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Chapter Ten:

Galen lay on the bed of Tunt leaves. She was curled up in a tight little ball. She tried to cry but couldn't. But her face showed the lines of the all the dried tears that she had cried.

She and Wulfie had been on Nikkëi'tz for almost a week. A week without her parents.

When she had woken up on the Desert Star with Wulfie and no parents, she asked where they were. And why she was with Wulfie? Wherever Wulfie was, her daddy usually wasn't far behind.

Wulfie told her that bad people had taken her parents away and that he was taking her to his home planet and to see his family. There they would figure out what to do.

Outside of the dwelling, she heard Wulfie and his cousin, Leitz, speaking softly in their native tongue. She couldn't speak their language or even understand it and very few Nikkëis could speak Basic. Wulfie was one of the few that could and he still wasn't very good at speaking it at times.

Galen slowly got up and stood in the doorway. Wulfie and Leitz looked up at her. "Good morning Galen." Wulfie said.

She smiled softly as she rubbed her eyes. They burned from all the crying she had done as well as the lack of sleep. "Are we going to find mommy and daddy today?" she asked hopefully.

Wulfie sighed deeply. "Come on let's go for a walk," he said holding out his paw for her to take a hold of. She took a hold of it and he lead her down the narrow path that lead from the Nikkëi cliff dwellings to the forest.

After a while of walking, Wulfie finally spoke up. "You know that we can't just go looking for your parents."

"Why not?"

"I have to protect you. And I'm sure by now the Empire knows about you and me. So they are going to be on the look out for us."

Galen began to sniffle as tears slowly began to slip down her cheeks again. She missed her parents so much. Why would anyone want to hurt them?

Anakin struggled to lift himself off the floor of the prison cell he had just been thrown into. He was so weak. Somehow the Force was being blocked around him and her couldn't connect with it. And that was making him weak.

But whatever was making Anakin weak obviously had no effect on Darth Nicholas. He had endured beating after beating from the Sith lord. He had no idea how many days he and Padmé had been away from Galen.

Yet there was one thing that Anakin did know. He knew that he was being taken to Palpatine. As for Padmé, he had no idea whether or not she was going to go with him. But for right now, she was with him.

A pair of small, delicate hands took a hold of his arms and lifted him up to the shabby cot that was in the cell. Anakin wearily looked up into the eyes of his beloved wife. She gently ran her hand along the side of his face.

"Why does he want us now?" she wearily asked.

"He wants Luke to be his apprentice. I'm sure of it. And I think he wants to use me as a pawn to get to him."

Padmé gasped. "But what about Leia? Galen?"

"He has no idea about Leia." Anakin said as he struggled to sit up. "As for Galen, he is on the hunt for her as well."

Tears began to form in Padmé 's eyes as Anakin pulled her close to him. He hated to see his wife cry. And seeing her cry made him that more determined to get out of the situation that they were in.

He had to protect his family. And he had to destroy Palpatine.

"You know that Wookies and Nikkëis don't get along, princess," Han Solo said leaning back and putting his feet up on the control panel of the Millennium Falcon.

He, Princess Leia, Chewbacca and the droids had all just arrived on Nikkëi'tz from Yavin 4. Luke had stayed behind with the newly formed Rouge Squadron for the time being. He would join up with them later on during their search for more rebel support.

They had come in search of more species to join in the rebel cause against the Empire. And the Nikkëis were fierce warriors. That was just what the rebellion needed.

"Are you going to come with me or not to meet with their elder council?" Leia asked.

"Sure." Han said standing up and winking at Leia.

Chewbacca roared something in agreement. "Chewie says that he's going to. He doesn't trust the Nikkëis." Han said translating.

"Fine then. Let's go."

"Lead the way your highness," Han said holding his hand out to her to let her pass. She rolled her eyes and led the way, with Threepio close behind her. Everyone else followed behind them.

"Thank you Elder Ventiz'z," Leia said smiling at the old Nikkëi elder. Threepio translated what she said to Ventiz'z. He growled something in response.

"Hey says that his warriors will join up with the Rebel fleet near Yavin as soon as possible." Threepio translated.

Once again Leia thanked him and was just about to walk away when she spotted something extremely odd.

She saw a human child walking along side of a Nikkëi. And she wasn't scared.

"Threepio ask Elder Ventiz'z who that little girl is."

Threepio turned to the Elder and asked him what Leia has said. Ventiz'z growled in response.

"Her name is Galen Ronoco. She is part of Wulfitz honor family. All he knows is that something happened to her parents." Threepio replied.

Leia gasped a little. She remembered Galen Ronoco from a few years ago on Alderaan. Galen was such a sweet little girl, who didn't have a care in the world. Leia needed to find out what happened to Captain Ronoco and his wife.

She slowly made her way towards the little girl and the grown Nikkëi. When Galen saw her, a smile lit up her tiny face.

"Princess Leia!" Galen said letting go of Wulfie's hand and running up to Leia. Leia smiled and knelt down to Galen's height.

"Why are you here Galen?" she gently asked.

"Mommy and daddy were taken by bad people and now Wulfie is protecting me from them."

Leia's eyes darted up to Wulfie. "How long ago was that?"

"About a week," Wulfie said.

Leia sighed. She knew that if Galen's parents had been gone that long, there was little to no hope that they would be coming back. Emperor Palpatine and Darth Nicholas were very evil.

But as Leia looked into Galen's eyes, she felt something odd. There was something about this little girl that gave her hope. A hope that everything was going to be all right.

"Why don't you two come with me and my friends and we'll see if we can find your parents." Leia suggested.

Galen smiled and looked up at Wulfie. He shrugged his shoulders. It would give them cover for the time being as well as protection.

"Sure. We will go." Wulfie said.