My Little Pony: The Star Wars
The Crash
Previous ChapterNext ChapterPrincess Twilight Sparkle was not having a pleasant morning.
She had spent the entire night prior studying Equestrian Law in order to prepare for a court case she had to witness. Being a Princess, she had to be present for just about every hearing the little town had.
It was tiresome, but necessary, and she knew it. So she made the best of it, paying close attention to the ponies in the court room, as case after case was presented and either the verdict was rejected or accepted with her signature. Luckily, this only happened once a month, so she was spared having to do this everyday.
The last case of that day was completed, thank Celestia, and she was able to go back to the castle. Twilight was on the approach to her front door when a blur of Pink materialized in front of her with a "Hiya Twilight!"
Twilight gave a tired smile in front of her friend, before continuing to walk. "Hey Pinkie."
"What are you doing?!" Pinkie asked as she bounced beside the Alicorn.
"I'm about to go take a nap. Today has been so exhausting, and I barely got any sleep last night, because of all of the studying I had to do for today!" Twilight replied.
"Maybe I should make you one of my sleepy time cupcakes! I always go to sleep after eating one of those!" Pinkie ranted as Twilight climbed up her stairs.
"I think I'll pass, Pinkie, but thanks for the offer. A good nap will do me well." Twilight said.
"Okie Dokie Lokie, if you say so!" Pinkie replied from the bottom of the stairs.
Twilight made her way into her bedroom, before getting into it and setting her clock to wake her up in two hours. More than enough time for a nap.
She knew just how badly she needed it...
As she rested her head on the pillow, she couldn't help but wonder what the future would hold. Starlight Glimmer on the loose, the cutie mark map showing them where they were all needed, she wondered just how much those factors would impact the future.
These thoughts plagued her mind. What did the future have in store for her? She and her friends had faced multiple threats and opponents in her time, she had beaten Nightmare Moon, Discord, King Sombra, Tirek, and Starlight Glimmer. But she couldn't help but wonder: Would they one day meet an enemy they couldn't beat? The thought was disturbing, certainly, and it made her heart race. Luck had a limit, so some ponies told her, so how long until it ran out? She had tried debunking this scientifically, only to count the odds of the how much she odds were against her all times prior. It was unsettling. Those numbers, if printed on paper, would be as tall as Celestia by now.
Before she could descend into a panic attack, she used the breathing technique Cadance had taught her to calm herself down. Sleep first, than worry.
As she drifted off to sleep, the thought in her mind was only one thing: "What now? What happens now?"
Celestia's sun was setting in the horizon as Rainbow Dash leaned back on her cloud near the Everfree Forest. The mare was, as usual, in the middle of one of her naps. For several moments she was undisturbed. Until...
BOOM!
What sounded like a clap of thunder woke up the Pegasus as it nearly punctured her eardrums and echoed across the area, and a shockwave slammed into her cloud with such brutal force that she was nearly thrown off.
"SWEET CELESTIA!!" She screamed as she slipped off the cloud and just barely got her wings flapping in time. She looked up at the sky for the source of the sound before her jaw dropped.
A massive fireball was hurling toward the Everfree at an alarming speed, but when she looked closer, she saw whatever it was was almost mechanical in nature and was spinning uncontrollably. It wasn't like anything she had seen before in her entire life. She watched in shock as it smashed into the Everfree with a sound that rivaled an earthquake. It took her several moments to get her to close her mouth and say one thing.
"Twilight. I gotta get Twilight!"
With a rainbow colored blur, she was gone.
Systems coming online...
Photoreceptors... Online.
Vocabulator... Online.
Primary bodily functions... Online.
Central and Secondary processors... Online.
Rebooting... Reboot complete.
In the cockpit of the crashed starship, the photoreceptors of the droid in the pilots seat blinked on for the first time in two years. The first thing it did was "blink", or close the shutters over its receptors meant to protect them. Once that task was complete it tested the vocabulator.
"Approximate calculations were correct. Chronometer indicates 2 years, 3 months, and 11 days since entering of standby mode. Not so bad, if I do say so myself."
The droid then tested moving its legs and arms. They worked as well. Excellent. Now it had to check its power levels...
The droid was surprised to discover 56% power was left from the two year hiatus. It expected less. Much less.
This meant getting power was not an immediate concern.
The next thing it tested was it's Lightsabers, summoning each in hand before activating them both. Both blades sprang to life with a hiss, the black blades seeming to suck all light surrounding them into the blades. The droid deactivated and put away it's weapons. Lightsabers operational
He then tested his connection to the Force. He concentrated and was overwhelmed by the amount of it present on the planet... It was staggering. Few worlds had so much Force-Energy... He lifted a rock off of the ground and back on to test his telekinesis. It was still normal.
He decided to examine his surroundings, but first he had to scour the ship for anything useful. He found two spare power cells, an emergency first aid kit (in case he ran into an injured organic.), and his cape. He clipped his cape over his shoulders before looking to the south.
"Well, Poma, you have certainly gotten yourself into an interesting predicament." The droid said to himself.
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