//------------------------------// // Preparation // Story: Duel of The Fates: Friendship Unleashed // by An_Obsessed_Fan //------------------------------// Twilight sat in her bunk on her shuttle meditating. "What is it," she growled. "How did you know I was there?" Captain Wallflower asked. "Never mind, I came to aske about our mission," she continued. "Our mission is to tear the Council of Friendship apart," Twilight exclaimed. "Oh, well I may be able to help," Wallflower said. "How could you help me?" Twilight asked. "Well I . . happen to know where a certain powerful artifact is," Wallflower answered. "How powerful," Twilight questioned. "Like, can make you forget anything you want, powerful," the Captain said uncertain of if this was a good idea. "Oh, I see set the course then," Twilight said before using the force to close the door. Twilight stepped off of the shuttle's ramp onto the seemingly endless blanket of green grass and ferns. A small yellow and white R3 model astromech droid rolled down following her while projecting a holomap of the planet. The spot they were looking for was just over a hill and through a small portion of a forest. Twilight sprinted off with a burst of Force speed past the hill and R3-35 beeped and whistled a complaint as it activated its thrusters. The blur that was Twilight kicked up dirt as she came to a sudden stop in front of the forest. She walked through the edge of the forest, full of trees as wide as a Wookie. Twilight's eyes darted from left to right and she walked quickly. There were creatures in here with her, suddenly she lifted her hand and twitched her fingers causing a tree next to her to splinter and crack. Twilight pulled it down with the force and after almost a second of resistance it fell onto a creature behind her. Twilight took a device from her belt and poked the scaly dog like creature. "R3, analyse this blood sample?" Twilight commanded R4 gave a long deep whistle, probably a groan of annoyance at another one of Twilights science collections. Twilight continued walking until she reached "the small pond surrounded by yellow flowers." The light from the opening in the trees above the pond reflected off the water and created a glimmering effect that R3 seemed to be admiring. R3 pointed a mechanical joint at a spot that was just on the edge of the pond. Twilight reached out with the force and pulled the object free from the dirt. Once it made contact with her hand she was hit by memories of her friends, no not friends they were her enemies now. She saw saw memories of fun and calm moments, even sad ones too. Twilight willed herself to wake up seeing R3 there standing in front of her. "What?" she asked. The only response she got was an astromech's equivalent of a shrug before it activated its thrusters and flew off. "Did you get it?" Wallflower asked. "Yes," Twilight answered. "So what now?" Wallflower asked preparing the shuttle. "Set course for Coruscant and tell R3 to go through the usual procedure with the sample I collected," Twilight said heading for her quarters.