Legend of the Jedi Princess 3: Return of the Doresho

Hocus Pocus Part 1

"How am I gonna know which costume to pick?" Omega asked.

"You could always partner with someone." Gabby said. "Our first Halloween together, Boba, Remix, Carousella, and I dressed as circus performers."

Gabby took out a photo of that day.

"I was an acrobat, Carousella was a carousel pony, Remix was a lion, and Boba was the ringmaster."

"Looks like fun." Omega smiled.

"Maybe you and Estrella can do something together."

"Maybe."

However, that was when Anakin's comm started beeping. He left his kids to their things with the costumes, and rushed as quickly as he could to the portal to the Temple where he joined a meeting with the Jedi Council.

The Jedi Council had some rather distressing news. Recently, on Mandalore, hundreds of children went missing in the middle of the night. And over the last few days after that, the same thing happened across the Galaxy.

"Concerned, many parents are." Yoda said.

"You think it could be the work of a Sith?" Anakin suggested.

"We have sensed a dark disturbance in the Force," said Kit. "But we have not yet identified who or what is creating it."

"We've sent scouts across to help the local police in the search for the missing children." said Master Plo. "And we are taking precautions to protect the younglings as well."

Anakin suddenly got worried. What if his kids were next? Who or whatever was causing all these disappearances could have been very dangerous. Was it even safe to let them trick or treat?

"What am I supposed to do? What do I tell Carmine and the kids?" Anakin asked.

"We've traced a route of the most recent locations of the disappearances." said Mace. "For now, it may be best you relocate your children here until the threat has been taken care of."

Anakin sighed. "And this was gonna be Omega's very first Halloween too. She'll be so disappointed if she has to miss out on tricks and treats."

And as expected, the kids were all shouting at once when Anakin told them they might not be able to trick or treat this year.

"Do you have any idea how much weightlifting and how many push-ups I had to do to make my arms strong enough for any amount of candy this year?!" Gabby said, flexing her little arms.

"It took me forever to perfect this costume." Estrella whined, motioning to her giraffe costume.

"And I finally just picked out mine." Omega said, motioning to her safari girl costume.

"Look, kids, I know you're all disappointed." Anakin said. "But I have to put your safety first."

Anakin explained to the kids about how other kids were currently disappearing across the galaxy, and no one knew where they went or who was the mastermind behind this.

"Look, we're going to stay in the Temple for a while. It's farthest from where disappearances have occurred." Anakin said. "It's just until the threat's been resolved."

"And don't worry, children." Qui-Gon said. "You can still have a happy Halloween."

"How?" Omega said.

"Well, lots of people do different things." Carmine said. "Some people like to have parties with games like bobbing for apples."

"Oh! I remember that." Carousella smiled. "I'm really good at that."

"You could also make jack-o-lanterns." Caroline said. "Lamenta, remember how much fun you had making stars in the pumpkin you picked last year?"

Lamenta nodded. "They look so pretty when the candle's in the pumpkin."

"We could also watch scary movies." Boba said. "And tell spooky stories around a fireplace."

"That's the spirit." said Anakin. "And you could always play pretend in your costumes. Now, all of you, go pack some things for a few days."

So, the kids went to do just that.

Padme, however, was worried.

"Ani, how can we be sure the children will be safe?" Padme said.

Anakin was silent for a moment.

"I don't know, Angel." Anakin wrapped his arms around his wife and kissing her. "But I do know we have to do everything we can to keep them safe."

"Ani, come look at the babies' costumes." called Shmi.

Anakin and Padme couldn't resist going gaga over how cute Luke and Leia looked in their Halloween costumes. Luke was dressed as a little elephant, and Leia was dressed as a giraffe.

"Look how adorable these two are." Shmi smiled, holding the twins.

"Look at you." Padme giggled, looking at her babies in their adorable costumes.

"You weren't kidding when you said the twins' costumes were wildly cute." Anakin chuckled.

He only hoped they would stay safe from whatever threat was out there.

The Skywalker-Jinn children and their parents and grandparents moved on to their quarters in the Jedi Temple, and the place was to be put on lock-down every night.

"Don't worry kids," said Anakin. "Everything is gonna be okay."

"I know you said Halloween is supposed to be filled with frights," said Omega. "But is this one of those kinds it's supposed to have?"

"No." Gabby shook her head. "Fearing for your life is not the kind of fear we should ever have to face, not even on Halloween."

Qui-Gon contacted Obi-Wan to see if he had any new information regarding the disappearing children.

"I do have some rather... odd information." Obi-Wan said. "According to many parents, they heard... singing. Just before they learned their children were missing."

Qui-Gon was confused at first. But then he remembered what he knew about different magical creatures. 

Sirens could charm people by singing, but most of the disappearances were on land, nowhere near water. But then again, it could be a half-siren or someone on legs with musical magic of his own like Carmine. But why go after kids? And why did they not seem to be going after specific children?

There was no pattern to any of the disappearances other than the fact that all of them were children. Not even a ransom note or a hostage situation came to light. What could it all mean?