Of Light and Shadow
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"Jedi Knight!?", yelled Snotlout in disbelief after a few seconds of silence.
"You're...", Tuffnut began.
"Stoick and Valka's...", Ruffnut continued.
"Daughter!?", Tuffnut finished their sentence.
"Wait, THE Heather Haddock!?", exclaimed Fishlegs excitedly.
"HEY! Guys, give her some room!", yelled Astrid, seeing that Heather was a bit overwhelmed by the rest of the gang's reaction. Heather nodded at Astrid as a sign of thanks and then faced Snotlout and answered him:"Yes, I was a Jedi Knight." She turned to the twins and said:"Indeed, I am their daughter." The gang could see sparkles in Heather's eyes, as if she was recalling a good memory, before they suddenly turned sad. "I also had a brother, but...", Heather trailed off and sighed sadly, closing her eyes. They didn't fail to notice the single tear rolling down her cheek.
She opened her eyes again, wiped the tear away and looked at Fishlegs. "As for you Fish, what do you mean with 'THE Heather Haddock'?", Heather stated, confused. "You are a legend Heather! There are so many stories from the Clone Wars about you. Ohmygod ohmygod, I can't believe this!", squealed Fishlegs. "A legend, huh? I never would've guessed that.", said Astrid and looked at Heather who just smiled shyly in response. "Come on, Fishlegs, tell us more about this Heather Haddock."
"Okay let me think. Uhm, well there's that story about the Republic freeing Ryloth. After many battles and with the help of the local Twi'lek guerilla, the Seperatists were pushed back to the capital. With a trick a Jedi, named Heather Haddock avoided the enemy's security systems and activated the plasma bridge so the Republic troops and the guerilla could get into the capital. Then she fought her way through the capital which was full of battledroids, captured the Seperatist leader and forced him to surrender." Everyone looked at Heather who took a deep breath and then said:"Yes, the battle for Lessu happened that way, sort of." There was more to the story but she wouldn't tell them, she had suffered enough today. Reminding her of 'him' made her heart nearly explode in grief and sadness. Also, how would she tell them that she had help from not so regular soldiers, especially 'them'. Their mere existance was a myth and Heather liked to keep it that way, for now.
"Do you remember more stories Fishlegs?", Astrid asked intrigued. Fishlegs looked pensive for a moment. "Oh, there's that story about the battle of Christophsis. I have been told that Heather snuck behind Seperatist lines and destoyed a shield generator after she fought a horde of LR-57 Combat Droids. This allowed the Republic artillery to fire at the previously under the shield advancing battledroids." Heather only nodded. The twins and Snotlout stared at her with awe, while Astrid just smiled at her and Fishlegs..., well he was busy rambling about Jedi.
"Wow, so cool!", exclaimed Ruffnut. "So can you do this force thing, whatever?", asked Tuffnut, to which Heather only nodded again. "Ha, bet I could do that too!", Snotlout exclaimed, before leaving to take care of his 'manly' pride. Astrid looked at Heather and asked:"Want to grab something to eat?" The girl smiled and replied:"Sure." The twins followed them which left Fishlegs alone in the cargo bay, still rambling about Jedi.
FLASHBACK END
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Heather stepped through the door and entered the hallway. She turned to the right and made her way to one of the turbolifts. She didn't come across many crewmembers, but those who she did were rather sturdy-looking. Well, most of the crew were Berkians or from somewhere else in the Archipelago System,which meant they were Vikings. Vikings originated from the Archipelago System, so they were most commonly found there. They were humans alright,but just stronger, more resistant against illness, coldness, poison and whatnot, just sturdier overall and also bigger(may it be taller, wider or mostly both), but that didn't mean every Viking was a humongus gorilla. Heather herself for exmample was relatively slender for a Viking woman, but that didn't change the effects of her species' mutation.
Eventually, she arrived at the bridge of the Skullcrusher. She recognized most of the people present, some of them high ranking members of the Rebel Alliance. The rest of the gang was already there, standing on the side.
Astrid noticed Heather first and nodded at her. 'Must be serious then.', Heather thougt. Astrid had ocean blue eyes, blonde hair, which was put into a complicated braid that reached her chest and white-creamish skin. She was 6'1 1/2" / 1,87m tall and supported a lean body. She wore dark blue combat trousers, dark grey half boots and a pale blue T-Shirt underneath a thick light brown jacket. She also wore a utility belt, with ammo clips and various other things on it, light brown gloves and a green and black shemagh. For armor she had knee pads, forearm guards and shoulder guards, which were hidden underneath her shemagh. There was a DL-44 heavy blaster pistol in a holster on her right tigh and a vibro-axe, an ancient berkian weapon,strapped to her back. As Captain,Astrid was the leader of the small group, because,Heather denied this position, despite being a Jedi. The blonde had a fiery temper, but could be kind and caring.
Next to her stood Snotlout. The 5'4 1/2" /1,64m tall Rebel had messy dark brown hair and blue eyes. He wore black boots, grey trousers, a green pullover and a brown leather tunic, made of berkian leather, with integrated shoulder pads above it. His weapon of choice was a TL-50 Heavy Repeater. He was cocky and a bit arrogant, but he could be counted on in tough situations.
A little bit to the side, Ruffnut and Tuffnut were arguing about something, as usual. Both of them had dull blond hair and blue eyes and were 5'10" /1,78m tall. Tuffnut, the male twin had his hair in dreadlocks and wore brown boots, brown pants, a grey shirt and a dark blue fur coat with many pockets and a shoulder guard which was stolen from a Senate Commando on the right. Ruffnut, the female twin had her hair in two thick braids and wore dark blue boots, brown leggins, made from berkian leather, a purple long sleeved shirt and a yellow-brown vest and grey mandalorian forearm guards, which she stole. Both of them had a bandolier slung over their shoulder, filled with many variing explosives. They were mischievous tricksters, but their skills with explosives were undenieable. Tuffnut's weapon of choice was a MK II Paladin blaster rifle, stolen from a Senate Guard. Ruffnut had a customized Rodian Longrifle, a difficuilt but deadly weapon.
Lastly, Heather looked at Fishlegs. The husky man had short blonde hair, green eyes and was 6'1" /1,85m tall. He wore brown boots, dark green pants and a white shirt underneath a berkian leather coat. He was a gentle giant and a sponge for knowledge. Fishlegs was armed with a C-10 heavy blaster pistol, for self defense, since he wasn't the violent type.
"Alright, now that everyone is here I would like to tell you what this is all about", said Stoick. "Our spies have informed us,that an Imperial shipyard is currently lowly guarded"
"If we destroy this shipyard we will do a tremendous amount of damage to the Empire", Valka continued. "The capital ships will engage the Imperial vessels, so that the A-Wings can clear a path for the Y-Wings which will be escorted by some spare X-Wings that we don't need to cover the capital ships. "
"What about the Golan-Platforms?", Fishlegs suddenly asked, getting agreeing murmurs from everyone.
"Because o' tha' we'll bring tha B-Wings in, lad", Gobber answered.
"Alright, so did everyone get the plan?", Stoick asked, earning nods from the whole room. "Good, prepare yourselves! Soon we will set course to Hazuul Prime!"
The Rebels cheered and slowly filed out of the bridge.
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A cloaked figure knelt in a barely lit room. "Shadow, our knight reported on the newest activities of the Rebel Alliance", a man said after he entered through the door. The figure looked intently at the datapad given to him.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
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So here it finally is! I am so glad i finished it, phew.
As I mentioned last chapter I messed with the heights a bit.
So, 'Shadow ' has his first appereance. Next chapter will be a space battle, I just hope I can write it down as awesome as it is in my imagination.
I really hope you enjoy this story as much as I do and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REWIEWS!!!
Bis zum nächsten mal! Until next time!
- Eric