To Walk Along the Starlit Path
Prologue
"We've found him," the Jedi said to his padawan. The dark ship zipped out of the shadow of the Moon and darted towards them. It was like a raven gone mad. Its wings were shaped in a kind of sickle so that it almost seemed as if they were made for the purpose of slicing open other craft. Its dark color made it nearly impossible to identify it in the darkness of space so they would have to rely on sensors and the help of the astromech droid that whirred in warning just outside the cockpit.
Or rather he found us. The padawan thought to himself, manning the rear guns of the fighter. If he was really hiding, he wouldn't have come at us now. This is an ambush. But he dare not speak his true mind to his master, who would see it as disrespectful. But now he was wondering if it would have been better to urge his master to wait. The Sith are not to be taken lightly, afterall.
His master suddenly barrel rolled out of the way as several laser blasts. The padawan kept himself calm as his vision blurred before focusing on the Sith fighter which had somehow made an incredibly sharp u-turn and was now close on their tail. He let loose a volley of laser fire from the rear guns, following the Ship and focusing more on preventing it from getting a shot rather than destroying it. It had seemed like the ship was beginning to pull away from their rear when suddenly it swooped back in at a lightning pace and fired its own volley of laser fire.
"Watch it boy!" His master yelled, "I should have gone alone, I would have shot him down by now."
The padawan took a moment to center himself, wondering how such an arrogant man could be accepted into the Jedi Order. His stomach lurched slightly as they made their own u-turn. The shields were shot, but had absorbed most of the laser fire, the astrodroid's head was spinning around and sparks were flying out of its dome with the exertion of maintaining the ship.
Both fighters were moving in a tight loop now, the Jedi fighter behind the Sith. "Break the loop master, I'll get him as he flies over us." There were a few seconds of silence before his master seemed to decide this was a worthy strategy and he felt the g-forces let up as they broke their continuous loop and continued on straight. As expected though their target remained moving in the circular motion, and as he passed overhead the padawan fired several shots, each making contact with the Sith starfighter.
"I'm going at it head-on," his master said, making another u-turn so that now both ships were once again headed straight towards each other. But the distance between them was much greater now than before. It was a complete suicide run. Both fighters fired their lasers at each other, and both hit their marks before the padawan even had the chance to convince his master not to go through with it.
Both ships had caught fire, their engines were quickly failing and they were losing momentum. The sight of the white crater-filled moon loomed in front of the Jedi padawan as both ships began to plummet towards the blue-green planet below, ignorant to the battle overhead. But as they fell, the Sith ship was still behind them. It fired several more times before they plummeted in different directions, shaking violently as they entered Earth's atmosphere.
Author's Notes: Now I know what you're thinking. Oh god, he's going in that direction. Why did he not tell me this was going to be one of those fanfics so I could have spent the time it took to read this on something actually worth reading? Well, I have to admit this is a bit of a self-insertion Fanfiction in the sense that one of the characters is based heavily off of me, but I would like to think the quality and storyline I have planned won't be as bad as some other self-inserts I've read (First off, I promise not to start a romantic relationship with Leia, or some other chick). In the long run I suppose I didn't need to include Earth at all, but since I planned to include other galaxies I thought "why not?" I promise that once they get off earth you won't even remember it. Main storyline can stand alone of all the earth stuff but I wanted to experiment with the idea. So if you're not feeling so good about this, please read a few more chapters before making a final decision.