The Next Great Race

by Night Fury Guardian

It's the next Great Race of Oban. The planet of Earth no longer supports life; the human population, scattered across the galaxy. Second place could mean their demise. Humanity's only chance rests on the slender shoulders of an 17 year old star pilot. An Oban Star Racers fanfic. Please R&R! Again I thank the Scoundrel Cookie for their help in creating yet another story!

1. Chapter 1

I've been stuck at this academy for twelve years.

Yes, you heard me correct. Twelve damn years.

My name is Aleyna Hardage. I'm a human, which if you're familiar with the outer rim, you would know that the planet Earth no longer exists.

About 1,000 years ago, the planet 'died' after reaching its limit on how many living beings it could sustain. No resources were left whatsoever for a civilization to remain so now humans are spread out across the galaxy like...well, I don't really have anything to compare us to yet. I'll let you know when I do.

Anyway, my family and I live on the planet of Sola, about 40 lightyears further from the center of the galaxy than Earth was. Or I should say lived.

My father died when I was eight years old. My brother, ten years my senior, and I were living with our widowed mother and grandmother for about four months. When my mom tried to committ suicide...let's just say me and Davis decided to stay with Grandma. Unfortunately, she died about three months later. Then my brother was my guardian for the next...hmm...5 months.

Then he dumped me at this academy. I've been alone all these years...no contact from Mama of Davis.

But tomorrow is my seventeenth birthday.

Here goes nothing!