I know I still have the hunter and protector to finish, but I already had this chapter ready and don't want to wait to post it. But the next chapter will be the hunter and protector pt 3. Vickyt36, this chapters for you.
Honey stood outside an imperial recruitment office, clutching her purse straps, looking nervous. Why was she here? She wanted to learn to be a pilot, and as far as she knew, joining the imperials was the only way she could learn. She always had a fascination with flying, when she was a little girl, her parents told her amazing stories of people who flew through the stars, fighting battles and having grand adventures. Watching the seekers as well as lucys ships move one by one to her kingdom reinvigorated that love she once had. She so badly wanted to be up there.
"You sure you want to do this honey?" Bumble asked
"It'll only be for a little while, just enough to get my pilots license" said Honey
With a deep breath, Honey found the courage to walk inside the building, finding herself in a large room with several lines, some empty and others with npc's enlisting. She made her way to an empty line and went up to a man in a gray uniform.
"This is where I sign up to be a pilot right?" Honey asked
"If you apply for the imperial navy. Though most recruits choose to go into the infantry" the officer blankly told her
"I just want to learn how to fly, I don't want to make this a full time job" said Honey
The conversation went on for several minutes but an agreement was made, if honey passed she would be a reserve pilot, it was really her only option to learn to fly with the imperials. She filled out a little paperwork before giving it to the officer
"Approved, seek transport id78 in one hour, it'll take you to the ISD punishment for flight training. Good luck miss potts, we'll have you flying in no time" said the officer
Honey made her way to another room and was given a uniform. It wasn't a pilots uniform, but a simple gray outfit, helmet, and a new pair of black boots. She went to a bathroom to change. She threw her clothes in a bag before looking at herself in a mirror.
"You're forgetting something honey" said Buzz
Buzz was right, she was still wearing a pearl necklace her boyfriend got her some time ago which she wore everyday. She reluctantly took it off and threw it in her purse.
"No one will take it honey" said Bumble
"We'll watch it for you during your training" said Buzz
"Yeah guys, about that, I have a confession to make. You can't come with me" said Honey
Her bees were shocked to hear that. Honey explained she worried they wouldn't have fresh air or have food for them to eat. Her friends agreed to check up on them during her training, making sure they had enough food.
"I'll be home as soon as I can, but I'm afraid I have to say goodbye for now" said Honey
All 4 were sad and shared a group nuzzle. Her bees cried
"We're gonna miss you" said Stinger
"And I'll miss you guys too. I'll be home as soon as I possibly can, I promise" said Honey
After a few minutes, the groups sadly parted ways, the bees flying home and Honey towards a shuttle with other npc's. The flight was short, and honey found herself aboard an imperial star destroyer, she wasn't even aware this game had any, let alone several high in the sky out of sight, the destroyers hovered near the games limits, around the height of lucys portals to her new kingdom.
After being given a room and storage for her belongings, Honey was sent to training. Instead of learning to fly, she was given basic training, push ups, pull ups, running laps, blaster training, nothing she wanted to know. She was given a new name, LS52699, which she hated. Instead of meals she was given a type of milk for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She was told it would give her all the nutrients her body required, though it didn't taste too good. Honey was not enjoying training, and she wasn't very good at it
"What does any of this have to do with flying?" She blurted out one day
This got her a private talk with her commanding officer, an old woman known as Admiral Stone. She was a strong and tough person, pushing honey and her unit to its limits.
"LS52699, you have a problem with our program?" Stone asked her
"This just isn't what I signed up for, I just want to be a pilot" said Honey
"All recruits must survive basic training before they can even be put behind the controls of a tie fighter. If we weren't so desperate, the training would be longer. We need pilots more then ever miss potts, surely you're aware of the princess's plans for a kingdom. The navy doesn't trust at all what she's doing, especially since she's using old outdated tech and ships from the clone wars. Not just that, she's using separatist technology, all because she knows and trusts a separatist"
"I don't really know what a separatist is exa-
"Princess Lucy cannot be trusted, Order cannot exist without us, and when she fails, we will bring that order" said Stone "The confederacy died because we crushed them, and we will crush any threats in our way, and only if we have the best. Do you want to be the best miss potts? Then you will do what I say if you ever want to even wear a tie pilots uniform"
After a couple minutes of berating, Honey was given more of her usual basic training. After a long week and a little studying, she found herself training to be a pilot. First she was given her pilots uniform, an all black uniform, with a shiny new pilots helmet with 2 imperial crests on the sides of the forehead. After a couple days in a simulator, she was taken to a hanger and given her own fighter to fly. The sienar fleet systems tie fighter was the main fighter for the imperial military, and from what Honey was told it was a really basic fighter.
She was sent off with several others in her unit, to fly a lap around the star destroyer. The destroyer launched several ships for a mock combat fight, vulture droids she was told they were called, separatist, and ships she was told Lucy had a great many of. Honey and her squad was to protect a mock satellite hovering over the air at all costs.
Honey struggled a little but was able to take out a couple vulture droids easily. She saw one of her teammates being followed by 3 vultures, unable to shake them. Despite her commanding officers orders, she broke off from the satellite and gave chase, and she took down the vultures. The pilot thanked her, but her superior ordered her back.
After landing, Honey expected a thank you, but she got a slap in the face.
"You disobeyed an order, that's a punishable offense" said Stone
"LS61155 was being trailed by vultures, if I didn't break off, she'd be dead" Honey argued
"No place for maverick heroics in his emperors navy" stone argued
"We don't have an emperor" said Honey
"I may serve the royal family of Litwak city, but our true loyalty is to his majesty, emperor Palpatine. But I wouldn't expect you to understand. Without him there'd be no order in the galaxy, he single handedly ended the clone wars" Stone Shouted
"I don't even know what the clone wars is!" Honey Shouted
"I've lived it, I've seen what those droids can do, they've brought chaos to the galaxy. We bring order, and that's only if our soldiers follow their orders"
"I saved her life. Any self respecting person would've done the same for me, or anyone else in this unit" said Honey
"You're on sanitation duty til further notice, and only when I say so will you be allowed back in a tie" said Stone
"Let me save you the trouble commander, I QUIT!" Honey angrily shouted "And I'm keeping the uniform"
"Fine, whatever, we have a million just like it, don't let the door hit you on the way out" Stone told her
Honey went to her room and grabbed all her belongings before leaving aboard a shuttle, she saved a pilots life and this was the thanks she got? Now she wished Lucy could prove them wrong and be a good leader. The royals of Litwak city were way better rulers than this Palpatine guy she kept hearing about. She let all her friends know she was back before she went home, where all her bees nuzzled her face happily
"We missed you so much" said Bumble
"It's good to be home" said Honey
Honey threw her purse and helmet on the couch, she was tired and hungry, but before she could do anything, she heard a knock at her door. She opened it to reveal zeke who was in normal casual clothing, camo mostly.
"There she is, the empires newest pilot" said Zeke happily
"Hey zeke, listen i-
"I'm so glad to see you, I knew you'd ace the tests in a flash because you're such a special girl. I got you a couple gifts for graduating, and I thought I'd take you out-
"I didn't pass" honey snapped
"What? You didn't?" Zeke asked
"No, I dropped out. They weren't nice to me, and they yelled at me. I saved a pilots life today, and all I got was an insult, and a lecture about some war I've never heard of. I want to learn to fly, but not from them" said Honey
She plopped herself down on her couch and looked at her helmet. Zeke sat next to her and put his arm around her.
"I'm sorry things didn't work out. You'll find a teacher somewhere. I know it" said Zeke
Honey reached into her purse and pulled her pearls zeke gave her out of it, putting them on.
"Where am I going to find a teacher around here?" Honey asked
"Don't you worry about it, I'll handle it. I got connections" said Zeke
"Thanks Zeke, I really appreciate it. Uh, can I still have the gifts?" Honey asked
"Oh you can have them, after you pass a flying test and get your license" said Zeke
"That's fair, I haven't earned them yet" said Honey
"But I will show you what they are, to help motivate you. My friend luke recommended them, his girlfriend runs a jewelry store, said these are popular"
Zeke reached into his pocket and pulled out a couple light blue bags. He took out a silver necklace and bracelet that looked nearly identical to lucys, same look, feel, same heart charms, but there were differences with these and lucys. On the front of the hearts it read 'Property of Honey Potts'. And on the backs of the hearts were an engraving of a bumblebee, and they were even colored black and yellow. Honey loved them and smiled.
"They're beautiful" said Honey
"And they'll look great on you, but you can't have them til after you get your license. Now come on, let's get some food, you hungry?"
Honeys stomach grumbled, she really was hungry.
"I'll take that as a yes" said Zeke
"Just let me change out of this and we can go, it's hot in this uniform" said Honey
(The next day)
Honey was back at work as usual. She stood at the counter, tapping her fingers on her Tie fighter helmet. Where was she going to learn to fly around here she thought. Just as she expected, Lucy walked in like she usually did every couple days, she was with her friend mocho and 4 battle droids. Lucy looked different today, she wore a pink and white dress fit for a queen, a tiara covered with diamonds, and a pearl necklace to go with the jewelry she always saw her wear.
"Queen Lucy has arrived. I'm here for my order" said Lucy
"Hey Lucy, I got your order in the back as you wanted. You look really pretty today" said Honey
"You like my new dress? It was my moms. I got it from my grandpa. My kingdom will be ready for me to rule soon and I need to look the part, I'm getting used to walking in it, mochos helping me. I see you got a tie pilot helmet, bought it from my aunt?" Lucy asked
"No, I joined the imperial navy, but I dropped out. They were rude, and they really don't trust you. I just wanted to learn how to fly" said Honey
"Figures they don't trust me. But miss honey, if you want to learn how to fly, why not just go to my daddy, he knows how to fly, and he can teach you" said Lucy
"He knows how to fly?" Honey asked
"My daddy's the best pilot in the game, and he has a nice collection of starfighters. I'll give you the address and you can go talk to him" said Lucy
"Why thank you princess Lucy, I really appreciate that. This is so exciting I can finally learn from an expert" Honey squealed
After giving her the address to her dads airfield, Honey gave Lucy what she wanted and went on her way to see Rancis. When she got to his airfield, he was surprised to see her but gladly greeted her. She explained her situation to him and agreed to teach her
"It's been a while since I've taught anyone, and I'll gladly teach you, in exchange for my daughter getting free honey buns from you for 3 months" said Rancis
"It's a deal" said Honey
"Terrific, now pick a fighter and I'll give you a manual to look over, training starts tomorrow morning, I'll have you ready in a few days time" said Rancis
Honey looked over the starfighters, there were so many, there were tie fighters, an a wing, b wing, x wing, y wing, arc 170, so many ships she's never heard of. After some thinking, she chose a fighter that looked like a plane to her and looked simple to use. In front of each fighter was a plaque explaining what the ship was since the airfield also acted as a sort of museum for rancis. She looked at the plaque.
'The Incom t-65 x wing is the fighter that killed the Death Star. An almost perfect balance of speed, maneuverability, and defensive shields make this the fighter of choice for rogue squadron. The x wing is equipped with 4 blaster cannons and a number of proton torpedoes. It's powered by 4 engines and requires an onboard Astromech droid for peak performance.'
Honey had made up her mind and chose the x wing as her fighter of choice. Rancis said it was a great choice as it was his first Starfighter to fly. He gave her a manual to study and ordered her back at 9 am to begin her training. Honey stuffed the manual in her purse and went back to work, she was really excited