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RedGold Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 2/24/05 4:51am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	I just finally got around to reading this.. sorry it took so long... Anyway, I'm enjoying it a lot so far. I love your dialogue. I can't wait to see what happens when he reaches the rebellion! -----signature----- Legend... Recluse... Forgotten... Will one day return... http://www.starwarsfanfic.com
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GreatOne Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 2/24/05 5:49am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	Just popping in to let you know I'm enjoying this story very much. (even if there isn't any H/L in it, usually one of my main requirements for reading!)
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Jesina_Dreis Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 2/24/05 6:35am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	I love your explanation of why Hal needed Corran And I think you wrote him telling him very well...poor Corran, having his entire identity shaken up like this -----signature----- Stay safe, Ev Big sister to valin_halcyon Rest in Peace, Jeremy http://www.heatherjanes.com http://z9.invisionfree.com/downtime
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CodeName_Targeter Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 2/24/05 11:51am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	"What now?" Corran asked expectantly. "I said clear your mind, Corran, not wonder what to do next," I answered, frowning at him. "And then what?" I was beginning to see why we used to train Jedi at birth. For me, trying to teach Corran how to touch the Force and feel it, was akin to teaching him how to breathe. Corran never does anything without thinking, and I knew he would want step by step instructions, and surrendering to anything was beyond my son's abilities. It wasn't going to be easy, but no Halcyon would ever back down from a challenge. snickers That definetely amused me. And to top it off, as though coming out of a daze, Hobbie asked me, "Did you just say Jedi Knight?" giggles Awww, poor Hobbie. That's why I love him though, Hmmm, well this is defintely going to be interesting... Hal remembering how to be a Jedi and trying to teach Corran at the same time... ~Jenn -----signature----- XWFC: Wraith Leader and Senator - Starfighter Draft Winner Ravenclaw ftw! Doppleganger of Suzuki_Akira and Vod'ika to Valin_Halcyon Dragged back to the forums for the SFD by Jello. Look out!
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talkingbanana Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 2/24/05 1:47pm Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	chuckles at the last line As usual, that was fantastic. Hope Tycho gets better! -----signature----- How? Myn/Lara one-shot, Betrayal, slight AU http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28175766/p1/?0 Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. - Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms
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Arin_Atona Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 2/24/05 2:16pm Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	Yet another nice update -----signature----- On the Shoulders of Giants http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=23575110 From the Empire, With Love http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26258118
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RebelMom Title: TFF Secretary Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 2/24/05 6:58pm Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	I'm looking forward to their arrival at the base as well. -----signature----- Short Story: Pressure Point http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/26961243/p1/?7 Jacen Solo and Anakin Skywalker - as it should have been. TFF: Cheryl
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SweetPea Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 2/24/05 7:00pm Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	Poor Hal. Poor Tycho. Poor Corran. I could go on... Am anxious to see how Corran continues to react to the news about his Jedi heritage and his father's lies. (Hehe, I call my mom "Mother" when I'm mad at her.) I wonder how easy/hard it is for Hal to go back to being a Jedi. Is using the Force like riding a bike? -----signature----- And the Bartender Says... http://boards.theforce.net/Beyond_the_Saga/b10477/18513916/ Winner, Summer 2005 Fanfic Awards, Best Viggie: Wedge Antilles' Guide to Improvisational Parenting: http://boards.theforce.net/Beyond_the_Saga/b10477/18412918/
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Miana Kenobi Title: RSA & NSWFF Manager Moving across the pond Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 2/25/05 12:55am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	"I said clear your mind, Corran, not wonder what to do next," I answered, frowning at him. "And then what?" I was beginning to see why we used to train Jedi at birth. LOL!!! Your satire amuses me to no end, Lunes. It reminds me so much of... well, me. I'm always "father" when he's annoyed with me Oh yeah, that's how it is in my house. Except we add the "YOUR" bit. "Mother, YOUR husband did this... YOUR daughter did this..." And LMAO! I love Hobbie. Great job!! -----signature----- You can't take the sky from me. He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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padawan lunetta Registered: May '99	Date Posted: 2/25/05 12:18pm Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	RedGold: I just finally got around to reading this.. sorry it took so long... It's alright Anyway, I'm enjoying it a lot so far. I love your dialogue. Thanks! Had help with those from Jes and Myri...:) I can't wait to see what happens when he reaches the rebellion! GreatOne: Just popping in to let you know I'm enjoying this story very much. (even if there isn't any H/L in it, usually one of my main requirements for reading!) Awww I'm flattered then! Well they'll be in it... Jesina_Dreis: I love your explanation of why Hal needed Corran Thanks! And I think you wrote him telling him very well...poor Corran, having his entire identity shaken up like this Yeah....dashes off to hug her baby CodeName_Targeter: snickers That definetely amused me. Hehehehehe poor Corran giggles Awww, poor Hobbie. That's why I love him though, Hehehhehe, he was just a bit out of it. Hmmm, well this is defintely going to be interesting... Hal remembering how to be a Jedi and trying to teach Corran at the same time... Hehehhehe could be tough talkingbanana: chuckles at the last line Hehhehehhe As usual, that was fantastic. Thanks Hope Tycho gets better! We'll have to see Arin_Atona: Yet another nice update Thanks newbiewanmine RebelMom: I'm looking forward to their arrival at the base as well. Thanks Mommy SweetPea: Poor Hal. Poor Tycho. Poor Corran. I could go on... lol! Poor Hobbie, Poor Wes, Poor Wedge? Am anxious to see how Corran continues to react to the news about his Jedi heritage and his father's lies. (Hehe, I call my mom "Mother" when I'm mad at her. HEheheh same here...and you'll have to see... I wonder how easy/hard it is for Hal to go back to being a Jedi. Is using the Force like riding a bike? lol! Absolutely Miana Kenobi: LOL!!! Your satire amuses me to no end, Lunes. It reminds me so much of... well, me. LOL! Get off my wavelength! Oh yeah, that's how it is in my house. Except we add the "YOUR" bit. lol! Same here! And LMAO! I love Hobbie. Hehehehee me too! Great job!! Thanks! -----signature----- "You may marry a hutt if you like, just don't expect me to brag about my cute grandchildren." Hal Horn to Corran, I, Rebel Jacen\Jysella Forever!!!
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AvenKiel Registered: Oct '03	Date Posted: 2/26/05 12:47am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	This is so wonderful! Hal is so similar to Corran, but still distinct. I love it! -----signature----- I'm a naughty little Kitty... Meow! Grilled Cheese..... mmmmmmmmm..... http://www.livejournal.com/~jediliz/ I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't dance , sing and hop around all day, I'd probably die. Death from fidgeting!
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padawan lunetta Registered: May '99	Date Posted: 2/26/05 1:28am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/24/05, Chapter Three!)
	AvenKiel: This is so wonderful! Hal is so similar to Corran, but still distinct. I love it! Aww thanks! That means a lot ot me because I really studied up on Hal's character, and am hoping to do him right Here is Chapter Four! Chapter Four It was late by the time I finished with Tycho, and I was more exhausted then I'd been in years. I left him in the care of Hobbie, who'd set up a cot in the room. Despite the fact that I had told him I was a Jedi Knight, he had little faith in that which he could not see, and I feared he would not leave his friend's side until he could be certain that he would be well. Regardless of the late hour, I headed toward Corran's cabin, wondering if he was still awake. I was surprised to hear my own voice coming through the door, and realized that he must have found the recording I'd made for him five years ago. "I am making this recording for you, Corran, because there are things you should know. Being in Corsec can be dangerous and I don't want anything to happen to me that would prevent you from learning about our family. I hope and trust right now that we're sitting together watching this, laughing at how young I looked when I recorded it. If not, I want you to know I love you and have always been very proud of you." Well, we weren't sitting together, and since it'd only been five years, I could hardly have looked that much younger. At least, though, I was still alive to tell him first before he saw it. Although that blaster wound in the cantina had nearly stopped that. It wasn't an experience I'd care to repeat. Yes, Corsec life was dangerous, but the life of a Jedi was even more so. Particularly in these troubled times. From the room, my message continued. This will sound like a wild tale, but it is all true. Your grandfather, Rostek Horn, is really your step grandfather. As you know, he partnered with a Jedi before the Clone Wars, and that Jedi died serving away from Corellia, right after the Clone Wars. That Jedi, Nejaa Halcyon, was my father. He served as my Master and Knighted me just before he went away, promising to hold the ceremony when he returned. I was all of twenty years old when he died, and Rostek Horn saw to it that my mother, my wife and I, wanted for nothing. My mother and Rostek fell in love and married, and Rostek claimed me as his own son. More importantly, when the Empire began to hunt down Jedi and their families, he managed to destroy records and fabricate new ones that insulated us from the Emperor's wrath." I closed my eyes, suddenly dearly missing my own father. Relentlessly, my recording went on. "I know this is quite a secret to keep from you, but the deception was necessary. I know you, Corran, and know you would have been very proud of your heritage. You would have told others of it, sharing it with them, and that would have been your destruction. Lord Vader and the others hunting Jedi have been relentless. I have seen the results of their handiwork. Keeping you ignorant is keeping you safe. It's a terrible bargain to make, but the only one that can be made. "The Halcyon family is well known among the Corellian Jedi. We were well respected and many were the tributes to Nejaa Halcyon upon his death. You can find no record of them now, of course. What the Empire did not destroy, Rostek did destroy or hid away--he won't even tell me where the records are, but I cannot believe he would have allowed all traces of his friend to perish. The Halcyons were strong in the Force but not flashy or given to public displays of power. A word here, an act there, allowing people to choose between good or evil at their own speed and peril was more our way. "And so, here, with this message, I give you a choice. I will be proud of you and love you no matter what you choose. The fact that you say you want to join Corsec has filled me and your grandfather with more pride than you can imagine. There is no greater honor you could show us than to follow in our footsteps. I do want you to know, though, that my choice bridges two paths. While Rostek and my father worked together, Corsec and Jedi, I have used what I learned from my father to work within Corsec. In this way, I serve both the Halcyon and Horn traditions. "If you have the chance, if you feel the need, I hope you will also make yourself open to both traditions. It is not that being a Jedi is better than serving in Corsec--not at all. But there are so few who are able to become Jedi that to turn away from that path is a tragedy. I have been forced away from it. It is my hope that you will not also be barred from it and, if possible, that I will be able to instruct you the way my father instructed me. "There you have it, my son. Now you know more of who you are and what you have the potential to become. The only limits on you are the limits you will place on yourself. I know that whatever you will decide, it will be the right thing. You're that good, Corran, and that special. I will know great joy if you bring the Halcyons back into the Jedi Order, but even that will be nothing compared to the joy I know in having you as my son and knowing you are happy and well." At the end of it, I thought back to when I had first recorded it, and the hours I'd spent agonizing over exactly how to tell him. I have always longed to train Corran the way my father did me, but now that I had the opportunity, I found the idea overwhelming. What I had said in the message was true, I did employ the Force when hunting criminals, but only the slightest bit of it, so it would be all but undetectable should Darth Vader pay a surprise visit. My father had been an incredibly tough task master, and I could still well remember the lessons he taught me. But actively using them again turned out more tiring than I thought. Who was I, an out of practice Jedi Knight, to train an apprentice? I had a horrible vision of me stumbling through lessons for Corran, creating a sloppy mess out of us both. I feared for Corran, because once the training begins, the darkside beckons. Would I be able to teach him well enough to avoid it? What if the Emperor caught him and took over? Jedi training is tough, not only physically but emotionally as well. It would be the hardest thing he'd have to do, and among the most painful. Could I put my own son through that? I didn't know if I could. The door to the cabin opened, revealing my son. He stared at me. "How long have you been here?" "Long enough to hear my entire message." Corran nodded. "Second time I had Whistler run it," he studied me carefully. "You did look a lot younger then." I laughed slightly, and elbowed him. "It's only been five years, Corran." "Amazing how fast the gray can grow..." Running my hand self-consciously through my hair, I gave him a stern look. "Apparently this rebellion of yours teaches insolence." "Janson's an incredibly good teacher." Corran grinned. Then, he sobered slightly. "Dad...I wish to train." I took a deep breath, and rested my hand on his shoulder, meeting his gaze. "Are you sure? This must be a decision you make for you, Corran, not for me." Corran nodded. "Who else can do it, father? Luke can prank with the best of us pilots, even Janson, but there are times when he looks like he carries the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders." He met my eyes steadily. "Training to be a Jedi would be the best way I could help him, and you, bear it as well." Tightening my hand on his shoulder, I searched for what would become some of the hardest, and most important words I have spoken in my life. "Then I will train you." *** Early the next morning, after work out routines and breakfast, I decided to work with Corran on touching the Force. I decided part of the problem with the day before was we were both stressed out, and I really hadn't given him a direction. It probably wasn't very easy to just have a clear mind and try to sense the Force that way, so I figured out a different method. I sat Corran across from me in his cabin, and considered how to instruct him. "Corran, I'd like to try a different approach to you touching the Force. I'm going to reach out to you through it, and all you have to do is touch me back. All right?" Corran nodded hesitantly. "All right." Gently, I brushed my son's presence with the Force, much like my father used to do to me, which had always felt kind of like a warm pat on the shoulder. Then, almost too soft to tell, I felt Corran touch back, and a deep sense of pride filled my heart. My son had touched the Force! "Very good, Corran. Now, I want you to use your link to the Force, your link to me, to see if you can tell the difference between what is real and what is illusion." I decided to go with something easy at first, something that perhaps appealed to my vanity. Concentrating, I gave Corran the impression that I was twenty years younger, letting him see how I'd looked when he was first born. I heard a small gasp escape my son's lips, and the shock caused him to lose his hold on the Force. Corran shook his head, irritated. "I can see well enough for myself that that isn't real." "Can you close your eyes and tell me the same?" Corran frowned. "I wouldn't be able to see." I nodded. "Not with your eyes, certainly, but with the Force you could." "Are you going to drop it?" I think my youth was starting to disturb him. "Close your eyes, then, using the Force, your sense of me, I want you to tell me when I do." Corran looked doubtful. "I'll try." "With an attitude like that, you won't," I said, frowning at him. "I'd like you to tell me you will. Learning to use the Force is like learning to see again, or like learning to fly into battle with your squadron mates. If all you are able to believe in is yourself, you will fail." "All right," Corran said, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. "I will." "Good," I said, smiling slightly. I waited for him reach out and touch me again, this time less hesitant, and more solid. I allowed a couple minutes to go by, before slowly dropping the illusion. A moment later, a smile blossomed on Corran's face. "It's dropped." "Very good," I said, then created another one, this time changing my hair color to blonde and eyes to blue. "And how do I appear now?" Reflexively, Corran opened his eyes again, before he realized his mistake. "Sorry." "It's all right," I assured him, then regarded him curiously. "How were you able to tell when I'd dropped the illusion?" "I...could sense you manipulating the Force," Corran admitted after a moment. "But I couldn't see you looking any different." I nodded. "And that's why you opened your eyes again?" "Yes, sir." Well, it was a start. I had figured that it was going to take a lot for Corran to let go, to rely on anything but his own eyes and instincts. At least, though, he was starting to sense the Force. That is just as good a step as any to start on the path of a Jedi. I clasped his shoulders. "You'll get the hang of it, Corran, and soon you will find that the instincts you have learned to rely on throughout most of your life are actually manifestations of the Force." And once he came to understand that, he would be more able to trust in it. I only hoped that I was capable enough to help him to do that. -----signature----- "You may marry a hutt if you like, just don't expect me to brag about my cute grandchildren." Hal Horn to Corran, I, Rebel Jacen\Jysella Forever!!!
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son-of-kenobi Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 2/26/05 1:41am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/26/05, Chapter Four!)
	great stuff..wish i could post soo frequently..but my typing is so slow...btw..great story...i've never heard of the horn's or the halcyon's but i assum they are from post AOtC era...hmm? and after ROtJ this is good...like qui- teaching ani about midichlorians.. in TPM really good -----signature----- A Fastracked Future Episode 1: Finding The Future http://boards.theforce.net/Before_the_Saga/b10475/17494741/?0 A Fastracked Future Episode 2:The Jedi Attack http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/19281949/?12
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Jesina_Dreis Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 2/26/05 1:55am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/26/05, Chapter Four!)
	Love the incorporation of Hal's message to Corran about the family history. wishes Hal luck in getting Mister "I trust no one and nothing" to trust him and the Force Hal shouldn't doubt himself so much. Jes -----signature----- Stay safe, Ev Big sister to valin_halcyon Rest in Peace, Jeremy http://www.heatherjanes.com http://z9.invisionfree.com/downtime
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GreatOne Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 2/26/05 5:48am Subject: RE: I, Rebel (Hal Horn survives to join the Rebellion, AU, Updated 02/26/05, Chapter Four!)
	I think that Luke is going to appreciate having another Jedi around to help him carry the load.
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