Across fictive worlds

Chapter 1

Bella Swan had always been a Star Wars fan.

It was the one thing she had in common with her father, Charlie, the one thing she could bond over with him when they had little else in common. She could take or leave the 'wars' aspect of it all - the battles in the movies were pretty exciting but less because of the ships or special effects and more because of the story behind it. The world building was just grand and the whole family drama behind it all regularly drew her in. The main characters in Star Wars were strong and brave and yet also relatably imperfect. Bella was fascinated by the main antagonist's backstory revealed in the prequels, though she found the movies themselves a bit too kiddie and the dialogues in the romance part absolutely horrible. And the less said about the sequels the better. But the Original Three? They were a masterpiece.

Bella was not a particularly social person but she liked to go out. She liked Phoenix and the variety of things one could do in a city that big. She liked to explore new places and dreamed of traveling to see more. But in the Star Wars universe... All those different planets, different species, Force-related mysteries - what wouldn't she give to get even a glimpse of that!

Bella had a habit to drift off and get lost in her own thoughts. She didn't have much of a talent as an author but she would often imagine stories, exciting stories, taking place in the Star Wars universe or what-if stories on how things could've gone differently. Often, she imagined what she herself would do if put in one of the character's shoes, like, Leia Organa for example.

Leia was great, of course, but Bella often thought that with a bit of foreknowledge (ask the Force) and a bit less of a temper, she could've prevented or turned around many of the tragedies in her story. She was the daughter of one of the most powerful Sith Lords of all time but she never learned how to use the Force. The romance she had with Han Solo aided the viewer to remain invested in their fate but they really didn't fit together and all. Not only was their marriage doomed but they also sired the most horrible person in the universe, in Bella's opinion. She had a bond with Luke, true, but she only ever seemed to be his weakness instead of giving him strength.

When her mother Rene told her that Phil got a new job and the whole discussion started about whether Bella should come with them or Rene stay with her, Bella found the only really viable option was for her to move to small-town rainy Forks where nothing exiting ever happened. She felt like it was the beginning of the end. Having to spend her last year of school in a new place, where she knew nobody, would be the odd one out, never see the sun again, stuck with her father who she loved but had no idea how to talk to, only to graduate from a school so mundane even with top grades she probably wouldn't make it to more than community college... Her future life looked bleak and boring to her.

That night she lost herself, as she did often, in her own fantasies of what her life would look like if she were someone important instead, in a world much more wondrous than the one she lived in. Bella would love to have a chance to see the Star Wars universe, to meet its crew, to see the effects of the Force and have a chance to change the story.

That night, when she made a wish on a shooting star, her wish became true.

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Leia Organa had always been a Twilight fan.

She'd loved to read holo novels from a young age and she dreamed of the perfect romance with the perfect prince who would love her unconditionally, forever.

As the only child of the highest ranking politician of her planet, Leia had been groomed and trained to succeed her mother in the diplomatic sphere. She wasn't bad at it but it wasn't something she particularly enjoyed. Leia knew she had a temper; she was more prone to arguing and shouting at someone than to smile and nod and find compromises like her father. She was afraid that she'd be a total failure as a senator and even worse as a queen and let her whole planet down. At the same time she often thought diplomatic work to be so pointless. The senate had no true power. Everyone either did exactly what the Empire wanted or they died. She never had the feeling that she could truly change something.