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For those of you who think this is the last chapter… You're mistaken! Remember I said I was going to go all the way… To the battle of Jakku! So we still have a ways to go until the end!

Now other than that, I hope you enjoy this rather peaceful chapter!

Chapter 25: The Real War Begins

As I settled my X-Wing gently down in a large clearing on the forest moon, I took off my helmet as sweat then poured down my face, the many hours of fighting had exhausted me and the adrenaline which kept me flying for all those hours finally wore out. As I opened the cockpit and climbed out of my fighter, my legs were a bit shaky as I was on the ground. Tiago saw me and came to me.

"You alright?" Tiago asked me.

"A bit exhausted and tired, but feeling great." I smiled as Tiago walked up to me, I could tell he was in the same kind of condition I was in. "Thanks."

"You're welcome, now we just got to wait for the commander." Tiago replied as we helped each other stand up straight, both of us looking towards the skies as we saw two more X-Wings land down.

As the two fighters touched down, I could see that both Blu and Roberto were feeling the same as me and Tiago as they had the same reaction as they climbed out of their fighters. As they climbed out, two more X-Wings in our squadron showed up a couple of minutes later and those were the last two… We suffered a fifty percent casualty, but we were lucky. I heard some squadrons suffered even worse, some with only two or one member left, some squadrons were even entirely wiped out during the battle. However that was the cost of war sometimes, but their effort did help in the end. As what was left of our squadron gathered around, Commander Blu made an announcement.

"So, this is it?" Blu asked us, as we nodded our heads. "Well, better than being completely destroyed… Now you all deserve some much needed rest, have some time to yourselves and when night falls, I have more to tell you, dismissed."

We all saluted as me and Tiago made our way close by the Ewok village, small brown birds who were native to this moon and who helped keep the stormtroopers distracted as the assault team the Alliance sent beforehand, finally destroyed the shield generator, which did lead to the Death Star's demise. Me and Tiago decided to stay a bit away from the main celebrations in the Ewok village going down where most of the fighter squadrons and other Alliance soldiers were, to have our privacy.

As we both watched the sky begin to turn dark while laying down against a huge tree trunk, we snuggled with each other and kept each other warm as we had our own little "celebration". When we got tired of that, we just resumed laying down next to each other.

"So… Now that the Empire's finally on the defensive, there's something I always wanted to ask you Lisa." Tiago spoke to me, as he sounded nervous.

"What is it my love?" I asked in a soothing tone to relax him.

"I was thinking that we should take the next step in our relationship, you know… having children…" Tiago braced himself for my reaction.

I wasn't surprised at all by this. I have been thinking lately that me and Tiago are ready for this big step and he must have been thinking the same. However with the war, there was no time to discuss it, much less do it and besides, if they did do it, how were they going to take care of them while fighting to destroy the Empire. It's not that I don't love Tiago and would love to have children with him, but now's just not the time.

"Tiago, I would love to have children, but not now, the Empire's still here, I just want to make sure they will grow up in a galaxy without tyranny." I replied as Tiago had a look of disappointment on his face. "One day my love, one day."

"Okay, thanks for telling me and you know I will only do things with your consent, after all, it kept me alive all this time." Tiago chuckled, referring to all the times we had each other's backs.

"Now, lets just shut up and enjoy the quiet." I giggled at Tiago as I wrapped my wings around his neck and had my head into his chest and as it became dark, both of us fell asleep.

(Roberto's POV)

As I was in the main Ewok village, I couldn't help but smile all the time as everyone was in a happy mood, only deep inside, as I knew everyone else was thinking, about all the friends and squadmates lost during our impossible victory against overwhelming odds. As I sat down on a log near a fireplace, I felt a wing pat me on the shoulder as I turned my head to see Blu, who sat down next to me.

"It's just so unbelievable that we're still here." Blu spoke as he had two drinks with him, giving one to me.

"Yeah, seems not too long ago that we first joined the Alliance." I replied as I stared down at the fire, imagining that the fire had mental images of the struggle so far.

"Anyway, it's about time I give my speech to the survivors of our squadron, gather them up captain." Blu ordered me while giving a smile.

"Yes sir." I happily replied as I put down my drink and went to look for the four other survivors of the squadron.

I found the first two, Blue Four and Ten quite easily since they were part of the main celebrations going down, but finding Blue Five and Six proved a challenge because they didn't seem to be around in the main village, it took asking several others to find them and when I did… I saw the two all cuddled up and sound asleep against a tree a short distance away from the village outskirts.

I had to blush as my mind went back to the past, all the way before the Alliance was even a thing. I remembered that me and Blu once lived on the same planet, in the same village, I used to like this girl very much and wanted to date her. Only she fell in love with Blu instead, I must admit I was rather jealous and Blu didn't trust me all too well at first. However when we got to know each other, we became fast friends, even like brothers eventually. In fact when Blu was given command of Blue Squadron after his father died, he was allowed to pick his second in command and without even thinking about it, he chose me. I felt like I wasn't up to the task, but Blu wouldn't take no for an answer, reassuring me that I would do a good job being his second.

As I stood before the two, I coughed very loudly for the two lovers to wake up, who were confused at first, but then were embarrassed as they saw me.

"Sorry captain!" Lisa exclaimed loudly with her cheeks going red as she and Tiago quickly stood up to attention.

"Relax, you two, I'm here to tell you it's time, the commander wants to give a little speech to the squadron." I reported.

"Yes sir, we will go now." Tiago replied.

And I then left the two and as I had my back turned to the two, I had to wonder how long they were in love with each other. I knew that there were unofficial rules about having relationships in war, but I didn't dare tell Blu about this, I wasn't one to break up a special bond, especially if it kept our two finest pilots alive.

(Lisa's POV)

That was the closet call me and Tiago had so far, I hoped the captain didn't catch on to the fact that me and Tiago were in love, although deep inside I knew that the captain knows now.

"Do you think Captain Roberto knows?" Tiago asked me, a bit scared.

"Best not to think about it now." I replied. "Come on, you heard the captain, lets go."

And me and Tiago made our way to the main village, finding the rest of the squadron waiting for us. We we arrived, the captain handed me and Tiago a couple of drinks as then Blu spoke.

"Today Blue Squadron, the Alliance achieved the impossible, we faced our greatest challenge and pulled certain defeat to an impossible victory, we destroyed the second Death Star, killed the Emperor, and shattered the Imperial fleet. But we can't forget all the lives the Alliance lost in this turning point…" Blu pausing as he thought of the other half of the squadron that was gone. "But now we have a real chance to get rid of the Empire and restore the Republic, however the Empire's going to fight so much harder now, they might have lost a lot today, but they're still a major threat and they're not done. But I know that we're going to fight just as hard to achieve what we always desired, our freedom and liberty. Now lets make a toast to our fallen squadmates and to final victory!"

And we all took a drink at the same time as we all smiled from Blu's confidence and determination. As we finished taking the toast, Blu spoke up again.

"Now, have a good night's sleep and rest, tomorrow the real war begins…"

Alright! Onward to final victory!

Now next chapter and throughout the rest of the story, I'm going to include stuff that's from the Star Wars Battlefront 2 (The new 2017 version) single player campaign. So if you didn't play the game or watch the walkthroughs on Youtube, than be warned! I suggest you watch the walkthroughs or at least read up on the campaign!

See everybird in the next update!