Elara never meant to stand out.
On Kamino-where lightning splits the sky and cadets are pushed to their limits-she's just trying to survive. Exhausted from night shifts and falling behind in the combat medic program, she's one mistake away from being cut. She doesn't expect anyone to notice. Especially not them.
But Clone Force 99 is watching.
Led by the enigmatic Hunter-sharp-eyed, soft-spoken, and impossible to read, the squad offers her something unexpected: a second chance. A new kind of training. And a place she never thought she could belong.
As Elara fights to prove herself, her bond with the team deepens... especially with the quiet sergeant who sees more than she wants to admit. In the storm of war, survival isn't just about strength. It's about trust, found family, and the courage to let someone in.
And on a planet where it never stops raining, Elara might finally find her light.
Ever since Luna Everleigh was little, she's been called crazy. Mad. Lunatic. And she's never had to wonder why. She knows no one else can see her best friend. Knows her head has never worked quite the way everyone else's seems to. Knows that what was once dismissed as a child's overactive imagination has turned into something less innocent and Luna has been paying the price for the world's judgement of it for years.
So when Albus Dumbledore comes to offer Luna a place at Hogwarts, she sees it for what it is: a chance to start over in a school that hasn't learned all the clever, cruel nicknames she's spent years wishing she could forget.
But second chances are fragile and Luna knows she must fight to protect hers from a secret she's been guarding all her life: the nicknames of her childhood aren't just cruel, they're correct. And no one can ever know.