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And what a kiss it was. Explosions went off in their minds if not in reality, and Harry's grip around Aayla's waist tightened as did her own around his shoulders, pulling his neck down further. They deepened the kiss, their mouths opening, as they both try to somehow pour their emotions into the other person through their lips.
Eventually they pulled away, breathing deeply. Their dance had long since stopped, and they stood there in the desert moonlight staring into their eyes.
It had to be said, it had to be said aloud, not just in their heads. There was some kind of import to saying the words aloud. Harry didn't quite understand why that could be, but he understood it was. So he said them. "I love you Aayla Secura."
"I love you too Harry Potter, I love you too." Then they were kissing again, and the world once again faded around them.
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Magic of the Force by Vimesenthusiast
Star Wars & Harry Potter Xover Rated: M, English, Aayla S., Harry P., Words: 1107k+, Favs: 10k+, Follows: 11k+, Published: Oct 25, 2015 Updated: Nov 6, 2025
3,188Chapter 5
The character's ain't mine, the plot at this point could almost be.
Okay, so while I had planned this week to only put out one of my SW crosses, I didn't realize the voting would be so split. I decided to see if I could put chapters of both out. It was surprisingly easy given how I am now dealing with two different groups of characters in the same universe. There isn't enough character overlap to bother me, though I do have to be careful with how I treat Windu, Yoda and their other High Council brethren and sistren. Horse of the Force should be out this evening.
This chapter has been betaed by Kathyrn518 in terms of flow, SW info and plot points, and Ultimaflare0 for small mistakes and other errors.
Bold - emphasis
Italics - thoughts
Underline - written words
Italics, underline - specific ship names.
Chapter 5 Old Dogs, New Tricks
While the Jedi slept, Darth Maul was busy, taking the lay of the land here on Tatooine, trying to calm some of his worries about there being so many Jedi here. While the one whose presence he discerned to be Master Fay was not a physical threat, Dooku certainly was, and together they could almost have been chosen to find Maul and bring him to battle.
The Rule of Two and the professional paranoia it had imparted to the Sith had kept them alive since the New Sith Wars. And Maul was, despite being a blunt object in many ways, still a student of that school. Could their presence mean that someone somehow had been able to get an accurate Force vision and predict my presence?
Thankfully, within a few hours of looking through the minds of the planet's inhabitants here and there in different towns, Maul realized this was not the case. Instead, it was pure chance that had brought this many Jedi here at this time. The injuries to the Nabooan yacht his target had taken had forced them to land here while other Jedi were here to deal with an entirely separate mission. According to his sources a Jedi had been captured while trying to spy on Jabba the Hutt and these other Jedi had arrived to rescue them.
That at least was all that was known to the few of Gardulla's enforcers he found. The news of Jabba's death had yet to reach the general populace, but Gardulla was already looking to consolidate what remained of Jabba's local holdings into her own.
On the whole, Jabba's death was not an issue. He could have become a threaten in time if he had succeeded in expanding into Black Sun's operations throughout the Republic, but even then he wouldn't have been a threat to Maul or his master.
More worrisome was the fact that there were no useful pawns on hand that Maul could turn to the Jedi. There were certainly ruffians and cutthroats aplenty, but none of them were worth anything. He would've had to promise to pay them in any event or directly manipulate all of their minds, an ability he was not very good at, to get them to help. The only local help he could look for might be from Gardulla, but Maul had read his master's profile on her. That one wasn't going to stick her head out after what happened to Jabba, and approaching her openly as he would have to, given the Hutt's immunity to mind tricks, was a risk Maul was unwilling to run.
Maul growled low under his breath as he returned to his ship, his fingers twitching in impotent fury. No, there were too many Jedi here. Take Dooku out of the equation and Maul might have been willing to attack anyway, but with the Makashi dueling master here there was no way Maul could attack the Jedi without being overwhelmed.
He stared off into the distance towards the ship his quarry had used to arrive on planet, which was situated on the far side of Mos Espa. Would an attack on their ship work? I could kill at least the padawan that was left there that way…
No, Maul decided after a moment. Attacking him would serve no purpose, especially given the Jedi's ability to communicate feelings and impressions from padawan to master. It would still warn the Order there was a Dark Side user involved in the Naboo issue at the very least.
Laying in ambush on Naboo however, that he might be able to do if his master allowed it. Certainly these Jedi won't stay together for the rest of this mission, I will have another opportunity. Mere luck has saved you this time, but I will have you eventually.
Moments later the daggerlike black-hulled vessel lifted off the ground, heading towards space, leaving no hint of its presence or that of its master behind.
OOOOOOO
Aayla and Harry had fallen asleep outside, cocooned in both their cloaks and the same type of heating technique Harry had made such profligate use of years ago when he first arrived on Ryloth, leaning back against the outer wall of the Skywalker's place.
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