//------------------------------// // Siren Sith // Story: Star Toons: Stories Across the Stars // by Turbo the Brony //------------------------------// Tatooine, somewhere in the desert After a good bit of walking, Astrid decided to make a bit of camp for the night. With a small bit of supplies she recovered from the crash, Astrid had to make do with what she had. There wasn’t a lot of wood or bark in the desert, and since it would get cold at night, she had a warm light to use as a substitute to keep herself warm. “Beats camping out cold… I guess…” she muttered, as she wrapped herself warm in a blanket, giving her a little extra warmth. A distant animal cry caught her attention a little, as she had her blaster with her in case something would come by. She then let a small sigh, before getting out of her pilot top something that she was wearing around her neck. The object revealed to be some sort of necklace, and connected to the chain, held by golden metal, was a crystal, and the metal had writing engraved on it in Aurebesh. Astrid looked to the necklace, as well as the crystal, as a small smile appeared on her face, as she began to remember the day she got it… Many years ago… Astrid was quite at a young age, around 7 years old at the time when her closet best friend was leaving for Jedi training. “Here you go, Astrid.” said a young boy, the same age as her, “I… uh, made this for you.” Astrid looked as the young boy handed her the necklace, and she was stunned to see such a gift. She then looked carefully as she said, “Wait, wait… is that?” “Indeed, it is,” the boy replied, pointing to the crystal, “A Kyber crystal. The very same crystal used for lightsabers.” The young boy gave the necklace to Astrid as he added, getting out one just like her’s, “It was a bit of a big crystal, so I split it and made a set for the both of us.” Astrid looked to the necklace, still speechless, though as the boy saw her, he began to look a little nervous and a little sad as he said, “I… uh… I understand if you don’t like it and-” “Hiccup,” she said, as she looked to the boy, Hiccup, and smiled, “I love it!” Hearing this, Hiccup gave out a small little grin, as he then helped her place it around her neck. Astrid then looked at the writing that was engraved and asked, “What does this say?” “That is Aurebish,” Hiccup explained, “and the words on it translate as ‘Trust in the Force.’” Astrid looked back at the necklace as Hiccup said, “So no matter how far we’re apart, always trust in the Force, and you’ll always think of me, as I will of you.” Astrid’s eyes grew a little misty, her cheeks blushed a little as she smiled and said, “Thank you, Hiccup.” Hiccup smiled upon hearing it. “Padawan! It’s time to go!” Hiccup and Astrid heard the voice, then turned to see a Jedi, who was a humanoid being shown to be a Lasat, with greyish purple fur skin, with prehensile feet and large finger pads and big ears and yellow eyes, looking to Hiccup as he gestured to him to come with him. “I gotta go.” Hiccup said. Astrid nodded, as she and Hiccup then embraced in a small hug, once they finished hugging, Astrid started to leave… But then stopped as she quickly gave Hiccup a small peck on the cheek, catching Hiccup completely by surprise. “Bye, Hiccup!” Astrid said, as she waved goodbye as she left. Hiccup was left stunned, feeling the spot where Astrid kissed him, then a big goofy grin came up on his face, as he never felt so happy. “Padawan!” the Jedi spoke up, “Let’s go!” “Coming, master!” Hiccup said, as he hurried up to join his teacher, while waving goodbye to Astrid as he left. Astrid looked on as she saw Hiccup join the Jedi, as they headed off to parts unknown for Hiccup’s lessons. Present Day… The day that Hiccup left for training was the last time she saw him. Her smile soon turned into a frown, as she then remembered the dark tides that came later on in future. She remembered during the final days of the Clone Wars, the Clone Troopers suddenly turned against the Jedi, resulting in almost all of them being wiped out, her heart sank when she learned that Hiccup was nowhere to be seen, and was presumed dead to the galaxy. But she felt, deep down, that there was a tiny bit of hope if he was still alive, but it felt like it was slowly fading… She held the necklace close to her heart, then looked up to the starry sky. “Hiccup…” she quietly muttered, “I miss you so much…” Bracca After what almost happened to Prauf earlier, Hiccup needed a bit of time to think, he was currently riding on one of the train work systems with Prauf, Tails, Gobber and Derpy, having the four agree to keep what they saw a secret. Hiccup, meanwhile, was looking at his kyber crystal necklace he had made when he was young. A small little smile came to his face when he remembered the day he was going to his Jedi training, and before he left, he gave his closest friend, Astrid, a necklace similar to his. She was the closest friend he had back on his homeworld of Berk, and he missed her very much. One of the things he never forgot was when she kissed him on the cheek, while back in the Jedi Order, the Jedi had to be careful not get too caught in their emotions and feelings, but there was a small bit of feelings he slowly had for her overtime they bonded. He then let out a sad sigh, thinking about her, his parents and what may have happened to them. “You holdin’ up okay?” Prauf’s voice cut him from his thoughts as he looked to see his friends looking at him a bit, putting away the necklace back in his top, and then replied, “Good. Yeah… and you guys?” “Yeah, heh…” Gobber lightly chuckled, “We’ve never been better…” “Gobber’s right there, Hiccup.” Tails added. After a small bit of awkward silence, Prauf spoke up again. “Hiccup…” he said, “We’ve been working with you for some time now. Neither any of us have ever seen you do anything like that before…” “Prauf’s right, lad,” Gobber said, “and we’ve sure have been through some heck together…” “We all understand the risk that you took for me,” Prauf said, kindly, “I just… I just don’t know how to repay you.” “Don’t mention it,” Hiccup said with a half smile, “and I mean it.” “You don’t have to worry about us, Hiccup.” Tails said, “You’re our best friend, and we’ve got your back as you’ve always had ours.” Derpy nodded her head in agreement. “That’s true,” Gobber said, before he let out a concerned frown as he said, “But this place… is not quite safe…” Hiccup understood what he meant, as he and the others carefully looked around to see if anyone was listening, luckily, no one wasn’t. “Maybe… it would be best for you to… disappear.” Prauf suggested. “I’m just gonna go back to my place and get my stuff.” Hiccup explained, “Tabbers owes me and Tails a favor.” “Heard he was up on Nar Shaddaa?” Gobber asked, which Hiccup nodded in agreement. “If you like, Hiccup,” Tails said, “I can come along with you and help out offworld, R4-Z1 and I could maybe sort something out from there.” “It’s nice to offer Tails, but I don’t want you to get round up on this…” Hiccup said with a sad smile, “But thanks anyway…” “So, you’ll be going?” Derpy asked, with an upset face. “Yeah, sorry,” Hiccup nodded, “you’ll probably won’t see me here for a while…” “Ooh… alright…” Derpy replied with a sad sigh. “Okay, Hiccup…” Prauf said, patting him lightly on the shoulder. Hiccup appreciated the support his friends were giving him, ever since he first got here, Prauf, Gobber, Tails and even Derpy have been kind and supportive of him throughout the years he spent on Bracca. As he took one last look at his friends, Hiccup let out a sigh, exhausted after using the Force and the hard work he did, then closed his eyes for a while. It was for minutes later, that Hiccup opened his eyes again, but he then noticed something… all the workers in the carriage were here with him… but his friends had disappeared. Hiccup got up from his seat and looked around, there was no sign of Gobber. Or Tails. Or Prauf. Or Derpy. “Gobber? Prauf?” Hiccup spoke up, hoping to see if any of them could hear him. There was no response, so Hiccup walked over to the door to check the next carriage, once he entered the next one, he looked around the crowd inside to find his friends, as he called them out again, “Tails? Derpy, are you around here?” Hiccup looked until he thought he saw the door to the next carriage close. Believing one of his friends went that way, he journeyed through the door to the next carriage. Entering the next coach, he seemed to finally caught the sight of Prauf entering through the next door. “Prauf? Wait up!” Hiccup cried as he walked through the crowd, but as he did, the lights suddenly began to flicker, and windows started to show nothing but darkness, it was possible due to it was nighttime possibly, or the train was going through a tunnel, but Hiccup suddenly felt something cold as he continued. Entering the next coach, he could see Prauf enter through the next door, causing Hiccup walk a little faster, but that was then things started to get weird… and sinister. As he walked past other workers, it seemed that every time the lights flickered, one or two of the workers suddenly vanished. Once he entered the next coach, it was completely empty, with no lights except for on the doorway that Prauf was standing in front of. “Where’re you going? Where’s everyone else?” Hiccup asked, but Prauf said nothing and walked through the door, as it closed in front of Hiccup as he arrived. Hiccup pressed the button to open the door, but oddly, nothing happened, he tried again, still nothing. Hiccup pressed the button a few times, but still the door won’t open. “What’s going on?” Hiccup asked, as he banged on the door, then pressed the button again… and a sinister voice spoke up. “Execute Order 66.” Those three words brought a shiver down Hiccup’s spine as he heard it, he couldn’t understand what was going on, so he tried to go back to his seat in his coach, so he turned around to walk back down the Jedi Cruiser corridor and… wait, the Jedi Cruiser corridor? Hiccup looked around in confusion of what was going on, wasn’t he in the workers’ train on Bracca? “What the…?” Hiccup could muster, until he spotted an astromech, an R2 droid, working on something. “Hey, can you help me, little droid?” Hiccup asked, but it seemed like the droid wasn’t listening. Once the droid finished, whatever it was doing, the droid went down the hall, causing Hiccup to follow it as it went through to another room as the door closed behind it. Hiccup went over to the door, but as it did, the doorway suddenly began to expand longer, like the door was moving away fast from him. After the extension of the corridor, ship alarms suddenly went off, making Hiccup nervous of what was going on, as he continued down the hall. Just then, the doors suddenly shut, leaving Hiccup feeling like he was trapped in a box, causing him to rush to the door. He felt very nervous when he reached it, and slowly raised his hand to try and open it… Suddenly, the door opened up fast, revealing a Lasat warrior to appear in front of a startled Hiccup, as he fell over backwards and crawled backwards on the floor. Before Hiccup could do anything else, he was suddenly hoisted up as the Lasat raised his hand. “Apprentice, mark well and listen carefully:” the Lasat said. “M-master Tapal?!” Hiccup said in shock, as he realized he was confronted by his old Jedi Master. Before Hiccup could say anything, Tapal soon looked to Hiccup as he finished his sentence as he said, “Trust only in the Force!” Tapal lowered his hand, causing Hiccup to fall to the ground with a thud… “Hiccup!” Tails’ voice called to Hiccup as the train jolted. The jolt caused Hiccup to wake up as he cried, “Master Tapal!” Hiccup was startled from what happened, as he breathed heavily as he looked around. “You okay, lass?” Gobber asked. Hiccup was baffled of what had happened, but looked to Gobber as he repleid, “Y-yeah, I’m good…” Hiccup then looked around, as he saw the other work passengers looking around in confusion, until it finally hit Hiccup: “The train’s stopped.” “That’s right,” Tails replied, “that’s why I had to wake you up to tell you that.” “Something’s going on around here.” Prauf added. As the group got up, the coach doors opened as two Stormtroopers appeared. “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Hiccup muttered to the others. “Everybody up, identification at the ready.” one of the Stormtroopers said. The first Stormtrooper walked ahead of the second and went to the other side of the coach, as the carriage side doors opened up as he said, “Everyone out and line up.” “Probably just another contraband inspection.” Prauf suggested. Hiccup, his friends and the others did what they were told, and walked out of the train and into the rainy weather outside, though Hiccup grew a little suspicious, and put his hood up just in case. As he stepped out, he saw several other Stormtroopers observing the workers as they got out, then saw standing among the troopers, was Lieutenant Zim, along with his robot minion, Gir, the Irken grinning wickedly and evil-like. Soon Hiccup saw a ship landing nearby, and stepping out were three young femine figures each wearing a helmet. Hiccup definitely had a bad feeling about this. Three masked female figures walked up to Zim and the Stormtroopers, as they looked to the group of workers, along with Hiccup and his friends. The three females soon took off their masks, each one revealing a different face for each of them. The first one had pale apple green skin, with luminous vivid orange hair with yellow streaks, her hair quite afro-like, and had a purple headband with spikes. The second had skin which was pale, light greyish fuchsia with moderate purple hair with light aquamarine streaks, her hair worn in two ponytails. The third female had arctic bluish white skin, and had light article blue hair with streaks of moderate persian blue, worn as a single ponytail. “Is that all of the workers?” the first female asked. “Yes, Agent Adagio.” one of the Stormtroopers replied. “As you can see, the workers here are well organized and trustworthy…” Zim stated, before shouting out, “OR SO WE THINK!” “It is alright, Zim,” Adagio said, with a small grin, “We’ll take it from here.” Adagio and the other two females approached the group, Hiccup and his friends were a little nervous. “We are here seeking a dangerous fugitive.” Adagio announced, “I can assure you that this is no common anarchist… but a devotee to the treasoners Jedi Order.” Murmurs of shock, confusion and worry came from the workers, while Hiccup and his friends looked more worried than scared, as they realized that, somehow, Hiccup’s rescue of Prauf was noticed somehow. Adagio looked to the second female, “Aria.” Aria nodded, then looked to the crowd of workers as she said, “If the Jedi doesn’t turn himself in, or if anyone doesn’t turn him in either, there will be a charge of sedition.” “The punishment,” Adagio added, “will be summary execution.” The Stormtrooper around the workers readied their blasters to open fire, causing everyone to back away a little. “Look, mister Jedi, whether you are,” spoke up the third female, who looked a little different to Adagio and Aria, as she looked quite… optimistic, “we don’t want to hurt you or your friends, we just want you to come and surrender. That’s all.” “Sonata, of course we’re gonna hurt the Jedi!” the second female said, a little annoyed, “He’s a threat to the Dark Order!” Adagio groaned, not wanting to hear another argument between the two, “Hold your ground, Aria.” Adagio looked around at the group, “We’re waiting.” Hiccup looked nervous at the situation, if he turned himself in, he would end up getting killed, if he didn’t he and the others would die. While this was happening, Prauf looked to his friends, especially Hiccup, as he saw that they were indeed in big trouble, realizing there was no way out… unless…  With quick thinking, Prauf stepped forward a little, “I think… it’s time someone came forward.” Hiccup and others saw what he was doing, and worried for his safety, Hiccup held Prauf’s hand, as his alien friend looked at him with worried, yet comforting eyes. “Prauf…” Hiccup could muster, looking a little scared, as Tails comforted Derpy, both them being a little scared too. Releasing his hand from Hiccup’s, Prauf placed a hand on Hiccup’s shoulder and said in a comforting, quiet voice, “It’ll be alright, Hiccup.” Prauf looked back to the three sirens as he took a deep breath, and decided to make his voice heard. “I, uh..., I-I've been working on this heap a long time. Way before the war. We refit and rebuild ships. Best in the galaxy.” Prauf spoke up, as he did, Hiccup secretly got out his lightsaber while no one was looking, at the sametime, Gobber and Tails looked to each other, as the former was secretly switching his robotic hand into a blaster, while the latter activated his wrist communicator, “Then came the Empire. The Dark Order. And engineers...became scrappers. The workers - just started getting worked.” Prauf pointed out, as he looked to his friends before making his stand, “But we all know the truth. We're just...afraid to say it. To the Empire...we're all just expendable.” “Indeed… you are.” Adagio said, stepping in front of Prauf… as she activated her lightsaber in front of him, impaling him from the chest. “PRAUF!!” Tails, Gobber and Derpy cried out in horror. “NO!” Hiccup screamed, as he activated his lightsaber, showing a green beam of light, as he tried to strike down Adagio, only to realise she had a double bladed lightsaber when a second red beam appeared and countered his blade. “Well, well,” Adagio smirked, as Prauf’s body slipped off her lightsaber and collapsed to the ground , “look what we have here. A lightsaber.” “Guys, run!” cried Hiccup as he looked to the others, as he and Adagio clashed lightsabers. Aria looked to Gobber, Tails and Derpy as she heard Hiccup call to them, then smirked at the idea as she ordered, “Continue as ordered, execute them!” The Stormtroopers instantly brought up the blasters to the workers, aiming at them, much to Hiccup’s friends’ worry… until one worker brought out his blasters and rapidly fired on the troopers, catching Hiccup, his friends and the Siren Sith by surprise. The worker then took off his hood he had on, revealing him to be a blue-feathered falcon as he looked to the others as he cried out, “Go! Hurry!” The other workers instantly ran for their lives, while Hiccup’s friends were baffled by what happened, until the falcon saw several more Stormtroopers heading their way, then turned to them and said, “Come with me! Now!” Tails, Gobber and Derpy did what he said, and hurried with him as quickly as they could, until Tails used his namesakes to fly ahead as he said, “You guys go on! I’m gonna get R4-Z1!” “Careful, lass!” Gobber shouted, as he used his blaster arm to fire on the upcoming troops as he and Derpy accompanied the unexpected ally. Hiccup, meanwhile, continued his fight against Adagio, though Hiccup hadn’t been using his lightsaber for quite a long while, making him a little rusty, giving Adagio the upper hand as she then used the Force to shove him backwards. Hiccup was suddenly caught by a robotic arm, as he looked to see Zim smirking as he robot minion had him at the ropes. “Peekaboo, I see you!” the robot giggled. “Excellent work, Gir!” Zim grinned, before crying out, “I HAVE FOUND THE JEDI!!” The young Jedi soon used his lightsaber to slice off the robotic arm that got hold of him, unfortunately, he was held over the edge of a cliff, resulting in him to tumble down. “No! You blasted idiot!” he could hear one of the Sirens, possibly Adagio, cry out to Zim and Gir, before their voices were out of range from the fall. He didn’t fall for long, as he then crashed through the roof of a passing train, landing inside a storage cart with a few bruises. “What was that?” came a voice of a Stormtrooper, as Hiccup tried to pick himself up from the fall. “Checking out the disturbance.” another Stormtrooper voice said. “Augh… that really hurt.” groaned Hiccup as he got himself up, only to be in the presence of the two Stormtroopers. “Hold it, don’t move!” ordered the 1st Stormtrooper, “How’d you get here?” Hiccup raised his hands (one of them still holding the lightsaber), “Easy now, guys.” “We seem to have a stowaway here.” the 2nd Stormtrooper said as he contacted for help. “Hey, don’t need to call this in.” Hiccup warned them. “Too bad.” the 1st Stormtrooper said, reading his blaster. With no choice, Hiccup activated his Lightsaber to attack. “It’s a Jedi!” the 1st Stormtrooper cried, before Hiccup struck him down, along with the 2nd before they could do anything. Hiccup hurried as he could, but when he got out, he saw several more Stormtroopers nearby, as he heard one of them speak, “We got orders, there’s a Jedi on board. Shoot to kill.” Hiccup realized he will have to do what he can to get away, as well as take down the Stormtroopers. Taking a deep breath, Hiccup rushed onward, lightsaber at the ready. “There he is!” a Stormtrooper spotted him, “Blast him!” Using his lightsaber, Hiccup deflected as many blast fires as he could, before coming within range of the troopers and striking them down hard. Hiccup hurried as he could to get into the next cart for shelter, then rushed out again to see if the coast was clear. “Hands up, Jedi!” It wasn’t. Hiccup looked to see two Stormtroopers up on one of the carts, as he got his lightsaber ready again. “Contact command,” said one Stormtrooper, “we’ve located the Jedi and-” Just then, something blasted the trooper mid sentence along with the 2nd one, as they plummeted to the ground of the train. Hiccup looked and smiled, as Tails and a black and gold R-series droid flew by and landed on the train. “Tails! R4-Z1!” Hiccup smiled. “Thought you can use the help, Hiccup.” Tails smirked, as R4-B4 beeped happily. Before they could make a move, another voice got their attention, “It won’t be enough to defeat us.” Hiccup, Tails and R4 turned to see Aria, with a serious look, as she brought out her lightsaber, ready to fight. “Don’t move, Jedi.” came a Stormtrooper’s voice, as he had with him a control baton. Tails and R4 got out of the way, just as Aria charged against Hiccup, who tried to counter her attacks, though he was quite unmatched as the Stormtrooper tried to strike him down too, giving the Jedi a disadvantage of two against one. Aria had quite a good amount of balance, while the trooper worked as a distraction, though while Hiccup did his best on avoiding getting struck down, he was soon nearly close to the edge of the moving train, which would lead a straight plummet down. Seeing the Stormtrooper closing to Hiccup, who was nearing the edge, and was about to strike again, R4 charged at the trooper, letting out a squealing beep as it used a static tool to zap him, seeing this, Tails found one of the downed Stormtroopers’ blasters and threw it at the trooper, knocking him on the head and caused the Stormtrooper to clumsily fall off the train. “Thanks!” cried Hiccup, as he continued to fight Aria. “No problem!” Tails replied, however, it was short lived as he and R4 spotted an Imperial patrol transport, as it began to open fire on them, causing the two to try and find cover. Before they would be toast, some blaster fire soon began shooting towards the patrol transport, before several finally struck it down. This caught Hiccup, Tails, R4 and Aria’s attention, until a ship soon flew by, no doubt for the friends was the one that shot down the transport. As the ship, which looked like a Stinger XL, slowly began to get closer, the door hatch opened up, revealing the blue falcon that had helped Gobber and Derpy, and along with him, a young teenage woman, who had light ceruleanish gray skin, and had rainbow hair with goggles. “Hey! We’re here to help!” the young teen shouted. “Who are you?” Tails asked. “No time!” the falcon exclaimed, “Just keep going!” “We’ll try and pick you up as soon as we can!” the girl added, as the ship soon began to fly away from them, and soon zoomed on ahead, as two more patrol transports were chasing after the ship. Tails decided to do what they said, as he and R4 rushed over to the next cart, and climbed up to the rooftops of the train. The young fox turned back to Hiccup as he cried, “Hiccup, we have to get going!” “Working on it!” Hiccup cried, as he continued his fight with Aria. Luckily, Hiccup found an opening and used his legs to trip her over, allowing him to get a head start to jump up to catch up with two. The three friends soon hurried as quickly as they could, but soon, Aria was catching up as she soon joined them on the rooftops, until she used a force jump to land in front of them. “This has been fun, Jedi,” Aria smiled, before glaring, “but this ends right now!” “Oh… ok, this is bad.” Hiccup said in a worried groan. Things were about to escalate downward hard, as the friends and the Sith soon heard far off explosions that were slowly getting closer, as they turned to where the train was going, they saw in shock and horror that a bomber Tie Fighter was flying their way. Inside the bomber, Zim laughed maniacally at his greatest plan: to stop the Jedi on the train, he would blow up the train tracks, resulting in the train plummeting and killing the Jedi. “Yes. YES!” cried Zim, “Destroy the tracks! Send the Jedi to his plummeting DOOM!!” “But sir,” the pilot, looking worried, spoke up, “Agent Aria is still-” “BE QUIET!!” Zim yelled back. As the bomber got closer, the friends' eyes widened in panic as Hiccup cried out, “This is worse!” Aria, meanwhile, just scowled at what was happening, before making another force jump, allowing her to land onto the bomber Tie, just as it dropped another bomb as it exploded, causing the train to come off the rails, as well as cause the heroes to lose their balance and slide down the train, falling of the roof, then onto the flatbeds and even inside train carts. R4 was able to get his rockets active as he flew downwards, but Hiccup and Tails began to have trouble, until they spotted the Stinger flying below, the door hatch still open, as they heard the young teen’s voice. “Okay!” she cried, “Jump now!” Using all his might, Hiccup managed to make a jump, along with Tails, as they both took a leap of faith, jumping off the falling debris that was a train, and grabbed hold of the edge of the door, while R4 managed to fly into the ship (though bumped into the blue falcon from earlier). As they tried to get up, the teen, along with Gobber, came up to help them up. “Hold on, lads,” said Gobber, “we got you!” The teen managed to get Tails up, and passed him to Gobber, but just as they were half way on helping Hiccup, Tie Fighters soon opened fire on the ship, causing it to rock a bit and causing Hiccup to fall. “Hiccup!” was all he could hear from Tails and Gobber, as Hiccup continued being in freefall, knowing that he would no doubt get killed upon landing. As he fell, he spotted and grabbed hold of one of the scraper droids, while it didn’t stop him from fallen, it did slow him down a little (though the droid was seemingly annoyed of the hitchhiking worker holding on to it and tried to get him off), until Hiccup finally found a nearby platform and tumbled over to it. As he got up, he looked up and saw Adagio appear over the top of a high ledge in front of him, before using the Dark Side of the Force to slowly levitate down to his level. “Going somewhere, Jedi?” she asked, activating her lightsaber again, powering up one side of the double-bladed lightsaber. Hiccup reactivated his lightsaber, and then steadied himself in a defensive position, holding his lightsaber near horizontally. Adagio looked at this position and smirked, “I recognize that stance. Perhaps you’ve had some training after all.” As Adagio approached, Hiccup carefully stepped back, while taking quick glances behind as he was slowly closing to the edge. “Who was your master, Padawan?” Adagio asked, still smirking an evil grin, “Someone I killed, perhaps?” Adagio then brought her lightsaber to Hiccup, who countered it with his lightsaber, both beams of light clashed for a second, before the warriors parted. Hiccup and Adagio parried on each strike of their lightsabers, until Hiccup got an idea, as she got him in another horizontal block with their lightsabers, Hiccup sidestepped quickly and hit Adagio on the head with the handle of the lightsaber. “You little brat!” Adagio growled, rubbing her head, before activating the other blade of her double-bladed lightsaber. Hiccup realized he was in trouble, a single-blade lightsaber he could handle, but it was hard to take on one with a double-bladed lightsaber. He swung his lightsaber at Adagio, who countered with one side of the lightsaber, before swinging the other side at him, causing him to counter with his. Hiccup ducked and dodged as best as he could, as Adagio continued to fight without breaking a sweat. As she made another swing of her lightsaber, Hiccup backflipped to dodge, however, he realized he reached the very edge, and quickly regained his balance. He turned to see Adagio strike, but out of nowhere, Hiccup quickly brought out another lightsaber, much to the Siren’s surprise. Just then, the stinger soon appeared beside them, as Hiccup and Adagio turned to see the front of the ship… before it opened fire. Adagio quickly jumped out of the way, while Hiccup tumbled over to avoid the blasts as well. “Get on board!” Hiccup could hear a voice, as he looked up to see a fox and the teen, along with Tails, who had a worried look. “Hurry, Hiccup! Jump on board!” he cried. Hiccup got up and hurried as quick as he could just in time, as he and the others looked to see Adagio approach them, her hair a little messed up, as she then reactivated her lightsaber and approached them. Hiccup was suddenly grabbed by the teen and tossed him inside, though the Jedi kept his balance and remained standing up, until he saw her and the ofx open fire with their blasters at Adagio, who dodged and deflected the blasts with her lightsaber, as she then began to run faster towards the ship. “CAPTAIN! PEPPY!” the fox cried out inside, “Get us out of here! Quickly!” He then turned to the teen, “Rainbow! The doors!” “Right!” cried Rainbow, as she quickly pressed the button to close the door while continuing firing on the Sith. Adagio charged as she then made a jump to strike them with her lightsaber… only to miss as it struck the door as it closed just in time. Soon, Hiccup (his lightsaber at the ready), Tails and their rescuers passed by the others (who were glad to see Hiccup was okay) and reached the pilot controls, to see a four-armed Latero and a rabbit at the controls, both frantically preparing to make a hasty exit. “Peppy! We got the Jedi!” cried the fox, “Get us out of here! Fast!” “Way ahead of that, Fox!” the rabbit, Peppy exclaimed, “Though a reminder that all but one of us don’t have four arms! Stand by for a jump to lightspeed in a few seconds!” Suddenly, Adagio jumped onto the cockpit glass, hanging on tight, and used the Force to take control of the control wheel the Latero was holding onto, causing the ship to spin around, the Siren Sith still hanging on. Tails saw what was happening and grabbed the wheel, turning it a different direction, causing Adagio to lose her grip on both the wheel via the Force and hanging onto the ship, causing her to slip off and land back on the platform. The Stinger ship soon took off, several Imperial transports gaining after them. “Alright,” Peppy exclaimed, “Entering Light Speed… NOW!!” As he pulled the hyperdrive lever, Hiccup and his friends looked stunned, as they and their unexpected rescuers entered light speed, as they escaped the planet Bracca. Back on the platform, Adagio, fixing her hair, looked up to where the ship escaped, and glared, knowing that they and the rest of the Sith and the Dark Order will find Hiccup and his friends soon enough. Back inside the ship, the others took a breath of relief as they were finally save for now. The Latero turned to see Hiccup, still a little on edge with nervousness, his lightsaber still on, as he spoke to calm him down, “Okay, uh, shut that thing off and grab some seat.” Hiccup looked to the Latero, then back to his lightsaber, remembering it was still on, then did what he was told and switched it off. The young Jedi soon approached into what appeared to be the lounge of the ship, seeing his friends taking a small breather. “So glad to see ya ok, Hiccup.” Gobber smiled as he looked at him. “Thanks, Gobber,” Hiccup nodded, “you too.” He and his friends soon turned to their unexpected rescuers, who were formed out of the fox named… well, Fox, the rabbit that went by the name of Peppy, the rainbow-haired teen Rainbow, the blue falcon, a frog and the four-armed Latero as he said, “Thanks for the help… but who are you guys, anyway?” “They’re with me.” a new voice spoke, as Hiccup and his friends turned to seea young woman, about his age, who had cyan eyes, brown skin with long, dark brown hair that most of it was kept in a ponytail. “My name is Korra,” the young woman, Korra, introduced herself before gesturing to the others, “these here are Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, Rainbow Dash and our captain, Greez Dritus.” “Greetings!” the toad named Slippy waved. “How ya doin’?” Greez the Latero said before adding as he pointed to Korra, “Yeah, the Mantis is my ship, but y’all better pay attention to this lady here.” “Do you have a name?” Falco asked. “I’m Hiccup. Hiccup Haddock.” Hiccup introduced himself. “My name is Miles Prower,” Tails gestured to himself, “but everyone calls me Tails.” “And this here is my droid friend, R4-Z1,” he added as he introduced the astromech to the crew, as the droid beeped as a way of saying hello, before gesturing to the others, “and this is Derpy Hooves and Gobber.” “Pleasure.” Gobber said, but then looked to the group as he asked, “Who were those sinister She-Devils back there?” “They used lightsabers like the Jedi,” Tails pointed out, “only those ones were red ones.” “They’re Sith.” Hiccup said, as both parties looked to him, “I learned little about them from my master. They represent the Dark Side of the Force. While Jedi use the Force for knowledge and defence, the Sith use it to attack upon others.” Korra and her crew looked to one another with unease, before looking to Hiccup’s group as she explained, “Those three you’ve encountered, they call themselves the Siren Sisters. They are Imperial Inquisitors. Force user agents of the Sith who were sent to hunt down any surviving Jedi following the Purge.” “You're lucky that we intercepted a transmission communication between them and their bosses.” Falco spoke up, “We heard that a Jedi was seemingly detected on Bracca and the Big Cheeses of the Dark Order sent some of their best there, and we sent yours truly to locate the Jedi and bring him or her here before they found you.” “But now that they know who you are, they and the others won’t stop until you’re dead!” Rainbow pointed out. “Really, so then, what’s the bounty for Jedi these days?” Hiccup asked, seemingly sarcastic. “That’s gratitude for ya.” Greez smirked. Korra approached Hiccup as she said, “I understand you’ve been surviving on your own for so long it’s hard to trust anyone, despite that it’s kept you alive.” “But he wasn’t alone.” Derpy spoke up, getting their attention. “Derpy’s right,” Tails nodded, “you’ve had us, Hiccup. And we’re always on your side, just like we said.” R4 bleeped happily in agreement. Hiccup smiled as he looked to them giving him support, until Korra spoke up, “They’re right, Hiccup, and right now, this is something far more bigger than surviving.” “And what’s that?” Hiccup asked. Korra looked to him and smiled, “Rebuilding the Jedi Order.” Hiccup and his friends were stunned a little. “The Jedi Order?” Tails asked. “That’s right,” Korra nodded, “it may seem like that everyone believes that the Jedi are gone, but as long as there are Force-sensitive beings out there, those who have a strong connection to the Force, along with any survivors as we mentioned, there can be hope for the Jedi to return. Hope to stop the Dark Order. Hope to help tip the scales of this war. And hope for a new generation of Jedi.” “What about the Jedi Council?” Hiccup asked. Korra looked to him with apologetic eyes as she replied, “I’m sorry. They’re all gone.” Hiccup looked stunned in a sad way, almost like the info pierced his heart fast, if the Jedi Council was gone, then that meant… Hiccup soon sat down, as the news sank in. “Is something wrong, Hiccup?” Derpy asked. Hiccup sadlu sighed as he looked to both groups as he said, “My mother was part of the Jedi Council…” Both parties looked stunned in shock about it, until Korra placed a hand on his shoulder as he looked to him with compassion. “I’m sorry, Hiccup…” she said, looking at him with a small comforting smile, “Bet she was a great Jedi.” “More than that,” Hiccup sadly smiled, “she was a great mom any kid would want.” Hiccup then took a deep breath, then looked to everyone around him, “So it’s just us for now, huh?” “Got a problem with that?” Greez smirked. “No,” Hiccup smiled a little, “I suppose it’s worth a go.” Korra smiled before looking to Greez, “Set a course for Bogano, Captain.” “Aye, aye.” Greez nodded, before heading back to the controls. “Welcome aboard, guys!” Rainbow winked at the group as she headed off. Korra looked to Hiccup’s group, “In the meantime, take some time to rest and relax. You all had a tough day today.” “Ma’am, after everything that’s been happening, we can’t thank you enough.” Gobber kindly said to Korra. “You’ll be safe, for now,” Korra looked to Hiccup, “we’ll explain more when we get to our destination.” As Korra began to leave with the others heading back to their stations, Hiccup turned to Korra. “Korra,” he said, getting her attention, “thanks.” Korra just smiled and nodded, before heading to her quarters. Hiccup then got out the necklace from his top, making sure it was still there, then let out a small sigh as he looked at it. “Is that yours?” Derpy asked, getting his attention. “Oh, yeah.” Hiccup replied, “I made this myself, I even did one for a close friend of mine to have, too.” “It’s made from a Kyber Crystal, isn’t it?” Tails joined in. “That’s right.” Hiccup nodded. “But what’s written on it?” Derpy asked. “It’s Aurebesh, and translates ‘Trust in the Force’,” Hiccup explained, “I made these for me and my friend, Astrid was her name, and that no matter what happens, wherever we are, even if we’re apart, we will trust in the Force, knowing we may see each other again.” “Must have been someone very special, wasn’t she?” Tails smiled. “Yeah…” Hiccup nodded with a small smile, looking back at the necklace, “she was.”