"Leia, I know you've heard of Wedge Antilles and Wes Janson. They have taken up the offer to help us." Luke proudly motions to the two men that sat next to him on either side at their usual table in the mess hall.

Leia offered a rather diplomatic smile,"remarkable X-Wing pilots, I've heard, and seen." Leia have worked with both of the men, back on Hoth. She was able to name each of them, but they were no more than acquaintances to her.

"Your Highness, it is a true honor to have the opportunity to be assisting you on this mission." Leia recognizes the man as Wedge Antilles.

"I'm glad you feel that way, Antilles. I hope you are just as skilled at persuasion and combat as you are at flying; unfortunately, there will be no X-Wings involved in this mission in anyway."

"Luke told me… Princess. We will try our best." Antilles awkwardly states, Leia grimaces, realizing that he would be the type of person to excessively use her title.

"Please, just Leia is fine." She was potentially going to go on a mission with these men, she didn't know how long she'd be working with them, it could be for months for all she knew. Leia really didn't want to hear "your highness, or "princess" in literally every sentence addressed towards her.

"Are you sure?" Antilles asks

"I typically don't say things I don't mean."

Hours later, everyone is as prepared for the meeting as possible. Leia stares at the white blur of a reflection on the lustrous but scuffed floor. Everyone else is just as whist as her as they wait for Mon Mothma and a few other council members to arrive.

"So, this looks like it leads to somewhere important." Everyone looks up at Wes, who stands next to the entrance of what is labeled as the "High Command Meeting Room".

Leia shrugs,"Not really, it's just a room. Why do you say that?"

Wes awkwardly looks around,"Well, important people discuss important matters in there."

"Well yes, but you have to remember that every single member of the Rebel Alliance is just as important as the next, not just High Command." Leia assures.

Wes nods, embarrassed at his failed attempt to start a conversation. Luckily for him though, his earlier interactions will soon be forgotten. Luke and Leia look up at one another, both vaguely sensing several life forms approaching them.

"I hope you are all ready," Leia stood up straight, smoothing out her formal white gown she only ever wore on occasions such as these. Everyone seemed confused at this statement, except for Luke; however, when the echoing sound of clicking shoes against the metal floor and chattering voices becomes audible, everyone knows exactly what she meant.

"May the Force be with you all, I have faith that we can persuade them to give us this mission." Luke says sincerely.

Seconds later, Mon Mothma appears in the otherwise vacant corridor, accompanied by several other High Command members. Leia is instantly able to pick out no other than general Carlist Rieekan. Of course, now why hadn't I considered he'd be coming earlier? Leia wonders. This would just make the whole situation a whole lot harder for Leia now, as the general certainly wouldn't want Leia going off Tatooine, although for slightly more personal reasons than Mon Mothma. Mon had known Leia since she was just a baby, she even acted as political mentor to her not too long ago. Mon though, had always acted professional once dealing with Leia, especially when she was involved with matters having to do with the Alliance. Then there was Carlist, who on the on the hand, didn't know Leia as long as Mon, but still treated her as if she were his own child, even during Alliance related matters.

"Princess, I am so glad to see you," Mon Mothma approaches Leia before addressing everyone else,"Why don't we all get settled into the meeting room now that everyone is here?"

Everyone begins filing into the stark room, that consists of large u-shaped table surrounded only on the outside by plenty of chairs. At the front of the room, there is a large Holoprojector.

As soon as everyone was sitting down and settled, Leia stands in front of the table. Luke, Chewie, Lando, Wedge, and Wes sit closest to her, prepared if she were to need any sort of reinforcement. Leia quickly gazes over the occupants of the room, mostly looking for Rieekan who gives her a what she assumes to be a reassuring smile.

"Hello. As you all probably know, several other Alliance members and I have organized a plan to rescue Captain Han Solo. I am here to share with you this plan, so you can consider putting it into action, making it a mission," Leia begins,"So now I suppose I shall acquaint you all with why we need to rescue Han Solo before I go over the plan, please at anytime feel free to ask questions or express opinions."

Everyone pays close attention to Leia as she speaks,"Three weeks ago, on Bespin Han Solo and I ran into imperials, consisting of many Stormtroopers and Darth Vader," Leia nearly hissed the name, and continued on with the summary of earlier event.

Several minutes pass before Leia begins to present the plan,"Therefore we need to get to Tatooine."

"Excuse me, Princess," Leia heard someone say, general Dodonna,"Isn't there the possibility that this Boba Fett could be taking Solo somewhere else?"

"Possible, but highly unlikely." Lando speaks up to the bearded general.

Dodonna shakes his head,"How do you know?"

Lando sighs, refraining from yelling at the man,"As Leia said, Jabba the hut wants Han. There is no reason why Boba Fett would want to bring Han anywhere other than Tatooine. He's going to get paid for delivering him, paid a lot."

Dodonna continues to question whether Han is actually going to end up on Tatooine. Each and every one of his points seemed rather irrational, or at least to leia. Dodonna has always seemed to have something against her, she doesn't know why, but she does know that this meeting is going to be a really long one.

NOTES: Thanks for reading! But anyway, I felt the need to address that I don't exactly have strong feelings about this chapter, but I also felt it was kind of necessary. I did not like writing this chapter at all, I don't like using excuses but that's really why the quality of this chapter isn't so great. I don't want to write this part of the story, I find it boring, but as I earlier stated, I felt it was necessary. What I really want to write should be coming up in a chapter or so and for the rest of the story, thus I expect after I get done with this part, it should be much more enjoyable to write and hopefully read. I know that this was a really lame excuse, but it's true.

I know I was just constantly repeating myself in that last paragraph, but in case you didn't realize, I just don't really like this chapter and I feel bad. So anyway, I hope you don't mind, and thank you,"NikitaKaralis" for all of your reviews (: