Episode: Trespass

A few weeks passed since the Jedi Code was changed and Anakin Skywalker and his daughter Gabriella returned to the Order. Anakin also publicly proposed to his secret wife Padme. The news of their engagement spread quickly all over the holo-net. Now, Anakin and his daughter were back to fighting in the war, this time with some new, magical allies to fight alongside them, as well as dealing with wedding planning during breaks between battles.

Anakin and Padme were excited that got to plan the wedding of their dreams, and they got a few friends to agree to help. Wysteria and Queen Esmerelda agreed to be in charge of flower arrangements, Memoria convinced her older sister Esther to be the wedding photographer, Roya would design the outfits for the wedding party (once the bride and groom chose their bridesmaids, groomsmen, best man, and maid of honor), Carousella promised to ask some fellow musicorns to contribute their musical talent to the party and get Strawberry Sundae to be in charge of dessert and the wedding cake, and Roya's mother, Sultana Lanaisha, promised to oversee all progress.

Roya's mother was once a slave, being a genie forced to live in a lamp and grant three wishes to anyone who freed her from the lamp. That is, until she met Sultan Khalid, and he freed and married her. But even though she was no longer obligated by enslavement laws or magical rules to grant wishes, Lanaisha dedicated her now free life to making wishes come true, but only those that were of true heart's desire. Never a wish made out of anger or spite. And, she followed a new set of rules; wishes, if they were to come true, must be made to happen through hard work and dedication to prove they are truly what the wisher wants, not simply given by a magic spell.

One day, the Republic lost contact with a clone security force stationed on the snow-covered planet Orto Plutonia. So, a team consisting of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Princess Gabriella, and some royals from Mythiria: Princess Vivian of Vulgardia, Princess Dracona of Elementara, and Prince Colden of snow-covered kingdom Frianieve and his alicorn, Princess Fantasia's older cousin, Winter Breeze came to investigate. They were also joined by dignitaries from the nearby moon of Pantora.

As expected, it was very cold when they landed. Luckily, Vivian, Winter, and Carousella had natural fur coats to keep warm, but even they had to wear vests and sweaters to keep warm, and it wasn't easy for Dracona to keep warm. Since she was half-dragon-half-human, she was both cold-blooded and warm-blooded, which no one thought was possible, so she could easily freeze up in low temperatures. But Colden was used to cold weather; his entire kingdom was frozen just like this planet. The way Anakin was freezing cold when he first left Tatooine, Colden always felt boiling hot whenever he left his kingdom and entered a not frozen kingdom, and he had to dress like he was going to the beach to feel okay.

The team exited the gunships, all in their warm clothes for the snow.

"Wow! Look at all this snow!" Gabby shouted over the loud wind as Carousella carried her out, not wanting to risk her falling into deep snow.

"And this is the planet's tropical zone." Obi-Wan said, shouting over the loud wind.

"It's not Tatooine, that's for sure." Anakin said. "Captain Rex, have your men survey the area. Place as many sensor beacons as you can before dark."

"Right away, sir." Rex said. "Unload that gear! Let's move."

R2-D2 and C3-PO however, did not enjoy the cold. Mostly Threepio.

"Why would the Republic want an outpost way out here?" The protocol droid wondered out loud

R2 beeped an answer that surprised Threepio.

"The Chairman of- oh! Orto Plutonia requested it? But why?"

All Gabby could think about, however, was seeing snow for the first time. She felt the cold, soft snow beneath her gloves, and tried to catch snowflakes on her tongue.

"This is awesome!" Gabby exclaimed, picking up some snow from the ground and trying to make a snowball.

Colden saw Gabby and walked over to her.

"Here, Gabs. I'll show you how to do it." said the white-haired prince.

That was when the dignitaries from Pantora arrived. Chairman Cho and Senator Chuchi.

"General Kenobi," said Chairman Cho.

"Chairman Cho, Senator Chuchi. I suggest you wait here until we can secure the area." Obi-Wan told the dignitaries.

"I respect your judgment, General Kenobi, but I will go where I choose." Chairman Cho said. "This is sovereign Pantora territory."

"I thought this planet was uninhabited, and therefore, it's not aligned." Anakin said.

"Our moon of Pantora is the only civilization in this system." The chairman said. "I'm the one who asked the Senate to protect this planet. This wasteland belongs to us."

"With all due respect, Chairman, this is for the Senate to decide, not us." Obi-Wan said.

"Ah, but the Jedi report to the Senate, which is Senator Chuchi of Pantora.

"Technically speaking, Master Jedi, the chairman is correct," said Chuchi. "Since the planet is uninhabited, the moon of Pantora reserves the right to continue as its protectorate."

"Incoming!" Exclaimed Carousella, and everyone ducked as a snowball flew by.

"My bad! Sorry about that!" Colden shouted as she and the other kids were playing in the snow. "I was teaching Princess Gabby here how to properly throw a snowball."

Winter was making more snowballs, Vivian was digging in the snow, Dracona was building a snow castle, and Gabby left Colden's side to make snow angels.

"Point taken, Senator. Vivian, Dracona, Colden. We'll need you to come with us." Obi-Wan said. "Anakin, stay here with the Senator and the droids while we secure the base."

"Carousella, Winter. Look after Gabby." Anakin called.

Vivian, Dracona, and Colden all went with Obi-Wan while Anakin stayed to watch Gabby and the equines. Even though they were on an important mission, Anakin fully expected that his daughter would want to play in the snow, having never seen it in real life before that day. Colden's kingdom was one of the Nine Kingdoms she had yet to visit. She'd only been once to Equinaro when Carousella brought her to meet her family.

Obi-Wan and a group of clones walked into the seemingly empty base. When they walked in, they found sticks with clone helmets. Obi-Wan picked one up.

"I don't get it," said one clone.

"It must be Separatists," said Chairman Cho.

"I'm not sure," said Obi-Wan. "Vivian, see if you can smell anything odd around here."

"On it," said Vivian.

"I'll help too. Dragons have the keenest sense of all." Dracona said.

"May we go inside, Master Anakin?"' Threepio practically begged. "R2 would like to get out of the cold."

"We'll go inside as soon as Obi-Wan signals that it's-," said Anakin, but was interrupted as he was struck in his side with a snowball. He looked to his side to see a giggling Gabby hiding behind a pile of snow.
"Sorry, Daddy." Gabby said, running off to keep playing.

"Be careful, Gabby. We don't know if it's safe here." Anakin called.

"Don't worry, Master Skywalker." Winter said. "Carousella and I are both keeping an eye on her."

Anakin looked away for a moment and then felt himself get hit in the shoulder by another snowball, and he heard Carousella laughing her head off.

"Oh, you think that's funny?" Anakin said, scooping up a bit of snow and making a ball from it. "Let's see you laugh at this!"

Carousella ducked, and the snowball hit Gabby instead.

"Daddy!"

"I am so sorry, Gabby." Anakin said. "Did that hurt?"

"No." Gabby picked up more snowballs. "Get him!"

And before they knew it, the girls and Anakin were getting into an all-out snowball fight. Anakin used the Force to quickly pick snow up and throw more snowballs at once, while Winter used her snow magic to do the same.

"Do you think the Separatists are building a forward base to attack Pantora?" Chairman Cho asked Obi-Wan.

"I don't think we're dealing with Separatists," said Vivian as she and Dracona finished sniffing around. "I'm not picking up much." The chairman was about to say something else, and Vivian raised her wing to signal him to zip it. "And no, my sniffer isn't on the blink from the cold."

"I'm not getting anything either," said Dracona, starting to shiver. "Except for chills and the smell of oil and sweat around here."

"The children are correct," said Obi-Wan. "These computers haven't been touched either."

"Sir, our scouts have spotted a droid base on the other side of the ice ridge." Rex reported.

So, the team left the base to let Anakin know where they were going next... but were surprised when they found Anakin and the girls snowball fighting, and they ended up getting hit with a few snowballs themselves.

"You're going down, Winter!" Anakin shouted, throwing one last snowball at Winter, who ducked. And the snowball hit Obi-Wan in the face.

"Anakin!" Obi-Wan scolded, wiping the snow off his nose and goggles.

"Oops!" Anakin turned red. "Sorry, Master."

"We were... just having fun with the snow." Carousella said.

"Yeah. What's the point of having a lot of snow if you can't play with it?" Gabby said.

"Was it really wise to have children on this mission?" Chairman Cho asked.

"Don't be fooled by their youth or cuteness." Anakin said. "They're a lot tougher than they look."

The group then took a trip to the other side of the ice ridge, where it was even colder, and everyone had to put scarves over their noses and mouths. Dracona had to use her fire breath just to keep herself from freezing up. And when they got there, they found the corpses of battle droids.

"By the look of things," said Anakin. "I'd say whoever attacked our base, took out the droids also."

"Rex, help Anakin place the sensor beacons." Obi-Wan instructed. "You four, come with me."

"Yes, General." Rex replied, and he got the other clones to follow suite.

Anakin and Rex entered the ship, where they saw what looked like battle droids pointing their blasters at them. But, the droids were completely motionless.

Gabby held tight to her father as it got darker when they walked in farther, Carousella and Winter using their horns to light the way.

Vivian started sniffing again, and she stepped in some big hole. It looked like a footprint. It was too big to be a wolf's, and definitely not the right shape to be a human or droid's print. It even looked too big to be a lion's paw.

"Did you find anything?" Obi-Wan called.

"Hey, Anakin, look at this." Vivian said, and Anakin came to look, and immediately found the print was much larger than his hand.

"Vivian found some large footprints." Anakin said.

"Have one of your men make a cast." Obi-Wan said.

"Can I help make the cast, Daddy?" Gabby said.

"Sure, Princess. It should be easy enough." Anakin said, setting his daughter down to help.

Anakin and Gabby walked to where Obi-Wan was to see what he might have found and to report the sensors were placed. Colden and Winter had gone in too.

"Sensors are in place," said Anakin, breaking the silence.

"I think I found something. "Obi-Wan said, trying to turn on the computer, but it wouldn't work. "Blast it!"

Then, Winter kicked it, and a projection came up of a battle droid getting tackled by something big, white, and furry.

"What was that?" Anakin asked.

"Whatever it was, it's a good warrior." Obi-Wan said.

"Maybe it was a polar bear." Gabby suggested.

"I don't think so," said Colden. "I'm no zoologist, but polar bears are a native creature to my kingdom, and I've learned a lot about them growing up. And on this tape, it did not sound like a polar bear."

"It looked too small to be a polar bear too." Winter added. "And I should know. I've had a close encounter before."

"The droid's log indicates they were investigating the southern canyon." Rex said.

"Sounds like a good place to start."

Meanwhile, Senator Chuchi was at the Republic outpost with Chairman Cho and some of the clones.

"I want the weapon system back online and the shields operational." Chairman Cho ordered. "There's no telling what the Separatists have planned."

"Chairman, what makes you so certain the Separatists are behind this attack?" asked Senator Chuchi.

"Look around, Senator. Isn't this carnage proof enough?"

"I know, but there are no dead droids here, no blast marks." Chuchi pointed out.

And it was true, there was no evidence that any droids attack the base. Not even a droid print or even dents caused by droids. The clones injuries weren't even consistent with what they had sustained from droid vs. clone battles. But, Chairman Cho was too proud to admit he was wrong.

"So, you're an expert on war now, are you, Senator?" challenged the chairman.

"No, Chairman. No, I only-"

"Let me tell you something, Senator." The Chairman stepped down from him post. "I have led our people since before you were born. I've seen a hundred planets rise and fall through force of arms. If it's not Separatists out there, then it's a malevolent and aggressive enemy nonetheless. And I will not let whoever it is jeopardize the security of the people of Pantora."

"But if the Jedi discover that the Separatists aren't behind this," said Senator Chuchi, remaining as calm as possible. "then perhaps there is a peaceful solution."

"Senator, I am willing to fight and die for my people. It's time to ask yourself if you are brave enough to do the same."

Chuchi looked down, unsure of what else she could say.

Anakin and Obi-Wan went to investigate the southern canyon, but they had the children stay behind. Anakin didn't want to chance whatever they saw on the hologram attacking his daughter, or plain scaring her.

But, they didn't know that Gabby had followed them close behind on Vivian, whose coloring blended in surprisingly well with the ice and snow. Winter and Colden were close too. Being experts on snow, they would not allow the two princesses go unless they had someone who could help them if they got lost in the snow. According to them, navigation through a snowstorm was very dangerous and tricky.

And they followed them to what looked like a village of big furry white creatures.

"I hope they're friendly," whispered Gabby.

"Don't worry, Gabby. I'll protect you if they're not." Vivian said.

"Too bad we didn't bring Threepio along, how do you plan on communicating with these things?" Anakin asked.

"Patience," said Obi-wan. "Maybe they're smarter than we are."

Vivian started sniffing around the villagers, and the creatures that seemed to be their steeds, and the steeds sniffed back, making Vivian sneeze, which caught the guys' attention.

"Gabriella Rosella Amidala Skywalker!" Anakin said. "I told you to stay behind."

Uh oh. Full name was never a good sign.

Gabby hid her face in Vivian's mane.

"Master Skywalker, it was my idea." Colden said, trying to take the fall for his little friend. "She and Vivian just followed us."

Anakin sighed. "Whoever's idea it was, don't think for a moment we won't discuss this later."

"This coming from the guy who disobeys orders, like, all the time." Vivian said.

Anakin rolled his eyes, then he, Obi-Wan, and the four children walked up to one of the furry white creatures, who stuck a stick into the ground.

"Well, say something." Anakin said.

"Just shut up." Obi-Wan said, unamused. And he and Anakin bowed. So did Vivian and Gabby, who fell off Vivian and landed in the soft snow.

And, the group was invited into a tent, where there was a warm fire set up, which the kids didn't hesitate to warm up by.

The creatures communicated with the Jedi via drawings and explained that they were attacked by the battle droids who invaded their home.

"We come to you in peace," said Obi-Wan, hoping the creatures could understand him. "We will not bring harm."

Anakin then picked up a sheet and drew a picture on it to represent peace. He drew a picture of two figures shaking hands.

Gabby decided to help a little. "We are friends." She said slowly. And she started cuddling Vivian sweetly. Then she hugged Winter and Colden. "See? Friends."

And she walked slowly up to one of the creatures and hugged them, their coats feeling soft and cuddly. "Friend. Good."

The creatures seemed like they started to understand.

Later, the Jedi prepared to leave.

Obi-Wan prepared to shake hands with the Tal, but the creature picked him up in a hug.

Anakin chuckled and looked at his daughter who sat in his arms. "They must've learned that from you."

Anakin and Obi-Wan's group made it back safely to base.

"Glad you made it back, Sir." Rex welcomed. "It's getting nasty out there."

"Sp-sp-speak f-for your-yourself." Gabby shivered as the cold was finally starting to get to her.

"You don't know the half of it," said Anakin, rubbing his daughter's back, trying to warm her up.

Luckily, Carousella walked over with a blanket in her mouth.

"Don't worry, Gabby." Carousella said, giving the blanket to Anakin, who wrapped it around his daughter. "A good royal guard is always prepared."

"What did you find?" Chairman Cho asked as the Jedi approached.

"It seems we've stumbled onto an inhabited planet." Obi-Wan said, but the chairman didn't believe it.

"Impossible." said the Chairman. "Our explorers have spent much time here over the long history of Pantora. No one lives here. They're trespassers."

"How do you know they weren't just hiding whenever your explorers came around?" Vivian pointed out. "Certain species are pretty shy, and thus hide when strangers come around."

"With respect, Chairman Cho, these creatures, the Talz, aren't advanced enough to master space travel. I think they may have been here longer than Pantora."

"Whoever they are, they belong to us. This whole system belongs to us."

"You can say what you want, but you do not own living beings." Vivian said.

"This does not concern you, young beast." Chairman Cho said.

"I am a princess, and you will not talk to me like that!"

"Why don't you be a good dog and sit?"

"Why, I oughta-" Vivian growled and began baring her sharp teeth.

"Vivian! Down!" Obi-Wan said, grabbing Vivian by the vest before she could make the chairman her chew toy.

"And FYI, that part of her you just saw is wolf, not dog." Dracona said. "She will bite if provoked."

"Your Majesty, if there are life forms here, then the Senate must decide jurisdiction." Senator Chuchi said.

"They are savages." Chairman Cho said. "Look at what they've done. They've slaughtered your troops."

"They only want to be left alone," said Obi-Wan. "The droids attacked them and I'm afraid our outpost got caught in the middle."

"They must be subdued. They're dangerous."

"You wanna try repeating that sentence and direct it towards my parents and our kingdom?" Vivian threatened, growling and snarling again.

The chairman ignored Vivian and ordered Rex to prepare his troops for battle.

"We promised their chief there would be no retaliation." Anakin said

"We've arranged a meeting between their High Council and you and the Senator. They want peace." Obi-Wan said.

"We can't send troopers. They'll think we lied."

"These creatures are little more than animals." Chairman Cho said. "You can't lie to an animal. They can't be trusted."

Dracona, the ponies, and Vivian all found that offensive. All of them bared sharp teeth, snorted angrily, and/or arched their backs or their ears. Basically, all showed signs of aggression.

"Oh! That is it!" Vivian said, pouncing on the Chairman, baring her sharp teeth and holding him down with her paws.

"Get her off!" the chairman demanded as Vivian growled louder and started to drool on him. And she looked just about ready to bite him in the neck like a wolf attacking its prey.

"Vivian, stop that!" Anakin said, pulling Vivian back with the Force.

Vivian growled again, but this time Anakin spritzed her with a water bottle Vivian's parents had given the Jedi for situations like this.

"Bad girl, Vivian!" Anakin scolded. "You know better than to attack dignitaries like that."

Vivian shook the water off her face and whimpered like a scared puppy, her ears drooping.

The chairman was helped up.

"It is obvious that creature needs to be kept in a cage," said the Chairman, which made Vivian growl again.

"Are you trying to get yourself eaten today?" Dracona asked.

But the chairman ignored the children and said, "It is also obvious that these creatures are not covered by the Convention of Civilized Systems. The Jedi Council have no say in the matter, and neither do any of the royal children."

Senator Chuchi stepped in and said, "If the Jedi are able to communicate with them, their status is in doubt."

"Do you stand against your Chairman, Senator?"

"Of course not, Your Majesty."

"If we are going to meet with Thi-Sen and his council at the arranged time, we will have to leave now." Obi-Wan said.

Rex, however, reported that the storm was too strong for gunships, and they didn't have enough bikes for the entire platoon.

"Have the rest of the men stay here and watch the kids." Anakin ordered. "No matter what the Chairman thinks, we're not going to war."

So, while the adults went to go meet with the Talz, the children stayed behind to warm up. Dracona set up a nice toasty fire to help them warm up. Colden also happened to have some hot cocoa stashed in Winter's saddle bags, which helped warm them up a lot more.

"I hope everything goes okay out there." Gabby said, taking a sip of cocoa. "The Talz looked scary at first, but they're actually pretty gentle once you get to know them."

"I don't trust that Chairman though." Vivian pouted. "He wouldn't last five minutes if he said half of those insults in front of my mom and dad."

"I don't doubt it." Dracona said. "Remember all the nasty things people said about dragons back in Mythiria? If it weren't for my mom marrying my dad, Mythirians all around and dragons would still be at each other's throats."

"Dragons weren't always friends with the other kingdoms?" Gabby asked surprised.

"Nope. All of them thought dragons were monsters just because many of them are big, scaly, and because some breathe fire." Dracona explained. "But in actuality, most breeds of dragon are actually very gentle, and only bite if provoked. Sadly, Char still won't accept me or my mom as family. And since the incident, nothing's been the same in our home."

It was true. Dracona was the only child King Ignatius had with Griselda. Before Griselda, Ignatius was married to a beautiful woman named Rosalie, who was killed by a dragon, which made Char despise them. But, he didn't know that his mother had been having an affair and it was while running away with her lover that she was killed. Ginger was barely a year old when it happened. But then, Ignatius met Griselda and they fell in love. Unfortunately, Char tried to get rid of his stepmother and half-sister two years ago during an important meeting where the Nine Kingdoms formed an official alliance between the dragons and the Nine Kingdoms. Griselda's father was king of Dracovale, the Mythirian island of dragons, but was slaughtered by King Ignatius' brother during an event that would have created an alliance between their lands sooner. Even with Griselda and Ignatius' marriage, it wasn't enough to fix the damage. There was still much to fix and trust to build, but with Dracona's dragon-hating half-brother locked away, progress was steadier.

"I guess we can't count on a Tal and a Pantoran falling in love to fix this conflict." Gabby said. "I just wish there was a way we could help cool things down around here."

Gabby placed her hand down, and a little bit of ice formed where her hand sat, to her and the other kids' surprise.

"Since when can you do that?" Carousella asked.

"I don't know." Gabby said. She touched one finger to the ice, and it grew.

"That looks an awful lot like my powers." Colden said, touching a cup, and it froze solid when he touched it.

"And mine," said Winter. She touched her horn to the cup and unfroze it.

Gabby thought for a moment and touched the ice again, and it disappeared in a poof of snowflakes. Then, she saw something glowing from underneath her scarf. It was the japor snippet her father had given her. She didn't remember Anakin saying anything about the necklace being magical. But, when she waved her hands again, snowflakes appearing in the air. Gabby got excited and decided to try out her newfound ability outside.

Meanwhile, the grownups were preparing for battle on the other side of the ice ridge.

"Captain, put your men on that ice ridge." Chairman Cho ordered. "We will attack as soon as the savages arrive."

"There will be no attack, Chairman." said Obi-Wan, walking to the Pantorans.

"You will do as I command. This planet is under my jurisdiction."

"Nothing is under your control, Chairman. The Talz are already here."

Obi-Wan walked away then.

"Their scouts have been following us for some time." said Anakin. And sure enough, there were Tal scouts surrounding them nearby.

"It seems Thi-Sen doesn't trust you anymore than you trust him." said Obi-Wan.

The group walked for a little longer, the Chairman stopping as they came closer to the Talz chief.

"Rex, tell your men to stand down," said Anakin. "Stay here and don't do anything to provoke them."

The Jedi and the Pantorans soon entered a cave, where they met Chieftain Thi-Sen.

"Your highness..." Obi-Wan greeted.

"We have returned..." said Anakin. He and Obi-Wan bowed. "As promised."

They stepped aside to let C-3PO approach the chief and speak to them in their native language.

"These savages have no rights here," grumbled Chairman Cho.

"Chieftan Thi-Sen welcomes you to his home and hopes you come in peace," Threepio translated. "He wishes to be good neighbors, but he does not wish you to remain on his planet."

Chairman Cho towered over Threepio and spoke to him rather threateningly.

"Listen, droid, translate everything I say and exactly as I say it."

Senator Chuchi then stepped in.

"Would you like me to represent Pantora in this matter?" she asked.

"Not on your life, Senator." spat the chairman. "There will be no diplomacy this time."

Chairman Cho pushed Threepio away and pointed accusingly at the Talz, who immediately got into aggressive positions, ready to fight if they had to.

"Listen here, you savage," said the chairman. "This world belongs to the moon of Pantora. And as the Supreme Chairman and Exalted Ruler of Pantora, you will not command me to leave this planet or do anything else."

"Your Majesty, we can't." said Senator Chuchi, stepping between the chairman and the Tal chief. But the chairman pushed her away.

"Droid, tell him."

"Oh dear." Threepio said, sounding worried, and rightfully so. He was reluctant to translate what the Chairman said.

"I recommend a less confrontational discussion," said Obi-Wan, standing up to Chairman Cho. "The Talz are as easily provoked as Princess Vivian. Perhaps more so."

And as expected, Thi-Sen sounded far from happy in response to what the chairman said.

"That didn't go over very well." said Anakin.

"Chairman, I promised the Talz that we would leave them in peace." Obi-Wan reminded Chairman Cho.

But Chairman Cho still refused to let up.

"This is now an internal affair of Pantora." said the stubborn Pantoran.

Thi-Sen growled, and Threepio translated.

"The great Thi-Sen, 'Son of Suns,' asks again that you leave, or it will mean war."

"Then war it is." Chairman Cho replied, sounding happy to fight.

And thus, a new fight was set to break out in the snow, and not a playful snowball fight like Anakin and the kids had earlier.

While Chairman Cho ordered the clone troops to prepare for battle against the Talz, the Jedi spoke with Senator Chuchi.

"Senator, you know a preemptive strike is illegal." said Anakin. "Isn't there anything you can do to stop him?"

"I'm afraid not," said Senator Chuchi. "He has proclaimed this conflict an internal affair."

"You could petition the Jedi Council for an intervention." Obi-Wan suggested.

"You mean, without his authorization?"

"There must be someone on your moon who could approve it." said Anakin.

Chuchi thought, and she knew someone who could help.

"The Speaker of the Assembly. He has the power."

"Let's get back to the base." said Obi-Wan. "The storm is letting up. Maybe we can get a transmission through."

Meanwhile, the storm was also letting up where the children were, so Gabby had plenty of room to practice her new power. Gabby found out she could make snowballs really easily. She could control where and when snow fell, make ice and snow sculptures out of thin air, and she even found herself able to create beautiful magic blue and white flowers strong enough to grow in the cold snow. She stomped one foot onto the ground and made ice crystals that were perfect for ice skating on. And she glided on the ice she made, laughing in glee at how fun her new ability was proving to be.

"Look at me! I'm an ice dancer!" Gabby said, spinning on the ice and altering her winter clothes slightly to look like a figure skater.

"A little practice and you might qualify for big competitions like me." Winter said, skating across the ice, helping Dracona keep her own balance, as she was not the best skater.

"Whoa! Careful!" Dracona yelped, trying desperately not to slip.

"I wonder when Daddy and Uncle Obi-Wan are gonna be back." Gabby said. "I really wanna show them my new power.

"I'm sure they're gonna be back soon." said Carousella. "You know Anakin. He never backs down from a challenge, and Obi-Wan will definitely make sure he stays in one piece.

Gabby decided she had to get a better view of the land so she could look at everything she made in the snow from a better angle. So, she made some clouds and walked on them like stairs, and even built crystal stairs as she came across mountains of snow to get a higher view. Except... when she looked to see something she noticed from the corner of her eye, she was horrified to see the Talzs were fighting with the troops. And she was even more horrified when she saw the chairman get stabbed in the back by a spear thrown by one of the Talz. It was more gruesome than any three-year-old should've had to witness.

"I don't know if I'll ever be able to unsee that." Gabby said, turning back to her friends.

Gabby immediately rushed to her friends and told them what she saw. There was not telling if the Jedi or Senator Chuchi were also in danger, and it was pretty clear that the Talz did not play gently when it came to battle. So, Gabby got on Carousella, Colden got on Winter, Dracona turned to dragon form, and together, they and Vivian flew toward where Gabby had seen the battle. Only, when they got there, Chairman Cho was dead, but Senator Chuchi seemed to have everything under control.

"Protocol droid, come with me." Chuchi ordered Threepio.

"Threepio, get going." said Anakin.

"Yes, Master Ani." Threepio said.

Gabby was quick to approach her father and ask what they missed besides the violence.

"Senator Chuchi is going to negotiate peace with the Talz, as Chairman Cho should have." Anakin told his daughter.

Senator Chuchi approached the middle point between the Republic army and the Talz. Thi-Sen approached as well.

"Droid, translate for me." Chuchi instructed.

Yes, Mistress." said Threepio.

Senator Chuchi raised one of the Talz staffs above her head and stuck it into the ground.

"To die for one's people is a great sacrifice," said the Senator, placing Chairman Cho's helmet on top. "To live for one's people is an even greater sacrifice."

Threepio translated for the Tal chief.

"I choose to live for our people." Continued Chuchi. "What do you choose?" Threepio translated that too.

Chief Thi-Shen thought about it, and he stuck his staff into the ground beside Chuchi's.

"He chooses to live as well," said Threepio.

"We will leave Orto Plutonia under the watchful eyes of the Talz," Chuchi promised. "From this day forth and recognize your sovereignty as a free and equal people."

The chief and Senator bowed to each other, and so did the other Talz before leaving peacefully.

And thus, the Republic forces were free to prepare to leave the snow-covered planet.

"Well done, Senator." Obi-Wan praised.

"Yes. Most impressive." Anakin said.

"Thank you, Master Jedi." Chuchi said.

"Now that you have created peace between your people and the Talz, remember one crucial thing." Obi-Wan said.

"What's that, Master Kenobi?"

Make it last Senator. Make it last. And be an example to others so not only this war but every war waged may come to an end as well."

"I will. I promise you."

Senator Chuchi then felt someone tugging on her tunic, and she looked down to see Gabby present her with three of the blue and white flowers she grew.

"Oh. Thank you, Princess Gabriella. How kind of you." Chuchi said, accepting the flowers.

"Where did you find those flowers?" Anakin asked.

"I grew them." Gabby said, growing more of them around herself and making snowflakes appear from her hands to prove it. And her eyes changed to a crystal blue color like Colden's as she used this new snow power.

Obi-Wan and Anakin were astonished.

"I got a new power, Daddy." Gabby smiled.

"I can see that." Anakin said. "Just try not to freeze anything on the ship."

"Yes, Daddy." Gabby said.

Gabby got on board the ship with the others. Anakin picked up his daughter and looked at her with a smile, happy to see she was already starting to master a new ability. Now they only hoped their next mission wouldn't be in such treacherous weather as well.