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Han was awash with relief when the Falcon's sensor beeped. The screen showed several small ships entering Wayland's atmosphere. Wedge and the fleet had arrived.

Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 joined the man as he watched several X-Wings descend through the clouds. Wedge Antilles, Captain of the fleet, climbed out of his fighter and walked over to greet Han.

"That was fast," Han remarked.

"You were right," Wedge replied with a grim smile. "When she heard Luke and Leia had disappeared, Mon Mothma was slightly concerned."

"Glad to hear it," Han said wryly. He surveyed the pilots who had assembled behind their captain. "You guys have any brilliant ideas?"

"Well," Wedge began. "From what you told me, that crystal seems to be the key. Touching it obviously triggers some kind of portal or space rip."

Chewie growled. Han nodded. "Right pal. That makes sense 'cause Leia said Luke wasn't anywhere in the Universe. If he was, she would have felt him."

"Hmm." Wedge looked worried. "Maybe we should take the crystal to be studied?"

"Uh-uh." Han looked at Wedge. "Anything that touches the crystal gets sucked into Never Neverland, remember?"

Wedge grimaced and nodded. He looked out of ideas. The pilots all looked at each other, completely at a loss.

After a moment of contemplative silence, R2 beeped loudly. 3PO just shook his mechanical head in disgust. "R2-D2, we've been through this!"

Wedge looked at him curiously. "Through what?"

If 3PO could have rolled his eyes at the other droid, he would have. "R2 has the ludicrous idea that Captain Solo should follow Master Luke and Princess Leia. He doesn't seem to see the ridiculousness of the idea."

Wedge looked at Han, who looked miserably desperate. "You want to."

The former spice smuggler nodded. "I just have a feeling."

"Are you a Force-adept also, General Solo?" asked a younger pilot in the group.

Han laughed a little and shook his head. "I am about as non-Force-sensitive as you can get! This is just a hunch."

The pilot nodded. Wedge looked at Han again. "Well," he said reluctantly, "no one has a better idea."

Chewbacca glared at the pilots' leader. He roared in protest, forgetting that only Han and 3PO understood his language.

"Hey hey hey!" Han yelled, trying to calm his best friend. "Chewie! Wedge is not trying to get me killed, ok?" The Wookiee turned to Han, huge eyes pleading with him not to take this risk. "I have to do this. For – " His voice caught. "For Leia."

Wedge put a comforting hand on Han's shoulder. "We'll be here waiting for you. Good luck."

Han nodded to his old friend. With everyone in tow, he headed for the cave. He kept repeating to himself, "For Leia."

He paused next to the crystal, turning to look at the group behind him. Wedge and the pilots were apprehensive. The droids looked the same as always, but R2 rolled back and forth, either in nervousness or excitement.

But Chewbacca looked at Han in more pain than Han had seen him recently. It reminded him of the look the Wookiee had had before Han was frozen in carbonite. "Chewie," he addressed his huge co-pilot. "Don't worry about me! I promise buddy, nothing's gonna happen! I'll be fine."

Chewie whimpered a little for his friend, but ultimately, he had no choice. Han had made up his mind.

Han turned around, closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and reached out his hand.

~~~~~

Luke was restless all morning. He was so afraid that True Heart would not let him try his experiment. But neither he nor True Heart knew how hard it would be on everyone involved.

A soft tap on the door startled Luke. "Come in!"

"Good morning!" said the pink bear who came into the hut.

"Oh. Good morning!"

"I'm Love-a-Lot Bear," she said. "We didn't meet before."

Oh good. So he hadn't forgotten her name. "It's nice to meet you, Love-a-Lot."

"True Heart wanted me to take you down to the Forest of Feelings today. She thought you'd like to see it."

"Oh." Luke liked the idea. "Sure!"

Love-a-Lot smiled. Luke already had on clothes that True Heart had given him. "I'm ready whenever you are."

"Ok!" Luke grabbed his lightsaber, clipped it to his waistband, and let Love-a-Lot lead him out.

Surprisingly, she led him to a river. Floating gently in the water was none other than a cloud boat. Wish Bear, Good Luck Bear, and Friend Bear were waiting by the riverside. "Hello!" called Friend Bear.

"Good morning." He gestured to the river. "This is how you get to the Forest of Feelings?"

Good Luck Bear nodded and looked at the sky. "The wind is good for sailing today."

"Good," Luke replied. He followed the four bears onto the boat. They pushed off from the shore and, catching the breeze, were off down the river.

After only a few minutes of sailing, a small boat passed them heading toward Care-a-Lot. Friend and Love-a-Lot Bear leaned over the boat's side. "Hello Noble Heart," Friend Bear called.

"Hello!" Luke heard Noble Heart reply. He wasn't really paying attention, since something seemed to be wrong with Wish Bear. She was much more quiet than normal.

She was sitting by the bow, staring down the river. He got up and joined her. Good Luck Bear watched the other green bear worriedly.

"Hi Luke," she said, still staring.

"Hi. How are you?"

"Fine."

'Absent reply,' thought Luke. 'She's hiding something.' "Is everything ok?"

"Uh-huh." Wish Bear paused for a moment, then finally looked to Luke. "No. I…there's something I need to tell you."

Luke was taken aback by her seriousness. Wish Bear, from what he'd seen, was usually happy and dreamy – never this serious. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, I just…" her voice trailed off. "There is something that I didn't mention about the test."

Luke felt shaky for a minute. "What do you mean?"

"Well, you remember how I said that I could feel the energy go through me?" Luke nodded. "Well…I also saw everything. Everything you saw I mean."

Luke was surprised. "You aw what I could see? Han, the Ewoks, Tatooine, everything?"

The green bear nodded. "What was all that?"

He smiled at her. "That was my old life. Do you remember the desert planet?"

"Yes."

"That is where I grew up."

Wish Bear blinked. "But it felt so boring!"

Luke laughed. Good luck Bear and Friend Bear looked up, glad to hear that the conversation was getting lighter. Luke realized that the root of Wish Bear's serious demeanor was simply curiosity over something she couldn't understand.

"You really miss everything there, don't you?"

Luke smiled wistfully. "It's home."

"Do you think you'll ever get back there?"

Luke looked to Wish Bear. "Absolutely. But you and the other Care Bears are going to have to help me."

~~~~~

"Why are you so worried?" Noble Heart asked.

True Heart paced around the empty Hall of Hearts. The other Care Bears knew not to interrupt. "What if it's too much? The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins are still young! They might not be able to recover!"

Noble Heart just blinked, looking amused. "You worry too much."

True Heart glared at Noble Heart. The purple horse tried not to laugh. "They're my children!" Her look changed to stern. "This involves your children, too!"

Noble Heart smiled. "Yes. But, uh, remember our defeat of Dark Heart? He was one of our strongest enemies and the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins defeated him."

"Yeah, after getting turned into chandelier ornaments."

Noble Heart just sighed and shook his head. "True Heart, you have to trust them! The Care Bears are adults now. They're a little old for you to be tucking them in at night."

"I do not tuck them in at night!" True Heart said indignantly.

"You know what I mean."

True Heart folded her arms and sighed. "All right. After all, we do owe this to Luke…"

Noble Heart patted her shoulder. "They'll be fine, I promise."

The tan bear nodded. "As soon as Luke returns from the Forest of Feelings, we'll tell him." She paused. "She we warn the Care Bears and Cousins?"

"No. No need to worry them," Noble Heart said with just a touch more confidence than he felt.