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"Luke! Leia! Let's go, let's go! The flight leaves in thirty minutes!"
"Coming, Mom!"
This sort of conversation often happened in the Skywalker household. But today was a special day. The Republic had made contact with a new planet-and with that planet, new Force users. Which was why Senator Amidala was taking her twelve-year-old twins with her to one of the four divided sections of the planet-the chain of islands that called themselves the Fire Nation.
The Fire Nation...mused Padme. What connection do they have to fire? And why'd they name their kingdom after it? The Jedi Council hadn't given much information out regarding the actual planet, never mind the Force users they said they'd discovered.
"We're ready, Mom," twin voices chorused.
"Good. Let's go."
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Luke and Leia gazed out in wonder at the island chain. They had rarely left Coruscant, so such natural beauty was new to them.
"It's incredible," Leia breathed.
"Alright, kiddos, get down from there. I need to land." The pilot was a jolly man with a laugh in everything he said.
"'Kay," they said, unwilling to argue with such a merry man. And they wanted to go down there and look at everything as soon as possible.
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The twins ran into the street, guzzling up the sights and sounds of the Fire Nation. Luke opened a sketchbook and started to draw rudimentary outlines of everything. Leia dashed around, soaking up as much as possible.
Then they heard the sound of marching feet.
"Hey! You!"
Leia, ever the fighter, retorted with, "Who, me? What do you want that I have? 'Cuz I'm not going to give it to you."
The older man looked puzzled. "What? Oh. No, not like that. Me and my squad have orders to escort Senator Amidala from the Galactic Republic to Fire Lord Zuko."
Leia turned around. "MOM!"
The Senator looked over her shoulder. "Yes, Leia?"
"Escort's here!"
Padme Amidala, ever gracious, tapped her son on the shoulder where he was sketching a fruit from the vendor in front of him.
"Yes, Mom?"
"Come. As your sister put it, 'escort's here.'"
Luke fell behind his mother as they walked towards the squad of armored men.
"You are Senator Amidala?"
"Yes. Shall we go?"
The commander nodded to his men. They surrounded Luke, Leia, and their mother as they headed off to the Fire Palace.
