Being upside down was a wonderful thing. And…and reading while upside down was something that was even better. Millicent was hanging over the edge of her bed, the light in her bedroom emitting a soft glow. She was finally on the last book in this Star Wars Series…it was called “Invincible”, and she knew…she knew that this had to be the one where Jacen went good again! He had become…he had become a Sith Lord…and that was just absolutely the most terrible thing that could have ever happened to her biggest hero.

But that was the thing about Jacen, and the real reason that Millie continued to read through the series, even after she had almost sworn the books off. Jacen was a hero. He was a good guy, deep down…and good guys always pulled through! How else could good beat evil! It was a simple thing, anyway.

The child was nearing the end of the book, eyes flitting across the page every few seconds, biting her lip in utter excitement! So much was happening, it was very close to being too much to take in! Finally…finally!

Millicent let out a startled scream, staring at the words on the page. Jaina…Jaina just killed him. Jacen Solo…her hero…

He was dead.

Tears filled the child’s chocolate brown eyes and she trembled, before very carefully doggie earing the page, then promptly throwing the book across the room as hard as she could, causing her pigs to emit squeals of surprise, the both of them darting out of the room. “Yeah. Yeah you two run. Jaina…don’t you dare kill your brother! It’s not right, you hear me!” Millie shouted after, the tears falling freely down her face.

What kind of a stupid…how could Jaina had done that? Why would she do that? Jacen…Jacen wasn’t a bad guy! He did some bad things…but he shouldn’t…Millie scrubbed at her eyes, flinging herself onto her bed, hugging her pillow tightly for a very, very long time, just staring blankly at her headboard.

What…why could this have happened? Good always won against evil…but Jedi’s weren’t supposed to just kill the evil…even if the evil did do very, very bad things. Luke hadn’t just killed his dad after all, and Darth Vader did go good in the end…so why didn’t they just do that with Jacen? Couldn’t they have just…captured him and tried to talk him back into being a good guy? That would have worked. It would have worked perfectly…and nobody else understood that.

Star Wars had just betrayed her. Betrayed her just like the first book in that awful series had said. ‘Betrayal’ What a perfect title… Millie sat up, lip trembling. There was only one thing to do that made any sense now. “I just…have to not…” She nodded to herself, then ran through the house, grabbing a large plastic box from the spare room, then dragged it back to her room.

Glancing around, she tried to find every single piece of Star Wars paraphernalia that she had, then when she had found everything, or at least what she thought was everything…she began to put it all in the box. Posters, toys, clothes, her books. Everything. Her Jedi robes went on top of everything else, though she placed her blue lightsaber right on top of that. If Jedi’s just killed every bad guy who got in their way…then she had to find something else to be for awhile. That wasn’t fair. Jacen hadn’t been a bad guy forever…and he still could have been helped.

Millicent covered the box, then shoved the thing into the closet of the spare room. She went back to her room and looked around, lip trembling. It was so empty now…she supposed she’d have to find something else to love from now on…Star Wars was just…bad now…

…What would her padawans say…