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To The Stars and Back

Chapter 9; Welcome to Kolaador

A Fanfiction written by TheObsessory

I sat the last container on the floor near the bunk bed that I would soon be sleeping in, sweat dripping from my brow in exhaustion.

"Are you sure that's everything?"

I glanced toward my father, rubbing the shoulder of my sleeve along my cheek to capture any free moisture.

Poe and I were finally here, on the planet of Kolaador, to begin our training as pilots. The Pilot Training Center had once been used for the Alliance to train new starfighter pilots, but had since been turned into an ordinary school for pilots of all fields, be it commercial or military based.

I could hardly believe the history I was experience, walking the halls of the buildings once inhabited by those who fought in the Galactic Civil War. Poe's mother Shara had also been a graduate of this school.

My heart throbbed silently for her. She would have been so proud of Poe.

"Yeah, I think so."

Both my father and sister Cerys had come along to help me move what little things I brought- Kes did as well, but he was busy with Poe, of course.

My father glanced at the watch on his wrist, sadness drawing his eyebrows together.

"Probably best if we catch the next ship."

With a small smile, I hugged him tightly, closing my eyes to savor the moment and memorize everything about him. It would be a while until I flew back home.

Once I had pulled away from him, Cerys jumped into my arms, tears already glistening in her eyes. Poe and I were as much her parents as my father and Kes were. We were the only family she had known for the bulk of her short life.

"Keep Poe out of trouble." Cerys sniffed.

"Go tell him so yourself- he'd skin you alive if you left without saying goodbye!" I rubbed the tears off of her cheeks and then pushed her toward the door where my father stood.

With one last glance my way, they wandered down the halls toward the boys part of the bunker

I took a few moments to glance around my room. I would be sharing it with one other girl- who, however, I was uncertain. I had been scheduled to move in first.

The room was a decent size. Two beds, one bunked on top of the other, sat against one of the walls. There was a bathroom that linked our room to the one next to it with a small sink, shower and toilet for the four of us to share. There was a small closet built into one of the walls as well as a couple of chairs and drawers.

Our view from the window wouldn't be that pleasant, although I couldn't imagine it would be anywhere. Kolaador was an empty, dry planet with giant crystal's sprouting from the dirt. Not a tree was in sight, nor anything green for that matter.

I was just about to start unpacking when there was a light knock on the doorframe. I glanced up to find Kes there, yet another sad smile to see.

"Poe's doing just fine?" I asked as I came over to hug him tightly.

"You know Poe. He was ready to come here the moment Shara died." He patted my back gently, gripping me tightly once more before pulling back, "You keep him in line."

"Funny how everyone expects me to be babysitting Poe." I laughed half-heartedly, knowing very well I would be.

"Yeah, well one of you has to be the brains." Kes laughed back, "Don't be a stranger."

And with that, he was gone.

I contemplated starting to get my room into order, but there were still a few hours of daylight left, and my roommate wouldn't be moving in until tomorrow, so I decided to check up on the baby in mention.

I wandered down the long, clean halls of the building our rooms were located in, every once in awhile glancing in an open room to see some sad goodbyes or a new student organizing their room. A few waved to me as I passed, and I offered a smile in return.

The boys section was a bit more rowdy, which was to be expected. You could already see different friendships starting and groups forming. The boys were a little less upset about the lack of family.

I found Poe's room at the very end of the hall, and was unsurprised to find the door open with a few girls looking longingly in.

As we grew, Poe grew more handsome. I would often see a girl in our class doodling Poe's name in a notebook, or come in from lunch to find a note filled with hearts sitting on his desk.

Since our mountaintop adventure, Poe had started showing interest in girls we knew, but I wasn't informed of his relationships nor wanted to be. That aspect was the only shadow between us.

"Ah, the most important girl of them all."

I found Poe with a good three of four girls in his room, all chatting away and asking him questions, like where he was from.

The mention of a more important girl caused a few horrendous looks in my direction.

But the others took a hint and soon trickled out of his room with a few heartfelt goodbyes and sighs.

"Popular, are we?" I questioned, closing the door behind the last girl who took her sweet time going away.

"What can I say? I got my father's good looks." Poe said a bit too smugly, leaning back in his chair.

It was then that I noticed there was only one bed present in his room.

"You lucky bastard, you got a single room didn't you?"

There were only a couple for both the boys and girls. I had considered it, but figured having a roommate wouldn't be so bad.

Poe's smug grin remained on his face.

"Well if my roommate sucks, can I come live in here?" I signed, falling into the other chair and pulling my knees up to my chest to hug them.

"As long as you like sleeping on the floor."

"Har har." I mumbled back, admiring his room. It was nearly identical to mine with the omittance of one bed, "Cerys and father came to say goodbye?"

"Of course." Poe was unpacking a few things as he spoke, tossing things on the bed and floor as he went, "I still can't believe Cer's ten. I remember back when she was a screaming baby and you hated her."

"You never once hated Bey?" I questioned, practically out of the blue. I had never thought to ask since the chat we had before Shara died.

Poe paused in his unpacking, his back to me.

"Bey was never a real thing to me like Cerys was to you." He stated after a moment, not bothering to turn around. He continued in his work, "It was different."

It wasn't hard to read Poe Dameron. He was an awful liar.

"So that's a yes?"

"Of course I hated him Sid. It's one thing that your mom died to bring a new life into this galaxy, but mine…" He had finally turned to look at me, his face thoughtful and confused, "It was for nothing."

"You saw the way she looked at Cerys, Poe." I regretted the topic at hand; today was not a day to be sad, even if we were saying goodbye to our families, "She wanted to have a baby."

"I wasn't enough?"

"No, but you were old. And babies are more fun than teenagers, and I think she wanted the cute baby while you went through your emo stage."

"Emo stage?" Poe shot back with a look of disdain, "I wore all black once and you have the nerve to call it an emo stage?!"

"Gotta finish packing, see you later!" I darted out of his room, hearing a loud 'Sidra Van!' follow me out.

I chuckled the whole way back to my room, and was confused to find the door wide open when I returned.

I glanced in to find another girl maneuvering around my things as she brought hers in, not another soul in sight.

"Oh gosh, I'm so sorry." I ran in and started scooting my things around, trying to make a path way, "You must be Ulani, I was told you weren't moving in until tomorrow, I would have made room-"

"It's Lani." She interrupted, tossing her current box onto the bottom bed with a huff and turning to face me

Oh.

She was Zeltronian- her crimson skin, deep blue black hair and humanoid features attested to that. She was rather beautiful despite the outlandish colors. A couple of Zeltronian's had been in my class back on Yavin 4, but they often kept to myself.

"Bottom bunk is mine- quick question. Are you going to want your half of the closet, because if not, I will gladly take if off your hands. Do you snore? Because if you do, don't even bother unpacking. Also, do you always look like that?"

It took all my power not to drown her out. I could already tell this was going to be a long year.


Cute chapter. This is where the writing gets better in my opinion since they're my age and it's easier to relate.

By the way, the next chapter is my all time favorite one so far. I can't wait to post it.

Coming up in Chapter Ten: Fights, bloody noses and bruises, oh my! It's still Sidra and Poe against the galaxy!

~TheObsessory