A/N: Hey! This is Lynx and Vader (one person in a situation like
Tahiri's), and I'm Jedimaster_Jaina_Solo's co-author! Yeah. If my
name is at the beginning of a chapter, it means I wrote it. And if you're
worried about me not reviewing your stories in a while, it's because my
computer is a turd. Original iMacs lack intelligence enough to surf the web
without crashing when too many pop up windows appear.
Disclaimer: Me no own Star Wars, Kamino, Luke, Zekk, Ben, or anything out of the books and movies. Berei'vu and Miriam are the original creations of Lynx and Vader and Jedimaster_Jaina_Solo
Chapter 1 (Lynx)
Kamino was not home, it was a prison specifically designed to keep Miriam safe from the evils of the universe - more or less. Except for her father's rare visits, which were few and far between, she was alone most of her life, which left a lot of time for talking to fish and old men who were twice the age they actually were. All her life, she had always been told, "Miriam, don't go in the water," Or "Don't go jumping out any windows while I'm gone, Kid," Or "It would be a shame if a shark decided to eat you, Miriam." As far as she was concerned, the water was her friend, jumping out windows and terrifying people was delightful, and no sharks would come because A, she told them not to, and B, she was a Fett, and no one messed with her because of that.
And so the day of her 22nd birthday, Miriam packed up the bare minimum she could take with her and ran away. Supply freighters were as rare as her father's visits, but she was able to get onto one. She was unsure about her destination, but for now that didn't matter. Now the only thing that mattered was escape and not being found.
Nestled in between two crates, she took inventory. She had a change of clothes, a light jacket, and her life savings of 800 credits. Would that get her anywhere at all? Probably not, she concluded. The ship around her hummed through hyperspace and Miriam reached out with her talent to the crew, probing where they were going. It wasn't like she would know, anyways, but a name came up which she recognized.
Berei'vu, they said, was the planet name. That Miriam recognized. At the end of the war, the Vong had created a planet in the Coruscant System's habitable zone, which imitated what the orbit of their precious capital planet of Yhuzaan'tar had been before bio-tweaking. The world was Terran, with seas and continents, and they had called the world Berei'vu, their word for "Beginnings". They offered it to the Alliance as a peace offering, which had been gratefully accepted. Both sides had known the war couldn't be won by either one of them. And so for the last three years, things had been slowing down back into a normal pattern. Of course, Kamino had never experience a Vong attack in the first place, so she wasn't quite sure what the aliens had done to have to offer tech, money, and several of their best worlds. They didn't hear or get broadcasts from the rest of the galaxy that often, either.
Berei'vu was a much different world than Kamino, Miriam thought, as she stepped into sunlight for the first time in her life. It wasn't raining, and the ground was solid and covered in a road of some sort of coral substance. Awkward varieties of trees grew around the city on every side, and she didn't think any of the buildings were over 55 stories tall. She reached out with her talent and smelled all sorts of different emotions coming from the city. All sorts of interesting signatures floated on the air. Some were shadowy and hardly there, and others were strong and overflowing with what she had come to think of as Life Energy. Twirling a strand of wavy, dark brown hair around her right index finger, she reached out with her talent again, this time deciding where to go. It was like trying to choose between restaurants in a large food court. Some things she knew she had better stay away from and some were all attractive. She would get to all of them later, but for now she chose one randomly and set off on the first step of a journey of a thousand miles.
A/N: OKAY!!!!! I got through my first chapter! WOOT! Please R&R, guys! Did you like this? Do you want more? Flames will be used to cook my dinner!
Disclaimer: Me no own Star Wars, Kamino, Luke, Zekk, Ben, or anything out of the books and movies. Berei'vu and Miriam are the original creations of Lynx and Vader and Jedimaster_Jaina_Solo
Chapter 1 (Lynx)
Kamino was not home, it was a prison specifically designed to keep Miriam safe from the evils of the universe - more or less. Except for her father's rare visits, which were few and far between, she was alone most of her life, which left a lot of time for talking to fish and old men who were twice the age they actually were. All her life, she had always been told, "Miriam, don't go in the water," Or "Don't go jumping out any windows while I'm gone, Kid," Or "It would be a shame if a shark decided to eat you, Miriam." As far as she was concerned, the water was her friend, jumping out windows and terrifying people was delightful, and no sharks would come because A, she told them not to, and B, she was a Fett, and no one messed with her because of that.
And so the day of her 22nd birthday, Miriam packed up the bare minimum she could take with her and ran away. Supply freighters were as rare as her father's visits, but she was able to get onto one. She was unsure about her destination, but for now that didn't matter. Now the only thing that mattered was escape and not being found.
Nestled in between two crates, she took inventory. She had a change of clothes, a light jacket, and her life savings of 800 credits. Would that get her anywhere at all? Probably not, she concluded. The ship around her hummed through hyperspace and Miriam reached out with her talent to the crew, probing where they were going. It wasn't like she would know, anyways, but a name came up which she recognized.
Berei'vu, they said, was the planet name. That Miriam recognized. At the end of the war, the Vong had created a planet in the Coruscant System's habitable zone, which imitated what the orbit of their precious capital planet of Yhuzaan'tar had been before bio-tweaking. The world was Terran, with seas and continents, and they had called the world Berei'vu, their word for "Beginnings". They offered it to the Alliance as a peace offering, which had been gratefully accepted. Both sides had known the war couldn't be won by either one of them. And so for the last three years, things had been slowing down back into a normal pattern. Of course, Kamino had never experience a Vong attack in the first place, so she wasn't quite sure what the aliens had done to have to offer tech, money, and several of their best worlds. They didn't hear or get broadcasts from the rest of the galaxy that often, either.
Berei'vu was a much different world than Kamino, Miriam thought, as she stepped into sunlight for the first time in her life. It wasn't raining, and the ground was solid and covered in a road of some sort of coral substance. Awkward varieties of trees grew around the city on every side, and she didn't think any of the buildings were over 55 stories tall. She reached out with her talent and smelled all sorts of different emotions coming from the city. All sorts of interesting signatures floated on the air. Some were shadowy and hardly there, and others were strong and overflowing with what she had come to think of as Life Energy. Twirling a strand of wavy, dark brown hair around her right index finger, she reached out with her talent again, this time deciding where to go. It was like trying to choose between restaurants in a large food court. Some things she knew she had better stay away from and some were all attractive. She would get to all of them later, but for now she chose one randomly and set off on the first step of a journey of a thousand miles.
A/N: OKAY!!!!! I got through my first chapter! WOOT! Please R&R, guys! Did you like this? Do you want more? Flames will be used to cook my dinner!
