Natural Enemies

Chapter 1 :)

Growing up on a resistance base was never easy, the constant fear that the first order could come at any time was definitely something that would keep you on your toes. We're trained in what to do in these situations, but the inevitable could always happen.

Once you turn 18, you must decide if you want to become a fighter pilot or if you want to fight on foot with weapons. You begin combat training so you can fight alongside the resistance against the first order whilst learning how to use a variety of different sized guns so that you are able to use whichever you can get your hands on if faced with a dilemma in battle. However, there was no option if you didn't want to fight at all, if you just wanted peace. That was my problem, I was conflicted against the light and dark side. I didn't want to kill the first order but I wouldn't stand for my friends and family to be slaughtered, so I decided to become a fighter. I was found by the resistance around a year and a half ago living in an abandoned wreckage when I was fighting for my survival, general Leia had sent a few troops to search the area looking for supplies for their ship when they came across my little spot. They brought me back to their base in return for my loyalty, and from then on I was part of the resistance.

I had I've been in training for a couple of months now, the determination inside me fuels all my energy when fighting through all the tests and practises, making me feel the most powerful I've ever felt, but there's always that heavy feeling that I'm missing something, needing something more. Living in a place where everyone has different opinions to me really makes me feel as though I'm constantly on my own, that I don't belong in my own home.

I let out all of my emotions onto the battered punching bag in front of me, these thoughts fogged my mind for most of the session helping time pass a little quicker. I look over to my right and see my best friend Poe grinning at me with a look of amusement on his face.

"What?" I asked

"Nothing, it's just entertaining when you really go at it on those bags" he replied, slightly laughing as my cheeks flushed red.

"Shut up, I-" My response was cut off as the alarms rang through the base signaling that we were under attack.

TIE fighters flew across the sky circling the base as our pilots raced towards their ships, leaving us fighters to grab our weapons and defend the grounds. I watched as Poe got into his ship, giving me one last look as if to say 'be careful'. I had no doubt that Poe would be fine and would come out of this safely as he was the best pilot we had, but I was anxious for myself as I'd only been training for a while and have never been in a fight like this, a fight againt the first order. I ran to the weapon station grabbed the closest blaster i could find and looked for some sort of cover. I needed to find Finn, he could help me in what to do and i knew that together we would be able to survive. I searched around me, desperate to catch a glimpse of him, when i spotted him crouched behind a supply crate shooting the stormtroopers that had emerged from a first order ship that had landed nearby. I ran towards him, ducking as blaster shots shot past my head, and dived behind the same crate where he was sheltered.

"Lily? Where's Leia?" He shouted franticly.

"I- I don't know, I was with Poe in the training area, I haven't seen her since this morning"

"Poe? Is he alright?" A worried look shot across his face but was quickly replaced with fear as more stormtroopers started to make their way towards us.

"Poe's fine, but right now we need to focus on ourselves, you know Poe is the best pilot we have, no need to worry"

Finn stood up, shooting three stormtroopers that had gotten rather close. I looked around, checking how many troopers we were actually dealing with. There were around 7 making their way towards where we were defending and around 15 more came from the woods behind them.