Star Gazer *COMPLETE*

Star Gazer

Chapter 5

Hermione was nervous as she sat on the examining table. She had been waiting for an hour for the results of her blood test. She looked up as the doctor cam back into the room. She took a calming breath.

“Well?” she asked.

“You were correct Jedi Granger. You are in fact pregnant.” the doctor smiled.

“How far?” she beamed.

“About a month.” the doctor answered.

“Thanks doc.” she said.

Hermione hopped off the table, shook the doctor’s hand, and left the medical unit. As she entered the hall, he thoughts began running rampant in her mind. Her emotions flying through her.

‘How will Luke react? I know we discussed having children in the future, but this is a bit soon. I mean, he only asked me to marry him a month ago.’ she thought as she rounded a corner. She didn’t get the chance to scream as she was grabbed from behind and a cloth slammed over her mouth.

“Congratulations Jedi. Too bad Skywalker will never meet his bastard child.” Lucius hissed.

Hermione struggled, but within moments slumped against Lucius. He gathered her into his arms and stealthily slipped out of the academy.

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Mara placed her hand on Severus’ shoulder. “Feeling better?”

“Much. Thanks for staying with me last night.” Severus nodded.

“You’re welcome.” she smiled.

Severus turned and faced her. Before she could speak, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Mara froze for only a moment before surrendering to the kiss and the man that was currently holding her. The two jumped apart when the heard the sound of a body falling at their feet.

“You two alright?” Luke demanded as he lowered his hand.

“Yeah.” Mara answered breathlessly.

“Oh my god. That’s Lucius.” Severus gasped.

“How did you know he was here?” Mara questioned as her eyes met Luke’s.

“Leia. Han contacted me this morning and said Leia had a vision of you being killed. I was coming to warn you when I found him pointing a blaster at you.” Luke explained.

“He’s dead?” Severus questioned.

“Yes.” Luke nodded.

“Hey guys. Has anyone seen Hermione? What the hell happened here?” Corran Horn asked as he entered the room.

“He was trying to kill Mara and Severus. What do you mean have we seen Hermione? She’s teaching a class now.” Luke replied in confusion.

“Well, she’s not there. She was also suppose to help me teach a saber class but never showed.” Corran stated.

“That’s not like Hermione.” Severus spoke up.

“Didn’t she say something about a doctor’s appointment this morning?” Mara questioned.

“Corran, take care of this and the three of us will look for Hermione.” Luke ordered. Corran nodded as the three hurried from the room.

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Hermione struggled against the two storm troopers that held her. She didn’t dare use the Force with four blasters aimed at her back. The six storm troopers led her into an elaborate office.

“Welcome Jedi Granger.”

“Voldemort. Only you would have the balls to send someone like Lucius after me.” Hermione growled.

“You’re lucky I don’t kill you now. The only thing keeping you alive is that bastard spawn growing inside your worthless womb.” Voldemort hissed.

“Let’s cut the chit chat. What the hell do you want?” she demanded.

“I don’t want to ruin the surprise just yet. Sit down. You have a front row seat for the show.” he laughed evilly as she was shoved into one of the chairs.

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“Yes, Jedi Granger was here, but she left over four hours ago.” the doctor replied.

“Why was she here? Was she sick?” Mara asked.

“She wanted a blood test done.” the doctor answered.

“What kind of blood test?” Luke demanded.

“A pregnancy test Master Skywalker. She is a month pregnant.” the doctor said.

“She’s pregnant?” Luke gasped, his heart filling with joy and fear.

“Yes. She was very elated. Although, she didn’t seem too surprised when I gave her the results.” the doctor nodded.

“When she left, did you see which way she went?” Severus questioned.

“I saw her turn left heading toward the saber training arena.” the doctor replied.

Luke, Mara, and Severus left the medical unit. They reached the corner and began looking for clues. That’s when a glint of silver caught Luke’s eyes. He knelt down and picked up a silver necklace.

“What’s that?” Severus asked as he and Mara knelt beside Luke.

“I…I gave this to her last year for her birthday. She swore to me she would never take it off.” Luke whispered as he fingered the Nubian pendant.

“Luke, she probably pulled it off and dropped it for us to find. She knew we would come looking for her.” Mara said as she tried to comfort her friend.

Suddenly, Luke’s comlink went off. “Skywalker.”

“Luke, it’s Han. I’m in your apartment.”

“What are you doing here? I thought you called me from Corusant?”

“No. Once Leia fell asleep again, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong. I left Corusant immediately.”

“We’re on our way. Call Harry and Ron and have them get over there right away.”

Luke, Mara, and Severus rushed to Luke’s apartment. They found Harry and Ron already waiting. Luke quickly filled them in about Hermione being missing and what the doctor had told them.

“If you found Lucius trying to kill Mara and Severus, that means he probably grabbed Hermione first.” Harry growled.

“Harry, we don’t know that.” Ron protested.

“What else are we suppose to think? She’s been missing for over four hours. That would have given him plenty of time to grab her, apparate her somewhere, then come back to kill me and Mara.” Severus argued.

Before anyone could speak again, Luke’s comm unit came to life. A holo of Voldemort appeared. “Greetings Master Skywalker.” Voldemort said.

“Who are you?” Luke demanded.

“I am Lord Voldemort. I’m assuming Lucius is dead seeing as how he hasn’t returned. Never the less, he served his purpose.” Voldemort answered.

“What do you want?” Luke asked, getting a bad feeling in the pit of his soul about this.

“I have you precious Hermione. Here are my terms. I know Potter is with you. You will hand him over to me in nine months. If you, Potter, or any of your friends try to attack or even find me, I swear I’ll kill her and your unborn child.” Voldemort stated.

“Don’t you fucking touch her.” Luke growled.

“It’s not wise to antagonize me Master Jedi. I’m holding all the cards. You follow my demands and she’ll be returned unharmed. As for your child, I think he or she will make an excellent heir for me.” Voldemort replied, his red eyes glowing.

“Let me see Hermione.” Luke ordered.

A second later, Hermione came into view. “Luke, don’t you dare give into him. Don’t do it.” Hermione pleaded.

“Hang on Hermione. Just be strong.” Luke assured her.

Voldemort pushed her out of the way. “I’ll give you some time to consider my offer.” the transmission ended.

“What are you going to do?” Han asked as he put his hand on his best friend’s trembling shoulder.

“I don’t see how I have much of a choice but to do as he says Han.” Luke sighed.

“You can’t be serious!” Severus yelled.

“Luke’s right. If we try to rescue her, she and the baby are dead. Is that what you want?” Ron argued.

Severus spun on his heel and stormed out onto the balcony. Luke dropped onto the sofa and buried his fingers in his hair. Han sat beside his brother-in-law and wrapped his arm around the younger man’s shoulders. The silence was suddenly shattered by Mara’s laughter.

“What’s so funny?” Harry questioned.

“This is Hermione we’re talking about. You guys remember what happened the last time she was kidnapped and taken aboard an imperial ship? I have no doubt that’s where this Voldemort is.” Mara smiled.

“The last…Oh! Uh oh. This Voldemort guy has no idea who he’s dealing with.” Han grinned as Luke, Ron, and Harry immediately began laughing.

“She’ll be back in three weeks.” Mara chuckled.

“Nah, I give her at least a month.” Han added.

“Care to make an official wager flyboy? Say…100 credits?” Mara shot back.

“You’re on! 100 credits say she’ll be back in a month.” Han nodded as he and Mara shook on it.

“I’ll take a piece of that. I say she’ll be here in a week.” Luke added and shook Mara and Han’s hands while Ron and Harry rolled on the floor with laughter.

“What the hell is wrong with you people! Hermione has been captured and you’re betting!” Severus roared as he re-entered the apartment.

“Severus, this isn’t the first time she has been kidnapped, let alone by imperials.” Mara explained.

“So? This is Voldemort!” Severus hissed.

“Sir, a year and a half ago, she was taken by imperials and kept on the Star Destroyer AVENGER. Two weeks later, she showed up on Coruscant.” Harry chuckled.

“Your point Potter?” Severus growled.

“His point is this. As she was making her way to steal a shuttle, she planted over two hundred thermal detonators she had rigged to explode by remote. Once she was far enough away, she set them off and blew the AVENGER to hell. There wasn’t enough debris left to so much as chip the paint on an X-Wing fighter.” Han laughed.

“Hey! If I’m lucky she’ll take care of Voldemort for me and save me the trouble of killing him!” Harry smiled happily.

“I doubt that Harry. Facing Voldemort is your destiny and she knows that.” Luke pointed out with a smirk.

“Damn. Oh well, it was a thought right.” Harry shrugged while everyone but Severus laughed. Severus was still unconvinced at their enthusiasm.

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