Star Wars: The Cosmic Crystal

As the Millennium Falcon flown through hyperspace, the Mane Six and Spike thought they'd get to know their new friends. Luke had the white ball, known as a marksmen-h combat remote, float in front of him as he put on a helmet that had a blast shield covering his eyes and activated his lightsaber.

"How the hay are you gonna train yer self if ya can't see what's in front of ya?" Applejack asked as she, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Twilight, Rarity, Han and R2D2 watched while C-3PO powered down.

"I can't trust my eyesight, it'll trick me. I have to rely on the force to help me." Luke answered as he held the saber in front of him with two hands.

The remote fired a yellow laser and to the newcomers' surprise, Luke quickly blocked it with his saber. The remote raised a little higher and fired down on Luke, he quickly raised the blade in front of his head blocking the laser. The remote turned to his left and fired as quickly turned and blocked the laser. The remote then went behind Luke and in a few intense seconds it fired, but Luke quickly spun around swinging the blade hitting the laser.

"Wow, that was awesome!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

Pinkie Pie bounced up. "Yeah, that was super duper fantastically amazing!"

Luke took the helmet off after deactivating his lightsaber "Well, all I had to do was reach out to the force and let it this me."

Solo shrugged "At first I thought it was just luck. Thought there was no such thing as the force at first, hate to say it but I was proven wrong judging by what I've seen the past two years."

Meanwhile Spike and Chewbacca were currently sitting at a table, in the same room where the group was, playing a game on a circular board with a chess pattern with holograms of various monsters, known as Dejarik.

The game was nothing like Spike had ever seen before, it was amazing right next to ogres and oubliettes. Spike pressed a button sending his rancor to kill Chewie's wampa. Chewie roared in anger at Spike.

"Hey, don't have to get that angry." Spike retorted.

Han noticed "You don't want to do that kid."

Spike turned his head to Solo "Why? I get that he's upset but it's just a game." Spike proclaimed "Who cares if he's loosing, no one worries about upsetting me when I lose."

Han leaned a little in his seat "That's because you don't tear peoples arms from their sockets whenever you lose."

Spike's eyes widened as he looked at Chewie who leaned back in his seat with his arms crossed behind his head.

"Wookies are known to do that." Han said.

Spike swallowed nervously "Uh...I forfeit."

Chewbacca chuckled.

Rarity decided to look around the ship, to her it was far from perfect.

"Look at this place, it has no sense of etiquette and it is down right disgusting."

She decided that a little beauty sleep might take her mind off things, so she headed to the main hold were Han was.

"Excuse me Mr. Solo, may I-"

Han interrupted "Did you just cal me 'Mr. Solo'?"

Rarity rolled her eyes "Han, may I borrow a room?"

"Sure, it's the first door on the right in the corridor."

Rarity smiled "Thanks darling."

She went in the direction Han told her to go and she found a slide open door in front of her with a control panel right next to it which she assumed was for opening the door. She pushed her hoof against the button and the door slid open.

"Perfect, now I can get some beauty sle-" Rarity cut herself and looked in shock and disgust at the sight she was seeing.

The room was a mess. There were clothes on the floor and nothing was organized.

Han came into the corridor and found Rarity "Found what your looking for?"

Rarity turned her head to Han with an annoyed expression.

"Hardly, this room a an absolute mess. How do you live on this ship without cleaning up after yourself? Oh and don't get me started on the ship itself, it's horrid. It looks like something pulled from the garbage and I don't know how your friends can handle it."

Han's brows furrowed as he pointed an angry finger at Rarity "Now listen here, this ship is mine. I don't care what you think should be organized or not, because it's organized in my eyes and I don't need some upper class sweetheart telling me what she to do."

Rarity's brows slowly furrowed "Sweetheart?" her blood started to boil "How dare you call me that?! I am no sweetheart, I should have you know that I am a successful fashonesta that has made dress designs from Ponyville to Canterlot you beast!"

Outside of the corridore Applejack and Leia heard the arguing.

"Wow, I got the feeling Rarity might get into an argument with Han here." Applejack commented.

Leia nodded in agreement "Me too. I've gotten into many arguments with Han in the past."

"So uh, how'd you meet Han and the others?"

"Well, I've known Threepio and Artoo all my life since they were my father's droids. I first met Han, Chewbacca, and Luke when they rescued me from the Death Star."

Applejack raised a questioning eyebrow "The Death Star?"

"It's a battle station the Empire made. You see, I was once part of the Imperial Senate but me and my father were secretly working with the Rebellion. The Empire found out about my alliance with the Rebellion and so I was captured when they attempted to recover the Death Star plans we stole. I was held captive aboard the station where they tried to get me to tell them where the rebel base was." Leia then remembered the painful memories "They put me through torture."

Applejack's eyes widened "Land sacks, is that what you were thinkin' about back on the shuttle?"

"What do you mean?"

"I noticed you were in a sad mood on the shuttle. Were ya thinkin' of what they did to ya?"

Leia's expression saddened "No, something worse." she took a deep breath "The Death Star was made to spread fear through the galaxy, it had enough power to destroy an entire planet." her head lowered "They destroyed Alderaan, my home planet."

Applejack gasped "Sweet Celestia, I'm so sorry 'bout that."

Leia looked at Applejack "Thank you for your sympathy."

Applejack's face shifted from sadness to anger "Why in the hay would they do that? All those people, what were they trying to gain?"

"Fear." Leia answered "They were trying to gain fear from the galaxy so it would be unlikely for a rebellion."

Applejack's brows furrowed lower "Those...those monsters."

Leia put a hand on Applejack's shoulder getting her attention.

"But don't worry because Alderaan's destruction didn't bring fear, it brought anger." she reassured "Destroying Alderaan proved to the galaxy how cruel the Empire was. Many systems turned against the Empire and announced their support for the Rebellion and many citizens joined our cause."

Applejack smiled a little "That's great to hear. But weren't they a little worried this Death Star would destroy their planets too?"

Leia shook her head "No, in twenty four hours after I was rescued the Empire found our base on Yavin 4 and the Death Star came to destroy it. We sent a fighter squadron to the station to destroy the station after we found a weakness. Luke was part of the attack, he fired a proton torpedo down an exhaust port which led to the main reacor, destroying the station."

Applejack smiled proudly "Luke destroyed that thing? He must've been considered a hero."

Leia nodded "He was. He not only inspired the Rebellion but he also spread hope to the galaxy, because destroying the Death Star proved the Empire wasn't invincible and it can be overthrown."

Applejack had a sense of pried within her "So you gave the galaxy hope in defeatin' the Empire."

"Yes, the Rebellion was built on hope."

Applejack smiled at that, this Rebellion never lost hope. They always held on to hope. She couldn't leave this galaxy under the Empire's clutches, maybe she should stay.