The Republic has fallen... "What is the Republic?"

You were my brother, Anakin... "Anakin? Who is... Anakin?"

You must feel the Force around you... "The... Force?"

Already begun, the Clone Wars have... "Clone Wars?"

The voices were strange, almost as if they faded in and out of existence- Like they were there, yet not there. However, as time moved on, the dark void surrounding Twilight Sparkle began screaming words at her; Incomprehensible, unintelligible, blurred words. They screamed and screamed, directing a wave of pain and pressure to her head. She clenched her temples to try and block out the noise, until all went silent again. Save for one last sentence:

There has been an awakening...

Twilight awoke screaming. Out of breath, her heart tried to burst out of its flesh prison, still startled from the nightmare. Was it a dream? She rubbed the sand out of her eyes, and looking around she saw what startled her awake: her alarm for school. Reaching for the glasses on her nightstand, the girl pushed the dismiss button on top of the infernal machine as quickly as she should. Looking around her room she sighed. Or was it something more?

It didn't take her too long to get ready, and her routine was fairly simple: Get dressed, take shower, brush teeth, fix hair, go to school. It was a routine she had written in her head all the time; A mental checklist. Every part of the routine she did, in her own mind she shouted Check! to prove to herself that it was just that closer to becoming complete. That nightmare she had though, it plagued her thoughts. None of it made sense, and yet it did. Like an encoded message without the cipher. Republic, Clone Wars, the Force? she chuckled to herself. It all sounds like a bunch of nonsense! Before catching the bus to her school, Twilight took a look at the Calendar. Today's date was circled in red marker.

It's today... Today was the official first day of her transfer to Canterlot High School. Although it warmed her heart that she'll be learning all sorts of new things from her friends, a part of it remembered how she ended up going there in the first place. If I didn't become that...Monster, I wouldn't have ever met my friends, or learn the power of friendship. She resented that whole ordeal; She violated powerful magic, and in turn it violated her, twisting her ambitions and morals into something evil and corrupt. She wanted to learn all about magic, but her arrogance and lack of poor judgement nearly fractured an entire dimension just because her hunger for knowledge consumed her voice crying out for reason. Her new friends helped her to see that light, and was determined to repay the debt. Shaking her head, Twilight grabbed a quick bite to eat, then hopped on the bus heading downtown to CHS.

"Are ya sure it's today, Sunset?" Applejack drawled on in her country accent.

"Yes, I'm positive! It's only the third time I've said it!" Sunset Shimmer said, grunting in frustration. Three different people asked her prior if today was the day that Twilight finally came to study with her friends at CHS, and it wasn't much surprise when she started to get annoyed at repeating herself, anyone would.

"Okay, was just making sure sugarcube, heh!" Applejack nervously chuckled.

"*sigh*, I'm sorry for snapping at you, AJ. It's just, you were the fourth person to come up and ask me that." She lifted her hand, and rubbed the other arm with it, a nervous habit she picked up when she first arrived into this strange new world. Sunset was hunting down as many friends as she could, hoping to give this world's Twilight a very welcome surprise at the front of the school. She had already tracked down many people wanting to help out, but her friends were all busy in the morning: Applejack was helping Granny Smith prepare food, Pinkie was being...Well...Pinkie, Rainbow was stuck doing practice this morning no thanks to Coach Spitfire, Rarity was designing outfits for the school play, and Fluttershy was the only one she had left to talk to. "Honestly, I'm a bit nervous. It's been a couple of weeks, and Principal Cinch hasn't exactly expressed her enthusiasm for getting rid of her 'Prize Student' from what I hear." Looking up, she asked "Do you think she'll still be that nerdy bookworm that we knew back then?"

"What do ya mean, Sunset? What did Cinch do that she hasn't already done?"

Hesitantly, she spoke up. "Well, judging from the texts I get from Twilight, it sounds like Cinch did everything she could to prevent those transfer papers from going through. Even Vice Principal Cadence had a hard time trying to find loopholes in the Principal's paperwork. It doesn't help that the school is still a bit peeved about losing, either. Just take a look-" Sunset rummaged through her jacket pockets to find her phone. Once she found it, she pulled up the texts about how Twilight was still getting bullied over there.

After reading through the messages, Applejack was appalled at what they were doing to that poor girl. "Aww, the poor gal! Even having friends in that school didn't help none. Why if I ever caught anybody I know bullying her, I'd kick 'em out of here faster than Rainbow's sobriety during Cider Season!" Though she was an honest gal, you could count on Applejack being there for you when the going gets tough. It even sometimes explains her fierce competitions with Rainbow Dash. She never got peeved about losing. Winning, losing, it don't matter none, Sugarcube! She explained after the Friendship Games were over.

Awkward silence filled the cafeteria's kitchen, Applejack still helping prep some food. "Thanks, Applejack" She pulled the country girl into a hug. "I gotta go. Still lots to do. If you can be there for Twilight when she arrives, great. If you can't..."

She laid her hand on Sunset's shoulder. "I can't promise for sure i'd be there, but I'll try Sunset." With that, she went to go track down Fluttershy and give her the news.

It had been an arduous fifteen minutes tracking down Fluttershy, and ironically, she was in her usual spot enjoying feeding her animals tucked in her backpack secretly. "Hey Fluttershy, which animals did you bring today?" It was always nice to lay down and pet the animals the shy, timid girl always brought.

"Oh, I only brought a few animals this time. I had to leave Hummingway and Garfield behind. Those two can never get along if I bring them both!" She giggled.

"I know about Hummingway, the hummingbird, but I haven't heard about Garfield yet." Sunset took the time to remember almost all the names of Fluttershy's seemingly overpopulated stockpile of animals, but sometimes there were exceptions.

"Oh, that's alright! He isn't mine, I'm putting him through an exercise regimen for a neighbor of mine, and since John is always busy working at his job I thought I'd help him out a bit." She looked around for anyone within earshot. "To be honest, I think the cat eats too much lasagna." Fluttershy whispered.

"Lasagna? Never heard of a cat eating that before!" What kind of cat eats lasagna?

"Yeah, apparently he can't eat regular food, it gives him cramps."

"Then why the exercise routines and not just a different diet?"

She shuffled her hands nervously. "W-well, I am feeding him a different food blend, but Garfield is still too overweight..."

Fluttershy was locking herself down, like she usually did when being questioned about something. "It's fine, Fluttershy." She hugged the pink-haired Shy girl. "You're trying and that's what matters."

Breaking away from the hug, Sunset spoke up. "Oh! Today Twilight's finally coming to CHS! And knowing her, she'll probably bring Spike along to play with your animal friends..." She said in a singsong voice. Fluttershy brightened up immediately after that.

Throughout the entire bus ride, Twilight's mind never dulled from the nightmare she had, or what she thought it meant. Ever since messing with magic, I've been questioning the world more and more often... She opened her backpack and pulled out her notebook, petting Spike she hid away while her parents weren't looking. Was magic already here? Pulling a pencil tucked neatly in her bun, she began to jot down notes, charts, and graphs of every theory and fact under the sun about this new "magic". She stopped, thinking about the recent events. She knew it held the answer, but she also knew that too much thirst for knowledge can lead to something catastrophic. Shaking her head of such thoughts, Twilight continued writing down everything she knew, except this time with an air of caution about it. That dream I had last night, it didn't feel much like a dream... Wincing, her headache added to her frustrations by screaming a bit louder.

"Ugh! I can't explain it!!!" She yelled aloud. Everyone else riding the yellow bus to school turned to stare at the strange girl with a sudden outburst, much to her embarrassment. "Sorry." she mumbled.

Something about it is making me drawn to it... It was all so strange... Maybe Sunset and the girls can help?

Twilight's yellow bus finally arrived, and everyone who wanted to showed up to the front of the schoolyard, near the still destroyed Wonder-Colts statue. In front of the massive crowd gathered was Sunset Shimmer, surrounded by her new-found friends who, despite their busy schedules, were able to show up and greet Twilight Sparkle. Once the doors opened, school students walked out and went inside, ignoring the welcoming party still waiting for their VIP to make an appearance. After the last few got off, Twilight walked down, her eyes fixated on her notebook, and her pencil scratching away furiously. It wasn't until everyone shouted "Welcome, Twilight!" that she took her eyes away from the notes she scribbled, and like anyone would be at a surprise party, was startled.

"Oh, wow! You didn't have to do this for me!"

Sunset jogged up to her, and gave her a quick hug. "Of course we did, Twilight! I know you've been having a hard time still at that other school, especially after you were... Eh, um..."

"Going crazy about magic and nearly collapsing two dimensions?" She chuckled, breaking the hug.

"...Yeah. It doesn't matter now, though! We're not like those jerks at Crystal Prep!"

Sunset rested her hand on Twilight's shoulder, and gestured to all the faculty and students standing behind her. "All of this is for you, Twilight. I know what it's like to feel like you don't belong, and that's why I gathered as many as I could to welcome you!"

"You're like a sister to me, Twilight." She said, hugging her again.

You were my brother, Anakin!

Wincing, Twilight jerked away from Sunset, grasping her head.

"Is something wrong, Twilight?" Sunset asked, worry stricken.

"N-no, I'm fine." Her pain subsided, and let go of the grasp she had on her head. "I've been having these pains and nightmares. I'll tell you more during lunch, but I think it might involve the residual energy coming from the portal."

School's first few hours weren't bad, despite the now numb pain in Twilight's head. She had fun practicing soccer with Rainbow Dash in Gym, Cooking with Pinkie in Home Economics, and building bird houses with Fluttershy and Applejack in Woodworking, and that was just half of what was left for her after lunch, which involved Advanced Arithmetic with Sunset, and helping Rarity with her dress making for the school play in her free period. Lunch however, she talked with the girls about her headaches, the nightmare she had, and how she thought it was connected to the presumably sealed portal...

"So Twilight, about this morning..." Sunset Shimmer began.

"Well, it's like I told you girls- I've been having these headaches all day, and last night I had a very lucid and bizarre nightmare."

"W-what was in the nightmare, Twilight? I hope it wasn't too scary... I hate the really scary ones!" Fluttershy exclaimed.

She shook her head. "No, it was just...weird. Like magical portal weird!"

"Well, can ya remember any of it, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah I remember some of it, but even the nightmare itself felt like it wasn't all there." Twilight said, straightening her glasses.

"And what exactly makes you think it's connected to the portal?" Sunset asked, concern in her eyes. "They just don't sound tied at all right now."

"Well for one, some of the dream talked about some Republic and a war that was fought, and since over here we have a democracy, I was wondering if your world had any Republic or even some wars that took place recently." She pulled out her notebook, listing everything she could remember about the dream, and even some theories that might link the two separate events together.

"As far as I'm concerned, we didn't have any Republic except for the Lunar Republic dated over a century ago. Right now, we're an oligarchy, and as for any wars, none were fought dating past Sombra's Crystal Rebellion around 2000 years ago."

"Really? Nothing at all?" Sunset nodded, confirming Twilight's suspicions. She sighed. "I guess it really was a bad dream."

That is, until she got another headache, worse than all the other ones. It was like someone, or something was drilling into her skull and filling the holes with knives. Visions started bleeding through her mind, at first just a jumble of blurs, but then became more focused as they went on. The first to come through clearly was strange, and yet sad too:

A large gray planetoid within an asteroid belt housed a medical facility, where a mother in labor was being operated on to save her two twins...

"Hold on, Padme! Hold on!" a voice said, it's owner unknown to the vision's onlooker.

The mother was in great and terrible pain, each push bringing more agony to her already weak body...

"Hnng! W-who are you, Padme?" Twilight said, too entranced to hear her friends calling out to her, asking what's wrong.

..."It's a boy, Padme!" the voice exclaimed.

Gasping, she named him. "Luke." She smiled as it cooed to the sound of its mother's voice.

With another push, the other twin came. "It's a girl."

With her labored breaths, she named her daughter. "Leia."

...The rest of it became blurry, the voices fading along with the vision.

Before it ended completely, another voice uttered something.

Through the force, visions you will see...

The present...

The past...

Old friends long gone...

It faded to black, and Twilight fainted.

Author's Note

So this story is finally done with it's first chapter! Thank Celestia that I got finished with it, just as I cancelled one of my more popular stories!

Now I know that this is gonna be a HUGE project for me to complete, but what the heck? IMMA MAKES ME SOME CROSSOVER GOODNESS!

Also, this story was kinda inspired by this youtube vid: