Chapter 4: The Beginning

Date:8783 AD
Location:Chamber of Secrets, Earth

Obi-wan had come back to awareness to find Aayla looking at him with concern written all over her face. He sat up suddenly and regretted it instantly as his head gave a painful throb. "How long was I out?" He asked watching as Anakin and Ahsoka fought their opponent.

"Just a few seconds." Aayla answered. "I think the only way we can overcome him is if we attack together. From the onset he has kept us from attacking him at the same time, I think it is possible we can beat him if we can prevent him from separating us."

Obi-wan nodded his consent and stood up popping his neck and turned to watch the man pull a maneuver that had him snatching victory from Anakin and Ahsoka. His heart stopped as he then watched as Ahsoka was flipped over the man's shoulder and the man burst into movement reaching the young padawan before she even registered the danger she was in. He moved to intercept him even without his saber and knowing it was too late and that Ahsoka couldn't fully block the powerful blow when her lightsaber died and he felt a cold dread that he would witness another friend's death.

Ahsoka remained frozen on the spot. The blade had stopped just as it touched her neck and she could feel where the cool edge was pressing against her skin. She looked into the glowing green eyes of the man which seemed to stare into her very soul. She tried to calm down her breathing and she could hear the pounding of her heart in her ears. Time seemed to have been frozen and after what felt like an eternity, the man stepped back and the swords disappeared into thin air as his eyes lost their ethereal glow. He stepped further back as her master, Obi-wan and Aayla came to stand next to her. They watched as he took a breath and all the tension bled out of him. As he calmed himself, the Jedi felt his emotions and the energy he was giving off start to disappear until his very Force presence completely disappeared. Were it not for their eyes, they would have thought that he didn't exist.

"What just happened?" Anakin asked.

"I don't know, but it seems he doesn't want to kill us anymore." Ahsoka answered.

The man looked at them for a moment, bowed slightly then moved away from them towards the chest. Kneeling down, he waved his hand over the box which surprisingly shrank down until it could fit into the palm of his hand.

"How did you do that?" Anakin asked in surprise. The man turned towards him and said something in a language he couldn't understand. Anakin looked at his companions hoping that maybe one of them had encountered the language before but they shook their heads in response. The man looked around the large cavern before he started walking towards the tunnels.

"Wait, who are you?" Aayla asked. He turned back and opened his mouth as if to answer but then closed it and jerked his head towards the opening.

"I think he wants us to follow him." Obi-wan said and walked towards the tunnel followed by Ahsoka who picked up the pieces of her destroyed saber, Aayla and finally Anakin bringing up the rear. They walked in silence until they exited the castle. The man stopped a few feet from the wooden doors looked around and took in a deep breath before releasing it in a sigh. He then kept on walking towards the ship.

The Jedi followed behind in silence for the most part as the man ignored every single question they asked him. They reached the ship to find Rex waiting to greet them, his hands on his holstered blasters. "Everything alright Sir?" He asked eyeing the man who continued walking until he reached the ramp only to find it blocked by Cody. He turned around and raised a single eyebrow at them and Anakin turned to Rex.

"Everything's fine Rex, Cody stand down."

Rex nodded and Cody moved aside. The man walked inside followed by the Jedi and the two clones. They reached one of the doors they had not been able to open and he waved his hand over the console next to it. The door slid to the side silently and they stepped into a large room containing four large tables in the center that were facing a wall containing a small podium and a large screen that showed the blocky silhouette of the ship.

Once everyone was in the room, he spoke again in that same language but it wasn't directed at them. "Computer, identify yourself please."

Everyone in the room jumped slightly as a soft female voice answered back, "Identity; Odyssey also known as Ody."

"Did the ship just speak?" Anakin asked getting nods from his companions.

"Odyssey? You were one of the eight ships sent out before the fall." The man frowned slightly, "Alright Ody, please designate me as your primary user. Authentication code; Alpha Charlie Orion Alpha – One Zero One Six Nine Prongs. Confirm?"

"Confirmed, code authenticated. Supreme Commander Harry James Potter now designated as the Odyssey's primary user. You now have full authority over all ship systems."

"Thank you Ody. Now that that is out of the way, do you have enough data on our guest's language for the translation matrix?"

"Yes, would you like me to run it?"

"If you'd please."

There was a moment of silence then, "program running."

"Can you understand me now?" the man finally asked as he turned to the assembled group.

"Yes, we can." Obi-wan said. "I assume the ship is using a translation program of some kind?"

"Correct. I'm Harry by the way. Harry Potter." He held out his hand which the Jedi master shook.

"Jedi Master Obi-wan Kenobi. These are my companions Jedi Knights Aayla Secura and Anakin Skywalker, his padawan Ahsoka Tano and clone troopers Rex and Cody." Obi-wan pointed out each member as he introduced them who all nodded in greeting.

"Nice to meet you." Harry said. His gaze moved to Cody and Rex for a few seconds as a small frown crossed his features. He then turned back to address the Jedi. "Sorry about the misunderstanding earlier, I was a bit disoriented when I came out of stasis."

"It's perfectly alright, no one was seriously harmed." Obi-wan said wincing slightly at the various bruises he had acquired during the fight.

"Good, I'll help you get patched up but first I'd like to know how you came across this ship and how it got here." He sat down on one of the chairs and the rest did the same except for Rex and Cody.

"We ran across it by accident and it brought us here." Aayla answered.

"I activated the recall procedures put in place when there is an unauthorized boarding." Ody answered.

"That's Ody." Harry said seeing their questioning looks. "She is the one you should thank for taking such good care of you."

"Yes, well we were unable to gain control of the ship but it would be of immense help if you would help us contact the Jedi Temple on Coruscant."

Harry gave them a blank look, "I'm sorry but I've never heard of this Coruscant."

"The Republic's capital." Ahsoka stated. "Home of the Galactic Senate?"

"Nope, doesn't ring a bell."

Obi-wan was slightly surprised. If it were a less advanced race, he might have understood. But a space-faring race would have run into the Republic at some point, unless of course he had been trapped down there since before the creation of the Republic, a thought that truly boggled the mind.

Harry thought about it and suddenly had an idea, "Ody, could you please show me the departure point before you arrived here."

The lights in the room dimmed and a highly vivid image of Maridun appeared floating in midair with a red dot on one of the continents. As they watched, a thin red line appeared heading away from the planet which started growing smaller as the line moved further until they could see the entire star system. The image further shrank until it showed a view of the entire galaxy and still the line went moving towards a neighboring galaxy until it stopped at a location on one of the arms and additional data appeared next to the image.

"Just as I suspected, it appears that you are far away from home, about two point eight million light years."

"Impossible, no ship could travel that far in only eight days." Anakin said. If that was the case, then no wonder the "Sith" or whoever they were wanted it so badly.

"None that you know of." Harry clarified and went back to reading the data. "Five thousand years, guess I've been asleep longer than I thought." He murmured then spoke louder, "now, I assume that you would like to get back to your home galaxy as soon as possible. However, the ship seems to have sustained some damage that needs to be fixed in fact the only reason you were able to get here without the engines shutting down was due to the massive amounts of power that was stored in the capacitors. Give me sixteen hours for the necessary repairs then we can depart."

"We would be happy to help however we can." Obi-wan offered.

Harry nodded then stood up as the image disappeared and the lights brightened slowly. "Alright, but first let's get those injuries fixed and probably get some food, I'm famished." With that he walked out of the room and after a few moments was followed by the Jedi towards the infirmary.

Date: 5143 AD
Location: Olympus, Unknown System

"Penny for your thoughts?" A voice said.

Hadrian turned and bowed at the red haired man, "Mister President." He hadn't seen him since he debriefed the council that morning. He had given Teras a tour of Olympus that afternoon before he took her to her new home. It was dark now and he had decided to take a walk and think about the recent events. His walk had taken him to a large statue that stood in the middle of the city.

"I'm off duty for the moment Hadrian, you can call me dad." The man replied.

"Sorry, what are you doing here?"

His father walked to stand next to him and looked up at the statue. "I wanted to speak to you about something of great importance." He remained silent for a few moments then turned to look him in the eye. "Do you know why your mother named you after him?"He asked pointing at the statue.

"I always thought she was honoring tradition. After all, I'm not the only person to be named after him in our family."

"True, but your mother had other reasons. You see, for years the Potters have protected and served our people, starting with him, the legendary Harry James Potter. A man who did more for the people of Earth than any other person in its History. You were named after him because your mother thought that you would be a hero to our people. She saw greatness in you and she was right. You're actions during the battle and the supplies you brought us have marked you as such."

"I only did what I thought was right. Why are you telling me this?" Hadrian asked.

"Because we may very well be the last of our kind. We don't know what happened to Earth and only its people remain hiding in fear on an uninhabitable moon. The Sith found us once and they may find us again and when they do we will need to be prepared. Therefore, the council has decided to reestablish the Aegis Corp and we want you to lead it."

Hadrian was taken aback by the admission. "Why me?" He asked.

"Because you are one of our greatest warriors and you are the only one I can trust with this endeavor. The little history we know of our people tell us that since the Unveiling, the Aegis Corp has been there to maintain order and protect our people. Made up of the greatest of our warriors, it may be the only thing that may turn the tide should the Sith find us." He waited until Hadrian nodded before he stepped back and turned to look at the statue of their greatest hero. "Thank you son, there is much work to be done. But when the time comes, our enemies will feel the full might of the Terran people."

Date: 8783 AD
Location: Forbidden Forest, Earth

Ahsoka and the rest of the Jedi watched in amazement as Harry healed her wounds. "How are you doing that?" She asked.

The man finished inspecting his work and looked up at her, "I take it that this is not one of your abilities?"

"We can also heal others, but usually it takes a bit longer than that and is quite a bit harder and even then there are injuries beyond our abilities." Aayla supplied.

Harry nodded and waved his hand over the last of the padawan's injuries. "There, all done." He then moved on to Aayla, then Anakin and Obi-wan before finishing with Artie who had sprained his arm.

"Could you do the same for the others?" Aayla asked pointing at the crystal-encased clones.

Harry walked over to the first one and waved his hand over it causing the crystal to glow slightly before it liquefied and seeped back into the bed.

"They won't attack us like you did will they?" Anakin asked.

"No." He said placing his hand on Bly's chest a look of concentration on his face. "You didn't go through the proper procedures when you woke me up which caused my disorientation. With them, I'm using the proper protocols to bring them out of stasis safely so you have nothing to worry about." Harry frowned slightly as he mapped the injuries the clone had received. He had sustained burns all over his body as well as some minor nerve damage. Pushing his magic into the wounds, he healed the burns easily enough but the nerves would take some time. After about ten minutes, he stepped back and walked towards one of the cabinets on the walls and after a few seconds of searching removed a small labeled vial with a clear liquid which he poured down the man's throat. "He will be unconscious for a while but the majority of his injuries are gone. The potion will help complete the process and he should wake up good as new in about an hour."

The Jedi were impressed. Even their best healers would have taken more time to heal the burns let alone the nerve damage which would have taken hours in a bacta tank but he had healed almost all of the damage in minutes and the rest would only require an hour. They watched as he went on to heal Cameron's injuries which included a concussion and some burns to his arm. The process took less time than Bly's but the clone remained unconscious so he could rest.

"Thank you." Aayla said after he was finished."

"It's alright, I much prefer healing injuries than causing them. And it's the least I could do after attacking you earlier. Now, how about some food."

"Yeah, about that. You said that you were trapped in there for about five thousand years. If so, how is it that the food on this ship didn't go bad ages ago?" Ahsoka asked as they walked towards the mess hall.

Harry smiled at her, "The food is stored in stasis until it is needed. As long as there is power, it can last for eons." He walked over to a cupboard and removed some ration packs. "It's not the best food you can get, but it gets the job done." He offered some to the rest before he sat down on one of the benches where he was joined by the rest. "So tell me everything that happened before you boarded the ship?" He asked.

And so they told him about the artifact and the attack by the unknown group of Force users and their rescue by another unknown group and how they were trapped on the ship which led them to the planet and how they found him. "So please tell us you can get this ship flying because we need to get back home."

"Well of course, with the necessary repairs I might even be able to shorten the duration a bit."

They ate the meal as the Jedi told Harry more about the Republic. Afterwards, they started on the repairs. Though Harry did most of the work, the rest helped where they could. Bly and Cameron woke up just after they started and Aayla along with Artie went to check up on them as well as inform them about all that had happened. Eventually, all repairs were completed, which took less time than was estimated and Harry went to the bridge. He was joined by Anakin and Ahsoka who wanted to see how the ship was controlled.

They watched as the wizard sat on the captain's chair which glowed slightly and a horizontal holographic display appeared in front of him. A glowing orb appeared under his right hand and he leaned back into the chair. "The ship is controlled through both manual and mental input." He explained seeing their interest. "It allows for easier maneuverability especially during combat and also ensures that our people are the only ones that can pilot it."

The Jedi sat down on the two chairs next to the captain's chair. A few minutes later after the diagnostics were completed, they were blasting into space where they stopped as the wizard solemnly stared out at the debris field. "Ody, can you detect any transmissions coming from the debris field?"

"There are no transmissions of any kind detected." The ship responded.

Harry nodded slightly then turned the ship away from the planet, space seemed to tear apart and the ship sped into it.

A/N

So sorry for the delay but life just seemed to get in the way and I couldn't get the time to upload this chapter. Things have cooled down so I will go back to updating weekly or at the latest every two weeks. I got a review that the time switch was a bit confusing so I decided to put the dates for more clarity and have changed the rest of the chapters accordingly. Thanks so much for the reviews and the interest you have shown for this story. Hope you enjoyed the new chapter.