//------------------------------// // Episode 1- What's a Twi'lek? // Story: Equestria Crossover Confusion 2 HFC- Order 66? // by Garfield23 //------------------------------// “This is terrible” Rarity sighed sadly as she sat on her chair in the castle throne room, the ruin and despair that surrounded the castle was beyond what any of the main six had experienced before Iroh had arrived but now with their numbers down to herself and Applejack. It felt for all the world like the end of the world had dawned in full furry, Sailor Jupiter sat in Pinkie’s normal chair and looked at Rarity with sympathy as Rarity said “What are we supposed to do?! Wait for those two to decide where we go and when we will be going?!” Sailor Jupiter shook her head and said calmly “We’ll just have to wait till the others get back” she then added “Besides it’s not totally hopeless….we still have a chance. Sometimes that’s the only thing Sailor Moon had going for her!” she then smiled and stood up walking round to hug Rarity “We must have…huh?!” At that moment Tien flew in with a figure clad in black armour and he said “I found him near your shop Rarity…looks like he was very lucky” he then added “It’s the Magna Defender” “Oh yeah…sorry Tien there were so many ponies here before the…well it’s hard to remember every pony’s name” Rarity giggled nervously and added “Is he breathing?” Tien nodded and she got up lighting up her horn “We’d better hope this works” as she put her horn against the Magna Defender’s chest and there was a bright flash “Woops, maybe used a little too much?” “I’ll say!” the Magna Defender snapped as he got up and added “You nearly shocked me half to death!” he checked his armour over and sighed “Well on the bright side…my armour could be in worse condition” “Well that’s good” a voice said from the corner and a brown stallion stepped out. “Timeturner?!” Rarity yelled in glee as she ran over and hugged him “How did you survive?! We thought every pony was dead!” “Yeah” Tien said rubbing his chin with a mistrusting look towards the brown Stallion and then asked “Better question how’d you avoid my third eye for so long? With the Magna defender he was trapped under some rubble from a neighbouring building but you look….good” he cracked his fist as he spoke and then Timeturner gulped. Tien surged forward and threw him to the floor “Talk!” “Alright! Take it easy! My real name is the Doctor! I’m taking Whis’ place to take Applejack and Rarity on their quest!” the Doctor said as he got up from the floor “I thought it’d be better to slowly break it to them and….” “Break it to them slowly! For what purpose!? Look outside! Their world lies in ruin!” Sailor Jupiter screamed and punched the brown pony “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t shock you to death!” “One of you can come with them!” The Doctor said as he felt his jaw which he was very pleased wasn’t broken “I have a dice here…each of you will take turns to roll it. Biggest number will go” Tien snatched the dice and rolled it “2!” “Guess it won’t be you” Sailor Jupiter said in a slightly sad tone, in many ways Tien was the best person to send but she grabbed the dice and rolled it “1!” she sighed and smiled “Guess it is you, Ti…” the Magna Defender rolled the dice and it came up “6! No! Come on!” The Doctor nodded “Alright, Mr Defender. You’re the one who’ll be joining us. Where is that Orange mare, Applejack?” he looked around but all four gave him a look of pure distaste “Oh come on where is she?” Tien snarled “Picking over the remains of her farm. Her entire family is gone! Do you have any idea, how much damage your boss has done and you have the nerve to suggest that they have to do more?!” Tien’s energy crackled around him as he looked into the Doctor’s eyes, the colour suddenly left Tien’s face, as he suddenly looked horrified and he snapped “Oh for the love of King Kai! You can’t be serious?! I know that look!” “What look?!” Sailor Jupiter asked in shock and disgust “Where are you sending them, Doctor?!” The Doctor looked away, unable to meet the angry eyes of Tien and Sailor Jupiter as he spoke in a hollow whisper “To…To…” he paused and then in a firmer voice “Coruscant, capital of the Galactic Republic and home of the Jedi order” “What the heck is a Jedi!? Galactic Republic?!” Sailor Jupiter asked as she looked suspiciously at the Doctor “Why would you send them there? What’s going on there? There has to be a reason!” lighting cracked around Jupiter’s head “Answers now!” “Jupiter!” Rarity snapped as she walked towards the Doctor and sighed “Even if we don’t like it, Darlings….We have no choice. Equestria lies in ruins and if the only way to save it….is to go with this stallion to Coruscant” she turned her head to lock eyes with the Doctor and growled “Your boss better keep his word or else!” The Doctor smiled and said “First we need to change you into your new body. Here swallow this” he pulled out a small pill from a small pouch round his neck and then added “I’m sorry to say that the transformation into an alien species will hurt. Brace yourself” Rarity took the pill into her magic and gulped as she looked back to her friends but whispered with a faint smile on her lips “Wish me luck” all present took the moment to wish her the luck and Rarity popped the pill into her mouth but the smile was there only for a very short moment longer as suddenly Rarity fell to the floor in pain “AHHHHHHHHHH! Oh Celestia! NOOOO!” “Rarity!” Jupiter screamed running forward but Tien grabbed her and forced her to look into his chest “Please for the love of god! Let go!” Jupiter screamed slamming her fists into Tien’s chest “How can you ignore her pain?!” Tien shook his head, all three of his eyes closed trying to hide the sadness and mumbled “There’s…nothing, we can do for her now…don’t look…just pray and hope!” he wanted nothing more than to help Rarity but he knew what he said was right “Please Goku, lead her strength” As the transformation began to take its course, Rarity’s mane and tail disappeared, they seemed to be pulled inside her but the transformation continued on. The next phase saw her front hooves change into hands, along with her back hooves being turned into feet, the pain from this was like having four knives cut into her hooves, dividing them into separate digits but still the transformation went on and her main body was next. It changed into a more humanoid form, however she remained the same colour, it was her head that changed, two long white tails seemed to grow from her skull and the doctor quickly threw a coat over her to preserve her dignity. Finally her cutie mark disappeared, as this happened a diamond pattern went up and down her new head tails. “Rarity…I’m so sorry” The Doctor mumbled as she rose to her feet, shaking up and down as the Doctor pulled a short silver stick from his saddle bag “Without Whis, the transformation is a lot more severe and painful and…” Jupiter suddenly punched him and send him flying into a wall “What the heck have you done?! She’s….she’s…” “Not Human” Tien finished numbly as he pulled Jupiter away from the Doctor because the Doctor was at severe risk but Tien did add “I’ve never seen an alien like her?! What is she?” “Get me…a mirror” Rarity croaked nervously as she felt the tails protruding from her head “Get a Celestia damn mirror!” the Magna Defender handed her a small mirror, as she looked into it, she screamed and tears spilled forth from her eyes “AHH, I’m…I’m a....” “The species name is Twi’lek” The Doctor said helpfully as he pushed the silver stick into her hands and added “Where we’re going, you’re a jedi, known as Jedi knight Rarity and you command a regiment of Clone troops calling itself, the 523rd highland regiment” he coughed and continued “The knowledge, skills and abilities should be second nature to you now thanks to that pill” Rarity looked down at the silver stick and turned it over to reveal a red button as she breathed the words “My Lightsabre?” her head was suddenly filled with a million memories of another life, the fights she’d knew she’d never been in and yet they were there, fellow Jedi, the clones under her command but more over she remembered each of her friend’s purpose in this alternate world. She pushed the new knowledge to the back of her mind “Give me a moment” she disappeared into a separate room where she dressed in an outfit left by Erza which was a pretty practical set of armour and stepped out igniting her lightsabre. The blade that showed matched the colour of her magic and she smiled “Applejack will need to change too” “She will” The Doctor said in surprise that Rarity now seemed so calm “Where is she?” “She’s right here” a voice said from the door and all turned to behold Applejack who looked furious “Rarity!? Are ya alright?” Rarity nodded and took the pill from the Doctor using the force “Here, Applejack…eat this” Tien was already at his limit and this was the last straw, he flew forward, trying to seize the pill but Rarity raised a hand “Rarity stop!” the following push from Rarity was powerful enough to hold Tien back “Applejack! Listen to reason…that pill will…” but Applejack had already popped the pill into her mouth “NOOOO!” The Magna Defender who had remained silent suddenly spoke up and his voice returned calm “Tien! Jupiter! Calm yourselves! They need your support! Not your desperate begging!” they watched as Applejack began to transform too. Her transformation was into a human, it didn’t mean the transformation wasn’t painful but she didn’t show it as much as Rarity. As she did change the Magna Defender took a pill from The Doctor and lifted his helmet so he could consume it. The pill planted the memories of his life as a bounty hunter, however a bounty hunter with honour and secretly serving the Jedi order “So that’s my new life” he said slowly. Applejack’s new memories made her remember life as a new body guard of a senator, her training with blasters, hand to hand combat, the name of the Senator came back to her and she whispered “Senator Amildala” she smiled and said “Well this should be a hoot” “I’m glad you can act so calm about where we’re going” The doctor said sadly as he continued “As I’m sure all three of you are now aware, we’re going to a galaxy at war, the CIS and the Republic are fighting in a fake war set up by a sinister puppet master. Our mission while we’re there is to find three people out of place in this war and maybe more. These three will serve as powerful fighters against the evil we are destined to fight” “How the hay are we supposed to spot them!” Applejack snapped and she then added “I take it, we have ta keep our lips buttoned about the fake war!?” The Doctor nodded “Oh for bucks shake! Then why tha buck did ya tell us?!” the Doctor suddenly looked very embarrassed and shrugged “Ya’re a…right….pearl of an idiot!” “Well you’ll know them when you see them” The Doctor said slowly but that just caused everyone in the room to groan “Hey! It’s not my fault! I’m merely the messenger” he took a more serious tone “I should mention, the CIS have also received reinforcements from some new allies and they’re…friends of mine” he finished with a dark glare to each “If you encounter them be warned…run! Just run! Don’t stay and fight! Just run!” The Magna Defender began to laugh “I don’t run! If I encounter them, I will stand and fight!” he drew his sword for effect but the Doctor knocked the weapon from his hand with a kick of his front hooves “What the?!” “You’ll stand for about two seconds!” The Doctor snapped as he rubbed his temples “I’m serious, these monsters are called Daleks! I can reveal now, they’ve already inflicted terrible loses on the Republic and if we don’t move….they’ll take a life we can’t afford to lose” “Who?!” everyone asked at once. “How does, I don’t know sound because I don’t know who, the republic may send to fight them. But Daleks have no mercy and it may not be too long before the republic sends someone in who is needed for the best outcome in the galaxy! I have a plan to deal with the Daleks but I need you to focus on the three fighters” The Doctor snapped, as he pulled out a pill and added “I’m going to join you Rarity as a fellow Jedi” he swallowed the pill and nodded “Mmm bubblegum flavour” “You’re insane” Tien said slowly The Doctor burst out laughing “Oh certainly I am but when you get to my stage in life your insane by rule of thumb” he explained as he changed back to his tenth doctor form “Ahh still hurts but come on” “Hang on!” Applejack said as she turned to the table in the centre of the room and walked to it “I just need something from my saddle bag” she pulled out a photo of her family and another of her friends “I’ll need this” “I’d be careful with that but I’m not going to stop you” Tien said as he walked to Rarity “Here, Rarity…I want you to have this…it’s a good luck charm” Tien revealed to Rarity a green sweatband and gave his second one to Applejack “I wish I could come with you but the rules of this game have been set. We’ll defend Equestria while you’re gone. Take my armbands so I can be with you in spirit” “Yeah!” Sailor Jupiter said as she smiled and gave the three the thumbs up “Good luck” The Doctor lead the group out of the castle, leading them towards a tall blue box and turned to them “Once we walk inside….our adventure will begin…are you ready?” “I reckon the time for talk is finished” Applejack said as she reached for her hat and lowered it over her eyes “I’m ready ta show this CIS lot the true spirit of Equestria!” Rarity smiled, the Magna Defender nodded and all three walked aboard the Tardis. “Alright, we’ll need to drop you each back where you’re supposed to be and according to this Rarity….your supposed to be in the Jedi temple....right” The doctor explained as the Tardis moved into the vacuum of time and space “When we land, Rarity, you’ll have about ten seconds to jump out because a certain Jedi Master will be looking for you” Rarity gulped and nodded “Okay” the Tardis then stopped moving and she leapt out, the door closed behind her and the Tardis disappeared. She looked around, she was a room which could only be a bedroom but she then heard a knock “Give me a moment please!” A male voice from outside said “Please hurry, Master Rarity” as Rarity stepped out, she found herself face to face, with a tall man, with a light brown beard and a kind smile “Well, you’re looking well, Master Rarity. The Council wishes to see you in the council chamber in a few minutes” Master Kenobi said as he walked beside her towards the Council Chamber “General Skywalker needs help with the 501st” “Oh really?” Rarity asked as she walked beside him, she noticed the twinkle in Master Kenobi’s eyes as she added “It’s rare for Master Skywalker to need any assistance….you’d think the mission was difficult and…why are you laughing?” as soon as Rarity had spoken of Anakin needing any help, Obi Wan couldn’t help himself and started laughing “You seem in better spirits” “Well, it’s just I know, my former apprentice rarely asks for help but that’s probably because he is….I don’t know?” Obi Wan shrugged. “Nuts?” Rarity supplied and then giggled “Sounds just like you” “Oh really? I thought I was more calm controlled and mature” Obi Wan said as he then smiled and added “I suppose not as calm as you but we all have our limits” --------------- “Remember, Miss Applejack” Captain Typho said as Applejack followed close behind him “Your job is to ensure, the senator’s protection and if needed, lay down your life for her…are we clear?” Applejack nodded “Excellent, now you’ll get to meet her and please bear in mind…she’s not been having the best day” The doors to the Senator’s quarters opened up, Senator Amildala looked at her new guard with a mixture of frustration and relief. The frustration seemed to be coming from something unrelated to Applejack so the relief was due to the distraction “Ah, Miss Applejack! It’s a pleasure to see you, you came highly recommended and…I’m sorry but I’m very behind on my work…so introductions will have to wait!” she closed the door and Applejack shrugged. “She seems nice” Applejack ventured as Captain Typho nodded as they took their positions at the door. The next few hours passed without incident, as the two patrolled the area, checking for any threats but Applejack expected more. She finally looked at Captain Typho who was taking a small break for a drink “So um…..ya want ta talk?” Captain Typho gave her a sceptical look but smiled and said “There isn’t much to talk about at times like these so just relax and go about your duties” he finished his drink and walked towards a droid in the corner. Applejack looked out at the city below them and whispered “I hope Rarity is okay” she then turned and said loudly to Typho “So where’s that Jedi Temple place?” Typho gave a small laugh and pointed towards the building in the distance “Thanks” she waited till Typho was out of earshot “I wish I knew where Rarity is in that place” the city seemed so daunting, it made her feel so lost in a sea of metal, glass and movement. ------------------------ The Magna defender and the Doctor had arrived on a planet far from Coruscant, the battle raged round them but the Magna Defender stopped to ask “How do you know this plan will work?” “I don’t” the Doctor said honestly.