CHAPTER 3: RANDOM
"What do you mean the prince is missing?", King Solo is now furious to what one of his officials is telling him.
"Sir, nobody has ever seen Prince Han since the ceremony and the smuggling", said the official.
"If I may interrupt Sir, there is a message for you from an unknown sender", a silver human cyborg told the King.
"What? Go and play it!" King Solo commanded.
A holographic image of a human in a black mask is standing in like a dark storage room but perhaps some kind of a dusty starship, it's not clear. Then he started speaking. He told through the message what his purpose is for sending it. The thing that shocked everyone in the Palace's Main Office is the image of the now lying on the floor Prince Han Solo. The King himself made a loud gasp.
"Don't worry, he's still alive", the manly voice said in the message.
Somewhat, that phrase lessens the tension in the room. But the King is still worried about his son. After the message has ended, all the people in the room had their mouths hanging open. The man in the message demanded a very large amount of money Alderaan cannot afford to give at the moment. With the fact that the planet just experienced a smuggling that almost all their valuable things and money were stolen, they are also in great debt with their fellow planets in the Republic. They can't even afford to rebuild the buildings that were ruined due to the attack of the Empire and the wars.
This made King Solo frustrated and disappointed.
"What now?" he thought.
Meanwhile, in the Millennium Falcon, Chewie and Leia decided to put Han in the starship's bunk. Chewie made a teasing roar.
"I know what you're thinking Chewbacca, and it's not that! We still have to take care of stink brain and make sure he'll be back to Alderaan in one piece if we want our money to be certainly genuine", Leia defensively said. She knows that by her, insisting Han should be transferred in a more comfortable sleeping place than the Falcon's cold floor, Chewie thinks that she is concerned and is bit by bit being captured by his charms, "if there is any" Leia thought with a grin forming on her face.
After putting Han in the room, Leia and Chewie went to the Falcon's main room after hearing a certain alarm that signals something is going wrong.
"Chewie, check the hyperdrive. Did you fill the tank before pulling up?" Leia asked the Wookie, now confused on either what to say or do.
"I think we're losing power", Chewie said with a face that says 'yeah-it's-my-fault-Leia'
"What? We need to land on the nearest possible planet if you still want to live fuzz ball!" Leia exclaimed.
And without hesitation, Chewie, now sitting on the co-pilot's seat pushed the Falcon's various buttons, each with a certain turn. They unexpectedly landed on Endor.
"What the-? Chewie! Of all planets, why here?", Leia almost screamed as loud as she can, accompanied by hard shaking on the Wookie's body.
Chewie just made a roar that says 'I don't have a choice. Just bear with it, Leia' as they walk to the door.
An Ewok appeared at the edge of the Millennium Falcon's now opened door, welcoming old friends that haven't passed through the place since the attack of the Empire.
He gave a warm hug to Leia and Chewie and led its hand to the city, gesturing them to come and a certain ceremony is about to begin.
Before finally stepping her foot out of the Falcon, someone poked Leia at the back and before turning to see who it is, she made a large grin thinking that she already knows who that is.
"Oh, stink brain, how's your sleep?" Leia teasingly asked.
"Shut up woman! I'm not yet over on what you did to me in my ceremony! Plus, why did you struck me in the head with one of those gears? Are you really out of your mind?" Han finally said.
"Oh. Why don't you just thank me for doing that? See, you now have a little lump on your forehead. Poor cry baby. But don't worry, that would heal over time" Leia explained as she started walking out of the Falcon.
Han, who is now really angry, realized that showing her that he is affected by the happening on the ceremony and defeated by falling asleep would only make her more confident, so he tried pursuing his plan.
He followed Leia to the forest-like City of Endor with the Wookie and Ewok almost 10 steps ahead of Leia.
When he catched up to Leia, he immediately clung his right arm on the smuggler's neck, making Leia uncomfortable. This made Han grin because his plan is finally working and he would finally get back on this girl for ruining his life.
"Did your brain became stinkier?" Leia exclaimed.
Han just ignored her tease and proceeded to his plan. "Oh, sweetheart. I know our first meeting became a disaster because of my rude attitude, and so it was me, my bad. But I would like to start it all over again."
He held Leia on both shoulders by his two large hands, and so they are facing each other awkwardly right now. Then Han moved closer to Leia, which made the smuggler even more uncomfortable.
"My name is Prince Han Solo. Nice meeting you -?" Han pointed that he is asking for Leia's name by emphasizing the last part of his phrase as a question.
Leia swallowed as if a large rock is stuck on her pharynx. Just as she is about to say something ridiculous to the Prince, a voice called her name, which made Leia really mad because for some reason she wants Han to not know her name.
"Leia!" exclaimed Luke.
Luke hurriedly went to her sister who he hasn't seen for a long time. He has stayed with the Ewoks since the Empire's destruction.
With Leia becoming a smuggler, she never wanted Luke to see her as this because she is ashamed of herself.
Another factor of Leia not wanting to see Luke is this:
"Woah! Sis. Who is he? You now have a boyfriend?" Luke teased.
He always teases Leia almost about everything, but most of the time, with her "love life"
"Miss Leia, are you okay?" said C-3PO, followed by a beep from R2-D2.
This made Leia be back to reality.
"What? This stink brain? Over my dead body! Ew, Luke? " Leia finally gained her strength to resist and speak.
Luke just gave her sister a laugh, like what he always does every time they do this teasing session.
"So, your name is Leia, my darling! That is just a wonderful name. It's so beautiful, just like you..." Han said directly to Leia, his eyes only focused on the smuggler's face.
This made Luke confused, then his eyes began to widen, then a grin formed on his face.
Before Leia could say anything, he immediately teased her sister again.
"Wow! Sis! Your boyfriend sure is so in love with you!" Luke said preventing himself in making a loud laugh.
"Luke, shut it! He is not my boyfriend!", her tone began to sound serious that made her brother pay attention to her.
"And you, will you quit it? Stink brain!" this time, it is now addressed to Han. Leia's glare did not work on Han, instead, it made him even say phrases like this:
"Boyfriend? Well, I am a boy, and we're now friends!" Han said to Luke.
"By the way, I'm Prince Han Solo of Alderaan. Nice meeting you, Luke."
Before Luke could start teasing Leia again, an Ewok came and interrupted them. The creature made loud squeezing-like sounds.
"Sir, I am afraid that it's getting dark and the Ewok says that the ceremony is about to start," said C-3PO.
"Come on guys, you sure don't want to miss the ceremony," Luke said.
Author's Note: The setting of the story is that time after the Empire is destructed, and as you may read, Alderaan is still there, though it was ruined in Episode IV. I just made it up, that's why. And as for Luke, I don't know if I would include his thing about being a Jedi in this story, I'm not sure yet. And it's also not clear why Luke is in Endor, some things I still have to work on. This story is really messy, please bear with me since this is my first one, and I'm not a pro. So yeah. Thanks for reading :) Next chapter will be coming.