Chapter 24

Luke, Leia and Padme were now sitting on passenger freighter on the way to the former Senator's homeworld. She had to admit to herself that she kind of was afraid of what she what she would see there: Her own people having to rebuild their destroyed homes and probably also mourning the death of the people that died during the Galactic Civil War. Meanwhile also Luke was totally lost in his thoughts because of everything that had happened so far, never would he have thought that he would ever get reunited with his mother after all these years. It's too bad that our father isn't alive anymore to witness this little reunion between us and our mother in person, but at least he died in peace as he sacrificed himself to save from the wrath of the Emperor.

Corucusant, the Office of the Chief of State

"We ran into some trouble on the way to Correlia IV but we were able to land on the surface in one piece after we have got rid of the Imperial TIE Fighters." Han Solo's Holo Communicator Image said to the Chief of State Mon Mothma, who had Admiral Ackbar standing by her side and you could clearly see the relieve on both of their faces as Solo had delivered the good news to them. "That's good to hear Captain Solo and I want you back here as soon as possible after you've accomplished the mission in the Correlia System, so that you can give me your full report on all things that happened during your flight to Correlia IV.

"That's understood Ma'am, you have my full mission report on your table very soon Solo out."

The surface of Correlia IV

Then the Millennium Falcon pilot cut the connection and joined his Co-Pilot Chewbacca in the freight area of the ship. "Okay Chewie let's get those medical goods into the colony." The Wookie replied with his usual growling noises and then the two quickly got to work, as they didn't want to lose any precious time because the colony on the planet was desperately waiting for the medical goods. One speeder bike was already waiting for their arrival at the Docking Bay, that one had been modified with a little freight compartment directly under the passenger seats where Han and Chewie loaded the small casings into.

As the speeder bike drove through a big forest Han was already back on Corusant with his thoughts because he missed Leia so dearly right now, even if he was aware of the fact that he couldn't let his personal feelings distract him from important missions like this one was also one way or another.

His thoughts about the love of his life were suddenly interrupted as the driver of the speeder bike said: "We are really glad that you were able to make it here Captain Solo, we need this medication pretty bad because of the fact that the virus has infected a lot more people since its first outbreak a couple of weeks ago." With the best encouraging smile that he could muster up right at this moment he answered: "The New Republic is really glad to be able to help in this very difficult medical situation on Correlia and Chief of State Mon Mothma surely hopes to that both parties will benefit from each other in the next years."

The driver of the Speeder Bike acknowledged the friendly gesture from Captain Solo with a short smile of his own and answered: "President Jenkins is surely happy to have a reliable partner once again in this dangerous era shortly after the fall of the Empire and we are glad to have the military support from the New Republic in this difficult time where we are still busy with rebuilding our military capacity."

The Passenger Freighter on route to Naboo

After there had been silence between the three for a long time Padme finally broke by saying: I think that we will visit the Palace of the Queen first when we arrive to Naboo and then we continue to travel to my family's home in the Lake Country." She hugged the twins shortly and she was determined that no one and nothing would ever rip them apart again, because after Anakin had died during the Galactic War the Twins were now the most precious thing in her life.

Padme deep down knew that Obi Wan had probably decided to give Leia to Bail and Luke to Anakin's Family on Tattooine before he had to go into hiding and if she could she would have thanked him for making sure that neither of the twins fell into the hands of Palpatine. But she wanted to focus more on her and the future of her children and imaging the fact that she and her daughter would work side by side to restore the Republic to its old glory after the long and hard fought war against the Empire let a big smile appear on her face for a moment.

Leia wondered what had become of Pooja, the young woman that she had encountered during her time at the Imperial Senate and she had really admired the effort that the young woman had made during her time their even if she knew that the whole thing was just a puppet organization full of Palpatine's loyal henchmen.

"I know that the people of Naboo will be happy to see you alive, they loved you so much that they even wanted your term as Queen to be extended." Leia said with a little smile on her face, being so proud of everything that her mother had accomplished for the people on her home world and she could also still learn a lot from her in the matter of politics. Of course Padme was very happy to know that her daughter had chosen the same profession as her, with all the guidance she could get from Bail Organa and she was thankful that her long-time good friend had taken Leia under his wing so to speak. It took a lot of self-control to not cry at this very moment, because she was clearly touched by this memory from her past and then she replied: "Of course I enjoyed my term as Queen of Naboo, but extending my term didn't feel right to me. In the end I was more than happy to accept the offer of becoming the new senator for my home world in the Galactic Senate."

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