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Chapter 2

Boba Fett started his ship's engine and lifted off the platform. He knew that it would be very difficult for him to locate Luke now that the jedi had taken him from Polis Massa, so now his priority was the infant girl lying on the seat next to him. He turned to his nava-computer and set course for Anoth, a rocky planet where he could lie low whilst he made adjustments to Slave I in order to make it a suitable home for a baby.

It took a little over a week for Boba to refurbish his ship for his newly expanded family. During that time he'd learned a lot about fatherhood, and he had never imagined that taking care of such a small person could be so difficult. His first challenge had been feeding her, he had to stop at five different markets before he found one that sold baby formula for humans. At the same market he'd found other baby supplies, such as nappies, a crib, and a special seat for her in the ship.

At the market he'd met an old woman, who ran the shoppe, and she had taken one look at him and said, "You look lost, young man." Boba had run a hand through his hair, having forgone his armour as it was too conspicuous, and muttered, "Yeah, I guess I am. What do I need for her? She's a day old." The old woman had smiled and showed him the supplies that he would need to take care of a newborn. As she was adding up his purchases she spoke to him, "Forgive an old woman's curiosity, but where's the child's mother?" Boba looked down at Leia's sleeping face, and said softly, "She's dead." "Oh, I'm so sorry."

After going to the market Boba landed the Slave I in the mountainous region ten kliks south of the village and began to tinker with his ship. He quickly settled into a routine of caring for Leia and working on the ship. He added an additional cabin for when Leia outgrew sleeping in his, he spent significant time baby-proofing every sharp edge and secret compartment even though Leia couldn't crawl around yet. He set up everything the way he would need it in the next year since he didn't know when he would have the time to make large-scale improvements again.

When he finished the renovations he contacted the Guild, asking for easy but high-paying hunts. He received the puck for a human male spice smuggler who had run afoul of Black Sun, and he set off on his first hunt with Leia in the gunner's seat.

The first thing that Boba did after landing on Corellia was go to an old friend of his father's, and ask her to babysit. Kait was so shocked to see Boba Fett with a baby that she agreed almost immediately. Boba found that his information had been right, the smuggler wasn't much of a challenge, and he had the scum in the capture cages within an hour, and went back to pick up Leia.

He found Kait dancing around her flat with Leia nestled in her arms, when she saw him Kait stopped quickly, and proceeded to tell him how much she loved his baby. "I never thought of you as a father, but she's just precious!" she squealed. Boba just made a low noise of acknowledgement, and held out his arms for Leia. Kait harrumphed placed Leia in Boba's arms with a kiss on her head.

As he took off from Corellia's spaceport he looked over at his baby girl, and asked her, "Did you have fun with granddad's friend, Princess?" and immediately felt rather silly for the question. Leia just gurgled happily up at him.

Author's Note:

Thank you for reading! I know that these two chapters were mostly world-building, since Leia is a newborn there's not a lot that I can do with her character right now. But worry not! There will be a bit of a time skip between this chapter and next, so Leia will age up a bit and be a more active participant in her own story. Reviews are what keep an author going, so please leave one!

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