Dawn of the Force

Rebel base, Kashyyyk

06/14/2025

1500 hours

"Alright, show me some magic," Luke coaxed.

Finally, the moment Twilight had been waiting for. She decided to start off easy with basic levitation. She knew it wouldn't be THAT impressive, given what she knew of the force, but it was a good place to start. Her horn lit up and a couple objects became enveloped in her aura before lifting off the ground. After a few seconds, she decided to add more objects, and, before long, she was levitating everything in the room that wasn't bolted down.

"Gotta say, this is kind of impressive," Luke admitted, "But forget levitation, what else can you do?"

After setting everything down safely, Twilight proceeded to project a beam of light from her horn.

"This is an aura blade, my brother taught me how to use it when I was younger," Twilight said, "Hey, pull out your lightsaber, I want to see what happens when the two come into contact".

Out of pure curiosity, Luke did just that. As his lightsaber clicked on with a loud hiss, he moved slowly towards the light emanating from Twilight's horn. The hum of the blade initially caused Twilight to step back a slight bit before remembering what she was doing. She stood perfectly still as Luke brought his blade of light into contact with Twilight's. The two touched... and Twilight received a powerful shock that threw her into the wall behind her. Luke dropped his lightsaber and rushed over to make sure she wasn't hurt too badly.

"Well, that was shocking," Twilight said with a slight laugh, "Guess lightsabers are more powerful than I thought".

"What caused it, do you think?" Luke asked.

"A lightsaber's blade is accompanied by a low hum," Twilight explained, "My guess is that the hum resonates hard enough to counter my magic... violently at that".

"I see... well, better hope you don't have to face a Sith warrior anytime soon," Luke said, half jokingly.

"And if I do?" Twilight asked.

"Run," Luke said.

"How hard is it to make a lightsaber?" Twilight asked.

"Not too terribly difficult," Luke said, "Why?"

"Since my aura blade doesn't work, I want something to defend myself with should I ever face a Sith," Twilight said, "Blasters won't do it, their bolts get deflected, if I'm not mistaken. I do know a similar attack that uses a little more force than a blaster, I believe, but it'd still do no good".

"Alright, grab a hold of it and turn it on," Luke said, holding out his own lightsaber.

Twilight grabbed it and looked for a way to activate it. After she found the button, she focused and the blade ignited... and threw her against the wall yet again.

"Ok, yea... should've seen that coming," Twilight admitted weakly.

Over the course of the next couple of hours, Luke had disassembled his lightsaber to show Twilight how it worked. The unicorn was adamant about having her own lightsaber, believing she could make one that would work with magic. As Luke pointed out every piece, she jotted down notes.

"And that's all there is to it," Luke said, starting to put his lightsaber back together, "Seems like a ton of information, but it's quite simple when you really think about it".

"If possible, I'd love to have a harmonic generator to tinker with," Twilight said, "There has to be a way to make it so my magic won't conflict with the lightsaber, but still allow it to function as originally intended".

"The ones for lightsabers are quite expensive and, since the massacre a few years back, quite rare," Luke explained, "But, I'll see what I can do. For now, how about some more magic?"

Twilight just simply nodded.

"You said you had a spell similar to that of a blaster shot?" Luke asked, igniting his lightsaber, "Let's try it out".

Twilight lit up her horn, aimed right at Luke, and fired off a couple shots. As predicted earlier, the shots were deflected. However, as they contacted the blade of Luke's lightsaber, they became supercharged. Twilight put up a shield to hold back the shots, good thing too as they exploded upon impact. The explosion was like that of a shrapnel grenade, sending shards of deadly magic in all directions.

"Well, that's a thing," Luke said after surviving the unexpected rain of magic.

"I wonder what would happen with a real blaster," Twilight said, "Want to try it out?"

"Not right now, the number of explosions might have everyone questioning whether there's stormtroopers coming through here," Luke said.

"Right, cause we're scary white armored clones coming to take over the base," Twilight said jokingly.

The two then exited the room and went their separate ways. Twilight, being so absorbed into earlier events, failed to notice just how exhausted she had become. Now that she was walking towards her room, the excitement was gone, and fatigue started to finally set in. When she made it into her room, she plopped down on her bed and immediately fell asleep.