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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.

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The debate was long even if the outcome was already decided. Yalara was convinced that the survival of the Bright Cave clan was best served through their alliance with Haven. The understanding was that they would help with the training of the Adepts and in return they had access to all the resources of Haven.


The next morning Salara led Harry and Luna back to the Lily. Harry immediately contacted Haven via a scrambled Holo channel and asked Altis and the others to prepare for new arrivals. A few minutes later and he had an estimated time of arrival of enough ship tonnage to transport every person, animal and knick-knack in the village.


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Chapter 14 - A New Order


HoloNet News


Senate Demands Action

A delegation of respected Senators have demanded the chancellor answer questions regarding the heavy casualties being suffered among the Jedi led clone troops


Chancellor Stands Strong Against Corruption

The Chancellor has passed a raft of new laws with the intent of making it impossible for small cabals of corrupt individuals to dominate the senate



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Earth - The Burrow


Arthur Weasley looked over the collection of boxes, jars and pots currently occupying his shed. "To be honest I'm not sure exactly what else we still need to get."


Ron grinned as he sensed Hermione approaching. "Hermione will have a list. I guarantee you that she will have a list."


Hermione huffed loudly before responding. Her voice frosty, "Very funny Ronald and as it happens I do have a list."


Ron rolled his eyes theatrically at her reply. "Good break out your list and tell us poor disorganised souls what's next?"


Now it was Hermione's turn to roll her eyes although Arthur did catch her lips quirking in to a smile as she consulted her clipboard. "We still need to pick up the last bits and pieces we spotted in Diagon Alley. Alissa and Bill should be collecting the Apothecary supplies we ordered today."


Arthur smiled albeit with a touch of sadness, "When do you plan to leave?"


Hermione glanced over at Ron who smiled and nodded. "We haven't really decided."


Arthur looked uncomfortable for a few moments before he squared his shoulders. "Well you see Molly has been a bit......ahh vocal about everything. Now she....we are just worrying about you both and Harry of course."


Ron clapped his father on the shoulder. "Dad I understand. I'll talk to mum."


With timing typical of mothers everywhere Molly Weasley walked in to the shed carrying a tray of drinks. "You'll talk to me about what Ronald?"


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Dinner had been a bit of a quiet affair and the conversation had been serious. When Molly brought up their leaving it had become an even more serious affair. It took a bit of persuading and promises of frequent return trips to convince Molly to give her blessing for her son's imminent departure. In the end it was Ron's conviction about how important their work was that swayed her.


Ron gently took his mothers hand, "So you understand Mum?"


Molly smiled even though her eyes were tearing up. "Oh Ron of course I understand. It's just that you are so far away."


Arthur smiled at his wife as he stood. "Come on Weasleys I think we need a visit to the alley. We can do the last of Hermione's shopping and pick up some of Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour. I find myself craving a toffee ice cream."


Arthur smiled as he watched his wife stand and embrace his youngest son.


Hermione looked back and forth between Ron and his mother before clearing her throat to get their attention. "There is no reason that we couldn't set up an encrypted holocomm. It is a communication device like a special Floo. It will allow us to keep in contact. "


Molly looked a bit puzzled so Alissa reached into a pouch on her utility belt and pulled out a small personal holoprojector. "They come in different sizes but given your location so far outside the outer rim. We would need a large less portable unit and several boosters. It's not a difficult thing to do but I don't think the Talia has the correct equipment aboard."


Arthur was practically beaming. "That's a marvelous idea Hermione. Imagine a space muggle device in my home. So how exactly does it work?"


Molly rolled her eyes and let out a sigh of exasperation.


Alissa handed Hermione the Holoprojector. "If you give me a moment I'll see if I can replicate a message...."


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Cloaked Scout Ship - Earth High Orbit


Serra Keto frowned as D6's reply scrolled across her screen. For nearly four standard days she had been scanning the planet below searching for her quarry. Frustratingly none of her scans had turned up anything. Part of the puzzle she was facing was that to all appearances the planet below had a rather low level of technology. There was certainly no evidence of the sort of shields she would have expected to see in a society capable of hiding an entire ship from her ships sophisticated sensors. She hadn't found anything saying that the ship was still here......yet there was something tickling the edge of her perception. She had meditated several times trying to identify it but it remained frustratingly elusive.


A beep drew her attention back to her screen, "What is it D6?"


A message scrolled across the screen indicating that an anomalous energy field had been identified.


Serra studied the scan results but couldn't see what D6 had identified. "What sort of anomaly?"


D6 let out a stream of chirps and whistles. On the viewer an image of the landmass below appeared. Marked in blue were places where D6 had found the strange energy fields. Just on the one landmass there were thousands of blue dots.


"D6 overlay the drive emission remnants we detected when we first arrived and see if any of these anomalies fall on the same heading. Concentrate on the area of the landmass where we lost the trail."


A few seconds later and perhaps half of the blue dots remained. Spread out over the landmass below.


Serra frowned as she studied the viewer. "D6 now eliminate any anomalies that are not of sufficient size to conceal the Talia."


Perhaps a fifth of the blue dots disappeared.


"D6 based on the drive emissions, which of these is on the most direct bearing?"


A mass of blue dots still showed on the scanner results. Serra resisted the urge to curse as she began rethinking her admittedly rather nebulous plan to eliminate search areas. Her instincts were telling her that time was running out if she was going to find the mysterious ship before it left the planet. Perhaps it was time to take a much closer look around. "D6 make sure the cloak is operating properly and then take us in. Find somewhere to land near this area of interference." Serra tapped a large blue zone.


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Serra dropped from the cockpit to the ground. The landing site was a large cleared lot. It looked like the locals were about to build something judging buy the materials stacked around the perimeter. It was also empty which suited her purposes. Still considering that this planet was an unknown quantity she wasn't going to take any chances. "Okay D6 stay with the ship and keep the cloak and ECM running. I don't want to risk any of the locals turning up."


A series of clicks and whistles followed. Serra looked down at her handheld datapad and read the Astromech droids response.


"I know it eats up a lot of power but we might need to make a quick getaway, better safe than sorry." Serra pulled the hood of her Jedi robe up over her head and began moving toward the large area D6 had selected as the nearest source of the readings.


As soon as she left the vacant land she began seeing people on the streets. Apparently her mode of dress was unremarkable enough that she received only cursory glances from those passing by. Discreetly checking her datapad she corrected her path several times before she reached the coordinates. There was nothing out of the ordinary immediately visible but she did have a she began to once again feel something on the edge of her perceptions. The feeling was like a Force signature but it was nebulous and hard to define even though it was definitely growing stronger.


She reached the nearest edge of the field and found what looked at first glance to be an unremarkable wall then a tavern of some sort. As she stood there she could feel something twisting her perceptions, trying to pull her eyes away from the building. Puzzled she closed her eyes and expanded her Force perceptions.


Shocked, Serra's eyes flew open." By the Force!"


In front of her was some sort of Force manipulation that covered a huge area. In effect it appeared to be distorting both her vision and her ability to sense beyond it with the Force. The street wasn't busy so she sat back on her heels she considered her options. Whatever its intent the barrier wasn't physical merely a matter of adjusting her perception to pass through it


Perhaps an experiment was in order. Concentrating on the wall that wasn't a wall she watched it morph in to a window and doorway. Moving slowly, careful of any hidden trap she reached out and opened the door.


It was somewhat surprisingly a bar.


Serra was about to talk to the barman when a flash of green light from the fireplace caught her attention. Before her astonished eyes two people spun out of the fireplace landing on their feet. After dusting ash off their shoulders they nodded to the barman and walked out a door at the rear of the bar.


A nudge from the Force told her to follow so moving quickly she left via the same door. As the door swung open she was confronted by a small courtyard surrounded by high walls.


The male nodded in her direction, "Good Morning young miss here with your parents?"


The woman by his side rolled her eyes. "Dear Merlin Bernard act your age!"


The man laughed at her comment and bowed extravagantly. "Here Miss let me get that for you." With a flourish the man produced a stick and tapped the wall several times before stepping back.


Serra was about to ask what was meant to happen when the wall began to shift and change in to an archway. With a friendly wave the man and woman calmly walked through leaving a surprised Serra in their wake.


The entire process had been some sort of Force manipulation the likes of which she had never seen before. Shaking her head she cautiously walked through the arch.


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It was quite an entourage Alissa, Hermione and Ron found accompanying them as they completed the last of the pick ups in Diagon Alley. Both the elder Weasleys, Bill, Charlie and the twins were all walking together. Laughing and enjoying their ice creams in the still warm evening. Even Alissa was relaxing as she walked the Alley hidden by a glamour spell that gave her the appearance of a tall statuesque blond.


Fred laughed as George tried to get a taste of Charlie's ice cream although after a few moments he sobered. "It's a pity Ginny's missing this."


Charlie smiled and shook his head, "Ha I find it more surprising that mum allowed Gin-Gin to stay at her boyfriends."


With a wide smile on his face Arthur shook his head. "Ginny's growing up lads so you had best get used to her having boyfriends."


Hermione was only half listening to the conversation when something caught her eye. Standing amongst the crowd was a figure dressed in a brown hooded robe. Not unusual in the alley but there was something about the figure that had her giving it a closer look.


Ron turned to speak to her to find her staring at the crowd in the alley, "Hermione?"


As he spoke the figure turned and for a moment the cloak fell open before the figure disappeared among the throngs of shoppers out enjoying the mild evening. The brief glimpse was enough to catch a glimpse of the figures waist and reveal a silver cylinder.


Hermione paled as she turned to Ron, "I think we may have a problem."


Seeing her worried look and pale face Ron took her arm to steady her fearing she was about to faint. "What is it?"


Hermione pointed toward the milling shoppers. "There was someone standing over there. Ron they were wearing a lightsaber!"


Alissa looked around the crowded alley and shook her head. "I can't sense any danger but we had best return to the Burrow."


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Haven


Remus stepped out of the way as a dozen droids manoeuvred a trolley down the passage. "The droids seemed to have the preparations well in hand."


Altis nodded as he looked around the piles of equipment in the cavern. "I'm amazed at just how well stocked this place is. Not that it matters that much with access to transfiguration spells."


"Even with the Dathomiri bringing what they had stored food is still the biggest issue we have." Remus gestured behind him toward the food storage facilities. "We can only support so many people living here for an extended period considering our hydroponics facilities. Then we'll need to start importing food."


"And then the risk is that we'll attract unwanted attention," Altis ran his hands through his hair. "I agree that we will need to look at something before long. For now we should be fine for a little while. If worst comes to worst I'll send some ships to one of the agricultural worlds on the rim and we'll buy supplies."


"Normally I'd say that would be expensive but I should be able to transfigure some gem stones like Harry and Luna did on Coruscant." Remus added with a smile.


As they walked on toward the commissary Sirius appeared from around the corner. "Remus, Altis there you are. Harry just called in that they were about to jump to hyperspace."


Altis acknowledged Sirius with a nod. "Then we need to get moving my friends. Remus can you call everyone together. We need to talk to everyone before the fleet gets here. Luna's message said that the Dathomiri have strong opinions and as a matriarchal society....well lets just say that I think we need to take things slowly till they settle in. Sirius could you and Keisha check in with Ash and make sure that the hanger is ready."


Sirius threw Altis a comical salute, "Will do."


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Earth - Diagon Alley


"That's a good idea Alissa" agreed Hermione. "We need to let Haven know."


Arthur looked around the alley, "Look Ron you lot head straight back. Bill and I will nip in to Gallaghers and get the last of the supplies you need. If you have to take off then at least you'll have the medicinal supplies."


"Thanks dad," said Ron.


Molly looked around with a worried expression on her face. Ron had explained their current situation and now it appeared that their problems had followed him home. With a final look toward her son she apparated out followed a moment later by Charlie and the twins.



"Filthy mudblood," hissed a voice behind Hermione and Ron.


Both turned in surprise to see two figures dressed in faded and patched robes pointing their wands at them. Ron almost laughed as he recognised them. "Vincent Crabb and dear Merlin is that you Flint?"


"Drop your wand you filthy blood traitor," ordered Flint.


Ron simply crossed his arms and smiled while Hermione wore an expression of polite disinterest.


"Drop your wands or we'll kill you," threatened Flint.


Ron's smile didn't waver, "You know what Flint I think Hermione and I will be leaving now. I would advise you to put your damn wands away before the Aurors turn up and drag you off to a cell."


Flint bore his stained teeth in a cold smile, "Your friend ruined our families, so now we'll make Potter pay by ransoming you back piece by piece." As he spoke he nodded to Crabb who lurched forward to Hermione. Flint raised his own wand to deal with Ron.


Ron's lightsaber leapt in to his hand and with one small gesture he had cut Flint's wand in half.


Hermione simple side stepped Crabb's attack. As the former Slytherin lumbered forward she drew energy from the Force and retaliated with a single punch to the stomach that sent her much larger foe to his knees. A quick summoning spell and Crabb's wand was also destroyed.


Ron stepped forward his lightsaber humming ominously as he pointed it at Flint's throat, "Now why don't you run along boys."


Marcus Flint caught between fear and outrage, evidently fear won and without even a glance at Crabb he ran off in to nearby Knockturn Alley. A few moments later Crabb managed to lurch to his feet and stagger after Flint. Ron simply shook his head and deactivated his lightsaber before clipping it to his belt.


"Why don't you run along boys?" asked Hermione mockingly.


"It got rid of them didn't it?" countered Ron with a smile before his face grew serious. "We could have easily dealt with them but what would be the point?"


Hermione stood on her toes and kissed Ron on the cheek, "Come on let's go before anyone starts asking questions. We have more important things to worry about."


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"Alissa and I are prepping the ship for a quick run to get a message to Haven. Based on her calculations a nine hour jag should see us in subspace range. So we'll probably be gone overnight," explained Ron.


"Hmm you know that we may need to set up some sort of booster or something if we want to talk to your family. We could do some calculations to work out the maximum range." Hermione speculated.


Before he could answer his mothers voice rang through the house. "Ron?"


"In the lounge Mum," Ron called out loudly.


Molly came bustling in followed by her husband and both of her elder sons. "The twins have headed back to their flat. Now you two I understand that you need to get close enough to send your message. Your father and I would like to come."


"Mum?"


Arthur smiled as he stepped forward. "Well if you do have to head back. Alissa said you may be gone overnight. So if we come we can kill two birds with one spell. You send your message and we get the chance to spend a bit more time with you."


Ron considered his fathers excited expression. "And you get to see more of the Talia?"


Arthur's face lit up, "Of course I'm sure it will be fascinating."


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The Talia swept through the clouds and in to the upper atmosphere before crossing in to open space. Aylssa smiled at the wonderstruck look on Arthur's face as he pressed his face up against the flight deck window.


Molly was no where near as enthralled, "Dear Merlin Ron slow down!"


Ron laughed and looked over at Alissa who nodded. "Don't worry Mum we're just about clear to really show you some speed!"


"Ronald we are already going too fast....aiiieeee," Molly's words turned to a shriek as Ron increased the power to the sublight engines.


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Arthur studied Jupiter as the gas giant slowly turned beneath them. "So how far from the Earth are we?"


Ron glanced down at his instruments, "Right now we are a close to six hundred million miles from Earth."


"Dear Merlin!" exclaimed Arthur, "That quickly?"


"It's one of the reasons that interstellar space travel possible," replied Alissa.


Ron almost laughed at the expressions crossing his parent's faces as they listened to Alissa explain the basic's of the Talia's operation. Turning away he quickly re-entered the coordinates for their trip in to Nav-Comp. As he turned to rejoin the conversation he noted a flashing light on his console. The Talia's sensors were indicating a potential piloting hazard. Another few taps on the control board and he bought the more powerful tactical sensors online. The computer was telling him that there was an intermittent sensor reading that could be either a low powered vessel or a spatial anomaly. That bit of data raised a mental warning flag.


He swiveled back around to face the others, "Hermione, Alissa?"


Sensing his concern Alissa was already turning to face him before he spoke, "What is it Ron?"


Ron shrugged, "'I'm not sure. I've got some sort of sensor ghost coming up in the system. The sensors can't determine if it's an anomaly or a real ship. I thought you better have a look at it."


Alissa frowned and turned her chair to face the sensors, "A ship unrelated to the person Hermione spotted here, this far in to unknown space is unlikely" Alissa adjusted the sensor settings before starting a comprehensive scan of surrounding space. "That's not an anomaly Ron. Okay everyone strap in, Hermione can I get you at the tactical console?"


"What is it?" asked Molly nervously as her husband helped her with her safety harness.


Alissa gestured toward the sensor screen, "Hopefully nothing but it looks like we have a cloaked ship following us."


"Are we in danger, can we do anything to help?" asked Arthur as he took his own seat and begun strapping himself in.


Alissa pulled on her headset before answering, "Well it is a big coincidence. I think we need to find out what is going on before we act. The Talia is fast so if we need to we can always make a run for it. Ron lets plan for the worst, enter another jump in to the navcomp and take over the con. I'm going to hail our mysterious friend. Hermione be ready to bring our defensive shields up."


Setting her mike to external Alissa selected a general navigational channel, "This is the merchant vessel Talia hailing the unknown merchant vessel approaching our position. Please state your intentions."



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Cloaked Scout Ship


Serra Keto slowed her cloaked ship almost to a drift as she locked on to the beacon on the Talia. Whatever had been shielding the ship was now gone so she was taking the opportunity to adjust the broadcast frequency on the beacon. Technically the Force imbued crystal at its heart allowed her to track the ship through Hyperspace while the pulse being emitted allowed her to pin point the ship in relativistic space. Whatever the alien shields properties were they had somehow managed to disrupt both technologies. The adjustment she was undertaking to the broadcast properties would hopefully negate that problem.


"This is the merchant vessel Talia hailing the unknown vessel approaching our position. Please state your intentions."


"What the..." exclaimed Serra before calming herself. Somehow the other ship had detected her presence. Most likely the Force sensitives aboard had felt her presence. She had yet to deliver her report to Master Windu instead having decided to remain cloaked and see if her feeling that the Talia would leave had been correct. It had been. Not two hours later the Talia had appeared on her sensors. Now something had obviously given away her position. It was unfortunate but not everything was lost there was still misdirection. She took a deep breath and making sure to sound slightly embarrassed.


"Talia this is the Republic survey corps ship Celeste. Sorry for the confusion. I've just finished surveying the system and had my cloak operating to avoid detection by the primitive pre-interstellar culture. I really wasn't expecting other ships in system. Do you need assistance?"


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The Talia


Alissa almost laughed at the reply, "Ohh almost believable except for the fact that Survey ships don't come cloaked. So how do we want to play this?"


Hermione frowned as she studied the tactical scanners, "If these readings are correct it's also armed."


"Are its weapons powered up?" asked Alissa.


Hermione queried the computer and watched the results as they moved across the screen, "I don't think so......hold on...no our tactical scanners say that they are not powered up."


"Should we run for it?" asked Arthur quietly.


Alissa shook her head, "I'm not sensing any hostility even with the pilot's deception. I am not sure what to do here. The Force is telling me there's no danger and from what Hermione saw, well if it's the same person then I'm almost sure that the pilot is a Jedi."


Bill shook his head a puzzled look on his face. "Aren't Jedi the good guys?"


Again Alissa shook her head, "Individually perhaps but the Jedi council is very rigid. Let's just say that we don't see eye to eye on a lot of issues. We have been trying to keep Haven and its location a secret. Harry also wanted to keep Earth somewhat protected from what's going on in the broader galaxy."


Hermione frowned, "There is nothing we can really do. Earth is sure to be reported to the council. The pilot must know that we know!"


"Or a least guess. Then she also knows that we are not only not armed but also unwilling to instigate an attack so she is fishing for information. Well we need to say something." Alissa flicked the line open. "Negative Survey ship Celeste we are outbound as well. The planet is too underdeveloped to establish trade relations."


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Serra's brow furrowed at the reply. Whoever it was on the Talia had effectively parried her attempts at information gathering before she had a chance to initiate a conversation. She had also left her little reason to extend the conversation.


"Acknowledged Talia, Celeste out."


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The Talia's occupants watched as the Celeste turned and headed out of the system.


Hermione was the first to break the silence. "If we are right I doubt she'll go far."


Ron looked up from his controls, "So what do we do now? We can't stop her reporting."


"I hate to say it," began Alissa with an apologetic look toward Arthur and Molly. "But I think we need to head back to Haven as soon as possible. They need the supplies and we need to report what has happened."


The trip back to Earth was subdued. It was obvious that the elder Weasleys were worried by the turn of events but were not sure what, if anything they could do to help.


Once back on the ground Molly and Arthur marshalled their family including a newly arrived Ginny. With all the Weasleys pitching in they soon had all the supplies aboard and secure. After a light supper the goodbyes started alleviated somewhat buy the promise to return soon.


Ron was smiling to himself watching his mother lecturing Hermione on making sure that he took care of himself when he found Ginny standing at his side.


"I'm sorry that I didn't spend much time with you."


Ron shrugged and smiled, "Ginny our visit wasn't planned. It's okay that you had other things on."


Ginny shook her head her expression serious. "No Ron it's not okay. I've been avoiding dealing with.....well with the situation. Now I've missed my chance to catch up with my brother."


"Gin you...."


"Don't you dare make excuses for me!" snapped Ginny. "I've been avoiding you. I was so angry with you getting to be with Harry. I took my issues out on you. For that I'd like to apologise."


Ron reached out and pulled Ginny in to a hug for a long moment. "Don't worry Gin we'll be back for another visit soon." He studied her for a moment as if looking for something. "Harry and Luna are happy. Busy and in all sorts of danger but happy, I'm sure he'd be just as happy to hear you are doing well."



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Coruscant


Darth Sidious frowned as he considered the latest reports from his agents. Somehow his enemies had thwarted him only to disappear back in to the shadows. Not even a month ago he had received a strange vision of a cloaked figure warning that his enemies were being protected.


Closing his eyes he twisted the Force around him as he sent his awareness in to the darkness. He saw a vast web opening up to him. In its strands he could sense the future, the present and the now. Possible dangers, possible manipulations and opportunities swirled around him. Focusing on the threats he tried to see in to the shadows, to pull the images to where he could identify those that foiled his machinations. His frustration changed to anger fuelling his power. Yet his enemies remained shrouded. How was it possible? It should not have been possible his mastery of the Force was unrivalled.


"You are a fool."


Darth Sidious' eyes snapped open immediately focusing on a figure clad in a dark hooded robe. With anger still swirling around him Sidious flung his hands out sending a blinding storm of Force lightning toward the intruder only to see it pass harmlessly through the figure.


"You will not be able to harm me Sith Lord." The voice was cold and oddly accented.


Sidious slowly walked forward considering the figure. Considering the lack of even the slightest Force presence it was obviously a hologram. A very lifelike hologram with excellent resolution very advanced. "I assume that you have planted a holo emitter somewhere in my quarters. Impressive when you consider the security measures, so if you wanted my attention you have it."


"You seek through manipulation and discord to achieve pre-eminence. You seek the rebirth of your petty Order of the Sith Lords. You know nothing about the true darkness. Your narrow views and stunted abilities will doom you."


Sidious made a dismissive gesture, "Empty words my holographic friend. Perhaps you can get to the point of your interruption."


The figure gestured and two images appeared. It was the two that had rescued the strange Force sensitive.


"I believe that you know of these two already?"


Stepping forward the Sith Lord studied the two figures intently. Both were young and fit and although not dressed like it they could have easily passed as Jedi Padawans. "Who are they?"


"Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood perhaps you should ask why they are so important?"


Sidious glared at the hologram, "Very well why show me this?"


"They were the first of the Force Adepts and are a far greater threat to you than the Jedi. You must destroy them before they become established. If you fail they will facilitate your fall far earlier than your fate decreed. You will die screaming as your newborn empire burns around you."


"And if I succeed?"


The hooded figure made a strange gesture, almost a half shrug as it replied. "Then you will have ended a threat to your reign before it begins."


"And what do you gain?" Sidious asked her suspicion evident in his voice.


"Dominance in a war yet to be fought far removed from here."


Sidious narrowed his eyes at the answer. "Hardly a substantiative answer, a suspicious man might question your motivations."


"The treacherous are ever fearful of betrayal, after all betrayal is the way of the Sith," countered the figure in a mocking tone.


"You dare mock me!" hissed Sidious as he took a half step forward.


"Do not presume to threaten me Sith. I have no patience for your posturing and my people are far beyond the reach of your schemes. I have told you what you must do if you wish your glorious empire to survive more that a handful of years. By all means destroy the Jedi. Your war holds little interest for us but the Adepts must not be allowed to become established."


Forcing himself to appear calm Sidious considered his visitors words and the many gaps present in the intelligence being offered. "You speak of threats and wars but you offer me nothing to work with. Surely you have more concrete information. Where is their homeworld, what are their weaknesses?"


Again the figure offered its strange, uncomfortable half shrug. "The Adepts are hidden from us. Even our most powerful seers cannot see at will through the shroud that hides them. We know they come from this place and time. It is from here that they originate and spread their contamination. Seek their leadership, seek Potter and you will find them. Once you do destroy them, leave nothing for future deviants to find."


"I will consider your words. How can I contact you?"


"You cannot, your people lack the ability. We will contact you if it is needful. One last thing Sith Lord, you need to destroy the sample you have taken. It is too dangerous for you to do what you plan."


Sidious raised an eyebrow in enquiry, "Why?"


"What you are seeking to do is an abomination and doomed to failure. If you did succeed it you would become the architect of your own demise. The Adepts genetic material must be destroyed."


Sidious may have been Force blind in this conversation. Unable to sense the truth or deception in this beings words but he was still a canny and experienced observer. His visitor's last statement stank of fear. It would be interesting to see if he could find what was so important about the sample that it warranted unequivocal destruction. Such a find might be dangerous but where there was danger there was opportunity. "As a gesture of my....understanding I will seek out these Adepts and see them destroyed. I do however have a question?"


"Ask."


"What are you called?"


The hooded figure turned and for the first time Sidious caught a glimpse of something beneath the hood, a glint of metal and pale skin. "We are the Mah Vey."


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The Lily on route to Haven


Harry leaned forward in the pilots chair as he sipped at his stimcaf. He ran his eyes over the controls before relaxing back in to the comfortable chair. The small fleet of transports were maintaining their formation and they had yet to encounter anything more than a minor systems failure aboard one of the freighters.


"Do you want something to eat?"


Harry caught the scent of toast and jam and swivelled his chair to see Luna holding a plate of toast.


"Where the hell did you find jam?"


Luna laughed as she handed over the plate. "It's not jam although it is made of a Dathomiri native fruit. Salara gave me a few jars."


Harry took a bite and closed his eyes a blissful expression on his face. "Gods it tastes just like raspberry jam." All those from Earth had found themselves missing the oddest things. For Harry it was jam.


He took another bite before someone cleared their throat.


"Mistress?"


Luna waved Velath to come in. The young Dathomiri had forgone her dark clothing and was now dressed in a simple grey vest and skirt. She had also taken to following Luna around the ship addressing her as mistress much to Luna's bemused amusement. Although Harry was much less inclined to laugh he dismissed it as odd form of gratitude and respect, strange but understandable under the circumstances.


The former Nightsister nodded politely to Harry but focussed on Luna. "The Elders have requested a meeting."


Luna raised an eyebrow, "Do you know what this is about?"


Velath shrugged, "From what I've heard the Elders are still worried about what's going to happen when they reach Haven. There have been a few grumblings about.....well about men and how things will be after we arrive. Mostly I think they are just worried."


"I'll meet with them. We need to keep everyone focused. Harry love how long until we reach Haven?"


Harry glanced down at the Nav-Comp display before replying, "About six hours to go depending on all the freighters holding up."


Luna pinched a piece of Harry's toast as she turned. "Well Velath shall we go and allay some fears."


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Haven


Keisha was the designated contact and so when the droid monitoring communication received a high priority call it immediately paged her to the operations centre. Since she was two rooms away overseeing the volunteers and droids putting the final touches on the logistics plans it had only taken her moments to arrive. Nodding to the droid operator she activated the channel to be greeted by Hermione in the cockpit of the Talia.


"Keisha we have a problem."


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Jedi Temple - Coruscant


Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi turned away from the holo-recording to face his fellow council members. "A planet with such a high concentration of Force sensitives is an astonishing find. However I believe that Knight Serra's report that they have developed their abilities to be the more important part of her discovery."


Mace Windu frowned as he considered the reaction to his agents report. Most of the council seemed only vaguely interested. Yes, yes a new society of Force sensitives was a very interesting discovery. A discovery to consider once the war was resolved. Could they not see that these new Force users were a dangerous unknown? This could be their homeworld and the chance to find something of their motivations. With the Sith on the rise he would not allow another potential threat to go unanswered. "I fear that this may be of more importance than a simple archive entry. When I assigned Knight Serra this mission it was because of my concerns about these new allies that have appeared."


Adi Gallia gestured to Yoda, "Allies who have, according to Master Yoda's reports to date done nothing but aid our cause. That and they have an apparent association with the Altisian Jedi. Altis is known to many of those sitting here today. What have you sensed that warrants spying on a potential ally?"


Mace studied Adi's face wondering at the question. "Surely you share my concerns that we another Force sensitive organisation involving itself in this conflict. One that we know next to nothing about save that it appears to be led by two barely Padawan aged children?"


Ki-Adi-Mundi waved a hand in dismissal. "I think you are putting too much emphasis on these affairs. They were trained by a rouge former Jedi and they are associating with a small number of ex-Jedi and Force sensitive's. That hardly constitutes a threat. We have had successful dealings with light aligned Force sensitive's before."


Yoda leaned back in his chair a look of frustration on his expressive face. "With Master Windu disagree I do. Ill-conceived this mission was, so hope we must that no damage have we done."


Seeing the look on Yoda's face Adi Gallia's expression changed to concern. "What then is your opinion Master Yoda?"


"Meditated I have on the warning we received. Believe I do that a Sith is based on Coruscant. Know too much our enemies do. Too many coincidences and deceits there are. Fear I do that trapped in some vast conspiracy we are. Prepare we must if win we cannot."


Yoda's words had a profound effect on the Jedi in the council chamber. Many looked shocked at the Grand Masters words. More than a few looked frightened for a few moments before they composed themselves.


"Surely things have not spun so far out of control. We would have known!" declared Ki-Adi-Mundi.


Yoda shook his head again, "Hmmm....prideful we have become."


"Pride is something that must be set aside if the Order is to survive." Heads turned toward the voice and the figure now standing near the sealed doors.


Mace Windu half stood, mouth open in shock, 'Qui-Gon?"


Qui-Gon smiled at the shocked Jedi Master, "Master Windu it is good to see you old friend."


Throughout the chamber whispers started as the stunned Jedi tried to come to terms with the appearance of the Force ghost of the well known Jedi Master.


Qui-Gon smiled gently, "My old comrades I fear my time here will be limited and I have much to share with you."


Adi Gallia had a look of wonder on her face as she studied her old colleague. "What could prompt you to give up oneness with the Force?"


"Not given up old friend," corrected Qui-Gon. "But rather some among the transcended have found how to interact more closely with this plane of existence. It is rather draining normally but when the dark side is so prevalent it is exhausting."


Yoda stood and walked toward the Force ghost. "What message do you bring Master Jinn?"


Qui-Gon folded his arms within the sleeves of his robe apparently taking a moment to consider his words before speaking. "The future is not set in stone, some events must occur and some may occur depending on your choices. In one future the Jedi are betrayed and hunted to near extinction by one of their own. Thanks to the....intervention of others that future has been delayed if not yet aborted. But the threat remains and the Order stands at a crossroad. You must set aside your pride and your rigid beliefs and see what is."


Adi Gallia cleared her throat nervously still looking somewhat in awe at the luminous figure of Qui-Gon. "You speak of the Sith?"


"Yes and no."


"Meaning?" Mace Windu asked suspicion evident in his tone.


Qui-Gon spoke seemingly choosing his words carefully. "Your suspicion that there are Sith on Coruscant is correct."


Mace Windu sat forward in his chair, "Do you know their identity?"


Qui-Gon shook his head. "No the identity of the Sith Lord is shrouded."


Now directly in front Qui-Gon Yoda studied the Force ghost with evident curiosity. "Hmm yes and no you say. Curious I am as to your other message."


The former Jedi Master met and held Yoda's gaze, "It is more of a warning old friend; you must destroy all record of the planet your agent found. There can be nothing in the archives. If the Sith were to find the planet events would unfold that would doom the Jedi."


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Bridge - CIS Executor


Dooku was furious as he watched the bridge crew working. His enemies had once more escaped his grasp. He was about to order the Navigator to set a course to the fleet rendezvous when the holocomm on his belt began beeping. Without a word to those on the bridge he left.


Once in his personal quarters he placed the holocomm on the floor and knelt before activating the channel.


"What is your bidding my Master?"


"I have a new mission for you Darth Tyranus."


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Well there is chapter 14 - A bit of a bridging chapter but hopefully you still enjoyed it

Thanks once again to XRaiderV1 for his help with proof reading.

Hopefully life will allow a quicker update for chapter 15!