This is the first Star Wars fanfic I've written. I've finished it, and I'll
post it here bit by bit. I'm also working on sequels to this story. This
story takes place around 15 years after Return of the Jedi.
DISCLAIMER: Most of the characters are mine, the Messinian system is mine, but Star Wars isn't mine. I'm a crazy fan who has way too much time on my hands, who uses that time to write about Star Wars, nothing more.
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Flight to Tatooine
Chapter One
As the morning sun shone on the royal gardens, Princess Mimi Rafaa was contentedly lounging on one of the many stone benches that lay throughout the gardens. One of Mimi's favorite pastimes was exploring the seemingly endless gardens that surrounded the palace. Mimi sat there, twirling a bright orange long stemmed flower in her right hand. Mimi saw something in the corner of her eye, and she looked up to see a sleek starship zooming higher and higher. She recognized the ship as the Grand Parade, belonging to King Ronan of Gessitonia. Though Mimi had only briefly met the king, she knew he often paid visits to her planet, Messinia, to visit and gamble with her father, King Jon of Messinia. All of last nigh King Ronan had been in the palace, involved in a high-stakes sabacc game with Mimi's father. Mimi stood up, and began the walk back to the palace. The royal gardens were vast and dense, and dusk would come soon, so it took her good time to make the trek back to the palace.
Mimi walked down the long corridor that held the main bedrooms. The guest bedrooms were in adjacent corridors. As Mimi neared her father's bedchamber, she stopped in front of the door, considering for a moment to knock on the door. She was curious about the game of sabacc he played with King Ronan, and concerned too. Just a few months before, it became known her father had gambled with the citizen's tax money, and the action had lost him much respect among the people. She had always been concerned about her father's gambling, as her mother had been. She knew that had ultimately ended her parent's marriage. Mimi put her ear up against the door. She could hear her father muttering to himself. She thought she could also here him pacing back and forth. She now feared the worst. He acted this way whenever there was a problem. She only hoped he had lost his own money this time. Mimi sighed and walked further down the hall to her own room. No need to bother him now.
Mimi had only been in her room a few minutes before there was a knock on the door. Mimi was expecting her music instructor, who was from her mother's home planet of Faahrin. He came daily to teach Mimi how to play the Sirl, an instrument popular on Faahrin. Instead, when she opened the door, she saw Keith Sim, One of her father's advisers. Keith Sim was an ambassador from Faahrin, and was a good friend of Mimi's mother. Mimi's face immediately brightened at the sight of the ambassador. "Why Ambassador Sim!" she cried with delight, she hadn't seen him in two weeks, since he left on a diplomatic trip to Faahrin. "We didn't expect you back for two more standard days!" The Faahrinian beamed at her and replied, "Yes, I know. But I decided to come back just a bit early. Your mother, she does well." "Oh!" said Mimi, "I'm so glad." After Mimi's mother, Queen Lena of Faahrin, divorced Mimi's father when she was eight, she moved back to her home planet, so Mimi didn't see her mother as much as she would have liked. So it was always nice when she heard from her, even if through the words of Keith Sim. "Oh, by the way," Mimi said, suddenly remembering something, "How is your daughter?" "Oh," Keith Sim said, "yes, Kira is doing well. In fact, well, of course, you know the death of my wife upset both Kira and me quite a bit, and I know the girl has been lonely living with her aunt. I would so prefer to be nearer to her, though for the longest time that has been impossible due to my position as Royal Advisor. "Though now, she is almost fourteen, and that is the age schooling ends on Faahrin, and I have decided that she should no longer be so far away from me, and with the permission of your father, hope to bring her to live here soon." Mimi was excited about this news. She had always heard Keith talk about his daughter Kira, and longed to meet her. She knew how hard it had been for Keith to leave his daughter behind on Faahrin while he was so far away on Messinia. But she also knew how important the position of Royal Advisor meant to Keith Sim. Faahrin was uninhabited for many years until six refugees from an unknown planet discovered it. They started the whole population of Faahrinians, a population that grew, and eventually split up into six different tribes. Unfortunately, many civil wars broke out among the tribes, wars that had been going on for years, and continued to that day. Fortunately, there was a peace between the tribes now, though it was an uneasy one. Sadly, due to their different, sometimes strange customs, the fact they withdraw from the rest of the galaxy, and sometime exotic looks due to genes belonging to a long-lost species of humanoid aliens that had become mixed in with their own, The Faahrinians were often not treated like humans, despite the fact they were genetically human. Mimi stood there silently thinking of all this, when Keith Sim broke the silence. "Now I shall go talk to your father." He said, "I must inform him I am back, and ask his permission for Kira to move here." He started walking down the hall when Mimi stopped him. "Wait!" she said, "I must warn you; my father and King Ronan of Gessitonia were at a game of sabacc all of last night. And now I fear my father lost the game, and whatever he had bet in it." Keith Sim stood there silently for a moment, and then said, "Yes, my dear princess, I fear you may be right." He sighed. "Yes your father takes great risks. Perhaps sometimes too great. Try not to worry about it, my dear. Everything shall work out in the end." And with that, Keith Sim disappeared down the hall. Seeing her dear old friend made Mimi feel better. Yes, she thought, everything would work out in the end.
DISCLAIMER: Most of the characters are mine, the Messinian system is mine, but Star Wars isn't mine. I'm a crazy fan who has way too much time on my hands, who uses that time to write about Star Wars, nothing more.
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Flight to Tatooine
Chapter One
As the morning sun shone on the royal gardens, Princess Mimi Rafaa was contentedly lounging on one of the many stone benches that lay throughout the gardens. One of Mimi's favorite pastimes was exploring the seemingly endless gardens that surrounded the palace. Mimi sat there, twirling a bright orange long stemmed flower in her right hand. Mimi saw something in the corner of her eye, and she looked up to see a sleek starship zooming higher and higher. She recognized the ship as the Grand Parade, belonging to King Ronan of Gessitonia. Though Mimi had only briefly met the king, she knew he often paid visits to her planet, Messinia, to visit and gamble with her father, King Jon of Messinia. All of last nigh King Ronan had been in the palace, involved in a high-stakes sabacc game with Mimi's father. Mimi stood up, and began the walk back to the palace. The royal gardens were vast and dense, and dusk would come soon, so it took her good time to make the trek back to the palace.
Mimi walked down the long corridor that held the main bedrooms. The guest bedrooms were in adjacent corridors. As Mimi neared her father's bedchamber, she stopped in front of the door, considering for a moment to knock on the door. She was curious about the game of sabacc he played with King Ronan, and concerned too. Just a few months before, it became known her father had gambled with the citizen's tax money, and the action had lost him much respect among the people. She had always been concerned about her father's gambling, as her mother had been. She knew that had ultimately ended her parent's marriage. Mimi put her ear up against the door. She could hear her father muttering to himself. She thought she could also here him pacing back and forth. She now feared the worst. He acted this way whenever there was a problem. She only hoped he had lost his own money this time. Mimi sighed and walked further down the hall to her own room. No need to bother him now.
Mimi had only been in her room a few minutes before there was a knock on the door. Mimi was expecting her music instructor, who was from her mother's home planet of Faahrin. He came daily to teach Mimi how to play the Sirl, an instrument popular on Faahrin. Instead, when she opened the door, she saw Keith Sim, One of her father's advisers. Keith Sim was an ambassador from Faahrin, and was a good friend of Mimi's mother. Mimi's face immediately brightened at the sight of the ambassador. "Why Ambassador Sim!" she cried with delight, she hadn't seen him in two weeks, since he left on a diplomatic trip to Faahrin. "We didn't expect you back for two more standard days!" The Faahrinian beamed at her and replied, "Yes, I know. But I decided to come back just a bit early. Your mother, she does well." "Oh!" said Mimi, "I'm so glad." After Mimi's mother, Queen Lena of Faahrin, divorced Mimi's father when she was eight, she moved back to her home planet, so Mimi didn't see her mother as much as she would have liked. So it was always nice when she heard from her, even if through the words of Keith Sim. "Oh, by the way," Mimi said, suddenly remembering something, "How is your daughter?" "Oh," Keith Sim said, "yes, Kira is doing well. In fact, well, of course, you know the death of my wife upset both Kira and me quite a bit, and I know the girl has been lonely living with her aunt. I would so prefer to be nearer to her, though for the longest time that has been impossible due to my position as Royal Advisor. "Though now, she is almost fourteen, and that is the age schooling ends on Faahrin, and I have decided that she should no longer be so far away from me, and with the permission of your father, hope to bring her to live here soon." Mimi was excited about this news. She had always heard Keith talk about his daughter Kira, and longed to meet her. She knew how hard it had been for Keith to leave his daughter behind on Faahrin while he was so far away on Messinia. But she also knew how important the position of Royal Advisor meant to Keith Sim. Faahrin was uninhabited for many years until six refugees from an unknown planet discovered it. They started the whole population of Faahrinians, a population that grew, and eventually split up into six different tribes. Unfortunately, many civil wars broke out among the tribes, wars that had been going on for years, and continued to that day. Fortunately, there was a peace between the tribes now, though it was an uneasy one. Sadly, due to their different, sometimes strange customs, the fact they withdraw from the rest of the galaxy, and sometime exotic looks due to genes belonging to a long-lost species of humanoid aliens that had become mixed in with their own, The Faahrinians were often not treated like humans, despite the fact they were genetically human. Mimi stood there silently thinking of all this, when Keith Sim broke the silence. "Now I shall go talk to your father." He said, "I must inform him I am back, and ask his permission for Kira to move here." He started walking down the hall when Mimi stopped him. "Wait!" she said, "I must warn you; my father and King Ronan of Gessitonia were at a game of sabacc all of last night. And now I fear my father lost the game, and whatever he had bet in it." Keith Sim stood there silently for a moment, and then said, "Yes, my dear princess, I fear you may be right." He sighed. "Yes your father takes great risks. Perhaps sometimes too great. Try not to worry about it, my dear. Everything shall work out in the end." And with that, Keith Sim disappeared down the hall. Seeing her dear old friend made Mimi feel better. Yes, she thought, everything would work out in the end.