Ender W. / Petra A. Ender POV

This is my first fanfic so don't expect it to be any good. I really like Ender's Game and some of the Ender/Petra fanfics so I started this one. Before I start, I want to say I expect this to be terrible. I'll try and make this the only author's note because they always annoy me. Finally, please review and comment otherwise my fanfics will always be bad!

It had been two years since the end of the second Formic war. After it had ender the IF had pretty much left me to my own devices. I guess they figured that I wouldn't do anything for them even if they ordered me to. They were right. I would like to resign, but I know that part of my brothers control of the world, relied on my being a hero so I can't – At least they gave me the rank of admiral, so I don't have to attend any events. I now live in a small house by a lake, as far away as possible from anybody else, except my friends of course – Valentine often visits and Petra is spending the summer here, she said she wanted to get away from her life in Armenia and I don't blame her. The Armenian government hasn't been as kind as the IF were to me, she has to give speeches on major anniversaries and go to all the formal events.

I was having coffee with Petra when my communicator rang. I ignored it, all IF officers were required to keep one but I never answered mine. Petra gave me a strange look.

'What was that look supposed to mean?' I asked.

'You should probably get that.' she replied cryptically. I tilted my head to one side a little.

'I thought they might call you' she said. Mystified, I walked to the kitchen and picked up my communicator. I opened it at pressed it to my ear.

'Hello, Admiral Wiggin here, who's calling?'

'It's General Graff here sir, there's been an… 'event' and the IF has called all it's admirals together.'

'Any idea what happened?'

'I'm not authorized to say right now as this is an insecure channel, but all will be explained when you get here.'

'Where's here?'

'Eris – In the asteroid belt.'

'Don't you mean Eros?'

'No, Eris, it's a dwarf planet that's bigger than Pluto, It's where we have our emergency bunker. A car will be there to take you to the shuttle in 10 minutes'

'Very good general, Wiggin out.'

I ended the call and walked back to Petra.

'How did you know I was going to get that call? Even the general isn't authorized to say!'

'Locke wrote an essay about it on the nets. He said that an insider told him'

'You read Locke? Do you know who Locke is?'

'No, why? I though he was just a politician with connections in the IF.'

'No Petra' Ender whispered 'He's Peter'

Petra was aghast, 'You means like your brother, the one who you said wants to kill you!'

'Yes that's the one.' I said quietly 'and he is trying to take over the world, in fact he has gotten quite far. And you known who Demosthenes is to?'

'No, don't tell me, Valentine right, your adorable loving sister and your maniac of a brother are trying to take over the world' she could barely contain her laughter. Ender just stared at her as if to say, they're my siblings, what did you expect?

'Wait, your actually being serious?'

'Yes Petra.'

'So as of now the most powerful people in the world are: You, your brother, your sister and the Hegemon.'

'Yes Petra.'

We heard a car pull up by the door.

'I better be going' I said. I sighed, I would miss her company.

'Are you crazy?' she asked, 'You are not leaving me here on my own'

' Petra, it will be OK. or I can arrange for you to go home if you want.'

'No Ender, I am going with you, you are not leaving me again. And that is final'

'But you may not even be allowed on Eris!'

She death stared him. It was the first time Ender had ever been death stared by her and he could see why people said it was nearly as bad as his.

'Fine' he shouted 'But I can't guarantee anything OK.'

Petra got up and walked towards the door. I got up and walked behind her. She was waiting for me by the door.

'Thank you Ender' she said and she kissed me quickly on the cheek before rushing towards the car embarrassed and blushing. The rest of out journey to the shuttle was an awkward silence. We avoided each other gazes until finally we looked at each other. We both blushed and looked away quickly.

The rest of the launch went quickly. Soon we were rendezvousing with a spaceship neither of us had ever seen before.

'What is that?' she asked, looking out the window.

'I guess it's an IPV but I've never seen that type before'

I pushed of and floated up the ladder into the other ship. It felt good to be back in null gravity, even if it was only till he got into the other ship. Petra was right behind him. I looked back at her and smiled, and she smiled back. Good, I thought, the awkwardness was wearing off. When we got on board we went to see the captain of the ship, Captain Taggart.

'The journey to Eris will take three months. We will need to stop at the Battle School in a week to refuel. We initially only planned for the admiral so it make take a few minutes to find a room for the major. If you wait here we will go and prepare your rooms.' He motioned for us to sit down and we sat. After he had gone Petra began to start talking quickly,

'Ender, about earlier' I interrupted her, 'It's ok Petra, you don't need to tell me'.

Petra grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly. Captain Taggart had returned.

More chapters to come soon…