Leia Organa Solo laid on her bed reading the most recent book, "A Christmas Carol: A Family Tradition", by her favorite author, who was also her favorite actress: Lilly Martin.
Leia knew it was dumb of her to think that the girl Lilly Martin portrayed could be real; she was just an actress in her favorite holo-films: The girl from Earth.
The holofilm was about a teen, Ace Steele, a girl who lived in the past. Or, more specifically, Earth. The teenager got dragged to the future: the time that they lived in now. She had to make a living, and fortunately for her she knew a lot about their time period, because to them back in her time period, their lives were movies, or what they called now, holofilms. The irony of it all was that to them now, Ace's time period was just a holofilm. The new updated holofilm that was coming out today actually, was going to be the last in the series, or so it was told. Leia wanted desperately to see it, because it summed up her whole life. She was dying to know if the girl got to go home, or remained in this time period to live out her life.
With the fame that being in the holofilm had brought Lilly Martin, she lived an extravagant life. And the new book she had just written, a sequel to "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, only bought her more fame. She had told everyone that before they read her book, to read "A Christmas Carol", otherwise they would never understand what she was talking about in her book.
So Leia had read Charles Dickens book, and now was reading Lilly Martin's book. She hadn't even gotten done with the first captivating chapter, before her husband, Han Solo, came walking into the bedroom.
He stopped when he saw the datapad in his wife's hands. "Uh oh…. Please tell me you're not reading another chick book…" He half asked, half pleaded. When Leia started reading books like that, she got emotional sometimes, and the Leia he knew was not emotional. And he liked it that way.
"Just for your information Han Solo, this is not a 'chick book' as you call it. It just happens to be the greatest book since the dawn of time. Its 'A Christmas Carol: A Family Tradition'." She retorted, shutting off the datapad and moving out of the way before Han could grab it from her. She rolled off the bed, and put it away.
"The fact that its going to make you cry is in the name! 'A Family Tradition'! Leia someones about to fall in love and probably die and everyone will cry and then there's this tradition they always had and they carry it on and-"
"Han Solo don't you even go there!" Leia slapped him playfully on the arm, but half seriously meant it. She was a lot like Lilly's character, Ace. She hated when people talked against her fandoms.
Han laughed and put an arm around his wife's waist, drawing her to him. He planted a kiss on her lips. When they separated, Leia smiled.
"How about we go see the premiere of the holo flick tonight?" She asked, standing on her tippy toes and looking at him with pleading, eager eyes.
Han groaned. "Leia I'll make you a deal. If you go to the smashball game with me tomorrow, I'll go with you to the holo flick. Deal?"
Leia jumped up and down excitedly, screaming. Han had never seen her happier. Well, that is, if you count out when he proposed to her, their wedding day, when she found out she was pregnant with the twins, Jaina and Jacen, and when she found out she was pregnant with Anakin. She jumped into his arms. You'd think she'd just won the lottery.
"Thank you!" She squealed.
After a few moments of claiming his wife down, Han suggested that they get some lunch. The still excited Leia agreed.
The two talked as they walked down the corridor of the Jedi Temple. They discussed the holofilm, and the smashball game, and all the while, Leia was practically skipping. The two had just turned the corner, and were about 20 yards from the dining room, when an odd buzzing sound was heard by both. Both looked around, then at each other.
"What the Force is that sound?" Han asked. But he didn't have to wait long for an answer.
Out of nowhere, something fell not 10 feet from where he and his wife were standing. It hit with a thud on the marble floor, and the two stood momentarily stunned.
Right before their eyes was none other, than either the fictional character of Leias book, Ace Steele, or the actress Lily Martin who portrayed her.
She was unmistakable. She looked just like she did in the previews for her new movie. Long, reddish, brownish, goldish hair, bright, beautiful, big, hazel eyes, and freckles. Her eyeliner was done with a little "wing" on the side of each eye, and her lipstick was light, but noticeable. She was dressed in skinny black jeans, a black v-neck shirt, and a black, leather jacket that was open.
The girl was stunned. She got up quickly from where she had been dropped, and looked around. She immediately noticed Han and Leia, and her eyes widened. She turned as white as a sheet.
Leia looked the same way. Never had she expected to meet her favorite actress, or, character, or whoever this person was, but now she was standing right in front of her.
Leia tried to speak, but the girl started like a cat with water poured on it. She took off running like a rocket, using her long legs to reach a maximum stride with ease.
Luckily for all of them, Luke, Leias twin brother, and his wife Mara, came walking around the corner at that time. The only misfortune was that Ace didn't have time to react before she slammed right into Luke and Mara, sending all three of them flying. But before she even hit the ground, Ace was starting to run again.
But both Mara and Luke grabbed her, and getting up, Luke held the fighting girl tightly, while Han and Leia rushed over.
"Let me go!" The girl screamed, kicking around aimlessly.
"If you quit fighting me, maybe I'll loosen my grip on you" Luke said, tightening his grip.
The girl stopped fighting, and Luke slowly loosened his grip, but not completely.
Mara looked at her sister-in -law, who was still shocked and couldn't speak. She inwardly smirked, which received a mental "nudge" from her husband through the force. But Mara couldn't help it. Seeing the prime minister Leia Solo speechless for once in her life, when usually she couldn't shut her mouth, made Mara happier than it should have.
"Who are you?" Mara asked the teen, after her thoughts were interrupted by Luke's force nudge. The girl looked at Mara.
The teens eyes widened, "Y'all are real." she said, shocked.
"Of course we are" Han said, but just then, recognized her. "No way. You CAN'T be real!"
Leia finally got her wits about her and steps towards the girl. "Are you..." But she couldn't finish.
"Ace Steele!" The girl almost shouted, pulling out of Luke's grip. Both couples just stared at the girl, and the teen was very uncomfortable about it. She looked from one to another, shocked by what was in front of her.
Leia realized why Ace was just as shocked as she was. In the holofilm, what was called "Star Wars" was Ace's biggest fandom. Star Wars was about the Skywalkers life, starting with Leia and Luke's grandmother and Father. It reached all the way down to Leia and Hans children, and Luke and Maras son. In the movie in which Lilly Martin portrayed Ace, a new movie about Star Wars was going to come out in a year. In the movie, Mara died, and Leia's son turned to the dark side. The Solo's and Skywalkers hadn't appreciated that, but they couldn't stop it. "Freedom of the Press" the production agency had called it.
After a moment, Ace spoke. "Look, obviously I've been under too much stress and am having a mental breakdown, and because of the breakdown I'm imagining you guys. Somebody please tell me that's all this is."
If there was one thing that this girl was, it wasn't frightened. It was more like confused, Mara thought to herself. Luke picked up on her thought, and realized that they should all try to be a little more understanding. This poor kid had no idea what was going on anymore than they did.
"Listen, this is no mental breakdown. We are the real Skywalkers and Solo's. I would introduce ourselves to you, but obviously you already know us, and we already know you. Technically anyway." Luke said, using a kinder tone of voice.
Ace took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "So, let me just think about this for a moment. I'm in the Star Wars universe, most likely on Coruscant. I am in the Jedi Temple do doubt, surrounded by three Jedi, Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker, and Leia Solo, and a smuggler, Han Solo. This is weirder than my weirdest dreams."
Han assessed the situation also, but, realizing this could be a publicity stunt, crossed his arms. "How can you prove that you're really THE Ace Steele?" He asked.
Leia almost screamed at him. "Han! She just fell out of thin air! That more proof do you want? I can't believe-" She was about to lecture him on thinking, but Ace cut her off.
"No, Leia, Its quite alright" WIth that, Ace pulled out an IPhone from her back pocket. "If this isn't proof, I don't know what is."
Han reached out to take it, but knowing he'd probably break it, Leia took it first. She turned it on, much to everyones surprise.
"How did you..." Mara asked, looking over her sister-in-laws shoulder to see.
"You forget that in the first movie, she takes out her phone, turns it on, and puts in her password, which is 0916, which is her birthday month, 09, or September, and 16, the day." Leia said proudly, putting in the password. No surprise, to her anyway, the phone unlocked.
Aces mouth was hanging open. She was shocked that someone knew even her phone password, when not even her family or friends knew it, much less fictional characters, or, people who were supposed to be fictional anyway.
Leia, knowing only that much about how to use a phone, turned it off and handed it back to Ace. She took it cautiously, and put it back in her pocket.
Han knew now for a fact that this was in fact, the real Ace Steele. "Force kid, how did you get here?" He asked.
Ace grimaced. "Its kinda unbelievable..."
"Just tell us" Mara said, suddenly interested also.
"Alright..." Ace started sighing. "I was with Lizzy and-"
Luke cut her off. "Wait, whos 'Lizzy'?"
Leia sighed. "You guys are pathetic. Lizzy is short for Elizabeth, who is her best friend. Just incase other names pop up, Ari is short for Arianna, another best friend. Then there's Hannah and Dana, also best friends. Any others, just ask about."
Everyone looked at Leia incredulously, and Ace was visibly not very comfortable with someone knowing her life story apparently better than she did.
She continued. "Yea… So anyway, my laptop started freaking out and-"
This time Leia cut her off to explain to the others. "A laptop is like a datapad, just with a keyboard and its not touchscreen."
Ace turned to her, wanting to say something, but held her tongue. "Yea, that. It started freaking out and shut off. Then in the window, there was like a picture-"
"Holo Image" Leia interrupted. Ace bit her tongue to keep from lashing out. If there was one thing she hated, it was being interrupted.
"AND I touched it, and here I am."
"Well that was dumb to touch it." Han mumbled, earning a sharp elbow to the ribs from his wife.
"You'll have to excuse him." Leia said, ever the diplomat. "Hes a scoundrel at times."
Ace almost laughed, and nodded. "Yes, I know. And he's your, ah hem, fly boy" Ace couldn't help saying that, and it earned a round of laughs from Luke and Mara, along with Ace. Han and Leia on the other hand turned red.
Han was first to recuperate from the embarrassing situation. "Uh, look kid, I don't really appreciate being called that by anyone but my wife. If I remember correctly, you don't like being called your real name, isn't that right, H-"
Leia immediately stepped forward, as did Mara. They intercepted a fist that would have connected with Hans face. Well, Mara did actually. Leia just stood in between the two and faced Han.
"Han, don't call her by that name. You know she doesn't want to be called that." Leia said. If her eyes could have shot flames at her husband, he would have been nothing but ashes by now.
Mara moved the girl several feet away from the smuggler, and let go of her fist. Ace growled but stayed calm. "I never honestly thought I could be mad at someone from my biggest fandom" She thought to herself.
Mara, not meaning to, picked up on the girls thought. "Fandom? What do you mean? Han's a fandom of yours?" She asked before she could stop herself, confused.
Leia turned around, but before she could say anything, Ace spoke up, speaking to Leia first.
"I can explain my life to her just as well as you can, and in fact, better. Please let me explain it by myself." Luke noticed that the way Ace said it, it sounded like she was pleading with his sister. He knew how awkward this must be for the girl, as it was awkward for them too.
"Not Han specifically" Ace continued, turning to Mara. "How can I say this without sounding like a stalker? All of you technically. On Earth, your lives are movies, or what you call holofilms. And apparently my life is the same way here."
"Why don't we continue this discussion while eating some lunch?" Han said. As if on cue, his stomach growled that deep, loud growl it made when he was in the mood for a sandwich. The five of them laughed, and agreed with him.
They all went to the dining room where their talk continued, and about halfway through lunch, just as Ace finished talking to Mara about Ben, her and Luke's son, Hans comm went off. He muttered something that sounded like Corielean for "that stupid...".
"What's wrong dear?" Leia asked her husband, as Ace took a break from explaining what she knew about their lives to take a few bites of a sandwich.
"We're going to have a visitor." Han grumbled back, obviously not pleased.
"Who? We weren't supposed to be bothered for-" Leia started, but was interrupted by the whoosh of the door opening.
In walked Lando Calrissian. He received glares from both Mara and Han more than anyone else. It had been rumored that Mara and Lando had had a "thing" going, but that idea had been soon dismissed when the former Emperors Hand had threatened to kill any reporter who said anything else about it, because it wasn't true. And to them, Mara's threats were taken seriously.
But Lando was in high spirits, and walked over to Leia. "Ah, Princess. As beautiful as ever I see." He said in his smug way, and kissed her hand.
Leia rolled her eyes slightly. "Hello Lando." She said coolly.
Ignoring the coldness from his friends, he kissed Maras hand also. "Ah, Jade, as pretty as ever."
"Can it Calrissian" Mara said, retracting her hand immediately. Luke couldn't help but smile. How could anyone have even thought that she and Lando had been an item? She hated the man's guts.
Lando, still being in the good mood he was in from the start, shook hands with Luke and Han. "Not too shabby." He said smiling, glancing at the two men.
Then, for the first time, he noticed the girl on the other side of the table, who had her head down looking at her food, not wanting to interrupt the group. This was one time everyone wished that the girl didn't have such fine manners. "Well what do we have here?" Lando asked, surprised.
Ace looked up at him from where she sat and rose. Lando's face registered complete shock as he recognized the girl who was almost as tall as he was.
"Is that-" He started, but Luke cut him off.
"Yes Lando. Thats Ace Steele. The REAL Ace Steele, not the actrice Lilly Martin." Luke said, walking over next to Ace and putting a hand on the girls shoulder.
"Well- I-" But Lando couldn't speak anymore. He was shocked. Perhaps, more shocked than the others had been when they first saw her.
Ace held out her hand. "Nice to meet you Lando." But Lando couldn't respond. He just stood there in shock. He was in fact, so shocked, that he had to sit down quickly, or else he would have fainted.