Hey everybird! What's up!?
So we are back to this story!
Yeah, I wasn't planning on coming back to this story just yet, but things have been slow over with my MLP stuff and I'm not too sure on the current Daring Jewel story, but what I am sure about, is this story! Plus I can't wait, thinking about the story just gets me too excited and I'm sure most of you are happy with this anyway!
So anyway, for now in this story, we're not starting off with the events in the movie, but we are at the same time, you'll see what I mean!
Which by the way, just like with the chapter covering The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, there will be spoilers to The Rise of Skywalker!
Speaking of which... Before we get to the chapter, lets get to today's question...
So in The Rise of Skywalker, when Rey fights Palpatine, we hear a bunch of voices of the Jedi, like Luke, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, Yodu, even Ashoka and Kanan, urging Rey to stand back up, but obviously they didn't include every Jedi that existed, so who else did you wish were cheering Rey on?
Me: I wished Erza could have also been one of the voices urging Rey to stand up, but I guess that would require him to be dead and well we still don't know exactly his fate after Star Wars Rebels.
Chapter 54: A Voice from the Past
(Tyler's POV)
"No… No… No…" I kept repeating over and over as I was laying down, asleep or well at least trying to…
"Mom, dad, what's happening!?" I shouted as mom and dad just held onto each other.
"Mom… Dad…" My voice cracking as those words were hard to say.
"Goodbye boys, we love you forever." Dad said with teary eyes.
"Goodbye my sons, may the Force be with you, always." Mom finished her last words to Arthur and I.
"No… You can't die…" I started to panic.
"Mom, dad!" I shouted as the connection was cut off and their image gone…
"No!" I yelled out, shooting awake, my eyes wide open as I panted heavily, feeling sweat run down my face, I was so out of it, that it took me a full minute to hear familiar beeping right next to me. "Ashley… Sorry… The same nightmare again…" I sighed as I ran my wing against my face while Ashley was holding out a cup of water with one of her tool arms for me. "Thanks Ashley." I smiled as I took the cup from the droid and put the cup to my mouth, taking in a full beakful of the cool liquid, which helped to comfort my throat and mind. "Come on, why don't we go check on our fighter while I'm awake now."
With Ashley beeping back at me, I got up and after stretching I walked out of the barracks I was in, well more of a makeshift barracks as I went through a hallway, until I reached an open hatch, which had a ladder going down to the ground. Climbing down and with Ashley using her small boosters to gently set herself down, we exited the place we were in, which was a ship, but not just any ship…
It has been a year since the Battle of Crait, in which the Resistance was very nearly wiped out, only a few of us left, but thanks to the efforts of Luke Skywalker, we did escape. However to get back from such a disaster was near impossible, with little help given to us, the galaxy having either submitted to the First Order or worse…
We have made few gains, like convincing the watery world of Mon Calamari to give us their small fleet, which was stationed elsewhere and well, the makeshift barracks I got down from was an old CR90 Corvette, probably the most favorite one in the Rebel Alliance, the Tantive IV. A former Imperial senator, who was sympathetic to Leia, found it abandoned in an old Imperial scrap yard and managed to get it repaired and returned to the general. We now used it for the majority of our tasks, like for power and just to sleep on, given the lack of proper sleeping places around.
And yes, we were on a forested world, Ajan Kloss, a world very much like Yavin or Endor as mom and dad told us those worlds were. It was a welcome difference from Hosnian Prime, but thinking about that of course led to things like my nightmares…
As I thought about all that, we walked to our fighter, an X-Wing, along the few other starfighters we managed to obtain, parked neatly on an open space which was cut for the fighter. As I arrived at the fighter, I sighed as I got to work with Ashley, checking the fighter's systems and such, just to keep my mind occupied. Well that is until I heard something going on, getting out from under the belly of the fighter, I right away saw Arthur, who must have been looking for me.
"What's going on brother?" I asked.
"Poe, Finn, and Chewie are back from their mission, but there seems to be a problem with the Falcon, come on." Arthur told me as I stood up and followed Arthur, who was running towards the spot the freighter landed on.
As I followed Arthur, I looked back at my fighter and well, just like with the old CR90, the X-Wing wasn't just any fighter… It was a part of my family's history and it was a blessing, but also a curse as well, I remember when Arthur and I had our own mission just a couple months ago…
About a couple months ago…
I woke up to my brother's voice, Arthur shaking me awake as I was panting and sweating, having had the nightmare of when mom and dad spent their final moments together, it was a nightmare I kept having ever since we escaped from Crait. Maybe it was because I felt guilty, Arthur and I lived when we were certainly were going to die and yet we survived, but that same fate didn't come to mom and dad.
"Tyler, you have been having these nightmares constantly ever since the Battle of Crait, you need to get some real sleep." Arthur told me as I sat down on the bed from my laying position, rubbing my eyes.
"I'll sleep much better when the First Order is gone and the galaxy is free." I replied.
"I'm just worried, you need your rest." Arthur showing his concern. "Now come, something came up and we need to discuss it with the general and Grandpa Blu."
"Alright…" I yawned as I stood up and followed Arthur through the halls of the ship until we reached the small command room, where the general, Grandpa Blu, and Alex were waiting for us.
"Good, nice to see you're awake captain, I'm sorry to have to wake you, I know you been very tried lately." Grandpa Blu apologized.
"It's okay sir, what is it you called us for?" I asked as then Grandpa Blu nodded to Alex as the droid projected out a recorded message that he saved.
The image was of Grandpa Eddie…
"My boys, I'm so glad you're alive." Grandpa Eddie started, sounding very relieved. "You might be wondering how I'm able to reach you, well your mother made sure to give me her droid's frequency so that I'm able to talk to her while we're apart from each other. And I have managed to make sure the transmission was secure so that I'm able to send this message so the First Order doesn't know."
Shortly after the First Order blew up the Hosnian System, destroying the center of the New Republic and the majority of its fleet, all remaining major systems were subject to First Order invasion and well mom's home world, where Grandpa Eddie was, Belladoon, was no exception. When Arthur and I finally heard the news, we both feared the worst, so it was a relief to hear Grandpa Eddie and know he was still alive.
"I have called you boys because I have something very important to give you, I can't tell you what it is, but it will be of great help." Grandpa Eddie saying as I wondered what it was. "I hope you boys can come here, I shall be waiting for your arrival." Grandpa Eddie finishing as the message ended.
"We have to go now." I spoke up right after.
"Hold on captain…" The general stopping me. "Belladoon is under tight First Order control and there is a chance Governor Eddie's message got intercepted, he might be dead by now."
"With all due respect general, you don't know him as well as my brother and I do, Grandpa Eddie is a survivor, he lived through the Empire and held onto hope." Arthur replied.
"And if there is a chance we can see him again and he can give us something that can help, it's worth a shot." I added, holding firm as the general thought about it and turned to Grandpa Blu.
"What do you think Colonel Blu?" The general asking Grandpa Blu.
"I believe it's worth the risk general and I believe in the boys' words." Grandpa Blu agreeing with Arthur and I.
"Very well, I approve of the mission, take a shuttle and get back here as fast as you can and don't attract any attention from the First Order, understood?" The general making her point clear.
"Yes general." Both Arthur and I replied at the same time, saluting as the general returned it.
"Good luck boys and may the Force be with you." Grandpa Blu telling us.
Arthur and I were going to need that luck… Going to an occupied world, with enemy troopers all around, keeping watch for any Resistance members, with maybe little chance of escape… However it was worth it, we just had to hope Grandpa Eddie was still alive and his message gone unnoticed by the First Order…
And I'll end it off on there!
A bit short, but I hope you did enjoy the return of this story!
And what may be the something Grandpa Eddie will give the boys… Well you might have guessed it already, but I'm not saying anything…
See everybird later!