Tess'ika here. Long time no see. I had a bad case of writers block. I lost my notes for Padawan Royalty. Overall, I just lost track. School came up, prom and just life in general. That aside thanks for hanging in there with me.

Lastly, I don't own any aspect of the Star Wars franchise.

And without further ado….The show goes on.

_PREVIOUSLY ON PADAWAN ROYALTY

Ahsoka has decided to go to Shili and claim her rightful place as royalty.

Third pov

It wasn't Ahsoka. It was someone smaller. A giggling, sugar influenced individual. And just the person he was looking for. She had to know where Ahsoka was.

"Hey..Clipper."

Her eyes snapped to focus on Lux. And he knew the look in her eyes, she had to be hiding something. But,there was only one way to know for sure. He had to ask.

His opportunity was just about to run past him. Rather than let that happen, Lux chose to grab Clipper by the forearm and hoist her up in the air. The small girl shouted with delight at the sudden change in altitude. She groaned as her feet hit the ground once again.

"Hey, what's the big deal?"

She pouted her lip, and avoided any eye contact with Lux. She looked at the patch of durasteel to the left of Lux's head. He had a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm looking for Ahsoka."

"I'm looking for Anakin. Hey have you seen him?"

She looked at him for a moment.

"He's with Padme. "

"Thanks Lux. Now will you let me go?"

" If you tell me where Ahsoka is."

She sighed,but listened.

"Look..I'm looking for Ahsoka. Do you know where Ahsoka is?"

He spoke slowly as if Clipper was just learning Basic. The Twi'lek grunted in annoyance at being treated in such a way. She was almost ten years old for Force sake.

"She's tall,has red orange skin, has two light sabers, has a interesting sense of humor, has the most amazing baby blues in the universe..."

Lux started to trail off into a fanatical streak in his own plane of existence. Clipper almost smiled to herself,but she bit her lip to keep it down. Lux failed to see it.

"I'm sorry...I forgot. Would you prefer if I talk about you?"

He touched her nose with his finger tip. He focused his blue eyes on her,giving her all of his attention. From the tug of her lip, it seemed she liked it.

"Ok...where do I start?"

He paused for thought.

"You're the most adorable little girl in the galaxy..you're by far the most clever...you have an amazing knack for defusing situations and blackmail...you're the most resourceful little girl of all time…and you have the most striking green eyes in the galaxy .."

He continued his rant until Clipper cleared her throat. He started counting on his fingers. Counting down all the reasons why Clipper should tell him where Ahsoka is.

"Oh wait, there must be something important that I am forgetting..."

He stared at her intensely stroking his chin.

"Your skin is soo radiant and your smile is ..."

Clipper held her tongue back. He wanted her to talk. As much as she was enjoying this flattery, she wasn't going to give in to the bait that easily. He was going to work for it. Plus, Ahsoka would pay her more if she stalled Lux longer.

"Why am I talking to you about Ahsoka, when I should be talking about you. I mean it is your special day, right?"

Lux was hoping for some kind of feedback. The faster he could get her to talk the faster he could get his answers. The faster they would be out of each others way.

"Its not my birthday and I got my light saber crystals last week. Where have you been?Did you not see the big deal I made out of it?"

Tough crowd.

But at least now he knew why Clipper was so chipper last week.

She had her back turned completely to the shaggy haired human. Was he trying to stall now?If so,this was perfect. She didn't even have to force him to play by her rules. She smirked with mischievous delight.

"I'm not telling you anything. Unless.."

Lux stroked his chin for a moment as he chided himself for not previously realizing that he was fighting an uphill battle with a sugar crazed nine and a half year old girl. Therefore if he gave her what she wanted then she would give him what he wanted. So he knelt down to Clipper's level,sighing to surrender. He was now at her mercy.

"Ok...you're right. I'm dumb. I should've thought about that before. "

Lux didn't fail to notice the twitching of one of her tables turned. He had her listening. He cleared his throat and continued,going in for the kill.

"Alright. How does another spin sound?"

She tilted her hands back and forth as if weighing the decision for compromise. Clipper in her sugar crazed state was too subdued to push for a harder deal. She sighed happily, allowing a smile of glee to replace her former pout.

"Ok. ."

He didn't give Clipper enough time to turn around. Without a second doubt, Lux hoisted the small humanoid into the air and gave her a good forty second spin. The child shouted with joy and begged for more as she came to a stop.

"Sorry Clip..but a deal is a deal."

She pouted then shrugged. The game was over. There was no way she could milk more money out of Ahsoka without making it obvious that she was stalling on purpose. She groaned in defeat, throwing her hands up. Ah, the bitter taste of defeat.

"She's in the Main Hanger."

Music to his ears. Hopefully, Ahsoka hadn't left yet.

"Thanks buddy."

He patted one of her lekku gently, before taking off in the opposite direction towards the hanger. He was left to his own thoughts and doubts.

But why hasn't she taken off yet? Is she afraid of losing me?

She hadn't taken off yet. As if she was waiting for Lux to see her off, or to give her a reason to rethink her decision. Whatever her reason for not taking off, he was gratified for the hesitancy. Only because he needed to tell her something just in case this was the last time they saw each other.

How was it? What do you think of the latest installment of Padawan Royalty?

Until next time.

Tess'ika