Not the best of chapters, I've been editing and rewriting a lot...I've decided to just be done with it and work on the next chapter, which I hope will be better.

Chapter 3

Princess Leia Organa had just turned seven years old. She was an awkward child. She was short for her age, as Alderaanian children went, and the other children at school made fun of her for it. Her skin was much paler and her hair was easily bleached by the sun. Her aunts constantly fussed over her hair, forcing her to wear it in elaborate hair styles, something the other children didn't have to.

Her father, Bail Organa, had put her in the public school system. It would teach her to know that her citizens, the citizens of the world that she would one day rule over, were the same as she was; that no being was better than another, regardless of their status. Princess Leia hated going to school, she only had one real friend there, Winter. Most of the other kids tried to be her friend because she was the royal princess, or they hated her for the same reason.

Leia was sitting outside the principal's office, next to another little girl whose eye was beginning to blacken. "This is your fault your royalness, I don't even know why you even come to this school. You don't even look like you belong on Alderaan."

Leia closed her eyes trying to ignore the girl. She did her best not to cry, crying was a sign of weakness and leaders aren't supposed to cry. Soon she could feel that her father had come to the school. She had no idea how she could always sense his presence or anyone else for that matter. Upon seeing the Viceroy the other little girl immediately stood and curtsied. Leia just sat with her head down, she knew it was bad when her father came and not one of his aids. Leia would have settled for one of her aunts to come to the school; but not her father.

Leia watched her father as he entered the Principal's office, where the other little girl's parents were already at. "I hope they kick you out," the girl said.

Soon Bail and the other parents emerged from the office. Bail looked at his daughter, "Leia, I want you to apologize to Alyssa."

Leia stood and held her head high, she didn't want to apologize, but she looked the girl in the eyes, "I'm sorry Alyssa."

The other little girl just stood there. Her parents nudged her. "Alyssa, the princess has said that she was sorry, don't you have something to say?"

"Apology accepted your highness." The parents and the other girl soon left Bail and Leia, but Leia heard what the girl said to her parents as they were down the hall, "Mamma, the princess scares me."

Later Leia sat in the gardens of the palace. She focused on the pebbles next to the reflecting pond. She wondered what it would be like to be able to pick one up with her mind. She focused on one and imagined it in her hand, next thing she knew it flew into her hand. She focused on another one and it did the same. She dropped the pebbles, no wonder the other girls were afraid of her, none of the other girls could lift objects with their minds.

Bail watched his daughter, he knew one day he'd have to explain to her about her powers and that she needed to stop herself from using them. He was told by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda that while she didn't express much Force sensitivity, her midichlorian count was high. It was like she had a natural shield to the Force. Yoda had told him that he could sense fear in the newborn that she must have created the shield to protect herself.

"Daddy, I know that you're there." Leia turned around to face her father. He sat down next to her on the bench. "Why am I different?"

"Who said that you were different?"

"All the other kids. Why don't I look the same as everyone else?"

"Leia, you're a special child, you have a gift that few people in the galaxy possess." Bail knew that he had to tell her not to use this gift, to forget that she even had it. "When I adopted you, I promised that I would protect you. There are people out there who would use your gift for evil."

"Is my gift bad?"

"No, at one time it was a great thing to have your gift, but now it is something that you must hide away. Don't ever use it, forget you even have it."

Leia opened her eyes; it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust to the darkness of her quarters. How she'd gotten here, she didn't know. On the other side of the bed she could hear the Corellian that she loved snoring. She smiled at him. She then got out of bed and went to the kitchenette area of her quarters. She jumped when Threepio sprang to life.

"Oh mistress Leia, it is so good to see you up. Is everything alright, can I get you anything?"

"No, Threepio, I'm fine. I'm just getting a glass of water." She pulled a glass from the cabinet and filled it. She took a long drink. Then the voice she had heard came back to her. 'You can't fight it,' it had said. She knew what 'it' was; it was probably why she dreamt that certain dream. All her life her father had told her to forget about her power, and in a way she had. Up until Luke had touched her mind while they were escaping Bespin a little over a year ago. Even after they had rescued Luke, she tried to fight the power that she knew she had in her. It only grew.

Leia closed her eyes she heard Luke call to her, "I'm here if you need me." She shook her head, trying to shake Luke out of her head. Leia went back to her room, Han had rolled over on his side and now was snuggling her pillow. She smiled at the man she loved. She then headed to the 'fresher, she looked at herself in the mirror, to herself she looked horrible. Her eyes were red and puffy and her hair was out of place. She turned on the tap and splashed some water on her face. She grabbed a towel and wiped her face. When she looked in the mirror she saw a young man, with dark blond hair and piercing blue eyes standing behind her. Leia screamed.

Moments later the 'fresher door flew open. When Han crashed into the room, the man disappeared. "Sweetheart, what happened?" Han just had to see the fear in Leia's eyes, to know it had to do with the Force. He crossed the room to her and wrapped his arms around her.

"Han, I can't fight it. He won't let me." Leia buried her face into Han's chest. "I wish I could get away."

"Then why don't you?" He kissed her forehead. "We can get away, for a while. Take a break."

"I just can't leave."

"Why can't you, Leia you haven't had a single break since I've known you, and I'll bet the Falcon that you haven't had one since before you were a senator." He kissed her forehead. "I think all your hard work is finally beginning to take its toll on you."

Leia looked up at him, "I haven't had a real vacation since I was a kid, as soon as I hit my teenage years, my father started training me to take his place in the senate, and my combat training."

"See, all the more reason for you to get away for a while. I've got clearance for me to check the Falcon's sensor dish, let's go away for a week."

"That sounds nice."

"Two weeks?"

"Even better." Han leaned down and kissed her.

"How about forever."

"Now you're pushing it flyboy." She playfully slapped him. Han chuckled.

"Absolutely not Leia," Mon Mothma told her.

"Why not Mon, I still can't come back to work and I can't just stay in my quarters until I'm completely healed." Leia couldn't believe that she wasn't being allowed to go on a short leave. "Two weeks is not long, and I have not had any kind of break since before I became a senator."

"What do you call that two month jaunt after evacuating Hoth?"

"That wasn't a break that was an unfortunate situation." An unfortunate situation that I faced my feelings for Han, Leia added silently to herself. "Han needs people with experience with his ship to help him out with the testing of his new equipment."

"He has Chewbacca to help him."

"It's best for diagnostic purposes to have a crew of three on his ship."

"General Calrissian can be cleared to go with him; I can't allow you to go."

"Why? I have no use here."

"Leia my word is final."

After leaving Mon Mothma's office Leia decided to go visit Luke in the medward. She wasn't too happy with Mon Mothma's decision. Leia knew that it had something to do with the fact that the older woman didn't approve of her relationship with Han. Going away with Han forever was starting to seem like a good idea, although she knew that she would eventually miss the Alliance and beg Han to bring her back.

Leia plopped down on the couch in Luke's room. Luke gave her a quizzical look, "Ok, Leia what's wrong?"

"I requested leave for two weeks, to help Han with testing his new sensors, and I was denied it. Mon Mothma wants to keep me here." She sighed, "I don't know what for."

"That's ridiculous; you haven't had a break…ever."

"I'm thinking of just going anyways."

"You'll get in a lot of trouble."

"I don't care." She smiled at her brother, "You know Han proposed that we'd go away forever. He didn't join the Rebellion for all those years not because of his debt to Jabba, but because he was afraid he'd get bored and if he was tied to a military position, he wouldn't have his freedom to leave whenever he wanted to."

"He stayed because of you, you know that don't you?" Luke smiled at his sister, "I knew from day one he loved you."

They paused when they heard a knock on the door. It opened and behind it were Han and Chewbacca. "Hey sweetheart, thought I'd find you here." He leaned over and gave her a kiss on her temple. "How's it going kid?"

"I'm doing alright, little boring here though."

"Yeah I know what ya mean kid." Han started chuckling. "You know the last time we all were in a medward together…"

Leia raised her eyebrow, "Han, please. Don't remind us."

"Besides, how would have Leia had known that she was my sister."

Chewbacca started laughing. ["It's still pretty funny if you ask me. Scruffy here stewed over it for hours, he was jealous that Leia was kissing you instead of him."]

Han sat with a scowl on his face, "I ain't scruffy lookin'"

Leia ruffled his hair, "Yes you are dear." She then smiled at him, "I like scruffy."

Han and Leia gave each other a soft kiss. "Sweetheart, did you tell Luke about your visitor?"

Luke could feel Leia's apprehension and fear over the situation. He silently reassured her.

"What is there to tell? I thought I had seen someone in the reflection of the mirror. I just had a break down; it was my mind playing tricks on me."

"Leia, what did the person look like?"

"He was tall, dark blond hair, blue eyes like yours. Really, Luke I think was just seeing things."

"Father, you saw our father."

"Why would he come to me, I hate the monster."

"All the reason he'd come to you. He wants your forgiveness."

"After what he did to my people, to me, and to Han?" Han wrapped his arm around her. "I'll never be able to forgive him."

"Leia, you must let go of your hate," Luke told her.

"I-I just can't, "Leia said with her voice shaking.

"Then it will consume you."

Leia looked at her brother with tears in her eyes. She then straightened her back and held her head high as she held the tears back. "I must go, I have to pack. Han and I are going away for two weeks." Leia then got up and left Luke's room.

"Try to help her Han; I know it's difficult for her to accept that her worst enemy was her father. I know what she's going through; I had a difficult time when I first learned the truth." Luke sighed. "At least she doesn't have to go through this alone."

"I'll do what I can, but I don't see why she should forgive him. You don't know half of what he did to her."

Han later found Leia in her quarters. She had her bags packed and she was ready to go. He could tell by the look in her eyes that she had been crying and that the makeup on her face was freshly applied. He slipped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.

"You ok," he asked as he sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Yes, I'll be fine." She then sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around him and laid her head on his chest. "This trip is going to be good."

"I'm surprised that Mon Mothma cleared you to leave."

"She didn't."

"So you're just running away."

"For only our two weeks, then I'll be back ready to start all over again."

"Don't you think you'll be in a lot of trouble when you return?"

"The only reason she's not letting me go is because she doesn't like my relationship with you." She tightened her grip around him, "I'm not going to let anyone dictate who I'm allowed to love."

"That's one of the things I love about you sweetheart, you don't take any poodoo from anyone."

Leia smiled at him. "C'mon flyboy, let's get going. I'm ready to get going as soon as possible."

Han sat in his pilots chair while Chewbacca took his oversized copilots chair. Leia meanwhile took the navigator's chair behind Han. Han switched on the communicator, "This is the Millennium Falcon requesting permission for takeoff."

The controller's voice on the other end crackled, "Permission will be granted after inspection Millennium Falcon, at Mon Mothma's request."

"Sithspit!" Han turned around at the sudden explicit coming out of Leia's mouth. "She knows I'm on board, I guess I'm going have to stay here after all."

"Not if I have anything to do about it, sweetheart."

"And what exactly do you have in mind?"

"Chewie go get Leia's bag out of my cabin." Chewbacca went around the corner and Han grabbed Leia's hand. "C'mon, sweetheart, looks like I'm going have to smuggle you out."

"What?" Leia then watched as Han pulled up part of the floor, "I'm not getting in there."

"So you'd rather stay, fine have it your way."

"No, I don't think this will work. What about scanners."

"Leia, I used my ship for smuggling for many years, these panels are scan proof." Chewbacca came back with Leia's bag and dropped it into the compartment. "Don't worry; I'll let you out as soon as we reach hyperspace."

"If I didn't love you as much as I do…" Han bent down and gave her a quick kiss before sliding the panel in place.

It seemed like hours that she was in the compartment. She could hear everything going on above her, from the loading ramp being lowered to the footsteps above her. She could hear Mon Mothma's voice above along with the Bothan Borsk Fey'lya and their accusations that Han was hiding her somewhere. 'If they only knew,' Leia thought to herself. She could hear the sensors running.

Leia heard the voice of a tech, "She's all clear, your Excellency, Solo and the Wookiee are the only ones on board."

She heard Mon Mothma speak, "General Solo, where is Leia?"

"I don't know, last I saw her she was in her quarters." Leia heard Han answer. "Maybe she went over to the medical frigate to visit Luke."

"No one has seen her take a shuttle to the frigate." She heard the Bothan say.

"I'm sure she'll turn up sooner," Han paused a moment, "or later."

Leia could almost see the Bothan's fur ruffle. "For someone who is supposedly in love with the Princess, you seem very unconcerned that she is missing."

"Leia's a big girl, she can take care of herself, now if you would excuse us, I'd really like to get going and test my equipment, and you wouldn't want it to fail on us during the next battle."

When they left the Millennium Falcon, Mon Mothma and Borsk Fey'lya decided to take a trip to the medical frigate to pay a visit to the injured Luke Skywalker. Of all the people in the Alliance he was the one who was the closest to Han and Leia, and he would know what the pair was up to.

Luke was surprised to see the leader of the Rebellion and the Bothan enter his hospital room. He sat up straight as they came into his room. "Mon Mothma, Bork Fey'lya, what a surprise. What brings you here?"

"Skywalker," the Bothan said, "If you were half the Jedi that you claim to be, I'd think you'd already know why we're here."

"We're here because of…, "Mon Mothma started.

"Leia and Han," Luke finished for her.

"Where is the princess?" Borsk practically yelled at him.

"Where do you think she is? I was unaware that I was supposed to be her keeper this week," Luke said, keeping his cool.

The Bothan's fur ruffled. "Look, we don't need to be playing games, where is Princess Leia?"

Mon Mothma raised her hand, "Borsk, let's remain calm. Luke, did Leia run off with General Solo?"

"Yes," he answered. "I don't blame her really, she really needs time away. She has been having a tough time accepting some things she has learned recently."

"What things," Mon Mothma asked.

Luke looked at the Bothan; he knew that Leia didn't really trust him. She wasn't ready for the whole alliance to know of their relationship. "Mon Mothma, can I speak to you privately? Just you?"

"Of course, Borsk, could you excuse us?"

The Bothan wasn't thrilled that he was being excluded but he left without a fight.

Mon Mothma took the opportunity to relax and sat at the foot of Luke's bed. "So what do you want to speak with me about?"

"Leia and what she's going through." Luke paused for a few moments, "Can I trust that this does not get out, what I'm going to tell you only a few other people know."

"Of course, whatever we discuss here, will not leave this room."

"As you know my father was Anakin Skywalker. I was not his only child."

Mon Mothma was a very smart woman and she got it right away. "Leia's biological father was also your father."

"Yes, and when we were born we were separated to protect us from the Emperor and Vader."

"Bail Organa was always very reluctant to bring Leia to Coruscant; I think she was a teenager before he ever allowed her to accompany him. Does she have the same power that you do?"

"I believe so, but somehow she is able to suppress her abilities. I don't know if she ever was aware of them before Bespin."

Mon Mothma sat and listened to what Luke had to say, and for the first time she began to understand what Leia had been going through, and through Luke's words she started to understand her love for General Solo.

Leia could hear the landing gear being raised and she felt the ship move. Knowing that they would soon be entering hyperspace, Leia braced herself. A minute after they entered hyperspace she heard the panel above her being moved.

"They're going to have your head when we get back," Leia said as Han lifted her out of the pit.

"Perhaps you'd like it back in your pit, your worship."

"You're such a nerf-herder." Han pulled her close and captured her mouth with his. When they parted Leia felt light on her feet and stumbled and nearly fell back into the pit.

"Careful, sweetheart, the pit's still open." He carefully guided Leia around the pit then bent down to replace the cover. "You know, Leia, I've been puzzled why the command would let me go away for two weeks, when any tech could have told them that it'd only take a few hours to check the new sensors."

"It's simple; they want you away from me." He followed her as she rounded the corner to the lounge. "Borsk Fey'lya and Mon Mothma are up to something."

"Yeah, they want to marry you off to some prince."

Leia turned around to face Han, "That's not going to happen; I made my commitment to you. You're who I'm going to marry, if they like it or not."

Han sat down on the couch behind the holotable. He patted his lap, inviting her to sit there. Leia took her seat and wrapped her arms around his neck. He brought her mouth to his and started kissing her with a lot of passion. They broke apart when they heard the groan from Chewbacca.

["You know you have a room, could you use it?"] , Chewbacca growled.

"Hey now buddy, this is my ship, and I'll make out with Leia if I want to," Han retorted. Then he pulled her closer to him, "I'll make love to her right here…"

"Han!" Leia pushed off of him, "Maybe we should go to somewhere a little more private."

"Fine, say Chewie, you'd better not need to use the 'fresher. 'Cos, Leia and I are going to be in my quarters for a long time," giving Leia a wink.

Leia walked into Han's quarters on the Falcon with Han close behind her. As soon as the door slid behind them, Han scooped her up and then promptly deposited her on his bed. He then joined her and began kissing her hungrily. Leia knew what was coming, the last time they were in this situation she had backed out. Han had understood, and that she was grateful for. Leia knew that she wouldn't be able to back out much longer.

On Alderaan it was common practice for a woman to remain virtuous until they were wed. She thought about the man, who was now kissing her neck, she knew she would marry him whether or not she remained a virgin until their wedding night. She also knew that if she told Han that she wanted to remain a virgin until her wedding night he'd understand. Leia didn't want to wait; too much could happen. While the Alliance had a huge victory over the Empire, the war was far from over; it could last months or even years more. Leia knew that she would probably give into Han and run off and elope with him.

Han could feel Leia's hand running through his hair. He was glad that she was being responsive. He feared that she would back out again. He prepared himself for when she wanted to stop. Leia was kissing him back with just as much passion that he was kissing her. Han started bundling up her gown and raising it to her waist. He couldn't bring it up any higher since her belt was in the way.

Han ran his hands up Leia's thighs, as he suspected she tensed. "It's alright sweetheart." He once again captured her mouth with his. He then moved his hands to her belt to remove the offending object. Once it was removed he proceeded with removing her gown. She raised her arms so that he could remove it.

Leia suddenly started laughing uncontrollably.

"What is it sweetheart?"

She tried to stop but couldn't.

"Leia, what is so funny?"

Through her giggles she answered, "I just thought it funny how girls I knew growing up lost their virginities in the back of their boyfriend's speeders. I always told myself that I wouldn't let that happen to me, that I would be able to wait until my wedding night. Now here I am, in my boyfriend's ship…"

"Well, things in life don't always go as one plan." He leaned in and kissed her again. "So, you're sayin' that you're not going to back out this time."

She pulled his head to inches from her face, "Why don't you kiss me again and find out."

Hours later Leia found herself in a tangle of blankets and sheets, wrapped in the arms and legs of one handsome Corellian former-smuggler-turned-general. She smiled to herself, thinking of what had happened just a few hours ago. Knowing that this was her first time Han had been very gentle. She wriggled herself around to look at him. Since she had slept in the same bed with him before she knew that he wasn't sleeping, because the room was void of his snoring. During the previous days his snoring had become her lullaby to fall asleep to.

He gave her his lopsided grin when she turned to look at him. "You okay," he asked.

"Yes, better than okay," she replied. Leia then positioned herself so that they could look each other in the eyes. "I can't wait for the encore performance."

Han raised his eyebrow, "Oh, really?"

Leia leaned to him and took his mouth in hers. They broke apart when the cabin door slid open.

"What the kriff, Chewie. I told ya not to disturb us," Han yelled.

["Just letting you two sandbunnies that we'll be arriving at our destination soon,"] Chewbacca replied. ["Oh and cub, lest you forget, the walls of the Falcon are not very thick, and my hearing is much better than you humans. I had to stay in the cockpit just to get away from all the noise you two were making.]

Leia sunk under the blankets, clearly embarrassed. After Chewbacca left the cabin Han turned to Leia and uncovered her hidden face. "Don't worry about him sweetheart, he's just jealous."

"We're we really that loud? I didn't really think…"

"We weren't that loud, he just wants to see us squirm. We have nothing to be embarrassed about." He began kissing her; his hands began wandering her body. Soon Leia felt herself ready to give herself to him again. They were cut short when the hyperdrive alarm went off. "Ah, kriff. We'll finish this later." Han soon jumped out of the bed and pulled on his discarded shorts and headed out of the cabin.

It took Leia a few minutes to compose herself. She felt the ship exit hyperspace as she got out of the bed. She then heard Han's voice over the ships comm. system, "Don't worry about rushing to get dressed quick sweetheart, looks like we have a line."

Leia went into the 'fresher. She looked at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was a mess and her makeup was long gone. She was the same woman that she had always been, but she was different. She grabbed her brush and started going through the tangles. She found it to be a chore; her long hair had always been a burden but she kept it that way to hold onto traditions set by her adoptive world. She looked at the shower and turned on the water, when it reached the desired temperature she stepped under.

When they arrived at the world that Han had chosen to get Leia away from it all, they were met with a long line of ships waiting for their turns to land. Han sent his transmission identifying his ship by one of the many fake registrations he had for it. He hoped that Leia wouldn't be angry with him, bringing her to this resort. He chose it because of the beaches, and the fact that there were several islands that they could spend the next two weeks on in seclusion.

Han went back to his cabin and found it empty; he could hear the shower running in the 'fresher. He stuck his head in and smiled at the shadow behind the shower door. He donned a wicked grin as he took his dirty clothes off, in the rush to get dressed to prep the ship for the exit out of hyperspace; he had neglected to take a shower himself.

Leia was rinsing the shampoo out of her hair when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her. Her first instinct was to break the contact, but she realized the only being that would be wrapping arms around her would be Han. She turned around and looked at him.

"You know Han; you could have gotten hurt if I hadn't known it was you."

"I was willing to take the risk, plus I don't think someone as short as you could take me down."

"You want to bet fly boy?"

He looked at the evil grin on her face, "Uh, maybe I don't want to find out." Han then cupped her face in his hands and kissed her. He then picked her up so that her face was level to his and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He then pushed her up against the wall as he started to kiss her neck; he then positioned her so that he could enter her.

Leia held tight to him, once again enjoying the feeling of him inside of her, but realized how uncomfortable this position was, she was pinned against the wall as he thrust himself into her. Soon the overwhelming feeling of an orgasm over took her. She opened her eyes to see that he had reached his release too.

They slid to the floor of the shower, cold water now beating down on them. Han held her tight as she rested her head on his chest. She was clinging tightly to him.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine." She looked up to him with unconvincing brown eyes.

"Leia, if I hurt you then say so. I know that wasn't exactly the most comfortable position for you." He stood up and turned off the shower and helped her up. He grabbed a couple of towels as he helped her out of the shower.

"I felt trapped, like I couldn't get away if I had wanted to," Leia said as she took one of the offered towels.

"Okay," he said as he ran his hand through his damp hair, "no more sex in the shower, I can probably cross walls off the list of places to have sex with Leia too."

Leia smiled and let out a little chuckle, "I'm sure you'll find all kinds of places for us to have sex."

"Oh, I already have a whole list of places where I want to have sex with you," he said as he waggled his eyebrows at her.

After her talk with Luke Skywalker, Mon Mothma had begun to see Leia in a new light. She wasn't the same young princess that she had met several years ago, sitting on Bail Organa's lap. She had learned that if it wasn't for General Solo, Leia wouldn't even be alive. Luke had told Mon Mothma about how Han had found Leia the day after the battle of Yavin sitting next to the grand lake with a blaster ready to take her own life. Mon Mothma had never realized how guilt stricken Leia was over Alderaan. She had felt that she had sold out her own people so that she could protect the Alliance.

Through the years, it had seemed that General Solo was the only one who was ever truly there for Leia. He even treated Leia like a normal person. While everyone else had bowed and scraped to the princess and took orders from her with no question, Solo had never given a damn about her title. He often teased her with nicknames such as "your worship" or "highnessness". Through the years Mon Mothma had thought that Leia hated Solo, but truthfully she was in love with the man. She was pulled from her thoughts when her comm. buzzed.

"Mon Mothma here."

"It's Rieekan; can I come and see you?"

"Of course, General," she then closed the link and a few moments later Rieekan entered the sitting room of her quarters. "General Rieekan, it's good to see you."

"You're looking well," he said smiling at her.

"Now general, I know you didn't come here to compliment me about the way I look."

"No I didn't." He paused for a moment, "We've just received some intelligence that several of the Moffs are planning on moving to Coruscant, if we're going to make our play for power, we're going to need to move our troops there quickly."

"How quick are we talking?"

"We need to have them leave no later than in the next two weeks."

"Who do you have in mind to put in charge?"

"Solo, Calrissian, if Skywalker is well by then him as well."

"I suppose you haven't heard Solo has run off with Princess Leia. Borsk Fey'lya fears that they're going to return married."

"Don't worry about them, they won't come back married. Leia has confided in me that she wishes to wait a few years before she gets married."

"Then why else would she just run off with him like that?"

"Ever consider that the Princess may be nearing her breaking point, that she just needed time away."

"Yes, Skywalker told me that she had been going through a lot of emotional turmoil."

"Over finding out who her biological father was," Rieekan said. Although he had promised Leia that he wouldn't ever tell anyone what Leia had told him, he suspected that Skywalker had told Mon Mothma.

"Yes." She frowned at him, "You know?"

"Leia and I discussed it a few days ago. She's having a hard time accepting the man that caused her so much pain to be her father."

"I've been too hard on her."

Leia looked out of the canopy of the Falcon's cockpit at the planet that Han had chosen to take her to relax. "Spira, Han? Are you completely insane?" She shook her head, "Yes that's right you are completely insane thinking it would be okay to come to a planet, completely controlled by the Empire."

"Honey, I thought it would be a nice place to relax. I've always wanted to come here; I heard that the beaches are great."

"Yes, the beaches are great. All it will take is one wrong person to recognize us." Leia thought about it for a few moments, maybe it was time to spoil her boyfriend, while putting their lives in danger. "Okay, let's land spend a few days on the beach."

"We have to wait for our turn; we're in a pretty long line." He smiled at her, "You sure you don't mind coming here, we can find something else."

"No this is fine, and we're landing now." She stepped around Han and started transmitting a code to the traffic controller.

"Sweetheart, what did you just do?"

"My family spent many vacations here when I was a kid; we have a vacation home here. That is if the Empire didn't claim it for themselves."

Within moments of Leia transmitting her code, the traffic controller was calling them out of the line to land on the planet. They were directed to a private hangar and a private shuttle met them as they got off the ship. Han instructed Chewbacca to remain with the ship.

After a twenty standard minute ride Han and Leia arrived at the vacation home. Leia smiled at Han's dropped jaw. When she had said 'home' he had imagined a small cottage, not a palace. Leia walked past him and headed into the palace, he soon picked up their bags and followed her.

Han watched as servants, bowed to Leia as she passed by them. Leia soon stopped at a single door and was about to palm it open, but then she decided to continue down the hall to a set of double doors at the end of the hallway. She hit the switch and the room opened to her, revealing a room that Han could have parked the Falcon in. Han's jaw never closed.

Leia walked up to Han, and closed his mouth for him. "Welcome to one of the many Organa family homes."

"Leia, this is not a vacation home…."

"It is one of the smaller ones." She looked at Han's expression, "What, you didn't think all of my family's wealth was on Alderaan?"

"I just wasn't expecting this." He closed the double doors of the bedroom, "All those servants, can they be trusted?"

"Of course."

They were interrupted when the intercom system came on, "Princess is there anything that you and your friend require?"

Leia walked over to the comm. "No, not at the moment, thank you."

She turned from the comm. and looked at Han, "So what do you want to do? We have a private beach; you said you wanted to see the beaches." She looked over at the over-sized bed, then looked away from it.

"So all this is yours?"

"Yes, being the only surviving member of the Organa family, a lot of things came into my possession." She sighed, "Even the wealth of my people who had no heirs, I don't plan on keeping it all though."

"You don't?"

"No, it belongs to the people of Alderaan, at least to those of them who are left. As soon as we establish our government, I plan on dividing the money between the survivors. I want to find them a planet to call home."

"So you're saying, enjoy this while we're here, because soon you're going to get rid of it?"

"Pretty much, but then again it might be nice to keep one vacation home. This was always our favorite."

She landed her stolen ship on an all too familiar port in Coruscant. Mara Jade was appalled by sights she saw. Riots had broken out, once peaceful citizens were destroying all evidence of her beloved emperor. She vowed that Skywalker and his rebel friends would pay for what they had done. She knew that the rebels would soon come to Coruscant. She hoped that the Moffs and warlords wouldn't let them have another victory.