A/N: This is my Au of Mhi Solus where Mina is Padme's sister (I do not know anything EU so Mina is her only sister)

Sorry its so short, but this is the prologue and i want to leave it here like this on a cliff hanger.

Fear. That was the only emotion that Mina could comprehend as the slavers dragged her away from her Naboo home, from her parents, from her big sister. The man who grabbed her was huge, a lumbering beast that smelt of alcohol and piss. Mina crinkled her nose and tried to silence her cries as she was shoved into a cramped cell aboard the slaver's ship. All she could do was hope that Padmé had gotten to safety before they took her too, and that rescue was coming for her.

Mina was backed into a small corner, in an attempt to protect herself as she cried. She had lost track of time a while ago, but she knew the ship had taken off and she was getting thirsty and hungry. Sleep threatened to overtake her but she was too afraid of the men who had stolen her away to do so, alas she could only stay awake for so long and soon succumbed to darkness.

Weeks passed, the slavers didn't speak to her, they only gave her enough food to keep her alive, they tried to sell her, but so far no one wanted the task of caring for a five year old slave. Mina shivered as the ship took off once again. She just wanted someone, anyone to save her. Suddenly the ship slowed, came to a stop and then she heard some one begin yelling.

"Get the guns you fucking idiots! It's that damned bounty hunter!"

"Yes sir!"

Suddenly several loud explosions echoed through the hull of the ship, followed by the sound of blaster fire. Mina was too afraid to think about crying out for help. She feared she would die here, without ever seeing her family again, she would never swim in Naboo's waters again, and she would die before she ever got a chance to live. The blaster fire had stopped, and all that was left in the silence was creaking of the damaged ship, and soft, broken sobs coming from the forgotten cell.