"Well whatever a Sith Lord is, we have to inform Princess Celestia about your mysterious arrival. Maybe she would know how you got here," said Twilight. Princess? So they have royalty here. Stal thought. "Where do we go to find this Princess of yours?" he asked "Well you will have to come with us to Canterlot, which is the capital of Equestria." she replied. "WOOHOO WE ARE GOING TO CANTERLOT WE ARE GOING TO CANTERLOT!!" shouted Pinkie Pie as she hopped around happily.
"NO!" Shouted Rarity. "What why?" asked everypony else. "His outfit is so messy and torn up, you must allow me to fix it up before we go to Canterlot and see the Princess. For it is unacceptable to be this dirty when presented in front of royalty." she replied. She was right, his cloak was torn and his armor cracked and missing pieces. "All right then, to Carousel Boutique." said Twilight.
At Carousel Boutique, Darth Stal was struggling with taking off his cloak and armor. How am I supposed to do this without any hands? It is IMPOSSIBLE! He screamed in his head. "Why are you not using magic? If you're having trouble Stal?" asked Twilight. "Magic?" he asked. "Yes magic, your a unicorn pony so you should be able to use magic. Did you not know that? Try and channel energy through your horn." Does she mean the force? Stal thought to himself.
Whatever she meant he did what she said. He did not know what magic was but he attempted gather energy through the force. After he gathered energy, his horn began to shine a bright red spark and he removed his outfit. He was down to his fur coat, with his belt and lightsaber still on, with his outfit on the ground when a blue energy field appeared around it and was lifted into the air. "Now that you finished with that i shall fix up your outfit in a jiffy." said Rarity who appeared to be happy to do this for free.
As Stal sat there with the other five ponies he noticed something on his rear. It was a picture of his Lightsaber with lightning blasting out the sides. "Um what is that right there." He asked. "Oh you silly filly, that is your cutie mark DUH it represents everyponies talents when they discover it." Said Pinkie Pie. "OOOH I ALMOST FORGOT I will see you gals later okey dokey lokey." She said as she bolted out the door. "Where is she hurrying off to?" Stal asked. "OH you'll see Stal." Rainbow Dash said while the other ponies were trying to hide a smile.
"So um- Stal was it? Seeing as you appeared from nowhere um I guess you have no place to stay right now." commented Applejack. "Um no I guess i don't." he replied. "Well I own Sweet Apple Acres and my big brother Big Macintosh is feeling ill, so if you help me this applebucking season. You can stay with us," she said. "How nice of you." said Twilight Sparkle.
"I DON'T GET IT!!" Stal snapped, everypony jumped back "I AM A COMPLETE STRANGER!! But you all are being so nice to me, healing me when i first arrived, offering me a place to stay and fixing my armor. Why are you doing this?" He asked. Applejack put a hoof around him. "That is what friends are for sugarcube." she said.
"Friend?" Stal had not used that word for 9 years since that day. Rainbow Dash then noticed the lightsaber on Stal's belt. "Hey Stal what is that you have on your belt?" she asked. "Oh this? It is called a lightsaber." He replied. Channeling energy through his horn, from the force, he levitated the weapon out of his belt and ignited it. The other four ponies sat there with there jaws on the floor. They have never seen this kind of technology before.
"It is basically a sword with a laser instead of a blade." He said "WOW! THAT IS SO AWESOME!" said Rainbow Dash with a huge ecstatic grin on her face. "Would you be so kind to tell us how you acquired this weapon? Also tell us about your past as well, we would like to get to know you better as a friend," asked Twilight. Friend Again with that word.
"Do you want the whole story?" "YES" the other ponies replied in unison. "Okay then since you guys have shown me kindness I will tell you."
"It was 9 years ago. I was with my friend William and we were in town at the market on Tattoine. We were both the age of 10 and were the best of friends. Both of our families were extremely poor and lived in the slums, so we hung out often. One day William comes up to me to say 'I do not care what it takes, but I am done being on the bottom of the totem pole. I will do whatever it takes to get rich and leave this rock.' I could see the fire in his eyes and his determination to complete his goal. 'if anyone can get off this rock and make something out of himself I know it will be you William.' I told him.
About five weeks later i heard a knocking on the door. My father gets up to answer it when the door is blasted down, knocking my father back. I saw three men dressed in Mandolorian armor. My father stumbled to his feet, 'BOUNTY HUNTERS?! WHAT COULD YOU WANT WITH US? WE HAVE NO MONEY AND NO STATUS! WE ARE JUST POOR FOLK!' my father screamed. 'Shut up.' The first Bounty Hunter said, shooting my father in the head, killing him instantly. I could not believe it, my father was killed just like that. His body fell to the floor and time seemed to slow down for me. This man did everything he could to provide for my mother and I. He did not deserve this fate.
'Wh-why did you do that?' I demanded nearly crying. 'There is a bounty on the heads of your family' Said the hunter. I never felt so much rage in my life as I did right there. Something inside me just exploded and I attacked. In what seemed like a split second I was in front of the first Mandalorian and next thing I knew, my fist went straight through his chest. The other two ran off but a fourth figure appeared. This one was in a dark cloak and had a lightsaber. A SITH. Without even looking back he used what I assumed was the force and killed them with lightning. He then walked to be and said 'What is this? You were never strong before Alexx'. My name. I never told anyone my real name. On the streets William and I went by Slash and Dash because we slashed purses and dashed from everyone. The only people who knew my name were my family and William.
'William?' I asked in shock. He pulled back his hood to reveal his face. Red eyes, Black hair, and a horrible grin on his face. 'Alexx you were always weak and I was the strong one. You were so weak you couldn't even save your father from the hands of a low life bounty hunter.' I still could not believe it. My one friend ,William, betrayed me and killed my father. 'W-why William? I thought we were friends' I asked 'Yes, but remember I said I would do whatever it takes to get off this rock and get as far away from here.' 'YOU KiLLED MY FATHER!' Once again i attacked in my rage. I was in the middle of my punch when he waved his saber in front of my face and cut my left cheek and then pounded me in the stomach with the hilt. 'Goodbye Alexx' he said. That is all i could remember before passing out.
I had no place left to go. My family gone, my friend betrayed me. I never felt more alone since that day. I was sitting in the gutters of the slums, waiting for death, when someone stopped in front of me 'What is this? A lowly street urchin.' the man said in a soothing voice. 'There is something within you that needs to be released, I can feel it.' He said. I looked up to see an old man with yellow eyes. Those eyes are all i could see for they burned into me like a hot knife. 'Come with me kid and I can give you the power you so desire. The power to assert your will.' He said offering a hand. I had no where to go but death in the gutters. So i took his hand. 'Good, you shall now be known as Darth... Stal. Before we go take this' It was a lightsaber. 'I am your master now. Call me.. Darth Shadio'. I have been following him ever since I was ten. He trained me in the force and made me strong. Well that is my past and how I acquired my lightsaber." Stal finished up.
"WHY THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING PARASPRITE!!" Rainbow Dash said. "WHAT KIND OF FRIEND JUST BETRAYS SOMEPONY LIKE THAT?" She screamed in anger. "RAINBOW CALM DOWN!" said Twilight. Rainbow Dash seemed to cool off when Twilight said. "Wait you said only your friend and family knew your name, and you told no one else. So why did you tell us your name?" She asked "Because you ponies have shown me true kindness that I have not seen in forever. I thank you for that and am glad to call you f-friends." Stal said nearly crying.
"No one has been nice to me the way you have. You could have just let me lie there to die in the fields, but you helped me." All of a sudden Fluttershy hugged Stal. "It is okay Alexx that meany head cannot hurt you now. You are safe." "Y-you talked to me?" Stal asked, a bit shocked "Well I can see you are actually a good person and I trust you." Fluttershy responded. Good person? I have killed slain many people but she thinks I am a good person. He thought to himself. Something started to grow inside of him and he felt... warm, and safe. He has not felt this way in forever.
"FINISHED!" Rarity said bringing out his outfit "Here you are Stal, your new and improved outfit. I do hope you don't mind but I added a few things to them." She presented his outfit to him and it was better than new. His cloak was fixed up and his armor was repaired. The armor seemed to have some rubies engraved into them. "Thank you so much Rarity" He said with delight. "No problem Stal." she said
"Please cal-call me Alexx." He replied.
End Chapter 2-