A/N: I'm back with another story. The beginning of the story was actually
written before I even got the idea for Things Changed. But my wonderful
beta Arizosa convinced me to upload.
So without further ado, The first chapter of Sacrifice of light.
And don't comment on my use of the name Audrey I just really really really like it.
Chapter 1
A Guest Aboard
Audriana Dentrin was born and raised on a smugglers ship called the Crystal Moon, it was a Correlian corvette sized ship. Her father and mother were both smugglers during the reign of the Empire. After the defeat of the Empire, the New Republic had risen. Audriana's mother, Juna, had given birth to a healthy baby girl 5 years after the defeat of the Empire. Audriana's father, Rakin, named his daughter Audriana because it meant "Bringer of Light" and that is how he saw his daughter. They both decided to stop smuggling and began their own shipping company. Their company became one of the best and the made a lot of money, but they never settled down on a planet, for they loved to travel and so did their daughter. Audriana preferred to be called Audrey, because it was shorter.
Rakin began teaching his daughter how to fly the ship when she was only 8 years old, and although Juna thought that her daughter was too young to be learning how to fly it turned out that Audrey was a natural. In under a year Audrey learned everything there was to know about the Crystal Moon and how to fly it. She also had a way of knowing where she had to fly the ship without looking at a map, even if she had never been in a system before. And there were still other things that were strange, but neither Audrey of her parents made too much of it.
Now, 17 years after the defeat of the Empire, Audrey was 12 years old. She was sleeping in her bed when she woke up with a strange feeling.
"OH NO, NOT AGAIN!!" she screamed and jumped out of bed. Without putting on her robe she ran bare footed to the cockpit. "Emperor's Black Bones" she cursed and sat down in the pilot chair. "What's wrong with the hyper drive THIS time?" Then about 10 alarms went of.
Audrey reached to the intercom; "Dad you'd better get here, the hyper drive's flipping again!" she yelled. "Coming, Coming" Rakin yelled back, and a couple of seconds later he burst into the cockpit. In the meantime Audrey had already turned of the alarms and started to drop out of hyperspace.
"Audrey!?!?, what are you doing you know better than to just drop out of hyperspace!" Rakin yelled. "No Praw, dad. I felt that it was alright" Audrey replied as she stood up from the pilots chair so that her father could sit.
Rakin looked at his daughter while sitting down; lately these strange abilities of her had grown stronger. "Very Well, sit in the co-pilot's chair and give me a status report" he said. "Yes Sir" Audrey replied and sat down. "Shields 100%, Live Support 100%, Primary Systems all working. It's just the hyper drive dad" Audrey replied.
"Alright I've had it with that hyper drive! Audrey plot a course to the nearest planet where we can buy a new hyper drive" Rakin told his daughter. "Yes Sir, nearest planet is Tatooine, less than a parsec away." Audrey said.
"Great! Smugglers capital.o well, plot the fastest jump there. You never know with our hyper drive." Rakin said.
"I told you ages ago to buy a new one" a voice said behind them. "I know you did dear, but it seamed alright" Rakin replied his wife. Audrey started to get op from the chair so that her mother could sit down. "No honey, sit down, I'll take the navigator's chair" Juna told her daughter.
"Ok. Hyperspace jump calculated, verify please" Audrey said and sent her father her calculations. "Tatooine verified, dial it in Audrey" Rakin replied. "Tatooine?" Juna asked.
"Yeah, you two will feel right at home. Jump dialed in, jump coordinates closing. We jump in 5.4.3.2.1.MARK." Audrey said as her father pushed the handle. The stars turned into lines and then in to the all surrounding white of hyperspace.
"Rakin how many times did I tell you to buy a new hyper drive?" Juna demanded. "Well we're getting one now, dear" Rakin replied. "Yeah but it took you 3 failed jumps to finally decide to do so." Audrey said. "Hey, what is this!? Female bonding and drill the guy into the floor time or something?!?" Rakin said. Juna and Audrey laughed.
After an hour they reached Tantooine. "Mos Eiseley Flight control (a/n do they actually have one, o well) this is the Crystal Moon, requesting a landing berth" Audrey commed. "Crystal Moon, this is flight control you have clearance, continue your current course and land at berth 132" a man replied. "Acknowledged flight control" Audrey replied. She turned on the intercom.
"Okay, oldies we have arrived, buckle up and prepare for landing" she commed. Rakin walked in to the cockpit. "You want to bring her in dad?" Audrey asked. "No, you do it" Rakin winked at his daughter. "Thanks dad!!" Audrey said happy. She put the ship down smoothly. "Well, continue like this and you'll be a better pilot than I am" Rakin complemented his daughter. Audrey smiled.
"Well let's see if we can buy a new hyper drive, I don't want to stay longer than we need on this planet" Rakin said. "Yes, you're right" Juna said "Maybe we'd better go armed". They looked at their daughter. "What!?" Audrey asked. "Maybe you'd better stay here" Juna said.
"O come on, Tatooine isn't as dangerous as it use to be. Not since Jabba died anyway" Audrey said, "And besides I know how to use a gun, you taught me over a year ago." "She is right dear" Rakin said. "You want to give our twelve year old daughter a gun?!?" Juna said. "Honey, we are on Tatooine, the smugglers and bounty hunters planet. Besides she does know how to use a gun and when it comes to precise aiming she's even better than me" Rakin answered. "Yes, you're right" Juna said.
The three of them walk to their rooms and change into some more appropriate clothes. Rakin and Juna put on brown jump suits with brown boots and a utility/gun belt and Audrey put on a brown jumpsuit with black boots and a utility/gun belt.
"So, where do you think we can buy a new hyper drive?" Audrey asked. "Things have changed since we were here last time Audrey" Rakin said. "Yes, but we could try that shop that used to have everything.what's it called again.well you know, the one on the main street" Juna said. "O yes, I know which one you mean" Rakin answered. Audrey just shook her head.
They walked to the main street and found that the shop was still there so they entered it. "Good Morning, can I help you? Maybe you would like some power converters? Or maybe..." The shopkeeper, a Bothan, started to say. "We are looking for a hyper drive for a Correlian corvette" Rakin interrupted him. "A yes, Correlian. I have just what you're looking for" the shopkeeper said (a/n he sounds like Watto), "follow me."
They followed him to a part of the store where he kept the hyper drives. "I believe this one will suit your needs" he said pointing at a rather new hyper drive. Rakin and Audrey inspected it. "It looks all right, there's nothing wrong with it as far as I can see" Audrey said.
"Of course, I would never sell junk to my customers" the shopkeeper replied. Audrey snorted. "How much do you want for it?" Rakin asked. The shopkeeper named his price and Rakin paid him. Then they returned to the ship to install the hyper drive.
"I'm going to install the hyper drive" Rakin said. "Do you need any help dad?" Audrey asked. "No, I'm fine. You and your mother can go look around a little bit. Just don't go too far in case we need to leave fast" Rakin responded. "Ok dad" Audrey said and left him to install the hyper drive. She went to her mother and the both of them left (still armed) to look around a little bit.
"I'm thirsty" Audrey said after walking around a while. "So am I" Juna said, "Let's go to that cantina over there (a/n the infamous Mos Eisley cantina)". "Good Idea" Audrey replied.
They entered the cantina only to find a man being attacked by 3 Gammoreans. "Mom, we need to help him" Audrey told Juna. "Honey for all we know he's a smuggler who stole some cargo" Juna replied. "No, he's not. I feel that he needs our help, he's unarmed" Audrey said. Juna looked at her daughter and saw a look in her eyes she had already seen so many times in her husband eyes.
"All right, set your blaster to stun. We don't want any more trouble by killing them" Juna whispered. They set their blasters. "Right, on my mark" Audrey said "Three, Two, One, Mark". They both lifted their blasters and started shooting. Audrey's first two shot knocked out two Gammoreans and Juna stunned the other one.
The man looked up to find who helped him. Audrey waved at him to come to them. Then the rest of the cantina started to wake up after the surprise attack and a lot of men reached for their arms. Audrey grabbed the man by his hand and pulled him out of the cantina with Juna right behind them.
Audrey reached for her comlink. "Dad, are you finished with installing that hyper drive?" she asked. "Yeah, I just finished. Why are you yelling?" Rakin asked. "You remember talking about leaving fast?" Audrey said "Well you'd better start up the ship, cause we've got to go and FAST!!" Audrey yelled.
They where being followed and the ones following started to shoot at them. Their berth came in sight and when the reached it they ran straight up the landing ramp and Audrey, still pulling the man along, slammed the close button. The hatch started to close but they were still being fired at. Audrey sent some shot through the smaller getting space to scare them of. Then with a hiss the hatch closed and they felt the ship starting to lift of. The man wanted to introduce himself.
"Save the introductions for when we're of this mud ball" Audrey said as she ran to the cockpit to help her father. "What." Rakin started to ask. "Not now dad" Audrey snapped, "Just get us out of here". Rakin nodded and started to press a lot of buttons.
The ship lifted and started to accelerate and Audrey started to plot a hyperspace jump corewards. "Crystal Moon you have no clearance, please return to your berth" a voice said.
"Sorry control, this is an emergency" Rakin said while he turned the comm of. Audrey turned on the intercom "Everyone back there strap in we're jumping" she said. Audrey laid the jump in and Rakin pushed the handle. Space turned into the nothingness of hyperspace. "Well, we'd better go and meet our guest" Rakin said.
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A/N: Like or not? Please don't leave me in suspense lemme know REVIEW and I'll love you. (^o^)
Next chap; IS A SECRET,
Don't give me sad faces and puppy eyes
They don't work with me
No I won't tell ya
STOP IT!!!
Okay, I give up
Next chapter - Abilities Explained
So without further ado, The first chapter of Sacrifice of light.
And don't comment on my use of the name Audrey I just really really really like it.
Chapter 1
A Guest Aboard
Audriana Dentrin was born and raised on a smugglers ship called the Crystal Moon, it was a Correlian corvette sized ship. Her father and mother were both smugglers during the reign of the Empire. After the defeat of the Empire, the New Republic had risen. Audriana's mother, Juna, had given birth to a healthy baby girl 5 years after the defeat of the Empire. Audriana's father, Rakin, named his daughter Audriana because it meant "Bringer of Light" and that is how he saw his daughter. They both decided to stop smuggling and began their own shipping company. Their company became one of the best and the made a lot of money, but they never settled down on a planet, for they loved to travel and so did their daughter. Audriana preferred to be called Audrey, because it was shorter.
Rakin began teaching his daughter how to fly the ship when she was only 8 years old, and although Juna thought that her daughter was too young to be learning how to fly it turned out that Audrey was a natural. In under a year Audrey learned everything there was to know about the Crystal Moon and how to fly it. She also had a way of knowing where she had to fly the ship without looking at a map, even if she had never been in a system before. And there were still other things that were strange, but neither Audrey of her parents made too much of it.
Now, 17 years after the defeat of the Empire, Audrey was 12 years old. She was sleeping in her bed when she woke up with a strange feeling.
"OH NO, NOT AGAIN!!" she screamed and jumped out of bed. Without putting on her robe she ran bare footed to the cockpit. "Emperor's Black Bones" she cursed and sat down in the pilot chair. "What's wrong with the hyper drive THIS time?" Then about 10 alarms went of.
Audrey reached to the intercom; "Dad you'd better get here, the hyper drive's flipping again!" she yelled. "Coming, Coming" Rakin yelled back, and a couple of seconds later he burst into the cockpit. In the meantime Audrey had already turned of the alarms and started to drop out of hyperspace.
"Audrey!?!?, what are you doing you know better than to just drop out of hyperspace!" Rakin yelled. "No Praw, dad. I felt that it was alright" Audrey replied as she stood up from the pilots chair so that her father could sit.
Rakin looked at his daughter while sitting down; lately these strange abilities of her had grown stronger. "Very Well, sit in the co-pilot's chair and give me a status report" he said. "Yes Sir" Audrey replied and sat down. "Shields 100%, Live Support 100%, Primary Systems all working. It's just the hyper drive dad" Audrey replied.
"Alright I've had it with that hyper drive! Audrey plot a course to the nearest planet where we can buy a new hyper drive" Rakin told his daughter. "Yes Sir, nearest planet is Tatooine, less than a parsec away." Audrey said.
"Great! Smugglers capital.o well, plot the fastest jump there. You never know with our hyper drive." Rakin said.
"I told you ages ago to buy a new one" a voice said behind them. "I know you did dear, but it seamed alright" Rakin replied his wife. Audrey started to get op from the chair so that her mother could sit down. "No honey, sit down, I'll take the navigator's chair" Juna told her daughter.
"Ok. Hyperspace jump calculated, verify please" Audrey said and sent her father her calculations. "Tatooine verified, dial it in Audrey" Rakin replied. "Tatooine?" Juna asked.
"Yeah, you two will feel right at home. Jump dialed in, jump coordinates closing. We jump in 5.4.3.2.1.MARK." Audrey said as her father pushed the handle. The stars turned into lines and then in to the all surrounding white of hyperspace.
"Rakin how many times did I tell you to buy a new hyper drive?" Juna demanded. "Well we're getting one now, dear" Rakin replied. "Yeah but it took you 3 failed jumps to finally decide to do so." Audrey said. "Hey, what is this!? Female bonding and drill the guy into the floor time or something?!?" Rakin said. Juna and Audrey laughed.
After an hour they reached Tantooine. "Mos Eiseley Flight control (a/n do they actually have one, o well) this is the Crystal Moon, requesting a landing berth" Audrey commed. "Crystal Moon, this is flight control you have clearance, continue your current course and land at berth 132" a man replied. "Acknowledged flight control" Audrey replied. She turned on the intercom.
"Okay, oldies we have arrived, buckle up and prepare for landing" she commed. Rakin walked in to the cockpit. "You want to bring her in dad?" Audrey asked. "No, you do it" Rakin winked at his daughter. "Thanks dad!!" Audrey said happy. She put the ship down smoothly. "Well, continue like this and you'll be a better pilot than I am" Rakin complemented his daughter. Audrey smiled.
"Well let's see if we can buy a new hyper drive, I don't want to stay longer than we need on this planet" Rakin said. "Yes, you're right" Juna said "Maybe we'd better go armed". They looked at their daughter. "What!?" Audrey asked. "Maybe you'd better stay here" Juna said.
"O come on, Tatooine isn't as dangerous as it use to be. Not since Jabba died anyway" Audrey said, "And besides I know how to use a gun, you taught me over a year ago." "She is right dear" Rakin said. "You want to give our twelve year old daughter a gun?!?" Juna said. "Honey, we are on Tatooine, the smugglers and bounty hunters planet. Besides she does know how to use a gun and when it comes to precise aiming she's even better than me" Rakin answered. "Yes, you're right" Juna said.
The three of them walk to their rooms and change into some more appropriate clothes. Rakin and Juna put on brown jump suits with brown boots and a utility/gun belt and Audrey put on a brown jumpsuit with black boots and a utility/gun belt.
"So, where do you think we can buy a new hyper drive?" Audrey asked. "Things have changed since we were here last time Audrey" Rakin said. "Yes, but we could try that shop that used to have everything.what's it called again.well you know, the one on the main street" Juna said. "O yes, I know which one you mean" Rakin answered. Audrey just shook her head.
They walked to the main street and found that the shop was still there so they entered it. "Good Morning, can I help you? Maybe you would like some power converters? Or maybe..." The shopkeeper, a Bothan, started to say. "We are looking for a hyper drive for a Correlian corvette" Rakin interrupted him. "A yes, Correlian. I have just what you're looking for" the shopkeeper said (a/n he sounds like Watto), "follow me."
They followed him to a part of the store where he kept the hyper drives. "I believe this one will suit your needs" he said pointing at a rather new hyper drive. Rakin and Audrey inspected it. "It looks all right, there's nothing wrong with it as far as I can see" Audrey said.
"Of course, I would never sell junk to my customers" the shopkeeper replied. Audrey snorted. "How much do you want for it?" Rakin asked. The shopkeeper named his price and Rakin paid him. Then they returned to the ship to install the hyper drive.
"I'm going to install the hyper drive" Rakin said. "Do you need any help dad?" Audrey asked. "No, I'm fine. You and your mother can go look around a little bit. Just don't go too far in case we need to leave fast" Rakin responded. "Ok dad" Audrey said and left him to install the hyper drive. She went to her mother and the both of them left (still armed) to look around a little bit.
"I'm thirsty" Audrey said after walking around a while. "So am I" Juna said, "Let's go to that cantina over there (a/n the infamous Mos Eisley cantina)". "Good Idea" Audrey replied.
They entered the cantina only to find a man being attacked by 3 Gammoreans. "Mom, we need to help him" Audrey told Juna. "Honey for all we know he's a smuggler who stole some cargo" Juna replied. "No, he's not. I feel that he needs our help, he's unarmed" Audrey said. Juna looked at her daughter and saw a look in her eyes she had already seen so many times in her husband eyes.
"All right, set your blaster to stun. We don't want any more trouble by killing them" Juna whispered. They set their blasters. "Right, on my mark" Audrey said "Three, Two, One, Mark". They both lifted their blasters and started shooting. Audrey's first two shot knocked out two Gammoreans and Juna stunned the other one.
The man looked up to find who helped him. Audrey waved at him to come to them. Then the rest of the cantina started to wake up after the surprise attack and a lot of men reached for their arms. Audrey grabbed the man by his hand and pulled him out of the cantina with Juna right behind them.
Audrey reached for her comlink. "Dad, are you finished with installing that hyper drive?" she asked. "Yeah, I just finished. Why are you yelling?" Rakin asked. "You remember talking about leaving fast?" Audrey said "Well you'd better start up the ship, cause we've got to go and FAST!!" Audrey yelled.
They where being followed and the ones following started to shoot at them. Their berth came in sight and when the reached it they ran straight up the landing ramp and Audrey, still pulling the man along, slammed the close button. The hatch started to close but they were still being fired at. Audrey sent some shot through the smaller getting space to scare them of. Then with a hiss the hatch closed and they felt the ship starting to lift of. The man wanted to introduce himself.
"Save the introductions for when we're of this mud ball" Audrey said as she ran to the cockpit to help her father. "What." Rakin started to ask. "Not now dad" Audrey snapped, "Just get us out of here". Rakin nodded and started to press a lot of buttons.
The ship lifted and started to accelerate and Audrey started to plot a hyperspace jump corewards. "Crystal Moon you have no clearance, please return to your berth" a voice said.
"Sorry control, this is an emergency" Rakin said while he turned the comm of. Audrey turned on the intercom "Everyone back there strap in we're jumping" she said. Audrey laid the jump in and Rakin pushed the handle. Space turned into the nothingness of hyperspace. "Well, we'd better go and meet our guest" Rakin said.
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A/N: Like or not? Please don't leave me in suspense lemme know REVIEW and I'll love you. (^o^)
Next chap; IS A SECRET,
Don't give me sad faces and puppy eyes
They don't work with me
No I won't tell ya
STOP IT!!!
Okay, I give up
Next chapter - Abilities Explained