Oh boy, another late night chapter but who cares.

At least this is ready now and not later.

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Leia felt as clumsy and slow as a newborn pitten as she picked up her pack. It was small and only contained what she needed the most and the only thing that she had been allowed to carry. She had just arrived on what ever planet the Rebels were now on and she would be staying for an interminable amount of time.

At the moment all she wanted was to take a long soothingly hot bath and then take a longer nap. Her feet were beginning to hurt and her back was nearly always sore. She now knew why teenagers shouldn't have babies: she was miserable.

When she walked off the ship she was greeted by Mon Mothma and a group of young children. Her son suddenly became very active, as if he wanted to meet all of them. Soon, little one. She thought to him. Soon and they will all be your friends.

The second she walked past the children one fo them confiscated her pack and all but one raced off.

Leia wanted to call after them and tell them to get back there with her things but Mon gently touch her arm. "I told them that they could help you get settled in." She told her. Leia just nodded and hoped that her favorite Kirosi Bird toy.

At that moment she felt the child that stayed gently touch her enlarged abdomen. Leia looked down and saw the little girl smile as the baby moved. "Friend." The little girl pronounced. Leia somehow knew that the girl was talking about her unborn child but that she was also the word 'Friend' wasn't the exact word that the little girl was looking for.

Leia smiled and ruffled the little toddler's dark brown curly hair. "Yes," she said, "He'll be your friend." The girl giggled. The girl looked up and Leia stared at the girl's beautiful Chokolate brown eyes.

Somehow Leia knew that the girl was trying to place her; as if she and the girl had met before.

Then the girl turned and hurried off.

After the girl was gone Mon came over. "On behalf of all here on this Base I welcome you here." Mon said in greeting. "Thank you for having me." Leia said warmly, she had fond memories of Mon Mothma coming to visit before she was declared a traitor.

"I haven't been friends with Bail Organa as long as I have being a horrible person." She said then hug her.

Leia could feel her anxieties fade. She would be fine here with the Rebels.

"If you're wondering where Bail is he had to return to Coruscant. He felt that he might begin to push his luck with the Emperor." Leia explained when she noticed Mon looking over her shoulder. Mon look disappointed but she nodded. "We can't have him compromised in any way. Even if I wanted to plan with him it must wait for another time."

There was a few minutes of silence before Mon sighed. "Well us just standing here isn't going to do any of us good." She said. "Come, I'll show you the place that you'll be staying until Bail says that you can go back to Alderaan."

Leia nearly sighed in relief as they walked into the Base. They walked for what felt like hours when it was really about ten minutes according to her chrono. But they did reach a door and then entered. Leia saw her pack sitting on the bed with a few crates of her other stuff there as well.

"Someone will be by later to show where the Mess Hall is but for now the refresher is through that down and your closet is right there." Mon said gesturing. "Thank you," Leia said, relieved that she could rest now.

Mon smiled then left.

Leia went to the bed, placed her pack on a small desk, slipped off her sandals and laid on her bed. In minutes she was fast asleep.

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Shaak Ti sat with Mace, Adi, Stass and Padmé. They had been playing with their blocks but now they were silently thinking about the new arrival at the Base. Shaak knew enough to know that the guest was going to have a baby and that the girl's name was Leia but that's where her knowledge ended.

"He my friend." Padmé announced. Shaak nodded. She knew that the baby somehow was more than a friend to Padmé but it didn't make a lot of sense to her.

The more Shaak thought about it the more it seemed as if the baby was suppose to do something for them. She closed her eyes and searched her feelings and saw fleeting images of beings and places but nothing that made sense.

She smacked a fist against the floor in frustration. She didn't the feeling of knowing but knot knowing anything.

"it will come to us in time." Mace said calmly although Shaak knew otherwise. "Do you really think so?" Adi asked, hope in her voice. Mace smiled. "I do."

"Do you think that Dim is coming back?" Stass asked. "No, and he was Din." Mace said with some laughter.

The entire group dissolved into laughter. At the thought of the Jedi Master's face turning red when one of them called him 'Dim'.

A soft sound went through the Base signaling that it was time to go to the Mess Hall and get something to eat.

The whole group leaped to their feet and raced off to the Mess Hall where they were sure to be joined by their other friends and Mon. They all liked her because she was so nice to them. She made them feel special.

Shaak found herself wondering why some of the others at the Base looked at them funny or treated them different. She guessed that she would either have to ask Mon about it or find out herself.

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Mon Mothma is a nice person because she cares about others and their happiness seems to make her happy so there!