Disclaimer: Obviously I do not own Star Wars, or any part/version of it thereof.

Writer's Note: Judge me not but what I do not know, but by what I do know. That's all I ask. I've only ever seen the movies and looked up a few details I needed, I know nothing of the books. So please big fans of Star Wars, no spoilers or flames. This story will take place after Return of the Jedi, maybe a year or two after Vader was destroyed. (Again, don't tell me what really happened after that, think of this as…another alternate reality if you must.)

Chapter One:

Crashed

Sun. Bright sun. Hot sun. Uhhh…headache, pounding. I moved my hand and touched my forehead, bringing up eddies of dust and sand. Sand, very warm sand. I sat up slowly the wind lifting sand out of my hair. Bright blue sky, calm, nice. I sighed and looked down at my hands. They were pale, but sunburned. Otherwise a simple girls hands, no scars or distinguishing marks of any kind. How long have I been out here? Soft wind dried sweat off my face as I looked around. Nothing. Just desert…sand…sky and land stretching on for ages. I shaded my eyes with my hand squinting. No, that was a not sand, those were dunes…or mountains? The color is all the same. I stood up and began to walk toward the mountains, shakily and unbalanced against the sand. I looked down and noticed my clothing. Gray long tunic, loose beige pants and black boots. That's nice but…

"Who am I?" I spoke out loud then spluttered as, at the same moment, a gust of wind blew sand into my mouth. It took a long grueling hour in the hot sun to make it to those red cliffs. I collapsed once I arrived under the cool shade. I looked at the sky again and saw the sun had moved from high noon to afternoon and I noticed two moons hanging near the shining orb. I wonder if that's normal. Suddenly I realized just how thirsty I was. I need water, or I might die. With audible protests my aching body rose as I stumbled into the canyons, one hand running along the rock.

I was deep into the maze of cliffs and despairing for water when BOOM! A huge explosion shook the whole canyon. High above I saw a huge fire ball mushroom in the distance along with shouts of men and weird pinging sounds. RUN! I pushed away from the wall and ran for my life. I turned sharply left and tripped over a rock. When I looked up panting with fear I saw a strange shaped house with a drawbridge like door open. People! Help! They must help me! I pulled myself up as the pinging sound came closer, I fell into the doorway. Once I was in, there was no going back. Men were shouting and I was trampled by a bunch of white suits. To my dismay the door slammed behind me.

"Their advancing, get us out of here, now Flyer!" commanded one of the white suits, his voice sounding strange and artificial under the white and black helmet. Suddenly the whole place shook…it felt like…I'm in a ship! A flying craft!

"Hey who's this? She's not from here, she wears no markings," another suit spoke. I scooted backwards, feeling for a weapon, anything!

"If we have a hitchhiker now, it's too late!" said the man (Flyer) who had run into another room with many buttons and switches.

"Well what are you doing on here girl?" the first one asked approaching me. I stood up and stepped back, flat against the door.

"Stay back!" I commanded my voice weak and dry, but it was surprising steady all the same. "If you come any closer, I'll hurt you!" I growled dangerously. I'm brave! I think… that's good! I know what I'm like now! I'm brave! The man took off his helmet,

"Relax kid, we won't hurt you." His face was red, probably from being in that helmet all day, and his brilliant red hair clung to his forehead in sweaty curls. His smile was genuine but tinted with an air of a man who's seen too much. The second suit took off her helmet. And it was a she, with long blond hair and sparkling blue eyes.

"Hello, I'm Kunlu," said the woman, "that's Phlan, what is your name?"

"I don't-" Suddenly I was slammed against the wall as the craft did a barrel roll.

"Flyer, what are you doing up there!?" demanded Phlan.

"That wasn't my fault, Sir! They've followed us!" The whole placed shook and a computer board burst in sparks next to me. "We've been hit!"

"I can see that!" shouted Kunlu running up a ladder through a hatch. Momentarily, I caught sight of a big gun.

"Come on, girl, I have to get you somewhere safe," Phlan grabbed my hand and punched numbers into a board, a door swung open and he pushed me in. "Stay in there and buckle up, don't worry about what happens to us, just hang on. They won't notice you." He clicked a button and the door slammed shut.

"Wait!" Too late. I looked around the small space. One chair, a bunch of buttons and a few compartments. Not to mention all the cobwebs. Is it normal to have a chair in the storage room? The whole place shook and I took Phlan's advice to buckle in. With every jolting thump and neck breaking barrel roll I wanted more and more to know what was happening. I struggled with the seat belt,

"Rrrg! How do you release this thing?!" My sweaty hands slipped and my elbow banged into a button. "Uh-oh." The black covering on what I assumed to be the walls pulled back. And I was looking straight into space…and at a ship that was firing at us! I wrestled with the seat belt, yanked it off and banged on the door.

"What's going on?!" I shouted hoarsely. A weird clunking sound answered my question as the pod was ejected into space. Thump! I hit the chair hard and it knocked the air out of me. A huge explosion rumbled behind me and sent my ship spinning. "Help!" I wheezed as I was tossed into the air. My head snapped against the ceiling and all went black.

Writer's Note: Yes I know its short, but a good cliffhanger no? Oh and…REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!