(Hyperspace to Unknown Destination, 3rd P.O.V)

Aboard the Republic Cruiser, Jonathan Flynn was meditating as Commanders Wolffe and Gregor were in charge of navigation and maintenance. Deep in his connection with the Force, his appointed Admiral of his new fleet once he gets more pilots and ships, enters the room. “General Flynn, we’ve arrived to your location, but there is literally nothing but debris out there.” The Admiral informs him. “Admiral Yalurtarian, I know this area and the only thing out here is what we need for our fleet.” Jonathan rose as he walked with Admiral Yalurtarian. Entering the Bridge, he looked out to see what used to be an old Republic shipyard. “Well, I see the Empire has not been here.” Wolffe stated as Flynn looked out. “Don’t be too sure, they could know about this and have it under surveillance.” “He could be right, but what could we possibly find here?” Gregor asked. “Well follow me and find out.” Flynn smiled as he headed toward the small pod. After disengaging with the cruiser, The small group flew towards the abandoned site to see debris adrift in space. As they drew near, what seemed to be a large piece of metal slowly became something no one would expect, two fully intact Republic Venator Class cruisers. “Well, that’s unexpected.” Wolffe said looking at the cruisers. “Yeah, I thought all of them were converted into those Star Destroyers?” Gregor pointed out. “Heh not all of them.” Flynn replied as they entered an open hangar on one of the large cruisers.

After entering, the small group looked around to find a few starfighters and gunships in separate hangars. “Well, this covers the ship problem, now all we need is more pilots to fly them.” Admiral Yalurtarian said. “I think I may know how to find more. Come on.” Wolffe said as the group left the Bridge and went to the comms room. It took some time due to the power not activated, but they were able to get the comms table operational. “Sir it seems, this ship had caught a transmission not too long ago.” Yalurtarian said as he tries to decrypt the message. “Keep at it Admiral, let me know when you’re done, then we’ll listen to it and see who it’s from. Gregor I want you and Wolffe to get our cruiser to the other Venator and try to activate the power.” Flynn said to the clone Commanders. “Yes sir.” Gregor said as they left back to the hangar. Flynn however, left for the engine room to find a way to activate the ship and its power. He was no engineer, but all it took was a simple flip of a generator switch to activate the engines and power. “Haha, Let the Republic survive.” Flynn said as his commlink alerted him that Yalurtarian wanted to speak to him. “What’s the news, Admiral?” he asked. “Well Flynn, we just finished decrypting that transmission, and you won’t believe who it’s from!” Yalurtariun exclaimed with joy. “Alright, I’m on my way.” Flynn said as he headed back towards the comms room.

Back on the Bridge, Admiral Yalurtarian and Flynn both watched the transmission and Flynn was surprised who he’d never see again. “Eric, he’s alive!” Flynn said in astonishment. “And it appears he knows some rebels that could be a great asset to help strike our biggest blow to the Empire.” Admiral Yalurtarian said as Flynn was beyond happy his son was still alive. “Can you track the location of the message’s origin?” Flynn asked. “I can try sir.” Yalurtarian said as he started the process of tracking the message’s origin. After an hour of tracking the signal of Eric’s message, Yalurtarian managed to get the hyperspace coordinates of the planet the message was coming from. Flynn activated his commlink to get Wolffe. “Wolffe, is the other ship set?” Flynn asked. “She is good to go, we also have names for these ships.” Wolffe replied. “Which are?” Flynn asked curiously. “The ship you’re on is the Conquest, the ship we’re on is the Freedom.” Wolffe responded. “I like them, we are sending you coordinates to our next location.” Flynn said as he sent the coordinates to the Freedom. “We got them, on your signal.” Wolffe said as the two Republic cruisers angled out of the shipyard and jumped into hyperspace.

(Equestria, Ponyville, Roseluck’s P.O.V)

After hiding in the Library for quite some time after Eric left outside to meet some strangers, I was relieved to hear that no gunfire was heard or lightsabers being activated, but I did hear Eric say that he wanted to talk to the Emperor. “Why would he want to talk to that monster?!” I thought to myself as I listened to their conversation. Then I heard another voice and it definitely was male, but he sounded like he was from Trottingham or something, but he did say that was a Jedi once, then a Sith. “How can he be both, he’s either a Jedi, or a Sith, there’s no in between!” I mentally shouted. “Okay everyone it’s safe to come out now.” I heard Eric say. “You were not going to turn to that evil side of the Force, right?” I asked with a hint of fear in my voice. “No, I’m not, I just want this fight to end so I can get on with my life here with you.” Eric said as he picked me up and kissed me. “We heard another voice, he sounded pretty wise, who was it?” Celestia asked curiously. Eric and I broke away from our kiss and gently set me back down on the ground. “Darth Malachor of the old Sith Empire, He needed a place to settle and wants to teach me more about the Force, but I allowed him to stay, but I don’t want anymore involvement with the Empire.” I replied to Celestia as Echo sat down and took off his helmet and to have some fun and put it on Twilight without her noticing til it was too late. “What is R7?” Eric asked as he turned towards his droid, who was chirping at us. R7 turned and activated his holoprojector to reveal a young looking man wearing hooded robes. “Don’t ask how I got your holofrequency, you already know how I got it, and I gave you mine just in case you want to talk.” The man said obviously this wasn’t the man Eric was talking to before he spoke to the Emperor.

“Who are you and how do you know who I am?” Eric asked as I got scared of who this man was. “I know that I’ve been away from you and your mother for quite a while, but you know the rules of the Jedi.” The mysterious man said to Eric. This made me all the more skeptical as Eric was surprised. “Father?” Eric asked as he started tearing up. “Yes, son it’s me.” Eric’s father said with a smile. “H-How and why?” Eric asked with sadness. “All shall be answered in due time, but we are on our way soon.” His Father explained as the transmission ended. “Are you going to be okay sweetheart?” I asked as I rubbed his back my hoof. “I think, it’s just. I never knew him and all I know was that he left me and my Mother when I was but an infant.” Eric said as he moved and sat down with a hand covering his face. “Let it all out sweetie it’s alright to be sad, don’t think of it as a burden, but a blessing.” I said as I hugged Eric tightly. After all the times he’d helped me, it was about time for me to return the favor.

(Space Over Equestria, 3rd P.O.V)

“I’m back Admiral.” Malachor said as he entered the bridge of the Inquisition. “Welcome back My Lord.” Admiral Vicarn said as his commanding officer passed him. “Is there something wrong sir?” Vicarn asked as he could tell that Malachor was looking out of the bridge windows not saying a word. “Oh that young Jedi, Eric may have made the biggest mistake of his life, he’s pretty much doomed this planet to destruction by goading Palpatine to come here to confront me.” Malachor said as calmly as he could without allowing his temper to flare. “Shall I send out the message to the rest of our allies to come here and prepare for war?” Vicarn asked hoping to alleviate some of the tension. “Yes Admiral, if you would do that, it would most likely put my mind at ease.” Malachor said as he just stared at the planet as if it were a science project. “Yes sir, right away sir.” Vicarn said as he quickly ran off to the comms room. Then an officer called out something that had some people aboard on edge. “Sir, we have two large cruisers of an unknown class coming from hyperspace!” “Let them come, besides they could be good assets to have in our fight against the Empire, but let’s give them some space to start their orbit, helmsman divert our course towards vect 23.” Malachor said as he didn’t want to appear hostile to the new arrivals. “Yes sir.” The helmsman replied as he typed in the necessary commands on his terminal.

Not too far away from the Inquisition, the Conquest and Freedom had arrived over the planet where Eric’s transmission originated. “Sir, we have arrived and it appears a ship of an unknown design is already orbiting the planet.” Admiral Yalurtarian said as he looked over the navicomputer. “Activate deflector shields just to be on alert, they could be hostile.” General Flynn ordered both Wolffe and Yalurtarian. “Yes sir.” Flynn got on the comms to contact the unknown vessel. “This is the Conquest, please identify your ship, faction, and business.” Flynn asked as he awaited their response. “Greetings Conquest, this is the Emperor’s Inquisition, under the command of Darth Malachor, we’re not with the Empire, we’re here to settle on this world after our fight with the Empire is over.” Admiral Vicarn replied to Flynn’s message. “A Sith eh, I thought they were wiped out after the Clone Wars ended?” Flynn asked himself before getting on comms again. “Alright Inquisition, My ships will keep our distance and not engage unless attacked or threatened.” Flynn said as he turned to Admiral Yalurtarian. “Maintain current orbit, but make sure our cannons are set just in case.” “Yes sir” Yalurtarian replied as the Conquest began to rotate the cannons. “Wolffe, make sure the Freedom does not do anything to provoke the ship.” Flynn ordered as he headed down to the Hangar to get in a small LAAT Gunship.“You got it sir.” Wolffe replied as the Freedom copied the Conquest’s movement. “Inquisition, do we have permission to come aboard?” Flynn asked as he activated the gunships’ engines. “You’re clear to land in hangar 12.” Vicarn replied politely.

(Malachor’s P.O.V)

I heard Vicarn running towards me on the bridge to tell me something. “Yes, Admiral?” I asked as Vicarn caught his breath. “Sir we have visitors coming into hangar 12, apparently they want to meet you.” Vicarn said as I turned to face him. “Very well, I’m heading down there now, Lieutenant Vorks, prepare some living quarters for them.” I said to the ebony haired male. “Yes, Lord.” Vorks said as he bowed. My trip to hangar 12 was relatively uneventful, but it was more interesting than my normal routine. I saw an unusual ship enter the hangar, it looked more suited for flying in the stratosphere of a planet, not space, oh well beggars can’t be choosers. The ship landed and I saw much to my surprise a Jedi leave the ship. “He looks like Eric, wait this couldn’t possibly be…” “His father.”Flynn said to finish my sentence. “Yeah, I figured you’d think that.” Flynn said with a smile. I smiled back at him. “Maybe you can talk some sense into your boy, he’s still got a lot to learn, and I think between the two of us he’ll feel more balanced.” I said as I shook Flynn’s hand. “Well some of the stubbornness came from me, but I don’t know if he’ll listen, I mean I wasn’t around in his life at all.” Flynn said as he hung his head in shame. “Don’t worry, he’ll listen to you, sure he’s upset, but it’s because he doesn’t know why you left him and his mother, explain that and he’ll listen to you.” I said reassuringly. “My mother was a Jedi and my father was a Sith, how those two managed to work out I have no clue, but my father defected to the Jedi after he met my mother, I was raised on Tython, and at the age of 14, I left for Korriban, the birthplace of True Sith. I stayed there and became a Dark Councilor at the age of 19.” I said as I told him a bit about my past occupation during the Golden Age.

“Well, thanks, but I think I need to see my son and tell him in person. By the way I can sense your lightsaber crystal is unique.” Flynn said as he pointed to my lightsaber. “Like it? It was actually a pet project of mine. I thought, “I wonder if it’s possible to fuse a synthetic red crystal with a kyber crystal with the Force.” So I tried this about six separate times, until I finally achieved success as I could feel the Force calling to me as I held it in my hand.” I explained the origin of my lightsaber crystal to Flynn. “That’s unbelieveable, what happened when you fought with another Sith, or Jedi who didn’t have this type of crystal?” Flynn asked me with an awe-stricken expression. “How about you find out for yourself?” I said as I took my lightsaber from my belt and activated my crimson red with a black core color blade.

(Inquisition Hangar 12, Jonathan’s P.O.V)

After I arrived aboard Malachor’s ship I noticed that the Galactic Empire and the Ancient Sith Empire had similar ship designs, but I personally kind of thought that Malachor’s ship was much more menacing. As I landed my gunship, I saw Darth Malachor himself waiting to greet me. As I looked at Malachor, he seemed to be aware that I looked very much like my son, Eric. “His father.” I said finishing his thought for him. “Yeah, I figured you’d think that.” I said with a smile. Malachor smiled back. “Maybe you can talk some sense into your boy, he’s still got a lot to learn, and I think between the two of us he’ll feel more balanced.” Malachor said as he shook my hand. “Well some of the stubbornness came from me, but I don’t know if he’ll listen, I mean I wasn’t around in his life at all.” I said as I hung my head in shame. “Don’t worry, he’ll listen to you, sure he’s upset, but it’s because he doesn’t know why you left him and his mother, explain that and he’ll listen to you.” He said reassuringly. “My mother was a Jedi and my father was a Sith, how those two managed to work out I have no clue, but my father defected to the Jedi after he met my mother, I was raised on Tython, and at the age of 14, I left for Korriban, the birthplace of True Sith. I stayed there and became a Dark Councilor at the age of 19.” He said as he told me a bit about his past occupation during the Golden Age.

“Well, thanks, but I think I need to see my son and tell him in person. By the way I can sense your lightsaber’s crystal is unique.” I said as I pointed to his lightsaber. “Like it? It was actually a pet project of mine. I thought, “I wonder if it’s possible to fuse a synthetic red crystal with a kyber crystal with the Force.” So I tried this about six separate times, until I finally achieved success as I could feel the Force calling to me as I held it in my hand.” Malachor explained the origin of his lightsaber crystal to me. I was in shock, If Malachor could fuse two distinctly different crystals together, then he must be a very powerful Force user. “That’s unbelieveable, what happened when you fought with another Sith, or Jedi who didn’t have this type of crystal?” I asked him with an awe-stricken expression. “How about you find out for yourself?” Malachor said as he took his lightsaber from his belt and activated his crimson red with a black core color blade. “That’s so awesome, I hope he has a crystal that calls to me!” I thought to myself as I activated my forest green lightsaber. “Ah, a Consular eh? Your son’s a Guardian, and a strong one too.” Malachor complimented as he took up a Soresu defensive posture. “Thanks, that means a lot, now let’s duel.” I said as I made a quick lunge towards him.

(3rd P.O.V)

Flynn swung first to have his blade meet Malachor’s and Flynn began performing some attacks, but Malachor expertly blocked them all before countering with his own quick, elaborate strikes. Being trained and mentored by Master Yoda, Flynn was able to pick up some good wisdom and tactics from one of the most wisest Jedi around. Malachor was calm and focused, this was not what Jonathan Flynn was expecting from a Darth. “I see you were taught by Yoda. How is he by the way?” Malachor asked as he observed Flynn’s attacks to be very similar to those found in the Ataru form. “I sense he’s still alive, so he must be fine.” Flynn responded as the two duelists clashed blades and held against one another Flynn was shocked to hear that Yoda would associate himself with a Sith. “That’s good to hear, I just wish he was here, I think he’d love it to see this. The Force is extremely strong here.” Malachor said as he pressed harder into Flynn’s green blade. After Flynn managed to push Malachor back, but he was unaware that his blade was slightly fractured from the stress Malachor had put on it earlier. “I feel my blade slowly becoming unstable, I feel as if this could be your doing?” Flynn asked.

“Your assumption would be correct, you see that’s one of the many benefits of this hybrid crystal, it concentrates the wielder’s natural connection to the Force without feeling too fragile, or brittle.” Malachor said as he deactivated his blade, signifying that the duel was over. “Very impressive, how old were you when you discovered that you could fuse the crystals together?” Flynn asked as he deactivated his blade in response. “I was 16 when I finally succeeded in making mine, but I still kept the ‘failures’ because I thought that maybe one might respond to someone else, I’ll show you, if you’ll follow me to my quarters please.” Malachor said as he began to walk towards the elevator. “Sure, I thank you for the invitation.” Flynn said as he bowed respectfully. “Excellent, this way, oh if you wish to stay, I had my Lieutenant prepare some quarters for you.” Malachor said with a warm smile. “Thanks for the offer, but I’d like to see my son first and hopefully get to know him a bit better.” Flynn said as the two Force users rode the elevator to the bridge. “I understand, no father should ever be too distant from his son, I remember when my father told me about his time in the Empire.” Malachor said as he reminisced about his relationship with his own father. “All too true, but I never wanted to leave Eric and his mother, really I wanted to stay, but…” Flynn started to say before he felt tears sting his eyes.

“It’s alright, I understand, the Jedi Code restricted you from having the family you’ve always wanted.” Malachor said as he placed a hand on Flynn’s shoulder. “Thanks for understanding, you’re not like any Sith I’ve ever met.” Flynn said as he wiped his tears away. “That’s because I was once a Jedi, but then I left the Order in pursuit of knowledge they couldn’t teach me, so I became a Sith, but I was never hostile to any Jedi, unless they openly tried to kill me for just having a Sith’s robes.” Malachor said with a slight frown at how the Jedi could be so narrow minded sometimes. “Huh, I didn’t know that you could study the Dark Side and not fall to it, I guess I still have much to learn.” Flynn said with a small chuckle. “If you want I could teach you, it’s alright if you don’t want to, but just so you know it’s never too late to learn.” Malachor said with a fatherly tone. “I’ll think about it.” Flynn said as the two of them exited the elevator and went in the opposite direction of the bridge.

“These are my quarters, be careful of my holocrons, some of them are from the ancient Sith Lords themselves, and I don’t want them damaged.” Malachor warned as Flynn entered the room. “Thank you, but my new home is aboard the Conquest and I have my new fleet to build. But I thank you for your hospitality.” Flynn thanked the Sith/Jedi. “It’s no trouble, now let’s see, where did I put those hybrid crystals?” Malachor said as he looked around his quarters for his ‘failed’ hybrid crystals. “Aha, here they are.” Malachor said as he found the container. “Mind if I take a look?” Flynn asked. “ Sure, go ahead, if you feel one calling to you, just take it, I can always make more.” Malachor said as he opened the container filled with crystals with various colors.

(Space over Coruscant, Vader’s P.O.V)

After receiving a message the Young Jedi foolishly sent, My Master had ordered the Death Star to be completed in a few hours to wipe out the Jedi and his compatriots for good. The Death Star’s hyperdrive, primary, and secondary weapons at full charge capacity. “Lord Vader, before we set out, I want you to be aware that there’s another Sith, but that’s not the strange part, it’s that he’s been around since the Ancient Sith Empire.” My master informed me, clearly irritated at the fact this Sith named Darth Malachor, was still alive somehow. “I take it you thought he was dead all this time, Master?” I asked, already knowing the answer. “Of course, but as fate would have it, he’s staying where the young fool now resides.” My master said as a cruel smile made its way onto his face. “I want you to deal the young fool, while I take care of Malachor, if you finish off the brat early, I want you to help me end the ancient fool.” “As you wish.” I said as I bowed and left the room. I went toward the comms room alone to get Agent Kallus. “Ah Lord Vader.” He said as I told him of his mission. “Agent Kallus, I want you to send your fleet to these coordinates to distract the enemy ships that might be in the planet’s orbit as the Death Star moves into position.” “Yes my Lord, it shall be done.” Kallus said as the transmission cuts out and the fall of Jedi will come soon.

Author's Note

Hello Ponies and Bronies, Obsidian here to say that the Invasion of Equestria is steadily coming with the Death Star Prototype just about completed, The small rebellion fleets are all that stand in the way to the possible catastrophic destruction. I wish to thank Randablitz for editing as always and be sure to give feedback for improvements.

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