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Chapter Two:

Star Sightings

The source of the sparkle was an old, abandoned E-wing.

"It's gotta be as old as Dad!" Jacen exclaimed. Jaina gave him a reproving glance.

"Dad's not that old. Well, maybe he is," she added thoughtfully. The war had been about twenty years ago, and although she hadn't been able to wheedle out his exact age, he had to have been at least twenty-five or thirty at that time.

She got a dreamy, far off look on her face as she walked over to the old fighter, imagining piloting it for the Rebellion. Jacen followed her.

"Come on, let's check it out," she said briskly, jerking herself back to the present. Jacen backed up three steps, holding up his hands as if to ward off an attack.

"No way, Jaina! Remember what happened the last time we did that?" Jaina nodded.

"But that was an old, decrepit TIE fighter of the Empire. This is a perfectly good E-wing, and E-wings are Republic craft." Jacen shook his head.

"I don't want to take any chances, sis. You and your ships always seem to get me in trouble."

Jaina rolled her eyes and muttered, loud enough for him to hear, "Little brothers!"

"Hey, I'm not that much younger than you!" He protested. She grinned, having gotten a rise out of him.

"I'm going to go look for the damfpai," he said, turning on his heel and walking around to where the whimpers were coming from. Jaina shrugged and climbed into the old fighter.

"Wow, this thing is old!" She breathed as she looked at the controls, outdated by the latest models that had been produced at the end of the rebellion. "It almost looks like a prototype! I wonder how it got here." She explored the controls a bit more as Jacen explored outside the ship.

Jacen groaned as he peered under the ship. The damfpai had lodged themselves securely under the middle of the ship. They weren't going to be easy to get out.

"Jaina, can you turn on the repulsorlift?" Jacen called. There was no answer.

"Jaina?"

"Huh?" His call had pulled her away from her reverie, sitting in front of the controls, pretending to pilot them. "Oh, sure thing, bro!" She called back. "Why?"

"The stupid damfpai have lodged themselves under the middle of the ship. I can't get them out!" Jacen called back, glaring at the animals.

"Sure, whatever!" She shouted, obviously not caring why, just happy to have a reason to mess with the controls.

With a very loud groan, the ship raised off the ground 2 ½ feet. At the loud noise, the startled damfpai dashed out... straight into Jacen's arms. He glared at the little blue animals.

They were about the size of a small cat, with blue medium-long fur. They had a rat's body, small mousy ears, and long legs ending in hoof-like paws on their hind legs that helped them survive in their home world of swampish ground and dexterous front paws that allowed them to open the cage. The female had dark violet spots on her medium blue fur while the male had dark blue spots on his light blue fur. They were omnivorous, although they ate slightly more meat and certainly looked like carnivores with wicked sharp teeth. They were, in fact, exactly the opposite of their appearance: friendly and sweet-natured curious little mammal-type animals.

"Are they out yet?" Jaina called, an excited edge to her voice.

"Yeah!" Jacen yelled back. Jaina set the ship back down and climbed out.

"Blaster bolts, Jacen, this thing is ancient! It looks like a prototype! You've seen the newest ships! Its nothing like those. You should see the controls on this thing!" She jabbered on in the most animated, excited voice Jacen had ever heard her use, even when discussing the nitty-gritty of mechanics. Jacen followed his sister back into the ship with the two damfpai still in his arms. His eyes widened when he saw the control panel.

"Whoa! I'll say it's ancient! It does look like a prototype, Jay!"

"See this one?" She asked, pointing to one trigger. "This was the old laser cannon trigger, before they changed 'em to more efficient power."

Jacen explored the panel, with the damfpai twitching their rabbity noses at the controls.

"Most of these look familiar, but... not familiar, somehow," Jaina mused, glancing over the separate controls.

Suddenly, the male damfpai jumped from Jacen's arms and hit another trigger. The door snapped locked and the ship began to rise. The female damfpai followed her mate to the back of the ship. Both twins gasped and exchanged nervous glances.

"I dread to ask, but what did Corle push?" He asked. Jaina looked back at the control panel.

"The ignition trigger. But I can reverse it," she added in relief. She pushed the button again. There was a pause as she waited for them to settle back to the ground. With a frown, she pressed it again. Still, they continued rising. With a concerned look, she pressed a series of buttons and her eyes widened at the message that appeared on the screen.

"What?" Jacen asked.

"It's on autopilot!" She gasped. She pressed another sequence of buttons. She squeezed her eyes shut when she saw the new message.

"What now?"

"The droid's dead!!" Jaina cried in despair. "I can't change course!! It won't let me into the system!"

"What?!" Jacen shrieked. Jaina winced.

"Not so loud, bro. It's stuck on autopilot; I can't change course." She groaned. "What do we do now?"

Jacen shrugged. "I don't know. You're the mechanic here. We're already going to be in trouble for not coming back to lessons." Jaina glared at him.

"It's not my fault! If your stupid pet hadn't jumped on the wrong button, we wouldn't be here!" Jacen held up his hands defensively and backed up a step.

"'K, sis, I gotcha." Jaina relaxed and slumped into the pilot's seat.

"Sorry, Jacen, I'm just a little on edge. There's nothing I can do to change our course, and there should be!" She bashed her fist onto the top of the console, which was devoid of buttons that could wreak more havoc, and then jerked it back, waving and blowing on it, grimacing at the sting from the force of the blow.

"C'mon, Jaina, let's just settle down and see what happens," Jacen suggested soothingly. Jaina sighed.

"I guess you're right. There's nothing more we can do now, but see what fate brings us."

A/N: Thanks, Steph (I hope I'm right, since that's your email, lol). I know it's Lennox, I just had a typo. gasp ;) Glad you liked it, though. And sorry, there'll be cliffhangers. I like 'em, hehe. See if there's anyone else you know who might read it and R&R. Please? Thanks.