Author's Notes

Hey everyone! I just want to tell you that I have made some minor changes in the first chapter (which really won't affect the story in a whole). Instead of having the story set in the same year as TFA, it is set a year before which actually makes Annia twenty years old instead of twenty-one. I wanted to make it a year before the events of TFA so I can establish a fully fleshed out character. I hope everyone can understand that.

Also! If you want me to make a post/chapter of the timeline related to my characters and the other canon characters/events, please message me and I'll make that as soon as possible. If this story is good or if you would like to share advice and opinions, please comment in the reviews!

Thanks and May the Force be with you!

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Chapter Three:

A Kidnapping Situation

'Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father'

'He told me enough, he told me you killed him'

'No Luke, I am your father'

'NO!'

Sweat came upon Annia's skin after she woke from the dark yet realistic nightmare, which seemed somewhat of a far distant memory. As she sat up on her bed, she gasped in surprise as a sensation of power flowed through her. She could sense and feel every life force around the surroundings of her home. She sensed the banthas in the fields as they bathed in the hot binary sunlight, she sensed the wind carrying through her window as if it had a presence of its own, and she could sense Poe pacing back and forth as he communicated with others at the Resistance base via hologram. But there was one life force she could not sense, one person she tried reaching out: her mother.

(Beep boop) Morning Annia! (boop beep), BB-8 exclaimed as the little droid barged into the farm-girl's room.

Annia was startled by BB-8's entrance and with the startlement, she fell off the bed with the sheets that followed after her.

Thud

"Ow..."

BB-8 rolled over to Annia's side and made some worried-like whistles, Are you okay?!-

Annia looked up at the little droid as she held her head and brushed her sandy colored hair through her fingers, "I guess, you scared me though-"

(Beep boop) Sorry, I saw that you were dazing off and thought I should greet you- (boop beep)

Then Poe barged into the room, "I heard a thud, is every-"

The Resistance pilot looked down at the floor and saw Annia being tangled in her sheets with her locks tousled around along with BB-8 being at her side. An awkward silence filled the room when both BB-8 and Annia both looked at each other and back at Poe. Before Annia could explain herself, BB-8 whistled, I was coming to greet Annia to tell her 'good morning', but I guess I scared her and she fell off her bed.

Poe raised an eyebrow with a smirk appearing on his face, "Really?" He crossed his arms as he watched Annia getting up from the floor, "Do you get startled a lot? I mean, yesterday I scared you-"

"No, I don't get startled that much" She retorted, "I just hate the unexpected-"

He raised his hands up, "Okay, okay! You don't have to explain"

Annia sighed as she crossed her arms, "So, I heard you talking to someone on a hologram-"

Poe furrowed his eyebrows, "Really?" He continued, "I was being as quiet as possible, I didn't want to wake you up-"

"Poe, it's okay" Annia spoke, "I actually slept in, usually I would've been up before the suns even rise" She then tucked her hair behind her ear, "So, I'm guessing you talked to someone back at the Resistance base?"

"Oh right" Poe continued, "Yeah, well I was checking in with General Leia Organa-"

"General Leia Organa?!" Annia spoke in excitement, "The same Leia Organa who was the Princess of Alderaan from the Rebellion? I didn't know you knew her!"

Poe chuckled at her excitement, "Yeah, well, she is my commanding officer. I know her pretty well- And! She doesn't go by 'Princess' anymore" He pointed out, "Since she is the founder of the Resistance, she wants to be called by her rank."

"Right, well, what did you tell her? Did you tell her you found my mom?"

Poe nodded, "Yeah I did, she was actually surprised that your mom moved here since Luke Skywalker once lived here. So, it kinda does makes sense why Mara would've moved here, I guess..." He paused, "I also told her about you, and she was kinda surprised-"

"Surprised?" Annia asked in a state of confusion, "Why would she be surprised that my mom would have kids by now?"

"She didn't really explain clearly... But she did say, Mara, when she knew her, wasn't the type of person to settle down" Poe explained, "She told me that Mara was always on missions with Luke or by herself to help rebuild the Jedi Order... Leia thought that your mom was off somewhere at some abandoned Jedi temple or something..."

"Really?" Annia was quite surprised by the information she was hearing. She never thought that her mom was off doing those sort of missions with the legendary Luke Skywalker. She always thought that her mom went on a bunch of missions with the Rebellion, however, it seemed that her mom helped Luke after the war of the Empire.

"I was always told that my mom helped Luke Skywalker, but I thought it was during the Rebellion era"

Poe leaned back on the door frame with his arms crossed. He realized how much information that Annia was told was either partially the truth or something that was new for her to hear. The pilot began to realize why Annia was angry last night with her mom for not telling the truth about herself.

"You really had no idea who or what your mother was, did you?" Poe asked in a sincere manner.

Annia's eyes softened and gave a sad smile, "She would often tell me that she knew Luke Skywalker as being very good friends and would often save his ass more than him saving her's... But now, I don't really know..."

Poe understood how Annia felt, being left in the dark. He could tell that Annia felt as if she was betrayed by her mom's trust. It wasn't really good parenting, he thought. He then stepped a bit closer, "I don't know if it is my place to tell you this, but I do know some more information about your mom" He continued, "Though, I think your mom would disapprove if I told you more than you should know."

Annia furrowed her eyebrows, "I understand... If you tell me one information about my mom, I won't tell anyone- especially her."

Poe's eyes widen, "Are you sure? I mean, I don't want to keep you in the dark but-"

"Just tell me one fact about my mom"

Poe slowly nodded, "Right, let me think of one" He didn't want to give her too much for her not to handle or too little, "Your mom tried to kill Luke Skywalker before they became allies"

Annia furrowed her brows more, "What? Why?"

Poe sighed, he didn't want to explain more but he still wanted to help her, "She was once the Emperor's Hand, she was ordered to kill him. But as you can tell, she didn't"

Annia's eyes widen and thought to herself, 'The Emperor's Hand... She was an assassin... But why didn't she kill Luke? Did something change her mind?...'

She knew that the questions she wanted to ask weren't for Poe to answer... Sometime she would have to ask her mom, or when her mom would tell her...

"Do you know if my mom is still here?" Annia asked as she switched the conversation, "I just haven't heard her in a while"

Poe looked out the window and pointed, "I think your mom is managing the herd" And when Poe pointed out, Annia looked out and saw her mom herding and separating the banthas from the males to the females and kids. Annia nodded and made her way to her clothing drawers, "I need to get ready, I don't know when she wants us to go with you ..."

As she picked out her clothes, she noticed that Poe was still at the door frame along with BB-8, "Um... I think this is your queue to leave..."

"Hm?" Poe then realized, "Oh! Yeah, sorry... I'll uh, I'll be out on the porch" He then looked down at BB-8 as he started to leave Annia's room, "Come on, buddy. Let's give Annia some privacy."

Whistles came upon the small droid as the two both left Annia alone to change. As she changed into her rustic white, brown, beige outfit, she wondered what was in store for Annia... She had a feeling that somehow her life was going to change, for better or for worse.

After Mara finished herding the banthas, she noticed Poe and his little droid approaching her as he covered nose from the stench of the banthas. She knew that it was about the Resistance and that they needed a way to get to the Resistance. She had a feeling that this smooth X-Wing didn't have a starship to fly them out of there... However, there was one ship that she knew of that she hadn't flown in a very, very long time. Mara smirked a bit when she saw Poe's reaction to the farm smell.

"Well, kid" Mara spoke sarcastically, "Welcome to the farm"

Poe rolled his eyes, "Yeah... Thanks..." Poe then continued, "I've spoken to General Organa about finding you and Annia-"

Mara furrowed her eyebrows in a disapproving look, she didn't want Annia being discovered - whether if they were allies or not - she needed to have Annia's identity protected. Mara didn't care about her identity being discovered but for her daughter, Annia's safety was more important than her's. Poe noticed the glare from Mara and stopped talking, "Did I say something wrong?"

"You should've not brought my daughter's identity to the Resistance's attention.." Mara spoke harshly, "Even though you're one of the good guys, my daughter's identity is much more valuable than mine-"

"Why?" Poe asked confusingly.

It was too early to tell Poe Dameron or anybody from the Resistance about Annia's identity... Too early... Annia's blood was much more valuable than Mara's and with blood, that precious, the First Order would use her as bait or worse: the Knights of Ren would manipulate her. A mother always has nurture protection over their children, but for Mara, she was fiercely protective over her daughter and would kill anyone who comes close to harm Annia.

Mara looked at Poe for a bit before she could answer him, "You saw Annia yesterday with her powers, that raw power of the Force" She continued as Poe listened in interest, "Yesterday was the first time that I had ever seen Annia touch any power of the Force, and what I felt from her was much more power that I can't even comprehend"

Poe's eyes widen and realized what Mara was getting at, "Wait, are you saying that if any information leaks out about Annia's powers, she would be a greater target for the First Order than you?-"

"Not just the First Order" Mara spoke, "But the Knights of Ren... If they found out about her, they will hunt her down- they won't kill her, oh no, they will torture her, manipulate her, and turn her into one of them... What's worse, Snoke will personally do all of that. He will make her an equal to Kylo..."

Poe's brows furrowed, "With what you just said, it sounds like that Annia is more important than you..." Poe continued, "That doesn't make any sense, the First Order and Snoke's minions need a connection - a key - to Luke Skywalker, you're the key, not Annia-"

Mara put her hand on Poe's shoulder, "Dameron, there's more to this than meets the eye... She cannot be known to anyone, even though I trust Leia with all my heart and soul, I don't want any more information leaked about Annia to Leia... When the time is right, I will tell Leia more about my daughter..." Mara's fierce green eyes soften and Mara's voice became sincere, "Promise me you don't tell anyone else about Annia, I gave my daughter life into this world... I don't want her life to be taken away..."

Poe saw the plea in Mara's eyes, he knew that she was asking him to protect her identity out of a mother's love. He understood her and knew that what Mara spoke about Annia could possibly be true. Besides of protecting Luke Skywalker's friend and ally, he would have to protect Annia from the Snoke and the First Order. He then put a hand on Mara's hand that was still resting on Poe's shoulder's, "I will protect her, I promise"

Mara softly nodded, "Good, I'm putting my trust in you... Even though we just met, I have a good feeling about you- pray to yourself that I'm not wrong"

When Mara's hand left Poe's shoulder and made Poe slightly on edge, Mara asked, "I'm guessing you don't have a ship, do you?"

Poe laughed nervously, "Yeah, I don't... You can say my luck ran out on a betting game-"

Mara sighed as she rolled her eyes and grinned a bit, "You remind me of someone I knew a long time ago" She continued, "Well, consider yourself lucky, I have a ship that we'll use"

Poe raised an eyebrow and he scanned the area, "You have a ship? Where?"

"Mos Eisley, it's in a rented parking spot as we speak" Mara continued as she walked back to the house, "Let's get ready to go"

After the house arrangements Mara Jade set up for the land and crops to be looked after by Windy Starkiller, Annia, Poe, Mara, and BB-8 traveled to the spaceport of Mos Eisley. Annia knew that her mother had a ship since she had memories as a child when she, Cade, and Mara would visit Naboo for vacations. But now she thought about it, she wondered how she got the ship... She suspected that she might've owned it during the Rebellion era... Possibly owned it when she was the Emperor's Hand.

As Mara guided Poe, Annia, and BB-8 to the parking port to her ship, Annia's wonder of the spaceport city grew. She'd never been to any cities in Tatooine, and if she did, she hardly remembered them. Everything was big, lively, and crowded... Poe took notice of Annia's wonderment and smiled a bit at her innocence. However, Poe knew that Mos Eisley was not a place to take in awe and admiration. It was a nasty and filthy place, it was a place full of scum and villainy. "You shouldn't admire this place" Poe spoke to Annia as she looked at him, "Wandering a place like this would have you end up in trouble or worse: killed... Violence and illegal activities dwell here..."

"I can handle myself" Annia quickly spoke as she gripped onto her backpack straps tightly. Poe raised an eyebrow, "You're not carrying a blaster-"

Then as Poe spoke, Annia took out a small pistol from her back pocket which surprised Poe. Annia continued, "I shot wamp rats not only with my T-16, but with this as well" As she tucked her blaster in her pocket, Poe inhaled a deep breath and prayed to himself that Annia was telling the truth. After interacting with Poe, Annia noticed something on the ground and stopped for a moment. It looked familiar... It was a gold ring with engravings around it... She picked up and realized who it belonged to, Jaalib Barku.

Then she felt a cloth covering her mouth and nose along with a set of hands gripping her arms. And when she struggled, a sense of drowsiness began to come upon Annia. She gave into the sleeping draught that was forced upon Annia and was collapsed into the arms of her kidnappers. As she was carried off into a pickup landspeeder, BB-8 noticed Annia's absent and notify Poe and Mara.

"What?" Poe frantically looked around and saw the group of men carrying Annia away. "Hey!" Poe exclaimed to the men in anger and began to run towards them along with Mara and BB-8. When the kidnappers noticed, they jumped into their landspeeder and quickly escaped the scene with an unconscious Annia in the back of their speeder.

When Mara saw her daughter being taken away, frustration rushed through her veins. She couldn't believe that her daughter was already taken away, how could this be?

"Sith spit!" Mara cursed as she knelt to the ground in anger.

When Poe panted from the running, he scanned the area looking for clues about Annia's kidnapping. One familiar face caught Poe's eyes, Jaalib Barku... He then stood up straight and began running towards him, "Hey, stink face!"

When Jaalib made eye contact with Poe, Poe immediately tacked him to the ground and gripped Jaalib's shirt, "You knew about this" Poe continued, "Tell me or there will be consequences"

Jaalib laughed, "Uba canta Jee woy tah, Dameron?" (You think I did this, Dameron?)

Right after Jaalib mocked Poe, a fist swung across Jaalib's face, "Tell me!"

After that punch, Mara and BB-8 made their way over their away over to Poe and Jaalib. Jaalib noticed this and looked at Mara, "Jee dayan bu moulee rah, an haku cua dan heee bai yoieu moulee rah doth eeth wa wah chee dah uen kloonkee" (I needed the money, and what better way to get money was to put a bounty on her head)

Mara glared down at Jaalib, "What bounty was to be made on Annia? She has done nothing to you-"

"Ua yoieu kankay mi an Dameron, taneee yoieu baa kankay mi an mah pankhobaii-" (She gotten between me and Dameron, no one get's between me and my opponent-)

"Where is she?!" Poe's patience ran out. He had just promise Mara to keep Annia safe from any danger, and now she was kidnapped and targeted for money...

Jaalib looked at Poe with a smirk, "Wa lumpa peee ua hatkocanh jahna uen jaleana... Wa jaleana bai tee pinconha cay Jaalib Barku" He then continue, "Ua doth paknee ata bai Rotta bu Yih, ua noa-a wa luto sonla che jen..." (A place where she will learn her lesson... A lesson to not mess with Jaalib Barku. She's taken to Rotta the Hutt, she will be a fine dancer for him...)

At that moment, Poe and Mara knew that Annia was in trouble... She was going to be a slave dancer to Rotta the Hutt, the son of Jabba the Hutt. How were they going to get her? How were they going to smuggle her out of the grips of the Hutts?

With many questions running through Mara and Poe's minds, Poe then raised his fist up high and swung it again on Jaalib's face and Jaalib saw nothing but blackness for he was knocked out by Poe Dameron...

Author's Notes

I hoped you liked it! Sorry if it's a bit too long and boring, I wrote this in one sitting and for over three hours (it's like 2:30 a.m. right now). Sorry that I haven't updated this story for a while! I just finished my University finals and just started my Christmas break! I hope to write my chapters in the coming weeks of my holiday vacation. Please write a comment and review it! I always appreciate ideas to write for this story, so don't be shy about it. And please private message me if you want a timeline chapter about my Star Wars AU story! Thank you so much and may the Force be with you!

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