Revan's End

by Geios


Introductions

- Introductions -

Daylight streamed in through the entrance to the cave and Revan awoke with no small feeling of trepidation at the thought of the day’s ventures. This was the day he would make formal contact with the locals. As Revan exited the cave he quickly noticed that the day was far further along than he had planned. He realised that he had slept through almost half the day! Deciding quickly to forgo an extended bathe in favour of a quick dip. He also decided to give his clothes a quick rinse as they had become somewhat whiffy after several days of hard use. The smell did not bother him much, Revan having become accustomed to it, but he supposed that it always paid to make a good first impression.

To make up for lost time, instead of walking over the river, he transported himself there with his newly gained expertise with his Fold Space skill. A ball of shifting white light appearing next to the river bank. Thankfully, this time not above the ground.

Thinking of a way to effectively wash his clothing quickly without any sort of machinery, an idea came to him. Picking up a few large rocks, each large enough extend from the bottom of the river to above the top, he made a makeshift washer. Taking his mask off and setting on a rock to the side of him, he proceeded to strip down and put his items of clothing into his newly made washer. Figuring that he could wash himself up while he washed the clothing, he got into the river.

“Shit that’s cold.” Revan had said, as he practically jumped into it. He began to make a whirlpool in the primitive washer to simulate a real one. Too bad there was no detergent to put in it. “Oh well, we can’t have everything.” Revan had thought as he continued to clean himself.

The sun was nearly completely overhead by the time Revan had finished cleaning both himself and his clothing. Drying the clothing would not be that hard of a task. He would simply just have to draw all of the water out of the materials, easy stuff.

After all that was finished Revan figured he might as well call that pegasus to him since it may take awhile for it to get to him. How wrong he was... As soon as he had shot that bolt into the air a rainbow colored streak appeared right next to it. “Had she been waiting nearby all morning for me to signal her?” He wondered briefly. The cyan pegasus made its way down to Revan in an instant, her speed undeniably fast.

Realizing that he was still not properly dressed he grabbed his lower garments as fast as he could. To no avail the pegasus had pretty much seen the whole package, a bright red blush coming over her face while looking away shyly.

“Sorry about that, hah...hah...eh....” Revan said embarrassed mainly because he didn’t know he was naked until it was too late.

“No no it’s fine, I didn’t see anything! Promise!” The cyan pegasus had replied.

“Oh, well okay then, no worries. Just let me get dressed and I will be right with you.”

- - -

A few minutes later Revan returned to the pegasus in full garments.

“Ready to leave?” Asked Revan inquisitively.

“Yeah yeah, but first tell me about those cool looking scars you have!” She said brashly.

“It’s not really something I want to talk about, I gave up on that past a few days ago...” A short silence followed suit.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bring up memories.” She consoled.

“Yeah, well no sense dwelling on the past right? Live for the present! Anyways, are we going to get going or what?”

An inspired look lept to the pegasus’ face. “Sure! Follow me!”

Noticing that Revan was limited to the ground alone and obviously in no hurry to get anywhere, the pegasus slowed her pace to match his. The bored look on her face was proof enough that she was one of those type of people. Wanting to get everywhere and get done with everything as fast as possible. That could explain the mark on her rear end, a cloud with a multi-colored bolt of lightning protruding from it. Revan supposed the bolt was to signify the pony beside him, the cloud was probably just there for visual assistance.

- - -

As they made their way out of the forest and onto a road, the pegasus looked bothered. Still moving at the same pace and looking forward, she asked him a question.

“Hey, you know you never told me your name yet right?”

He thought on this and she was right, he hadn’t, how rude of him. “It’s Revan. How about you?”

“Revan huh? Oh! My name is Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in all of Equestria!” The pony radiated an almost palpable level of smugness. Though in a way it was cute, it did seem to fit her personality from what Revan had seen. “If you were wondering the other pony that was with me last night is Twilight Sparkle.”

“I must admit, your name suits you well. You are quite fast from what I can tell, the fact that you showed definite signs of boredom most likely due to the pace of walking tells me that you are unlikely to take things easy.” Revan concluded.

“Well yeah don’t get me wrong I love going fast, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like taking it easy from time to time. I mean I love to sleep, I take naps all~ the time!” Rainbow replied.

“I stand corrected. Now where is this “Ponyville” that you reside in?” He asked.

“You will probably be able to see it in five minutes if we keep up this pace. It’s right around that hill over there.”

Signs of civilization had already been present as they walked along the road. There were lamp posts and benches along it, though, perhaps because it was on the road to the forest, none of the equipment seemed very commonly used, neither was it in a very good state of repair. The town was now in Revan’s sight. It was... different, but not completely foreign to him. He had seen such housing before, but the atmosphere of this place just seemed... happier, perhaps more upbeat than the majority of the galaxy, especially Nar Shaddaa which was the filthy, crime-infested, moon of Nal Hutta.

They approached the town slowly, and to Revan’s complete lack of surprise the few ponies that they had seen on the way in quickly fled upon catching sight of him. Apparently having the coolest pony in Equestria at your side still doesn’t take away the fact that he is very different from anything they had most likely seen. Though this assumption is made by the fact that their jaws dropped upon seeing him and shortly afterwards they beat a hasty retreat. It’s funny to say the least, but he can’t help but feel sorry for them that they are getting worked up over nothing.

“It seems that your presence isn’t helping with my appearance Rainbow.” Revan said, in a somewhat concerned tone.

“Eh, don’t worry about them. Once you’re around for a bit they’ll warm up to you.” She said in an attempt to reassure him.

Making their way through town Revan was taking careful not of the local scenery. It all looked so peaceful, someplace someone could really settle down in. As they traveled along, he didn’t notice any other species, save the ponies that didn’t have a horn nor wings. There were no spaceports in sight, though not uncommon in towns, which meant that he would probably have to find a city.

- - -

Arriving at their destination, a large tree that had looked like it was made into a home of sorts, Rainbow flew up to the door, finally getting a chance to fly fast even if it was for just a second, and knocked impatiently. Twilight opened the door and was greeted by Rainbow with Revan walking up behind her.

“Oh hey guys, come in!” Twilight had said with a cheerful grin on her face.

The two entered the hollowed out tree and Revan had noticed that it was more of a library than a home. Except that instead of holofiles there were tomes of knowledge, it had seemed that this civilization was indeed quite primitive. The door shut behind him with a purple glow, he had guessed that this was Twilight’s doing. She motioned for him to follow her into what turned out to be her kitchen. Both Rainbow and Revan took a seat at her dining table. Revan with his knees up at around chest level given the height of the chair that he sat upon.

“Hey Twilight, I wanted to ask about that purple glow of yours.” Revan had stated prompting a quick reply from her.

“Oh that? That’s my magic at work, telekinesis to be exact. Wait, how do you know my name?!”

“Rainbow here told me, since we hadn’t properly introduced ourselves to each other last night I suppose she decided to introduce me to you in advance.”

“Okay, thanks Rainbow! Though I still don’t know your name.” Twilight had said as she set down two plates with a sandwich on each.

“Revan. Pleasure to meet you Twilight.”

“Likewise.” She responded while taking a seat and giving him a careful examination.

They sat at the table each one examining the other, though Twilight couldn’t see where his eyes were looking through the mask anyways so she probably just assumed he was looking back into her eyes. Rainbow had finished her sandwich when she looked at Revan’s plate to see that he hadn’t touched it.

“You gunna eat that?” She asked.

“No, I don’t eat grass and flowers.” He responded, pushing the plate over to Rainbow.

“I’ve got some apples if those are more suited to your taste.” Twilight said, motioning to a basket of what looked to be freshly picked apples. “I got them this morning from my friend Applejack at her stand.”

Applejack. What’s next, a pink pony named Pinkie?” Revan had thought as she soon as she said it.

“Sure an apple will be just fine.”

Twilight had levitated an apple over to Revan who proceeded to take off his mask. Though only lifting it slightly upwards as to take a bite out of his apple. Twilight had seemed unamused as she most likely wanted to see Revan’s face, but instead being teased by only a chin and mouth.

“I see that you live in a library, you must be very knowledgeable...How much do you think you know?” Revan asked.

“Well I’d like to think I know just about everything about Equestria, but now that you’re here I’m not so sure.” She said, with a doubtful tone.

“I’ll tell you what. After I get settled in here, maybe find someplace to stay, I’ll open your mind to a wide array of new knowledge.” Revan had said, waving his hands in an arch above his head.