CHAPTER-5

In a ship which was in hyperspace a girl was talking to a Togruta, "We are coming out of hyperspace. Artoo, set the coordination for landing." The astromech droid beeped in accordance. Soon the ship was out of the hyperspace and was in front of the lush, green planet of Naboo.

"Why are we here Ahsoka?"

"To meet someone, a family."

"Hmm, you do remember that there is an imperial presence here, right?"

"I know, Leia. I know. Land it in this coordination."

"You got me, Master."

Soon the ship landed besides the lake country. A villa came into the view.

"Which place is this? It is so beautiful and peaceful. It's a change which is super favorable."

"The Nabberie residence." Ahsoka said as the two and the droid stepped on the land of Naboo.

"Na-Nabberie residence as in my mom's?"

"Yes, now let us go and meet your family."

"Uh-uh, let us go. I'm so excited."

The three walked up the Nabberie residence and Leia knocked on their door. A lady in her late forties or fifties had opened the door and froze at seeing Leia.

"Pa-Padme? No it can't be. She died."

"I'm her daughter, Leia Skywalker Amidala or Nabberie." Leia said nervously. "This is my master Ahsoka Tano." She introduced Ahsoka who nodded softly. "Are you Jobal Nabberie, my gra-grandmother?"

The lady shook her head slowly and introduced herself. "I'm your aunt, Sola. Mom died two years ago. Come in." she said holding back her tears. The three let themselves in. Two ladies had entered. One of age nearly twenty-five and the other slightly younger had come. "Who are they?" the older one asked. "Aunt Padme's daughter, your cousin sister." Sola replied with a heavy throat. "They are my daughters, the older one is Pooja and the younger one is Ryoo." She pointed to them. Both sat down to observe Leia. She was roughly sixteen and looked like her mother.

"She just looks like her." Pooja commented. All of a sudden Sola broke down and started to cry. Her daughters and Leia went to comfort her. As Leia was comforting her the other two girls started crying. Ahsoka stepped in and comforted them. "Please, calm yourself. Imagine how Padme would feel if she came to know that her family greeted one of her children with tears." At this Sola looked up at Ahsoka and asked, "One of her children as in she had twins?"

"Yes, he is on Tatooine."

"Well that is good news at least the children are there. This is my husband Dared." Sola pointed at the man standing at the back. At this Pooja stood up to take Leia's hand and showed her another man standing behind Dared.

"This is Kuole, my fiancé. We are getting married after a few months. Why don't you give me your transmission number and I'll send you the invitation when it is ready?" she said with a smile on her face which was wet.

"Su-sure." Leia replied.

The three, Leia, Ahsoka and Artoo, spent three days with the Nabberie. "I wish I could stay for more days, aunt, but I have to go. It is necessary. Anyway you have my transmission number, so you can message me anytime." Leia told her family as the three boarded the ship. "Wow, I learnt so much about my mother, parents and my family. Thank you Master, without you I wouldn't be able to learn about them."

"No, thank YOU Leia, I was able to relive the memories I had created as the apprentice of your father."

"Hmm, so where to next?"

"Stewjon, we need to receive a payment which would help the rebellion."

"Gotcha, Artoo set the coordinates."

Back in the space, a Mandalorian cruiser ship was coming out of hyperspace. "We are reaching the planet's airspace. Where are we to land Three-Kay?" Lyo asked as she put on her helmet.

"They have sent us the coordination. Here you go."

"Punch it Han."

Soon enough a landing platform came into view, on it was a ship waiting for them. "Check on the Pyke." Lyo told Korkie. The Pyke was in the corner of the ship, naked with his headdress on him, he looked like clown.

"Definitely not happy. Especially with the fact that we just tied him up and have put a strap around his neck and made him look like a pet. He is not happy."

"Well let's see what others have to say with our way more HUMANE treatment." Lyo commented. At this point the Pyke started panicking.

"Alright we have landed. Let's get the payment on its wheel and send it off where it belongs." Lyo said. As the three got down on the platform they were greeted by two people and an astromech droid. One of the people was a Togruta and the other one was a human.

"Which one of you is Fulcrum?" Lyo asked. At this the Togruta walked forward.

"I am Fulcrum."

"Uh-uh here's your spice. It is a total of four ton. And thanks for the information."

"Thank you for taking it and supplying the spice"

"What are you going to do with it anyway?"

"Use it."

"Nice."

The two parties walked to their respective ships, Fulcrum and the girl pushing the cartons of the spice, whereas the Mandalorians walking free. The rocky mountains of the planet Stewjon added a gray and subtle background to the exchange. It also proved as a good hiding spot. As the girl was about to push the cartons into the ship a torpedo was launched at their direction. The girl and the Togruta turned towards it, by the time they could react it hit the rock mountain besides their ship and the blast caused the two to get separated. The Togruta was pushed to the edge of the platform whereas the girl fell of the other edge and went tumbling downwards.

"FULCRUM." Lyo screamed as she saw the Togruta almost falling from the platform to the valley which had sharp rocks. She threw a lasso and pulled the Togruta towards her. Han and Korkie ran after the girl. Lucky for her she fell into the smoother part of the valley. The astromech droid was stuck in the debris and was beeping frantically. "You get the droid I'll get the girl." Han said to Korkie as he ran towards where the girl had fallen. Korkie ran towards the droid and cleared out a few rocks, the droid managed to fly out of the debris. It beeped in gratitude as it landed besides him. As he turned to go and help Han, he heard Lyo scream. He ran to the platform to find that the locals had her pinned to the ground. He took out his blasters and started shooting at the locals catching them off guard. Lyo got up and helped him. In a matter of time the locals where dead. Lyo went to check at the Togruta. "Fulcrum, Fulcrum get up." She called out to the Togruta.

"Leia, Leia." The Togruta replied after passing out again. Lyo turned towards Korkie and asked, "Where is the girl, Leia?"

"Han went after her."

"Oh shit imperials, get her in. We can't help him till the imperials are gone. Not to forget we are fugitives now."

Upon their head the imperials could be seen, they got the Togruta in and took of to find a safer place.

Down below, Han was running. He found the girl lying unconscious on a rock which was smooth. Lucky, Han thought as he ran down to check on the girl. She was still alive and had sustained a couple of bruises. Above his head he saw the ship leaving. He turned around to find a bunch of imperials standing on the platform. "It's time to leave honey." He said as he lifted the girl gingerly and climbed down the hill slowly. "Great at this phase, they'll catch us." He grunted as he carried the girl and was climbing down the valley. The imperials spotted him and ran a quick scan to find out that he was a fugitive. They took their blasters and started shooting at him. Han bent as he heard the shots behind his head. He hid behind the boulder besides him and settled the girl safely there before going and shooting back at the imperials. As the firing exchanged one of the stormtroopers' blast shot hit his blaster. "Shit that was the only one. I should have carried the two." He removed the only thermal detonator he had and threw it at them. But one of the stormtroopers shot it mid air, wasting it.

Suddenly the blaster shots froze in air. Han turned to his left to find that the girl was up and had her hand lifted. She then stood up and a lightsaber came flying towards the other hand. The stormtroopers were surprised and shocked to see this. She then made a fist and the shots went and hit the stormtroopers. She suddenly turned to the back and started deflecting the shots fired at them from down. She stretched her hand out and retrieved a blaster and threw it at Han. "Use it." She said as she continued deflecting shots. Han got up and started shooting the stormtroopers. Soon enough all of the imperials were dead. "We need to get down we might find some shelter there."

"Are you fine? That was a nasty fall."

"I just stood and fought a bunch of imperials, if you didn't notice."

"Standing up and fighting is different from getting down of valleys."

"Oh I can do it." The girl said with confidence. But as she took a step further, she fell down to find that she had a broken ankle. "Oh that's bad."

"See I told you it were different. Here, let me carry you."

"Umm, fine."

The two got down gingerly. Han then let the girl down slowly. The girl took his support and limped slightly. The two walked towards a shelter. The shelter was well lit and had basic medical supplies.

"Well we can tend to the minor injuries now. Your ankle will need a rough time."

The girl just nodded in silence winching as Han placed his hands on the foot.

"Just hold on to something. Bite into that blanket over there this will pain." He said as he twisted the ankle into its position. "Ah, that hurts. Do you want to break it or fix it?"

"Hey I'm helping you okay."

"Yeah yeah."

It was late in the night, the girl was asleep but Han was yet awake. He was looking out of the window. He was staring at the beautiful night sky of Stewjon. He turned to look at the girl; roughly of the age sixteen, beautiful brown eyes, soft features, brown hair in a neat braid.

On the sandy dessert of Tatooine, under the hot sun, a boy of age sixteen was dragging a cart along with him. "Damn the twin suns of this planet. Fuck the sand. It's just irritating to find it all over your body. Why can't it just be like any other planet in this fucking galaxy? Ah. My skin is burning." He kept on thinking. "Lucky Tohyu, at least he has some girls he can use on this planet." He cursed Tohyu, that son of a slave owner had at least three consorts. He lived his life while the boy spent his life as a moisture farmer. Ah finally home. He could rest for a while before going to work again.

Not so far away from the Lars residency, a man was driving a speeder bike towards a hut. As soon as he got down he banged on the door. The door was answered by an aged man. "YOU, you are the reason." The man started screaming. He removed his blaster and almost shot the aged man but the aged man had lifted his hand and had frozen the shot, he then redirected it to the Tusken raider in the back. "Go home. You are not thinking well. We can continue our tiny squabble later. Good day." The aged man said before shutting the door. "You lived today, old man. You won't be alive for a long time, you won't." the man said before climbing on the speeder and leaving.