Hey everybird! What's up!?
So as always, before we get to the next chapter, today's question as well as answering questions!
So today's question, for once will not be Star Wars, but… Well I'll let it speak for itself!
So, in The Adventures of Daring Jewel, would you want to see the next story where Blu and Jewel consider having a baby, despite them having such busy lives or would you like a story that explores more of Jewel's past, specifically I'm thinking of Jewel and Shadow's first encounter with each other?
Moving on to questions from you…
From Stormknight089, he asks, "If you could bring back one person from your Star Wars stories, who would it be?"
Me: I'm not exactly sure if I would bring back anyone, maybe Blu's dad, who was formerly Blue Leader, but of course in Rogue One, Blue Leader died and so in my stories, Blu became the new Blue Leader after his father.
From T8ECR34TOR, he asks, "When you first became interested in Star Wars, what did you want to be first, a Jedi or Rebel?"
Me: That's tough… I think maybe a Rebel, because in A New Hope, the Jedi are not the first things we see, we see a small rebel ship being chased by Vader's star destroyer and than when the rebel ship gets boarded, we see the Rebel troopers on board trying to repel the Imperial stormtroopers.
Chapter 7: Well Earned Praise
(Arthur's POV)
It was a very special week on the planet our family lived on, it was Fleet Week, the week that the majority of the New Republic's fleet gathers for evaluations and celebrations. It was especially special for Tyler and I because it was our first Fleet Week with our parents, both Tyler and I were now ten years of age and our parents allowed us to attend to more events like these. As our parents brought my brother and I with them to the academy they taught at, the skies above the cityscape, normally empty except for a few transport ships and starfighters were now filled with massive warships to whole squadrons of starfighters circling above.
"Wow, so many…" Tyler, who was sitting next to me said in wonder. "I wish mom and dad allowed us to come along earlier.
"Me too, I can't wait to see what it's like where mom and dad teach." I replied as the shuttle carrying our family and other flight instructors who taught at the academy reached its destination, slowing down as it landed inside the large hangar, where the more advanced and older cadets were at their fighters, preparing them for the celebrations later on.
As the shuttle landed, grandpa Blu was there to greet the arrivals and inform them of today's events and he smiled seeing my brother and I. And as soon as the shuttle's door opened, we ran outside and greeted grandpa Blu with a hug.
"It's so nice that you boys managed to finally come on this special day." Grandpa Blu said happily as our parents followed up.
"Well, it took Lisa a lot of convincing." My dad added as I looked back to see my mom rolling her eyes at dad.
"Well, you boys have fun being shown around by your parents, I have to attend to preparations for the senators visiting later today." Grandpa Blu told us as he left.
(Lisa's POV)
Yes, it did take some convincing for bringing the boys along, Tiago and I often talked about how we wanted our boys to have normal jobs and lives, but we also knew we couldn't deny them a future that would be far different than what Tiago and I had in mind. And I knew they were curious about us and what we did in the past, and also the boys did have their parents' blood, if it was their destiny to one day follow in me and Tiago's talonsteps, well I can't very much argue anymore than. As Director Blu left, I turned to Alex as the red and white droid rolled up next to me.
"Okay Alex, go make sure the fighter is ready for the celebration, I don't want it to break and there's a problem while flying." I told my droid, who beeped back a "Yes" before going, Tiago telling Ashley the same thing as they looked for where our parents' fighters were.
"Come on boys, this way." I told my sons as Tiago and I led Arthur and Tyler inside the academy, which had great hallways, with many display cases filled with relics of the war, as well as the lists and pictures of the new cadets which graduated after they completed their training here.
And today would be yet another new group of cadets graduating from their classes and joining the New Republic military, showing off their flying skills they learned during their years attending the academy, during the fleet parade to the visiting group of senators, who would judge whether or not to keep the institution going. I was very nervous in fact when these days come because I fear that even if one cadet makes a small mistake, it would spell the end of funding from the New Republic senate to continue the starfighter academy.
"You nervous Lisa?" Tiago asked me, seeing that I was sweating a little, as I turned to see Tiago, the boys currently distracted looking at all the displays.
"A little, I always worry if I didn't teach something well enough and a cadet slips up." I replied.
"Don't worry, I'm sure this year's class will do great in the parade and as long as we're up there with them, instructing them through it, everything will be fine." Tiago reassured me as the four of us split into two groups, I took Arthur while Tiago took Tyler with him to our groups of cadets, who were all excited and in their flight suits.
The cadets were all chatting along themselves in the classroom, ready for the chance to finally show off what they learned and as soon as I entered, they all stood at attention.
"At ease cadets." I said as the cadets all relaxed and listened in. "Today's the day you finally take into account all that you learned and show your skills as pilots, I'm very proud to have taught all of you and I hope you do great things in the future. Just remember to stick to your training and you'll be alright."
"Yes ma'am!" All the cadets shouted as one.
"Good, now prep your ships, the parade starts in a few hours." I ordered as the cadets all filed out and went to the hangar.
"Wow mom, they all must really respect you." Arthur told me as he was rather surprised.
"Well thank you son, but I'm just a teacher, it's my job to teach them the skills they need, now come, your father and brother are probably with their cadets at the hangar by now."
(Tiago's POV)
With my class and son, we were all back in the hangar, where my cadets were getting their fighters ready, new, more advanced models of the X-Wing might I add, my cadets flying the newer T-70 models. I even heard and saw some of the next in line X-Wing, the T-85, starting to roll off the factory lines and being given to Squadron leaders and more experienced squadrons. Meanwhile, older veterans, like Lisa and I still hung on to our now outdated T-65 models, the ones that helped win the war against the Empire. Of course the X-Wing I started out with was no more than a heap of scrap metal on the world of Crait, while Lisa managed to keep her original X-Wing during the entire conflict, which I very much envied, but I guess she was just lucky like that.
While I was helping one of my cadets checking his fighter's systems, I saw Lisa and her class enter the hangar, all ready to go up and take to the skies. These young men and women very much reminded me of when Lisa and I first flew up from the surface of Hoth, on our very first flight. The only difference now was that these cadets were not preparing for war anytime soon.
"Okay, your systems look all good, give it another check to be safe by yourself." I told the cadet, who was in his cockpit.
"Yes sir." The cadet replied as I climbed down the ladder and walked to my wife and son.
"Looks like I beat you to it." I told Lisa as my cadets were just about ready.
"We'll see during the parade honey, my cadets are going to give a higher performance than your's and remember our bet…" Lisa reminded me.
"Yeah I know, whoever has the lower score has to pay for the drinks." I replied as Lisa chuckled to me.
As Lisa and I were talking, the visiting group of senators, being led by the academy's heads entered the hangar to see it. As the senators walked about, greeting the cadets and instructors, one of the senators approached our family, with a warm smile on his face.
"Are your names Lisa and Tiago, also known as Blues Five and Six?" The senator greeted.
"Yes, we are." I answered.
"I have always been wanting to meet you two face to face." The senator beamed. "My name's Borsk Fey'lya, senator for Bothawui." The senator extended out his wing to shake. "I heard it was you Blue Five who led the mission to retrieve the vital intel on the Death Star, bringing it safely to the Alliance."
"But I heard there was a mass killing of your kind by the Empire and the Alliance was unable to stop that." Lisa replied back.
"Doesn't matter, their sacrifice wasn't in vain, they knew the risks involved and did it anyway." The Bothan senator replied. "You're a hero to my world, you made sure their efforts were not wasted and I am very grateful for that."
"Well thank you senator, but if you'll excuse us, we have a lot of preparing to do for the parade." I told the senator.
"Of course, I look froward to seeing you two up in the skies." The senator took a bow before leaving.
"Wow mom and dad, you're really famous." Tyler said as he was truly impressed.
"Well I wouldn't say too famous son." I replied.
(Tyler's POV)
Soon enough the hangar doors, which were closed were open as we saw all the pilots jump into their cockpits and start up their engines. Mom and dad needing to stay as they left us with Uncle Nico, one of the heads of the academy, who took us, along with the other heads and the visiting senators to an observation platform where the group could see the parade and the cadets flying.
"You boys ready for some excitement?" Uncle Nico asked my brother and I.
"It's just some ships flying in formation for enjoyment, what can be exciting?" I asked, not expecting anything big to happen.
"Oh, if I know your mother, she's going to do something dramatic." Uncle Nico replied as the first groups of cadets appeared, flying in a tight formation before separating slightly to do some tricks, entertaining the onlookers, who were quite pleased with the first appearances.
Soon enough we noticed our parents, our dad up first as we saw his fighter, taking note of the number of blue stripes on the wings as well as Ashley in the droid socket behind the cockpit. And well dad put on the best performance so far, putting his class through loops, twists, dives, all kinds of maneuvers, which really did impress the onlookers, not that I was surprised.
Mom was up next and well she and her class did the same kinds of moves as dad and his class, only mom seemed to be a bit better. However as mom put her class through a dive, she pointed her fighter's nose right at the observation platform the onlookers were on. Coming closer and closer, we could soon enough hear the very clear sound of the fighter's engines as the onlookers ducked down, fearing that the fighter must have broken or something…
Only Uncle Nico was right, mom had something dramatic in mind as at the very last possible moment, she pulled her fighter up, making sure she had just enough space to get clear of the academy and prevent her hitting us. All the onlookers cheered as mom's class all followed the move perfectly, pulling up just in time.
"Go mom!" Arthur yelled as Uncle Nico smiled at my brother and I.
"See, told you your mom would do something dramatic." Uncle Nico chuckled as I was actually shaking a little from that close encounter.
"Yeah…" I said, shaking as I got back up on my talons form ducking down. "Boy that was close…"
Okay, I think I'll leave off this chapter here and next chapter will follow up on this one!
And I think that's it, so…
See everybird later!