rolled towards him. At the same time, He looked at Mara just as she jumped into his arms.

He immediately, Hugged her tightly as he kissed her, he didn't fail to notice her tear streaks no doubt word of him being shot down had reached her ears.

"L-Luke I was so worried that I would never see you again."

Luke smiled as he kissed Mara a second time, "I am fine Mara. I have a question for you."

"A question for me Luke?"

Luke in response reached into his pocket and pulled out the box that contained the ring. Luke then opened the box as Mara's eyes locked upon the ring, "I love you so much Mara Jade, Will you Marry Me and become my wife?"

Mara in response moved forward and eagerly kissed her future husband passionately.

Luke smiled, "I'll take that as a yes."

Mara smiled as she felt Luke reach for her left hand, She then felt him slip the ring onto her wedding finger as he kissed her a fourth time.

Luke then turned towards the approaching crowd of his family and friends. He accepted a hug and kiss from his mother and his sisters as well as a hug from Han who spoke, "What did you do kid? Did you kill Vader?"

Luke shook his head as Ben spoke, "It sounds like an interesting story and for what its worth, I think everyone would like to hear it."

Luke smiled and, climbed up upon the top of his Father's Fighter and, motioned for everyone to gather around him.

Luke then spoke, "Basically, After I crash landed on Eriadu, R2 and I immediately abandoned ship. We headed for a nearby Taxi Driver and headed straight to the Megamall in an effort to blend in with the rest of the planet."

Luke at the same time, noticed that everyone was interested with the story that he was now sharing.

He then continued, "I headed into the Megamall and, ended up buying something for Mara as Vader caught up with me. We crossed blades briefly, I pushed him over a balcony then I ran out of the mall and Speeder jacked somebody and headed back to the sight of my crash."

Luke smiled as he continued, "R2 and I then boarded Vader's Fighter that he was so courteous to leave for us. After that, We left and escaped the system easily."

Luke then heard everyone clap as he motioned for Mara to stand on the Fighter with him.

He then whispered to Mara, "Shall we tell them?"

Mara eagerly nodded as Luke spoke, "A few moments ago, I asked Mara to marry me and she said yes. I found her ring during my little run from Vader in the Megamall."

Luke noticed Cheers throughout the room and tears in his mother's eyes.

He looked at Mara and, kissed her.

The couple then, climbed down from the Tie Fighter as everyone in the room began to swarm them and congratulate them.


A short time later, Luke and Mara slipped into Luke's quarters followed By Padme, Leia and Vima.

Padme then spoke, "So when do you want to have the wedding? I mean there is a Holy Man here that can preform the ceremony, He joined the Alliance a year ago."

Luke smiled, "I don't see a reason to wait. We are at war and we've got to do the best with what we've got. Why not Marry within the week?"

Padme smiled, "I will talk to Mon. We will see about finding Mara a good dress."

Luke nodded as Padme continued, "And, I am very happy for both of you. Now, I will see you at dinner."

Luke nodded as Padme left.

Mara then looked at him and kissed him for what he guessed to be the millionth time.

Mara then spoke, "I can't believe it, I feel so loved with you. Now we're getting married."

Luke nodded, "I am grateful that I found you on Tattooine otherwise, I would probably be lonely about now."

Mara smiled as she hugged her future husband with a smile.

Luke then spoke, "One thing for sure is it will be easy since we will have everyone we want present for the wedding here."

Mara nodded, "It will be a great morale booster for the Alliance to see their greatest hero married."

Luke nodded as he heard a knock on the door.

He opened to see Ben looking at him with a proud smile, "Congragulations Luke, I am very proud of you. You and Mara will be a fine couple."

Luke smiled, "Thank you Master."

Ben smiled, "May the two of you have many happy years together."

"Thank you Master."

Ben then spoke, "Mon is going to be all over this, It will be the perfect Morale booster."

Luke nodded in silence.


An hour later, Luke and Mara headed into the Cafeteria to eat dinner together, When they saw Mon Mothma approaching the table.

Luke looked up at Mon as she spoke, "Congragulations Skywalker, and the same for you Mara."

Luke and Mara smiled as Mon continued, "I am going to have things set up and, in two days we will have the wedding if that is alright with you."

Luke smiled, "That is perfect, Thank you Mon."

Mon nodded, "I will leave you to dinner, However after dinner I think that the Rogues wish to have a few drinks with you."

Luke smiled, "Not surprised, I will be joining them."

Mon smiled and turned to leave.

Mara looked at Luke with an eager smile and spoke, "Two days Luke! I don't know if I can wait."

Luke smiled, "You can Mara. Those two days will go by before you know it."

"Who is going to give me away Luke?"

Luke frowned, "What do you mean?"

"I have no parents that I know of, I have no memory of having family."

Luke thought in silence for a moment, "We can have Ben do the honor if that is ok with you."

Mara nodded with an eager smile, "That sounds good."

Mara then spoke, "You better go and join the Rogues, Padme. Leia and Vima and I are going to have a girls night, I love you."

Luke smiled and kissed his fiance with a smile, "I love you too Mara."

Luke then turned and, Left the Cafeteria and headed towards the nearby Pilot's bar.

Upon arriving in the Pilot's Bar, he noticed that it was filled with all of the members of Rogue Squadron as well as Han, Chewie and Lando. Even Ben was present.

Luke looked and, Noticed Wedge, Wes, Hobbie and Tycho at the bar and he noticed a seat that Han and Ben had saved for him. He smiled and sat down.

Tycho then spoke, "We're gonna have a night to remember in this place aren't we?"

Luke smiled as he looked at the Bartender who already had various bottles of alcohol prepared for the soon to be drunken pilots.

Ben then spoke, "Of course the Rogues want you to join them in the bar in celebration of your engagement. You young Luke have become their ticket to getting drunk."

Luke grinned as he spoke, "At least I will be the least drunk out of all of you."

Han grinned, "Probably true, But I will be with you kid."

"You Han?"

"Hey, Your Mom will beat me up if I'm around her little girl drunk."

Luke smiled and spoke, "How about we each get a drink and then play a game of Sabacc.

Ben then spoke, "Let me guess, that is your only drink of the night."

Luke nodded, "How did you know?"

"All of the time that I spent around your Father, He was very moderate drinker. He only would have a glass at a time."

Luke nodded in silence.


Executor:

Vader sat in his office onboard Executor in shock.

His son, had stolen his Starfighter. Not only that, But the boy had once again outsmarted him. Was the boy really that good? All he wanted to do was make up with the boy but no, the boy hated him and he refused to make peace with him. He sighed as he thought of how much he had failed. If only he hadn't been so aggressive on Bespin.

Vader frowned as he heard his doorbell ring.

"Come in."

At that moment, Admiral Piett walked in and spoke, "I headed down to the planet and recovered the X-Wing My Lord."

Vader nodded, "I am going to repair it."

"I must say sir, It appears that your son has some impressive Modifications on the fighter. I think he lost just as much as you did."

Vader smirked, "Good, because he's already stolen a lot from me and, He has my droids too."

"Wouldn't your wife have those now that she's with him?"

Vader was silent for a moment before speaking, "You have a point, At least 3PO was her droid and R2 was hers before she gave him to me."

Piett nodded in silence.

Vader then spoke, "I am going to spar for a little bit, Then I will go and head down to the hanger to get a look at his fighter."

Piett smiled and, turned to leave.

Vader then stood up and, Headed towards the training room.

In the training room, He had six droids activated and, Set them at a good strong setting and started to duel them.

Around twenty minutes into the duel, He saw Piett standing out of the training room and spoke, "I will be there in a minute Admiral."

With that, The Dark Lord moved onto the final droid that he was dueling and started attacking the droid relentlessly. The droid struggled to defend itself as, The Sith Lord pushed forward.

Vader finally, Sliced the Droid's leg off before beheading the droid.

He then headed towards the door of the training room where Piett stood.

"What is it Admiral?"

"The Emperor demands that you make contact with him immediately."

Vader nodded and, slipped his robe on and left the Admiral in silence.

Vader then, entered his office and activated his Transmitter. Within moments, An image if the Emperor appeared before him as he knelt before him.

"What is thy Bidding my Master?"

"What is your status with the boy?"

"I shot him down above Eriadu. He managed to steal my Fighter while I was pursuing him and escape."

Palpatine frowned, "That is very unfortunate."

Vader nodded and spoke, "I have spies working on finding him. In a few weeks, I am going to release the Probe Droids. I am pretty sure that the Rebel Base will be found soon if all goes well."

Palpatine nodded in silence, "Very well Lord Vader. Inform me when you have something to report."

"Yes Master," replied Vader with a smile as the transmission ended.


Hoth: Two Days Later:

Echo Base was filled with Joy for the wedding between Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade, Soldiers were dressed in their uniforms. The Entire Hanger had been converted into the wedding hall. All of the ships had been moved to the far side of the hanger and hidden behind a large curtain. There was music playing in the room and, various tables were set up behind the Aisles of seats for dinner after the ceremony. All Members of the Alliance that were within the base were gathered.

The Aisle was especially large with Luke's family in the front row with his closest friends and the members of the Alliance Council. In the second row, All of the Rogues along with all technicians and service teams for Luke's squadron were seated. Behind the Rogues, Were all Alliance Personal who were all divided by their uniforms.

To the side of the Aisles of seats, were several different members of the Alliance who had contributed instruments and their musical talents for the Celebration.

On one side, All foot soldiers stood in uniform. On the Opposite side, Were more Pilots and, Behind them were Medics and more military.

On the Alter, stood Luke in a new set of black Jedi Robes with Han as his best man who had a new pilot's outfit for the ocassion.

Luke then watched As, Mara was led down the aisle by Ben. He looked at Mara with a smile. Mara didn't exactly have a traditional wedding gown due to the fact that they didn't have a place to shop for a wedding gown on Hoth, but to him, She looked wonderful in the beautiful velvet black dress that she had chosen from one of her many purchases in Cloud City. He smiled with joy as she took her place, facing him on the alter.

The couple then exchanged their vows as they shared their first kiss as a married couple.


The reception that followed, Consisted of a large feast as well as dancing.

Luke and Mara took their time to talk to all of the friends that had gathered to wish them well.

As the Celebration continued, Luke couldn't help but notice the joy In Mara's eyes as they sat down to eat dinner together at the table that was reserved for them and for their family as well as Obi-Wan, Han Chewie, Lando and Yoda.

Luke noticed traces of tear streaks on his mother's face as well as joy in her eyes.

Luke also noticed that Ben even was almost crying at the sight of him as a married man.

Luke smiled as Han spoke, "Not sure if I can call you kid anymore. I mean you're hitched now and, off to make kids."

Luke looked at Han and grinned, "In that case you still have Vima and she'll never be ahead of you in anything."

Han smiled, "No Death Stars for her to destroy right?"

Luke nodded, "Hopefully not. I mean, I hope that this war is over by the time that she's my age."

Han nodded, "Yeah I'm with you kid on that one. I do know one thing though, We are on the right side of this war."

Luke nodded in agreement.

Padme then spoke, "I am so happy for both of you. You both deserve many happy years together once this war is over."

Luke smiled, "Thank you Mom.

Mara then spoke, "Thank you for the Motherly talk that you gave me. I am grateful right now that I took your advice."

Padme smiled at Mara and spoke, "Anytime Mara, Just think If you have a daughter you will be probably repeating the same thing that I said to you just as I was repeating my mother's words to you."

Mara smiled at Padme and spoke, "If I do have a daughter I certainly will make sure that she hears it the way that I heard it from you."

Padme nodded as she thought of the possibility of grandchildren.

In all honesty, She had to admit that she hoped that her son's marriage would bring an eventual grandchild or two.

Luke noticed Yoda speak, "A great future and destiny for the two of you, I foresee."

Luke smiled as Obi-Wan spoke, "Make sure that you confide in more people about your marriage so that you don't end up like your father."

Luke nodded and, Looked at his mother and spoke, "Is there anything that you can advise me on Mom?"

Padme nodded, "Make sure that you consult with your wife before you make any decisions. If Anakin had talked to me about the power that Palpatine was offering him, I would have told him to risk losing me instead of joining the most evil man in the Galaxy. I am sure that Mara would rather die than join the Sith too."

Luke nodded as Padme continued, "And confide in Han, Leia and I and, never be afraid to. That goes for Mara too."

Luke then spoke, "I am nothing like him. I won't end up like him. I will never break Mara's heart or hurt her like has hurt you Mom."

Padme smiled, "I know that you won't. You have to much of me in you to end up like him. Seeing you with Mara right now gives me joy to know that the last nineteen years weren't in vain. One of the many things I asked your father time and time again was if he wanted you to have the kind of marriage where your wife was a prisoner."

Luke nodded and spoke, "I will never do that to Mara. He is nothing like me."

Padme smiled, Luke may have said that his father was nothing like him for the second time but as far as she was concerned, He could say it a million times and she would be happy.

Luke then spoke, "I know that I have his arrogance and his piloting skills and appearance as well as his abilities, but Still we are two very different men."

Padme smiled at her son, "I can see it in you right now Son."

Luke nodded as he took a sip of his champagne.

Padme smiled, "that is your only glass isn't it?"

Luke nodded as Padme smiled, "You inherited all of your father's good qualities. I mean the ones that he had as Anakin and..."

"Being a moderate drinker was one of them," finished Luke.

Padme looked at her son in shock as Ben spoke, "I was telling him about that the other night."

Padme smiled in response as she took a sip of her drink. She smiled, "You know me, I never did drink much."

Obi-Wan nodded in silence as he held up his glass, "A toast to many years for the newly weds."

With that, Everyone raised their glasses with Obi-Wan.


Hours later after dinner and hours of socializing and dancing together, Luke led Mara down towards their chambers.

Luke looked at Mara and spoke, "Mom and Leia moved all of your belongings over earlier today."

Mara smiled and kissed Luke in anticipation of what was soon going to come.

Upon arriving at the door to their quarters, Luke pressed in his security code, As the door hissed open. He then picked up Mara, And carried her into their room as he used the Force to close the door behind them.

Luke looked into Mara's green eyes and kissed her as he led her towards the bed that they would now share. At the same time, Mara felt her lover's hands moving up and down her sides as he turned the lights off.

Then, After turning the lights off, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker started the wonderful journey as Husband and Wife.


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

-Fallen Jedi 79