1 month later:

I was only in flight training for a week. I already knew how to fly an X-Wing. Poe had taught me over the past few years, starting from almost as soon as I had officially joined the Resistance.

I loved my new uniform. The helmet was amazing, and the jumpsuit made me feel like a true Resistance fighter. And now, I was finally getting to go into battle for real. We were attacking a First Order Star Destroyer, called the Finalizer. We were to try and destroy the kyber crystals it was carrying.

I had known that this was a dangerous job, especially for someone so young. I had been warned of this numerous times during training, and I had multiple oppritunities to "quit while I was ahead" as it was put. But here I am now.

Despite the fact that I was at least 6 years younger than all of the rest of the pilots in my squadron, I was treated well and with respect. Everywhere I went, heads seemed to turn. And not just because of my pilot suit and badge signalling what squadron I was in, but because of the age of the person wearing it, not to mention I was a girl. The only girl in Black Squadron, and the youngest person in the Resistance history to ever fly a ship, let alone a X-Wing. Even high-ranking admirals and generals looked my way. Some were even higher ranked than Leia!

I had met with Leia again only yesterday, just her and I this time, and she asked how it was going. I told her the only thing that could possibly come close to summing it all up: I was loving it. She had smiled, but then her smile had faded when she told me that the Finalizer had aboard none other than Kylo Ren and General Hux, as well as Captain Phasma. Feared, high-ranking First Order officers, all three were to he feared. I asked her why she was telling me this, when I knew for a fact that no one else in my squadron (the only squadron attempting this dangerous mission) knew this information.

She told me why: Because this was my last chance to drop out of Black Squadron before I took any real risks. All three of the feared First Order officers were incredible strategists and Leia told me the truth: Not all of us would make it back alive.

I told her I knew. I understood the risks I was taking. But I wasn't dropping out. Ever.

I climbed into my X-Wing and prepped for takeoff. "You ready, Black Five?" Poe asked me over my helmet's comlink. I took a deep breath.

"Yeah. Let's go kick some First Order butt."

And with that Black Squadron took off, with Poe in the lead.

We flew into space and jumped into hyperspace. After what seemed like forever, we came out of hyperspace over a small planet that I forgot the name of. I gasped loudly at the sight of the Star Destroyer in front of us.

"Black Leader, standing by," I heard Poe say vaguely.

How are we going to do this?

"Black Two standing by."

It's huge.

"Holy crap! That's a big Star Destroyer. Black Three standing by."

No kidding.

"Black Four standing by. Agreed, Black Three."

Poe better have a good plan of attack, or we're screwed.

"Black Five? You there? Amy?" I heard Poe ask. I snapped out of it.

"Sorry, Black Leader. Black Five standing by."

I heard the rest of the callsigns being repeated. All 7 more of them. Leia's words flew through my head.

Not all of you will make it back alive, Amy.

There were only 12 of us in the Squadron, and I couldn't bear to lose any of them. Even over the past 3 weeks, I had grown so close to all of them. I didn't know if I could take the pain of one of them dying. Or more than one. Or all of them. And not Poe. Especially not Poe.

"This is the Finalizer," came a voice over the intercom in my ship. I cringed. General Hux.

"Surrender your vessels or be destroyer," came the order.

"Attack formation," Poe counter-ordered. I turned her X-Wing and came up in formation behind Black Three. (Think of this formation as an arrow head.)

"Repeat. This is the Finalizer. Surrender your vessels or BE DESTROYED." Hux commanded. "This is your final warning."

I stifled a chuckle. This guy is so naive. He seriously thinks we'll surrender? Gimme a break.

"This is Black Leader of the Resistance," Poe said to the Star Destroyer. "We will not surrender to a force illegally travelling here and carrying illegal goods. This is Republic territory. Surrender YOUR vessels or be destroyed."

Silence, then. "We do not recognize your Republic here. Launching fighters."

A dozen TIE Fighters launched from the Destroyer and headed straight for Black Squadron.

"Attack!" Poe shouted. All of the X-Wings fired their lasers at fastly approaching TIEs. One came straight towards me, but a quick twitch of my fingers sent the TIE into oblivion. Only 11 more to go.

"Nice shot, Black Five!" One of the other pilots called out over the shared comlink in all of our helmets.

"Thanks!" I called back.

"Look out, Black Four!" Came the shout, but it was too late. The X-Wing next to me in formation exploded, sending flames over to my ship. I rolled my X-Wing away, but it was too late. I didn't even have time to mourn the pilot's death before my wing caught on fire.

"I'm hit! I'm hit!" I shouted. "AA-5, can you fix it?"

A chirp from my astromech sent my hopes falling. "Damage irrepairable. What do I do?" I asked my fellow pilots. Warning lights went off inside the cockpit. I flicked switches and buttons frantically. "Systems failing!"

Then I felt it. I felt cold. I could almost feel the darkness.

It felt like time was slowing down as I turned my gaze to the Finalizer. What.... I stared at the bridge of the Destroyer and almost felt as if.... As if.... Someone was watching me. Knowing me. Feeling me.

I tore my gaze away from the Star Destroyer as I felt a rough force come over the X-Wing. "What's happening?"

"You're caught in a tractor beam!" Black Leader shouted. "No! Amy!"

"Poe!" I screamed as my ship began to drift closer to the Star Destroyer. "Poe! Help me!"

"I'm coming!" He shouted. "Hold on, Ams!"

Dun dun dun! Cliffhanger! Don't worry, another update coming soon! I try to work really hard on each update to have the perfect spelling, grammar, and plot possible. Let me know in the comments what you thought!

-LothalRebelUltraFan