Our journey back to Tatooine wasn't quite as straightforward as our journey to Jedha, mainly because I had to change up my plans for Kelly's lessons to also include Aayla. I hadn't expected the twi'lek to know much, yet I had still been disappointed. The grand total of her Force repertoire included Force sight, basic telekinesis, mind tricks, increasing physical attributes such as strength and speed – techniques that were collectively known as Force augmentation, the basic precognition that all Jedi used… and that was it. I knew the Jedi were mostly diplomats, but come on; was this really the best they could do? I was hoping she would know some other stuff not shown in the films. Even the greenest of Imperial battle psykers knew more than that.

Even worse, they had convinced Aayla that any Force technique not of Jedi origin was, at best, unworthy of being used by a Jedi, and at worst, would turn the user to the Dark side. To remedy this, I had Kelly teach Aayla the basics of biomancy. I figured that not only would this be good for Kelly's own personal development, but more importantly, Kelly's soul was, unlike mine, as pure as the Jedi themselves, unblemished by the Dark side. That naturally made Aayla more willing to listen to her. Once Kelly had convinced her that I wasn't as monstrous as the state of my soul implied, I would carry on teaching them both myself.

We also continued our lightsaber practice. Having Aayla present for this was actually very helpful; being a padawan meant she obviously wasn't an expert, but having someone with at least basic knowledge of proper lightsaber forms was invaluable. To that end, Kelly convinced Aayla to begin showing us Shii-cho, the first and most basic form of lightsaber combat. It was the oldest form, and the first one taught to new padawans, placing heavy emphasis on disarming the opponent. With its comparatively clumsy sweeping blade motions it wasn't much use in actual combat though. Still, it wouldn't be long before we moved onto the good stuff.

It was ironic that, despite already knowing more than Kelly, I was the one that got the most out of our duelling, purely because of Martial talent. I would have to get Talent share for that as well, which I could do once Qui-gon, Obi-wan and Padme arrived on Tatooine. Stamping them would bring my total Credits up to 70. Stamping Maul would bring that up to 100, the most I'd had since my arrival in Star Wars. I would buy both Talent share, as well as Anthropize so Cortana could have an actual body. After that, I would be in the unusual position of not knowing what else to buy. I could get Added potential for Cortana to make her a psyker as well. Not that it was necessary, but I knew she was feeling a bit left out, and I wanted to remedy that by including her in our lessons as well. I figured with her being an AI, she would probably excel at technomancy.

That was for the future. For now, I was sitting at my workbench with all the components that would go into Kelly's psychic hood. The most important part was, of course, the kyber crystals. I couldn't just use them as I'd found them, as they usually were in lightsabers. Using a small hammer and chisel, I began painstakingly cutting the crystals like gemstones. It was fortunate that I could feel the different atomic layers within the crystals through the Warp, allowing me to know exactly where to cut, and my Space Marine physiology gave me superhuman dexterity. Even with that, the process was incredibly fiddly. I had to ensure that the cut crystals would be properly aligned when arranged into the hemispherical shape of a psychic hood. Not only that, I would also be engraving rune patterns into the cut crystals, which had to line up as well. I had saved some of the Warp-resonant alloy I had used to make the wards in Kelly's armour, which would go into the engravings to create runes of both psychic protection, and also psychic power and control. Making sure the runes would properly synergise with the effects of the crystals and circuitry was frankly a nightmare. Maybe buying Science and Engineering talents would help? The things we do for those we love, I guess.

-x-x-x-x-

"Concentrate, Aayla. You must draw the power of the Warp within yourself to use biomancy," Kelly-87 said instructively as she relayed Amedeus's lessons to his new twi'lek apprentice.

"Of course, Kelly," Aayla replied, reluctantly, as she drew barely a trickle of Warp energy within herself.

Despite her master's assurances, Kelly still had reservations about teaching. In the past week and a half, her entire life had been turned upside-down. Prior to her arrival in the universe known as 'Star Wars', she had been one of the few surviving Spartan-II supersoldiers still serving under the UNSC, wholly ignorant of the existence of other universes, let alone the fact that her entire universe was, from Amedeus's perspective, a work of fiction. Yet Amedeus, the tax inspector turned Chaos sorcerer, had convinced her that, fictional or not, their new circumstances were no less important than those that had come before. The way her mind had expanded once she had become a psyker, expanding within the mysterious, unknowable depths of the Warp, had alleviated any lingering existential crises she might have had.

That didn't change the fact that everything she was telling Aayla were things that Kelly herself had learned only in the past week. Still, Amedeus seemed confident that she could bring Aayla up to her level, at which point he would resume teaching them both.

There was, Kelly suspected, another reason why Amedeus wanted her to be the one to begin teaching Aayla. Despite the Stamp ensuring her loyalty, it was clear that the young Jedi's personality had not significantly changed. She clearly didn't fully trust the man who she had immediately assumed was a Sith upon seeing the state of his soul in her Warp-sight. Something Kelly was attempting to change.

"I… I can't do it," Aayla said, having barely attempted to cast the Enfeeble spell Kelly was teaching her.

"Can't? Or won't?" Kelly asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It is the Jedi way to defend, not attack," Aayla whispered.

"Quite often attack is the best form of defence," Kelly pointed out.

"Yes, unfortunately, which is what my lightsaber is for. But using the Force itself to attack… to kill, even… that is the way of the Sith."

"I suppose I must be a Sith, then," Kelly replied dryly. She was beginning to see another reason why Amedeus wasn't here; for all his scheming, he wasn't always the most patient person. Aayla's reluctance would've frustrated him no end.

"That isn't what I meant," Aayla said, sounding offended.

"What did you mean, then? How else would you explain my soul being as clean as yours, despite everything Amedeus has taught me?"

Aayla opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out. Kelly could almost hear the gears whirring in her head as she desperately tried to reconcile her existing beliefs with what she saw through her Warp-sight. Kelly already knew the answer to that question, but she held her tongue; she wanted to see how Aayla responded.

"I… You… I don't know," Aayla eventually said, sounding deflated. "How is it that you're able to attack with the Force without falling to the Dark side?"

"Because I don't do it with ill intent, Aayla. In most aspects of life, your actions matter far more than your intentions. The opposite is true where the Warp is concerned, however. If you kill someone, the Warp doesn't care if you stab them with a lightsaber or crush them against a wall with a Force-push. What it does care about, is whether you killed them because you had to, or because you wanted to."

Aayla still looked uncertain, but she eventually nodded. Of course Kelly had not yet used the Warp to attack, but she knew she was speaking the truth. Amedeus had told her of the Grey Knights, a Space Marine chapter made up entirely of psykers that shone even more brightly with the Light side – or whatever the equivalent was in the Warhammer universe – than the Jedi themselves, despite using the Warp to do nothing but attack. "But Master Vos always said that killing with the Force led people to the Dark side," the twi'lek protested.

"Yes, well, he wasn't entirely wrong. Certainly, using the Warp to kill makes it more likely that you will fall to the Dark side. Just as using the Warp to do anything makes it more likely that you will fall. Like it or not, Aayla, the Dark side is out there trying to dig its claws into every psyker in the galaxy. You can't avoid that by restricting how you use it. That is why one of the first things Amedeus taught me was how to build up the mental discipline needed to avoid falling."

"But, Amedeus has already fallen. Why would he teach you how to avoid doing the same?"

"Because he doesn't want me to end up like him," Kelly said simply.

"What!? But… how…" Aayla trailed off, stunned.

"All Sith are Dark siders, Aayla, but not all Dark siders are Sith. Amedeus falls into the latter category. I don't doubt that he gets a certain perverse pleasure from using the Dark side. Yet despite that, he knows that allowing his darker impulses to control him will turn him into a complete monster, which he doesn't want. Thus, he makes sure to always be in complete control of his emotions. The Sith, meanwhile, do the opposite."

Aayla stared at Kelly, eyes wide. "He uses the same techniques of emotional control that we do!" she exclaimed, amazed.

"Now do you see?" Kelly asked.

"I think so. This is a lot to take in," Aayla replied.

"I understand. We can take a break if you want."

Aayla nodded, as she and Kelly headed out of the disused bedroom that served as a classroom, towards the kitchen area as they went to make tea.

A few minutes later, as they were both drinking their tea, Aayla said, "So, about your relationship with Amedeus…"

"Yes?" Kelly asked.

"Well, it's just that, you know, we Jedi try to avoid personal attachments," Aayla said, sounding uncomfortable.

"Yes, a policy which he thinks is counterproductive, and I'm inclined to agree. The Green Jedi of Corellia do not seem to have any problems with attachments getting in the way of their duties. Among my own people, studies have shown that suppressing thoughts and emotions can lead to a later obsession with them, a phenomenon known as ironic rebound. I believe that a better solution would be teaching you how to accept your emotions, and act on them, without allowing them to control you. But, well, the ways of the Jedi are not up to me."

Aayla nodded. "Yeah, I couldn't help but overhear you and Amedeus acting on your, er… love for each other last night," she said, now sounding even more uncomfortable.

"Yes, I believe you saw it as well," Kelly replied. Seeing Aayla's mortified expression, she continued, "Did you really think we wouldn't notice you spying on us through the door that had mysteriously been cracked open?"

"Well, er, you know, you were making a lot of noise, and, er, I was just curious what it was about…" Aayla trailed off, turning purple as she blushed.

"Is that why you were playing with yourself at the same time?" Kelly grinned. "Or did you think we wouldn't notice your emotions through the Warp either?"

Just as Aayla attempted to mumble an apology, going violet in the process, Kelly laughed.

"Aayla, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having such feelings. You're a young woman, I'd be more surprised if you didn't have them."

"I… I never thought I would be attracted to someone so strong in the Dark side," Aayla confessed.

"Neither did I, prior to meeting Amedeus, but here we are," Kelly replied. It didn't seem helpful to mention their attraction was a consequence of being Stamped.

They sat in silence for a few minutes, drinking their tea. Eventually Aayla asked, "So what exactly is Amedeus anyway?"

"If you're asking about his species, he was born human. Since then he's been turned into a kind of cyborg, with his implants increasing his physical stature, his strength, his speed… pretty much everything."

Aayla nodded. "What's a Chaos sorcerer though?"

"Someone who does Chaos sorcery, of course," Amedeus said as he entered the kitchen area.

"And that is?" Aayla asked.

"It's what Chaos sorcerers do, of course," he replied, smirking. "In all seriousness, sorcery is the practice of summoning forth beings from the depths of the Warp, causing them to manifest within the material realm. Their knowledge, and abilities, can be used to augment the sorcerer's own powers."

"And… the Chaos part?"

"That's something I will show you myself once you're willing to learn directly from me. For now, let's just say there are certain influences within the Warp far worse than the Dark side," he said, his smirk gone, sounding more serious than Aayla had ever heard him before.

"How goes the psychic hood?" Kelly asked, wanting to change the subject, clearly feeling Aayla's unease through the Warp as she tried to think of how anything could be worse than the Dark side.

"Not great," Amedeus huffed. "Aligning the crystals properly is a lot harder than I expected. I'm taking a break for a bit."

"What's a psychic hood?" Aayla asked.

"It's a device that increases the power of any Warp-based abilities you might use, while simultaneously nullifying any directed at the wearer. My armour has one built-in, I'm currently making one for Kelly. Or at least, trying to."

Aayla stared wide-eyed at Amedeus, clearly amazed that such a thing was possible. Kelly couldn't help but feel bad for her; the poor thing was having her worldview forcibly turned upside-down and inside-out, something Kelly distinctly remembered happening to herself when she first arrived in this galaxy.

"That's just another example of how the Jedi's conservative nature has held it back," Amedeus continued. "I don't suppose any of you ever thought to try developing technological means of enhancing your power in the Force, did you?"

"No, we didn't," Aayla replied once she'd recovered. "Do you… do you intend to dissolve the Jedi order?" she asked softly, vaguely aware of Amedeus's plans for power, and clearly fearing his answer.

"Hmm… that's a good question," Amedeus replied, looking thoughtful. "On the one hand, I think I've made it clear that the Jedi order, as it currently exists, is incompatible with my long-term goals. On the other hand, I do not seek the deaths of the Jedi themselves. Ideally, I would convince them of the superiority of my ways through persuasive argument, as difficult as that seems. Though perhaps by shattering their faith in the Republic, via exposure of just how corrupt it is, I could leverage them into questioning their other beliefs as well."

"How bad is it?" Aayla asked tentatively.

"You mean the corruption? Bad enough to allow the Trade Federation to enforce a completely legal blockade of an innocent planet, clearly. A state of affairs that only arose because the people that brought it about were paid a shit-ton of money to do so," Amedeus said, leaning forward as his expression hardened. "The Jedi have defended the Republic in spite of that due to their ignorance of just how bad it is, an excuse they no longer have with the blockade of Naboo. As far as I'm concerned, any Jedi that continue to defend the Republic, whilst knowing just how corrupt it is, are effectively complicit in it."

Aayla didn't respond, unable to meet Amedeus's gaze, causing his expression to soften. "I didn't mean to destroy your faith in the Jedi order, Aayla, but hopefully now you understand why changes need to be made. I don't want the Jedi to be brought down with the Republic. It's fortunate that I'm in a position to start bringing about those changes, via your former master."

"You intend for Master Vos to voice your concerns for you?" Aayla asked.

"They'd never listen to me, of course. But a respected Jedi master, telling them that their defence of the Republic has come at the expense of the Republic's citizens? Hopefully it should make them at least think twice. I doubt even he will be able to bring about any significant change, though. Perhaps if I can Stamp Yoda, and a few other council members, and have them voice the same concerns, it should increase the likelihood of the rest of them coming around."

The room fell quiet, Aayla lost in her thoughts. Eventually she said, "Amedeus… I'm sorry."

"What for?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"For being so quick to judge you over your use of the Dark side. When I saw soul through the Force, I just assumed you'd be like the Sith, dedicated to destroying the Jedi order. But now, hearing you discuss your plans for preventing that…" Aayla trailed off, her shame radiating through the Warp.

"I don't blame you for having a dim view of Dark siders, Aayla. The threat posed to your order by the Sith is entirely legitimate. At the same time, it's good that you're willing to change your views in light of new information."

With the lull in the conversation, Amedeus said, "I'll carry working on the psychic hood some other time. For now, I'll resume my biomancy experiments. I'll see you both later."

With the sorcerer's departure, Kelly asked Aayla, "Do you want to continue with your lessons now?"

"Yes, I do, thank you," Aayla replied, feeling more relaxed.

Heading back into their impromptu classroom, Kelly said, in a lecturing tone, "Now, the main benefit of Enfeeble compared to a normal attack is that it allows you to weaken an opponent without directly harming them, which is useful if you don't want to kill your opponent…"

-x-x-x-x-

While Kelly continued to teach Aayla, I resumed my biomancy experiments with the slavers. At this point I was pretty confident in my ability to augment the human body in a variety of ways. Or the twi'lek body, if I ever tried using it on Aayla. Aside from different skin colours, lack of body hair and the presence of lekku, a twi'lek's anatomy was almost identical to a human. That wasn't surprising, given that they could not only interbreed with humans, but that such couplings resulted in non- sterile offspring. It made me question whether twi'leks and humans were even truly separate species, though I guessed the cultural differences were more significant than the biological ones.

Sadly, it was at this point that my experiments had hit a wall. I could successfully augment every part of the human body, except for the most important. Augmenting the human brain was fiendishly difficult – doing it without altering the subject's personality or memories even more so. Even worse, studying my own brain barely helped. I was certain that becoming a Space Marine had increased my intelligence, though I was unsure exactly how; none of my implanted organs seemed to affect my higher brain functions. With Kelly's brain it was clearer, as it was the result of increased speed of conduction of nerve and brain signals, which had also drastically increased her reaction speed. That didn't answer all my questions though; for example, as quick as Kelly's reactions were, mine were even quicker, despite none of my augmentations affecting the nervous system. The question was, how? My current theory was that it was a side-effect of the Warp-based nature of the gene-seed, bringing my own physiology to be more in line with that of my Primarch… somehow. Perhaps only the God-Emperor knew for sure.

Regardless of the explanation, one thing had become clear; as soon as I'd Stamped Qui-gon, Obi-wan and Padme, I would be getting Science talent. If there was anything I could do to increase my understanding of human augmentation, it would be that.

Not much happened for the next couple of days. Kelly continued teaching Aayla, I continued working on the psychic hood and augmentation via biomancy, Aayla kept watching our lovemaking sessions through the cracked open door, masturbating while she did so. I wasn't sure why she was still so coy, given that we knew she was there, but I didn't mind. It would be best to let her join us of her own accord.

It was the night after, just before Kelly and I indulged in our nightly fucking when we heard a gentle knock at the door.

"Yes?" I called out.

"Amedeus… Kelly… is it ok if I join you?" Aayla asked, sounding nervous.

"I think you already know the answer to that," Kelly replied.

The door opened slowly, and Aayla tentatively entered our bedroom, as naked as we were.

"Finally decided to take the plunge, eh?" I asked.

"What was I supposed to do? I couldn't take another night of listening to you two screw each other," she replied, in mock annoyance.

"So you decided to contribute to the noise?" Kelly asked, clearly amused.

"At least this way I'll get something out of it," Aayla replied, smirking.

I was a bit surprised at her sudden boldness, until I felt her roiling emotions through the Warp. This was part of her attempt to suppress her nervousness.

"Well then, come here and sit on the bed," I said.

Aayla complied, laying back with her arse on the edge of the bed as she spread her legs.

"You have a gorgeous body Aayla," I said as my dick throbbed with anticipation. "To think it would've gone to waste had you stayed with the Jedi…" Aayla's response was cut off as I kissed her, with her moaning into it as Kelly sucked her dark blue nipples. I couldn't help but notice her use the pleasure-increasing spell I'd come up with… I imagined it wouldn't be long before Aayla learned that as well.

"Force… I've never been this horny before, ever," Aalya breathed.

"Guess I'll have to do something about that," I grinned just before I started devouring her cunt as Kelly worshipped the rest of her body. I figured she'd never been this nervous, or excited, before either; my enhanced hearing easily made out the sound of Aayla's heart pounding in her chest. With my biomancy increasing the sensitivity, it wasn't long before Aayla came as I lapped at her clitoris, her squeal of pleasure cut off as Kelly kissed her, the sight of them making out making me even hornier. I resisted the urge to act on it though; this being Aayla's first time I wanted to make it memorable, just as I had with Kelly. I inserted a finger into her tight slit as I continued to feast on her clit, massaging her G-spot as I applied my pleasure spell to it, making Aayla scream into her kiss as she came even harder. I was careful not to break her hymen; I wanted to do that with my dick.

After making her cum another 5 times – which with biomancy didn't take long – I moved onto the part I'd been looking forward to.

"Holy shit…" Aayla gasped, abandoning decorum as she saw my fully erect penis for the first time. "There's no way that'll fit in me."

"It will, he fit it inside me after all," Kelly giggled. "There'll just be a bit of a bulge."

"I have to warn you this might hurt a bit at first as I break your hymen; are you ready?" I asked.

"Oh Ame… I've never been more ready," Aayla replied huskily. "Fuck me as you would fuck Kelly."

I'd never heard her call me Ame before; I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, now that we'd reached this stage. As I lined my dick up with her cunt-hole, a stray thought passed through my mind, making me think of a giant about to ravage a fair maiden in some fantasy world, something I'd never thought with Kelly due to the smaller size difference. The thought just made me even harder as I shoved the tip into her tight hole. Feeling it press against her hymen, I bucked my hips forward, tearing it.

I was still using my biomancy, so Aayla screamed in simultaneous pain and pleasure as she came from my initial thrust. Thanks to Sexual calibration the pain quickly faded, and there wasn't even any blood. This being her first time I didn't go all out straight away, so I settled into a fairly slow, steady rhythm of pounding her pussy. Aayla was tight, but not as tight as Kelly, I figured due to the lack of augmented cunt muscles. Though it hardly mattered as I savoured the feeling of her tight hole squeezing my dick from all directions.

There was, as Kelly said, a noticeable bulge in Aayla's belly when I bottomed out against her cervix; I vaguely wondered what changes Sexual calibration had made to her anatomy before I focused more on getting it as deep as possible. As horny as I was, it wasn't long before I felt my own orgasm building. Aayla had already gone through dozens of them thanks to my pleasure spell, already in subspace as her tongue lolled out of her mouth, her brain flooded with more dopamine than it was ever designed to handle. This came to a head as I came myself, inducing an extra-powerful orgasm in Aayla as I flooded her with jizz. She would've passed out by now if not for another spell I'd cast to keep her conscious, something that wasn't a concern for myself despite seeing stars from the intensity of my orgasm.

Once I'd come down from my orgasmic high, I flipped Aayla over as I prepared to fuck her from behind.

"Aww, I was hoping she could start eating me out at this point, but she's not even here," Kelly giggled.

"You'll just have to wait for your turn, I'm afraid. It's not like you haven't been on the receiving end of this for the past week, or frigging yourself this whole time."

I positioned Aayla's arse sticking up in the air on the edge of the bed as I fucked her from the rear. She was no longer squealing or screaming in pleasure, instead incoherent moaning noises came out of her mouth, insensate as she was. Having just cum once, it took more than half an hour of continuous thrusting before I came again, depositing billions of sperm cells against Aayla's cervix.

With my twi'lek apprentice as close to unconscious as was possible while still being awake, Kelly positioned her so she could lap up my cum from her freshly fucked cunt. Positioning my cock at the entrance to Kelly's ultra-tight hole, I pushed forward.

"Oh yes, fuck me, Ame. Fuck me fuck me fuck MEEEEEEE!" Kelly squealed as she came from my cock stretching her cunt, her subsequent squeals muffled as she ate my cum out of Aayla's pussy. It took a while before I reached my third orgasm, though the sight of seeing Kelly clean up Aayla's cunt certainly helped. Eventually I squirted another load inside Kelly, giving her what she'd been missing out on this evening.

I went back to fucking Aayla at this point, with her having somewhat recovered. The three of us continued this well into the night, taking turns to be on the receiving end of another load of cum in their pussies.

Once we'd finally finished, Kelly and Aayla both cuddled up to me and each other, laying on top of my chest before they both fell asleep. I didn't join them – I'd gotten into the habit of sleeping once a week, so I cast a light sleeping spell on them both as I wriggled out from under them. Taking a quick shower, I headed back into the common room to check the news on the Holonet.

"Breaking news!", said the news anchor. "The Trade Federation has launched a full-scale invasion of Naboo, ending their month-long blockade of the planet."

Well, it was about time.

AN:

Well this took longer than expected, but I've done it now. Not being able to write last week meant I took a bit to get back into the habit of doing it, it also doesn't help that I've started going to the gym again... Still, at least I finished it this week.

This is also the first time I've tried writing a scene from a different POV. Anything not from Amedeus's perspective will be in third-person.