Just a minor note: I do not own Star Wars or any of the Star Wars characters, or any song lyrics I have featured in the story. I only own my OC's, as well as Enchantra and the kingdoms in it.

A long time ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away...

Among many extraordinary planets in the Galaxy, one of the most beautiful was Naboo, home to Gungans and humans now too. It was ruled by queens who, instead of being born princesses and inheriting the throne, were elected into office, and the throne passed on to another candidate. But, Naboo legend had it that one day a blood heir would come into their realm. The legend went something like this.

One chosen by force,

One chosen to rule

They come as one and bring forth anew

Together they come by chance,

And awake after a sleep following a dance

And to these two, though unplanned

Bring forth a child, so small, so sweet

A child of power

A child of smarts

A child of changes

And pure of heart

From forbidden love

This precious child

Shall change the story

To end with a smile

And with her heart

And powers of many

She will be queen

With gifts aplenty

No one knew for sure if this legend was true or not, but that changed one day with a young Jedi named Anakin Skywalker.

Anakin was a gifted young man. Strong in the Force, great with mechanical things, and very determined. But also very lonely.

You see, Anakin grew up in a pretty rough environment, and not just because Tatooine was literally a dry desert planet with two blazing hot suns. Growing up in a life of slavery would take a dangerous toll on anyone's emotional health, and it didn't help that the Jedi did not welcome him with open arms when they first met him.

The Jedi had some pretty strict rules to follow, and one of them was to never form attachments. That meant no romantic relationships, no marriages, and definitely no family of your own. So, it was hard for Anakin to leave his mother behind when he was only nine.

Instead of seeing Anakin's potential and offering him emotional support, the Jedi called him dangerous and treated him like a threat. Even the other students in the Order treated him that way, which didn't help with keeping his emotions in check. But, Anakin vowed that he would become the greatest Jedi ever, and go back to Tatooine to free his mother.

At this time, Anakin was only sixteen and still a Padawan. He had a lot to learn from his teacher, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Obi-Wan was basically the "golden child" of the order, following all the rules and doing his best to help Anakin improve. He knew it was what his old Master Qui-Gon Jinn would've wanted. Obi-Wan had also been the big brother and father Anakin never had growing up, and though he never said it out loud and always hid it pretty well, he grew to love Anakin as a younger brother.

One day, Obi-Wan and Anakin were called on a mission. A totally different mission than any they had ever experienced before.

Rumor had it that a new system was discovered. Some place called the Enchantra system, which many thought was just a legend. But, it was very real, and filled with magical creatures. Talking dragons, griffins, fairies, sorcerers, unicorns. And some creatures they had never heard of before.

Anakin was excited that he'd have a chance to see some of those majestic beasts he read about in some tales, and even more ecstatic when he found out Padme was the one hosting a ball where the Galaxy would be introduced to some kings and queens from the Enchantra System. The Jedi were pretty curious about it themselves. They had been called magical themselves, and they thought perhaps forming an alliance with actual magical creatures would be helpful in protecting their galaxy.

"On behalf of the people of Naboo and all allies of the Republic, I would like to personally thank all of our visitors from the Enchantra System for attending tonight's ball." Queen Padme smiled. "Diversity is a cause I care deeply about, and it's very clear that among the planets of this new realm there is a lot of that. Different creatures from humans to animals and some the galaxy has never seen before."

Anakin looked around at all of the royal families as Padme gave her speech and then got to meet them personally. There was a royal family of griffins, a beautiful alicorn queen, and a king and queen who looked like an odd combination of animals. The female looked to be a light blue wolf with the wings of a gray falcon, while the king looked mostly like a lion with pegasus wings and a horse's tail. They were part of a race of creatures called viventias, and they were indigenous to a kingdom called Vulgardia.

"We are very pleased to be allies," said the queen of Vulgardia. Her name was Carnatia Bizarra. "On behalf of Vulgardia, King Leofric and our family hope we can be good friends."

"I hope so as well, Queen Carnatia." Padme said, holding out her hand to let Carnatia sniff it. And the wolf-like queen licked it as a sign that she liked her.

"Huh, funny way to seal a friendship." Anakin said.

"Anakin, these kings and queens are of different species." Obi-Wan said. "It would be best not to offend any of them."

That was when Anakin felt some odd tickly feeling by his boot, and he looked to see a creature that looked like a smaller version of Queen Carnatia there. Only, this one looked to have the back end of a horse, probably from King Leofric's side, and she was sniffing Anakin.

"Um... hi?" Anakin said, slowly trying to back up.

"Hi," said the little creature. By her voice, she sounded either five or six. "I'm Vivian."

"Hello, Vivian." Anakin said. He wasn't sure what this creature wanted, but then he held out his hand like Padme did with the queen. And, like her mother, Vivian sniffed him and then she jumped up on him and started licking him, to the Padawan's disgust, and the amusement of some others nearby.

"Nice job, Anakin. You made a friend already." Obi-Wan chuckled.

"Okay, that's enough licking, Vivian." Anakin said as Vivian continued to lick him. "Stop it! It tickles!"

"Vivian, let that boy up." Carnatia said.

Vivian paused her licking and got off of Anakin, allowing him to pick himself up and wipe off the slobber with his sleeve. And the child sat down like a well-behaved dog.

"Sorry about that," said Queen Carnatia. "Vivian just loves to pounce."

"I can see that." said Anakin. He looked at the queen and bowed to be polite.

Anakin decided to attempt to talk to Padme, and as he approached her, she was speaking with the leaders of an equine kingdom called Equinaro.

The white alicorn queen, Queen Reigna, tossed back her flowing pink mane and said, "On behalf of Mythiria's leaders, we are very honored to be your guests, Queen Amidala."

"And we're honored that you could join us, Queen Reigna." Padme said. And she gently stroked the gold and magenta mane of Queen Reigna and King Orpheus' five-year-old daughter Fantasia. "And little Princess Fantasia is just beautiful."

That was when Anakin arrived, and he bowed to the royals.

"Ani, you're just in time to meet the royal family of Equinaro, one of Planet Mythiria's nine most respected kingdoms." Padme smiled. "Everyone, this is Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker, an old friend of mine.

Queen Reigna's husband, a huge golden brown pegasus named Orpheus, started sniffing Anakin's hair.

"Um... what's he doing?" Anakin asked, standing still as Orpheus sniffed his hair.

"In Equinaro, sniffing each other's manes is how we familiarize ourselves with new friends." Queen Reigna explained. Then Orpheus snorted a little air onto Anakin. "And that's Orpheus' way of saying he likes you and will let you pet him."

"How do I do that?" Anakin said.

"Most of us like it best if you stroke us on the muzzle." Orpheus said. "Including myself."

As Anakin stroked King Orpheus's muzzle, his attention turned to Queen Amidala. She looked so beautiful tonight. He still believed that someday he'd marry her. Despite it being against the Jedi Code, Anakin loved Padme very much, and wanted to prove it to her in any way he could.

Another interesting royal family had to be the royal family of Maamoh-Yah. The queen, referred to as a sultana, wife to the sultan, was named Lanaisha, and she was actually a genie. According to her, she and her husband, Sultan Khalid Harischandra, met when he found her lamp many years ago and freed her from it. And, he used his three wishes to escape a forced marriage, set a new law abolishing enslavement of genies, and used his final wish to free her so they could get married. It sounded so romantic to Anakin.

Now if only I could be with Padme as easily.

"How did you know she was the one?" Anakin asked the sultan. "If your Majesty doesn't mind me asking."

"I wasn't much older than you when I knew, Padawan Skywalker." said Khalid, he looked at his wife and began wrapping his arm around her. "But, how I knew Lanaisha was the one for me... I fell for her during a dance. As I held her close by me and looked into her eyes, my heart raced in a way no other girl ever made it do. Somehow, even though I couldn't explain it, I just knew she was the one."

"Back then, it was forbidden for humans to fall in love with genies, but that didn't stop us from pursuing our true hearts' desires." Lanaisha said, gazing at her husband's eyes. "When you're with the right person, you're willing to take risks just to prove to them how true your love for them is."

Anakin thought about what the sultan and sultana told him for a while, and he knew that that was just how he felt about Padme. He was still two birthdays short of being the legal age for marriage, but he figured it wasn't too early to start showing Padme how much he loved her. Eventually, Anakin worked up the courage to ask Padme to dance.

"Padme, I know I'm just a Padawan..." Anakin began, and he nervously held out his hand. "But I was hoping... may I have this dance?"

Padme seemed a bit surprised by Anakin's request. Anakin seemed to grow more nervous as he waited for her response. Then, she took his hand and said, "I'd be delighted, Ani."

Anakin escorted Padme to the dance floor, and together they started to waltz. Initially, Anakin expected that at any moment he would trip or accidentally step on Padme's foot. But he didn't. And with each passing second, Anakin felt less nervous as he danced with Padme, and he felt even better as he gazed into her eyes. It looked so romantic as they danced together. They were so effortless, so flawless, and each time Anakin twirled the young queen, it looked and felt as though they were dancing in the clouds.

The party went on very well, and everyone had such a good time. Except... no one accounted for someone spiking the punch like a delinquent teenager looking to cause trouble on prom night.

One thing led to another, and the next thing Padme and Anakin knew, they woke up very close together. Luckily, everyone else was still out like a light, which gave them enough time to fix themselves up.

"We tell no one about this," whispered Padme.

"Agreed." Anakin nodded.

And so, once Anakin found his master, they managed to help everyone who was left get up or down from wherever they were. No one had really any memory of what happened the previous night, but a certain couple would soon be in for a big surprise.