Somewhere in space, Later the same day
Han Solo wondered where the princess had wandered off to. His ship wasn't that big. He wondered if he had imagined the young girl aboard his ship. He walked into the lounge and looked around. He then heard someone crying. He looked around to see if he could find where the sound was coming from. He then noticed the slide door above the acceleration couch, which housed a small cabin with a bed that he normally just used for storage, was slightly opened.
He looked in and found Leia curled up in a ball. He lightly touched her arm. "Leia, are you alright?"
Leia jumped and tried to wipe the tears away. "Yes, I just…"
"Hey look, if you're having second thoughts, I can take you back."
"No," she shouted, "I won't go back and be forced to marry." She looked at him, 'oh my, he has hazel eyes.' She smiled at him. "You don't mind me using this for my cabin? I mean, I don't want to be a bother and this seemed to be the smallest space for me to take up."
"No, by all mean's it's yours, the other option is the crew cabin. It's bigger than this, if you need to stretch out."
"No this will be fine, besides if you hadn't noticed I'm not that tall. This will be comfortable enough."
Han looked at the cabin, "Well I guess when we get to Tatooine we'll have to get some new linens." He looked at her small duffle bag then noticed that she was still wearing the same white gown she had been wearing since he rescued her off the Death Star. "Do you have any other clothes?"
"No, rest of my travel gear was on my ship. I had to leave it and the rest of my belongings were on…" She tried to hold back the tears as she thought about her home planet.
"Hey it's alright," he placed his hand on hers, "We'll get you some new clothes."
2 days later, Docking bay 94, Mos Eisley, Tatooine
Because in her current state Leia stayed on the ship, knowing that if she stepped off she would be recognized. She hoped that Han and Chewie would be fine, that Jabba would forgive them for the delay in paying him back. Fortunately the reward that he had received for rescuing her was sufficient to pay off the Hutt. Han and Chewie returned to the ship with several bags. Like he had promised he bought new linens for her bed and a couple of outfits.
Leia looked at the trousers and shirts, which looked like mini version of his own clothes. "Who am I supposed to be, your twin?"
Han chuckled, "Well your worship, if you're gonna travel on my ship as part of my crew, you've got to look the part."
"Fine, let me go try them on."
Leia walked out of the cabin in the spacer's outfit, which was too big for her. Han laughed, "I guess we'll have to fit them to you, I was unsure of your size."
Coruscant, current time
Han gave Leia more painkillers and she drifted off to sleep. He was called back to the cockpit when Chewie had made contact.
'Unidentified YT-1300 please state your business," Han heard the controller say.
Han flipped on the comm., "We have an emergency, requesting permission to land and medical personnel waiting."
'Please transmit your identification codes.' Han pushed a button to transmit one of his false identities. 'Permission to land, please state passengers and the emergency.'
"Two human adults, one male one female, one child, female three standard years and one adult Wookiee," Han knew letting Coruscant know that a Wookiee was travelling with a human might give them away, but he didn't care. Leia and his unborn child lives were in danger. "The adult female is pregnant and in labor with complications." Han closed the comm.
"Daddy, are mommy and the baby going to be ok?"
Han didn't know what to say to his daughter. He knew that they could very well die if Leia didn't get the help she needed. He also knew that if they landed on Coruscant that if he was recognized then he would be arrested. While Leia had gone with him willingly, and always said that she would never go back to the alliance after the way they were going to treat her, he knew that he had a bounty on his head. The bounty was much higher than the reward that he had received.
Coruscant, Somewhere in the city
Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, was in deep meditation when he suddenly felt a familiar presence. It was a person he had only met once in his life, yet when he had met her he had felt an instant connection to her. He knew who it was, the princess, and his long lost sister. During his Jedi training on Dagobagh with Mater Yoda it was revealed that he wasn't an only child, while Yoda was reluctant to reveal the identity of his sister, in order to protect her, he soon learned who she was. After Darth Vader, his father, and the Emperor had died during the battle over Endor, he returned to his Master's home where he was told who she was.
He stretched out into the Force to see if he could find where she was. He was told that she too was strong in the Force, but her powers were latent. He could feel her, she was over the city-wide planet and she was in pain, a lot of pain. He searched around the area where he felt her and found two other presences that he had met at one time, a Wookiee and a human male. 'So she is still with him, if he's the cause of her pain,' He thought, he took a deep breath, 'no, I cannot give into my anger towards him for taking her.' He continued to search the area where he found another presence, which was small, 'a child perhaps,' whoever it was; she was very strong in the Force.
Aboard the Falcon, One standard year after leaving Yavin IV
Leia learned that being a member of the Millennium Falcon's crew was no easy task. There was always something to repair, or maintain just to keep the old freighter going. She didn't mind, she liked doing repairs. Occasionally she caught herself staring at her captain. She knew that she was attracted to him, but she would never say anything about it, she often thought that he wouldn't be interested in her because of the age difference.
Leia was working in the circulatory bay when suddenly she felt the ship lurch. She ran to the cockpit to see what had happened.
As soon as she got to the cockpit Han yelled at her, "Better get the guns warmed up, looks like we've got trouble." Leia didn't question her captain, she immediately ran to fire up the main guns and descended to the lower gun turret, Han soon joined her at the top gun. "All ready, sweetheart?"
"Yes, captain." She felt her heart beating faster, and it wasn't because of the wave of TIE's coming after them, it was because he had just called her 'sweetheart.'
The first wave of TIE's came towards them and Han hit two who came above the ship. Leia missed the first one that came from below, "Look sweetheart, this isn't training anymore; you better keep your eyes open."
"I'm trying captain; they're coming in too fast!" Another TIE came in from below, she fired. Her shots went wild when Chewie sent the ship in to a barrel dive. "That one wasn't my fault!" Soon another TIE came into view and Leia hit it dead center. Leia hit the next few that came into her range. Soon she and Han had destroyed the first wave of TIE's.
Leia heard Han say over the comm., "Hey Chewie you got the calculations for lightspeed yet?" She then heard the Wookiee's growled response. "Well, you better hurry; the second wave is on its way!" He then turned his attention to Leia, "Don't go to sleep just yet, here they come!"
Leia turned her attention to the new wave of TIE's on their way; she let them take the first shot before she started firing on them. Soon the TIE's were destroyed and moments later she watched as the stars became lines as the Falcon sped off into lightspeed.
Leia climbed up her ladder as Han came down his. He stepped off and then helped her out of the hole. He lifted her up and their eyes met. She smiled at him and he smiled at her lopsidedly. "You were great, sweetheart."
"You weren't half bad yourself, captain." He began to lower his head to hers, but was stopped when they heard Chewbacca's roar.
Han snapped to attention, "What is it Chewie, damage report." Chewbacca roared off a list, "Oh that bad, yeah we'll have to stop for repairs." He gave Leia a quick nod then rushed off to check on the damages.
