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Ember sword chapter 0: The Lone Pilot

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“Alert! Alert! This is not a drill! Everyone to your station!” The sirens blaring in Luna’s ear were almost deafening. She just finished her night shift of patrols and in the morning, the sirens were blasting for some reason. She rolled out of her cot, put on her uniform, and opened the door leading into the hallway. Soldiers, pilots, and other crew members were running hectically in all directions. “This can’t be good,” she told herself. Luna wasn’t sure if she needed to run to the hanger where her ship set or to the command center. She knew Gunther was most likely at his post in the command center and could fill her in. All she had to do was leave the barracks and run across the training field to get to the center and away from these sirens. She made a dash past the crowd and stepped outside. Once she made it out, she looked up and froze. As more and more ran outside of the barracks, many of Luna’s colleagues did the same. They could not believe what lay in front of them.  Someone sp