The Arrival
"TIE Fighters inbound!" shouted Rey as we exited hyperspace. "Cam wake up!" yelled Blaine as he shook the living crap out of me. "What…what's going on?" I asked still groggy from my nap. "We got TIEs on our tail!" explained Blaine. I rushed to the cockpit to find Rey and Chewie frantically trying to maneuver away from the fighters. "They must have followed us when we jumped into hyperspace" said Rey "I need you and Blaine to handle the guns". I bolted to the lower gun as Blaine manned the one on top. I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew the Force. I focused all my energy on the Force and pulled the trigger. I was a natural. I shot down three even though Blaine said he shot down one of them but he was obviously lying. Blaine shot down two which is weird because he looked like he had never been in a fight ever. "There's one more!" shouted Rey from the cockpit. Both of us tried but couldn't get a lock on it, then out of nowhere, BOOM! It just exploded. Then suddenly a black X-Wing flew up alongside the Falcon. I rushed to the cockpit to find Rey and Chewie smiling and saluting out the window. "Is that Poe?" asked Blaine as he made his way to the cockpit. "Yep" answered Rey. With all of the TIE Fighters gone we made our way down to the planet surface.
The Resistance
D'Qar. A lush planet full of endless trees and sparkling lakes. As we made our way to the planet surface I could see a woman waiting for us. She was definitely in her sixties, definitely a very wise person who was probably their leader. As we exited the Falcon, Blaine rushed pass me saying "Aunt Leia!" "My dear Blaine are you alright what did they do to you?" asked the woman. At that moment Blaine broke down in tears "they tortured me demanding information from me and told me that Uncle Han was dead and..." "It's alright your safe now" assured the woman as she embraced him tightly. "Who's this?" she asked pointing at me. "This is Cam Starchaser. He helped me escape. He's a Jedi" he explained. "I'm not a Jedi!" I barked at him. "So you're a Sith?" inquired the old woman. "Lady I'm no Sith I just don't like people who think they can do whatever they want to good innocent people." "We can trust him Aunt Leia" piped in Rey "I grew up with him. He's a friend" she said smiling at me. "Than any friend of Rey's is a friend of the Resistance" said Leia. "Aunt Leia" the words kept going through my head. Rey didn't have any family; she was an orphan so I thought. This time I gave her the whole "we'll discuss this later" look and she mouthed "Ok" back at me. From behind Leia walked up a mysterious looking man wearing Jedi robes. He removed his hood to reveal an old but wise looking Jedi. "Cam Starchaser meet my brother Luke Skywalker" said Leia. "It's good to meet you Cam" he said "I sense you are very strong in the Force just as much as my daughter is" "Hello father" said Rey. FATHER?! I almost blacked out a moment trying to comprehend that Rey, the orphan girl I knew from Jakku, is Luke Skywalker's, a master Jedi and hero to Republic, daughter and General Leia Organa's niece. I gave Rey that look again yet this time more intently. "Come inside we have much to discuss" explained Leia.
As we headed inside I felt a droid almost trip me as it rushed passed. "BB-8 slow down." said someone behind me. I turned around and suddenly stopped in my tracks. It was the same man who I saw on Jakku, the same man who, after he arrived at my village, it all went to hell. "Poe" said Blaine as he rushed to hug him. "This is Poe?" I asked. "This is Poe Dameron, our best pilot in the Resistance" said the General shaking his hand. "This man…he was at my village before it was massacred" I said almost tearing up. "You're from Jakku?" he asked me "Wait. I remember you now. You were the one wondering around the outskirts when I landed. I thought you were a spy" he implied. "I'm not a spy! I was looking for parts for this" I said pulling out one of my lightsabers. "Oh my apologies…I'm sorry what's your name?" he asked. "This is Cam Starchaser" said Blaine. "Nice to meet you" said Poe. "Likewise" I said "Best pilot in the Resistance huh? Maybe you could prove it sometime" "You a pilot Cam" he asked. "He's one of the best pilots I know" said Rey smiling at me. "I had a good teacher" I said smiling back at Rey making her blush. "Unfortunately I have no craft to pilot due to my A-Wing is still on Jakku" I said. "Well that's too bad" said Poe sounding disappointed. "GENERAL!" yelled a soldier running toward us. "You got to come see this!" he assured her. As we made our way back outside the soldier said "we found an old A-Wing while we were gathering supplies on Jakku." he told her. "Wait a minute" I said as I walked around to the rudder to find the pipe Rey gave me the night she left. "This is my A-Wing" I said. "How can you tell?" asked Rey. "Well…" I started saying snobbishly "this is the same pipe you gave me for the rudder that night you left." Suddenly Rey turned as white as the clouds "I think I'll go check on Finn" she said as she walked off crying. After that everyone kind of went their separate ways as I started to make sure everything was still functional on my A-Wing. After a couple of hours it started to get dark so I went inside. It had a long and eventful day so I decided it was time to get some sleep. As I walked to my quarters I found Rey still upset comforting some random guy who appeared to be in a coma. "Everything alright in here" I asked. "Why are you here?!" Rey demanded as she started to cry again. "I do care you know!" I told her starting to get irritated "you'd think after all we've been through you wouldn't just all of a sudden shut me out. Also, you're the one that left!" "Not now Cam, I just need to be alone" she said. "Well you sure look alone" I said sarcastically. "Just get out!" she screamed as she slammed the door in my face. I couldn't believe that she would act that way toward me. After all these years she acts as if they never happened.
The New Recruit
It seemed I was the first one up the next morning as I packed my stuff and headed to my A-wing. It's not that I didn't like it there, but there were too many bad memories built up there. As I tried to open the canopy it wouldn't open. After a few attempts I went to check the hydraulic panel. "Cam" says a voice from behind me. I turn around to find Luke standing there for what seemed to be the entire time. "I'm leaving. I'm not meant to be here." I explain trying to make him go away. "We need you Cam, and you need us." he says. "There are too many things reminding me of my past" I try to explain to him. "She needs you the most" he says. "No she doesn't. She said it herself." I say still trying to open the canopy. "She told me what happened" he said making me turn bright red. "That was years ago" I assured him "whatever was said then are just meaningless words now." "She's been unstable lately I can feel it" he says "you need to talk to her." "The time for talking is over" I said "it's best that I leave." "Prove to me how much you want to leave" he says pulling out his lightsaber. At that moment, without thinking, I pull out mine and we began dueling it out for over an hour. Every move he made seemed to counter mine. I had a couple good hits but I was no match for the master Jedi. "Do you submit?" he asked. "Never. I'll never let you take me old man!" I exclaimed. A few more swings than all of a sudden my lightsabers were knocked out of my hands. "Are you done?" he asked pointing his emerald lightsaber at me "You are strong but I can make you stronger." "We'll see" I said trying to grab my lightsabers with the Force. Unfortunately, being as unstable as I was I accidently grabbed a small cargo container that went flying toward my head knocking me unconscious. When I finally came to I woke up to find Blaine sitting beside my bed. "What are you doing here?" I asked still somewhat infuriated by my recent loss. "He's awake" he called out. Immediately Rey walked in saying "What were you trying to prove?" "Don't even Rey" I said now even more infuriated "you were wanting me to leave." "When did I ever say that?" she asked "Blaine can you give us a minute?" "Sure Rey" he said leaving the room. "You know I never opened up to anyone like I did with you" I explained. "I know. But also know that I wasn't lying to you back on Jakku." she said. "Then why did you leave?" I asked starting to get confused. "I was scared just as much as you were. Heck, we were only eighteen at the time" she explained. "Then why did you never come back?" I asked. "I got mixed into some trouble with a man called Darth Revan" she explained "a Sith Lord living out in Jakku. I did some things I'm not proud of and still regret doing to this day" "I'm sorry I didn't know" I said trying to sound as sincere as possible "do you think we could ever return to the way things were?" "I don't know. With both of us now having Force abilities and with my training still proceeding with father…I don't think it will ever be the same" she said with an upset look on her face. "As long as you don't leave ever again I will do my best to behave" I said. "Cam that would be a first" she said with a slight chuckle. After that morning we began to pick up where we left off back on Jakku. For some reason I think Blaine was more excited about me staying than Rey was, but I didn't mind it. I had come a long way since that sand covered planet. Now I would focus on my training and on my next goal: Defeat The First Order.
