Unknown Jungle Planet

Echo Squad

Sergeant RT-3804 "Slash"

"Well, they're not here. What do we do know Sarge?" asked Boom.

They searched the area where the Probe Droid was destroyed only to find no clues as to where the two HVIs were. After a while, they did find some footprints, but after following them out of the area, they seemed to have disappeared. The trail ended in a small clearing.

"We call it in. We're gonna need more bodies down here. A single squad isn't going to find them."

It was then that Slash received a transmission from the Admonitor.

"Echo Squad, this is Admonitor Actual. Have you secured the HVIs yet?" said a female voice from the Admonitor.

"Negative Admonitor Actual. We've found what's left of the Probe Droid, but the trail's gone cold. Requesting reinforcements to search the area." Slash said as he turned away from the footprints.

No need Echo Squad, the Grand Admiral has already diverted four squads to assist. Be advised, reports indicate a hostile troop transport has been seen heading planetside. Unknowns are described to be of Equine nature, similar to one of the HVIs. You have permission to eliminate them any way you can, but Thrawn wants prisoners. Is that understood?"

"Copy that Admonitor Actual. Echo Squad out."

"Hey Sarge?"

Slash turned around to see Hunter kneeling down near the footprints.

"What direction are the footprints pointing at?"

Slash kneeled near the footprints as he gazed at the direction the footprints were pointing at.

His eyes widened in realization.

"Oh shit."

Lambda T-4A Shuttle

Unknown Jungle World

Vector, Chemo, Dawn, and the Shuttle Pilots

The three members of Echo Squad continued to scan the treeline surrounding the clearing in silence. Near the shuttle, the two pilots were in a conversation while holding their blaster pistols. For Echo Squad, this was the first time they were deployed to a planet within the Unknown Regions. For the pilots, from what Dawn's heard from their conversations, this is the 6th planet they've been to. Being a female in the stormtrooper corps was hard for Dawn. She was constantly bullied, given unusual assignments from officers, and was even almost raped by a Lieutenant when she was stationed at Eriadu. Fortunately, the lowly female private was able to fend off the Lieutenant and beat him senselessly before other stormtroopers restrained her. Dawn doesn't have much praise for Admiral Blitzer Harrsk, in fact, she hated him, but she was glad he sentenced him to death, carried out be her nonetheless. It was an incident that was televised and watched by many members of the Imperial Court and the Imperial Military. The Naval High Command wanted to show that rape will not be tolerated. Unfortunately for Dawn, the Lieutenant was part of a powerful family within the Imperial Courts and they convinced Harrsk to send her to a backwater planet. However, Thrawn, who watched the execution and the reports of the incident, saved her and had her transferred to his command. The family was seething with rage and even tried to convince both the Emperor and Grand Admiral Rufaan Tigellinus to have her sent to the spice mines at Kessel. Of course, the Emperor saw no need to punish her and refused. Meanwhile, Grand Admiral Tigellinus, as powerful as he is in the Imperial Court, holds no jurisdiction over Thrawn and is convinced sending her to Thrawn's command was a good enough punishment. This lead to the Lieutenant's father yelling at Tigellinus in the Imperial Court. He got too close to Tigellinus and made him spill his favorite drink on his uniform. Enraged, Tigellinus beat the man in front of everybody. He only stopped when the Royal Guards restrained him.

A few weeks later, Thrawn showed up for a meeting with the Emperor when the same man approached him. He began to yell at him and even grabbed the collar of his uniform. Thrawn simply grabbed the man's arm, and jabbed it with his other arm, breaking it. As the man held his arm on the ground in pain, Thrawn delivered the coup de grace and kicked him on the face, knocking him out cold. Even though Thrawn is probably the least influential Grand Admiral in the Imperial Court, he did send a clear message to all of them, no matter how powerful you may be, do not mess with a Grand Admiral.

Dawn was grateful what Thrawn did. When she became a part of the Empire of the Hand Command, all she received was sympathy and equality. Nobody bullied her for being a woman. There were plenty of women who were part of Thrawn's command whether they were stormtroopers or officers. In fact, there was a female Chiss Admiral in Thrawn's command. From what she's heard from some officers, Commander Stent, Admiral Siath, and Admiral Ar'alani had a falling out with the Ruling Families of the Chiss Ascendancy, and exiled themselves with their followers to hunt down outside threats. It was then when Thrawn encountered their fleet with a fleet of his own, and convinced him to join his command as members of the House Phalanx. They were eager to join and their fleet became part of Thrawn's squadron, knows as the Phalanx Squadron.

This story intrigued Dawn, and she conducted her own investigation to confirm its authenticity, until she was caught by the Grand Admiral himself. In a private conversation with Captain Dagon Niriz as a witness, he confirmed the story and even introduced her to Admiral Ar'alani when she visited the Admonitor.

Now, here she is, defending a shuttle and its two pilots who simply will not shut up.

"Yo you gonna watch Fight Night?" One of the pilots said.

"Oh, of course. My cousin's gonna be there though."

"For real? But tickets are at least 3000 Credits. You sure he couldn't use his money on something else?"

"Well he's a pretty successful business man. 3000 credits is nothing for him."

"By the way, did you see that chick in Viper Squadron?"

"Viper Squadron? Where are they stationed at?"

"Aboard the Sword of Kuat. Man she has a nice ass."

"I'm more of a tits guy."

It was then did Dawn had enough.

"Ok, will you guys shut up for once before I shove my blaster up your asses?"

Her two squadmates were snickering, obviously, they were listening to the conversation as well.

"Yo chill, relax. There ain't nothing to worry about. The Grand Admiral in all of his glory, beat the shit out of those hostiles. So it's all good. That troop transport probably got intercepted anyways."

"Don't be too confident. It's what got Grand Moff Tarkin killed." Vector responded with his deep voice.

"Well I ain't Grand Moff Tarkin aight? I'm not the commander of Space Station Eyesore. I'm a pilot of a Lambda, and part of a command in a region where there's hardly anything to shoot at. People in this command, besides exploring and patrolling, all we do is watch recordings of battles in the known galaxy, watch soap operas, watch governors humiliate themselves by doing something stupid like pardoning criminals, play games, and fuck."

Dawn narrowed her eyes at the pilot.

"You know that's not allowed."

The pilot opened his arms wide.

"Well who cares. You think Thrawn cares? Everyone forms relationships, you should try it one day. Even Thrawn has a girl he visits in Anaxes. Hey, maybe even Admiral Krennel has a girl, maybe a guy. Who knows? It ain't the first time I heard of a gay officer. I've always thought of Krennel as some kind of masochist. He's always coming back from sparring with bruises and cuts. Can't tell if it's because he enjoys fighting, or the wounds he sustained."

"You think he's gay and uses that cybernetic arm of his to fist someone?" The other pilot asked.

At that point, Vector and Chemo were laughing out loud. Dawn however, was not.

"Alright, that's disgusting. Why don't you just help us and scan the treelines for anything?"

One pilot raised his hands in a surrender motion.

"Alright Isard. Whatever makes you happy."

"Don't ever call me Isard." Dawn said angrily.

Beneath his helmet, the pilot smiled maliciously.

"Alright Iceheart."

Tartarus

Twilight and Spike

Twilight and Spike sat hidden behind a bush, watching these strange aliens communicate while guarding their ship. After the golem self-destructed, they took a look at what's left of the droid before they saw a ship come in and land somewhere in the jungle.

They walked for a while before Twilight decided to teleport them to save some time. What they saw was nothing short of strange.

When she saw them, she presumed this was what the aliens looked like. Then, she remembered that the soldiers of the Celestial Alliance wore armor that covered their whole body as well. This was further proven as it looked like two of them were talking each other, but Twilight couldn't see any mouths moving. There were five aliens in the clearing with their ship. Three of them have these white armor, and the other two wore some kind of black suits with helmets. The armors they wore blend in horribly with the environment. Twilight believes they either came unprepared, they were confident in their abilities, or they were just plain stupid. Twilight thought of coming out and try to communicate with them, but she saw the weapons they were holding and put that idea on hold in case they were hostile.

Twilight hopes it wasn't the latter. The ship they came with was very strange to them with their giant wings. There is no way a ship like this could've been hidden from any potential enemies. Because of the noise from the wildlife, Twilight and Spike couldn't tell what they were saying. It looked like one of the white armored aliens was arguing with one of the black suited ones.

"So what do we do Twilight? There's usually a patrol fleet above Tartarus, so how did these guys get here?" asked Spike.

"I don't know. I guess we wait and see what happens?" Twilight answered.

They waited for a while, watching two of the aliens argue while the others laughed at them, at least it appears they were laughing. It was then did Spike ran out of patience.

"Alright, forget this. They look friendly enough. Let's go meet them." Spike said as they stood up.

"Meet who?"

Twilight and Spike froze instantly when they heard that voice behind them.

"Hands behind your head."

They did exactly as instructed.

"Good, you can understand us. Now turn around slowly."

Twilight and Spike turned around and were met face to face with 6 more of the white armored aliens pointing their weapons at them, one of them had a white pauldron on one of its shoulders. On all of their shoulders, she can see some kind of emblem on them. It was some kind of circle with a fist in it. Not the strangest emblem for a military unit she's ever seen.

"We're not here to harm you, but if you try anything, we will put you down. Listen to my directions, and there won't be a problem. Now turn around, and walk towards the shuttle over there. Keep your hands behind your heads."

They did exactly as instructed in fear of what they will do if they disobey.

"Hold your fire. 8 coming out." They heard the alien say.

They emerged from the treeline to see one of the white armored aliens standing awfully close to one of the black suited ones, as if they're about to fight.

"Hey, knock it off you two. Don't want me telling the Grand Admiral what's going on right?"

Grand Admiral? Twilight thought.

The white armored one stood at attention.

"Yes sir. Sorry sir. It won't happen again." The alien said with a female voice.

The black suited one just lowered his head before looking back up.

"Alright alright, whatever." The alien said with a male voice.

They stopped before the white ship.

Behind them, they could hear the alien with the white pauldron speak.

"Admonitor Actual, we've secured the HVIs. We're on the way-"

"Hey guys? You here that?" One of the aliens spoke.

The group can hear the faint sound of an engine.

"That doesn't sound like a TIE or a Lambda to me." said another alien.

They could hear the sound coming closer.

"It's coming closer. South East!" said the female alien.

It was then, did they see a large dagger shaped ship heading towards them in what looks like a strafing run.

A Manticore! Twilight thought.

"GET DOWN!"

They all dove with one of them grabbing Twilight to the ground and laying on top of them.

There was the distinct sound of a missile firing before there was a loud explosion. Twilight could feel the heat from the explosion as the Manticore flew above them.

She felt the alien grab her as it stood up. From there, she could see the extent of the seriousness of the situation.

Everyone was picking themselves up, some slower than others, with one of the black suited aliens yelling at the Manticore as it flew into the clouds.

"My baby! You fucking asshole! I'm gonna murder you! I'll fucking snap your dick off, and shove it up your ass!" He said.

"Movement on the treeline!" Dawn yelled as she fired her blaster.

Yellow blaster bolts soon start pouring from the treeline as the aliens returned fire with red blaster bolts.

"Come on, move!" The alien with Twilight started pushing her towards the other side of the clearing, where two of the white armored aliens were already giving them covering fire from behind some trees.

Twilight heard a yelp as one of the aliens running was hit on the leg.

She turned to help her but one of them shoved her towards the trees.

"Don't stop, keep moving!" He said.

Twilight did as she told, but turned her head to see if the wounded alien was alright. Much to her joy, she saw Spike carrying her, using his body as cover.

When they made it to the trees, they got to cover, while Spike set the wounded alien down behind a tree. One of the black suited aliens and a white armored one immediately ran to her to attend her wounds.

She picked up her helmet and set it down. It was then did Twilight and Spike finally saw what the aliens looked like. She had brown hair tied into a ponytail, pale skin, small eyes, small nose, and a small mouth. Unlike a pony who have snouts, her face was squashed.

Twilight and Spike were simply mesmerized, ignoring the blaster bolts that flew past them. She just looked so alien to them.

The female alien looked at the two tending to her injuries. One of them was about to inject a needle with some blue liquid on her leg when she quickly grabbed the alien's arm.

"No, save it just in case. I can still fight."

The two aliens simply nodded before they jumped to their individual covers and fired back.

"Who are these guys?" One of the aliens asked as he fired a steam of bolts from a large blaster.

"Alliance troops. No matter what, do not let them capture you. Otherwise, they'll find your home planet and attack it." Twilight answered as a bolt skimmed the tree she was hiding behind.

"Rebel Alliance?" One of them asked as ducked behind his cover just in time as several bolts flew past him.

"Rebel Alliance? I've never heard of them. No, these guys are from the Celestial Alliance."

"Admonitor Actual, this is Echo Squad. We are under fire from hostiles. Our shuttle has been destroyed and there's an enemy gunship somewhere in the are. Requesting reinforcements." The alien with the white pauldron said. He must've been communicating with someone, but where Twilight wondered.

"Copy that Admonitor Actual. Hey guys!" He said calling out on the rest of the aliens. "Reinforcements are on their way. We just need to hold out until they arrive."

Twilight peeked from her cover, and saw the Celestial Alliance soldiers that were firing at them. Their blue and black armors were unmistakable. Their whole body was covered in armor with a black visor covering their faces. Some of them were Pegasi and Griffons who were identified by the wings protruding from their backs, unicorns and changelings from the horns sticking out of their helmets, and even two minotaurs indicated by their large size and the pair of horns on their heads.

She saw one of the soldiers, either an Earth pony or a zebra, took a bolt to the head and fell backwards. Twilight pulled back just in time as one of the soldiers fired at her.

"Uhhhh, guys? That ship is coming back!" One of the black suited aliens said.

From where they were, they all saw the ship breaking cloud cover and heading straight for them.

"Admonitor Actual where are those reinforcements!" The White Pauldron alien yelled.

Twilight and Spike then heard the faint sound of some kind of screeching noise.

"Look! TIE FIghters." One of them yelled.

Twilight saw two odd looking fighters chasing the Manticore and firing green bolts at it.

Two of the bolts hit the back of the Manticore. Flames started spewing out of its rear as the two strange fighters pulled away.

"Shit it's coming for us!" One of the aliens yelled.

With no time, everyone ducked and hoped for the best, but not Twilight.

If she doesn't do anything, they will all, or maybe most of them will die. If she survives, then she'll be stuck here forever. No, she will survive. They will all survive. Twilight Sparkle, the former Princess of Friendship, shall not stay in this planet any longer.

In a display of power, Twilight's horn lit up and just before the Manticore landed on them, it stopped in mid air. The aliens, noticing how there was no explosion yet, looked up to see the HVI some kind of power, very similar to the Force, hold the hostile gunship in the air.

Almost forgetting about the Alliance soldiers, Twilight used the Manticore as cover from the incoming bolts. Twilight stared at the cockpit of the Manticore to see two Pegasi pilots staring back, shaking in fear. They both saw the rage in Twilight's eyes.

The horn on Twilight's head glowed brighter and brighter, before the Manticore was sent into the air.

Among the Celestial Alliance soldiers, they saw firsthand, how strong the exiled Princess was. They stopped firing as they saw that she was using the downed Manticore as cover. Having enough of this, a Minotaur took out his rocket launcher ignoring the fact, the two pilots inside may still be alive. The death of the traitorous princess and the capture of new alien technology seems too good to be true. However, before he could fire, the Manticore all of a sudden was flung into the air. Realizing they all saw the Manticore heading straight for them and they all scattered for cover. It was all for naught as the Manticore landed behind the group and in a spectacular explosion, they were thrown off their feet.

Meanwhile, Twilight saw what she had done. She felt pretty satisfied about it too and gave a huff in relief, until she heard the roaring of engines.

Unknown Jungle Planet

Echo Squad

Sergeant RT-3804 "Slash"

Slash was in shock as he saw what that alien just did. She literally held that gunship in the air with Force-like powers, and through it back to the hostiles. He has never seen a force-sensitive use their powers before, except for old holovids of Jedis when he was a child. His favorite out of all of them was of the Jedi Masters Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, along with the Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Clone Captain Rex, hold off hordes of droids. The way they used the force and their abilities with the lightsaber was so mesmerizing. As a child, he wanted to be like them but his parents told him repeatedly, it is a rare gift and only a select few are born with the ability to wield the force. Accepting the fact that he's not a force sensitive, he began to watch holovids of Clones in action and signed up for the stormtrooper corps the moment he was old enough.

However, he noticed some differences. The horn on the alien was glowing purple. He's never heard of a force sensitive doing that. Then there's the fact the alien wasn't using its hands unlike other force-sensitives. According to Imperial law, all force-sensitives are to be turned in to the government. After what he's seen, he's not sure if this alien would be considered a force-sensitive. Also, after the display, this alien could've possibly beaten his entire squad, so why hadn't it?

"Lambdas! Reinforcements are here!"

Slash picked himself up and saw Boom, missing a helmet revealing a bald, dark skinned man, pointing towards the sky. He looked to where Boom was pointing and saw four Lambdas streaking towards them. He could see Vector raising his DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle into the air with Dawn next to him, sitting behind a tree with a tired, but a content look on her face.

The group of four Lambdas slowed down as they were landing. Their ramps were not even fully opened before its occupants ran out, blasters drawn. Slash could see each Lambda carried a squad of Stormtroopers and either a pair of Storm Commandos or Death troopers. He expected them to start shooting the startled hostiles who were still picking themselves up, when they fired blue rings at them. Slash mentally slapped himself in his mind. The Grand Admiral wanted prisoners, of course their blasters would be set to stun.

The hostiles dropped one by one as they were stunned, though the Death Troopers and the Storm Commandos were content in hanging back by the shuttle and watching them work.

Out of one of the shuttles came an Imperial Officer. Slash could not tell the officer's rank due to the fact the officer had his back turned towards them.

Echo Squad, the pilots, and the two aliens stood there, watching the reinforcements sweep the hostiles. To Slash's left were Boom, who found his helmet and was helping a limping Dawn, and to his right were the two aliens.

It was then did a squad of Stormtroopers spotted the two aliens.

"Hostiles!"

"Wait! Hold your fire!" Slash yelled.

He was too late as several Stormtroopers fired their blasters and stunned them.

"Cease fire!" The Officer yelled.

Slash kneeled to check the pulses of both aliens before motioning for Vector to pick up the purple alien, and for Hunter and Chemo to pick up the larger one.

Slash got up to see the officer yelling at the squad of Stormtroopers.

"What was that Sergeant?"

"We spotted a hostile and acted per orders by the Grand Admiral to acquire prisoners sir!"

"The Grand Admiral ordered us to not harm the HVIs. Tell me Sergeant, why did you and your squad fire!" The Officer said, his face awfully close to the Sergeant's face.

"We were informed of the description of the hostiles sir! We assumed they were hostiles sir!"

"You assumed? Tell me Sergeant, were they carrying any weapons?"

"Um, no sir!"

"Then what reason were they standing with Echo Squad for?"

"Because they were the HVIs sir!"

"So why did you shoot?"

"We got overexcited sir! They were the same species as the hostiles so we assumed they were hostiles as well sir!"

"So if you were fighting Human Rebels, would you fire at Human civilians as well because they were the same species?"

"..."

"You know what? Don't answer that. If it were up to me, I would've kicked your ass all the way to Kessel. The Grand Admiral will think of a way to punish you and your squad. Next time, follow your orders accordingly. Do you understand me Sergeant?"

"Yes sir!"

The Officer turned to address Echo Squad and the pilots who were walking towards him with their wounded and the two aliens. The bigger alien had its arms over Chemo's and Hunter's shoulders as they carried it.

Slash stood at attention in front of the officer and saluted him. He was finally close enough to see his rank pin, indicating he was a Captain.

"Sergeant RT-3804, Echo Squad, 4th Infantry Battalion reporting sir!"

The officer returned a salute. "Captain Vel Gordi, 8th Infantry Battalion. Nice work. Get the HVIs on a shuttle and have your wounded checked by the medics."

"Yes sir!"

Twilight Sparkle

Inside Unknown ship

"Twilight wake up."

"Hey Twilight."

"WAKE UP!"

Twilight gasped as she got up, only for her face to hit something solid.

"Ooops, sorry Twi." She heard Spike's voice as she held her face, groaning.

As the pain went away, she opened her eyes and saw a metallic ceiling.

Spike came to her vision, grabbed her hand, and pulled her up. She looked around to get a better look at their location.

"Where are we?" Twilight asked as she analyzed the metallic walls.

"Not sure. I think those aliens brought us on their ship." Spike said with a shrug.

Twilight checked herself. No scars to indicate any incisions and they're still wearing their rags. She turned around to see a glowing, blue transparent wall.

Spike saw what she was looking at. "It's a door. I saw one in another room disappear as they threw an Alliance soldier in. An alien pressed some buttons and the door reappeared. Just a warning, don't touch the door. I saw one of the soldiers touch it and was electrified. Not to death, but enough to knock him out for a while."

"So we're in a cell." Twilight got closer to see what's outside. She saw white armored aliens, each one of them standing in front of a cell while facing the prisoners, except for their's.

"Why are they standing there in front of the cells except for ours?" Twilight asked as she turned back towards Spike who was sitting on a bed attached to a wall.

"A unicorn used her magic to disable the door. I guess there was a silent alarm since a squad of those aliens came in and starting beating her. Now, they're here to make sure they don't try anything funny."

"But why not us?"

Spike only gave her a shrug. "Beats me."

They were both distracted by a faint hissing sound followed by a conversation.

"Captain Niriz. Are you here to interrogate the prisoners?"

"No, I'm just here for the HVIs. The Grand Admiral requires their presence."

"Very well, they're in cell A14. I will lead you to them."

For the next few tense moments, Twilight and Spike sat, waiting for their fates as the footsteps got closer. It must've been a small group considering the number of footsteps they heard.

They heard the majority of the group stop just short of their vision while a pair of footsteps got closer until one of the white armored aliens stepped in front of their cell.

"Back away from the door."

Twilight did exactly that. Behind her, Spike stood up preparing for what's coming next.

The alien pressed a few buttons on the wall next to their cell before the "door" disappeared.

"Step out of the cell." The alien said after backing away.

They hesitated for a moment before Spike stepped out first. He stopped outside of the doorway, looking around his surroundings. Twilight followed suit as she looked at the cells to her right and the ceiling.

"So you're the two who've caused so much trouble for us."

They both looked to their left to see an unarmored alien standing in front of them flanked by two black armored aliens. They noticed how their helmets had a squared shaped to it compared to the other helmets. The third alien had fair skin and light brown hair. It had an olive uniform with some kind of weird red and blue badge with six squares on it, and black boots. Its hands were behind its back and even though the alien had a neutral look on its face, Twilight can tell it was doing its best to hold back its anger.

"Come with me, the Grand Admiral would like to speak to you." The alien said as it turned around and walked towards an exit. Twilight and Spike followed him while flanked by the two black armored aliens.

They past by several cells, each of them with one or two white armored aliens standing in front of them. Inside the cells, the Alliance soldiers were either sneering at them, or were sleeping.

They finally came to an exit guarded by a squad of the white armored aliens. What surprised them two were the different alien species that were with them as well. There were four red skinned aliens with two large horns sticking out of their scalps with swords attached to their backs and carrying the same weapons as the white armored aliens, two large, ape-like aliens carrying a weapon similar to a crossbow, and three aliens that looked similar to the alien guiding them but with blue or green skin and two tentacles sticking out of their heads. They carried the "usual" weapons as well. What Twilight noticed were that all of them wore black armor with the same emblem as the other aliens. The armors of the giant apes only covered their chest while the rest had full body armor excluding their heads.

The group stepped aside to let them through the doors. While passing by them, she noticed the ape-like aliens sizing up Spike as he past by.

Once they were out of the room, they were met with a hallway full of aliens seemingly doing their jobs. The white armored aliens seem to be on patrols or guarding a room, the olive uniformed aliens were either just walking or busy with some kind of tacpad in their hands, and there were a pair of black, unarmored aliens with a weird helmet. Twilight can see they were fixing something on a wall.

Spike leaned down a little to whisper to Twilight.

"I thought we were facing only one species."

"I thought so too." Twilight answered.

"If you were encountered by any other command, then you would've only encountered us, the Humans." Twilight heard the alien guiding said. He slowed down until he was right next to Twilight.

"Is that what your species is called? Humans?" Twilight asked.

"Indeed. You've noticed the other species in the detention block?"

Both Twilight and Spike nodded.

"Well, the red skinned ones are known as Devaronians. The big guys back there are known as the Wookies."

He looked specifically towards to Spike. "I don't know how tough you are big guy, but don't mess with those Wookies. They'll tear you from limb to limb if you piss them off. They're largely friendly however."

"I'll keep that in mind." Spike said.

"And the last ones with the tentacles in their heads are known as Twi'leks. In the rest of the Galactic Empire, these non-Humans would never have been allowed to serve in the military. Many of them would likely end up as slaves."

Twilight was in shock. "You keep slaves?"

Maybe they're as bad as the Celestial Alliance after all.

"Unfortunately so. While they are helpful in making a lot of our toys, slavery seemed to do more harm than good for us. Rebellions popping out and we're basically spread thin. To end any threats of any slave rebellions, the Grand Admiral brought many slaves and their families with him here and he graciously freed them under one condition, all able-bodied individuals are to serve in the military. They'll be given the same food, the same weapons, the same medical treatment, whatever. Their families are allowed to settle in a colony under his protection."

"Your Grand Admiral seems to be a very nice individual." Twilight said.

The Human immediately stopped and so did the group. It then gave Twilight a cold look.

"The Grand Admiral does everything for a reason. He is not afraid to kill people under his own command or any civilians who oppose him. In fact, he's done it before. An entire species, death by orbital bombardment simply because he could not understand their art. Do not test him. That is my only warning." They then continued walking.

This Grand Admiral killed an entire species simply because he did not understand their art?

The Human lead them to an elevator. Twilight and Spike nearly stumbled as the elevator moved.

"Heh, you'll get used to it. Happens to all of the newbies."

Twilight looked at their armed escorts and finally back to their guide.

"So, um, I never got to introduce us to you. My name is Twilight Sparkle and this guy," She said while pointing her thumb at Spike. "Is Spike, my little brother."

The alien raised an eyebrow at her. "Captain Niriz. Um, I won't ask how your parents were able to produce you two." He said as he turned away.

"Oh, not like that. Spike is adopted." Twilight said. "I hatched him by accident."

Captain Niriz merely rubbed his temple.

I'm gonna need the strongest alcohol we have after this.

Then he jerked up in realization.

Dammit, I gave Voss my personal stash so I wouldn't get drunk on duty again.

"Is there something wrong?" Twilight asked.

"Nothing nothing, I merely remembered something. It doesn't concern you."

They next minute was complete silence except for the sound of the elevator moving.

Twilight and Spike felt the elevator slow down and nearly stumbled as it stopped.

As Captain Niriz walked out, she saw him with the faintest of smirks.

They followed him down a long, empty hallway until they stood in front of a door. It was guarded by two black armored Humans with green visors, the same ones they saw at Tartarus.

Captain Niriz pressed a button next to the door and it slid open.

He motioned for them to enter.

"You will wait here. The Grand Admiral will arrive shortly."

Spike was the one to enter first but Twilight stopped in the middle of the doorway to analyze the room. One of the Humans rudely shoved her in the back before the door closed.

"Wow. This guy must really love art." Spike said.

Twilight looked around. The entire room was full of art pieces from paintings hanging on the wall, to weird sculptures. There were even a few that looked like primitive cups on some displays.

At the end of the room was a large desk and next to it, was what looks like a dog's bed and a dog bowl.

Twilight was a little confused on how could an alien species who have never contacted hers could have dogs.

Or maybe they don't have dogs. Maybe they have something similar?

She noticed Spike standing in front of a painting. It showed what presumed to be a female Human in a black dress crying while sitting on the edge of the fountain with her back towards the viewer. She had brown hair, with a black dress and black flowers floating on the fountain. The rest of the painting was made up of vegetation as if the female was in the middle of nowhere.

Twilight looked around more until her eyes laid on a red book on top of the desk.

As she got closer, she noticed it had seen some better days with lots of tears and stains. On the cover was a golden hand print with a number three on it.

Wait, three? Did this book belong to someone in the Alliance?

She put her hand on the hand print and realized the hand print had six fingers.

Six fingers. What is this book?

Both Twilight and Spike were too encompassed by the paintings and the book that they didn't realize the door opening.

"You know, it's rude to touch things that don't belong to you." A voice said.

Spike jumped in shock and Twilight quickly put her hands off the book and turned around.

A Chiss She thought in shock.

He was dressed in a white uniform with black boots, golden epaulettes, and a badge with six blue squares, three red squares, and three yellow squares.

Twilight backed off as he got closer to the desk. She saw him pick up the book and walked behind the desk while putting it in a drawer.

He sat down and looked at them to address them.

"If you ever touch this book again, I will throw you into an escape pod and launch it into the nearest sun. This book belongs to a friend of mine. Do not touch at all, do I make myself abundantly clear?" He said.

"Yes." They both said shakily.

"Good, now have a seat."

They both grabbed a chair and sat down, though Spike had a little trouble with it because of his tail.

"Please, introduce yourselves." The Chiss said as it leaned back on its chair.

"Well, my name is Princess Twilight Sparkle, sorry, excuse me, former Princess Twilight Sparkle, and this is my adoptive younger brother Spike." She said nervously.

"A Princess you say? Well, welcome aboard my ship your majesty. My name is Grand Admiral Thrawn of the Galactic Empire."

"You're Chiss aren't you? Wouldn't you be part of the Chiss Ascendency?"

Thrawn raised an eyebrow.

"That is a story for another time, but tell me, how do you know about my people?"

"Well, it's a long story." She said rubbing the back of her head nervously.

Thrawn leaned forward and looked at Twilight directly in the eye, as if he was reading her.

"I have all the time necessary. Entertain me. I want to know what happened to my people. I want to know why people under my command are killed by your species and its allies simply by encountering us. I want to know why the enemy commander recognized me as a Chiss and instantly became hostile. Tell. Me. Everything."

Twilight and Spike gulped nervously.

Author's Note

No that's just a reference, this is not a real Gravity Falls crossover.

It's only because I rewatched some Gravity Falls episodes.

I want some kind of sequel badly. Please Lord almighty Alex Hirsch.

Been busy with school and looking for work. Applied for Starbucks two days ago.

Next chapter will be about Twilight's and Spike's backstory, Nirauan, Thrawn's squadron (I didn't say he brought his entire fleet), and the officers under his command.

I finally got Star Wars Inferno Squad and Star Wars Thrawn. I'm fucking excited.