Sylvie made her way through the crowd with Qui-Gon and Padmé at her side with JarJar trailing behind them. They had gotten off coms with Obi-Wan, unfortunately they had nothing of value to sell. There was a small commotion from behind them and Qui-Gon, Padmé and Sylvie turned to see a dug pinning JarJar to the ground and holding him by the throat when suddenly one of the two children from earlier approached the Dug and Gungan.

The boy spoke something Huttese, the only thing that Sylvie picked up on was the Dug's name 'Sebulba' The boy scoffed something in an amused tone and the Dug snarled at him before walking away. "Hi" the boy said as the two Jedi and Padmé approached him. "Hi there" Qui-Gon said. "Your buddy here was about to be turned into orange goo" The boy stated. "He picked a fight with a Dug, an especially dangerous Dug called Sebulba" he said as the Jedi knight helped JarJar to his feet.

"Mesa haten crunchen. Das da las ting mesa wanten" The Gungan said. "Maybe but the boy is right. You were heading into trouble" Sylvie stated. "Ani!" There was a call from the crowd as a small girl, the same one from earlier rushed over to them, pausing when she saw the Gungan and three humans. "Thanks, my young friend" Qui-Gon nodded at 'Ani'. He gave the young girl who was staring up at him warily a small smile before turning away. "But... but mesa doen nutten" JarJar protested, following after him with the two children following them.

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"Here, you'll like these pallies" Anakin said, offering one to the man, as he pocketed them Alina caught a glimpse of a long silver and black cylinder, she recognized it as what people would call a 'Lightsaber' A Jedi's weapon... She glanced at her brother who she knew had made the same observation. She wasn't sure how but somehow both her and Anakin could tell what the other sibling was feeling as well as a sense of what they were thinking, it had gotten to a point where sometimes if they tried really hard they could read eachother's minds. Alina didn't know how or why, just that they did and that it wasn't normal.

"Oh my bones are aching. Storm's coming up Ani, Lina. You two better get home quick" Jeera urged. Jeera was a kind friendly old woman who the Skywalker siblings were rather fond of. She would always let them spend some time at her shop in their free time and always saved some little candies for them whenever they came by. "Do you have shelter?" Anakin asked, turning to the man, the orange creature and the two girls.

"We will head back to our ship" The man said. "Is it far?" Alina asked in a smaller voice. "It's on the outskirts" The girl from earlier, Padmé, said. "You'll never reach the outskirts in time. Sandstorms are very dangerous" Alina nodded along as if to emphasize her brother's point. "Come on, we'll take you to our place" Anakin said. She frowned and tugged lightly on her brother's sleeve to get his attention "Ani... Is this a good idea?" She whispered "What if they're bad people? Mama says we can't trust strangers remember?"

"It'll be okay" Anakin assured her, keeping his voice in a low whisper as he lead them towards their house "Besides, you saw the weapon at the man's belt. Would a Jedi go around robbing or hurting people?" He asked.  There was a moment's pause. "No" Alina shook her head. "Do you trust me?" Anakin asked. She nodded. "Then trust me on this one, I have a good feeling about these people" Her brother stated. "Besides, the Storm's already here" He said as a strong gale nearly knocked Alina off her feet "You don't wanna leave them out like this with no shelter do you?" She shook her head again.

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The storm raged around them as the last few people outside rushed to get to safety. Sylvie kept her head low, using her arm to block the sand from entering her eyes. The door to the children's house opened with a squeak. "Mom! Mom, me and Lina are home!" The boy called, she had learnt from Padme that he was called Anakin. "Ooo, dis cozy" JarJar said, looking around the house. Sylvie spotted a woman with soft but tired features and brown hair enter the room.

The girl, Alina dashed towards her mother the moment she came out of the room. The woman gave her daughter a smile before she turned to the others in the room "These are my friends mom" Anakin said, motioning to the four of them. R2 beeped in response. "Hi there" JarJar said while Sylvie gave a small wave. "I'm Qui-Gon Jinn.  Your children were kind enough to offer us shelter" Qui-Gon said.

"I've built a new droid, you wanna see?" Anakin asked Padmé. It took Sylvie a moment to realize he was talking to her as well. "Ofcourse" She said while the handmaiden nodded. The young boy grabbed both their hands "Come on, I'll show you 3PO" He said, pulling them away into a room. His little sister was already there tinkering with scraps, she assumed the young girl had slipped away during introductions. "Isn't he great?" Anakin asked, pulling away the sheet to reveal a protocol droid without the outer layer "He's not finished yet" Alina stated, joining the three of them with R2. 

"He's wonderful" Padmé said "She's right, he's great, how did a little kid like you build him?" Sylvie asked. "I helped" Alina added. "Do you really like him? He's a protocol droid to help mom. Watch" Anakin said, he reached over and activated the droid. "Oh, oh, uh, where is everybody?" The droid, 3PO asked as he started up. "Whoops" the little boy said, he reached over next to him before attaching the protocol droid's other eye. "Oh hello. I am C-3PO, human cyborg relations. How might I serve you?" The protocol droid asked.

"He's perfect" Sylvie said, for something that was very obviously built out of scraps and junk the protocol droid was one that worked rather well, she'd be lying if she said she wasn't rather impressed. "When the storm's over I'll show you my racer. I'm building a podracer" Anakin said as 3PO got to his feet. "I am not sure this floor is perfectly stable" 3PO said, wobbling a bit as he walked. R2 whistled in greeting. "Oh hello. I don't believe we have been introduced" The protocol droid said, approaching the Astromech. R2 beeped. "R2-D2. A pleasure to meet you. I am C-3PO, human cyborg relations"

"I beg your pardon but what do you mean naked?" He asked after a few short beeps from R2. Another series of beeps. "My parts are showing? Oh my goodness! Oh!" He exclaimed. Sylvie excused herself before exiting the room. When she made it into the kitchen she spotted Qui-Gon's com beeping. "It's from Obi-Wan..."

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Sorry about the ending, my motivation levels nearing the end of chapters are dropping further than Gandalf while fighting the Balrog.