Chapter 47

As the lift finally came to a stop in the living room area of the apartment, of course he didn't know at that point that he soon would come face to face with an unexpected visitor and he didn't know that Leia would be home already too. It was truly a sad thing that they didn't get to spend much time with each other because of the fact that both of their jobs were so time consuming but Han was aware of the fact that he wouldn't get his wife to change his job in a million years. He was sure of one thing: It felt so good to be home again after all the traveling that he did in the last couple of years. Before he had met Leia he would never dreamed of getting tired of his life as a space nomad with his long-time good friend Chewbacca, but falling in love with this woman as they had got to know each a lot better changed all that.

He was surprised to hear one voice that was unfamiliar to him, as he was closing on the living room area of the apartment and immediately wondered who Leia's surprise visitor was. Meanwhile Padme and her children were still busy with talking about all the things that had happened during the former Senator's absence, of course it was so heart wrenching to hear all those things that they did have endure during the long war against the Empire lead by the former Chancellor of the Old Republic Palpatine. "I really have to say that I'm so happy to know that you took an important part in the quest of restoring the democracy in the Galaxy again and deep down I know that the New Republic is strong enough to conquer all the challenges that lay ahead for it."

Padme said after a longer pause, because she had to take a moment to process all that information and she couldn't help but ask herself at this moment how she would shape this young democracy with all the political knowledge that she had from her service as the Queen and the Senator for Naboo in the Galactic Senate. Luke and Leia were both really touched by those kind words as you could see on their faces and after a short pause Leia said: "I think that your niece Pooja will be surprised and shocked at the same time to see you alive, unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity yet to speak to her personally since she still very busy with her work in the Senate. Let's just say that things in the Senate Chamber aren't looking that good so far, as some systems of the newly formed Republic haven't been pleased with some of the decisions from the Government and she has been trying her best to settle some issues as a neutral mediator."

It had been good to hear that Leia got know about her true origin after some years of being in the dark and she didn't know for sure how to feel about the coming reunion with Pooja, because even if she was happy to see her again very soon face- to face she was also totally nervous about how her niece would handle the whole thing. Padme was interrupted in her thoughts, as she heard another yet unfamiliar voice entering the room: "I hope that I'm not interrupting anything important and who is the lovely looking lady Leia?" Han said and had his best charming smile on his face now, as he waited for the answer from his wife and he was happy to his good friend Luke again too and it was always good to fight side by side with a Jedi.

Leia had been so focused on the conversation with her mother that she didn't realize that Han had entered the room, so after overcoming the slight shock she replied: "Han this is my mother Padme Amidala, who I thought was dead but by some miracle we've got unexpectedly reunited and Mother this Han Solo, former Smuggler and now a well-respected member of the New Republic Military."

Padme slowly got up from the couch that stood next to the big window, from where you had a good overview of the City like Planet Corcusant and reached to shake Han's hand gently. Being the charming gentleman he had always been, Han instead kissed Leia's mother's hand and said: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Leia has told me a lot about all the things that you have accomplished during your long career as a politician."

The former Senator and Queen smiled shortly before she started to speak again: "It's nice to meet the man that my daughter loves in person and I know that we will get along very well."

Han and Padme sat back down on the couch that stood right in front of the big window, from where you had a wonderful over the big city like Planet which was once again the home for a Alliance between the numerous worlds of the galaxy as it was known for a couple of decades.

But the Alliance of Worlds that formed the New Republic was still pretty fragile as the Imperial Forces were regrouping under the command of Grand Admiral Thrawn but Leia was pretty confident that they were able to solve this challenge that lay ahead of them.

New Republic Listening Post, Saarn System

Captain Parker was one of the few people that were still standing in the Command Center which was barely functioning anymore but he had suffered some severe injuries to his body but he wasn't willing to give up in this fight, even if it looked they were going to lose this battle at the end. Maybe he wouldn't be able to keep away the Imperial Forces away from this base but he was sure of one thing at this moment: He wouldn't let it fall into the hands of the Empire, even if that meant in the worst case that he had to go down fighting and die in the process.

AN: Will the New Republic Soldiers stay alive to tell the story of the fight and how will Padme may be a part of this war with the Forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn in the near future?

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