Thunder boomed as rain fell near the Dawnland settler were preparing their defenses.
Mint and Kora snuck about to observe the human men.

Meanwhile, as Leena continued to educate the native on how to fight the humans, Grace snuck quietly into the camp and began stealing from the gun powder supply, and using a weapon she learned to build from her last Jedi lesson, she sliced all the guns to pieces and took many of the chunks so the men couldn't repair them.

While Grace was doing that, the men were bragging to Rax how they had an action-packed time fighting the "savages" that came to their camp.

Anakim:
We shot ourselves an Injun
Or maybe two or three

"Anakim, don't goof off." said Ben.

"Come on, Ben. It's just a bit of fun."

"Sure! We're having loads of fun, right? Look at us. No gold, no food, while Palpatine sits up in his tent all day, happy as a clam."

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"I'm doomed!" Palpatine cried in frustration. "I should be wallowing in riches by now, and I haven't found as much as a speck. Think. Think! It's got to be around here somewhere. Where could it be? What am I overlooking?"

Palpatine thought and thought of what could be the reason he was not finding any gold on this land. And then he jumped to a conclusion.

"Of course. The Indians. Tarkin!"

"You bellowed, Governor?" said Tarkin as Palpatine grabbed him.

"Tarkin, why do you think those insolent heathens attacked us?"

"Because we invaded their land, cut down their trees and dug up their earth?"

"It's the gold! They have it, and they don't want us to take it from them. Well, I'll just have to take it by force then, won't I?"

Grace inaudibly gasped as she overheard Palpatine's plan. She had to hurry! Quickly, she began slicing even more of their weapons, and filled the biggest barrel she could find with as much gun powder as she could find, and began quietly rolling it away until she reached a deep ditch. She'd also stolen a shovel, which she used to cover the weapons with dirt so the men would never be able to find it. And she managed to do so without being seen.

Quickly, she rushed back to the village, where she found Leena teaching the natives some forms of martial arts they'd learned from other tribes.

"How is training going, Sister?" Grace asked her sister.

"Better than anticipated. What about the weapons?" Leena replied.

"The army should hopefully be weakened enough for us to scare them off. But now Governor Palpatine believes the natives are hiding the gold he is looking for."

Leena couldn't believe her ears.

"Did it never occur to him that there is no gold here?"

"People like him don't like hearing that what they want is not where they want it to be. That Palpatine would walk into a candle shop and demand bread, and go to a bakery to demand candles. Even if the workers told him they do not carry those things, he would demolish the place."

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Palpatine approached Anakim and Ben as they were resting.

"You there!" he bellowed. "Where is Captain Fett?"

"Fett?" Anakim looked around. "He's... well, gone."

"Go look for him then!"

"But what if we run into the indians?" Ben asked.

"That's what guns are for, you idiots!" Palpatine said. "Now arm yourselves and get moving!"

Except, when they got to the weapons shed...

"What the Force?!" Anakim said, picking up pieces of a destroyed gun.

Ben and Anakim were shocked to find that nearly every single weapon in their shed had been destroyed or was missing.

"Those insolent Indians must have had something to do with this!" Palpatine growled.

But... Anakim didn't think so. He looked at the pieces, and some of them were burnt on the edges. He'd seen the Togrutas' weapons, and theirs were handmade arrows, but nothing with fire. These pieces were no doubt sliced by something made of fire. Not only that, but he found what looked like a pink rose petal, much like the ones on the roses his daughter wore in her hair.

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Ahsokahontas returned to her people, and she was shocked to find two female humans there in the village, and to an even greater surprise, they were not like Rax in any way. Unlike him and the other men, they did not assume anything about the Togruta.

"It's an honor to meet you, Princess." Grace said. "I apologize we couldn't meet under better circumstances."

"We hope by our visiting here, we can not only save your people," said Leena. "But learn from you as well."

These two girls wanted to help protect the people and their natural habitat. They asked the Togruta questions about their ways and even dressed in garments their people made for them as a symbol of friendship and honoring them as honorary members of their tribe. And both girls were very appreciative of the hospitality and the lovely new dresses.

Today, Ahsokahontas and Jinja were harvesting corn for their people.

"Ahsokahontas," said Pav-Ti, arriving where the two Togruta girls were. "You should be inside the village."

"We'll be alright," said Ahsokahontas.

"We're gathering food for when the warriors arrive," said Jinja.

"Don't go far," said Pav-Ti. "Now is not the time to be running off."

"Yes, Father." smiled Ahsokahontas.

Pav-Ti looked at his daughter still wearing her late mother's necklace. He smiled, seeing how she had clearly inherited her mother's beauty as well as her spirit.

"When I see you wear that necklace, you look just like your mother."

Ahsokahontas held the necklace dearly in her hand and said, "I miss her."

"But she is still with us. Whenever the wind moves through the trees, I feel her presence."

Ahsokahontas felt the wind through her montrals as her father explained to her that their people looked to the late Nak-il for wisdom and strength.

"And someday, they will look to you as well."

"I would be honored by that," said the princess.

"You shouldn't be out here alone. I will send for Kokum."

Ahsokahontas facepalmed with a groan, getting tired of her father still insisting she marry that guy.

"Alright, what is it?" said Jinja.

"What?"

"You're hiding something."

"I'm not hiding anything."

"Ahsokahontas, you can tell me. I promise, I won't tell anyone..." And that was when Jinja spotted something, or rather someone. "Ahsokahontas, look!"

Ahsokahontas then looked to see a familiar blonde man hiding in the tall cornstalks right near her and Jinja.

"Rax!" Ahsokahontas gasped.

"It's one of them!" Jinja panicked. "I'm going to get-"

Ahsokahontas quickly covered her friend's mouth and held her.

"What are you doing here?!" Ahsokahontas asked quietly, but loud enough for Rax to hear in a panic.

"I had to see you again," said Rax.

"Ahsokahontas!" called Kokum's voice.

Both girls gasped. Kokum called the princess again.

"Quick! This way!"

Ahsokahontas quickly grabbed Rax's hand and started to pull him away.

"Jinja," said Kokum, arriving at the scene as soon as the human and togruta princess vanished. "Where is Ahsokahontas?"

"I...I haven't seen her." Jinja lied, picking some corn off the stalk.

Kokum sighed.

"Ahsokahontas can't keep running off, it's dangerous out there, and she has not received teaching from the visitors. Tell her that. She listens to you."

And Kokum left. Jinja rolled her eyes at his last statement.
"Sure she does," she said sarcastically.

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Deep within the woods, Ahsokahontas and Rax sat in an opening wide enough to sit on in the willow tree.

"This place is amazing," said Rax. "And to think we came all this way just to dig it up for gold."

"Gold?" said Ahsokahontas. Her friends had explained to her that Grace and Leena's people were looking for something called gold, but she wasn't sure what it was, as she wasn't shown the bracelet yet. "What's gold?"

"You know, it's yellow. It comes out of the ground. It's really valuable." Rax explained.

"Oh! Here, we have lots of it." Ahsokahontas pulled out a piece of freshly picked corn and unwrapped it. "Gold!"

"No, no!" Rax chuckled, taking out a gold coin. "Gold is this."

"There's nothing like that around here."

"No gold?"

"Not that I've seen. Except... one of those girls did have a bracelet that looked like it was made of this stuff."

"What girls?"

"Two females who look like one of your species. They came to us."

"You must be joking. No women came with us."

"Sounds like they were right about your men being clueless." Ahsokahontas chuckled.

"What did these girls look like, if I might ask?"

Ahsokahontas gave the best description she could of the two human girls she could. Both had brown hair, one of which had hers tied in a way that sort of resembles a Togruta's lower montrals, one had green eyes, the other brown. They called themselves Graciella and Leena.

"Those are Anakim Skywalker's daughters. How'd they manage to get on board without us knowing?"

"My best guess, they're a lot smarter than you might give them credit for. And it sounds to me you underestimate your own species too."

Rax chuckled. "All this way for nothing, and we were outsmarted by a couple of teenage girls. Those boys are in for a big surprise."

"Will they leave?"

"Some of them might."

"Will you go home?"

"Well, it's not like I have much of a home to go back to. I've never really belonged anywhere."
"You could belong here."

It was then that the human and togruta heard the wind singing. Rax looked around at the plants surrounding him, and then at the bit of the tree that resembled a throne, where he could swear he'd seen another togruta, a female.

"Did you see something?" asked Ahsokahontas.

"No, no," panicked Rax. "I didn't see anything. Did I?"

Ahsokahontas smiled at Rax.

"If you're connecting to the earth enough, you might. Look again."

Rax looked again as the princess said, and this time, Queen Willomena appeared before both of them.

Willowmena:
Let it break upon you
Like a wave upon the sand

"Hello, Raxon Fett." said the nymph.

"Ahsokahontas," said Rax with wide eyes. "There's a ghost... talking to me."

"Then you should talk back." Ahaokshontas replied, not the least bit afraid.

"Don't be afraid, young man. My bark is worse than my bite."

Rax was silent. So, Ahsokahontas told him to say something.

"What do you say to a ghost?"

"She's a nymph." the Togruta corrected. "Say anything you want."

Rax gulped and stood up.

"So..."

"Come closer, Raxon Fett." said Willowmena. And the human came closer, allowing the nymph queen to get a good look at him. "He has a good soul. And he's handsome too!"

"Oh, I like her." said Rax.

"I knew you would." Ahsokahontas giggled.

"Rax! Rax! Where are you?" called Benjamin Kenobi's voice.

"We can't let them see us." said Rax.

"Quick! Over here." said Willowmena, showing the two where to hide.

"This place gives me the creeps," said Anakim. "Savages could be hiding everywhere."

"Well, remember what the captain said, just shoot, no questions asked." Ben said.

Willowmena decided to play a little trick on the two men... by making a root trip Kenobi and making some of the willows wrap around Anakim and hold him tightly while he screamed like a little girl.

"Help! Help!" Anakim screamed, trying to wiggle loose.

"Hold still!" Ben said, trying to get Anakim loose, only for another branch to tap him shoulder and then for another to start tickling him until the willow dropped Anakim, and sent both men screaming and running away.

Ahsokahontas and Rax were both laughing as the two humans ran off, screaming like little girls.

"I'm glad you're on our side," Rax said, wiping a tear from his eye.

"There's plenty of snap in these old vines." Willowmena smirked.

"I better get back before they send the whole camp after me." Rax said.

"When will I see you again?" Ahsokahontas asked.

"Meet me tonight, right here. And tell Graciella and Leena to stay hidden until they inconspicuously get back on board when we leave."

Rax and Ahsokahontas slowly parted hands, the latter looking sad to see her friend leave again.

Willowmena smiled and said, "I haven't see such excitement since your mother was young."

"What am I doing?" said Ahsokahontas, brushing her montral tails with her hands. "I shouldn't be seeing him again. I mean, I want to see him again."

"Who wouldn't? I want to see him again."

"But, still, something inside tells me it's the right thing."

"Perhaps it's your dream."

Ahsokahontas suddenly remembered the dream she'd talked about.

"My dream? Do you think he's the one the spinning arrow was pointing to?"

"Hmm."