“Oh no, no Ellie, don’t you dare---” I exclaimed.

“What if we CAN skip school though! It’s possible!” She said,

“Would you please get a grip on reality and realism, Ellie!” I said, annoyed.

“Would you please shut up, and listen to my plan, Zach!” She snapped.

She clapped her hands over her mouth. This was NOT a reaction I had expected from her. Heck, it was probably not a reaction SHE had expected from herself. Back on Earth, the phrase “Shut up” was like a dirty word at her house.

“Listen, I’m sorry for saying that, but you really, REALLY need to listen to my plan, because it WILL work. I’m sure of it.”

“How can you be so sure? It is not like you can see into the future. . .”

That face again.

“Wait, wait, wait. You are telling me that you can see into the future?! How?!” I said loudly.

“Let’s go back to our dorm to talk about this.” She said,

I nodded my head in agreement, and we fast-walked back to the dorm in silence. Once we got there, Ellie immediately shut the door, and (I think) used the force to make sure that no one else was listening.

“I can’t really SEE into the future, it is more like a feeling that tells me that this WILL work.” She said, looking anxious.

“Do you know how to control this feeling so that it doesn’t bring you to the, well, you know.” I said quietly.

“The what? What are you talking about?”

“The dark side!” I whispered.

“Oh! Oh. Oh. . .” She said.

“You’re shaking,” I said. “Are you cold? I can turn the heat up if you need. . .”

“No, it’s not that. . .” She said, still quivering.

“Soooo. . . What is it?” I said, confused.

“My question is: If Ash already left, HOW COME SHE IS STILL SOUNDLY SLEEPING IN YOUR BUNK?” Ellie yelled.

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“WHAT?!” I yelled as well.

I turned around to see, just as Ellie said, Ash, still sleeping soundly in my bed. You know that feeling when you fall really hard on your chest, and you get up and you can’t breathe for a couple of seconds? You feel stunned, and you don’t know what to think? Well that is how I felt just then.

“Why is. . . what happened to . . . Oh. My. God.”

Ellie rushed over to Ash, and shook her awake. I watched Ash’s eyes open, and they seemed red around the edges. As soon as Ash’s eyes opened, she slapped Ellie in the face.

“OWWW! That hurt!” Ellie yelled, obviously in pain.

As soon as Ash saw her she threw her arms around her, and started sobbing.

“Woah, are you okay?! What happened?! We thought we saw you earlier, but it didn’t seem like you! We were so confused! START EXPLAINING. NOW.” Ellie said.

“Woah, hold off on the questions, Ellie. Ash, are you okay?” I said

“YOU LITERALLY JUST ASKED A QUESTION, ZACH!” Ellie said.

I couldn’t help but giggle.

“It was a NECESSARY question.” I said, still chuckling.

“G-guys,” Ash said. “So much has happened. . . I don’t know where to start. . .”

“Start at the part where we told you that we found the kyber crystals under your pillow.” I said.

“Wait, what? When did that happen?” Ash said, shocked.

I glanced over at Ellie, but she was smiling.

“This morning. . . Don’t you remember?” I said.

“No, I don’t,” Ash said “I wasn’t here this morning.”

***

“Wait, you weren’t here this morning?” I almost yelled.

I looked over at Ellie, expecting a shocked face, like mine, but she just kept smiling. That’s when I lost it.

“ELLIE!” I yelled. “WHY ARE YOU SMILING?! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS, AND YOU ARE SITTING THERE SMILING! WHY?!”

“Because, I just figured all of it out.”

“What?” I said. “Well if Ash wasn’t here this morning then I think I know who was.” Ellie said, still smiling.

Before I could say anything else she started running down the main hall towards the right wing where the other dorms are.

“Ellie, wait up!” I yelled.

When we got to the dorms we walked inside and Shuffled quietly over to Ash’s bunk. There was someone in it. But how! Ash was right here next to me! I gripped my lightsaber and unhooked from my belt and held it at the ready. Ellie doing the same walked over to the bunk and quickly flipped the covers off the sleeping ‘Person’. We were horrified, there laying on the bed was a dummy that looked exactly like Ash, down to every detail, even her hair was the right color and style. Ash Suppressed a scream.

“Why would anyone do this?” Ash Practically yelled.

“No not why, who, as in who did this?” Ellie said. “And I think I might know who.”