~AUTHOR'S NOTE~ Yes, I am back again! I'm sorry it's been awhile, I've been working mostly on my newest crossover (I know…shameless plug…I'm so sorry! It's called All Falling From the Stars Like Rain btw…) but I have returned to Care-a-Lot for Luke's sake. This chapter is short, but the next one will be longer, I promise!

~DISCLAIMER~ Don't own anything. 'Cept the action figures, as always!

Han and Chewie lounged on the ramp of the Millennium Falcon. The two droids were arguing about some trivial thing and Leia was pacing back and forth in front of the cave. She was driving Han crazy.

"Look, sweetheart, come sit down!" he finally said. "Pacing won't bring Luke back!"

"Don't say that!" she screamed. "Something has to bring him back!"

"But I don't think pacing is the answer—" Han cut off his words at the sight of Leia's death glare.

Chewie growled a question to Han. 3PO looked up, being the only one besides Han to understand the Wookiee's language. "Of course we're going to do something, Chewbacca! We just don't know what yet," the droid said indignantly. The Wookiee growled something less than nice back to the droid. Han laughed while 3PO stalked off with a mechanical huff.

Leia's head suddenly snapped toward the cave. "I'll follow him!" she said with a start towards the opening.

"You'll wha…oh no you don't!" Han and Chewbacca lunged at Leia, catching her arms. "You're not going anywhere near that crystal!"

"Han, let me go!"

"No!"

Leia realized that she couldn't fight the man and the Wookiee and stopped struggling. She looked at Han, tears glinting in her eyes. "If no one follows him, I don't think we'll ever find him."

Han turned his troubled glance on his Wookiee friend. He knew that trying to follow Luke was probably the most dangerous option, but Leia was Force Sensitive and she sounded very certain.

"Look, Leia. Trying to follow Luke may be too dangerous. I promise that we'll find some other way. I promise!"

Defeated, Leia turned away from the cave. "It's driving me crazy! I've never been so isolated from him…it's like I'm half empty," she said sadly.

Hand was a little surprised at how strongly Leia felt Luke's absence. 'I guess I underestimated those two,' he thought. 'But after all, they are twins…Force Sensitive twins.' So he simply put his hands on her shoulders and directed her back towards the ship. "It's getting late, sweetheart. We all need the rest."

Leia took one last look towards the cave and allowed Han to lead her into the Falcon for the night.

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"Hello Luke," Tenderheart said as Luke invited him into the hut.

"Tenderheart, right?" The brown bear nodded and Luke smiled. "What can I do for you?"

"Well…" Tenderheart, being "high-ranking" Care Bear that he was, was chosen to speak to Luke about testing the Force theory. But he didn't know quite how to bring it up.

"You can ask me whatever you want, Tenderheart. I will not be offended." Luke could not sense the Force, but that did not dull his observation skills completely.

The Care Bear was a little surprised, but Luke's comment put him to ease. "We think we may have a way to…make sure that our power and your Force are the same thing."

"Really?" Luke was excited at the idea of feeling the Force, even for a moment, again.

"Yes. Although, we are not sure that it will work."

"That's ok. At this point, I'm willing to try anything."

"Good." Tenderheart smiled. "Let's go!"

Luke looked puzzled. "Go…where?"

"Oh!" Tenderheart laughed. "We have to go back to Earth. Wish Bear said that the test would work best of Earth…probably."

'Great…that means another ride in those cloud car things!' Being from a world that relied on technology for almost everything, the idea of riding on clouds didn't sit well with the Jedi. 'But it looks like I have no other choice.'

Clipping his lightsaber to the belt of his flightsuit, Luke turned back to the waiting bear. "Ok. I'm ready."