Reconciled Spacial Anamoly "Ponyvoss", Voss side
Brazon, Lahk and Virko tumbled out of the portal and onto the ground. Lahk threw Brazon and Virko off of him and stood up and wiped blood from his nose. He seethed with anger and felt the dark side return to him. He reached out both his hands and was rewarded when both Brazon and Virko started grasping for their necks. He smiled and lifted both of them off their feet when a something slammed him in the back and his body go numb. He immediately recognized this as a stun blast again. His smile faded and he fell to the ground.
Brazon was thankful to whoever had fired the shot that had saved both his and the initiate's life. He looked up and around the area. The Voss commandos had come closer to the portal and thankfully, it looked like Republic forces had show up as well. The Jedi and the Chiss operative were still here though the Chiss was bound in stun cuffs. The two Voss councilors and their Mystic assistants stood together, watching the portal from a safe distance. None of them had fired the shot though and Brazon was in shock when he finally saw who did.
Commander Carwin stood holding a smoking blaster at the stunned Sith. Although Brazon barely knew the man, he was happy to see him still alive. Joy was an unfamiliar feeling to Brazon and it made his chest and stomach hurt. The Commander looked just as stunned to see the young trooper. "Brazon? Is that you?" he asked. "Good to see you sir." Brazon said, grasping both his knees. "Good to see you too son. I'm happy to see you got out of that mess." The Commander didn't lower his weapon, instead turning it to the Voss. He blasted both the councilors and their Mystic escorts with four precise blue shots. "Commander! What in space?!" Brazon shouted. "They gave the Imps our comm codes Brazon. That's how they intercepted the distress call." Each Voss fell to the ground. The Commander holstered his weapon.
"Lock them up." Carwin announced to the Republic troopers surrounding the preimeter. "I'm sorry Brazon but that means you too. We're going to have to keep you quarrantined until we can find out exactly what this portal is, where it leads and what lies beyond it." The Republic troops carried the incapicitated Voss, Sith and Chiss into speeders. Commander Carwin got into one as well and beckoned to Brazon, hoping to make things as simple as possible. As the Commander waved him over, 3 of the strange creatures stepped through the portal. One a white armored unicorn, one a black armored alicorn and the purple unicorn Virko recognized as the one that had healed him earlier.
"Now!" Luna shouted. Shining Armor's horn lit up and unleashed a beam of energy to the sky. A rainbow cascaded across the area and unfolded to envelope the land in a giant pink shield. The shield stopped short of the Republic speeders, enclosing the area around the portal with Brazon and Virko still inside. Luna noticed the two were not outside the energy shield and walked over to them. "I will deal with these two." she said, her own horn glowing bright. "No!" Twilight moved to stop her. "These two didn't do anything wrong. That one even spoke to me!" Twilight explained. "Spoke? What did he say?" "He said 'peace'. He wants peace." "You there. Biped, you can speak?" Luna asked Brazon in the Royal Canterlot Voice. Brazon flinched at the sound of it. "Yes, yes I can speak." He said, nodding.
"Why have you invaded Equestria?!" Luna continued with a booming tone. Twilight motioned her to stop. "We didn't invade anything. I, we, we were-" Brazon stammered. "We were part of an experiment." Master Zequill said, walking over. "We were forced to take part in a ritual that opened a rift in time and space to different worlds, a rift this young man could control. We found your world when Brazon told him to show us a world of peace." he explained. "You brought war to Equestrian soil. You are fortunate that no citizens were injured." Luna said, her voice now softer.
"We didn't come to bring violence, the Sith did." "Sith?" Luna asked, raising an eyebrow. "The red brute who attacked us earlier." Virko says. "So you do speak Basic." Brazon says. "Yes. I speak Basic. I prefer my own language." "Yeah, that really helps when someone's trying to save your life." "Enough. Who was the other biped that came to our world?" Luna demanded. "He was a Sith, a member of the Sith Empire." Zequill explained. "In our galaxy, two great civilizations are at war. I and the soldier represent the Galactic Republic, an alliance of worlds that accept common laws and believe freedom is the sovreign right of all sentient life." the Jedi explained.
"The Republic is a government of fools that tried to exterminate the Sith." Kess said, making her own presence known. "The Empire maintains order throughout the galaxy, we are ruled by the strongest of us." "The Empire also maintains slaves." Brazon said back. "We do not suffer in the chains of weak beauracrats and-" "Enough!" Luna boomed. "Clearly this galaxy is conflicted enough. Until further notice, any further intrusion made upon Equestrian soil will be considered an act of war." Luna declared. Twilight and Shining Armor even shuddered at her mentioning of war.
"Do not attempt to cross this barrier. Inform your people. Shining Armor?" "Yes my lady?" "Assemble the gaurd. Make sure no biped gets through until we are able to close this rift." "Yes ma'am." Shining said. Canterlot Royal Gaurds began pouring through the opening. Shining barked out orders and the guards formed a perimeter around the inside of the shield. Luna then levitated the four up and out through a temporary gap in the shield. The four landed on the ground next to the Republic speeders.
"We heard most of that. I guess there's nothing we can do but inform Command and see how to proceed from there." Commander Carwin said. "They seem to posess some kind of power outside of the Force." the Jedi pondered aloud. "Well whatever it is, it's potent." Brazon said. Virko looked back in through the shield, his expression somber with a hint of sadness. Republic troopers then slapped stun cuffs on him and the Imperial agent and escorted the group back to the speeders.
"Look out he's lose!" one of the drivers shouted. Lord Lahk was still recovering from the effects of the stun blast but they'd worn off enough that he was able to break through his bindings. He was lucky they hadn't used a nueral disrupter on him but right now his goal was escape, not combat. He picked up a trooper and tossed him into a group of others as he ran for the treeline. Meanwhile, Kess had used the distraction to run off. Shots peppered their feet but none found their mark though as they continued to run into the forests. The Dark Council had to hear of what had transpired. This could change the war.
Commander Carwin holstered his weapon. It was pointless to go after them and Voss authorities wanting to protect the neutrality wouldn't hand them over. They were gone for now. "Wonderful. I think we've had enough fun for today. Let's get out of here." Carwin sighed heavily. They got into the speeders and headed back to the Republic embassay. At least the creatures that had appeared through the portal didn't appear to be hostile, not like Asation. One thing was certain, there was a lot of paperwork in his near future.
Twilight Sparkle looked at the stars above her head. She didn't recognize any of the constellations. Understandable, considering she was in another dimension. She understood Luna's decision but she still wanted to learn more about these strange creatures that walked on two legs. She turned back to her brother. "It's okay Twilight. We'll make sure they don't get to Equestria." Twilight nodded with a concerned expression. "Be safe here. If you need me, just call and we'll be here with the Elements of Harmony." Shining smiled. "I don't think it's going to come to that but I won't hesitate to call on you." They hugged and Twilight followed Luna back through the portal.
Qaurrantined Spacial Anamoly "Ponyvoss", Equestria side
Gaurds were assembling on the other side of the portal too as Luna and Twilight stepped through to Ponyville. Twilight thought about what the first creature had said. A world of peace. Equestria had its share of conflict but somehow whatever problem was always solved. Maybe Equestria was simply the world with the least conflict? It seemed the first two creatures were concerned more with Equestria than their own galaxy. An entire galaxy at war. Peace would be very valuable in such a galaxy, however long it lasted. Maybe Equestria could help them reach peace? Was it too big a risk? As always, she would trust the wisdom of Princess Celestia, her mentor. She walked over to Rainbow Dash and Spike who were joined by Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie.
"So? What did you see?" Pinkie Pie asked in anticipation. "That portal's the link to another galaxy." Twilight said. "Amazing!" Pinkie Pie announced. "What's it like over there? Are there parties? Is there cake? There has to be cake for it to be another galaxy, I mean whover heard of a galaxy without cake?" "I don't think they're too interested in cake or parties in that galaxy Pinkie. The creatures that came out of the portal said there's a war." Pinkie Pie stopped, dumbfounded. "War? Why? Why have war when you can have cake?! *gasp That's the reason! There's no cake! Quickly, we have to get them cake now! We have to start a releif effort, the Party Corps.! We'll stop the war with a galactic party!!" "Pinkie, we're not allowed back through the portal. My brother and the gaurd are watching over it until we can close it." "Awwwwwww. So no galactic party? Hmph." Pinkie pouted. "I have to admit, I wish we could learn more about that world, maybe even open diplomatic relations with them." Twilight said, looking back to the portal.
"After all the ruckus they caused, it woulda been nice a them to just close the portal themselves!" Applejack said. "I must agree Applejack. And did you see those creatures? The walk on two legs! Who does their clothes?" Rarity went on. "They better not try to mess with Equestria or they'll have us to answer to." Rainbow Dash declared. Twilight let the others continue on. "There's really a war going on?" Fluttershy asked Twilight, drifting to the back of the group. Twilight nodded. "That's terrible! All those poor two-legged creatures getting hurt. Why can't they just live in peace like us?" Fluttershy asked timidly. "I don't know Fluttershy. But some of them do appear to want peace." "I wish we could give them peace. Maybe help them all be friends." Fluttershy said with a smile. "Maybe someday Fluttershy. But for now, let's get some sleep." Twilight said, heading back to her house in Ponyville. She looked up at the stars as she walked and remembered some of the other constellations she had seen beyond the portal. She had a feeling she'd be seeing them again soon.