~AUTHOR'S NOTE~ I'm back! I've had a major writer's block with this story recently, PLUS I've been working hardcore on my newest story "Red and White," my Harry Potter canon story. (That was a shameless plug by the way…) And I have no idea what "ah kee yah tah" means in English, but it's a line from Return of the Jedi.
~DISCLAIMER~ Don't own Star Wars or the Care Bears. Although I have a stuffed Wish Bear on my bed!
She was in a forest. It wasn't like any forest she had seen on Earth. There were others there. They didn't look like real bears, but they weren't Care Bears either.
They were celebrating around a large bonfire. A strange chant rang through the trees as they all feasted. Just as suddenly as she had found herself there, the chanting stopped and all of the creatures turned silent.
A cry rang out, "Ah kee yah tah!" They all stared and pointed at something behind her.
She turned to see the clouds of Care-a-Lot behind her, Luke wandering around. The creatures seemed upset that he was there rather than with them. She tried to go to Care-a-Lot, home, but she couldn't move, couldn't get home…
Wish Bear awoke with a start. She lay in her bed quietly. The dream hadn't really scared her, only played with her mind. She had seen the world and creatures before; they had been things Luke had seen, from his universe. Was it home? Was that what it felt like to be stuck far away from home?
There was no way she was going to sleep after the dream, so Wish Bear just lay still. Thought spun through her mind as she stayed wide-awake through the rest of the night.
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The cave was quiet. Han sat against the cave's wall, absent-mindedly playing with the settings on his blaster. Chewbacca kept an ever-watchful eye on the Millennium Falcon. Even 3PO miraculously sense the somber mood and kept his mouth shut.
The incessant click of Han's blaster was grating on Chewbacca's nerves. He glared at Han, who only stared into space, still clicking that annoying switch.
The Wookiee could finally take no more. He growled the equivalent of Basic curses at his best friend. Han snapped out of whatever trance he was in and glared at Chewbacca.
"What kind of language is that?" he asked angrily.
Chewie growled a sharp retort. His reply seemed to drain Han of his anger and the man slumped back down against the wall.
"What if I've really lost her?" he eventually asked desperately.
R2-D2 chirped optimistically.
"R2 says that you've only really lost Mistress Leia if you refuse to try and find her," 3PO translated. He paused a moment, then turned back to the dome-topped droid. "R2, are you mad? Captain Solo could very well be lost himself!"
But a glance at Han told the two droids and the Wookiee that an idea was growing in the man's head. He threw himself into a standing position. Chewbacca growled a warning.
"Uh-uh pal, R2 is right. If I don't try something, she really will never come home." But Han could see how worried his friend still was and laughed. "Don't worry Chewie! I won't go anywhere near that crystal until we call for backup!"
With that, Han raced off toward the Millennium Falcon to send word to everyone he could think of. The droids and Chewbacca just watched him go. R2 warbled again.
"No I do not think it was a good idea R2!" 3PO answered indignantly. "You may very well get Captain Solo killed!"
The droid's response for that was a big Wookiee paw against his golden head as the giant co-pilot took off towards the starship following his friend.
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Leia blinked her eyes a few times and tried to sit up. After adjusting to the strange faint light coming from the moon, she saw nothing but a big, open, grassy field.
"Oh no!" she groaned. "Not again!" She flopped back down and closed her eyes again. "Just please no Ewoks this time!"
