Anakin piloted the ship while Ahsoka continued to hold the baby Hutt, and Gabby just sat in her chair, holding onto the side, as it was not equipped with a seatbelt or booster seat.

"Master, today I did my best to stay calm, focused, and when I did, everything seemed so easy." Ahsoka said.

Suddenly, there was a loud booming sound, and the Jedi quickly found themselves in the middle of a battle.

"Well, get focused, 'cause things just got a lot harder." Anakin said.

Anakin quickly steered the ship to evade some enemy ships that attempted to blast them.

"All we've got to do is land on that Jedi cruiser." Anakin said.

"But, Master." said Ahsoka. "Their deflector shields are up."

The ship was then shot.

Ahsoka gasped.

"They must think this grease bucket is an enemy ship." Ahsoka said with realization.

"We're toast." Gabby said.

"That's not the hopeful girl I know and love." said Anakin. "Jedi cruiser, hold your fire!"

"Who is that?" said a clone over the comm. "Incoming ship, identify yourself. Repeat, identify yourself."

"This is General Skywalker. We have Jabba the Hutt's son. He needs medical attention. We must board immediately."

"Stand by." said the clone.

"Stand by?" said Ahsoka, less than pleased. "That's helpful."

Anakin had to steer the ship around once again as the real enemies tried to blast them again.

"Hang on!" He exclaimed.

The kids all screamed and held on tight as the ship turned upside down.

Luckily, Admiral Yularen quickly ordered for the deflector shields to be lowered to allow Anakin's team to fly on board.

"We've made it!" Ahsoka and Gabby exclaimed at the same time.

"Jinx!" Gabby exclaimed.

Except, the lower rear hangar was attacked by more real enemy ships and blown up, leading Anakin to steer the ship away.

"That changes our plans." said Anakin.

"What do we do now?" Gabby asked.

"Looks like we're gonna have to take this bucket of bolts all the way to Tatooine." said Anakin.

"Just hold on, Stinky." Gabby begged, looking at the Huttlet in Ahsoka's arms.

Anakin managed to steer the ship clean out from the battle.

"We're clear to make the jump to hyperspace." Anakin confirmed. "R2, program the navicomputer."

R2 beeped and went to do as ordered.

Ahsoka, meanwhile, looked at the baby Hutt, seeing him looking so much worse.

"I don't think he's gonna make it, Master." Ahsoka said. "There's gotta be something we can do for him."

"Don't ships carry medical supplies or first aid kits somewhere?" Gabby asked. "Mommy always keeps a first aid kit and emergency supplies in different places in case of big emergencies."

"Good idea, Princess." Anakin said. "You and Ahsoka take a look in the back and see if you can find any medical supplies."

"We're on it." said Ahsoka, who then left her seat, Gabby following suite.

"Don't die on me now, little guy." Anakin said, gently petting the Huttlet's head. "Just hang in there." Then, Anakin hit a couple more switches. "If you've locked the coordinates, R2, let's go."

And so, R2 launched them into hyperspace.

"Whoa!" Gabby shouted as she fell onto her stomach from the sudden jump throwing her off balance.

"Not used to standing in hyperspace, huh?" Ahsoka chuckled, helping Gabby up.

"Nope." Gabby brushed her pink Jedi tunics off and fixed the pink ribbon she wore in her long hair.

Gabby and Ahsoka looked around for anything that might be helpful. They brought the Huttlet with them to what looked like a medical examination room.

Gabby tried to reach for what looked like some buttons, but she was way too short to reach them. She couldn't even jump high enough to reach them.

"Right now, it would be so useful to have Tigger's bouncing abilities." Gabby said, jumping once more.

"Let me do it." Ahsoka said, pressing a button, and a hologram of a medical droid appeared. "Hello? Dr. Droid. Can you hear me?"

"Yes," said the hologram. "What seems to be the problem?"

"Great. We've got a sick Huttlet." Ahsoka explained as the baby was scanned. "You got a remedy?"

"Oh, yes. I see. You must dispense one of these medical boosters into the infant's mouth."

A compartment opened up with some little blue tubes inside.

"If you have any problems, please call an actual doctor to assist you." said the hologram before disappearing.

"I hope this works," said Ahsoka.

"Me too." Gabby said.

"Okay, sweetums. We've got some yum-yum for you."

Ahsoka picked up the Huttlet and tried to give him the booster, but the baby wouldn't take the pill. Gabby giggled at the little scene before her; it reminded her of the time she'd caught a cold from being out in the rain a few months ago, and Padme tried to give her medicine to make her better.

"You'll take this and like it!" Ahsoka said, finally getting the baby to take the medicine.

The baby gulped the medicine and let out a loud belch.

"There you go. Good boy."

Gabby and Ahsoka both held their noses from the nasty stench of the Huttlet's breath.

A little later, Ahsoka lay the Huttlet down and was happy to see that he was steadily recovering.

"The medicine is working!" Gabby said happily.

"His fever broke." said Ahsoka with a smile. "I think he's gonna live to stink another day."

"You hear that, Baby?" Gabby cooed. "You're gonna be okay."

"Great. Keeping him alive wasn't as easy as you'd hoped, was it?" said Anakin, who was fixing up some parts of the ship.

"Master, if you have taught me one thing," said Ahsoka. "It's that nothing is easy when you are around."

"But he is good at finding a way out." Gabby said. "That's what makes him such a great Jedi. I wanna be just like him when I grow up. And I wanna be a great queen like my mommy was."

"Someday you will, little one." Anakin said, not looking away from his work, but Gabby could tell he was smiling.

"You think Rex and Master Obi-Wan made it out okay?" Ahsoka asked.

"If I know my old master, he has things well in hand. Now help me with this. I want the primary systems fully repaired by the time we reach Tatooine."

Ahsoka picked up a tool and handed it to her Master.

"You grew up on Tatooine, right?" Ahsoka said. "So, for you, this trip is like going home."

"Yeah." Anakin said, sounding slightly frozen. "Home."

"Not exactly." said Gabby.

"What do you mean?" Ahsoka asked, confused.

"Well, you see-" Gabby started, but was interrupted by her father.

"Gabby, what's our most important rule?"

"No using your lightsaber to roast marshmallows?" Gabby guessed.

"No, not that one." Anakin said.

"No tackling C-3PO in the apartment?"

"No!"

"Don't start tickle fights with you when witnesses are around?"

Ahsoka struggled not to laugh at that last one.

"We don't talk about my past on Tatooine." Anakin said.

"Oh... yeah. That rule." Gabby said, looking down guiltily.

Meanwhile, the Separatists continued to persuade Jabba that the Jedi were the real enemy.

"The Republic had too many clone troopers, my lord." Ventress told Dooku. "By the time we were able to find Jabba's son, Skywalker had already... killed him."

That caused a great deal of panic in the room, and fury in Jabba.

"Most unfortunate," said Dooku. "This is a very unexpected turn of events. I take it you at least defeated the Jedi?"

"No, Master. The Jedi escaped and are headed to Tatooine."

"I'm sure you did the best you could. We will discuss your failure later."

"Yes, my master." Ventress bowed before ending the transmission.

Jabba spoke and his droid translated, "Glorious Jabba demands to know why the Jedi would dare come to Tatooine."

"To kill you, Jabba." Dooku said. "The Jedi plot is quite clear now. They only promised to rescue your son to win your trust. Now Skywalker is coming here to finish his true mission... to wipe out the entire Hutt clan."

Jabba said something else, and then Dooku said,

"If it pleases you, mighty Jabba, this time I will deal with Skywalker personally."

The Jedi's ship soon came within reach of Tatooine.

"I was hoping I'd never have to lay eyes on this dust ball again." Anakin said.

"Why do I get the feeling I'm gonna need a lot of sunblock?" Gabby said.

"Because you might."

"Okay. What happened that you wouldn't let Gabby say anything earlier?" Ahsoka asked.

"I don't want to talk about it." Anakin said.

"It's a touchy thing for him. That's all I can say." Gabby explained.

"How's Stinky holding up?"

Ahsoka and Gabby both looked at the Huttlet.

"He seems to be feeling much better." Ahsoka said. "His fever is gone. Even you have to admit he's cute when he's asleep."

"So cute." Gabby said.

"I admit I like him better when he's quiet, but only a little." Anakin said. "And I still say a certain princess wins the cute contest easily here."

"He's talking about me." said Gabby, fluttering her eyelashes cutely.

"You're pretty cute too." Ahsoka said, tickling the human girl a little, making her giggle cutely.

R2 beeped something to Anakin.

"No, R2. I want the cannon operational first." Anakin said. "Leave the rear deflector shields for later."

"No rear shields, Master? That's awful risky." Ahsoka said.

"Yeah, what if something attacks us from behind?" Gabby said. "Remember every time I pounced you in a game of Tigger Tag?"

Anakin remembered all too well. Ever since he started reading Gabby the Winnie the Pooh storybooks, she'd been imitating the character Tigger by bouncing all around, jumping on the bed and the couch, and even playing a game she called Tigger Tag, which involved Gabby pouncing on anyone she could. How she managed to knock adults down so easily every time, Anakin might never know.

"A strong attack eliminated the need for defense, girls." Anakin said.

Just then, an alarm sounded.

Ahsoka checked the dashboard and found that attack ships were closing in fast!

"Somebody doesn't want Stinky to get home in one piece." Anakin said.

The ship got hit with a couple of blaster bolts.

"Wow, quite the welcome home party." said Ahsoka with a hint of sarcasm.

Anakin ordered R2 to set the approach vector and make ready to land as he flipped the switch.

"Ahsoka, activate the guns!"

Ahsoka tried to activate them, but...

"All the guns are locked in the forward position," she said. "It's too bad you decided not to repair the rear deflector shields."

"Not now, Ahsoka!" Anakin and Gabby said at the same time, sharing the same seriously unamused expression.

The ships continued to blast at the Jedi, Anakin quickly steering to dodge.

"R2, see if you can unlock those guns!" Anakin ordered.

"Sometimes a good defense is the best offense." Ahsoka said.

"Sounds like Uncle Obi-Wan." Gabby said.

"Why don't you go secure your little Huttlet friend?" Anakin said.

"None of us are secure with you flying!" Ahsoka said, knowing Anakin's reputation for crash landing ships.

Ahsoka got up to secure the baby, while Gabby held on tightly to her seat and made some vines grow to act as seatbelts, finally managing to make ones strong enough to hold her in place. And just in time too, as Anakin was once again swerving and spinning the ship, and caused Ahsoka to fall down, luckily catching Rotta. Unluckily, it woke the Huttlet up and he started crying.

"Great! You woke the baby!" Ahsoka said.

"I'm a little busy here!" Anakin said.

Gabby started screaming too as the ride got rougher. Anakin aimed the guns, and blasted one of the enemy ships.

"Got one of them!" Anakin cheered.

"What about the other one?" Ahsoka asked.

"One thing at a time!"

And the other ship got struck with what looked like a fire ball.

"Whoo! I'm on fire with my magic now!" Gabby cheered, as she was the one to create the fire ball with her powers.

"Impressive, little one. But save those attacks for after you've had more time to practice them in a more fire-proof environment."

Anakin managed to steer the ship safely once more, at least for a few seconds before the ship started to act up a little from the damage it sustained.

"Strap in, Ahsoka." Anakin said.

"With what?" Gabby asked. "There's no seatbelts on this ship."

"You've got that 'we're in trouble' look." Ahsoka said, looking at Anakin's face.

"There's a look?" Anakin asked.

The Huttlet cooed as though agreeing with the Togruta.

"You can't miss it."

"Very funny, Snips." Anakin said, then he tried to get ahold of his master. "Obi-Wan, come in! Do you copy?"

"Kenobi, here." said Obi-Wan, answering the call. "Anakin, have you reached Tatooine yet?"

"Almost, but we ran into some old..."

"Anakin, did you get shot down again?"

"Yes!" The girls answered in unison.

"This ship is too slow." said Anakin. "I haven't had time to modify it yet."

"I'm still cleaning up your other mess, but I'll get there." Obi-Wan said before ending the transmission.

"So much for reinforcements."

The ship was getting closer and closer to entering Tatooine's atmosphere.

"Hang on, this landing could get a little rough." Anakin warned.

"A little?!" Gabby said as though her father were crazy, which she was beginning to think he was.

"Crashes are rough," said Ahsoka. "Landings are not."

"Then it's a crash landing." Anakin said.

Anakin steered the ship, and they started to jump from hill to hill of sand, just barely missing some Jawas that ran by.

"Mighty Jabba, my battle droids have shot down Skywalker's ship." Dooku told Jabba.

Jabba spoke in Huttese again, and the droid translated, "Jabba will send out his bounty hunters to see that he is dead."

"Allow me. I have much more experience dealing with Jedi."

Meanwhile, Obi-Wan managed to get a message to Master Yoda, who sat in Chancellor Palpatine's office in the Senate building. He explained to Yoda that they believed the entire plot was engineered by Count Dooku and the Separatists were determined to intercept Anakin as he was attempting to return Jabba's son. And the plot was to convince Jabba that the Jedi kidnapped his son.

"If believe this, the Hutts do, ended will our chance of a treaty with them be." said Yoda. "Join Dooku and the Separatists, Jabba will, yes."

"That would be a disaster," said Chancellor Palpatine. "We must have this alliance with the Hutts if we are to win the war in the Outer Rim."

"In Skywalker is the Republic's only hope. Return Jabba's son, he must."

"Anakin's experience with the Hutts should help." Obi-Wan said. "He'll come through."

And as the transmission ended, a new figure entered the room. She was none other than Anakin's secret wife and Princess Gabby's mother, Senator Padme Amidala.

Chancellor Palpatine dismissed Master Yoda so he could speak with the young Senator.

"Greetings, Senator Amidala." Yoda greeted.

"Master Yoda. So good to see you." said Padme with a bow.

"Good it is, to see you, Senator." And Yoda left.

"Senator Amidala," said Palpatine. "We were to discuss..."

"The new security measures you put into effect on Naboo." Padme said. "My security chief tells me there are several new battles in the Outer Rim."

"Including a small skirmish with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin, and Princess Gabriella."

"Anakin? Gabby? Are they in danger?" Padme asked. "What's my daughter even doing on a mission?"

"I'm uncertain of why that is so. But I'm afraid, on a more pressing matter, that the Jedi's efforts to strike a secret treaty with the Hutts have gone terribly wrong. Jabba believes Anakin has abducted his infant son."

"A Jedi would never do such a thing!" Padme insisted. "Perhaps I can get that treaty signed. I will go to the Hutts and convince them of Anakin's innocence, as a representative of the Senate, of course."

"That is very courageous of you, Senator, but far too dangerous. Besides, we've attempted to contact Jabba, he won't accept communication from us."

"Jabba the Hutt has an uncle in the old downtown area here on Coruscant. Perhaps I can reason with him and reopen negotiations."

"Please, my dear, I beg you, reconsider this." the chancellor begged. But there was no swaying Padme.

"Don't worry, Chancellor, I've dealt with far worse than the Hutts."

"Do take care, Senator. The Hutts are vile gangsters."

And off Padme went.

The Jedi started to exit their crash landed ship.

"Wow! It's hot here!" Gabby said, fanning herself from the intense heat that started as soon as they opened the door.

Gabby immediately used her clothes transforming, magic, which she'd already mastered, to change her tunics into a very lightweight sundress perfect for a day at the beach. She even managed to get herself a pair of pink sunglasses and tie her hair back into a ponytail.

"Much better." Gabby sighed with relief.

"Welcome home, Stinky." Ahsoka said.

"Jabba's palace is on the far side of the Dune Sea." Anakin said. "We'd better hurry if we're gonna make it by morning."

Ahsoka placed Rotta into the backpack on Anakin's back, and the oldest Jedi jumped down first, the baby starting to cry as he wasn't with Ahsoka anymore.

"I'm coming." Ahsoka smiled. Then she jumped down too.

Gabby just walked down on a staircase she made from some clouds. She could practically feel the hot sand through the soles of her boots as she stepped onto it.

"Now I understand why you didn't wanna come back here." Gabby said. "Even Roya's kingdom isn't this hot."

R2 was the most nervous to come down.

"I'll clean your servos later." Ahsoka promised. "Come on."

And with that, R2 came down.

"If it weren't so hot here, it'd probably be a great place to build the biggest sandcastle in the whole Galaxy." Gabby said.

"Well, just be ready to use your water powers if anyone gets thirsty and we run out of water." Anakin said.

After the Jedi left, Jawas did not hesitate to rush to their ship.

Meanwhile, as expected, Padme was unsuccessful in convincing Ziro, Jabba's uncle, to help her reopen negotiations. The situation only got worse when she overheard Dooku discuss the plot with Ziro, and they captured her, knowing someone would pay a hefty price for her, and even more for her daughter if they succeeded in capturing her.

Later, the three Jedi, the Huttlet, and the droid were still crossing the desert as the two suns were setting.

Suddenly, Anakin and Ahsoka stopped, and so did the rest of their team.

"We're not alone," said Ahsoka.

"I sense it too." Anakin said. "It's the dark side of the Force."

"I don't like it." Gabby said.

Rotta whimpered and hid himself under a blanket in the backpack.

"What would I give for that backpack to be big enough for me too?" Gabby said, envying the Hutt for having a place to hide.

"Whatever it is, it's coming for the Hutt." Anakin said. "Time to split up."

"We'll face it together, Master." Ahsoka insisted. But Anakin placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Not this time, Snips. I have a more important mission for you and Gabby."

"More important than keeping you alive?" Ahsoka said, sounding scared.

"Girls, I need both of you to trust me on this one."

Anakin traveled alone through the desert of Tatooine as its three moons rose into the nighttime sky. He was soon met by Count Dooku, and ignited his lightsaber.

"Surrender the Huttlet or die, Skywalker." Dooku said before shooting Sith lightning at the young Jedi.

Anakin shielded himself with his lightsaber. Dooku then ignited his own lightsaber and engaged in an all-out fight with Anakin. The last time Anakin fought Dooku in a lightsaber duel, he'd lost half his right arm. Thsi time, he was determined not to allow Dooku to take any other part of him.

"Your training has come a long way, boy." Dooku said as he pushed his sword to Anakin's.

Anakin said nothing and continued to fight Dooku.

"Now I remember. This was your home planet, wasn't it? I sense your strong feelings. Feelings of pain, loss."

Those feelings were still very fresh in Anakin's mind and heart. The suffering he and his mother Shmi had gone through as slaves, and then Anakin met his stepfamily who freed his mother, only to find her kidnapped by Tusken Raiders and murdered. Those words Dooku uttered motivated Anakin to Force-push the Sith Lord away, blowing a cloud of sand at him, but Dooku fired it right back, making Anakin drop his lightsaber. Luckily, Anakin managed to pull it back into his hand and defend himself from Dooku. Then, as Anakin was getting up, Dooku sliced the backpack from Anakin's back.

Anakin looked up at Dooku.

"You've failed, Jedi. I have just killed Jabba's son." Dooku said.

Anakin smirked and said, "You've fallen for my little trick, Count." Anakin pulled off the backpack to reveal... "It's nothing but rocks."

"The Huttlest is with my Padawan, safely at Jabba's palace." Anakin said, purposely overlooking to mention his daughter. After Dooku had kidnapped her to train her for the Dark Side, he wasn't going to take any chances.

"I expected such treachery from a Jedi." Dooku said. "I assure you my web is strong enough to catch your insignificant little Padawan. As well as your little princess."

Anakin's eyes widened at that.

"They're more skillful than you think." Anakin said.

"You deceive yourself!" Dooku said, and he and Anakin fought once more.

Meanwhile, Ahsoka, Gabby, and R2 were on their way, getting closer and closer to Jabba's palace. Suddenly, Ahsoka sensed something, so she ignited her lightsaber. The droids were armed with sticks that had electricity burning at either end, but Gabby got into a defensive stance as well and reminded Ahsoka she wasn't alone.

Ahsoka tried to fight the droids with her lightsaber, but they were really fast. But then, Gabby activated her plants. However, something was different this time. When she summoned plants, cacti popped out from the sand, and the droids got stuck. And when Gabby tried to summon vines, out came some really thick jungle vines, rather than the typical ivy and grapevines she grew.

Ahsoka had a little easier time fighting the droids as they were distracted, and she managed to slice them all to pieces.

Anakin soon came on a bike he managed to grab. Ahsoka and Gabby tried calling for him, but he didn't hear them.

"He never listens." Ahsoka groaned.

"Let's just run, run, run as fast as we can." Gabby said, immediately starting to run.

The girls both ran as fast as they could so they could get to the palace to return the Huttlet.

Anakin, meanwhile, was brought into Jabba's palace, where he was introduced to the crime lord himself.

"As Count Dooku said, your son is not with him," said Jabba's droid.

"What? Your son's not here?" Anakin said, shocked that his Padawan and daughter were no-shows.

"Where are Ahsoka and Princess Gabriella?"

The girls managed to get up to higher ground faster thank to a couple of strangling figs and palm trees Gabby grew thanks to her upgrade in her planet magic.

"I guess your plant powers change based on wherever you are." said Ahsoka.

"That must be it." Gabby said. "All these plants I've grown so far only grow in very hot places. But we can experiment my magic later. We've got a family to reunite." And she didn't just mean the Hutts.

Anakin pointed at Jabba.

"What have you done with my Padawan and my little princess?" Anakin demanded.

Jabba said something in Huttese, and his droid said, "You came here to kill Jabba."

"Mighty Jabba, I came here to negotiate." Anakin said.

But, the Hutt did not appear to believe him.

"Stop!" exclaimed two young female voices.

And in came R2, accompanied by Gabby and Ahsoka, who carried a healthy and alive Rotta in her arms.

Ahsoka handed Rotta over to Jabba, who looked so happy to have his little 'punky muffin' back, the baby equally delighted to see his father again. And Gabby immediately clung to her own father's leg, happy to see him alive. He was happy to see her okay too, and he took her into his arms. But, that happy moment was immediately shattered when Jabba gave an order that his protocol droid translated as,

"You are to be executed immediately."

"What?!" The Jedi exclaimed in unison, and guns were aimed at them.

Gabby immediately clung to her father in terror as she feared this was the end.

"But we didn't do anything wrong! We returned the baby!" Gabby said.

Ahsoka and Anakin ignited their lightsabers in defense.

"Does this always happen to you?" Ahsoka asked.

"Everywhere I go." Anakin said.

That was when a ball started glowing and beeping close by Jabba's protocol droid, as Jabba's Uncle Ziro was calling.

The call was from none other than Senator Amidala.

"Mommy!" Gabby said happily.

"Greetings, honorable Jabba." Padme said to the crime lord. "I am Senator Amidala of the Galactic Congress. I have discovered a plot against you by one of your own. Your uncle will admit he conspired with Count Dooku to kidnap your son and frame the Jedi for the crime."

Ziro was then placed in to talk to his nephew.

The Hutts spoke to each other in Huttese. Gabby didn't understand a word they said, but she could tell Jabba was furious with his uncle.

"Ziro will be dealt with by the Hutt family most severely." Jabba's droid promised.

"Perhaps now you will allow the Republic to use your trade routes and hostilities can come to an end." said Padme.

Jabba chuckled and said in Huttese that he agreed and a treaty was in order.

"You will not regret this, Jabba."

"The clone armies may move through Jabba's territories," said Jabba in Huttese.

"Senator, you have my undying gratitude." Anakin smiled, his love for his secret wife growing as it did every single day.

"No, Master Skywalker, it is I, and the Republic who owes you thanks." Padme smiled. "I hope to see you soon, my sweet Gabby."

"I love you, Mommy." Gabby smiled as she waved goodbye before her mother ended the transmission.

"Jabba would be most appreciative if you bring Dooku to justice for his crimes against the Hutts." said Jabba's droid.

"You can count on it, Jabba." Anakin said.

Dooku, as you can imagine, was not happy that the plan failed. It was not any better that he had to report the failure to his master.

"It is most unfortunate, Master. The Jedi armies will now have their supply routes to the Outer Rim." Dooku explained. "Our fight has become far more difficult."

"Allow the Jedi their small victory, my friend," said Darth Sidious. "for the engines of this war turn in our favor."

A gunship soon arrived at Jabba's palace, one that held Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, who both looked very proud of the three younger Jedi for succeeding in the mission together. Now they only needed to continue fighting to defeat the Separatists and restore peace to the Galaxy.