The wind was cold, blowing through her long black hair. The wind also carried a familiar scent. Her mother was making fried Bantha for dinner.

Her mind began to wander, imagining the taste of the Bantha.

"Concentrate Alayna!" A voice snapped, bringing her back to focus. The lightsaber she was supposed to be levitating had dropped a few inches.

"Sorry." Alayna replied, bringing the lightsaber back to eye level.

"You have to be able to focus, while at the same time being aware of what is around you." The voice said. "But at the same time, you can't let the things around you take to much of your focus. That's enough for one day. Come on, your mother almost has dinner ready and I'm hungry."

Alayna opened her eyes and looked up to see her father standing in front of her, holding her lightsaber. He held out his hand and smiled. Alayna smiled back and took his hand. She took her lightsaber as he helped her up off the ground.

"Race you back?" She asked, clipping the double bladed lightsaber to her belt.

"I'll give you a head start." Ezra laughed.

Without hesitation, Alayna took off toward the house in the distance.

"Your mistake old man!" She yelled back.

She had nearly made it to the back door when she heard heavy footfalls approaching. She glanced behind her and saw her father quickly gaining on her. Using the Force, she launched herself toward the door. Just as she did, her mother stepped outside.

"Mom look out!" Alayna yelled, now unable to stop herself.

Sabine casually stepped to the side as her daughter tumbled through the open door.

"Are you...KARKING HELLS EZRA!" She yelled as her husband tackled her through the open door. The two landed next to their daughter, who started laughing. Ezra started laughing too, and eventually Sabine did as well.

"All right you two." Sabine said, standing. "Kanan and Hera will be here in a few minutes, so go get yourselves cleaned up."

Alayna ran up the stairs to her room, nearly tripping over Chopper on the way.

"Yeah yeah, I'm sorry." She said as the droid beeped at her.

Once in her room, she set her lightsaber on her bed, washed her face, and changed into a fresh jumpsuit before putting her armor back on. She looked at herself in the mirror, making sure her armor was on right.

At 16 years old, Alayna Bridger was almost a carbon copy of her mother. The only notable exceptions were her electric blue eyes and her long mess of black hair. The Mandalorian armor she wore only added to the image. It had been her grandfathers, and when he had died a year before, he had left it to her. She had then gone through the process of reworking the armor to fit, just like her mother had when she was young.

But the design was all their armor had in common. Where Sabine's armor was a vibrant mix of colors, Alayna's armor was mostly grey, but highlighted with splatters of blue. She had also incorporated a dark grey colored cloak into the armor to mimic the Jedi battle armor her father usually wore. The cloak also had the same blue splatter pattern, as well as her mother's starbird design in the center.

She wasn't just a Mandalorian, and she wasn't just a Jedi. She was something else. Something in between. Something unique.

She heard a ship and looked out the window to see the Ghost landing in the front yard. She checked herself in the mirror again, then grabbed her lightsaber and headed downstairs. In contrast to her dark colored armor, her lightsaber hilt was a bright white, made from a rare, naturally occurring white metal. She clipped the lightsaber to her belt just as the door opened.

"Jacen!" She exclaimed as a young man walked through the door.

"Hey 'Layna." Jacen replied as she hugged him. "Did you miss me?"

Jacen, 20 years old and a full fledged Jedi Knight, spent most of his days keeping the fragile peace between the New Republic and the remnant factions of the Empire. He was usually gone for months at a time, so Alayna never wasted an opportunity to see him. As Hera and Kanan's only child, he was the closest thing to a brother she had ever had.

Kanan and Hera entered next, and after everyone was settled in, they ate. Alayna loved times like this, when their family could be together.

She didn't realize it would be the last time for a long time.

A/N: So I know this was a short chapter, but I'm testing to see how y'all respond. Thanks for reading, please let me know what's good/bad/needs improving.

Also I don't own Star Wars (Idk if we still have to do that, but there it is.)