Hey! Sorry for the delay, I had writers block. Yeah, yeah, I know, that's an old excuse. Anyway, the new cast for this chapter is as follows:

Donald Duck as R2-D2,

Starfire as Padme,

and Trigon as Darth Maul. (The Trigon from "Nevermore", not "The End.")

Not many new characters, huh? Oh well. Enjoy!

(I own nothing. STOP BUGGING ME!)

The throne room was filled with battle droids. Viceroy Mumbo Jumbo himself was also there to witness the capture of Queen Koriand'r.

But what he didn't know was that the girl he thought was the queen was actually a decoy. The real queen was now dressed as a Handmaiden under the disguise of Starfire. It saddened her to see all the droids holding her people captive, but she refused to allow her sorrow to show. She had to be brave.

"How will you explain this invasion to the Senate?" One of the captive governors demanded.

"Tameran and the Federation will sign a treaty." Mumbo replied. "I have… assurances that the Senate will ratify it." He smiled at the girl who pretended to be the queen. The ruse was working… so far. "All we need is your signature, your highness."

"I will never sign your treaty." The girl said, in exactly the same tone Koriand'r herself would have used.

She's doing well. The real queen thought. Hopefully, the viceroy won't suspect anything.

"Come, come," Mumbo continued. "Don't be too hasty in your decision. If you don't sign, I'm afraid your people will pay the price." Koriand'r gave out a slight gasp, but no one noticed. "You will sign the treaty. In time, the suffering of your people will persuade you." Mumbo turned to leave and gave an order to one of the droids. "Take them to camp four."

"Roger." The droid replied.

Koriand'r and the others were immediately taken away. The Queen wondered if this was the end for her people… and for her as well.

Leon watched the central plaza of the palace from a balcony. He saw several tanks and droids, which seemed quite out of place in the majestic Tamaranian castle. He noticed a group being led out by droids. One of them was a young girl wearing an elaborate dress. She had to be the queen of Tameran.

"Let's go." He said to Cloud.

They jumped off the balcony and landed in front of the droids, much to everyone's shock.

"Queen Koriand'r?" Leon asked the girl in the queen's clothing.

"Who are you?" The girl asked.

Several droids stepped up to deal with Leon and Cloud, but were immediately cut down by their Light-Sabers.

Leon and Cloud continued to destroy droids until there were none left. Leon deactivated his Light-Saber and gave his answer to the "queen." "We are the negotiators sent by the Supreme Chancellor."

"Your negotiations have failed." Captain Hot-Spot scoffed.

"The negotiations never took place." Leon corrected. "Your highness, we must make contact with the Senate."

"Our communications have been disabled." The captain said.

"I see. Do you have any transports?"

Hot-Spot nodded. "In the hangar. This way."

Larry floated down from the balcony to join the others. "Wow! You guys are so cool!" He shouted admiringly.

Leon put his hand over Larry's mouth and told him as calmly as he could "Be quiet." He then turned to the others. "Let's go."

With Captain Hot-Spot leading the way, they soon reached the hangar which was full of droids. This seemed to worry the captain, but not Leon.

He prepared to fight, as did Cloud. Leon turned to the queen. "Your highness, I think it would be best if you came with us to Coruscant."

The queen shook her head. "My place is here."

"Your highness, if you stay here they may kill you."

"They wouldn't dare!" Said Captain Hot-Spot. "They need her to sign a treaty making this whole invasion legal."

"Yes, but nothing about this invasion is has made sense. I believe there is something going on here that we're not aware of."

"Perhaps he's right." One of the governors said. "Maybe if the queen were to go to Coruscant, she could help Senator Slade put an end to this."

"No." Said Hot-Spot. "It's too dangerous."

"I believe the queen should make the decision." Leon commented.

The queen seemed unsure. Leon was surprised to see her turn to her handmaidens. "This will be dangerous…" She said. "…For all of us."

One of the handmaidens—a girl with red hair and green eyes—stepped forward and said, "We are brave your majesty."

The queen nodded and turned back to Leon. "Very well. I shall go to Coruscant."

So it was decided that Leon and Cloud would escort the queen to Coruscant, along with Captain Hot-Spot, Larry, a few of the handmaidens (including the red-haired girl), and a few guards.

They opened the hangar door and walked in. Leon noticed some pilots in a corner, being held captive by the droids.

"Cloud," Leon said to his padawan. "Free those pilots."

Cloud nodded.

As they approached the queen's personal ship, a droid stepped in front of them. "You're under arrest." It announced.

In answer, Leon activated his Light-Saber and cut the droid in half. Cloud also activated his Saber and the two of them proceeded to cut down any droid that got in their way.

Cloud made his way to where the pilots were and destroyed the droids that guarded them.

The queen and the others made their way onto the royal spaceship, followed by Leon, Cloud, and one of the pilots.

The pilot took his seat in the cockpit and the ship took off. But they weren't safe yet.

The ship made its way out of Tameran's orbit, and was immediately attacked by Federation ships. The pilot did his best to avoid the shots, but the ship jolted from the impact of the laser fire.

The ship jolted suddenly, and Leon and Cloud went to the cockpit to see what was wrong.

"The shield generator has been hit." Captain Hot-Spot told them. "We're sending out the repair droids to fix it. I just hope they can do it in time."

Outside the ship, several droids popped out of the hatch and made their way to the generator. When the Federation ships saw this, they immediately set to work on destroying the repair droids.

They destroyed them one-by-one, until there was only one left. A little droid which looked like a duck with a sailor hat, and was painted white and blue.

At first, Leon and the others doubted this one droid would be enough, but to their surprise the duck-droid finished the job and returned safely to the hatch.

"He did it!" The pilot shouted happily. "That droid did it! Our shields are back!"

But there was still more trouble. Even though the shields helped them escape the blockade, the hyperdrive was leaking, which meant they'd have to land somewhere to make repairs.

"But where could we go that was safe from the Federation?" The Captain asked. "All friendly planets including Coruscant are too far away."

"Perhaps we could land here." Said Cloud, as he inspected a galactic map. "Tatooine."

"Yes," Leon agreed. "The Federation has no power there."

"How do you know?" Hot-Spot asked.

"Because, it's controlled by the Hutts."

"The Hutts! But they're vicious gangsters! We can't take the queen there, they would--"

"They would treat her no better than the Trade Federation. But our advantage is that they aren't looking for her."

Captain Hot-Spot would have argued further, but Leon had a valid point. Besides, it seemed to the captain that arguing with this Jedi was pointless.

"Destroy all high-ranking officials," The hologram of Deathstroke told the viceroy. "Quietly and slowly."

"Yes sir." Mumbo replied.

"Has the queen signed the treaty yet?"

Mumbo was afraid he'd ask that. "The queen has… has escaped… one of the Tamaranian cruisers… got past the blockade."

"What? How could this happen? I want that treaty signed Viceroy!"

"But, we can't find the cruiser. It's out of range."

"Not for a Sith lord." As if he had been waiting, a second hooded figure stepped into the hologram next to Deathstroke. "This is my apprentice, Lord Trigon. He will find the queen." The second Sith had red skin and… four eyes? Was that possible?

"Y-yes, my l-lord." Mumbo stuttered.

The hologram faded and Mumbo began to worry. This is getting out of hand! He thought. Now there are two of them! I should never have made this bargain.

After the ship was safely in hyper-space, Leon, Cloud, and Captain Hot-Spot were summoned to the queen's chamber to bring her up to date. Hot-Spot brought the duck-droid with him and explained the part it had played in their escape.

"This droid is brave," Said the queen. "It is to be commended."

"Thank you your majesty." The droid said politely, in a quacking voice which was only barely understandable.

"What is it called?" She asked the captain.

Hot-Spot looked at the I-D number on the droid. "DN-LD your highness." He replied. "But we call him Donald."

"Thank you Donald. You have proven yourself loyal. Starfire," The red-haired hand-maiden stepped forward. "Clean this droid up as best you can. He deserves our gratitude." Starfire bowed and the queen continued speaking with Captain Hot-Spot. "Continue Captain."

But instead of Captain Hot-Spot, Leon stepped forward and told the queen of their plan to go to Tatooine. After Leon had told her about the plan, and after Hot-Spot was finished objecting, the queen agreed (though not without a glance in Starfire's direction) and a course was set.

Larry, who was bored out of his wits, began snooping through the ships cabinets. He had absolutely nothing to do! Every time he touched something, people either yelled at him or something broke and then they yelled.

He soon noticed an oil-can and had an idea how he could be useful.

He floated into the room where Starfire was cleaning up Donald.

"Hi there!" He shouted.

"Eeep!" Starfire gasped, shocked by Larry's sudden entrance.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you."

"It is alright. You just surprised me." She went back to cleaning Donald's gold-colored bill.

"Um… I brought this," Larry held up the oil-can. "I thought it would help."

"Oh, thank you." Starfire gratefully took the can. "This will indeed be useful."

She began to oil the joint in Donald's beak, thinking there was something wrong with his voice. "Hey!" Donald quacked. "My beak is fine!"

"Oh. Forgive me," Said Starfire. "I thought that you required the oiling in your beak because you sounded strange."

"I always sound this way."

"Oh, I see."

Starfire proceeded to oil Donald's wing/arm, which did need some attention.

"I'm Larry." The little Nosyargkcid said proudly.

"And I am Starfire." Starfire replied warmly. "I serve her majesty. You are a Nosyargkcid, correct?"

"Yep."

"How did you come to be here with us?"

"I dunno. One minute, I'm minding my own business, and then BOOM! This big thing is coming straight at me. My buddy Leon saved me, then we went to the palace, then we got shot at, and now we're out here in space! I'm very confused."

Starfire couldn't help but giggle at this odd little creature.

After the ship landed on the surface of Tatooine, Leon prepared to head for the nearest Space port, Mos Espa.

As he stepped off the ship and into the blinding light of the dessert planet, he remembered the talk he had with Cloud.

It had been agreed that Cloud would stay with the ship while Leon, along with Larry and Donald, would look for the parts they needed.

Leon set out towards the space port, with Donald waddling on one side of him and Larry floating on the other.

They hadn't gone far when he heard someone shout "wait!"

They turned to see Hot-Spot and Starfire walk up to them. This can't be good. Leon thought.

"Her majesty would like you to take her hand-maiden Starfire with you." Said Hot-Spot. "She wishes to know more about this planet."

"No more commands from the queen today." Said Leon. They didn't have time to drag some spoiled hand-maiden along with them. They had important work to do.

"I am capable of taking care of myself." Starfire pleaded. "Please, I wish to see this planet."

Leon decided it would take a lot less time if he just gave up. "Fine. But I think this is a very bad idea."

The four of them made their way to Mos Espa. Unaware of what they would soon find.

Well, there it is. See you next time!

Oh yeah, and I know it's weird that Trigon would work for Slade, but he is the one that looks the most like Darth Maul!