CHAPTER 4 : HIDDEN SECRETS
The Ewok Ceremony is actually a wedding celebration of their King and the Queen, so apparently, most of the guests are couples.
The three arrived at the place and a small but beautiful girl approached them.
"Luke!" the girl said. She stood beside him.
"I would like you to meet my fiance, Mara Jade." Luke said.
"I didn't know you're getting married, Luke" Leia teased.
"I didn't even know you're hanging out with a prince Leia. What happened to your smuggling business with Chewie?" Luke teased back.
Before Leia could tease again, an Ewok spoke to them to find seats because the ceremony is about to start.
The event has a round stage with an entrance and an exit for people flashing themselves in the stage. So for the seats of the audience, since they got a lot of entrances and exits, there are two seats for every way. The ceremony is for couples anyway.
The first two seats were occupied by Mara and Luke. The second one is by Han and Leia.
"Don't get too happy stink brain. I'm sitting here because I don't have a choice" Leia said.
"Sweetheart, I'm more than happy to sit beside you," Han said as he cling his right arm onto Leia's shoulders.
"Would you stop that?" Leia said as she put the Prince's arm away.
"You don't like it, sweety? How about a hug?" Han continued grinning.
Before Leia could speak again, Luke turned around and the scenario was like Leia trying to harass Han and get a hug.
"Oh sis, don't get too obvious. Prince Han here might want to give free hugs later. You'll get your chance"
"Luke, shut up." Leia gave her most dangerous glare.
Luke, Mara and Chewie laughed, while R2-D2 made a loud beep.
"Oh, my!" C-3PO said out of the blue.
The ceremony started with the queen of the Ewoks arriving from almost nowhere to the center of the stage. She wears her most pleasing blue gown that is perhaps, her wedding dress. Alongside is her husband, the King of the Ewoks, confidently walking towards her queen.
"They are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary today" an Ewok said which C-3PO then translated for the humans to understand.
"Ewoks who do honor their marriage would receive a more longer wedding life"
"They work on humans too" another one said.
After the ceremony, there is a kind of a party held and the guests danced at the center though some preferred to sit and talk with others.
"Let's dance, Luke!" Mara said.
Luke agreed by letting himself come to Mara's forceful pull.
"Leia, I know you want to dance with the Prince. But I don't think he wants to dance with you. You can dance with Chewie if you want," Luke teased as he leave and get mixed with the others dancing on the dance floor.
Chewie laughed as Leia gave her darkest glare.
"You want to dance Leia?" Han said, offering his right hand to the smuggler after a minute or two.
Leia is actually bored that time, and she wants to dance. But she thinks that it would sound funny and ridiculous if she would ask someone to dance. Especially Luke, she would get tons of teasing from him.
But since Han gave his most pleasing and sincere smile, she found herself agreeing.
Leia took the Prince's warm hand with the most softest palm. She's trembling and her heart is beating fast, like several Imperial troops are chasing after it.
When they arrived at the dance floor, the lights began to turn slowly and the music slowed down. Others had gone back to their seats but many preferred to stay since they got their partners anyway.
This made Leia feel awkward.
"Why is he doing this?" she thought.
Han is still smiling at her as they do this simple waltz.
"Isn't he mad at me for ruining his supposed to be big ceremony? Or for even smuggling Alderaan, disregarding the fact that they just experienced a devastating bankruptcy after the reigning of the Empire" her thoughts continued popping in her mind like it would sustain her balance.
"Prince Han, aren't you mad at me?" Leia was shocked as these words slipped through her mouth.
This made the big smile of Han lessen though he hurriedly got back to his previous aura.
"No. I'm not. I finally came to thought that the title would only give me lust. Besides, I'm not that prepared anyway" Han said
Another awkward silence came after that.
The music ended and was followed by another slow music which made Leia think that maybe someone is doing that in purpose, for her to swim in a pool of embarrassment for much longer. They kept dancing.
"What's with Luke anyway? You seem pretty close" Han finally decided to break the awkward silence.
"He's my brother. You know, the sibling bond is inevitable." Leia answered.
"Tell me about your brother" it seems like Han would say anything just to escape the irritable awkwardness.
"Well, he is a Jedi. We discovered that we're both Force-sensitives so he was trained to be one. He became part of the Alliance. If you're asking why he is here in Endor, well, he just met her love one here, Mara. Creepy to see a girl in a planet of Ewoks, right? But yeah, Mara said that when she was a kid, her parents left her here for certain protection on the Empire. Her planet is suffering, and it would be best if she would hide here. Before the final destruction of the Empire, the Alliance went to Endor for a certain mission, and that explains why Luke met Mara." Leia explained.
"And as for me", she continued, "I was a former General of the Rebel Alliance during the wars."
Han gasped. "But you became a smuggler. Why?" he lifted one eyebrow.
Leia's face became more serious.
"Something... happened."
Author's Note : OMG! To those people who favorited and followed my story, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I never thought someone would really appreciate it. The next chapter is coming. :)