Chapter 2
The next morning, Lucas awoke from his bed, yawning and stretching as he looked out the window. It was still raining, which didn’t surprise him. Lucas changed clothes as he played Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and walked downstairs. He had finished up his morning stretching when he heard the doorbell ring. He looked outside saw Celeste waiting for him outside.
“Oh hey, you can come in if you want.” Lucas offered Celeste, who happily walked inside of his house.
“Thanks, I bought some donuts for breakfast.” Celeste smiled as she brought out a bag with two donuts. One donut was a maple donut and the other was a jelly-filled donut.
“Jelly filled? How did you know those are my favorite?” Lucas playfully asked Celeste, who simply smiled in return.
The inside of Lucas’s house looked like something out of Skywalker Ranch. There were glass containers that were filled with various Star Wars action figures. One case was full of various starfighters, ranging from T-65 X-Wings to BTL-A4-Y-Wings to a Clone Wars Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-Wing Starfighter. Another glass container had action figures from the ‘77 toy line, including the highly contested Early Bird Pack and the exclusive Boba Fett figure, which was only available as a mail order-exclusive.
“Where did you get all of these?” Celeste inquired Lucas, staring at them. To her, they looked like little people who couldn’t move and were stuck in strange positions.
“I buy these in large sets from eBay,” Lucas told Celeste, “And I also buy a bunch of them off of garage sales and estate sales, and there’s also Dave’s Comics that I go to a lot.”
“That’s so cool! How many of these action figures do you have?” Celeste asked Lucas as he pulled one of his toys, a golden Darth Vader, and began to polish it. Celeste had never seen anyone polish a toy before, even placing them in glass cases to be adored.
“I actually lost count a while ago, but I know I have every single Marvel Star Wars comic.” Lucas chuckled as he finished cleaning his golden Darth Vader.
“I don’t mean to pry, but why don’t you have any parents?” Celeste nervously asked Lucas.
“Actually, I never knew my parents, they left me when I was very young,” Lucas answered as he wiped the dust off and faked a smile, “I’m sort of like Rey, from The Force Awakens”
“Rey? I don’t get the reference.” Celeste responded with confusion.
“Have you seen The Force Awakens yet?” Lucas questioned Celeste, who looked down.
“I don’t have any money, and I don’t have a home,” Celeste sighed as she pulled out a small crown, “All I remember is waking up and finding this next to me.”
“So we’re both like Rey in our own way.” Lucas told Celeste as he put his arm around her shoulder, comforting her a bit.
Touring her around his house, Lucas showed off his handbuilt T-65 X-Wing model, which hung above his bed. He then showed off his collection of comics, which was a bunch of comics stacked and organized by box.
“Now, this is what I like to call the building room, or as non-fans and non-nerds call it, the garage” Lucas introduced Celeste to hs building room. One side of the wall was lightsabers of any kind. In the center was an authentic copy of Luke’s lightsaber from Return of the Jedi. However, the one thing that stuck out was an object under a tarp, which was the size of a small human.
“What’s under here?” Celeste asked as she removed the tarp, revealing a life-size model of R2-D2, which sprung to life, beeping happily.
“This is R2-D2, I built him, so he’s kind of like my pet, but I wasn’t able to build a C3-PO because that would be too stupid.” Lucas introduced Celeste to R2-D2, chuckling a little bit.
“He’s so cute!” Celeste gasped as she hugged R2-D2, who chirped happily in response.
“Thanks, I think he likes you too.” Lucas smiled as R2-D2 rolled around the building room.
“I’m kind of bored, do you want to go downtown?” Celeste offered as she looked at the lightsabers.
“Sure, I need to do some shopping for some new things.” Lucas agreed as the two walked out, with R2-D2 following after the two.
In downtown, the Mane Six had begun their search for Princess Celestia, checking every nook and cranny. Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie searched the library, while Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy the checked greenbelt. However, Applejack and Rarity had been searching the local spa.
“You’d think that Celestia would go to some more refined places.” Rarity groaned as she had her hair massaged.
“Maybe she’s hidin’ in plain sight or somethin’.” Applejack added as she drank some water.
“No way! Do you really think Celestia would hang out with some of these horrid ruffians?” Rarity scoffed in disgust.
“Maybe she’s tryin’ to hide from Chrysalis, like layin’ low or somethin’” Applejack suggested to Rarity.
Back at the library, Twilight Sparkle was searching every corner while Pinkie Pie was looking through the computers. She had just discovered YouTube, and was looking through prank channels.
“This Sam Pepper guy is a noob, I can pull better pranks than that!” Pinkie Pie grunted as she kept scrolling through the videos.
“Perhaps there is a book on where I can find Celestia.” Twilight Sparkle thought as she pulled out a book called Money, Pizza, Respect. This book could give her some thoughts about humans.
“Look! I found your mud wrestling video on YouTube!” Pinkie Pie squealed as she pulled up the video of Twilight Sparkle and Queen Chrysalis mud wrestling. That guy who watched the fight must have recorded it, as it had ten-thousand views and six hundred likes.
“Pinkie Pie! We can’t be fooling around like this.” Twilight Sparkle scolded Pinkie Pie, who shrugged.
“Okay, I’ve heard about this event called Comic Con happening here, and this definitely isn’t an ad for Comic Con!” Pinkie Pie giggled. Comic Con was coming to the town, and maybe they could find her there.
However, right outside of the library, Lucas and Celeste walked through downtown with R2-D2 following behind. Lucas showed her around, pointing out the library. As explained things to her, Celeste held his hand, making her feel happy.
“So, would you like something for lunch?” Lucas asked Celeste, who nodded.
“I’ve always wanted to try an establishment called Subway.” Celeste answered, pointing to the yellow sign. Subway was known for making sandwiches and the mascot who will not be named here.
“Sounds good to me, what about you Artoo?” Lucas turned to ask R2-D2, who chirped along.
“I’m just wondering, how do you understand him?” Celeste inquired Lucas curiously.
“Well, I built him and then I learned binary, the language of Astromech and various other droids,” Lucas explained to Celeste, “That’s why characters in Star Wars can understand what droids say.”
“That’s so cool!” Celeste grinned as they continued to walk on their way to Subway.
However, as Subway seemed in reach, a mysterious figure stepped in front of them, blocking their path. The man took off his hood, revealing himself to be Hayden Christensen!
“Who are you?” Celeste asked Hayden Christensen, who gave his typical pouty look.
“I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, justice, freedom, and security to my new Empire.” Hayden Christensen snarled in response.
“Dude, just tell her your name, you don’t have to be a jerk about it.” Lucas glared at Hayden Christensen.
“I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals. I hate them!” Hayden Christensen declared as he ran off.
“Who was that guy?” Celeste asked Lucas, who shrugged as they entered Subway.
“Hey, no pets in here!” The cashier told Celeste and Lucas, pointing at R2-D2.
“Artoo is a droid, he’s not my pet.” Lucas countered.
“Yeah, nice try bud.” The cashier groaned as Celeste approached him.
“You will allow Artoo to be in this Subway.” Celeste told the cashier as her hands gained a rainbow-colored aura.
“I will allow this droid to be served in this Subway.” The cashier repeated as Lucas stared, dumbfounded by this.
“Celeste, I didn’t know you were a Jedi!” Lucas exclaimed as Celeste smiled a bit.
“I’ve just always been able to use these powers, y’know?” Celeste chuckled as she and Lucas ordered their subs.
Back at the library, Twilight Sparkle had a strange feeling. It almost felt like a cold wind had brushed through her hair. Looking up, Twilight Sparkle pulled Pinkie Pie off the computer and pulled out her phone.
“I can feel Celestia’s presence! She’s near the edge of downtown, which is closest to Applejack and Rarity.” Twilight Sparkle informed her friends, who all began to make their way downtown.
Walking into the Subway, Applejack and Rarity looked around the restaurant. Things seemed strange, a mix of green and yellow gave it a very healthy feeling, like they could lose a bunch of weight.
“Say, that girl over there seems mighty suspicious.” Applejack whispered to Rarity.
“You’re just paranoid, Applejack.” Rarity responded as she walked up to order a sandwich, bumping into R2-D2.
“Oh! Sorry about that, Artoo didn’t really have a place to sit.” Lucas apologized to Rarity.
“It’s no big deal, besides, that robot is really cute! He’s so much cuter than that purple dragon.” Rarity gushed as she pet R2-D2, making him chirp happily.
“Well, we’ve got to go,” Lucas excused himself and Celeste, “Let’s go home, Artoo”
Artoo beeped along as he deployed his third leg and walked away with Lucas and Celeste. Applejack took a good look at Celeste and frowned a bit.
“Doesn’t look like her, she’d look majestic if she was a darn human.” Applejack sighed as Rarity grinned.
“Little does that boy know that I strapped a tracking device onto that cute little robot of his.” Rarity laughed, making her look like a supervillain.
“Good, then we’ll be able to see if that girl is in fact Celestia.” Applejack added as the rest of the Mane Six arrived.
Opening the doors to Dave’s Comics, Celeste looked around in marvel at the comics and cards. She’d never seen this many comics in one place, as the store had more comics than Lucas had in his private collection.
“Oh, hello Lucas,” Dave waved to Lucas, “Who is this girl you have with you?”
“This is Celeste, she’s a friend of mine.” Lucas introduced Celeste to Dave.
“Oh? Well welcome to Dave’s Comics.” Dave smiled as Celeste began to read some comics.
“Well, I’m here to pick my new model kit of the TIE Advanced and the K-Wing Starfighter.” Lucas told Dave, who pulled out two boxes as Lucas paid for them. Both of them cost seventy dollars, a price that was fairly cheap. The Gentleman’s Card was quite useful at that.
“Alright, have a good day!” Dave waved goodbye as Lucas, Celeste, and R2-D2 left the building.
“These model kits are so cool! May I build one with you?” Celeste asked Lucas.
“Of course! I’d love to show you how to build one of these,” Lucas answered, “Which one would you like?”
“How about the TIE Interceptor.” Celeste chose as Lucas smiled.
“That has to be my favorite TIE variant, next to the TIE Hunter and the TIE Defender, they’re both so cool!” Lucas sighed happily as they walked home, with R2-D2 looking at a bush. However, he turned his attention away from it and followed after Celeste and Lucas.
In the bush, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash watched as Celeste and Lucas turned a corner, disappearing from their sights. Fluttershy sighed as she noticed a bum sleeping next to them in the bush.
“Wait, how is this guy a bum if he owns an iPad, a bike, two toasters, and three smartphones?” Rainbow Dash asked as the bum shrugged.
(To Be Continued)