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// Chapter 11: The lesson below Equestria Land 
// Story: A Jedi's Journey 
// by Postwarmonkey50 
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The next day, as the sun slowly began to rise, the guests were fast asleep in their own tents. Rainbow Dash and her human counterpart shared a tent, albeit snoring loudly, which they were almost like siblings in the same tent. Applejack and her human counterpart were fast asleep in their tent, with their arms/forelegs on the bed widely whilst their hats were on top of their heads. Rarity and her human counterpart were sleeping with their sleeping mask, making cute snoring sounds.

Fluttershy and her human counterpart were fast asleep, muttering in their sleep about butterflies. Pinkie Pie and her human counterpart were fast asleep mumbling about every flavored cupcake and doughnut known to man, whilst the pink pony was asleep on top of her counterpart as if she were a cat. Twilight and her counterpart on the other hand, were mumbling a math equation in their sleep, with puppy Spike sleeping on top of Twilight, whilst Spike the dragon, surprisingly did the same as he slept on top of Twilight.

Starlight was fast asleep near Sunset, considering that they have a lot of catching up to do. Sunburst and Stygian decided to share a tent, as did Starswirl with Mistmane, Flash Magnus with Somnambula, and Rockhoof with Mage Meadowbrook. Gallus and Silverstream shared a tent, as did Ocellus and Smolder, along with Sandbar and Yona.

They slept peacefully through the night, until one by one, all of them slowly woke up and began to walk outside of their tents and stretched themselves a bit, in order to get ready to start a new day. Rockhoof was the first to open his eyes as he looked at his surroundings and said ‘Ah, now that’s what I like to see every morning when I get up. Nature all around us, and the calm quietness of the animals that wake up in the mornings.’

‘Ah’ll say.’ said Applejack ‘There’s nothing but a great surrounding to help us get started.’

‘Although,’ said Rarity whilst she wasn’t comfortable with her surroundings ‘I wish it wasn’t nearly filled with muddy places.’

Her human counterpart placed her hand on her pony counterpart’s shoulder, giving her an assuring smile. ‘Oh don’t worry darling, it took me a while to get used to. It even gave me a few ideas of my last fashion line.’

‘Which was unnecessary, considering she thought that the docks were the walkway when we had to keep on correcting her.’ said human Applejack, earning a stink eye from the Fashionista.

‘Oh, put a sock in it Applejack.’* said a grumpy Rarity, who clearly not had her coffee yet.

‘You can’t silence the truth!!’** shouted both Pinkie Pie and her human counterpart, causing many to close their ears, for it was really noise.

‘You got those too, huh?’ asked Rainbow Dash as she stretched a bit.

‘You have no idea.’ said human Rainbow Dash as she also stretched a bit.

‘Don’t worry,’ said human Starlight the moment she and Sunburst walked out whilst he walked out and adjusted his glasses ‘You get used to it.’

‘Morning everyone.’ said Gloriosa as she and her brother walked over ‘I hope all of you have slept well?’

‘Sure did.’ said Twilight as she stretched her back and wings a bit. ‘Thanks again for letting us sleep over.’

‘Oh, think nothing of it.’ said Timber Spruce ‘Not every day we get to see all that cool stuff in the cave.’

‘You got that right.’ said Spike ‘Honestly, that was really scary down there. Especially since Luke got hurt down there.’

‘Speaking of Luke Meister,’ said Pinkie Pie as she chirped up a bit ‘When do you think he and the Princesses will be back?’

They suddenly heard the sound of a roaring engine, causing them to look up. And to their relief, it was the Ebon Hawk, flying down near them and was able to find a clearing for them to land on, causing everyone to walk over to the ship to greet the Princesses and the Jedi Master.

As the ship’s ramp opened, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were the first ones to come out, but no Luke Skywalker.

‘Uh, Princess Celestia?’ asked Sunset ‘Where’s Luke?’

R2 came out and beeped to them to come inside. As they were inside, they saw Luke was fast asleep, but he looked completely frazzled too.

‘Goodness.’ said Rarity as she took a good look at him ‘What happened to him?’

‘He had been training all night for the past twelve hours ever since we got back.’ said Luna, much to everyone’s shock.

‘What has he been doing?’ asked Twilight.

R2 then moved over and beeped. He used his holographic lens to display the hologram of Luke. When Luke’s image showed, they saw he was moving around, trying out Lightsaber moves, each new forms that were different than the last. They were surprised to see the way he moved and used his Lightsaber.

‘Whoa,’ said human Rainbow Dash ‘He did all that through the entire night? Why?’

‘Apparently what happened in the temple shook him a bit.’ said Celestia. ‘He was worried that if he were to fall, then we would be the Sith’s next target.’

‘Hah,’ said Rainbow Dash ‘That’s no problem. We could’ve beaten that Sith Lord in ten seconds flat.’

‘Rainbow, we barely were able to hold our own when we faced them.’ said Sunburst, remind them of their encounter with Darth Sion and Darth Nihilus.

‘He’s right.’ said Starlight ‘Every Sith Lord we encountered were more vicious than the last.’

‘Except for that Kreia lady,’ said Spike ‘She seemed really cool.’

‘A little twisted actually.’ said Gallus as he reminded them of just how cryptic she can be.

Luke however, began to mumble in his sleep a bit. And through his sleep, he was able to see things, things that he had never seen before. What looked like normal rides, fun places for little children to hang out. The others noticed that Luke looked a bit troubled. Sunset decided to help by placing her hand on top of Luke’s head, allowing her to read his mind. She was able to see what he was seeing. Thankfully, she recognized where they needed to go.

Sunset gasped a bit as she pulled her hand away. She looked at the others and said ‘I know where we need to go.’

‘You do?’ asked her friends.

‘Yeah,’ said Sunset as she stood up ‘But from what I’m seeing, he seems to be having images of Equestria land.’

‘Equestria land?’ said the ponies and their creature students.

‘It’s an amusement park.’ said human Twilight. ‘We went there a while back when Rarity had a job working as the designer for the parade for a celebrity named Vignette.’

‘But,’ said human Rarity whilst she rubbed her left arm, feeling the shame of her past. ‘I let my obsession get the better of me. I was so easily manipulated by false flattery I ended up pushing my friends away. Applejack and I wanted to work there together. She tried to help me and see reason but I didn’t listen, even when she was using Equestrian magic.’

Rarity placed her hoof against her human counterpart’s leg, gaining her attention. ‘You shouldn’t be ashamed of yourself darling. I know what it’s like. I once did the same thing. But if it weren't for my friends, I wouldn’t be where I am. Even if I too was too stubborn about it.’

‘I’ll say.’ say Rainbow Dash, earning a glare from the Fashionista.

‘Uh, I take it something happened between you two?’ asked human Rainbow Dash.

‘Yeah,’ said Spike as he explained. ‘Long story short, they ended up getting impatient and dismissed the others’ likings when they were supposed to show the students how to get along, even if their hobbies don’t match theirs.’

The two of them stared at Spike with a stink eye, with Spike not having it.

Spike then let out a groan as he pointed at them. ‘Well it’s true. All what you two cared is making others do your own thing and nothing else. This is the Sisterhood social, Mare Do Well, boat travel and the working together with the students incident, all over again!!’*

The said ponies gasped in shock of his exclamation, even the others were quite surprised by this. However, before they would go any further, R2 stood in front of them. Not wanting this to go on. So he did the unthinkable. He shocked Rainbow Dash with his stunner, and sprayed oil in the fashion pony’s face, causing her to shriek.

Luke screamed himself awake after hearing Rarity’s scream. ‘I’m awake!! I’m awake!!’

They turned around and were surprised to see Luke, all frazzled and awake. But realizing that he just screamed like that for no reason, he cleared throat as he said ‘Sorry.’

‘Oh, it’s quite alright darling.’ said human Rarity.

Suddenly, Fluttershy said ‘Rarity.’

She then held a coin jar nearby, with Rarity realizing what she just said, whilst she nearly lost her composure and said ‘I said “Darling”, didn’t I? Oh.’*, causing her to throw a coin inside.

The ponies looked at this confused, then looked at the EG Mane 7 for answers.

‘Long story short,’ said human Fluttershy ‘We kinda got fed up when she kept saying “darling” all the time, so whenever she says that, she has to pay up.’

‘Like a bad word jar?’ asked Silverstream ‘But the word “Darling” isn’t a bad word.’

‘That’s what I kept on saying.’ said human Rarity, who eventually crossed her arms with a pout.

Ignoring that, Luke stood up as he stretched a bit. ‘Do you happen to know where this place is?’ asked Luke.

R2 brought up the map, allowing them to see the map of the world’s country. The EG Mane 7 looked at the map, with human Twilight pointing at it and said ‘It’s right here. It’s at least half a day’s ride from here.’

‘We’ll get there in an hour.’ said Luke, until they heard his stomach growled, making him feel embarrassed. The others simply chuckled.

‘But after you get something to eat mister.’ said human Applejack, with Luke giving a sheepish smile, for they did had a point. He was really hungry, even after training for so long.

Sure enough, after all of them had something to eat, the others began to board the Ebon Hawk, with Celestia talking to both Timer Spruce and Gloriosa.

‘Thank you two again for what you’ve done for my fellow ponies and friends.’ said Celestia as she gave a slight bow ‘We really appreciate for everything you have done.’

‘Oh, it was no problem your highness.’ said Gloriosa ‘We’re just glad to meet the mentor of one of our friends.’

‘Yeah, and if you want to visit whenever you need to break, don’t hesitate to come by.’ said Timber Spruce.

Celestia chuckled as she said ‘We will certainly be happy to take you up on your offer.’

As the others began to board, Luke stopped Sunset.

‘Is something wrong Master Skywalker?’ asked Sunset.

‘I wanted to talk to you about what happened earlier.’ said Luke.

‘Oh, about that.’ said Sunset as she rubbed the back of her head. ‘I’m sorry I placed myself in danger, but I couldn’t stand by and watch one of my friends be hurt.’

‘I know, and I am thankful for that,’ said Luke ‘But it was still reckless. You could’ve gotten yourself killed out there.’

Sunset looked down, feeling like she had shamed herself, until Luke placed his hand on her right shoulder. ‘However, because of what you were able to do, I will teach you what I know.’

Sunset was surprised by the offer Luke had presented.

Sure enough, everyone began to take off once they were aboard the Ebon Hawk, whilst Timber Spruce and Gloriosa waved goodbye to them.

Soon enough, whilst R2 flew the ship, Luke was watching Sunset carefully as she used Luke’s Lightsaber to defend herself whilst a few small spheres were flying around, flying stun blasters, with her doing her best to block them so that they wouldn’t shoot her. He could tell that she’s a hard study, and she really wants to improve. He could tell that he used to be like her, which compelled him to teach her. Everyone else slowly marched in and saw that Luke was teaching her. They noticed how focused she is.

‘Determined, isn’t she?’ asked Meadowbrook when she saw her focus.

‘Most Unicorns tend to focus on the importance of magic,’ said Starswirl ‘It is how we have gained many scholars to help teach those who wish to teach another.’

Celestia looked at Luke and asked ‘What are you teaching her Master Luke?’

‘Like Spike, she is strong in the Force.’ said Luke, much to Celestia’s surprise. ‘The way she resisted Darth Malgus, wielded my Lightsaber as if she was a master, and to use the Force to summon the Lightsaber to her. Indicates that she is Force Sensitive. Just like all of you are.’

‘Yeah, it would’ve been interesting,’ said Sandbar ‘Learning about the ways of the Force.’

‘No kidding,’ said Rainbow Dash ‘We’ve seen a lot of crazy things over the years. But this takes the cake.’

‘If there is one thing my travels have taught me,’ said Luke ‘Is that this galaxy hides more secrets that I could never imagine.’

Sunset continued to focus on the spheres, until one of them caught her off guard, and shoots her at the butt, causing her to yelp, making human Rainbow Dash laugh. ‘That’s gotta hurt.’

Luke then thought about something and had an idea. He walked over and picked up the helmet and walked over to her.

‘I suggest you try it again Sunset,’ said Luke with a smile ‘This time, let go of your conscious self. And act on instinct.’

Luke placed the helmet with the blast shield onto her, which surprised Sunset, for she couldn’t see anything. ‘But I won’t be able to see, how am I supposed to defend myself?’

‘Your eyes can deceive you, do not trust them.’ said Luke as he leaned against the wall.

Sunset tried to keep her defenses up as she held the Lightsaber at the ready. The spheres continued to fly around, until one of them tried to take a pot shot at Sunset, which she barely managed to dodge.

‘Stretch out with your feelings Sunset.’ said Luke ‘Let the Force flow through you.’

Sunset tried again and held her position. The spheres continued to fly all around her, with her moving slightly, trying to make sure that she wouldn’t be caught with her defenses down, with everyone watching her. And within mere moments, Sunset moved like an expert and blocked the spheres’ attacks, surprising everyone when they saw how well she had done.

‘You see,’ said Luke with pride ‘You can do it.’

‘Wow, that was lucky.’ said human Rainbow Dash.

‘In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.’ said Luke, he then realized he had a major déjà vu, which surprised him a little, as it reminded him of his teachings with Obi-Wan.

Sunset took off her helmet whilst R2 beeped over the comms, telling them that they’ve approached the coordinates, allowing Luke to stand up and said ‘I’m going ahead to help prepare for landing.’ said Luke ‘In the meantime all of you be prepared, we do not know how the locals will react once we arrive.’

As he left, Sunset walked over to her friends with a smile on her face. ‘It’s incredible,’ said Sunset ‘I could feel it. I do feel the Force, just like he said I would.’

‘That’s wonderful Sunset.’ said Celestia as she walked over towards her former student.

‘Indeed,’ said Starswirl ‘From what I observed from him, he is patient and he reaches out to the students rather than trying other methods. Truly he will be a wise Jedi Master when the time comes for him to train his own.’

Human Twilight on the other hand began to ponder on something. ‘What’s wrong Twilight?’ asked puppy Spike.

‘I’m just thinking about something.’ she said.

‘Oh? About what?’ asked Mage Meadowbrook.

‘Well, we went to find what Luke was looking for.’ said Twilight ‘I don’t understand why the clues are sending us there.’

‘What do you mean?’ asked Mistmane.

‘Well,’ said Twilight as she looked at them ‘Ever since magic had been brought to this world, the places we’ve been to was where we encountered Equestrian Magic. Canterlot High, Camp Everfree, the Mall, Equestria Land, that island in the middle of the ocean, even the place at the Music Festival where Sunset was trapped in a time loop.’

‘And you’re wondering why the clues have let us there and not showed the temples when you and the others first went there?’ asked Stygian.

‘Exactly,’ said Twilight ‘I mean, Wallflower found the memory stone to erase our memories and where Sunset and I got turned into monsters at Canterlot High, and where they faced the Dazzlings. We encountered Gloriosa Daisy when she used the magic to trap us there, and where we eventually gained the geodes on our own. Not to mention Equestrian Magic infected both Juniper Montage’s mirror and Vignette her phone. Not to mention the Storm King magic that leaked from the island, even the Time Twirler device. So how come we never knew about them till now?’

‘If there is one thing you must know Twilight,’ said Princess Luna, talking to Twilight’s human self ‘Is that our kind and other species are great at hiding secrets that are so great, no one would be able to find them until it is too late.’

‘Then again,’ said Starswirl as he sat next to human Twilight ‘It is our fault that Equestrian Magic is in this world.’

The rest of the EG Mane 7 came over and wondered what he meant by it 

‘When we defeated enemies that were responsible for the suffering of others,’ said Starswirl ‘We thought we had banished them to a place where no one would find it. Yet from what both Princess Twilight, Celestia and all of you said, they wounded up in your world instead. If we had known that there would be others that would find them and use them for their own benefits, we would never have hidden them on that world in the first place.’

‘Now that you mention it,’ said human Applejack ‘It was pretty foolish.’

‘But why not just lock them up in a secured vault that only a select ponies would know and that once they pass away, their secrets would go with them?’ asked human Pinkie Pie.

‘Politicians.’ said Sunset, gaining their attention. ‘You wouldn’t believe how many politicians tried to take over Canterlot and tried to kick Princess Celestia out, even when she has more power than that of a unicorn.’

‘Which we gladly removed from Canterlot.’ said Princess Celestia.

‘Except for Neighsay,’ said Princess Luna in a grumbled tone ‘Even when I told you that somepony like him would be a menace to Equestria.’

Celestia simply gave Luna a stink eye at that, which left the others confused. ‘Uh, care to explain?’ asked human Twilight.

‘It’s like this,’ said Smolder ‘After the Storm King fell, Princess Twilight wanted to open a school where others could learn about friendship like they did.’

‘We uh…’ said Silverstream, remembering the embarrassing ordeal ‘Kind of didn’t make a good impression.’

‘And Neighsay, the Chancellor of most of Equestria’s education,’ said Gallus ‘Said that we were a danger to other ponies and think that we would use it as an excuse to use it against Equestria.’

‘Not to mention he’s a racist.’ said Sunset, who also remembered Neighsay, much to the rest of the EG Mane 7’s shock.

‘But Princess Twilight stood her ground and was able to get our school running.’ said Ocellus.

‘After I gave her a lecture when she just wanted to give up of course.’ said Starlight, which made Twilight wince at that.

‘And as it turned out, one of the ponies, a student named Cozy Glow,’ said Sandbar ‘Who tried to steal all of Equestria’s magic by working with one of its enemies. We were able to stop her and she was locked up for her crimes.’

‘And as it turned out,’ said Yona ‘Bad pony only pretended to be friend and used ponies just so that bad pony could get what she wanted. Neighsay apologized, but some still skeptical about him.’

‘Wow,’ said puppy Spike ‘He’s worst than Cinch.’

Some were surprised to hear this, with human Twilight saying ‘She was once the principle at my old school. And she blackmailed me into doing what she wanted, even blackmailed me into releasing my friends’ magic that I took by accident.’

‘Yeah, I’m just glad that they fired that hag.’ said human Rainbow Dash.

‘She almost sounds like the Cinch from our world.’ said Rarity.

‘Wait,’ said Sunset ‘Equestria had a Cinch too?’

‘Indeed.’ said Celestia as she told them the story of Equestria’s Cinch. ‘Cinch was once head of an academy in Prance, but her obsession with perfection, including forcing others to do what she wanted and not cared for the safety and well being of her students were declared too extreme. She even went far as to cancel and remove their Recess.’

The ponies were shocked to hear that, even the counterparts. ‘What?’ said Twilight ‘But…but every educational system requires students to take breaks from studying in order to keep themselves from burning themselves out.’

‘Didn’t stop you though.’ said Spike with a smirk, and earned a glare from Twilight.

‘She’d really gone that far?’ asked human Applejack.

‘Indeed,’ said Celestia ‘When Cadance used to attend to that school before she ascended and moved to Canterlot, she reported this to the Superintendant of Prance and its school board. So they removed her as Principle before she could do any damage. She quit teaching and went into politics, and eventually became Equestria’s secretary of Education shortly after my sister’s return.’

‘Indeed,’ said Princess Luna as she and Celestia were there ‘Until my sister and I fired her for trying to get rid of recess and instill that same blackmailing and perfection attempts again, only this time it was kingdom wide.’

The EG Mane 7 were greatly surprised by this, even the rest of the ponies and creatures, only they’ve never heard of this before.

‘Wow.’ said the Young 6.

‘Man, no matter what world,’ said human Rainbow Dash ‘Cinch is still a manipulative…’

R2 beeped at that last comment of the person they were talking about.

‘What’d he say?’ said Rainbow Dash.

‘Artoo says she’s a Gundark.’ said Luke.

‘A what?’ asked half of the people in the ship.

R2 then showed them the image of a Gundark, which surprised most, and earned Rainbow Dash to laugh at the image of what she wanted to describe Cinch, even half of the passengers that saw the image.

‘Okay,’ said human Twilight ‘That I approve of.’

‘Be ready!!’ called out Luke ‘We’re about to land!!’

Sure enough, the ship began to land at its designated target just outside of the park. As they landed, they departed from the ship and made their way towards the outskirts of Equestria Land.

‘Whoa,’ said Applejack ‘Big place here?’

‘But why would they need a wall?’ asked Rainbow Dash.

‘Well they had to make sure that nobody would come in here to steal anything.’ said human Twilight ‘There’s a lot of things in the park that are important.’

‘Halt.’ said a voice, gaining their attention. To their surprise, it was a police officer, as well as a few others up front, which inclined the officer that stopped them, happens to be the head of security.

‘Officer, what’s going on?’ asked human Fluttershy, who was confused by the ordeal.

‘Park is closed for the next two months.’ said the officer.

‘WHAT?!!’ shouted both Pinkie Pie and her counterpart.

‘Why is it closed?’ asked Sunset.

‘Apparently there’s a slight vermin infestation, and a gas tank that blew up a few places,’ said the officer ‘Once the exterminators get here to drive them out, then the workers will come by to help fix this place up.’

‘Oh dear,’ said human Rarity ‘I hope Vignette didn’t seem to be too upset.’

‘Uh, that would be an understatement ma’am.’ said the officer ‘From her last blog, she is in a current ice cream bender.’

‘Oh dear, it’s bad.’ said Rarity, with her human counterpart agreeing.

‘Well, maybe we can help with the vermin problem.’ asked human Fluttershy.

‘Uh, sorry ma’am, leave it to the professionals.’ said the officer.

Luke then took a step forward and said ‘That is alright, they are good at what they do and they’re here to help.’

‘Uh, should I know who you are?’ said the officer as he eyed Luke.

‘Just someone who wants to help.’ said Luke.

‘Uh, I’m gonna have to see your identification sir.’ asked the officer.

Luke then suddenly said ‘You don’t need to see our identification.’

The officer suddenly replied ‘We don’t need to see your identification.’

As the EG Mane 7, the Pillars and the Princess were surprised to see this, the others had a hunch that Luke would do that, with knowing smiles on their faces.

‘These people are here to help you and wouldn’t cause any trouble for you.’ said Luke.

‘These people are here to help us and wouldn’t cause any trouble for us.’ said the Officer to the other officers.

‘We can go about our business and be safe out there.’ said Luke.

‘You can go about your business and be safe out there.’ said the Officer as he looked at them.

‘Move along.’ said Luke.

‘Move along now. Move along.’ said the Officer as he and the other confused Officers cleared the way, allowing them to go inside.

The others were clearly in awe of that, with Rainbow Dash saying ‘How did you do that?’

‘It’s called a Jedi mind trick.’ said Twilight ‘Jedi have the ability to temporarily control the individual’s minds. They’ve been able to use it from time to time.’

‘Can you teach me how to do that?’ said Rainbow Dash.

‘Uh, I don’t think that’s a good idea.’ said Luke.

‘Yes darling,’ said human Rarity ‘I don’t like having the idea of you doing something un-lady like on others in public.’

‘Yeah,’ said human Applejack with a grin ‘Probably wouldn’t’ want to use that there mind trick to make Rainbow flash her boobs in public.’

‘HEY!!!’ shouted human Rainbow as she covered herself.

‘You’re probably right, they’re probably too small.’ said none other than Luke.

Everyone stared at him with gawk like mouths, causing Luke to snicker for some reason, and then laugh out loud, which nearly made him fall over whilst he was walking, which indicated he was just joking. The rest suddenly erupted in laughter as all of them walked, with human Rainbow Dash covering herself as she was pouting.

‘Come on Rainbow,’ said Sunset as she tried to recover from the laughter ‘After all the pranks you’ve done, you had that one coming.’

‘S-shut up.’ said Rainbow Dash as her face was now red from the embarrassment.

Sure enough, as they traveled, all of them were walking through the park, where everything was abandoned as if it were a ghost town.

‘Whoa,’ said Sandbar ‘This place feels kind of creepy without anypony here.’

‘Yeah, no kidding,’ said Spike ‘This place reminds me of Mount Aris when it was deserted.’

Luke continued to follow the path, until he stopped near what appeared to be a building. He walked straight towards it and opened the door. When he looked inside, the room was completely white.

They then heard the EG Mane 7 groan for some reason. Twilight looked at them with a flexed eyebrow and asked ‘Is something wrong?’

‘Let’s just say,’ said human Pinkie Pie ‘When a celebrity named Vignette’s phone was corrupted with Equestrian Magic, she used to take a picture of them and send them somewhere else, and replaced them with holograms.’

‘Egghead over here thought we were trapped inside of her phone.’ pointed human Rainbow Dash, which human Twilight blushed and was embarrassed.

‘Sunset seemed pretty upset when she realized we were in a white room the whole time.’ said human Fluttershy.

‘And somehow Pinkie Pie was the only one who figured that they were in a white room instead of a phone.’ said human Applejack.

‘Well of course I knew it was a white room sillies,’ said human Pinkie Pie ‘If we were inside her phone, we would’ve been surrounded by digital data and worldwide internet system with cellphone information and surrounded by digital space as well as the worldwide web that would show us worldwide information and all important news before it would be aired on the news stations like our favorite movie Tri from the eighties, as well as its reboot.’

The rest of the EG Mane 7 gave them odd looks when she said that, especially the Tri movie, as well as its reboot. Yet surprisingly, she did have a good point, for if they were trapped in Vignette’s phone, then they would’ve been surrounded by all that.

Sunset, trying to ignore Pinkie’s specific rant, walked over to Luke and asked ‘What do you hope to find. There’s nothing in here.’

‘Remember what I said back in the ship?’ asked Luke as his hand was on the ground, wiping it ‘One’s eyes can deceive you, and you cannot always trust them.’

Using the Force, Luke closed his eyes as he was concentrating. After a few seconds, the floor suddenly shook, causing the floor itself to move, much to Sunset’s surprise when she saw it. As the floor moved, they saw a large staircase that led downstairs. Those that could see, were surprised that there were stairs leading underground. Sunset on the other hand, her left eye began to twitch as she was slowly gripping her fists.

‘Uh, Sunset?’ asked puppy Spike, curious of what was wrong.

‘Would you excuse me for a moment.’ said Sunset.

They saw her walk away until she was at least ten feet away from them. She stood there for a few seconds, and within that moment, she screamed in rage whilst her hands were raised in the air, taking them all by surprise. She was screaming for almost a whole minute whilst all of them looked at her:

‘I assume she’s always been like this?’ asked Luke when he noticed.

‘Sunset always had a bit of a…temper problem.’ said Celestia.

‘That’s a bit of an understatement.’ said human Rarity, considering that they know how her friend can act sometimes.

After her screaming, she went back to the others, but still had that temper look on her face and said with strained expression on her face ‘Can we please get a move on.’

‘Um,’ said Fluttershy ‘If anypony doesn’t mind, I’d like to stay behind and help out with the vermin problem.’

‘M-me too.’ said human Fluttershy ‘I heard them the moment we came in.’

‘Aw, come on.’ said Rainbow Dash whilst she protested ‘You seriously going to back down from an adventure like this.’

‘Leave them be Rainbow Dash.’ said Luke, causing the said Pegasus to look at him ‘If they’re not comfortable being down here and face whatever’s ahead, then we won’t pressure them into coming.’

‘But…’ said Rainbow Dash.

‘I will return shortly,’ said Luke to them, then looked at the shy pony and her counterpart ‘If you two would please come with me.’

The two of them followed Luke around the corner, wondering what he was going to say. Sure enough when they were out of sight, Luke looked at the two of them and asked them. ‘I have a feeling that something is wrong. Do you two wish to share this with me?’

The two of them were nervous at first, but because he was so nice and patient with them, they answered as calmly as they could.

‘Well you see Master Luke…’ started Fluttershy ‘We just…’

‘We don’t want to face whatever’s down there.’ said human Fluttershy.

Luke wasn’t surprised by this, but he gestured them to speak, showing his calm demeanor.

‘All those horrors we’ve seen that’s happened in your galaxy far, far away…’ said Fluttershy.

‘It was so…horrible.’ said human Fluttershy as she began to tear up.

‘All those innocent worlds suffered by the Sith…’ said Fluttershy as she also began to tear up and sat down on the ground.

‘And you who kept getting hurt, trying to find what you were looking for.’ said human Fluttershy as she tried to comfort her counterpart.

‘It’s just too much.’ said Fluttershy.

Luke could see how terrified they were. Experiencing all the horrors of the past can be heartbreaking and afraid, yes, but he could also tell that it was too much for them to bear. He stood on his one knee and looked straight at them, whilst he slowly placed his hands on the side of their faces, gaining their attention as he looked at them.

‘For what you two have witnessed, I am sorry for that.’ said Luke ‘I did not mean to upset the both of you. What you two have seen, no one should go through that.’

‘But yet you do.’ said Fluttershy.

‘I do this because no one else could.’ said Luke.

He kept his position, then looked at them once both his arms were on his one leg whilst they were focused on him.

‘You two have to understand.’ said Luke ‘I was born with this power. It terrified me at first when I found out what I could do. But I also saw how the galaxy suffered at the hands of the Empire. The Jedi have been the peacekeepers of the galaxy for centuries, and to have all of them wiped out like that, and the people were fed lies about the Jedi being monsters. They destroyed everything the Jedi fought and died for.’

Luke stood up as he spoke to them ‘So believe me when I say this; you think you’re the only ones who’s afraid and torn by what happened. I am the last Jedi in the Republic. I fight to restore balance to the Force and yet deep down, I’m terrified.’

He walked towards the nearest bench and sat down, with the pony and counterpart joining him as they sat next to him.

‘When I was younger, I believed that I could do anything with my power, that I could save the galaxy, and that I was not afraid.’ said Luke. ‘But the more I learned about the Force, I grew scared of it. I was afraid that I would walk down the same path my father did. He tried to save the one he loved and the Sith used it against him, and he ended up turning to darkness and destroyed everything that the Jedi stood for.’

He lowered his head, remembering the people that his father once loved and looked up to. ‘My grandmother Shmi raised him to be a good person, Qui-Gon Jinn believed that he would be the best of us. Both of them would be ashamed to see what he had become.’

He was slowly shedding tears, saying ‘I keep thinking that everything will be alright, but what my father did. It feels like he destroyed the family name. And I have to clean up the mess he made. There are times that I’m afraid that I will never live up to the legacy the Jedi left behind. And…I’m scared.’

He felt himself being embraced, by none other than Fluttershy and her human counterpart, both shedding tears too and not realized what Luke had gone through ever since he started out.

‘We’re so sorry Luke.’ said Fluttershy ‘We had no idea you would be so terrified.’

Luke was able to wipe his tears away, whilst he was able to embrace both of the kindest souls who ever lived. The hug lasted for a few minutes, until they finally broke it. He looked at the two of them and smiled whilst saying ‘Thank you. Both of you.’

‘You’re welcome Luke.’ said Fluttershy.

He then stood up and said ‘Come. We still have a mission to uphold.’

Fluttershy then hovered next to Luke with a smile and said ‘And we’ll help you see this through.’

‘It’s the least we can do for a friend.’ said human Fluttershy as she placed her hand on Luke’s shoulder.

Luke smiled at that ‘And if you want, I can also teach you further what I know. To help broaden your horizons a bit.’

‘I think we’d like that.’ said Fluttershy.

Sure enough, the three of them went back to the waiting crowd. The latter noticed the three of them coming back.

‘Finally,’ said Rainbow Dash as she crossed her hooves ‘What took you guys so long?’

‘Let’s just say…’ said human Fluttershy as she twirled her hand a bit.

‘We came to an understanding.’ said Fluttershy.

Celestia smiled, knowing that the talk they had must’ve allowed them to form a bond with him. ‘Very well then,’ said Celestia ‘Shall we proceed?’

The others nodded in agreement and commenced with walking down the stairs. But at the same time, the Young Six had looks of concern. Not over what might expect to happen, but because of what they overheard. They followed Luke closely, hopefully to make sure that he would be okay.

After they were able to get down the stairs, everyone was able to continue with their walk down the dark and stone halls.

‘How often do you lose your temper?’ asked Luke when he walked next to Fluttershy.

She was caught off guard by the question. She then shamefully looked down and said ‘More times than I can count.’

‘Did you ever try to control your emotions.’ asked Luke.

‘Believe me, I tried.’ said Sunset as she explained ‘But no matter how hard I try. It’s just so…hard, you know?’

‘In my experience when it comes to making decisions,’ said Luke ‘You have the right to be scared, you have the right to be anxious, you even have the right to be angry. But take it from me, and believe me when I say this…you can’t feed that kind of emotion. Otherwise you might walk down a dark path.’

‘What do you mean?’ asked Sunset as she looked at Luke whilst one of her eyebrows were raised.

‘Fear is the path that leads all of us to the Dark Side.’ said Luke ‘Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to Hate. And Hate leads to Suffering. My father once learned that the hard way. His fear of losing mother had overtaken him, he couldn’t even be reasoned when others, even Master Yoda, once told him that death is a natural part of life. When one is in pain and passes on. One should not mourn or miss them, for that is the shadow of greed.’

Luke looked down as he shared his thoughts with her. ‘I’ll admit, I miss my Uncle and Aunt, I even miss my friends and my father. But after I chose to mourn for them, I chose to move on for them. Because I know deep down, they wouldn’t want me to wallow in my own shame and guilt.’

He then looked at Sunset and said ‘I know you tend to get angry, but that’s only because you’re very defensive. You get aggressive when you’re asked the toughest questions as others put you on the spot that you feel cornered. And you sometimes get hostile because you wish to protect your friends, because you made a vow that you would protect them, no matter what. Those are the true qualities of someone that one can admire. And as long as you remember to keep your emotions in check whilst still having those feelings. You can accomplish many tasks ahead of you.’

Sunset couldn’t help but smile by Luke’s words. ‘Thanks Master Skywalker.’

‘Please,’ said Luke as he waved his arm to her ‘Call me Luke.’

‘Alright then, Luke.’ said Sunset.

Human Rainbow Dash then thought about something. ‘Wait, if there was so many Sith Lords from a long time ago, how come there aren’t any more of them around.’

‘Oh, that’s simple,’ said Sunburst ‘The last Sith Lord implemented the Rule of Two.’

‘The rule of what now?’ she said with a raised eyebrow.

‘To put it simply,’ said Sandbar ‘The Sith began to die out, until an ancient Sith implemented the Rule of Two. So that there can only be a master and an apprentice.’

‘And,’ said human Fluttershy as she nervously asked ‘What would happen if the student would train his own?’

‘They would kill the Master.’ said Starlight ‘For there can only be two in existence.’

‘That’s horrible.’ said human Rarity.

‘It had been a plan that were centuries in the making.’ said Princess Luna ‘A true enemy would know how to bide their time and strike when their enemies least expects it.’

‘So if the Sith are gone, who is going to keep this Empire in check?’ asked Applejack.

‘The Emperor basically had many followers and generals.’ said Luke ‘There was rumors that said he had a secret Sith Cult, all who follow the old ways rather than the new, and the Imperial Officers follow orders without question. They do not share the same remorse that many of the other officers do.’

‘And they were okay with this?’ said human Twilight.

‘I’m afraid so,’ said Luke ‘Ironically, most of those officers once served the Republic during the Clone Wars, even the Jedi. And the worst part, they didn’t even help them, nor did they want to. They bought the Emperor’s lies as if it meant nothing to them.’

‘As with all politicians nowadays.’ said Celestia whilst rolling her eyes, remembering her own experience when she wanted to try and stop the Canterlot Nobles spreading lies when she tried to stop the war between the Griffons and the Yaks.

‘Did you ever encounter any Sith or Inquisitors Luke?’ asked Sandbar.

‘The only Sith I ever fought was my father.’ said Luke ‘As for the Inquisitors, by the time after the Death Star was destroyed the first time, they were either disbanded, decommission or killed.’

‘Did both Kenobi and Yoda teach you much?’ asked Twilight.

‘They taught me what they could.’ said Luke, ‘Everything else I had to learn on my own.’

‘I understand.’ said Twilight as she couldn’t help but smile at this ‘When I was sent to Ponyville, I had to learn a lot of things on my own too.’

‘You were not that close to your friends?’ asked Luke.

‘No,’ said Twilight as she thought about her younger days ‘Back then I thought there was no point in having friends, that having friends was nothing more than a waste of time.’

She then looked up as she slowly smiled. ‘But after Princess Celestia sent me to Ponyville, I went on an adventure I never knew I went on. I met my friends one by one, we traveled together to stop a threat to Equestria, they helped woke up the magic inside of me, and together, we were able to free Princess Luna from her own darkness. I was sad when I had to go back, but she allowed me to stay in Ponyville. And ever since then, we’ve had many more adventures I never knew would be the greatest I ever had.’

‘From the look on your face,’ said Luke as he smiled, whilst he also admired Twilight’s commitment and her friendships with her friends ‘It seems you have learned a lot over those years when you first started out.’

‘I guess I did.’ said Twilight before she chuckled, thinking about those days.

After a whole hour, they decided to take a break before continuing with their journey, with Smolder saying ‘You know, the temples we’ve been to had traps. I wonder why the ones at the camp and here didn’t have any?’

‘They probably thought it wasn’t necessary.’ said Stygian ‘This world was de-voided of magic and the civilization in this world thinks that magic is nothing but fairy tales.’

‘Indeed,’ said Starswirl whilst he stroked his beard ‘It makes sense that there were traps in Equestria, considering that during its founding we faced constant threats against creatures from other kingdoms. But because this world didn’t have any magic, it would assume that their knowledge would be safe here.’

‘And yet you failed to realize that the Sirens nearly endangered this world.’ said Luke.

The others were greatly surprised by what he said. ‘How did you…?’ said Sunset, clearly surprised by his revelation.

‘When I last meditated,’ said Luke ‘I looked through the Force and saw Sunset and her friends’ past. I’ve seen what they went through, and the trials they’ve faced. Thanks to them, the Sirens were defeated and their medallions were destroyed.’

Luke then looked at the EG Mane 5 ‘Although I was also disappointed that they would even think that she was the one who revealed their secrets and automatically thought it was her.’

The others noticed that the EG Mane 5 had guilty looks on their faces. ‘Uh, did we miss something?’ asked human Twilight, for she wasn’t there when it happened.

‘It was…during the holidays.’ said human Fluttershy.

‘See,’ said human Rarity ‘A while back we invited Sunset over to our sleepover because we wanted to spend some time with her. Until a secret blogger named Anon-A-Miss revealed an embarrassing secret about Applejack.’

‘We tried to wave it off,’ said human Applejack ‘Until we found a bunch of pictures and videos about our sleepover, and we thought it was Sunset who revealed our secrets.’

‘Turns out,’ said human Pinkie Pie ‘Anon-A-Miss ended up posting more secrets about everyone else at our school.’

‘But Sunset came over to us and said that she didn’t do it, for if she did, she wouldn’t have said all those nice things about us before our pictures were posted online.’ said human Rainbow Dash.

‘But it turned out,’ said human Fluttershy ‘Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom were jealous and resented Sunset, so they ended up doing all that just to get back at her and they would spend time with us.’

Everyone else, except Luke, stared at them in shock, whilst Sunset looked away, not wanting to relive those memories again, whilst human Twilight comforted her when she didn’t realize what she had been through.

‘Why would you do that?’ said Fluttershy ‘Why would you abandon your friend?’

‘We thought she did it because…’ said human Applejack before she was cut off.

‘It don’t matter,’ said Applejack ‘If she said she didn’t do it, she didn’t do it.’

‘Yeah,’ said Rainbow Dash as she hovered near them ‘Just because it looked like someone did it doesn’t mean they actually did it.’

‘Indeed,’ said Rarity, clearly also disappointed ‘From what Twilight told us, she worked hard every day trying to make up for what she did. And after everything she tried to do, even helped save your life from the Sirens and tried to help you see reason, you still do not trust her?’

‘I mean seriously,’ said Spike ‘Even I wouldn’t just accuse someone like that.’

‘I was also disappointed.’ said Twilight, whilst she also looked mad ‘You five promised me you’d help her and look after her. She loved you girls, why would you even think she would do something like that?’

The EG Mane 5 had guilty looks on their faces, feeling really ashamed.

‘Do you guys trust me?’ asked Twilight.

‘Well, of course we do darling…’ said human Rarity, before Twilight cut her off.

‘Then why couldn’t you trust Sunset enough to when I asked you to look after her.’ said Twilight ‘I trust Sunset enough to know that she’s never lying.’

‘But…’ said human Pinkie Pie.

‘Look,’ said Twilight as she told them ‘Ever since I moved to Ponyville, my friends taught me everything what it meant to be honest, loyal, generous, kind and laugh with friends. From Sunset’s writing and from what I’ve seen when I came back to help you stop the Sirens, I could see she’s changed, that she wants a second chance, that she really wants to have friends. So I could tell that she was telling the truth, even write the truth when she told me what happened.’

Twilight then looked at human Applejack ‘And Applejack, from what she last wrote to me when she went to help you on the farm, and even helped save your trees from being infected, you say you were grateful. You said that you could tell when someone’s lying and telling the truth, so why didn’t you do it for Sunset?’

Human Applejack looked down, for the Princess did have a point.

‘And Rainbow Dash,’ said Twilight as she looked at human Rainbow Dash ‘You said that you were loyal to your friends, yet you didn’t stand up for her and slandered her, you even abandoned her when she needed a friend the most. Maybe you’re not as loyal as I thought.’

Human Rainbow Dash looked down, discouraged by her words, before she looked at Human Fluttershy.

‘And Fluttershy. Ever since Sunset saved you, she helped you realize that there was still kindness in this world. And after you were the first one to forgive her, she made a promise to look after you. And you ended up abandoning her, you were even cruel to her. Whatever happened to forgiveness and give someone a chance?’

Human Fluttershy then began to shed tears whilst she looked away. She then looked at human Rarity next.

‘And Rarity, you know Sunset would never hurt you or insult you or hurt your feelings? Did you really even forgive her after the whole Spring Fling debacle. She tried to make up for it every day, and you know she’d never do anything to make you feel bad. You always give and expect nothing in return, yet from what I’ve seen, even after she was thankful for what you did, you expected way too much that she was the guilty culprit, well you of all people should realize that not everypony can live up to your expectations.’

Rarity tried her best not to shed tears, but the ruined mascara can tell otherwise. She then lastly looked at human Pinkie Pie next.

‘And Pinkie Pie, you should know that Sunset would never hurt any of you on purpose, you know she’d never sell your secrets like that. And instead you made her cry. You branded her a monster, again. Didn’t you even feel bad for abandoning her and not realize that there must have been a misunderstanding?’

Now human Pinkie looked away, not feeling to look at her.

Twilight then sighed as she looked down and said ‘You wanted to know the real reason why I didn’t want to come visit? Because I was greatly disappointed at all of you.’

The EG Mane 5 were shocked by what she said, but she continued ‘You promised me you’d help and look after her, and you five broke that promise. And then you did it again because of Wallflower. Sure she may have used the Memory Stone, but you shouldn’t have dismissed her like that. You’re lucky I didn’t tell Princess Celestia what happened.’

‘Indeed,’ said Celestia, with the coldest glare she could ever give ‘For if any of you were to have hurt her beyond recognition. Let’s just say the punishment would be greater than you could imagine.’

Now they were really afraid, until Luke cleared his throat. They realized he hadn’t interrupted, for he wanted to hear what they had to say. Before things could get awkward, Twilight turned around and wanted to join him.

‘Twi?’ said human Applejack. Twilight stopped and didn’t look, but she could tell they felt really bad. ‘We’re really sorry.’

‘I know you girls are.’ said Twilight ‘You girls are my friends and nothing can change that.’

She then partially looked at them, with her own icy stare as she said ‘But. My trust. Is something you five are going to have to earn back.’

As she walked away, they felt really guilty for what they put Sunset through, twice. Twilight then stood next to Luke before they continued on with their walk, but then her face saddened. She then felt Luke’s hand on her shoulder, causing her to look at him.

‘I’m sorry.’ said Luke as he looked at her ‘I know that couldn’t have been easy.’

Twilight sighed as she said ‘I feel bad for saying it. But…’

‘I know.’ said Luke ‘I felt the same way when I first started my journey. But the one thing I learned, is that sometimes when it comes to uniting others, one needs to learn to trust one another. But those girls are young, they have a long way to go before they can grasp on what you and the others learned. You taught your pony friends the true meaning of friendship, maybe you can do the same for them once this is over.’

Twilight gave a sigh. For even though she was angry at her CHS friends for breaking their promise and accuse her without giving Sunset a chance to explain, she felt guilty for telling them off. ‘I’ll try.’ said Twilight ‘After we’ve finished here.’

‘Agreed.’ said Luke.

They eventually made it to the door that was deep within the tunnel. They looked at it, wondering what would be on the other side.

‘Um,’ said Fluttershy ‘What do you, <gulp>, think is on the other side?’

‘You mean like what kind of Sith Lord?’ asked Spike.

‘So far we’ve only met a few that stood out from what Master Skywalker has told us.’ said Rockhoof.

‘Indeed,’ said Somnambula ‘I dread to find who else is behind this door.’

‘Guess we won’t know until we try.’ said Flash Magnus, holding his shield at the ready.

Luke then reached out and used the Force to open the door. The doors slowly opened, allowing all of them to walk inside. As they reached the center of the room, they noticed that there was nothing inside. However, they didn’t want to assume anything, considering how they underestimated their last encounters.

Luke closed his eyes to reach out and feel around him. So far he didn’t sense anything, until he caught a glimpse, allowing Luke to open his eyes and said ‘He’s here.’

When all of a sudden, bits and pieces of dust all around them began to form, allowing them to fly like a miniature dust tornado, whilst it was also glowing at the same time, from bright to dark, causing all of them to stand at the ready. Luke didn’t need to activate his Lightsaber, not until the being showed itself.

Until at last, the being took form. It was floating, it had no legs, but from his waist up, it had what appeared to be ancient Sith armour, with shoulder pads, clawed fingers, a helmet with a mask up front, and revealing his yellow glowing eyes, whilst it’s body also showed partial crack lines as if they were molten lava. The others were feeling a sense of terror from seeing this so called being.

‘It’s a…’ said Rainbow Dash as she was about to trail off.

‘An actual ghost.’ said human Rainbow Dash.

The ghost then hovered slowly to the travelers and floated near them.

‘Do you know, who I am?’ said the ghostly figure, staring at them with so much hatred and evil in his eyes.

‘Yes. You’re Darth Bane.’ said Luke, prompting surprise looks from every creature and pony in the room. ‘You were the Darth Lord of the Sith from a long time ago.’

‘And know how I am not and never will be forgotten?’ said the dead Sith Lord.

Princess Celestia, with a stern glare, stood next to Luke and said ‘You created the Rule of Two.’, which surprised the EG Mane 7, for he was the Sith Lord that created the Rule of Two.

The Sith spirit slowly hovered around them as he said ‘The Sith slaughtered themselves in droves. Victims of their own Arrogance and their own Greed. Until finally, through the ashes of destruction, I became the last Sith Lord. I chose to pass my knowledge unto only one. I created a legacy so resilient, that it would one day befall the fall of the Jedi and the Republic. And now, you’ve come here.’

The Sith spirit chuckled, amused that they had come for something. ‘Have you come to learn? You must kill me to take my place.’

‘You’re nothing but all talk.’ said Luke, gaining the Sith Spirit’s attention. ‘You were once the most feared race throughout the galaxy, and you allowed yourselves to be slaughtered over senseless violence, with no remorse or mercy. And instead of training more, you chose to train one. When the teachings were passed, the last two Sith Lords ended up creating a war between the Republic and the Separatists. And when their wounds were too deep, you struck, killing the Jedi and turning the Republic into a ruthless empire. But like the Sith of old, you have failed.’

‘You dare challenge me, fool?’ said the dead Sith ghost.

‘Indeed I do.’ said Luke ‘You, who once claim to be the best, and yet you chose to hide in the shadows like cowards. If you had remembered the old history of the Sith, they would never hide from the shadows. And from what I have seen, you have only disappointed them.’

The Sith Spirit floated towards Luke and said ‘You do not fear me?’

‘Why would I fear a Sith that had been slain by his own apprentice?’ said Luke.

‘I will give you a reason to fear me.’ said Darth Bane, until…

A bright flash was displayed, revealing to be both Celestia and Luna, shining their horns so bright like the brightest of stars. Both of them showing no fear to the fallen Sith Lord.

‘You shall not take another step.’ said Celestia.

‘You have caused enough death and destruction for a long forgotten empire.’ said Luna.

‘You cannot think to stop me,’ said Darth Bane ‘Darkness will always triumph!’

Darth Bane unleashed his Force Lightning onto them, when all of a sudden, Sunset grabbed Luke’s Lightsaber and blocked it, trying her best to keep the dead Sith Lord at bay.

‘Foolish girl,’ said Darth Bane ‘You cannot hope to match the power of the Dark Side on your own.’

She continued to hold her ground, until she felt a hand on her left shoulder, revealing human Rainbow, Applejack and Fluttershy on her left, then she looked to her right, seeing human Twilight, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. All six of her friends standing by her.

‘She ain’t alone!’ said human Applejack.

‘And darkness will never prevail!’ said human Rarity.

‘Cause as long as we have friendship on our side!’ said human Twilight.

‘And the power of harmony itself!’ said human Fluttershy.

‘We’ll never leave each other hanging!’ said human Rainbow Dash.

‘We’ll be there for each other no matter what!’ said human Pinkie Pie.

Sunset smiled at this, for they were right. She then looked at Darth Bane with a smirk. ‘And throughout our entire journey, we learned the most powerful lesson of all.’

Then at the same time, all seven of them transformed and ponied up whilst in their sparkling clothes.

They all then shouted ‘Friendship is Magic!!’

And using their power, they fired a powerful blast at the dead Sith Lord, causing it to scream as it was evaporated into nothingness.

Sure enough, the dust settled, and everything seemed to be back to normal, much to their relief. As they turned back to normal, Sunset and the others were glad that they were able to beat it.

Luke walked up and said ‘You seven have done well.’

Luke gestured the others to follow him, for he knows the look in the girls’ eyes, knowing that they needed to get a few things off of their chests, which they did as they all followed him.

‘Um, Sunset?’ asked human Applejack.

Sunset, who still remembered from the talk that Princess Twilight had with them, answered, still feeling nervous after all that, but didn’t answer.

‘Look, ah know you don’t wanna talk and all…’ said human Applejack.

‘But the truth is…’ said human Rarity.

All of them have lumps in their throats, none know how to talk about this.

Human Rainbow Dash was the first to start as she said with her arms behind her back ‘We’re really sorry of what we put you through. Both before the holidays and during Wallflower.’

‘It’s just,’ said human Fluttershy ‘We did trust you and promised Princess Twilight to look after you and help you. After the Sirens, we were at ease. But…’

‘We really stink and moving on from the past,’ said human Pinkie Pie, though her poofy hair didn’t change ‘After the sleepover at Rarity and our video came up, I guess our old feelings from back then popped up. You begged and pleaded that you weren't the one who did it, but…’

‘But because of our pride,’ said human Rarity, feeling just as ashamed ‘We forgot that very trust that you built with us. We kept thinking that you were responsible, but we thought you were hiding yet another façade.’

‘And when it turned out to be our sisters all along,’ said human Applejack ‘We felt the worst kind of pain we ever felt. You tried to tell us, and we abandoned you like you were nothing.’

‘Plus,’ said human Rainbow Dash as she folded her arms ‘We also forgot that you didn’t have any family or other friends to go back to. We didn’t listen. Because of us, you were alone…again.’

‘And we know that Wallflower was responsible for erasing our memories of you,’ said human Rarity ‘But it was no excuse of us of how we treated you, thinking that you were still the bully. We wanted to be angry at Wallflower, but you forgave her. You were always much stronger than us.’

‘We tried to spend time with you every day, trying to make you smile and laugh and spend time with you,’ said human Pinkie ‘We felt really horrible of how we treated you on both those occasions.’

‘You needed a friend, and we ended up betraying you.’ said human Fluttershy, showing some tears. ‘We were so horrible to you. We don’t deserve forgiveness. We don’t deserve…’

They were suddenly hugged by Sunset, who held onto them tight. She shed a few tears of her own, saying ‘Don’t you say that. Don’t you ever say that to yourselves.’

She looked at them with tears in her own eyes. ‘I know you girls didn’t have any reason to trust me, not after everything I put you through.’

She wiped her eyes as she spoke to them. ‘Yes, I was a horrible person, and I know all of you had no other reason to trust me. But I owe it to both Princess Twilight for opening my eyes and to you five for being there for me when I went through some tough times. And when your memories of me were erased, I was still hurt that all of those horrible bits and pieces of my past that kept coming up. But it also taught me that even though I changed, I still wasn’t very nice to some people, even if I didn’t do it on purpose. I was so focused on spending time with all of you, I barely paid attention to anything else around me. It took Wallflower and Trixie to help me realize that even though I stopped being mean, I need to learn to be mindful of what I do to others, even if I was too pig headed to see it.’

She looked at them with her own smile ‘But if it weren't for Princess Twilight and all of you, I wouldn’t be who I am today. What I’m trying to say is, I don’t hold any grudges over you. I’ve already forgiven you for those moments that happened. And you girls are the best thing that’s ever happened to me. And for that I will always be grateful.’

Hearing those words, the girls couldn’t help but smile and shed tears of their own. They ended up hugging all together, with human Twilight decided to come in.

From the distance, everyone took a peek and looked, causing many to smile (Although Starswirl did what he could to muffle Pinkie Pie’s mouth to make sure the moment wasn’t ruined) from seeing it, even Luke couldn’t help but smile when he saw this.

‘You see,’ said Luke ‘Though we may sometimes hit some obstacles along the way, all it takes is one moment for all of them to come together and be the best they can be.’

Twilight blinked, and looked at him surprised. ‘Wait, you knew they would talk to one another about this?’

‘Indeed I did,’ said Luke ‘I knew that from what happened a long time ago still plagued the back of their minds, and they needed to open themselves up a bit more so that they could finally be at peace.’

He looked at her and said ‘Sometimes Failure can be your greatest teacher, and learning from your mistakes make you better prepared from making the same mistake again. But if you do not overcome those said feelings, then you cannot be at peace for what the future lies ahead. If you let your fear control you, then you cannot move on to have a future for the sake of others around you.’

Twilight looked down and pondered with this, and realized that what he said made some sense. She took this lesson to heart and nodded, whilst looking at Luke. ‘Thank you Master Skywalker. I think I understand now.’

‘Think nothing of it Twilight.’ said Luke.

Sure enough, after the Equestrian girls had finished their hugs and tears were wiped away, as well as a few smiles.

‘Come on,’ said human Twilight ‘We’d better catch up with the others.’

As they walked, the others continued walking towards the tomb of the next First Jedi. They reached the next tomb and opened the door. When they walked through, they were surprised to see another set of Holocrons. But these felt somehow different.

When Luke used the Force to open them, he and the others were surprised to see what they were seeing. They saw the specific Jedi using the Force and other various techniques of the Force that no one had ever seen before. However, Luke saw that the Jedi somehow used the Force to stop a blaster round with great focus, much to his surprise.

‘Incredible.’ said Starswirl as he observed them ‘It appears that the Jedi have recorded themselves using the Force that no one has never seen before.’

‘Indeed,’ said Luke ‘And truly this is a miracle.’

‘Why is that?’ asked Spike.

‘Well basically,’ said Luke as he looked at the young dragon ‘When the Jedi fell, the Emperor seized the Temple and used it as his personal office. Before my master Kenobi went into hiding, he destroyed most of the important crystals so that the Emperor could not go far with his plans, despite having access to the Jedi Holocrons. This here is what the first Jedi had hidden without anyone even noticing.’

‘You’re right,’ said Stygian ‘That is truly fortunate.’

‘Now all we have to do is to…’ said Luke before he was cut off.

‘Open the coffin?’ said the two Pinkie Pies. Luke was surprised to see that both of them had already opened the coffin and took out its contents. Human Pinkie Pie held onto a Lightsaber, whilst Pinkie Pie held onto a cylinder container holding the next clue it contains.

Pinkie Pie then said ‘I already opened it and read its next clue. It says that the next one was somewhere in the middle of an ocean, which human me was able to deduce that it’s in the middle of an island.’

‘We went there during our Spring Break, and I was able to find this.’ said human Pinkie in full babble mode whilst also holding a Lightsaber that appeared to have a spinning circle on it, with her saying ‘Oooh, spinny!!’

Luke figured that the Lightsaber she was holding appeared to have the same likeness as the Inquisitors once wielded a while back, though it had been strange that the first Jedi would somehow have a weapon similar to thiers.

He accepted the Lightsaber from human Pinkie Pie, whilst he couldn’t help but rub the top of her head, with the said girl giggling from his gentleman nature.

‘Are you sure from what you’ve read?’ asked Luke when he looked at the certain Pink Pony, with her nodding rapidly.

‘Very well then,’ said Luke, then he contacted R2 once more. ‘Artoo, bring another haul of crates over, we have another set of Holocrons here.’

R2 beeped at the response. Luke then looked at the two Princesses and asked ‘Do you two wish to return to Equestria?’

‘Of course Master Skywalker.’ said Princess Luna with a nod and a smile.

R2 beeped over the communications, which Luke listened. He said to them ‘Artoo has offered to take you lot back to your world.’

‘Really?’ said Princess Celestia ‘Are you sure?’

‘He is sure.’ said Luke. He looked at the EG Mane 7 and said ‘And in the meantime, if any of you are up to the challenge, I would be happy to teach all of you what I know.’

‘Oh, of course Darling.’ said human Rarity. ‘As long as it’s not too icky or anything.’

‘Do not worry,’ said Luke whilst he chuckled and gestured to the Fashionista. ‘I will make sure it doesn’t come to that.’

Sure enough, after all of them got back topside and had gathered as much of the Holocrons as they could, R2 took both the ruling monarchs back to Equestria, whilst Luke looked at the others and said ‘So, are any of you ready?’

‘Of course, Master Luke.’ said Princess Twilight and the others bowed to him, for what they were about to learn were the stepping stones of something greater.