A/N: This is my first story, I hope you like it!

Maya Lavelle was your average 6th grader, living in your average Tennessee town. Well, maybe not. You would think her life was pretty normal, and it was, but that was all about to change. Maya woke up one brisk September morning to get ready for school and found that she had fallen asleep on her book of inventions. She loved inventing things, and hoped to hold her own patent someday. Maya dreaded school; she thought it was so dull and uninteresting. The only thing fun there was science.

"Maya, you're going to be late!" her mom yelled.

"I'm coming!"

After breakfast, Maya grabbed her backpack and headed to the bus. "At least it's Friday," she thought.

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Meanwhile, in a galaxy far, far away…

Seven slave traders were starting up their ship on a search for more people they could sell into slavery. Thrulon, their leader, was making plans to send more slaves to Coruscant. He knew he could make a lot of money off slaves, and he had no regrets.

One of his followers grudgingly came and told him they were ready for liftoff.

"Good, lets get or work done early today."

None of the crew had remembered to repair the hyperdrive from their last voyage; and they were about to pay for their forgetfulness.

"Sir, the ship's malfunctioning!"

"Figure out what's wrong with it!"

"We found it. It's the hyperdrive. It's still damaged form last time!"

"AND NO ONE REPAIRED IT?"

"We need to find a docking bay fast. The ship can't take much more!"

"I see a planet straight ahead!"

"TRY TO LAND ON IT BEFORE WE ALL GET KILLED!"

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Maya was playing flag football at gym class when her friend Carmen said she saw something in the sky. Everybody stopped and looked up to see a small grayish-black dot coming toward them. It kept getting bigger and bigger, and soon they could make it out to be some sort of spaceship. "A spaceship! Wow! It looks like something from this one movie… what was it?" But she was the only one who found it more fascinating than scary.

"AAAAHHHH! Aliens! Run!"

Everyone started screaming and running, and Maya ran across the soccer field and climbed up a tree. It was the fastest she'd ever climbed in her life. She saw the spaceship crash land with a skid directly on her soccer field! It had even ripped up the grass. Maya couldn't believe that she was witnessing the first aliens ever to land on Earth. Then, nothing happened. Nobody came out of the ship. But Maya didn't mind, instead, she raced to get her invention book out of her locker (very far around the ship) and jot down notes about the ship. "I'll have proof!" she thought. She got to her locker, but couldn't find the book, so she decided to grab her whole backpack instead. After running as fast as she could, she was relieved to find that the ship was still there, but mortified to find that she had brought her music bag instead! "How could I possibly mix them up?" Maya dropped her bag where she stood and went to get her book, which she found on top of her locker. With book and bag in hand, she climbed back up the tree to see people fixing the ship. She frantically started sketching the ship and writing notes." People? I thought they were supposed to be aliens!" But, she then noticed others who did look like aliens. "Whoa. Those guys are weird.Seriously. I wish Carmen could see this." Then it hit her. Where were her friends? Classmates? Teachers? The school looked deserted! Maya was scared. "Maybe they're all calling the UFO Hotline. Wait… I think I see someone…" Maya squinted; maybe she could make out the person if she was closer. She carefully crept farther on the edge of the branch, it was getting wobbly, and she regretted it now...

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Thrulon was getting tired of waiting. "Is it ready yet?"

"Almost, sir, the hyperdrive miscalculated, we should have it running in a minute."

"Good. I want to get off this gosh-darned—

"OW!" Thrulon turned around to see a small girl who had fallen out of a tree. Perfect! She looked durable; they could get off here and make a profit!

"Hey! C'mere, you!"

Maya was utterly horrified and shocked. "Y-you speak English?"

"English? What're you talking about? Let's go, we're taking you with us."

"Act innocent. B-but Mr. Alien Dude Sir, I don't want to leave Earth. Why?"

"Don't 'Mr. Alien Sir' me. And because you'll make us money. That's all I feel like telling you." He pointed his blaster at her and she immediately did as he told her.

The trip was a quiet one, Maya crying at the back of the ship, wishing she'd ran the other way.

A/N: I know it's a short chapter; it will get better! Please Review. »Molly