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Hostage Situation

"Shera Nova here with breaking news." said the Twilek reporter in front of the palace of Solaris. "The royal family of Solaris is relinquishing the throne to Grayolanda Morphina, more commonly known as Lady Gray Morpha. Coronation Night is to take place at midnight tonight, and the only members absent appear to be Princesses Padme Skywalker and Caroline Jinn, and adopted child Prince Boba."

The dignitaries were arriving by the minute, many of them not looking the least bit happy to be there as they were "guided" by Lady Morpha's slaves into the old castle.

"As you can see, this is a time of crisis greater than we have ever faced. The Clone War may be coming at an end, but we may be facing an even bigger threat and neither the Jedi nor the royal family have come to help us. Who can save us from this Lady Morpha? Is there no hope? Have our beloved heroes given up on us all? What is next for the royal family?"

Boba and his friends soon arrived at Solaris, and as expected there were a lot of people arriving for the coronation.

Boba used Lamenta's invisibility to turn the ship invisible so they could land in the forest without being spotted. Kara landed the ship and brought the children out.

"Got the spray bottles?" Boba asked.

"Check." Omega said.

"Goggles?"

"Check."

Boba and the others put on what goggles they managed to find and put them over their eyes to protect themselves from any moth bites that might have been flying around.

Using Gabby's clothing changing power, Boba put everyone in camouflage outfits so they could get to the spot they'd seen in the memories on Fluit Glaciem.

"Estrella, you and Omega go find my family." Boba said. "I'm gonna find that pillar and make the liquid light."

"Boba, you are not going alone." Kara told her nephew.

"I have to. Lady Morpha can't know there's another Solaran royal. You might be the only one who can save us if she manages to capture me."

"Why don't you just transfer the magic to her so she doesn't know you don't have the magic anymore?" Estrella pointed out.

"That's a very powerful spell and would draw too much attention to us. And you seriously couldn't have mentioned that earlier?"

"Sorry."

"Boba, are you sure about this?" Kara said.

"I'm sure, Aunt Kara. My entire family, and my little sister, the whole reason I'm part of this family, is in there." Boba said. "Gabby once risked everything to save me from a dark fate. I can't call myself her big brother or her friend if I'm not willing to do the same. She's helped save lots of people. Now it's our turn to rescue her."

With a determined look in his face, Boba ran, ran, ran as fast as he could to get to where he saw the Pillar of Light, as he heard the spot was called. The coronation was in less than an hour. He had to hurry!

Meanwhile, Mila and the others managed to make it across security thanks to their disguises, and they were guided into the palace.

Dolores could hear something though. Someone running through the forest. She didn't know who or why, but she thought it had to be someone else looking to stop Lady Morpha. She only hoped they could do so in time. Based on what she heard, no pun intended, Lady Morpha meant business, and was a real tyrant. Hence, the need to stop her from taking over.

Mila and Tech were escorted together. Crosshair had a water shooter bracelet ready on his arm.

"Remember, Crosshair, aim for the faces to break them free." Hunter whispered.

"Got it." Crosshair said.

Music began to play. Qui-Gon was first on the scene, entering from the top of the grand staircase. Then, Anakin, who held a pillow with a crown of Dame's Rocket flowers. And then, in came Gabby and Lamenta sprinkling flower petals down the stairs.

Crosshair waited as Lady Morpha finally made her grand entrance down the stairs. Lady Morpha stood at the throne and gave a speech.

"Thank you. Thank you all so much for coming to the celebration of my crowning achievement. For too long, the royal family has been a thorn in my side and that of my ancestors. And tonight that all comes to an end."

Lady Morpha raised her scepter, raising a bubble with Carmine trapped inside it.

"This one was foolish enough to challenge my power, and the same shall be the fate of all those who dare defy the rightful ruler of Solaris." But she didn't know that Carmine was mimicking her every move from behind and making faces, and some were struggling to keep from laughing. "And here tonight, I shall be henceforth known as-"

Morpha stopped as she noted people laughing at something. She looked behind her to see Carmine acting casual.

"As I was saying, tonight I shall be-" Carmine was making faces behind Lady Morpha again, making people laugh again.

Lady Morpha looked back again; Carmine was sitting, doing nothing. She turned back to the others, only for the same thing to happen again, and this time she caught Carmine laughing at her.

"ENOUGH!" She sat on the throne and snapped her fingers twice. "Qui-Gon. My crown."

Qui-Gon bowed to Morpha and Anakin handed him the crown.

"Now!" Tech whisper yelled.

And Tech and Mila both aimed and fired blasts of water at Anakin and Qui-Gon's faces and broke them out of the trance.

"What happened?" Anakin said, shaking the water from his hair.

Then Gabby and Lamenta were hit with water.

And Rosella had a horn blow very loudly to signal the others to attack, and chaos ensued. Everyone who came with weapons made loud music to distract Morpha's victims or sprayed them with water.

However, Lady Morpha took this as a chance to escape, and wait for Boba to come and put her backup plan into action.

Meanwhile, Boba managed to find the Pillar of Light. It looked covered in a lot more plants than Boba had seen in the memories.

Boba cleared away all the debris with a little help from his family's magic. He felt the symbol. Somehow, he could sense there was water below just waiting to be brought out.

"Okay, time to get the liquid light out."

Boba stood at the side of the pillar and remembered the words he had to say.

"Sun, light, and water rise. Lure moths of darkness to the liquid light!"

Boba concentrated. But... nothing happened.

Boba concentrated harder and said the words again. Again, nothing happened.

Boba repeated the chant over and over again, concentrating the power he held harder.

"Why isn't it working?!"

"I believe the real question is why aren't you still in hiding?" Morpha said.

Boba turned around to see the Doresho Gypsy herself right there.

"Lady Morpha!" Boba made his hands glow. "You want to fight me? I'm all yours."

"Actually, I've come to negotiate." Morpha said, and she raised her scepter, bringing forth nine bubbles.

Boba looked in horror when he saw who was trapped in those bubbles. Qui-Gon, Anakin, Carmine, Lamenta, Gabby, Carousella, Remix, Estrella... and Omega too!

"Let. Them. Go!" He demanded angrily.

"Oh, I will. And they will all remain unharmed." Morpha said. "All you have to do is give me your Solaran magic."

"Not a chance! You just wanna use it to destroy us."

"You're right. I did want to do that. But then, I had a much better idea in mind. Why should I kill the royal family when I can have them live and be forced to watch as their kingdom is under my reign as it should have been for my ancestors years ago. Many of them tried to take this kingdom, and all have failed. But that is because they did not have the smarts I possess. I know you, Boba. They're all you've got. The only people who have and will ever love you. Without them, you are nothing but a lonely orphan with no friends, and no family."

That cut deep into Boba. She was right. His family meant the universe to him. He couldn't lose them now, not after he'd worked so hard to protect them.

"Don't do it, Big Brother!" Gabby begged, using her puppy eyes again.

But this time, Boba had to look away from them. Tears forming, he looked at Lady Morpha and said,

"Fine, Lady Morpha. You win. You can have my magic. Just leave my family unharmed."

Lady Morpha smirked. "Hmm. You're a much smarter child than I would've believed."

Lady Morpha raised her scepter and cast a spell that lifted Boba up in the air as she vacuumed the Solaran magic right from his body. Boba cried out in pain as the magic was extracted from him so intensely.

Morpha took all the magic into her scepter and dropped Boba to the ground. And as she promised, she popped the bubbles and dropped Boba's friends and family to the ground.

Boba breathed heavily as he felt weakened by the sudden extraction. His family ran right to him.

"Boba..." Gabby gasped, tears in her eyes. "You shouldn't have done that."

"I had to." Boba said. "I couldn't let you die."

Gabby hugged her brother. Omega hugged Boba too. So did Anakin and Carmine, and Qui-Gon too.

"How touching. A family reunion." Morpha said. "Hope you enjoyed it."

Morpha now held Boba in a magical grip.

"Boba!" the family exclaimed.

"Let him go!" Gabby said.

"Relax, he's not your real brother." Morpha said.

"But he is mine!" Omega said. "Biologically, I mean. Let him go."

"I will. I have no use for him anymore. And neither do any of you, now that you have no magic to hide in him. I'm going to send him to his roots."

And with a swing of her scepter, Morpha trapped the royal family once more, and had Boba thrown into the ocean.

As for everyone else, Lady Morpha used her new magic to trap everyone in vines, bubbles, or crystals, and place an enormous energy bubble around the entire island.

"Hear me now, subjects. I came here to be crowned queen, and no one gets in or out of Solaris until I receive my crown!"

Morpha looked at the true royal family and declared they were to be set as an example of those who tried to overthrow her. She forced Reporter Nova to let her talk on the report.

"Prince Boba was one foolish child to believe he could stand up to your future queen. Any man, woman, or child who dares to attempt overthrow me shall suffer the same fate. I will be crowned tonight, and the former royal family shall be forced to watch with their own eyes."

Gabby broke down into tears as she, Omega, Carousella, Estrella, and Lamenta were placed in a cell together in the dungeon. The other girls were as devastated as she was.

"Oh, Boba." Gabby sobbed. "He was the best brother I ever could've known. And now we'll never see him again!"

Omega hugged Gabby close to her body as she also had tears falling.

"I haven't known him very long," she said. "But I miss him too. He didn't deserve what happened. I should never have left him alone."

"It's not your fault, Omega." Carousella said. "Lady Morpha is stronger than any threat we've ever faced before. None of us knew how to defeat her."

"What are we gonna do now?" Lamenta said, wiping away her tears. She saw their fathers and grandfather in the cell across from them. "Daddy? What do we do?"

"I don't know, Little Lamb." Carmine said. "I don't see any way for us to get out. Everyone is trapped and we don't have any way of contacting anyone on Escuela."

"What's it matter whether we get out or not, anyway?" Anakin said, sobbing. "We lost Boba. And now Padme's gonna be alone with the baby, and we'll never see her or Caroline again."

Tears filled everyone's eyes as they believed it was all over.

Omega looked out the window of the cell and spotted a shooting star. She remembered Boba told her about how Lamenta told her they supposedly granted wishes. She desperately wished and prayed for a miracle. They needed one now more than ever.

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