Hey everybird! What's up!?

So before we get to today's questions, I keep forgetting to mention this, but this story has reached a couple of milestones…

First, this story now has more than 100 reviews and counting! So thank you all very much for that!

Second, this story has also set a new record for my longest single standing story! A record that was held by, ironically, The Scarlet Rebel, before for some time!

Speaking of milestones… Tomorrow night is the official ending of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the fourth generation of MLP… You all know how I feel about this anyway and oh boy it's going to be a rough day for me with all the feels… It's hard to believe that tomorrow the final battle for the fate of Equestria will begin and end…

Now moving on to today's question…

If you had an unpainted X-Wing, how would you paint it?

Me: I would paint mine with either the same red (Like Red Squadron) or blue stripes, (Like Blue Squadron) there was always something I like about the simple, yet very sleek looking design of that kind of paint job.

Moving on to your questions…

From Nightfly123, he asks, "What would you like to see in a potential Knights of the Old Republic movie or trilogy?

Me: Well for one thing… Epic battles that involve hundreds of ships or thousands of soldiers, like in the Old Republic cinematics, it is called Star Wars, so I better see a big battle!

From Stormknight089, he asks, "If a pair of mixed up macaws have chicks together, what would happen to that pair?

Me: Well I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that… I feel like a better question would be what would happen to the chicks.

Chapter 33: A Rematch

(Tyler's POV)

After Arthur told us to stay where we were, I bent down to Ashley's level, checking to see if she was alright. When that probe droid took the shot at Ashley, it hit her body, sending electrical shocks throughout the droid's metal body as systems were damaged. Even Ashley's "eye" was damaged as the fine glass was cracked and Ashley's vision was a little messed up as she struggled to see properly.

"Hey Ashley, come on, stay with me." I told the droid. "Man I'm thankful dad isn't here to see you right now…" I said as I knew dad would go crazy if he learned his droid was shot up.

A few minutes passed as Arthur and Tally found us, running up to us as he panted a little before relaxing, seeing the smoking and destroyed First Order probe Blue Four and I managed to get before it got away.

"How long did it take to destroy it?" Arthur asked.

"Probably too long, we should get going and out of here." I answered.

"Right…" Arthur agreed as he saw Ashley. "Ashley, can you still move on your own power?" Arthur asking the droid as she beeped back a confident "Yes".

"Alex, can you help Ashley, she can't see very well." I asked the other droid as he answered back with a "Yes" as well.

Beginning to walk back to our fighters, with our lights held out and blaster pistols at the ready, we were sure the First Order didn't get the message as we have yet to hear the marching of troopers or the roar of TIE fighter engines. Soon enough, retracing our steps and with Alex leading the way, we arrived back at our fighters, still sitting in one piece where we left them.

"Looks like we will be able to get out of here." I sighed with relief.

"Yeah, luck is on our…" Tally started as Tally's droid began beeping frantically at us and then we heard it… The roar of TIE fighter engines.

And sure enough, even thought it was dark, we could make out the shape of four TIEs incoming, three standard looking ones and one very familiar one… As they got closer, I could feel my heart drop as I looked to see the design of the familiar TIE's wings and realized it was most luckily that same Ace Arthur and I fought with Uncle Felipe not too long ago…

"Everyone take cover!" Arthur shouted as the TIE fighters came roaring in for a strafing run, shooting their green lasers as the shots impacted the ground, blanketing the surface as we all hid behind rocks, waiting for the barrage to end.

As the TIE fighters flew past our heads, coming back around for another run, I looked up and luckily they missed the fighters that were just sitting on the ground, easy targets. I owned it to the fact that it was very dark and hard to see, of course others might say it's "The Force", but I couldn't think about such things now.

"Come on, lets get in the air!" I told the rest as I stood up from behind the small boulder I was hiding behind and ran towards my fighter, Ashley trying to keep up as she managed to get in the socket behind the cockpit.

While we were getting in our own fighters, turning on our engines and closing cockpits, the TIE fighters came back around for another run, once more shooting their lasers at us as they got even closer to their targets… Some shots even hit their marl, but thankfully by than we managed to get our shields up and running and the few shots that did hit us were absorbed.

"Okay Blue Flight, lets quickly deal with these TIEs and get out of here." Arthur's voice came over comms as I made sure all systems were green as Ashley beeped at me.

"No Ashley, I can handle things by myself, you're too damaged to help right now." I ordered the droid, even thought I could really use some help from her at this time.

Lifting off from the ground, I joined the other three as the TIE fighters swung back around, bent on shooting us down so we couldn't report on what happened here. The TIE fighters behind us as they let loose with their fire, spraying it as we all spilt off, one TIE to each X-Wing as I saw that Ace go after Blue Four, one of the normal TIEs after me, disappointing me a little. However it was still going to be a tough fight for me because I had no droid support and I had to relay on myself.

"Okay Tyler, you can do this, just remember everything you ever learned…" I told myself as the TIE kept up with me, keeping up with its fire as I made sure I put more power to the rear shielding, but I knew it wasn't going to hold forever. "Got to think fast…" I thought as I made myself a difficult target, zigzagging my flight path as the TIE's lasers flew past my cockpit view, seeming to come from every direction as I saw a waterfall up above.

Smiling, I had an idea as I flew right above the river following its winding path as the TIE never lost its vision on me, focusing on knocking me out of the sky. Only since the TIE was focused on me and nothing else, it was quite a surprise when I reached the waterfall's edge and I suddenly dropped down, out of sight. And since it was dark, the TIE didn't realize its mistake, most likely thinking he shot me, only as the TIE continued to fly on, he got the last surprise he will ever get…

Not wasting a second while I was hovering in midair as close to the waterfall as I could, I tightened the trigger with my wing, pressing it as I sent bursts of red laser fire out. And before the rear gunner, who was very much surprised could alert the pilot at the front, my fire tore through the engines and ball cockpit of the TIE, shredding the fighter to pieces as the TIE, now just a pile of scrap metal and flames crashed down into the water below.

"Yeah!" I shouted out loud, happy at my victory. "That's one less TIE to worry about!"

Only my celebration didn't last for very long as a panicked voice filled my comm unit, reminding me that the other three were busy being chased by their own pursuing TIEs…

"This is Blue Four!" The voice came through. "I'm having trouble with this one, I need help!" The voice requested as I quit with my own celebration to focus on what was important.

"Hang on Blue Four, I'm on the way!" I told the pilot as I knew I couldn't relay on Ashley to pinpoint Blue Four's location, so I had to find his position by my own sight. "Where are you Blue Four!?" I told myself in my head as soon enough, despite the darkness in the skies, I could see the familiar looking TIE up ahead, firing its green lasers at a fleeing X-Wing.

As I pushed my engines as hard as I could, I could see the TIE finally secured hits on Blue Four, tearing through the engines as flames greeted my eyes. Struggling to get within range, I saw the TIE quickly fire off a couple of missiles as they struck Blue Four's fighter, ripping through the body as the explosion lit up the dark skies, the pieces of the fighter falling down and crashing onto the ground beneath.

"Blue Four!" I cried through the comm unit as only static came through, confirming his demise. "That's it! This ends now!" I swore as the TIE Ace was alerted to my presence, and before I could make sense of what was happening he was on my tail, bent on taking me down too.

As I was determined to avenge my squadmate's death, thinking of crazy ideas to take down this TIE, I remember the time when mom told us of a crazy maneuver she pulled off during the Battle of Jakku…

I was about to do it when Arthur's voice came in.

"Tyler, don't worry, Tally and I got our targets and we see you, we're coming!" Arthur told me as he saw me in trouble.

"Don't worry, I got it, I'm going to show this Ace a little trick mom told us about." I replied, as clam as I could.

"Stop playing Tyler, this is serious!" Arthur snapped at me. "Break off when I tell you to!"

"No, I got it!" I shouted back as I hoped this worked.

Slowing down, I pulled the flight stick as far as it would go towards me, causing my fighter to invert upward as I climbed up a little. As if everything went into slow motion, the Ace must have been very surprised at the move I made, unable to react or make sense of it as I wasted no time. Gripping the flight stick and pressing the trigger, I ended this Ace's career as I shredded his fighter, putting an end to this menace once and for all.

"Got him!" I yelled out as I knocked my engines back into full speed, leveling out as I circled above my kill, not believing that I was able to succeed, while Arthur and Tally came to my side.

"Okay, okay, that was a nice kill brother and we can celebrate when we get back." Arthur calming me down.

"Where's my wing partner?" Tally asked as I knew I had to tell her…

"Sorry Tally, I wasn't able to save him in time." I apologized.

"Oh…" Was all Tally could say as Arthur interrupted us.

"We can't focus on that right now you two, come on we need to get back to base before more First Order fighters show up." Arthur getting us back to reality. "We can mourn his death when we get back."

"Copy that sir…" Tally replied as we headed out from Rakata Prime, back out into the darkness of space and once clear of the planet's gravity, we entered hyperspace, bound for D'Qar.

As we arrived back, landing down on the base, we were met by Grandpa Blu as he had a look of relief on his face, but also some concern as I knew he only saw three fighters return. As we opened our cockpits, he spoke to Arthur and I.

"Commander, captain, I can see you ran into some trouble." Grandpa Blu started.

"Yes sir, we can confirm the First Order is behind what happened in the Rakata System and we encountered a small group of TIEs led by an Ace." Arthur started.

"An Ace?" Grandpa Blu questioned. "The same one that attacked Commander Felipe?"

"Yes sir, the same one." I confirmed.

"But Tyler got him with some fancy flying." Arthur casting a glance at me. "But not before that Ace got Blue Four."

"Well done captain, I'm going to have to have the ground crew paint that kill on your fighter." Grandpa Blu smiled.

"Thank you sir, but Ashley needs some repairs, she got hurt pretty bad." I remembered, seeing the droid behind my cockpit.

"I'll get a repair team on it, in the meantime, we need to report to the general." Grandpa Blu told us as we climbed down the ladders from our cockpits, back down on the ground.

Delivering our report to the general, she was very alarmed by what we reported, fearing that the First Order was much more powerful than we ever thought. It was now not only critical to convince the New Republic to declare war on the First Order, but also to bring back a hero of the rebellion years, a hero that tried to restart the Jedi Order…

Luke Skywalker…

Oh yeah! We're finally there!

Next chapter will cover the lead up to what happens in The Force Awakens! So get ready!

And also remember… From now on the story will have spoilers to The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, so be mindful of that! Also just in case it happens… My story is not a place to post your negativity and rants about how awful you think the two movies are, especially The Last Jedi, seeing what happened there! If I do see it, your comments will be deleted and if that's not possible, you will be blocked no matter what!

And with that…

See everybird later!