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Synopsis: A renegade Jedi has a force vision of a pair of powerful Force sensitive's and sets in motion events that will see the rise of a new order. Her actions will have a profound effect on the future of many worlds.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Star Wars and I make no profit from this work of fan fiction. I am in the debt of its true owners as they have been the creators of worlds of fiction that millions have enjoyed. All Hail to JKR and GL!

A/N: For a time line see the notes in Chapter 1

Warning: This chapter contains a small moment of nudity and adult humour.

Last time:

As soon as Talia reached the flight deck of her ship she began the pre-flight checks and within minutes she lifted off and set her course for Trallax 3. It was the work of moments to set the co-ordinates for the first of many hyperspace jumps, each designed to disguise her course and make back tracking her journey to the outer rim somewhere between difficult and impossible. Both her mission and her cargo were far too precious to take any risks no matter how long the odds against.

Chapter 2

Talia drifted off in to her meditation and let her consciousness drift amongst her memories. Slowly a memory formed of an argument in the Jedi temple.

Jedi Master Tahlwas lecturing her. "You always were arrogant Talia but to think that you believe this.....dream is a Force vision is foolishly so."

As the Jedi Master stalked off Talia felt ahand on her shoulder and a familiar presence in the Force.

"You shouldn't provoke Tahl Lia," chided Qui-Gon.

"I know Qui-Gon but Master Tahl seems determined to stop me following the will of the Force."

Qui-Gon frowned as he considered her words,"Perhaps but I suggest that you should meditate on your visions and find your path my friend. The council is wise but they are not always right."

The memory faded as Talia drifted to the next memory.

"Seek to follow your vision you will, aself fulfilling prophecy I think it is."

Talia bowed her head at Master Yoda's words, partly in respect and partly to hide her expression.

"Frustrated you are, unhappy with my advice I think hmmm?"

Talia was glad her face was hidden as she felt her expression turn dark. "Yes Master Yoda, I believe it to be a true Force vision yet the council won't no can't seem to see the truth."

"Hmm now anger I sense, beware of the dark emotions young Jedi. Bow to the will of the Council you must, dangerous it will be if you do not."

"Yes Master," replied Talia.

Slowly drifted to the last of her memories, the most painful but also one she was the most proud of.

Master Yoda stood watching as she packed her few personal effects in to a back pack.

"Dangerous this path is young Talia chasing phantoms you will be."

She said nothing and simply zipped her pack closed and turned to face the Jedi Master and handed him her lightsaber and clipping a blaster to her utility belt.

"Stubborn as your friend Master Qui-Gon Jinn you are, unwise this is, unwise and dangerous."

"I'm sorry Master Yoda but I believe that you and the council are wrong but as of now I am no longer your concern. May the Force be with you," Talia walked out of the Jedi Temple, the only home she could remember amidst whispers and stares from the Jedi in the halls. Straight backed and proud she showed no emotion save determination as she disappeared in to the crowds. It was time for her to go to work.

As she came out of her Force meditation she looked up the chronometer in her cabin and smiled indeed it was time to go to work.

oOoOoOo

Trallax 3 - Outer Rim Territories

"Wake them, one at a time." ordered Talia.

"Yes Mistress" replied MK.

As the medical droid injected the sleeping figure Talia sent a wave of reassurance through the Force. MK knew to lace the stimulant with a mild drug to help induce calm as she could not risk any mistakes or misunderstandings.

Luna slowly became aware of her surroundings; she was laid out on a strange bed under a sheet. Feeling remarkably well rested and calm considering that she had just awoken in a strange place. Since nothing bad seemed about to happen she sat up and immediately stopped moving as she took in the figure at the end of the bed. Surprisingly for a pure blood she recognised it, well what it was at least. Reading science fiction had its benefits.

"Hello Mister Robot, could you tell me where I am?"

"MK probably can not but I can," offered Talia.

Luna swung around to see a young woman standing on the other side of the room. Moving slowly she slid out of bed and looked around the room till she saw Harry lying on the only other bed.

"Harry!" exclaimed Luna as she rushed to his side, "Harry?"

Talia sent another wave of reassurance as she answered, "He is unconscious, our healing protocols required it."

"Will he be okay?" asked Luna.

"MK shall awaken him momentarily. How are you feeling Luna?"

Luna's brow wrinkled, "How did you know my name?"

Talia laughed and replied, "There are no secrets from the Force my young friend."

Luna shrugged and gestured unselfconsciously to her naked self, "I feel fine, great actually."

Talia gestured and robe rose up and floated to Luna who took it and sat back down on the bed, making no effort to don it.

"You were about to tell me where we are," prompted Luna.

Talia nodded and sat on one of the vacant beds, "You are aboard my ship and we are currently orbiting a planet called Trallax 3."

Luna sat stunned for a moment before seemingly collecting herself enough to ask her next question, "Why?"

"I wish to train you and this is where that shall occur," replied Talia as she again sent a wave of reassurance through the Force.

Luna shook her head, "No I meant why did you abduct Harry and I?"

"Because you are the chosen ones," replied Talia "Without my intervention you would have both perished. Search you feelings Luna you know I'm being truthful."

Luna seemed to drop in to some sort of Force awareness for a few moments before slowly nodding, "Very well I believe you but why?"

Talia gestured to MK. "Allow me to wake Harry and I'll explain my reasons to you both. MK, please wake our other guest. Luna you may want to put your robe on or Harry may have trouble paying attention to our discussions."

oOoOoOo

"I don't like it Luna" declared Harry as he paced the small cabin Talia had supplied them. "Bloody hell Idon't even know that you are you. I mean my bloody body has changed and I'm sure I'm taller."

Luna cocked her head as she regarded Harry for a few moments, "That's a good point Harry perhaps we should give our selves a good once over. Do you have any distinguishing marks, besides your curse scar of course, a birthmark or anything?"

"The others have disappeared, well the ones I could see anyway."

"Yes mine to, all the normal scars gone. Hold on I've got a birth mark on my right labia like a small heart shape," Luna pulled her robe up and pointed, "Is it still there?"

"LUNA" yelled Harry as he quickly looked away in shocked embarrassment.

Luna shrugged wholly unrepentant, "Oh Harry grow up it's a possible life or death situation surely you can look at Miss Winky for a moment and tell me if I still have abirth mark."

"What the hell is Miss Winky?" asked Harry as he locked his eyes on the roof.

Luna sounded exasperated, "My vagina, Idislike all the slang used so I called mine Miss Winky. Now grow up and have a look."

Harry was turning an interesting mix of white and red as he steadfastly stared at the roof, "There is no way I'm going there Luna."

"Look I'm clean and I don't smell and you don't have to touch it or anything just have a quick look."

"Luna I am not going to check out the privates of my friends. That/ is not/ going to happen, okay. Find abloody mirror or something," Harry could feel his face burning with embarrassment and worst of all the first stirrings of some inappropriate and bloody ill-timed arousal.

After a few moments of silence Harry felt Luna's arm wrap around him in a soft hug, "I'm sorry Harry I didn't mean to embarrass you or make you uncomfortable."

"Um... it's alright, so what now?"

Luna shrugged, "Not sure, we don't have our wands but we have been feed and had our wounds treated. Talia seems nice and to be honest her answers ring true, I....well I'm just not sure why but she sounds sincere and she did save our lives."

"But what about our friends and your dad, our lives back home?" asked Harry as he sat down.

"I don't know," replied a subdued Luna.

oOoOoOo

Talia smiled at the two chosen ones and sat indicating that they should as well. She had given them several hours to think up their questions and they were rapidly approaching a critical point in her Force vision.

"Are you both feeling well?" asked Talia.

At their nods she gestured to the decanter and glasses and poured three waters at their second nod. Now it was time to get down to business.

"I owe you both an apology but before Ido that I'd like to tell you an important story about the history of our galaxy. About 5000 years ago there was a war known to historians as the great hyperspace war. Historically the war was fought for a number of reasons but the truth was that it was a war of ideologies as much as anything else. On one side you had the Republic supported by the Jedi Knights who deemed themselves the guardians of peace and on the other the militaristic Sith Empire. The end of the war saw the Republic victorious and the Sith in disarray with a shattered fleet and its leadership tied up with vicious infighting. But the Sith were not finished and acentury later they were back," Talia paused to take a sip of water.

As she set her glass down she smiled at Harry and Luna, "Do you have any questions, or do you want to wait to the end?"

Harry looked at Luna who shrugged, "We can wait."

Talia nodded and continued, "For over 4000 thousand years the Jedi and the Sith fought for supremacy and control of the Galaxy. In the end there was another war except this time the Jedi thought they had succeeded in their task and for a thousand years they considered the Sith gone from the universe. They were wrong. The Sith disappeared from history but not from existence from that time on they became a cult of two, a master and an apprentice. They still want what they always have power, control, supremacy call it what you will but they seem to now be working from the shadows. They have become manipulators rather than soldiers.

Meanwhile the Jedi are oblivious, my former comrades refuse to even acknowledge the chance the Sithstill exist. Even after a decade of seeking them I still know little other than some ancient Sith lore and some strange sightings and events that I have traced to them. The irony is that both the Sith and the Jedi are wrong in how they view the Force."

Harry's face was blank as he tried to take in Talia's words however Luna was listening with a rapt expression on her face while the story unfolded. As Talia finished Luna leaned forward to speak.

"That's a very interesting story but Ithink you need to explain a few things for us. What's the Force and what exactly are Jedi and Sith."

Talia nodded, "An old instructor of mine once described the Force as the energy field created by all living things that also surrounds and penetrates living beings and binds life together. It's a good answer but I call it the living Force it is everywhere and everything. It is important to understand that among the countless beings that inhabit the Galaxy there are but a few beings born with the ability to manipulate this Force."

"So this Force is like magic?" asked Harry.

"A better way of saying that Harry would be to say that magic is just another way of using the Force," answered Talia.

"And the Jedi and Sith," prompted Luna.

"The Jedi are or at least see themselves as the servants and protectors of the Republic and the whole galaxy from conflict or government instability. They are moderators and negotiators as much as fighters. They are led by a Council of 12 members consisting of the most powerful and wise members of the order. To keep them on the right path the Jedi are bound to a code of morality and justice and are trained from early childhood in the use of the light side of the Force part of which is controlling their baser emotions."

"And the Sith?" asked Harry.

"The Sith use emotion, the Jedi taught that fear, anger, and pain were negative emotions to be overcome and avoided, the Sith believed that these strong emotions were natural survival traits. By harnessing their emotions rather than suppressing them, the Sith believe they could achieve true power. Indeed, the Sith saw passion as the only real way to fully understand the Force. However, the Sith believed strongly that the worthy could control their emotions and use them, while the weak were ruled by them."

Luna appeared to be thinking over the explanations before asking, "Does that mean that the Sithare evil and the Jedi good?"

Talia shook her head, "No Luna it doesn't really but that is how most see the world. I suppose a more...ah neutral Sith could exist but it isn't likely. There are also those who walk a path between both codes. Force sensitive's, grey Jedi and many individuals like yourselves who wield the Force without these two narrow definitions. Indeed I once met the ghost of a man who called himself a Sith, and yet he was an honest, trustworthy individual who gave me a great gift, perspective." Talia smiled at the memory.

"Many years ago when I was still a Jedi and had a vision of a new order of Force users, individuals who harnessed the Force without being constrained by either code, Force adepts who would finally bring balance to the Force. I have dedicated decades toward creating that vision and with your arrival one of the last pieces is now in place."

"So you believe that Luna and I are these Force adepts?" asked Harry.

"Yes I do," answered Talia.

oOoOoOo

Harry found looking at his mortal remains arather weird experience.

After Talia's explanation she had escorted them to the medical bay for the next revelation. On arrival the robot....droid he corrected uncovered two shrouded bodies, his and Luna's. Since then Harry had simply stared at the scar covered 'Harry' unmoving on the bed.

Luna however was poking and prodding her previous 'housing' with every indication of interest, after a final poke she turned to Talia, "So you copied us then dumped our memories in to homunculi?"

"Clones" corrected Talia,"But essentially that is correct."

"Why don't I remember the process?" asked Luna looking almost disappointed.

"Unfortunately by the time I reached your location you were both almost dead from your injuries. Even MK couldn't keep you alive long enough to heal you. So the entire cloning process happened while you were unconscious and continued as we travelled here."

"How long has it been?" asked Luna.

Talia didn't hesitate, "Almost nine months that was as fast as we could develop a clone through enhanced gestation to an appropriate level of maturity. In your case your developmental age is around ten years old."

As Talia answered Harry finally looked up from the bed "What? I look about eighteen."

"The process produces the best possible outcome, growth and musculature is maximised and then we arrest the aging gene so as to extend your lifespan."

Harry looked down at his younger looking self, "But am I still human?"

Talia nodded her head, "Of course Harry, you are you as you should have been, without injuries or illness. Well that was the theory you seem to have retained your scar although it has faded."

"It's not an injury it's a curse scar," replied Harry as he subconsciously rubbed his scar.

Talia looked intently at Harry allowing the Force to enhance her perceptions, "It is rife with dark side energy although it appears much less so than when I first examined it, perhaps distance from your home world will cause it to fade away."

Harry stopped rubbing his scar and looked to be working something out. "Wait on....so we are that far from home that it took nine months to get here?"

Talia smiled and shook her head. "A very astute question young Harry. No it hasn't taken all that time. I have been collecting some vital materials and gathering supplies along the way. In truth I wanted you to be awake when we arrived on Trallax."

Luna sat on the bed next to her predecessor,"So what now?"

Talia gestured to the small window in the medical bay where a green and white planet could be seen below. "There is one option, training with me to fulfil your potential. The other option is returning you home."

This was it, a Force shatter point. Two choices one would follow her Force vision and garner the chance to bring balance to the galaxy. The other one would see the endless wars continue. Talia watched the two chosen ones as they considered her words.

After a few moments of silence Harry turned to look at Talia, "I don't know what to do, Luna what do you think?"

"If we stay would we ever go home?" asked Luna.

Talia's face was impassive as she answered,"Your choices are your own. What I offer is training and resources so that if you did return home no evil would prevail against you. I offer you the chance to be a force for balance and justice in the galaxy. With my training you could save your friends and family but I warn you once your eyes are opened to the Force you may not be comfortable or happy in your old lives."

Luna took Harry's hand and looked him in the eyes, there was none of her usual vagueness on display as she spoke,"Harry I won't try to influence you but I want to stay. I've always wanted to make a difference and with Talia's help I can. If Daddy were here he would urge me to do it if only to keep me safe."

Harry looked in to Luna's silvery blue eyes and nodded then turned to Talia, "I hate my life with my relatives and to be honest my life at school wasn't much fun either. I want control of my life. I want to be strong enough to help. I'll stay as well."

Talia smiled and gestured for both Luna and Harry to approach. When they stood before her she laid a hand on each of their shoulders, "Then from now you shall be my apprentices and we shall work together on fulfilling your potential."

oOoOoOo

Their first year of training was pure hell. Talia had both of them run ragged as they were put through a science heavy educational regime designed to compensate for their non-republic background.

Both Harry and Luna found this challenging but Talia and her education droid helpers made sure that each of them performed to the best of their ability. Luna in particular seemed to share some of Talia's skill with technology and quickly grasped new principles. Harry's skill seemed to lay in the more hands on classes in particular martial arts and was surprisingly skilled in whatever acrobatic skills were being taught.

At the end of the first year of their apprenticeship it would have been difficult to recognise them as their old selves. Both were in top physical shape, courtesy of their physical training and they both had an almost visible aura of confidence.

oOoOoOo

EDU-6 their droid tutor in spatial navigation informed them that they were both summoned to Talia's weapons training room. They simply pocketed their data pads and jogged across the compound to the training bunker. Before Harry could hit the door panel it slid open to reveal the sand covered floor of the training floor and their Master waiting for them.

Both Harry and Luna jogged over and dropped to one knee as Harry politely addressed Talia, "You wanted to see us Master?"

Talia laid a long fingered hand on each of their heads before addressing them, "Yes, up now apprentices I have gifts for you."

Each was handed a leather satchel, 'You may examine the contents."

Both contained a tool kit and a smooth metal cylinder with a single switch, a lightsaber.

Talia smiled at her two excited apprentices,"Tomorrow we will begin your lightsaber training so take tonight to read the service manual for you training unit."

Talia's smile grew wider at the twin groans.

oOoOoOo

"Master do you think my father misses me?" asked Luna as they ate their evening meal.

Talia laid a gentle hand of her apprentice's cheek, "Of course but you already knew that answer beloved. Search your feelings for him and send them out in to the Force and he shall hear the echo of you and know that he will see you again."

"You think so Master?"

"What does your heart tell you?" asked Talia, her voice gentle.

"Yes" sighed Luna after a few moments, "I will see him again."

Talia patted Luna's cheek and turned back to look at a smiling Harry. "Good, now both of you finish your meals and get some rest we have flight training tomorrow."

"Yes Master."

oOoOoOo

"Stop" commanded Talia in a loud voice as she walked forward to where Harry and Luna were sparing, "Why did you hesitate Harry?"

Harry indicated where Luna was lying crumpled on the ground, "Luna may have been hurt!"

"And?" replied their Master.

Harry shrugged, "I caught the scent of blood so I stopped to check her."

Talia shook her head, "Your compassion and love for your sister apprentice does you credit but after two years of training you should know better. That lapse in concentration could get you killed, what else could you have done?"

Harry sighed as he answered, "I could have extended my awareness and checked if she was injured or simply play acting."

Talia turned to Luna and rolled her over to be greeted by the snap hiss of Luna's lightsaber being activated.

Harry's eyes narrowed for a moment,"But I smelled blood!"

"It's that time of the month for me Harry, sorry brother but I was faking. I knew once you were in fight mode your sharper senses would catch it and well it worked."

Harry scowled at her but couldn't hold it for long, "Good one sister of mine, although it's pretty sad that you have to cheat to beat me."

Now it was Luna's eyes that were narrowing,"I have to cheat do I?" on the word do Luna gathered the Force and jumped forward tackling him to the ground and then sitting up on his stomach,"Are you that desperate to give me a back rub that you threw the sparing session?"

Talia watched her two apprentices tussle for a few moments before calling for their attention. "Take your stances again, Luna correct your footing...better, now proceed."

oOoOoOo

The third year of their apprenticeship saw amarked change in their training. It had started when Talia walked in holding two ornately carved wooden boxes.

"These my apprentices are two of the three holocrons that I have managed to obtain. Each employs patterns of organic crystals and holographic technology to capture the appearance and cognitive networks of its creator. Once activated they project a three-dimensional hologram. The hologram or gatekeeper acts as a guide through the holocron'sstore of information. These two are Jedi holocron that I recovered from an ancient Jedi outpost. I believe that you are far enough along in your training to find them useful," Talia handed each a wooden box.

"Master" asked Harry "What of the third holocron?"

'The third holocron is Sithand while you will study it in due course it would be too dangerous to do so now. Let it suffice to say that the Sith put less safeguards on theirs."

oOoOoOo

Luna lunged at Harry and he was forced to leap backwards in a Force assisted somersault to avoid her attack. Deciding that attack was his best defence he immediately used a Force push to launch acrate at her to hide his own rushing advance only to pause as a strange feeling passed through him.

Luna was also looking around trying to detect the source of the Force presence, "Harry something is wrong."

Harry deactivated his lightsaber and changed it from inhibited to full power as Luna closed her eyes and let her 'sight'drift in the flows of the Force, for a few moments she was still and then her eyes flew open.

"There is a dark user....close by....whatever it is it reeks of the dark side," Luna said as she followed Harry's example and reset her lightsaber.

Harry gestured toward the main compound,"I don't like this, let's find Talia."

As the door of the weapons training bunker slid open they were confronted with a droid they had only seen in the holo-news, a battle droid which turned and immediately opened fire.

Harry blocked the blasts while Luna disabled the droid by running her lightsaber through its CPU. Even as she pulled back four more droids appeared from the main building and opened fire forcing both Harry and Luna to block and redirect the blaster bolts.

"Luna break left, I'll go up and over," ordered Harry.

Immediately Luna broke left splitting the incoming fire and Harry Force jumped over the droids to attack from them from the rear a tactic that put the droids at a severe disadvantage. Unsurprisingly the droids were soon reduced to smoking metal parts.

Then from behind them came the sound of slow applause and a well rounded cultured voice, "Well done Padawan's but now Iwill ask you to lay down your weapons. Surrender before I'm forced to make aregrettable decision."

Turning slowly Harry spotted a bearded older man dressed in maroon and black standing surrounded by nearly twenty B1 and B2 battle droids. As he studied the man he immediately spotted the lightsaber on his utility belt. So thought Harry a Jedi or a Sith. Although probably the later as a Jedi wouldn't be so cloaked in the dark side of the Force.

While Harry was studying the newcomer Luna was silently trying to locate Talia but the concentration of the dark side was fogging her perceptions.

The stand off continued until the man sighed and made a slight gesture, immediately the battle droids raised their weapons and targeted Harry and Luna.

The older Force user realised they were not standing down and shook his head in false regret and had started to stay something when his attention was suddenly focused across the compound. Too late however as a large silver ball landed at his feet, recognising the device Harry and Luna deactivated their lightsabers and closed their eyes as a large flash followed by a tingling feeling washed over them as the electromagnetic pulse bomb activated. It wouldn't destroy the droids but it would play havoc with their systems for a few minutes until their systems compensated.

As his droids de-activated the man drew his lightsaber and moved to attack Harry and Luna only to be meet by Talia as she dropped her Force bubble.

"Harry, Luna go to the ship and lift off, now," ordered Talia as she assumed her classic Makashistance not even glancing backward as Harry and Luna retreated at a run.

The older man smiled and bowed although his eyes never left Talia, "Ah I do believe I have found the reclusive Talia Tal-Shin. It has been a long time since I saw you last although I doubt that your mastery of lightsaber combat has improved."

Talia acknowledged this with a simple,"Master Dooku."

Dooku shook his head, "It is Count Dooku of Serenno now once I left the Order Ireclaimed my family title."

Talia shrugged, "Dooku the Sith would be more accurate."

Dooku inclined his head in apparent respect,"You see clearly Jedi, too clearly now I fear you shall have to die but first I wish to obtain the holocron in your possession if you give it to me Iswear I shall let your padawan's depart in peace."

Talia smiled in reply as she de-activated her lightsaber, "An interesting proposal but I am disinclined to accept."

Dooku again shook his head, "Why throw away your padawan's lives, is this how a Jedi should behave?" he taunted.

Talia smiled and circled around buying time for her apprentices. The moment she heard her ship lifting off she struck with a burst of Force lightning, blasting the older man backwards in to a stone wall. Just as she released her control of the lightning she heard the whine of an engine as her ship descended from the clouds.

"What makes you think I'm a Jedi?" asked Talia as watched Dooku struggling to stay conscious.

oOoOoOo

Harry took flight controls as Luna prepped the engines for take off. Within two minutes they were airborne and headed toward the main compound. They were just in time to see their Master blast the dark sider across the compound with Force lightning.

As Harry began to descend he called out to Luna, "Lower the ramp and I'll take us down and pick up Talia."

oOoOoOo

Talia turned from the smoking form of Dooku and watched the descending ship. As it approached the ground the main hatch opened and the ramp extended. With a Force jump she was quickly standing on the ramp beside Luna.

oOoOoOo

Luna watched Talia turn away from her attacker and breathed a sigh of relief as she Force jumped to the ramp. Extending her hand she grabbed Talia's and pulled her in to the ship only to feel her stumble and fall pushing Luna off balance and on to her knees. When Luna looked up she was horrified to see the bright red tip of a lightsaber protruding from her Masters chest for a moment before it disappeared.

"Talia," screamed Luna as she scrambled on her knees as Talia slumped on to the deck.

"Harry!" screamed Luna as she cradled the twitching form of her Master.

oOoOoOo

Harry heard Luna scream and cursed as he quickly activated the auto pilot to take them out of orbit. Once the ship was locked on course he leapt up and ran to the hold. Seeing Luna holding an unmoving Talia caused him to momentarily freeze before sprinting to Luna and dropping to his knees.

"What happened?" asked Harry.

"The fucking bastard threw his lightsaber hit her in the back" answered Luna.

"Shit, okay we need to get her to the medical bay, I'll levitate her you go and get MK up to speed."

They were interrupted as Talia whispered,"Harry?"

"Master!" exclaimed Luna as she gently raised Talia's head.

Talia reached out to touch Luna's hand, her breathing was laboured and her voice just above a whisper, "Luna, Harry I'm sorry my apprentices....I knew this time would come sooner....rather than later."

"Master we need to get you to med....," began Luna only to have Talia softly squeeze her hand.

"It's too late for that my beloved apprentices...I can feel myself slipping in to the Force....and I welcome it....once I pass over I can guide....y...you....keep the holocron....safe...study....do....not....go...after...Doo...ku...promise me," Talia was struggling to speak as her strength began to fade.

With tears streaming down their faces Harry and Luna bowed their heads in obedience.

Talia smiled, "Good...now fly free...I....love you....both...my....apprentices."

As Talia's passed, both Harry and Luna looked on in wonder as her body seemingly evaporated leaving only her clothing and lightsaber.

"What happened?" asked Harry as he rocked backwards in shock.

Luna however smiled sadly and gestured in acircle, "She's a part of the Force now. That's what she meant when she said she was slipping in to the Force."

"I can't believe she's gone," whispered Harry as he sat back on the deck.

Luna sat back wrapping her arms around her knees, "As she said she will continue to watch and guide us, but for now, well we grieve and then move on."

Harry nodded and climbed to his feet then extended a hand to help Luna up, "Come on we're not home free yet as Idon't doubt that bastard will have a ship as well."

Luna nodded as she collected Talia's belongings, "I'll put these in storage until we can have a memorial or something."

Harry nodded and made his way to the bridge. He knew Luna was right now was not the time to mourn; there would be time for that later.

oOoOoOo

Count Dooku climbed painfully to his feet as he watched the ship disappear in to the clouds. Talia's attack had been ashock, a nasty one but his mastery of the Force had allowed him to survive, again proving the weak foolishness of the Jedi and the superiority of the Sith.

He considered trying to follow the Jedi's ship but dismissed it as it was more than likely to have already jumped in to hyperspace. No, he thought with a spark of anger the Holocron was gone along with Talia and her padawan's. Taking a deep breath he realised that this was just a setback he had found it once and he would find it again.

For now he had a mission to complete and this one was for his master rather than himself.

As he boarded his shuttle he turned to the droid pilot, "Set a course for Geonosis."