Izzy watched the remote warily as it hissed its way around the ship's lounge. He held his lightsabre in the standard en guarde position, its purple light casting deep shadows on his face. He felt the small machine gather its charge to fire and brought his sabre round, catching the bolt about a third of the way up on his blade. The remote sent out four more bolts in quick succession, and Izzy moved his lightsabre to and fro with an economy of movement, picking the bolts off before they could reach him.

The remote beeped and settled to the ground. Izzy brought his sabre round to the en guarde position again, then tilled it upwards in a salute before flicking the power off.

"Getting better?" asked Leia from the doorway.

Izzy shrugged and clipped the lightsabre back on his belt. "Let's just say I don't think I'm going to loose an arm by accident." He moved to one of the couches and sat down.

Leia joined him. "Still no luck on understanding the prophecy?"

Izzy shook his head. "Nothing since I got 'Castle Door' figured out."

"You did?" asked Leia.

Izzy nodded. "I though I told Threepio to tell you."

"Ah." Leia looked away guiltily. "Last time I saw him he started to babble so I switched him off."

Izzy laughed. "I can see why that might happen. 'I am fluent in over six million forms of communication…' He keeps trying to complete his spiel every time he sees me."

Leia nodded. "I remember." She looked thoughtful. "So what's this about understanding what the 'Castle Door' is?"

"Well," started Izzy, happy to be in his element. "When I first found the prophecy I considered that it referred to an engraving placed near or on one of the temple's doors, however I could see no logical reason why it would warn us of sorrow. Then I decided to follow the line of reasoning that if one of our names had been referenced obliquely maybe others were." Izzy grinned. "In short the 'Castle Door' is Joe."

Leia frowned. "In your language Joe means 'Castle Door'?"

Izzy shook his head. "No, and that's what threw me. Joe's family name is Kido. That translates to 'Castle Door'. It didn't seem unreasonable to suggest that Joe will have a vision of some description that will warn me and 'The One-who-is-many', whoever he is, not to do something."

A roaring noise came fro the cockpit.

Izzy raised an eyebrow. "Shall we join him?"

Leia nodded and together they made their way to the cockpit where Chewbacca and Wedge were working the controls.

Chewbacca roared in greeting, then pulled the hyperspace levers, dropping the Millennium Falcon back into normal space.

Izzy examined the view. "Fascinating."

Leia nodded. "The rings were caused by the destruction of the second Death Star. Those are chunks of debris from the explosion." She turned to Chewbacca. "Make sure you avoid the point where the reactor orbited."

As Chewbacca growled his acknowledgement Izzy turned to Leia. "Why must we avoid it? Is there a high concentration of radiation there?"

Leia shook her head. "No. It would just be less than pleasant for us. When the Emperor died he released a vast amount of Dark side energy. The last time I was here I was to make a rendezvous in orbit and we passed right through the point where he had died." She shuddered. "I have no wish to repeat the experience."

"I can imagine," replied Izzy.

The door to the cockpit slid open again and Mimi stumbled in, rubbing her eyes. "Did someone just turn the AC way up?" she asked, her voice still thick with sleep.

"AC?" asked Leia.

"Air conditioning," supplied Izzy.

Leia looked puzzled. "We don't even have air conditioning. It gets re-circulated, but not moved around like that."

Mimi sighed. "Well it's blowing straight at that planet."

"It's a moon, Mimi," corrected Izzy.

Mimi put her hands on her hips. "Well I don't care what it is, I want it to stop sucking air."

Leia turned to Izzy. "The marker?" she asked.

Izzy nodded. "That would be my guess." His eyes twinkled. "Maybe Mimi sees it as a breeze because she's full of hot air."

"Hey!" Mimi playfully cuffed Izzy round the head.

Chewbacca made a wuffling laugh.

"Oh be quiet you hairball," scolded Mimi.

Wedge snorted. "Careful Mimi, Wookiees are known to rip the arms off of people they don't like."

"Well I'm safe. I need my arms to use my lightsabre." Mimi stuck her tongue out at Chewbacca.

Chewbacca growled out the observation that she only needed one arm to wield a sabre.

Izzy and Leia laughed.

Wedge looked confused. "What he say?"

"Still can't speak Wookiee then?" asked Leia.

Wedge bent back over his controls. "I am so going to kill Wes when I next see him."

The Falcon landed, its repulsorlifts blowing up a layer of leaf littler from the forest floor. The dust cleared and the landing ramp dropped. Chewbacca exited first, cautiously sniffing the air. He let out a low moan then the others descended.

"Mimi?" asked Leia.

Mimi closed her eyes and turned on the spot for a few moments. She then opened her eyes and pointed. "It's over there."

Wedge adjusted his green-camouflage poncho. "Any idea how far? I don't want to run into the native wildlife very much."

"What? Ewoks?" asked Izzy. "They seemed pretty harmless to me," he said, thinking of walking teddy bears.

Wedge shook his head. "Not Ewoks. Ever considered why they live in trees?"

"Oh." Izzy adjusted his laptop's carry case.

Leia strode forwards. "Let's get moving. We need to do this quickly to get back to Hoth."

Mimi turned to Izzy. "I don't understand."

"Endor is way out on the Outer Rim," explained Izzy. "While Hoth is close, we have to backtrack our route here so that we stay within the safe areas of hyperspace." He started to follow Leia. "Plus it's probably not safe to be down on the ground at night."

Mimi shrugged and followed on.

Threepio followed on behind her, looking slightly comical in his green fatigues and hat. "I don't see why you felt it necessary to bring me, Mistress Leia," he complained. "After all Master Koushiro and Mistress Mimi seem to already have translators."

Wedge shook his head. "We can't guarantee that they'll handle Ewok."

"Plus it's always handy to have the local deity along for the ride," added Leia. "Worse comes to the worse we'll pull the same trick Luke did."

"Oh my." Threepio thought about the short time his sensor had reported an abnormal elevation reading. While it was impossible for a droid to feel vertigo, he did feel some discomfort when his sensors informed him of something happening that was impossible.

Wedge patted his shoulder. "Don't worry Threepio, I'm sure it won't come to that."

Izzy frowned slightly. "Hey, are there supposed to be electronics around here?" he asked.

"Just an old Imp base a few klicks away," supplied Wedge. "Same one you blew up Princess."

Izzy shrugged. "Well something is still working there. There's a current flowing round."

Leia shook her head. "It can't be anything important. We nearly levelled the place. I'm surprised that anything would still be working."

Izzy nodded. "My point exactly. Unless the Ewoks have made some technical advances while you have been absent there's no way that there should be this level of activity."

Wedge shrugged. "We'll just send in a report when this is all over and get some troops in to check it out."

Chewbacca let out a growl, and started to move through the trees.

"Not again," sighed Leia, following on behind.

Sure enough Chewbacca had found one of the traps the Ewok had set in their forest, baited with a large hunk of meat. The Wookiee eyed the food nervously, remembering what happened the last time he had taken food from the trees on this planet.

Tentomon on the other hand had no desire to let good food go to waste. "I sure am hungry."

Izzy started forwards. "Tento, don't. It may be a…"

Tentomon grabbed the hanging meat and the group were lifted off their feet by the giant net trap that now enfolded them.

"Trap," finished Izzy. He winced as Threepio's arm dug into his chest. "Anyone got an idea for how to get out?"

Wedge reached up to where the main rope that held the net above the ground was. "I can reach the release. Anyone got something sharp?"

"Lightsabre," replied Izzy and Leia.

Palmon spoke up from the bottom of the net. "I can get Leia's sabre, but I don't think I need to."

"Why's that Palmon?" asked Wedge.

The net dropped, landing the group in a muddled heap of arms and legs. As they struggled to untangle themselves they found a ring of Ewoks surrounding them, all bearing primitive spears and knives.

Mimi was the first to speak. "Oh they're so cute!" Her eyes took on a shiny quality.

Izzy eyed the spears. "I wouldn't call them cute. I'd call them dangerous."

"Oh my." Threepio struggled to a sitting position.

The Ewoks started an undulating chant, bowing in a rhythmical fashion.

Chewbacca growled out an observation.

"Yes I know this is what happened before you hairy creature," twittered Threepio. "And I'll thank you to keep your observations to yourself." He then turned to the nearest Ewok and started to chitter away in their language.

Leia raised an eyebrow at Izzy, but the young boy shook his head. Too bad. It would've been nice if we didn't have to rely on Threepio to translate.

Threepio stopped chittering. "They say that we should accompany them to their village Princess Leia. Apparently their chief will want to speak with us."

Leia stood up and dusted herself down. "Tell them to lead on Threepio."

The Ewok village was a group of huts built on platforms many stories up, hanging from the trees. Walkways connected the small mud and thatch houses to each other and in a central plaza a huge bonfire burned, surrounded by the tribes mothers, children and elders.

Wedge remembered fondly the party that they'd had round just such a fire, after the Death Star had been destroyed. It had seemed like the Empire had died that night.

And now, seven years later he was still fighting it. Every time he chopped off one of the monsters heads another would grow in its place.

He could almost hear the drums.

Threepio brought the procession to a halt in front of what was obviously the chief of the village, judging by his elaborate headdress.

The Ewok bowed low to Leia and chattered away.

"Oh my," said Threepio. "This chap says that he is glad to see you again Princess. He hopes that this time our treatment was better at the hands of his tribe."

Leia frowned. "Wicket?"

"Yub yub," agreed the Ewok.

Leia smiled at Wicket. "Threepio, tell him I'm happy to see him again."

Threepio started to gibber in Ewok again.

Izzy shook his head. "The odds of us finding the same tribe that once helped you must be staggering." He mouthed some numbers silently. "Over twenty thousand I believe."

"Twenty thousand, four hundred and ninety eight to one," corrected Threepio. He listened to Wicket speaking again. "He asks if we've come to save them from the white shells and their metal dragons again."

"White shells?" asked Leia.

Mimi looked around the village, completely oblivious to the exchange. "I think I'm close."

Wedge held out a hand. "Why don't Izzy, Tentomon, Palmon and I go with Mimi, Princess? Then you could stay here with Wicket and find out about this."

"Achieve two things within the same timeframe." Leia nodded. "Fine, but make sure you're back before nightfall. I don't want you to fall prey to some local predator."

"We'll be careful," assured Wedge.

Mimi started to move forwards, guided by the 'breeze'. Palmon kept by her side, eyes darting back and forth watching for trouble. Wedge sighed and followed, Izzy and Tentomon at his side.

Mimi led them a short way from the village, to the base of a huge tree. In moss was her crest outlined against the bark. She held out a hand and placed it against the symbol. A glow spread out from where her hand rested until it covered the whole symbol. It then faded to reveal a passage winding down beneath the ground. Mimi walked in, not seeing what was going on around her.

Wedge raised an eyebrow to Izzy. "Do we follow?"

Izzy considered for a moment, then nodded. "We should stay well back though." Izzy took a look at the dark passage, then unclipped his lightsabre and flicked it on. A purple glow suffused the tunnel.

Together the two humans and digimon followed Mimi to a large underground chamber. A pale green light lit a huge room. Izzy switched off his sabre and examined the walls. As far as the eye could see were lightsabres in pigeonholes, each exactly the same as the others.

Wedge let out a low whistle. "Imagine what Exar Kun could do with all of these."

Tentomon took to the air and flew up to what Izzy imagined was the ceiling. The digimon returned. "They keep going all the way up."

Mimi meanwhile hand moved to the centre of the room and had placed her hand on a glowing green crystal there. A hologram sprang to life.

"If you have come for the lightsabre of Sincerity, then you may take it." The holographic human's face twisted into a cruel smile. "If you can find it." The hologram winked out again.

Mimi appeared to come out of her trance. "How am I going to find it in here in this empty room?"

"Empty?" asked Palmon. "It's full of lightsabres!"

Mimi shook her head. "All I see is empty holes."

Izzy thought a moment. "Mimi, I bet that to everyone else all these lightsabres seem real. I think they are all illusions except for yours."

Wedge nodded. "Makes sense. You must be the only one whose senses can't be fooled by these."

"What?" asked Mimi. "You guys aren't making any sense."

Izzy sighed. "Mimi, where you see empty holes, we see sabres. Hundreds of them. It would take years to go through them all individually."

A light dawned behind Mimi's eyes. "So I just have to look around and find just one sabre hidden here? That's it?"

Izzy nodded. "That's it."

Mimi shaded her eyes and looked around. "I don't see it." She eyed the empty pigeonholes. "And I don't want to climb. I might fall and get hurt!"

Izzy sighed. "I can't raise you Mimi, and even if Tentomon digivolved this room would be too small for Kabuterimon to fly."

Palmon shook her head. "My Poison Ivy isn't strong enough to lift you either."

Wedge snapped his fingers. "I have an idea." He turned to Tentomon. "Tento, you saw the roof?" The bug digimon nodded. "Well then," continued Wedge, "Where there any tree roots up there forming loops?"

"Yes," agreed Tentomon, "But I don't see how that can help."

Wedge grinned. "Let's go topside and find some vines."

Izzy grinned back. "I like how you think."

"I don't like this," protested Mimi as Wedge tied the vines in a loop around her waist. "The vines could snap, or you could drop me or…"

Wedge tugged the last knot tight. "You're still doing most of the work, Mimi. This is just in case you slip and fall."

Izzy passed the free end of the vine rope to Tentomon. "You know what to do?"

Tentomon nodded and flew up to the ceiling. He passed the vine through the sturdiest looking root loop, then let the end drop back down to the ground.

Izzy picked it up and took up the slack. "You'll be fine Mimi. This just in case you fall. We're not hauling you up and down."

Mimi sighed in defeat and shrugged off her long outer robe. "I just know that you'll mess up and let me fall." She walked up to one of the walls and put a foot hesitantly into one of the pigeonholes. She stepped up, listening for the ominous creak that would suggest that it was breaking. When no creak came she gingerly hauled herself up and reached for a higher point.

"Hey Mimi," called Izzy from his station on the rope. "Keep three points in contact at all times. Means you won't over balance."

"'Kay," called Mimi back, still climbing. She started to get into a rhythm and climbed until her hand brushed something in the next handhold. She felt around in the hole, then brought out a long metal cylinder. She leaned out and waved it at the group on the ground. "I found it!"

"Be careful!" called back Wedge.

Mimi overbalanced and fell off the wall screaming. She swung around on the safety line and eventually stopped screaming once she realised she was no longer falling. She came to rest slightly off centre of the room.

On the ground Izzy, Wedge, Palmon and Tentomon started the careful task of lowering her to the ground.

"You okay Mimi?" called up Palmon.

Mimi caught her breath, her heart still hammering in her chest. "I'm fine Palmon."

Suddenly a snap was heard throughout the chamber. "Hurry up!" called Mimi.

The group started to lower her faster, then another snap was heard and Mimi dropped like a stone, screaming all the while.

Wedge saw Izzy hold out a hand from the corner of his eye and wondered what good it would do. His query was answered a moment later when Mimi again stopped falling, suspended in mid air.

She floated gently down and Wedge risked taking his eyes off her for a moment to check on Izzy.

The young boy had one arm out, palm up, hand cupped like he was holding something. His arm was shaking with strain. His face was contorted in some bizarre combination of strain and pain and Wedge could see tears leaking out from behind Izzy's closed eyelids and down his cheeks. Clearly Izzy had been right when he had said that he couldn't lift Mimi.

Wedge moved to beneath where Mimi was floating and held his arms out, ready to catch Mimi when Izzy's strength gave out. Twenty feet from the ground she started to drop again and from the corner of his eye Wedge saw Izzy drop to the floor. Then Mimi was upon him, knocking Wedge to the ground. Thankfully he managed to defuse most of the kinetic energy of the falling girl, resulting in both him and her only gaining a few bruises.

Mimi was up again in a flash and checking on Izzy.

Wedge joined her in time to see Izzy's eyes flutter open.

Izzy smiled. "I see I managed to get you low enough then." He sat up slowly and wiped a hand across his mouth, coming away with blood.

Wedge realised that Izzy must have bitten his lip in concentration. He patted the boy's back. "You gave me enough time to get under her to catch her. You did good."

Mimi hugged Izzy, burying her head in his shoulder. "Thank you Izzy. If you hadn't caught me I'd be dead."

Izzy hugged her back. "I'm just glad you're okay." He released her. "But please don't do it again. I don't think I could take the strain." His eyes twinkled in jest.

Mimi punched his shoulder lightly. "Like you'd ever drop me."

Tentomon and Palmon fussed round their respective humans.

"Don't ever do something like that again," scolded Palmon, handing Mimi back her cloak.

"You too Izzy," said Tentomon. "I don't want to have to get another partner."

Wedge raised an eyebrow. "And how is it, Mimi, that you can drop a good six stories and not drop your lightsabre?" he asked, pointing to the hilt she still held.

Mimi looked at it. "I have no idea." She helped Izzy to his feet. "Let's get back. I think it's starting to get dark."

Izzy found his eyelids drooping as he watched the fire crackling. He could hear Wedge and Leia talking with Wicket through Threepio somewhere nearby and Mimi and Palmon were playing with some of the Ewoks young, emitting high pitched shrieks every now and again. His head tilted forwards, then snapped back as Izzy forced himself to stay awake.

"If you're tired Izzy then why don't you sleep?" asked Tentomon, lying next to Izzy.

Izzy patted the back of Tentomon's carapace. "They might need me for something."

Tentomon made an electric sounding buzz of annoyance. "With that argument you'll never sleep."

Izzy smiled. "I suppose you're right Tento." He pulled the green and brown poncho that he'd been wearing for camouflage off over his head and rolled it into a crude pillow. "Wake me if they need me." He laid down and rested his head on his pillow. "Good night." His eyes fluttered shut and he fell asleep almost instantly.

Tentomon joined him in sleep a moment later.

Wedge shook his head. "I don't understand," he said to Leia. "Why would the Imps have come back? There's nothing of value here."

Leia shook her head. "I don't understand either, but that's what Wicket meant by the 'White shells' and their 'dragons'. There are storm troopers at the old shield generator, along with some AT-STs."

Wedge winced. The All-Terrain Scout Transport or AT-ST would decimate the Ewoks if that were its intention. "We need to get rid off them."

"They're after us."

Wedge and Leia turned to see Mimi listening to their hushed conversation.

"What do you mean?" asked Leia.

"When we first arrived the Empire captured us," supplied Mimi. "If it wasn't for Feona and Doyle being there we would've been taken straight to that evil Jedi on Yavin." She put her hands on her hips. "They're obviously working for that creepy guy and Myotismon."

Wedge frowned. "Then there's probably some digimon there as well." He turned to Leia. "We can't wait for the Republic to sort this out, we have to do it for ourselves."

Leia nodded. "We'll leave at daybreak." She looked over at the sleeping form of Izzy. "Poor kid. He seems to be wearing himself out over this."

Wedge looked sad. "He holds himself responsible for too much. Looking after Mimi, deciphering the prophecy, saving Matt…" He shook his head. "That's too much responsibility for one kid."

Leia smiled. "Let's not wake him. He'll find out about all this soon enough tomorrow."

Leia shook her head to remove the déjà vu that crouching behind the hill in front of the old Imperial installation created. She popped her head up over the brow of the hill, then ducked back down again. "I see maybe twenty troopers, two AT-STs and three digimon."

Izzy took his own glance over the hill. "That's Snimon, he attacked us on Coruscant." He looked at the others. "I don't recognise the other two." He pulled out his laptop and pointed it at the group. "Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon."

Mimi tapped the screen and earned a glare from Izzy. "That Pumpkinmon was at the temple when the Triceramon attacked."

"So what now?" asked Wedge. "I don't think our blasters and a group of Ewoks with spears will hurt them and there aren't enough of us to attack twenty troopers."

Leia glanced at Chewbacca. "We could try to take over one of the AT-ST like last time."

Izzy glanced at Tentomon and Palmon. "We've only got two Champion digimon against a Rookie, a Champion and an Ultimate." He looked unhappy. "MegaKabuterimon wouldn't be able to function in such an enclosed space."

Mimi clapped her hands. "I've got an idea!"

Izzy stared at her in disbelief.

"When the digimon attacked us at the temple Pumpkinmon ran when MetalGreymon attacked," explained Mimi.

"So if they think we outnumber them…" said Wedge.

"They'll just run," finished Izzy. "Good thinking Mimi."

Leia looked worried. "Can you produce illusions of many digimon?"

Mimi shook her head. "I don't know. I've never tried."

Izzy ticked off points on his fingers. "Since we already have two champion level digimon we could do with some Ultimates. Can you create a convincing Weregarurumon and MetalGreymon?"

Mimi nodded slowly. "I think so. But I'm not sure if they'll move properly and any attacks they make won't cause damage."

Leia shook her head. "We don't need that. We just need to scare them and cause confusion long enough so that we can take out the troopers." She turned to Chewbacca. "If you can take over one of the walkers like last time, then the battle will be over before it begins."

Chewbacca roared his ascent.

Wedge turned to Mimi and Izzy. "You stay here undercover. You don't know what to do in a light fight."

Izzy shook his head. "No way. I'm the best weapon you've got." He tapped his chest. "They keep shooting, I keep coming."

Wedge nodded. "Then can you, Threepio, ask for a few of the Ewoks to stay here and protect Mimi while she keeps the illusion up?"

"Of course General Antilles." Threepio turned to the Ewoks and began to chitter. Three of them broke away from the group and went to stand by Mimi.

Wedge nodded. "We wait for Chewy to get in position, then we attack and distract them while he breaks in."

"And hope they run," added Leia. "They must have space worthy shuttles around somewhere, or else how did they get here?"

Chewbacca moved away from the group and started to climb one of the nearby trees. Wedge watched the large shadow slink through the treetops and stop near the first walker. Wedge took a silent poll.

Leia gripped her blaster and nodded. Izzy unclipped his lightsabre and his thumb hovered over the activation switch.

Wedge turned to the digimon. "When you're ready."

The two digimon nodded and digivolved, throwing the clearing into shadow with the light.

Wedge blinked a few times. Whatever he had expected Palmon to change to, he hadn't expected that.

The two real digimon were joined by two illusionary ones. As he had guessed the storm troopers remained in shocked silence a moment before firing.

As the first shots few across the clearing Wedge and Leia stood and started to fire methodically, dropping troopers left and right. Izzy strode forwards, purple sabre blazing, knocking back the bolts towards their originators. Kabuterimon and Togemon together went after Snimon as Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon fled before the images of MetalGreymon and Weregarurumon.

Then the two illusionary digimon fizzled out.

Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon laughed and started to advance again.

Mimi's eyes snapped open at the sound of blasters firing. Her honour guard fell to the methodical blasts that the storm trooper fired. She lost her focus as she stared at the dying Ewoks.

"How could you?" she asked the impassive figure.

The storm trooper sighted on her. "Surrender or die."

Mimi began to cry. "What did they ever do to you? They were here to protect me, they weren't even attacking."

"Surrender or die," repeated the trooper. "I'd prefer die."

Anger blazed in Mimi's eyes. "You're a monster. You killed these poor creatures just for fun." She stood, tears running down her face. "I won't let them be forgotten." Under her robes a green trapezium started to glow and a fierce breeze whipped her hair to and fro. "I won't let evil win."

In the clearing Togemon began to glow, her form contracting. "Togemon digivolve to… Lillymon!" Lillymon swept down to where the trooper was standing. "Flower Cannon!" The big green hoop of energy struck the troopers chest plate, burning through it as efficiently as a blaster bolt did. The dead trooper folded like a puppet with its strings suddenly cut.

"You okay Mimi?" asked the sprite digimon.

Mimi nodded slowly, realising what had happened. "I'm okay Lillymon. I just need some space."

Lillymon was about to ask further when Kabuterimon yelled from the other side of the clearing.

"Little help here?"

Lillymon flew off to where Kabuterimon was fending off Snimon as the other two evil digimon advanced. "Flower Cannon!" Snimon disappeared in a cloud of black dust. Together Kabuterimon and Lillymon turned to face Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon.

"Hubba hubba!" exclaimed the two evil digimon together.

"You doing anything later?" asked Pumpkinmon to Lillymon.

"Aren't you going to attack us?" asked Kabuterimon.

"Hell no," replied Gotsumon. "We're just here to sightsee."

"But you work for Myotismon," said Lillymon. "Surely he sent you to destroy us or capture us."

"Eh," said Pumpkinmon. "Like we'd ever try to destroy something as pretty as you. We're just here to enjoy the party."

"So what will you do now?" asked Izzy, joining the group.

"Didn't see you, couldn't've stopped you if you were here," replied Gotsumon glibly. "Go back, and wait out the rest of this wild ride."

"Listen," said Pumpkinmon. "I'm sure you're gonna come back to Yavin soon." He grinned. "Well when you get there, you've got friends waiting for you."

Izzy smiled. "Thanks a lot." He returned to where Leia and Wedge were guarding the three remaining troopers, along with Tentomon and Tanemon.

"We set to go?" asked Wedge.

Izzy nodded. "Let's leave this place so the Ewoks can burry their dead."

Kyp sat in the pilot's chair of the Sun Crusher, quietly seething. That silly little blue Omwat had thought that the Death Stars were designed to benefit all creatures. She'd thought that the Empire would use them for a good and noble purpose.

Huh. Like blowing up Alderaan.

He caught her in the Coruscant botanical gardens. A member of the Palace Guard had guarded her, but he'd been no match for a Jedi Knight.

Or at least a near Jedi Knight.

Kyp had reached into her mind and ripped from her the knowledge of the workings of the Sun Crusher. He'd then obliterated the remains so that she could never build another machine capable of destroying whole planets. Never destroy another life.

And now he was going to save more lives. The life of his brother.

The Empire had taken him from his family on Kessel and sent him to Cadria to serve the Empire in their naval fleet.

Well I'm going to get him back.

Mimi sat in the lounge and avoided Izzy's gaze. Likewise Tanemon's gentle inquiries as to what was the matter.

Finally Izzy left the room, followed by Tentomon, for the cockpit. "Excuse me, Leia?"

"What is it Izzy?" she asked.

"Could you talk to Mimi? She seems upset about something, and she won't talk to me." He sat in a spare chair.

Leia nodded. "I'll try." She left the cockpit to find Mimi staring into space. "Hey."

Mimi held out her lightsabre. "Here, I want you to have this."

Leia shook her head. "I already have one. That's yours."

"I'm not worthy of it." Mimi put her head in her hands. "I'm not worthy of anything the ancient Jedi left for us."

"I don't understand," said Leia.

Mimi looked at Leia with tear-reddened eyes. "That trooper, the one that shot all those Ewoks…" Mimi started to cry again. "At that moment all I wanted to do was reach into his mind and make him walk off a cliff, or put that gun of his to his head and pull the trigger." She patted Tanemon's leafy top. "If it hadn't been for Lillymon I would've."

Leia hugged Mimi gently. "That was the Dark side calling you."

Mimi nodded. "And what sort of person does that make me? That I'd listen to the thing which drove Matt crazy."

Leia shook her head. "You may've considered it, but that's a long way from doing. My brother," her voice caught slightly, "used to tell me 'Do or do not, there is no try'. It's what we do that matters, not what we think."

"But that's where Lillymon came from. From hate and fear and rage." Mimi sniffed. "How can I justify that? Surely that makes it just the same as if I'd killed him myself."

"Would he have killed you?" asked Leia.

Mimi hesitated, then nodded.

"Well then," continued Leia. "It seems to me that it was self defence. You heard the Dark side's call, but you didn't use it. That just proves how strong you are."

Mimi shook her head. "I can't believe that. It was wrong."

Leia sighed. "Mimi, the world is not black and white. More often than not it's a shade of grey." She patted the girl's shoulder. "We can't make the right decision, just the one that's least wrong. Seems to me that's what you did."

Mimi nodded slowly. "I'd like to be alone. I have a lot to think about."

Leia nodded, patted Mimi's shoulder again, then walked back out to the cockpit.

"So?" asked Wedge from the controls.

Leia sighed. "It's complicated, and I don't think Mimi would want me to talk about it behind her back."

Wedge nodded. "I can understand." He checked his board. "We're arriving at Hoth in three hours."

"I hope the others were successful in their ventures," said Izzy.

"Me too," added Leia.

Authors Notes: - Well four sabres down, two to go, then a big showdown with Matt.

Another piece of the prophecy is revealed, and NO ONE has yet figured it out. Hee I'm evil!

Some character growth for Mimi… Wow, who'd have though she'd have a character to grow?

Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon, well they'll be back again.

Kyp, well Wedge has a score to settle with him, even if he doesn't know it yet. (For those of you who don't know, Qwi Xux was an Omwat.)

Anyone wanting to know exactly what happened the last time Leia, Chewy and Wedge were on Endor go rent a copy of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Special Edition, and witness the Hyper Ewok Dance of Joy.