Location: On Route to Tatooine

"So... Uh..." Fraizer stammers, blushing heavily while staring at Princess Timber.

"It's great to finally meet you, young Jedi. I am Princess Timber of Aldoorian, Head of the New Aldoorian Headquarters, and the Protector of Peace," Timber introduces herself to Fraizer.

"Wow..." Fraizer mumbles, unsure of what else to say.

"You're so much prettier up close..." Mikel drools.

Princess Timber falls silent and blushes, realizing that the young men are attracted to her.

"Please, boys... I..." Timber stammers.

"Where are we headed to?" Fraizer asks Luke, who is piloting the ship again.

"Tatooine," Luke briefly replies.

"Tatooine? Wow... Don't you think that maybe I'm a bit...too young...?" Fraizer questions.

"What?" Luke asks, briefly glancing back at Fraizer before reverting his gaze to what is outside the ship.

"For tattoos," Fraizer continues his thought.

Princess Timber cringes and hides her face in her hands. Meanwhile. Mikel bursts out into laughter.

"Hang on, just one second," Luke says, sighing in great disappointment before asking for clarification, "I thought you said you read ALL the books I gave you?"

"I... I must have missed something?" Fraizer suggests, sweating nervously.

"Tatooine is a PLANET, you silly head," Luke explains with a groan.

"A whole planet dedicated to tattoos...?" Fraizer asks, still confused.

"No," Luke says, sternly, "You'll see when we get there."

AL-10 has been surprisingly silent this whole time, just staring out the window of the ship. Perhaps the Android has nothing new to report. As Tatooine is very far away from New Aldoorian, they are traveling at hyper speed.

"Mikel... Where did you come from? Have you always lived on New Aldoorian?" Fraizer asks.

"Of course not. I'm a planet hopper. I spend my whole life traveling in this ship of mine," Mikel replies and then asks, "...and you?"

"I'm from this place called Earth," Fraizer says, "However, these past few weeks, I've been to all sorts of places... Met all kinds of new people."

"You be careful who you interact with. I nearly got eaten several times on hostile planets," Mikel warns with a chuckle, "And don't you ever step foot on Planet Berrya... Those folks would eat you alive."

"You seem a bit young to be traveling alone, though," Fraizer comments, "You can't possibly be too much older than me."

"Yeah, I'm about 12 years old? I left my mom and dad behind. They were too restrictive. I wanted adventure and excitement and they didn't," Mikel replies with a shrug.

"I never had a mom," Fraizer states, "But I have a father. He's probably still searching desperately for me..."

"I'm sorry..." Mikel apologizes.

"We're getting close! Perhaps it is time to leave hyperspeed?" AL-10 suggests.

"Right, thanks," Luke says even though AL-10 cannot hear him.

The ship eases its way back to a reasonable speed. The view outside has completely changed and, coming up in the view, is a dusty light orange planet.

"That's Tatooine," Luke states.

"Huh! It looks so dry!" Fraizer exclaims.

"You have NO idea," Luke says with a chuckle.

"I can't wait to see Benji, Rin, and Rowena again!" Timber cries out, "I had so much fun training with them... Though none of them could use The Force, yet."

Luke lands the ship, causing sand to fly up into the sky. The back hatch of the ship opens up and the crew emerges. As soon as Fraizer steps out, a gust of hot wind blows sand in his face.

"Ow! Sand?!" Fraizer exclaims.

"Yep. Get used to it," Luke says.

The sand passes right through Luke. Fraizer groans as more sand hits him.

"Back home, we had tons of dirt, but hardly any wind. I've worked with all sort of minerals," Fraizer explains, "But never have I seen this much sand!"

"So, uh... Can I have my ship back, now?" Mikel asks.

"I'll give you your ship back when we are done borrowing it," Luke replies, rolling his eyes.

"He says he'll give it back when we are done," Fraizer reports.

Mikel groans and kicks the sand. The sand flies up and hits him in the face, making him more frustrated.

"Come on. Everyone follow me," Luke commands.

"Luke says to follow him," Timber says.

"Wait, Luke, I thought you said only I can hear and see you?" Fraizer asks, confused.

"Well, maybe I stretched the truth a little... A select few people can hear and see me," Luke says, correcting his previous statement.

"Invisible silent man," Mikel comments.

"It's alright. I cannot see him either. I can do a heat scan and reveal his silhouette, but I cannot truly see him," AL-10 says, accidentally roughly patting Mikel's shoulders.

Princess Timber happily skips along in the sand, spraying it everywhere as she goes. The princess doesn't seem to mind the sand at all. In her excitement, she begins to glow again.

"Whoa! Why is she glowing...?" Mikel asks, "WHY IS SHE GLOWING?!"

"She just does that sometimes," Luke says, shrugging, even though Mikel can't hear or see his response.

"She's so gorgeous..." Fraizer comments.

"Come on, slow pokes! Luke, please go faster!" Timber cries out.

"I don't want to lose anyone," Luke replies.

As if expecting visitors, Rey appears at the entrance of her tent as soon as the group arrives within sight. Clinging to one of her legs is a little girl about 6 years old, trailing right behind her is another girl who is likely 10 years old, lagging behind them as they go to greet the strangers is an older boy who is about 16 years old.

"Luke?" Rey asks, squinting in the harsh sunlight.

"It's me, alright," Luke confirms.

"She can see you too?" Fraizer asks.

"Yeah," Luke replies.

"What brings you here?" Rey inquires.

"Rin! Rowena! I missed you two!" Timber cries out, running forward to hug the older of the two girls.

Rowena, despite knowing who Princess Timber is, hides behind Rey.

"I've got a job for you," Luke says to Rey, motioning at Fraizer.

"What?!" both Rey and Fraizer exclaim in confusion.

"Well, good luck! Bye!" Luke says and vanishes.

Rey groans in annoyance.

"Why... Why must he be like this...?" Rey asks.

"I don't know..." Fraizer says.

"What happened?" Mikel asks.

"Luke went bye-bye..." Fraizer says, sadly.

"What?! He up and abandoned you here?! What a coward!" Mikel yells.

"I... I'm sure he'll be back..." Fraizer says, shifting his feet through the sand nervously.

Rey sighs.

"Well, I guess I could handle two more students..." Rey says.

"Huh? Oh, no, I'm not a part of all that stuff," Mikel says, "And I very well could hop on my ship and fly away this instant."

"That is a rather cool ship..." Benji remarks, studying the wings, "Mom! Can I have a spaceship, too?!"

"No, Benji, you may not," Rey says, shaking her head.

"But why not?! He has one and he's clearly younger than I am!" Benji points out.

"Because. I said so. You do not get a spaceship," Rey replies, rolling her eyes.

Benji pouts and storms off into the sand. Rey just watches him leave.

"Maybe one day, Ben..." Rey whispers.