> The change of a Sith lord.
>  by Imperator45
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> Another day in Equestria
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"Any last wish human?"

"I wouldn't mind eating something spicy."


- Darth Imperius responding to a Kaleesh warlord before a dual.






Equestria.

In the small town of Summerville.

It was near the end of the day and the sun had begun to set a few hours earlier; everypony had begun to wind their work for the day: farmers had begun to put away their tools, shopowners had started doing inventory before clearing any accumulating dust before closing up shop for the night. After that, all ponies regardless of their occupations had set off for their homes, eager to return to their families. 

But at the town’s central plaza, two pegasi: one older than the other were still galloping; It was obviously clear that their day far from over.

"Daddy are we there soon? My hooves are killing me." The younger pony asked, frowning at her hooves. 

The daddy, a brown stallion named Speed Fly with a yellow mane stared at his daughter, a light yellow coated filly with a red mane. He gave her a small smile.

"Don't you worry sweetheart, we shouldn't be very far now."

As the filly gave a small nod, the stallion looked at her wings, one of them was ordinary for a young pegasus: small feather, small bones were the standard for filly pegasi her age. This wing was made to go through the wind and make its holder fly through the sky.

The wing on her left side, however, was another story entirely. A cursory glance at her other wing was enough to tell that the feathers were clearly different: some parts of the bones in her left wing had atrophied while the rest those bones were too long to compensate for the atrophy. It was almost as though it had been designed such that the young filly couldn’t fly. 

The smile on the stallion’s face soon died as he remembered the rough childhood his little Sweet Sky had to endure. A pegasus who couldn't fly wasn't a pegasus and their fellows made sure to remind them over and over.

He shook his head, forcing himself to push away those bad thoughts. For years, he and his wife had been looking for a solution, and now if the Sun was willing, they may finally find one. 

Several weeks ago, rumors had been soaring all over Equestria about a healer coming from this village.This mysterious healer had been able to nurse every sickness or injury showed to him. That was certainly worth a shot. He finally got out from his thinking and remembered that he was trotting when he smashed himself against the wall of a house under the giggles of his daughter.







After a fast check-up on a hurt muzzle so the healer will not have a second patient and asking the way from a pony about the location of the wanted one, the duo had finally arrived before the home of their goal. It wasn't a big house by any mean, but it looked big enough for that at least small family could live there comfortably.

A glance toward the right side of the door showed a mailbox; on it was written a name:

Nox. 

"What a charming name," he mused. 

"Daddy look! "

At the excited call of his daughter, he began to trot toward her. She was on the left of the house and was pointing something to him ,as he catches up with her he finally saw what had made his daughter excited.

"Look daddy there're chickens! Chickens everywhere!"

It was true. A small paddock could be seen right nex to the house and was occupied by at least a dozen of chickens. While Speed fly looked at Sweet Sky who was amusing herself by making funny faces to the chicken who watched her curiously, his glance caught up with something else farther behind. It looked like a small plantation but from a plant he didn't recognize.

But his priorities soon returned to his filly.

"Come on Sweety, it's getting late."

The filly seemed to be a little reluctant to leave her feathered companions but with a nod, obeyed and trotted back to her father. They stood right in front of the door again and after a few moments of hesitation, the stallion knocked on the door. Almost instantly a little shout was heard from within the house. 

"I'm coming!"

A few moments later the door opened, revealing a young Unicorn stallion. His coat was dark grey and his mane was light-black. He looked like if he was an adult from only some month. The grey coated stallion looked at them with a small smile on his grey muzzle.

"Good afternoon, Nox, what can I do for you?"

Speed was the one to answers. "Hum excuse me sir but I've heard that that a great healer lived here. Is that you?"

The smile on the unicorn face only got bigger.

"I wouldn't call myself like that, but it's true that I'm particularly gifted with healing magic!"

The magic user put a hoof on his chest in a proud gesture.

Speed mentally facehoofed "just say that you're a healer then." But it meant that they were at the right place at least.

"Then if you could, I would like you to see if you could treat my daughter who is right here."

The small Pegasus had hidden behind her father hind leg and was looking at Nox with worried eyes. It was blatantly obvious that he was scaring her. The same looked right at her and smiled and extended his right forehoof to her . The gesture had the benefit of slowly easing the filly’s fears as she moved from her hiding spot before cautiously approaching her. 

"Now I you would follow me inside: I’ll examine her."







The pony who seemed to be the healer took the filly into a medical room and asked the father to wait for a few minute in the living room. 

This one having nothing else opted to simply take a good look around the humble abode. \
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The house wasn't very big it definitely looked cozy if the warm carpets beneath his hooves were any indication. It also looked very modern; in the living room was a big couch and a table. The floor was a little messy, a sign that said than the stallion was living alone.

There were some paintings on the wall, but one in particular drew his attention: It was a black painting board with something written in red on:





 
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.








"Hmm.... interesting."

"Isn't it?"

The male Pegasus turned back, meeting Nox face to face.

"Your daughter is in the treatment room. Would you follow me in?"





As Speed Fly entered inside the room, the first thing he saw was his daughter on an operation table. She looked nervous. All around there were closet full of what he supposed medical tools. He then saw Nox stand right before Sweet, and for the first time took notice of his cutie mark, it looked like a sort of gear but couldn't tell more about, it was at that moment that the magician spoke:

"So this problem on her wing, is it from birth or an accident?" He pointed at the poor looking wing with his right hoof.

"It's been here since she came to this world,” her father explained. "Can you do something?" The unicorn looked for a small moment at the filly.

"Dear, can you lie down please?"

The nervous looking filly nodded and lied down on the table.

"Very well, thanks you .When this will be over I shall gave you a lollipop."

The promise of a lollipop afterward calmed down the small pony and to made her father smile.
Then the gray stallion pointed his horn toward the filly and a let loose a small, continuous burst of magic. As the healer studied her, the father couldn't stop worrying: what if he couldn't do anything to this wing? 

The light then stopped.

"Okay, here we go."

As soon those words got left his mouth, a very bright light appeared on Nox's head. The filly began to scream as the magic and pain took effect. Several sparks erupted along the light and the two were touching the filly wing. But it was under her father’s gaze that the amazing become reality. At first, it was only some movement from the wing and then he saw it The bones were crackling, melting then reforming themselves .

Primary, secondary and tertiary feather grown out from her skin, beautiful, strong and clean replacing the former ones And the shape of the wing itself changed to the point that it looked as a reverse copy from the other one.

After a few seconds, light stopped and the unicorn took a few steps back, letting the filly slowly getting up under the gaze off her father who looked bewildered.

"So, do you feel any different?"

Sweet sky looked up at him, then at her back, her eyes shooting up open with so much energy that it could have broke her eyebrow.

"Daddy look! My wing is-hul." The filly hasn't been able to finish her sentence as her father grabbed her into a death hug.

"My sweety, my little sweety. "The poor stallion was now openly crying. Since her birth his poor little Sweety hasn't been able to fly or go in Cloudsdale .Now she finally got a future as true Pegasus.







"Now she will have to put this ointment on her wing two times a day, and if she is in pain she must drink some of this .It will take it away."

As the Unicorn gave to the other stallion a white ointment pot and a small glass bottle with a pink liquid inside it, Sweet sky while having her strawberry flavored lollipop in her mouth was already trying to fly with her new wing.

“Sweetie, restrain yourself a little. Your mommy and I will teach you how to fly correctly." Her father wanted his tone to serious and a little strict but the joy in his voice betrayed his desire.

While the filly was trying to make work her small muscles, the adults were talking about her treatment.

"For now don’t make her do high speed fly. Begin by half an hour of training for the first week. Then one hour, each three add a new hour until you feel she is ready. There, I’ve written all of it down for you and your wife."

He gave to Speed fly a piece of paper with the instructions written on it. The stallion took it gladly and put it inside a small paper bag that the mage gave him with the medication. "Thank you very much; you just don’t know how much you helped our family today. Here, it’s for you."

The brown coated stallion took out a green purse filled with bits and hoofed it to the unicorn.

"No, please I cannot accept it ."The healer shook his front hoof before him to show that he wasn’t interested in money. But the Pegasus, like almost everyone of his kind, was insistent.

"Please, accept it. It would mean so much to me."

The gray pony sighed before grabbing the purse with his magic. He was turning back to put the purse on his desk when he felt something smash against his barrel.

When he looked down, he could see that the cause of the bruise was in fact a small filly who hugged him… Or at least was trying because her hooves weren’t long enough to reach his neck.

"Thank you very much mister."

Sweet sky looked up and him a big toothy grin before asking again.

"Hey Mister Nox. If I ever get hurt again, would you take care of me?"

The young stallion smiled a little before patting her mane.

"Of course young one."





As the sun was nearly set he stands by his watching the duo of Pegasus trotting away. He kept staring at them until they disappeared.

A heavy sigh later he trotted back into his comfortable home. Making sure that the door was locked, he moved back inside the living room where he saw the purse still lying on his desk. He took it with his magic before going upstairs.

There he entered the second room to his right.

In this room was another desk, slightly bigger than the one downstairs. On the left and right of the room were bookshelves containing numberous volumnes of all kinds. However, it was still clear that the shelves still had room for more books or nick-nacks. Next to one of the bookshelves was a wooden chest where he deposited the money before checking the clock. 

“It’s already 6:30!” he exclaimed. “I need to get back to work right away or else I’ll be at it all night!” 





10 minutes. It took him 10 minutes to finally corner a chicken.  After stare fight with the volatile animal, he finally grabbed the chicken and took it back with him. 

“I’m sorry for you, but I must do this at least once a  week or I’ll just go crazy.”

The chicken crowed.

“Yes, sorry again.”

The Unicorn walked inside the kitchen with the chicken still within his magical grab.





As Nox versed some water on the cooked bird in the oven, he’d begun to feel nausea setting in.

"Why am filling so sick with this odor. I always had loved chicken before, am I change…Oh, forgetful of me! It is not strange that I feel sick with meat cooking when I am in this body."
He took some step back to move to the center of the room.

Then his horn began to emit a black light, this light turned to vapor and engulfed the pony. After a few seconds, the black vapor began to soften and shifted into a blue light.

It wasn’t a Horse-like figure who appeared. Instead it had two long legs, two arms with five fingers at the end. It skin was white with some scars on some part of his body. He wasn’t huge as he was only 5' 9" but still to pony-sized creature, it was big.

Finally, he had a small head, with instead of fur were, short black hairs on top of it .Under it were two blue shiny eyes.

A human appeared instead of a pony, but they were the same one.

The human sighed heavily, something he did much more this time; he opened a closet and took the suit inside of it and slipped it on.

After a few minutes, he finally could to the chicken out from the oven and set it on the dining table.
"Ah, finally, meat, my weekly dose."





After dinner, he settled into his study where he opened a window and allowed himself to relax.

"How many days since I returned to this form? One week? No, it had to have been more than that. I had been invited to dinner by this unicorn for thanking me to have cured his asthma. Couldn’t have meat that evening."

His stare got up and he saw the moon which has always shinned brightly.

"This moon… He mused as he gazed at its ethereal beauty. Still can’t understand how someone can control it. The same for the sun."

Suddenly, he seemed to propel air with his hand and managed to open one of the drawers of his desk. A second later, a bottle of wine levitated until he grabbed it with his hand.

After opening it, he swallowed some of the precious liquid and while he was trying to drown himself in a better world, he couldn’t help but remember how he got there in Equestria.

Him, Kallig, lord of the Siths AKA Darth Imperius. Member of the Dark council of the Sith empire.



> Interlude:How it happened... Part one: The Unbroken
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"To be a slave. What a great honor, don’t have to think about tomorrow , about the food or even yourself anymore. All you have to do is to obey and to say :YES MASTER!"

-The first master of Darth Imperius when he was a slave.







Imperial controlled space.

Imperial Starship Fury-class interceptor: The Unbroken.A few month before healing Sweet Sky

"Where is that bottle of water, where is-ah, here it is."

Kallig had just woken up from a fourteen hours nap. It went without saying that he was thirsty, hungry, and needed a shower and to empty the bladder.

"Fourteen hours straight? Not my best but that’s okay." He slowly surely got up from his bed and got right toward his private bathroom to wash himself. Today was an important day and he needed to look nice.





1 hour later Darth Imperius was looking worthy of his title. His attire was of one of a venerable battlemind which was red and black. But instead of wearing the included helmet, he favored a hood to conceal his face.

For now his hood was retreated, and he was simply sitting in the corner while drinking some juice.

His crew awoke some minutes ago, and they too were preparing for the day.

Andronikos Revel: Former pirate and captain of this ship. He could see the former pirate struggling with the toaster but made no move to help him. He was a big boy and could therefore use the toaster all on his own. 

Ashara Zavros: A jedi fighting for the empire and his first apprentice. The inquisitor could hear the telltale sounds of a shower being turned on.

Khem Val: His first companion and ally. Their link was so strong that sometime they could feel and hear the other one thought. He was eating a full box of ration for breakfast.

Talos Drellik: Former member of the Imperial Reclamation service and the scientist of the team.Was actually reading his datapad while eating a fruit.

And finally Xalek: His second apprentice. Not the brightest but he followed orders and that the most important thing where Darth Imperius was concerned.

"But those times he seemed strange. At least stranger than usual. Is he hiding something? It’s true that on our last mission on Tatooine he didn’t flinch when I let those two Jedi and this squad of soldiers leave. Usually he would grumble about mercy being for the weak or some nonsense like that."

While the sith was asking himself if he should set a medical check-up for the Kaleesh, the final member of his crew chose this moment to appear.

"Good morning master. How are you today?” He asked, his voice devoid of emotion. “Feeling ready to drown the entire Republic into a pool of their own blood?"

2V-R8: A droid that served as a mechanic, butler, consultant, and occasionally training target.

Some Sith destroyed droids from this series just for fun, but Kallig liked him. He didn’t know exactly why, but he still liked him.
"Maybe it’s because he is technically a slave… Just like I was…"

"Is something wrong sir? Are you feeling sick?"

The concerned voice of his droid brought him back to reality; he could see that Talos too was looking at him, looking a little concerned.
"Yes, I am. Sorry for the little scare. And yes 2V, I feel great enough to eat up the fools who think that a republic is the best form of government to rule a galaxy."

If 2V had a mouth, he would’ve smiled just then

"So is there any problem here?" The sith asked.

"No my lord. Everything seems to be okay. We should be arriving to your station “HONOR” in less than 2 hours."

"Good, very good," The Sith stood up from his place at the table, stating that he would be returning to his quarters and that should anything happen, inform him immediately. With that, the lone human stepped out of the room, leaving the rest of his crew to reflect upon what had happened. 

2V-R8 watched his master go before turning toward Talos Drellik who just got beside him.

"Doesn’t he seem a little stranger than normal?"

"Oh? You know he will meet his general staff. He knows that some news will be good but not all. Even if under Darth Marr and him the Empire gained some new territories and took back some others from the Republic. They still have the high ground on us."

"Yes you’re right. Probably just worried over the possible new extinction of the Sith Empire."

In his chamber, Darth Imperius stood before a closet, he opened it revealing a datacron. This datacron was blue and emitting a bright light. So others words, it was a datacron made for the light side of the force. Not something that a sith normally kept with him.

He then took it in both hands almost reverently and placed it on the edge of his bed.

"You prove me that I am not wrong in choosing the light side of the force. Prove to me that my chains are broken so I can live in serenity. Prove me that passion and peace can exist together… in harmony."

He stood kneeled before it for long, when no answers came to him, he simply cried.





About 2 hours later:

"Dark lord on the bridge! Care!"

At their captain voice the 120 soldier of the 935th Company stopped what they were doing and stood at the ready for their leader’s approach. 

As he advanced he made a little stop to salute his soldiers. One of the many thing making soldiers enroll into his troop is that unlike some other lord of the sith, he care about his soldier and showed them respect. He made sure that their living conditions were good and that goes from food , money and to their habitats.

While he was walking, Darth Imperius could hear the whispers of his troops as he passed by them. 

"Glory on Darth Imperius."

"Long live our lord."

"Imperius, savior of the Empire."

Hearing things like that always made him smile. After all,he was a former slave and now, three years after being crowned Darth, he was one of the most powerful sith of the whole Empire. 

And he loved it.

“Dearly.”

He walked to and elevator where an officer,a lieutenant was saluting him.When he got near enough he said:

"My lord, all of your Heads Officers have arrived and are waiting for you."

"Excellent," Kallig entered into the elevator,waiting for it to bring him to his servants.





> Just some medicals check-up
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"My lord, I don’t think that it’s a good idea."

"Why not?"

"Because it is not a thing common Sith lords would do."

"Since when am I like the common Sith lords?"

"You've never been like them but still I don’t think that we should proceed."

"Yes but what if I go back as a blue ghost?"

"My lord I still don’t think that a holo-web connection, a swimming pool, a hot tub, over 15 million of holo-movies and more thing like that are good for your reputation."

"But what if I got boreeeeeeeeeeed?"

-  Lord Kallig the Second and Talos Drellik talking about the future Sith's Tomb.







In the town of Summerville, six days after healing Sweet Sky.

At Nox’s house:

"And now, open your mouth young one."

"Bwaaaah," A young red earth pony colt opened his oral cavity, inviting the gray stallion to put a short wooden stick on his tongue. Using his horn to conjure some light, the stallion made his report to the mother who waited patiently behind him.

"So, what is your opinion Mister?" Nox walked to the side of the operation room where he let the wooden stick fall into the trash can.

"Well by judging the red marks that are into your young children throat, it is not serious, only irritated."

His mother let out a sigh of glorious relief at the news.

"Mmhm, I told him to put his scarf because of the windy weather. But did he listen? No, for him, having a pink scarf is for fillies."

"But mom! Everypony at school laughs at me when I’m wearing that scarf." The embarrassed colt didn’t dare to look at his mom eyes.

"Maybe, but your auntie hoof-stitched this scarf for you so you have to wear it, understood?"

The colt grumbled something like a yeah whatever before trotting toward the living room. The mare gave a sad look toward the retreating form of her son before turning back to the healer.

"Thank you very much Mr. Nox, I’m sorry that we came at the last minute, but this little darling wasn’t feeling well this morning so I thought that I should bring him here to see whether it was serious or not."

"You did well Mrs.Earthington. If left untreated the irritated area could have grown. I will give you a potion and he will have to take one glass of it three time a day."

"I do hope that we didn’t bother you?"

"Well you didn’t bother me but I was about to leave. If you had come 10 minutes later, I would be probably gone."

"Oh, I’m sorry I delayed you, " Earthington eyed him curiously." Excuse me, I wouldn’t like to intrude into your private life but, where are you going?"

"Not go into my privacy huh?" Nox thought wryly. "Well, I’m going to see some of my patients at home for private care."

The mare put one of her hooves before her mouth, taken aback. 

"Oh, really that’s all? "She said with an insinuating glance.

Nox, not knowing what she was insinuating, responded with a confused glance.

"Well yeah?"

"Oh, it seems like I was wrong… for now."

"Wrong for what exactly?"

"Well, outside, the sun is shining and it would be the perfect day to go out with a loved one," She finished with a small wink.

"Mr-mrs, please."

"So, really not marefriend or maybe …Coltfriend that you’re seeing?"

Kallig, the one who was able to face the most powerful entities in the galaxy and come out on top, and yet, this simple mare, had managed to bypass his defenses and catch him off guard.

"What a great adversary."

"I’m just saying that because, you see in the town, we have remarked that you never had company, so ponies began to thinks that you must be lonely in your house."

The mother’s gaze was a sympatic one; he could feel her sadness by his link to the force.

"I’ve only been here for three months and they’re already worried about me? Great job on your cover moron."

"Don’t worry about it. It’s just the way I prefer to live."

"But we’re still worried about you."

The two turned to door where Shining Dawn stood, watching the exchange.

"My daddy sometimes talks about you with his friend…"

"Oh, that’s sweet…"

"And they say that you need a good [ESRB-M] to take the broom out from you."

The little colt was perplexed by the look of horror of his mother, and the look of disbelief from Mr. Nox. And before he could ask the stallion about how a pony could have an entire broom inside its body, Nox interrupted him.

"Well…shall I give you the required medication?"

"…Yes, and could you give me something for bruises and bumps? My husband will need it tonight."







"So, let’s see... is everything is in order for the visits?"

"Number 1, Mr. Cerulean Flow. He wants me to meet him at the park to check him for bruised muscles after his weather duty.

"Number 2, Firewalker. Yesterday, one spectator told me that during one of his show he got some nasty burn… seriously, again?"

"Stony Clearstream, I remember her. She had some complication in her pregnancy two month ago, and i must watch how the foal is doing."

Very well then, let’s go!




Five minutes later, Nox was standing right before Stony Clearstream house.

"Here I go," The gray pony pushed the doorbell and sat before the front door. It took almost a full minute before the door got open by an aged grey unicorn mare.

"Ah, here you are, come my boy; she’s waiting for you."

Nox nodded before entering the habitation followed in his step by the unicorn.

"She’s upstairs. I think that you know the way by the time you come."

Nox trotted up the stairs before reaching the door labelled with a sign that read: Danger, pregnant mare! Nox rolled his eyes at this.

"In pregnancy, no species is more dangerous that Wookies, I know that from experience…" He knocked on the door, the answers came immediately.

"What! Who is thiss?"

"Not bad, but I saw worse," Nox thought. "It’s me, Nox. I came for the consultation."

"Then enter! What are you waiting for?!"Nox obeyed. Inside the room laid a very pregnant mare. She was dark-green coated with an unkempt olive-green mane. She was actually laying on her bed with a box of what the locals called bagels and her large belly containing a foal.

"So, how are you today?" asked Nox politely. Unfortunately, for Nox, the pregnant mare didn’t seem interest in being polite.

"How am I? How am I? You dare to ask me that while that my husband is still at Canterlot probably trying to get a nicer and slimmer mare than me! While that my very own Mother in law trapped me inside this room while cursing her son for marrying me? Or while that my foal is dying before even being born because my womb is of a so bad quality waaaaah!"

"Oh no... not the cry again," The unicorn stood there watching the mare hiding in her blanket." Come on Kallig, you can do it."

"Mrs., please calm, yourself I’m sure that your husband is faithful to you and that your foal will be in perfect condition."

The mare poked her head out from the blanket, looking at him.

"Do you promise?"

"Yes of course. Now if you would like, I need to see how the foal is doing."





"Okay, your foal is doing well. I will come back to check on it."

"Thanks you very much Mr. Nox. Have a nice day," She said to him while holding out a pouch with his payment. Nox pushed the bits back into her hoof before trotting away in the direction of his next patient.




"So, Firewalker, still stubborn to do your flamboyant stunt?"
Firewalker, a Red unicorn colt standing on his bed with bandages covering nearly all of his body.

"Yes doc, the stunt that I did last night was just A-WE-SOME.I have been able to burn down the 99 chairs around me and get out alive. Simply A-WE-SOME."

Kallig wanted to told him that even if he got out alive this time that the next could be the last one. After all, he’d been burned on about 45% of his body, but he knew that the Fire-Magician-Stunt pony wouldn’t care about his advice.

"It must have been awesome," Kallig thought. "If I cannot change his mind, he should at least die with glory."

"Yes, it was… you know what doc? Next week I will build a full fifty level tower and make it burn by the lowest level. You totally should come and watch me when I’ll try to get out of it."

"You should think about another hobby no?" Kallig approached him and began to take down the many bandages.

"Yeah, and why not knitting. Just do your job for now doc, "The burned stallion playfully punched the other one.





"So Cerulean again some bruised muscles? "The Sith was accompanied of a middle aged pegasus stallion. Cerulean Flow had a light blue coat with a white mane. The two of them were on a bench in the park.

"Well yes my little Noxium, on our weather patrol I found some rogues cloud. It has been a real war to tame them but still, the pegasus stood proud with a hoof on his chest- we been able to show them who truly rule the sky."

While Nox listened to the pegasus as he told him all the adventure he and his fellow members of the weather team had for the past week, he approached his faithful horn toward the legs and the wings of the aerial pony.

"Still, it must be something to fly…Maybe that I should try to transform into a pegasus one time."

"I will go, grind your teeth." The cloud tamer only has the time to execute the advice when the flash of yellow finally appeared and pain runt through his athletic body.

"Gnnnh, always as charming," He said through he closed teeth.

"Oh please don’t be such a foal," Retorted the healer.

After a few second, the light disappeared and Cerulean could feel all of his muscle being ready for some good flight.

"Ah, that’s how I like it," After stretching is wing he turned toward Nox. "Hey, I got some ticket for the Wonderbolt show next week, I thought about inviting you and the pyromaniac of Firewalker …If he’s still alive since then. So are you interested?"

"Next week… Except drinking my sorrow away or eat a chicken it is not like I had something else to do, so why not after all. And after all I’ve heard about those Wonderbolts, maybe that it could replace the podraces."

"Ok, I’m in. So except if there is an emergency you can count me in."

Cerulean passed his left front roof on Nox’s back and brought him closer.

"That’s well said. I’m sure that it will be a great day."

"Yes, now if you could excuse me. I need to go back home. Tomorrow is the cleaning day and I really want to get it done fastly ."

After saluting each other. The pony from another planet got away toward his home under the gaze of Cerulean Flow.

"Cleaning day? Pfff, this guy really need to find himself a mare, a good [ESRB-M] , I really do hope that this show will Stallion-him up at least a little."





As he was trotting toward his home. Kallig couldn’t help but thought about his talk with Mrs. Earthington that morning.

"So, really not marefriend or maybe …Coltfriend that your seeing?"

"…we have remarked that you never had company, so ponies began to thinks that you must be lonely, here, all alone in your house all days."

"But still you’re worrying us."

"Marefriend…Coltfriend… To enter into a relationship with a pony. And if entering into a relationship, then what about…"

Nox kept trotting for a few second before entering into a full gallop toward a bush, who luckily were not far from him. After being sure that he had finish to empty the content of his stomach he began to trot back on the earthy road.

"Wow, I’ve just began to think about making love with a mare and here the result. No, I’m not good for such relationship. My destiny is to go back into Sith territories and to fight for the Empire and my people... At all costs. And if I fail…Then death would be my only reward."

On those dark thought Kallig kept advancing, but a little slower than before.





A few hours later.

A few miles away from Summerville.

Ponyville, home of the elements of harmony.

Since some time now Ponyville has become the home of many activities of Equestria, mainly because of a few of its habitants, but still …It kept its reputation of being one of the most calm town, ideal for the pony wanting to rest. Away from horrible thing of the lifestyle of the big city.

Among the pony living into this town, is a fashionista. She just got out from her Afternoon spa session.

That pony is known as: Rarity, wielder of the elements of Generosity.

The white pony looked at her reflection in a windows of a shop.

"Marvelous, simply marvelous. It seems that the spa employee has simply done their best again. But still, something has been missing during that wonderful session."

Fluttershy…Even if nopony loved the Spa as much as the dress making pony, Fluttershy managed to accompany her at least two time a week. But since three week ago, she has missed all her spa session because of an important case in her cottage.

So it’s toward that direction that she began to talk.






It took her less than ten minutes to cross Ponyville and step right before the cottage. She stopped right before the front door before knocking on it, she thought to have heard an reply but it seemed more like a whisper. It took another ten second before that the door of the cottage opened.

"Y-yes, who is it?" A yellow muzzle passed the light gap of the door, trying to identify the intruder.

"Fluttershy dear, It’s me, Rarity."

To this name the door opened completely, revealing the kind yellow Pegasus.

"Rarity, I’m happy to see you. Why are you here? Did I miss the Spa again? I –so sorry, I really wanted to go but he-."She was silenced by a white hoof.

"Fluttershy, darling please. You do know that I would never be angry at you. I simply passed here because you said that his state was slightly better."

Hearing this a sad frown appeared on Fluttershy.

"Yes, two days ago he was in a better state, but yesterday morning it grew worse than before. I just couldn’t leave him all alone."

"I know that dear. Can I see him?"

The smaller pony nodded and the white one followed her.





"So Angel, how are you today?"

The bunny responded to Rarity by a hurtful face. The little being was wrapped in a blanket surrounded by plushy animals. On its right side was a teapot ready to serve some…Tea? It’s like that than Rarity met Angel for the first time since some weeks.

"So, is he doing any better?"

Tears began to get into Fluttershy's eyes at this question.

"No, he isn’t doing any better, on the contrary it’s worse than ever. Oh Rarity I don’t know what to do, even Twilight doesn’t have any spell that could help him."

Rarity grabbed Fluttershy and began to rub her back in an attempt to comfort her.

"Ssssh, don’t you worry Flutter, everything is going to be alright."

The crying pony sniffled again some of her shivering stopped.

"Fluttershy?"

"Y-yes Rarity?"
Rarity stopped to rub the back of her friend and choose to stand right before her.

"Come on Rarity, you know that it is maybe a false hope, but if it is not then you will regret of not having told her."

"Fluttershy dear, I do know that you stayed in there for almost three weeks, but did you heard some of the gossip going into town lately?"

The care-taker simply shook her head.

"But you do know that I, Rarity is very interested by those isn’t it."

To this Fluttershy smiled, the love of Rarity for gossip was almost legendary.

"Well, you see some days ago I had heard some strange rumors, but at this time I simply thought that they were false because of their content, so I simply pushed them aside. But during the spa session today, I have heard of them again, but by Aloe and Lotus this time, and my interest and curiosity about it grow so I joined the conversation."

Rarity walked near the teapot, and served for herself and Fluttershy two cup of tea, under the gaze of the last pony who had all of Rarity’s intention.

"And during this conversation I had learned something of very interesting that could be very useful to you. "

So while serving the cup of Fluttershy she finally asked her:

"So tell me darling, have you already have been to the town Summerville?"
 






End of the second chapter :Just some medicals check-up



>  HIH Part2:War is waiting for no one.
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HIH Part2:War is waiting for no one.





"I did told you my lord that you shouldnt push the red button."

- Talos Drellik to Darth Imperius after that he accidently blowed up a space station belonging to the Hutt cartel.
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Imperial controlled space

Imperial station "HONOR" belonging to Darth Imperius

Into the meeting room.

It now has been nearly three hours since the meeting starter,since then Darth Imperius has been listening to the differents report of his head officers and scientist who exerted his will through all the galaxy...

"...And so ,that’s why I suggest to give the Kandar system to the Lord Oktans so his production of battleship would be tripled."

Kallig looked directly at the officer speaking: the moff Covers. He was young for a moff but was very brilliant, as he keep looking at his servant,a sensation bothered him suddenly and he quickly recognized it as all of the head officer who were actually looking at him and waiting for his decision.

"Mmmh, we should have enough of troops to keep the system under my direct control but other front would be very less active because of that...Lord Oktans has many soldier but very little of territory, and another powerful sith lord would become a great ally for when needed."

The dark council member cleared his throat with some water before finally giving his answers:

"You will contact lord Oktans and ask him about an official collaboration, the terms will be simple, a whole solar system against given ships, soldiers and his obedience toward me."

"It will be done my lord."Answered Covers while tapping on his datapad

"Very well, so now, how many Sith Acolytes do we actually have in training into the space station Zash?"

"Well my lord, we do have about 180 Acolytes in training, but our recons forces have signaled about twenty others applicants that could be sectioned."

"Soon we will be able to send entire strike team made of sith."Said another Moff who seemed to be very pleased to the possibility or an army full of Sith.

"Don't forget that after their training they will be sent to Korriban under the Overseer Harkun,the training we do serve them is made to improve the numbers of survivor in the Sith training, but never all of them will be able to succeed." Teslei, a Togruta scientist added.

"But what about the Acolytes who fails but survives?"

"Then for those, they will be able to return on Zash for more training and the possibility to retry, or simply join some of our Special force team or any other place they want." Simply said Imperius.

The nod from his "council" showed to him their agreements to his choice...Even though they knew that they didn’t really have a spare choice there…

Democracy is the worst enemy of the Siths after all...

Imperius pushed those thought out of his mind and checked up his own datapad,looking for the next subject to discuss.

"Well, so now, what about the operation Die damn Twi'lek..."

At the mention of this name every member of this council looked up from their pad, they seemed nervous.

"Okay, their face told me enough about the outcome of the operation."

A moff slowly got up:
"Well my lord you see..."

"No I’m hearing."

"...Our allies in the Republic told us that Saresh is still alive, six of the eight assassin have been killed by Jedi who has learned about the scheme. The last two assassin managed to escape and are actually travelling back into our line..."

The silence was powerful that not even the sith on the table seemed able to break it.

"Saresh, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic Leontyne Saresh...You really want to annoy me till the end."

The Supreme Chancellor has been a nail in Kallig feet since he has become a member of the dark council. More than one time he has tried to negotiate with her and every time he failed.

"To give you back the imperials soldier captured on Taris, sorry it's impossible i ordered their execution just...now."
"Your space station you want it back, then give up the planet Makeb."
"You wish us to send back imperial civilian to you? Then go to the first Republican planet that you see and surrender."

That damn Twi'lek was an enemy of the Empire and needed to be eradicated...At all cost.

"Do we know anything on the why it failed?"Kallig sarcastically asked.

"Well my lord, for all we know from our allies into the republic,some Jedis as meted the chancellor a few hours before the attack, so our allies do believe that some people having met the assassin you send while they were on their way alerted the Jedis who so have reunited to protect the leader of the Republic."

"Are there any track that could lead to me in particular?"

"Our Soldiers attacked only with their sabers and gears, no electronics device on them, so the Jedi will not find anything who could lead to you , my excellency."

"Good, and what about the ratio?"

"The ratio,sir?"
"Yes how many dead and kill?"

A moff looked at his pad and answered:

"We have six casualties on our side, all of them Sith...And from what we know maybe ten enemies we don't know for sure."

"Then I want a briefing from the survivor as soon they are back in our territories."

"Yes my lord!"

"Very well, so from now i want that everyone that are below a Moff get out from this room and right now."

After some confused stare, the concerned personal quitted the room.

The remaining members looked to their master, already knowing about what they will discuss.

"Well, now is time to talk about the project Exodus."

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End of Interlude:How it Happened Part2:War is waiting for no one.
> A change in routine.
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"My lord, you have not only let them alive, but you even gave them blasters and light saber...Why? Why did you do this?"

"Because I want them to spread to the whole galaxy that me, Kallig, a powerful Sith. When I had the opportunity to kill them, when they were totally defenseless , choose to let them go with weapons coming from my own army. And now the whole galaxy will know that the imperials aren't without mercy. And from now if they meet wounded imperials, then they will maybe help them instead of killing them."

- Darth Imperius to the moff Kashdan while working on the prosperity of his name .

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Equestria at noon

Near of the border of Summerville.

On the edge of the small town, a duo of mare was actually trotting toward the central plaza.

Among the two pony, one of them was a young yellow Pegasus. She was wearing a saddlebag with a white bunny resting inside of it.

"Thank you again for coming with me Rarity; I know that that you are busy with your full schedule but-" The yellow mare who shut down by a white hoof stopping millimeters away from her mouth.

"Sssh. say nothing Fluttershy darling, helping a friend out is the least I can do. After all, I just couldn't have let you go alone meeting a mysterious pony using some strange power in a town where you never had put a hoof before ,no?"

The pony named Rarity put away her hooves and began to trot again followed by Fluttershy.

"Thank you again for accompanying me…And…Offering to pay," The last part was so much murmured than a mouse would have been louder.

Rarity like Fluttershy had a saddlebag, but into this,there wasn’t a bunny inside. No, it contained two big purses, one full of bits while that the other one got some gems in. After what she has told last evening to her dear friend about those rumors on this healer, she has insisted to come because if rumors were confirmed to be true, then that some pony who have had been able to cure almost everything must ask very much of money for each pony that he treated.

"Even if he will not have a pony for patient this time." She turned toward the animal care-taker. "How is Angel doing?"

The Pegasus took a quick glance toward her smaller friend and answered:

"Not fine, the poor dear is still so hurt in the stomach." She gently patted the bunny who was holding his stomach in pain. "That will be for three weeks now, I’m really worried. I do hope that this healer will be able to help."

"I don’t know Fluttershy, from what I have been told on him, he has only nursed ponies for now. I don’t know if he will accept to treat a bunny."

The fashionista knew that she shouldn’t have said this when her yellow coated Pegasus friend got a sad look on her face. She got a dagger glance in prime from Angel too, because even when he was suffering, he wouldn’t let ponies making Fluttershy sad.

"But I’m sure that he will take him, after all, a pony using his capability to heal other injured pony cannot be a bad one." She said to her friend in a hope to make her a little happier, by the smile growing on her face it seemed that she succeeded.

"Y-Yes you’re right; he must be a kind pony."

"Well said Darling, Now we must find his house, let ask to some ponies where it is situated. And perhaps we could use that time to ask their opinions on him."





Nox's house

Nox wasn't naturally a very tidy person. The last time he has cleaned his house was two months ago and it consisted into taking one thing to put it in another place...For twenty minutes because after that he jumped on the excuse of another patient coming to stop clean (didn't really started but...) So it was after an hour’s meditation that he convinced himself to finally do some cleaning.

And that’s what he did...For at least forty minutes, because while passing the broom, he suddenly remembered a song often chanted by the imperials and now he couldn't get it out from his horny head. And so that’s why he was for now singing that song while holding the broom likes a guitar.

"No stop signs

No speed limit

Nobody's gonna slow me down

Like a wheel

Gonna spin it

Nobody's gonna resist to my lightnings

Hey, Emperor

Payin' my dues

Fighting in your army

Hey, my lord

Look at me

I'm on my way to that damned planet

I'm on the Staaarway to Coruscant

Starway to Coruscant

I'm on the Staaarway to Coruscant

Starway to Co-ru-scaaaaaaaant

Democracy must perish-"


Ding-dong.

"Aww-Come on that was the best part." Nox put his broom against a wall and began to trot toward the front door.

"I'm coming" he shouted. Then before opening the door he looked to the mirror that he had attached on the wall beside it. After a few try he was finally able to hold a smiling face.

" Here we go."





Right before the front door.

Rarity had pushed the doorbell and was now waiting with Fluttershy the stallion named Nox.

"Fluttershy, stop shaking. "

"But what if he isn't kind? You heard what they said about him."

"Yes, they said that he was acting a little strange but apart that, then he was nice to every pony and that his healing power were great."

"Yes but what if he is hiding something? What if in fact he is..."

"He is what darling?" Said Rarity who slowly but surely began to get irritated by her friend manners.

"…Carnivorous?"

"..."

"..."

"...Darling that's totally ridiculous, every pony we've met told us that he was a Unicorn, and Unicorn doesn’t eat meat!"

"Yes, but-"

"No but Darling. Now listen to me, when this door will open up and that this stallion will go outside to meet with us. I will present us and you will tell him why we're here. Okay?"

The smaller pony was shivering a little but managed to respond:

"O-Okay."

Rarity face softened by seeing her friend fear and patted her on the back.

"I’m sorry Fluttershy but you must learn to do this sort of things alone, because we will not always be able to back you up.

The Pegasus smiled to her friend understanding her. And it's at this moment that the door opened revealing a gray stallion with a short (and totally unkempt) black mane.

He stood on the porch and looked at the two young mares.

"Hmm, i should present myself. Saying hello, ask why there here, then scan, then heal, let's make it quick."

"Hi, my name is Nox. What can I do for you today?"

The two guest looked at each other, seeming unsure how to respond, they didn't think that the pony they were looking for to be so young. But after a few second the white pony responded:

"Hi mister Nox, my name is Rarity, and here is my friend Fluttershy ,and we came here because we are in a dire situation where we do need your help and your skill."

The other female nodded to this short rant.

The inquisitor continued to smile "I will let them enter so they will be able to tell why they are here. I want it done fast because today is meat day and I really want my chicken."

"Would you come inside, so will be able to help you for the matter that concern you?"

Fluttershy didn't said anything but we could see by her face that she was still a little afraid of the unknown stallion., but Rarity, took this question as a sign of politeness and responded:

"Well of course, would you follow me in Fluttershy?"

The timid pony nodded to her friend inquiry.

"Good, very good. Now if the both of would join me into the living room."

The trio of pony then trotted inside the messy house.

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"So, what can I do to help those two young wom...mares?"Nox gulped lightly, having almost misspoken something that locals could have found pretty strange. By luck it seemed that none of the other two pony notice this.

The white pony gave to her friend a look that clearly said:

"You know what you have to do."

Fluttershy managed to calm herself before talking to the magician.

"Well you see..."

"..."

"..."

"...What must I see?"

"Eeep , sorry..."The timid Pegasus recomposed herself before finally speaking again:

"Well, you see, my precious friend is very hurt but we don't why, so if you could do a diagnosis and maybe heal it, it would be...Very kind."

The voice of the kindness incarnate got quieter and quieter but still Nox has been able to hear it till the end.

"Ok very, I’ll look at it right now."

Fluttershy sighed of relief and advanced toward him so he could make the check-up on the bunny. But he kept advancing and didn't stopped at Fluttershy level, he depassed it and walked until he reached Rarity.

"Here we go, I’ll begin the scan right now."

And so his horn illuminated itself as he reproached it of the back of the other Unicorn...This one clearly gave to her longtime friend a glance signifying:

"You forgot to told him that we came here for Angel and not for me darling..."

The Unicorn thought that the best way was to tell it to the owner of the house.

"Excuse me sir, but it looks like my friend has-"

"Shh! "Nox put his right front hoof on the fashionista nuzzle.

"Shh?!Why is he shushing me? How dare he to cut down a lady! And why does he look so...Afraid?"

Indeed the healer has stopped his horn right above Rarity head, it was still emitting the yellow light but the most concerning thing about it was the look on his face, like Rarity thought, he looked ...Scared.

"Ok."Nox stood on his full height and grabbed Rarity by the hoof." Follow me quickly," The lord of the Sith got into the operation room followed by a grabbed patient who didn't seem very pleased by the treatment given to the lady she was.
Fluttershy was a little perplexed by the half-foalnapping of her friend but choose to follow them.

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"Would you now finally tell me what going on?" Even if Rarity seemed strong, an attentive pony could hear the nervousness that had began to grow into her voice.

"Ssssh, don't move."Nox slowly put her head on the metallic table, the cold contact with it made Rarity a little uncomfortable,and this time again his horn got right above her skull and this time again a yellow light emitted from it.

After a few second Now finally said:

" Ok, I’ve been able to locate it...But it will be very, very hurtful, so get ready, ok?"

The already nervous white mare could only manage to produce a nod and gulped, sweat starting to spread on her white coat.

" Ok, here we go." The light of the horn seemed to be multiplied, some electricity touched the right side of the dress designer skull. Her cries were horrifying to Fluttershy who stood at her side, watching powerless her friend suffering with alongside of her a bunny who looked totally bewildered at this show.

After a few moment something began to get out from the side of the Unicorn head. It was very small and grey, and covered in blood. Again after a few more second the totality of it have been extracted felled on Nox's hoof.

It's only after that he recuperated all of it that his horn turned off...And so do the cries of the other Unicorn.

"Snif."The Unicorn rubbed her eyes, trying to get the trace of her tears away from her mascara. Fluttershy her, got right beside her and place her hoof on her back, gently rubbing it.

Nox him, took the pink-grey substance from his hoof and put it in a plastic cup.

Rarity, still being comforted by Fluttershy saw this and finally asked:

"What in Tartarus name is this?"

Nox grabbed the plastic cup with the bloodied substance in it with his magic and walked toward her and showed it while pointing his hoof at that.

"This is...Or rather was...Your very own malignant brain tumor..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Oh my aaah-."And Rarity fainted in an elegant lady way that she knows so much.

"..."

"...Since when that couch is here?"


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End of the chapter 3 A change in routine.



> HIH Part3:Project Exodus
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"In a fight between a Sith and a Jedi,even if the two of them have the same skills,the same amount of experience and weapons...The Sith will always be victorious...Why?Because my dear apprentice,passion drive us to victory."

-Darth Zash to Kallig during his training.





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Imperial controlled space.

Imperial station "HONOR" meeting room:

"So, who will begin?" The face of his most ranked servant became nervous; the project Exodus wasn’t a particularly well liked project.

"So? I’m waiting..."

One of his Moff, the Moff Krai,a black-skinned human around his fifties got up and spoke to his leader:
"Well my lord, as you know, you launched that project a year and a half ago, and from what I’ve heard from the team of scientists we’ve put on the subject… It’s going very well.

"Yeah, I got a memo from them. Apparently the means of propulsion for the fleet is ready for preliminary testing." Replied a Chiss moff.

"This mean of propulsion, has it been made from Isotope 5 coming from the planet Makeb?" Another moff, asked.

"Yes, since the ownership of this planet has been given to our lord, all of the isotope 5 found in the galaxy is from us. Its properties are wonderful."

"It look like." added the Inquisitor." So the project is advancing well, then why are all of you making those head?"

The high-ranked officers exchanged glances and then after a silent conversation undertaken with only their eyes, one of them: a beautiful purple Twi'lek named Rash'kan stood up ready to report her opinion and the ones of her comrades.

"Well, my lord, it is not about the advancement of the project that we’re against. But…it’s about the project itself. Because we do found, and please excuse me about what I will say, but that Exodus is…a cowardly project."

Kallig sighed, loudly. At this, each member stiffened on his/her chair. The Holder of the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge wasn’t known to be a standard Sith. He didn’t kill his subordinates in moments of anger or annoyance, and that's one of the many reasons why a great numbers of troops wanted to fight under his command. But still, seeing the second most influenceable Sith in all the galaxy sight in his chair after that a bad news was delivered, was still nerve wrecking.

Lord Kallig II ,massed his temple with his right hand… He was pretty angry… But still, they have been honest with him and he could understand why they held doubts on this subject. It’s true that Exodus wasn’t the type of project that a typical sith lord would plot.

But to him, Exodus could become the Empire’s own rescue caps.

Three years ago, when Darth Marr told him that the Empire was running out of time and subsequently issued the ultimatum that they likely only had a few months left before the empire fell, the dark council had, for the first time, combined forces to protect the Empire. And under the unofficial leadership of lord Marr, victory wasn’t just a pipe dream anymore.

But, even if the major characters of the empire were united, that did little to deter the powerful foes waiting for them and did everything they could for their profit, mining the war effort.

And it was without the troubles in the Empire, even if it has gained many territories, many systems under its control fought every time to be freed from the imperial domination (Kallig couldn’t understand why they didn’t want to stay into the Empire...People are weird no?). And to the planets that don't fight, then at least 1/3 of the population fled and joined the Galactic Republic increasing the difference of numbers of population between the two factions.

So even if the Empire was ready for the fight, they weren't in an advantageous position. If they didn't played their card well, it will be over and this time, the Sith state could very well perish for good.

Hence the reason why Exodus has been created: to flee if this war was lost. Literally it would work like that: a fleet of starships with enough of cryo capsule to transport the millions of survivors to another galaxy with a new fuel made from the Isotope 5.

Aaaaand… Well that’s all: rebuild the empire with the potential millions of survivor and with all the artefacts and item inside a giant fleet,but by being into another galaxy,the Empire would have enough of place and of time to grow stronger than ever without any risk to meet those damn republican with their love of that democracy.

And if they were to meet another faction who wouldn’t kneel to the almighty Sith Empire...Then some punishment would be given.

But this project by its sole existence mean that the empire has a chance to lose the war. It’s why he choose to keep it a secret.

"Listen to me, I know your aberration for this project, but remember that we already have been defeated. If this was bound to happen again then we would need every resource in our disposal to survive and start the rebuilding of the our glorious empire."

"If that were to happen Exodus would be our only chance to succeed. Don’t forget that the republic will search for us to make sure we doesn’t reappear this time."

The silence from his officers were his only answers. When he looked at them, they make sure that theirs eyes didn’t meet his own.

"Good, it look that they have understood me for now, at least."

"Officers, we‘ll take a small break, let meet again in half-hour." He got up and walked out of the meeting room.

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On the starship maintenance and repair bay of the station
Two astrodroid  on the Bay ship were advancing toward the fighters location while holding behind them the Isotop 5 experiment 7-05X2 .

One of them, X2-B47, asked his companion 58-9T2

"Hey, where must we put the prototype they said?"

"Hu-I don’t know."

"We must find it quickly or they will be angry at us. And an angry Imperial, it isn’t funny."

"You’re right but I don’t know which ship we must equip anymore, what should we do?"

"…This prototype is important isn’t it?"

"Yes very, they told us to be very careful about it."

"So if it is very important, it must go to someone who is very important, no?"

"Yes, you’re totally right."

"Then, we should put it one the most important person’s ship."

"Yes, that must be that." 9T2 parted away from his companion to put his arm in a terminal. After a few second he turned to B47 .

"I know the location of The Unbroken. Let’s go."

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In the hall near the meeting room:

Kallig threw away his empty cup of water before walking back toward the meeting room; the reunion wouldn’t begin before at least another 15 minutes but meanwhile, it would be the quietest place in all the station, and a needed a silent place to think about the outcome of the meeting.

"Here we go; soon this reunion will start again, and we should be able to finish it in less of two hours. Finally, the situation isn’t as bad as I was thinking, we have enough resource to stand against the Republic, the main problem is the ratio of soldier. For 100 republicans’ soldiers, we have 15 imperial soldiers, And for the Jedi vs Sith ratio it’s a 20 versus 3...I should contact the colonel Fritzkon on Dromund Kass, he told me that-"

But suddenly, he felt something that broke his train of thought.

It came to him as a tingle and it wasn’t a nice sensation. Then he understood: he already had that sensation many time before. It was his link to the force who told him that there was a danger coming right at him on his right side…But he understood too late.

Kallig jumped to his left but a bright red blade of a light saber transpierced his flank. But he still managed to escape from it and tripped on the floor.

He slowly looked back to see who was his attacker. The answer left him speechless.

"No…Not You."

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End of Interlude:How it Happened:Part3:Project Exodus


>  Should have stayed in bed that day.
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"Surrender now you vermin of a Sith, you are outnumbered, it’s only a matter of time before youaaaaargh."

"Ooops, you're dead."- Darth Imperius responding to a threat coming from a Jedi Master.





"Miss? Miss? Can you hear me?"

Confused by the voice calling out to her, Rarity slowly opened her eyes.

"Wha-what happened? "The white unicorn began to stand on the sweet texture of her fainting couch. She looked on her right and saw Fluttershy standing there, looking at her with a worried expression.

"Miss Rarity, do you hear me? "Rarity then looked on her left and saw the grey coated stallion that she and Fluttershy has come visit.
"I remember now. First we came here for Angel, but he must have misunderstood the patient and checked on me instead. Then finally he-

"Ouch! My head, why does it hurt so bad? It’s on the right side, I..." Rarity began to pat the side of her very own skull and felt a sharp pain with each successive tap.

"You shouldn't touch it; after all it has been a pretty rough operation."

"Operation? What operation is he talking abo..." Then it came back to her; he has passed through her skull to grab something that was in her br-brain."

"The tumor..." It was said so softly that it has become a whisper.

"Oh, here it is." Just after that Nox put the plastic cup right before Rarity's eyes.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-" It became black all over again.







Before the unconscious body of the white mare. Nox said to her friend: "Next time when she wakes up I shouldn't put the tumor that I extracted right before her eyes, no?"

Fluttershy nodded to the wisdom of this decision.







The second time that Equestria's classiest lady finally awoke, Nox didn't show any part of the expelled tumor to her, on the contrary he put it in an empty ointment pot.

The poor mare had been into a total state of shock, for all the rest of her stay she has been fixing empty space while grumbling things like: What happened? I nearly died! Did I survive or am I dead?

Poor Rarity’s mind has been twisted up. Leaving to Fluttershy the care of taking medication for both of the patient.

"Poor Rarity, I hope that she will overcome all of that..." whispered Fluttershy.

"Don't you worry about her, this is a lot to take but she just need some time to overcome this, don’t forget that she has learned that she had a malignant brain tumor inside her head not even one hour ago."

"That tumor... was it dangerous?" Fluttershy already knew the answers but still, she wanted a confirmation.

Nox nodded.

"Of course it was, that tumor was particular big and well developed, for a moment even I didn't think that I could extract it and save your friend."

"H-How much?"

"How much what? "asked Nox, perplexed by the question that the yellow pegasus.

"How much time she would have left if you didn't detect it?"

Nox looked at her with compassion before answering

"I don't know precisely...One week, maybe two...A month tops."

"A month! Rarity would have only had one month left to live! So, it means, that if I had succeeded in healing Angel or if Rarity hadn't heard the rumors, then… She would be dead by the end of the next month. Oh Celestia… How will the others react to that?"

"Miss, are you alright?"

Fluttershy finally succeeded into going out from her reverie representing her friend imaginary funeral.

"Y-yes."

"Very well, now let's take a look at your Bunny."





"Here we are, it’s over." Nox took the bunny from the operation table with his magic and tended it to Fluttershy who grabbed him happily.

"Are-Are you sure?"

"Yes, I did find his problem: a stomach inflammation," Stated proudly the Sith lord.

"Are you sure? I did use the usual treatment on him a few weeks ago and it didn't calm him down at all."

"This one was pretty heavy so it doesn't surprise me that herbs didn't have any effect on it. But don't you worry about it, the problem is solved for good. His tiny stomach is shinier that a bit."

"Thank you very much mister Nox. Without you, I don't think that my little friend would have supported it a day longer. "The pet nodded in agreement to his master affirmation.

"Oh, you’re welcome, let me grab the medication." Nox trotted to a closet and began to synthesize the medication while Fluttershy put Angel on her back and trotted outside of the operation room, but unbeknownst to her, under the glance of the former human.

"A bunny huh? Me, a powerful Sith lord who have killed hundreds of Jedi and ruled a big portion of the known universe, now serve as a nurse for a bunny! Have I really fallen that low."

Shaking his head, Nox resumed his task and followed the yellow pony.







"Rarity are you alright?" Fluttershy passed her hoof before the fashionista’s eyes and only got for answers a sad look.


At least she's still here, but as Mr. Nox said it is really a big thing that happened today, it is not surprising that she is into a shocked state, if not a depressive one. Alone I will never be able to help her, I’ll tell the girls later when we will get home.

A hoof sound coming from behind alerted her that their guest, Nox was coming to her.

"Miss, here please, "He said while presenting her two paper bags. Each of them had a number written on them: 1 and 2.

"Miss, the first bag is for your friend. There is an ointment that she will have to put on her right temple where I performed the operation along with a bottle of medicine. It’ll make stop her headache.” He gave the first one to Fluttershy. “The other is for your bunny there is a syrup, he must take it at least twice a day every day for three weeks." He finally gave the second bag to Fluttershy who gladly accepted it.

"Thank you very much mister! You just don't know how much you helped us. How much do we owe you? "

"Really, for all he has done today, it must be worth at least one million of bits." But the timid pegasus hopped that he didn't ask that much because she would never be able to gather that much or money. Luckily for her, Nox didn't need it.

"No, I would never take money from desperate pony, it’s free you can go now. " The male Unicorn dismissed her with a hoof.

"What-what? Really, you really mean it?it’s free? Don’t you want at least some gems? "She took some of the precious rock from Rarity’s own saddle bag and showed it to him.

"Tempting, but no, If I do accept it, ponies will began to talk about my wealth and this can attract unwanted attention and my cover could be in danger. "

"No, please. I'm not doing it for money. Keep all of it. "

Flutttershy smiled to this and put the gems back into the bag.

"Rarity was right after all, he is a kind pony."







"Goodbye, and take care of yourself!"

"We will, and thank you again, Mr. Nox." shouted Fluttershy.

Nox watched the two pony walking out of his sight in the direction of the edge of the town. today has been a good day after all.

"Well, now that's over I will prepare my tools for my meal of tonight."

Nox entered back in his house.







Ponyville 

Two hours later.

In the marketplace of Ponyville. Two friend were actually there and talking about their respective day.

"Spike, did we finally receive that box of scrolls that Celestia said she would sent us last week?"

"Yeah we did Twilight apparently the post office got through some problems during the transport, but they got it this morning and is waiting for you back at the castle."

"Oh thank you very much about that Spike, I will cross it out from the check list right now." while that Twilight sorted the said check list from her saddle bag under the annoyed glance of her precious assistant, a shout attired their attention.

"Heya Twilight, Spike!"

As they turned over they could see Applejack waving at them behind her empty stand of apple.

"Hey Applejack!" The duo trotted toward their friend.

"Howdy Twilight, Spike. "She addressed the later with a sign of her head.

"Hi Applejack, how are you? Did you some good sales today?"Asked Spike.

"Pretty fine by me. And you two, how has been your day?"

"Very well, Celestia just send us some ancient scrolls containing some healing method..."

"Healing thing? Is that for the pet of Fluttershy, Angel?"

"Yes it is, last time I saw her, he seemed to get a little better, but still."

"Speaking of her, I haven’t saw her at all for at least a week."

"Saw her three days ago." A new voice made her sudden apparition above them all.

"Rainbow Dash! stop surprising us that way!" Twilight scolded with a hoof on her beating chest.

"And miss your face guys? Never!"

"Me too." Told a high pitched voice perched above Rainbow dash.

"Aaaaah Pinkie!"Said the surprised pegasus.

"Gotcha." The pink earth pony jumped from Rainbow's back and joined her terrestrial friend.

"Are you talking about Fluttershy?"

"Yes we are Pinkie. We are quite worried because of the events of the last weeks."

"I wonder how things are going today."

"I don't know but she isn’t home today."

"What!" Exclaimed her friends with surprise and worry in their voices.

"Yeah, that morning, after getting the pastry ready for the day, I thought about Fluttershy and Angel and I remembered how sad they looked, so I thought that some good cupcake could cheer them up, but when I got to her house I saw no pony or bunny in there."

"Oh, that’s not like Fluttershy to disappear."

"Yeah, you're darn right. Did something happen to her?"

"I think that maybe Rarity is with her."

"What!? How that Spike?"

"Well this morning after putting the scroll into the castle I told myself why don’t I go help Rarity with her dress orders. So I got to Carousel Boutique but it was closed. No one in there."

"What about Sweetie Belle?"

"From what I know she is currently with her parents until tomorrow, Rarity is actually living alone."

"Okay, don’t you find it strange?"

"Strange? How that?"

"Well why would Rarity accompany Fluttershy with a sick bunny?"

"Put like that it's true that it does sounds a bit odd."

"Oh, oh ,I got an idea!” exclaimed Pinkie, raising her hoof up waiting to be questioned.

"Okayyyy, and what is your idea Pinkie."

"Well maybe that seeing that Angel was dying, Rarity took him to take his fur for one of her dresses."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Pinkie I don't think that-"

"Or maybe she is foalnapping Fluttershy and she took Angel as a hostage."

"...Okay Pinkie , I don't know why, but -"

"Or maybe th-"But the party pony didn’t get to finish her new suggestion as her rainbow maned friend cut her of.

"They're here." Rainbow Dash pointed to the ponies of the conversation.

"What?" all of her friends looked at her.

"Over there, on the earthy road at the entrance of the town. They’re there." She pointed the direction with her hoof, and the rest of the ponies and dragon at her side look to where she’d been pointing.

"Yeah you're right, it is them." confirmed Applejack

"Hey doesn't Rarity look… sad?" remarked Spike as the two travelling ponies got closer to them.

"Maybe that while she tied up Fluttershy and Angel before throwing them to the sharks she remarked her errors and freed them while asking for forgiveness that Fluttershy granted her ,now i think that we all should do a PARTY to celebrate that!"

"Hmm Pinkie, please calm down."

"Okie dokie lokie."

"Howdy girls! Where have you been all day? "Applejack simply asked them with a smile on her face, but the reaction she got wasn't what they expected.

Rarity stopped walking, took a good look at her friend, then ran away, crying all the way to her home.

"Waaaaaaaaaah." When she reached the door, she quickly opened it then entered fast into her house before violently closing the door. The lock could be heard be put, then a few second later all windows and shutters were closed as well the light. The only sound coming from that new fortress was the one of the crying unicorn.

The group just stood there in awe, shocked by the reaction of their longtime friend.

"Just, what happened?" Simply asked Rainbow Dash.

"Is it something I said?" Applejack, a little worried that her words,have somehow  made her friends cry.

"Oh no, I knew it! I just knew it!"Pinkie looked very scared right now.

"What Pinkie Pie?" Asked Twilight.

"Rarity has kidnapped Fluttershy and freed her but now she is fearing that we are angry against her and locked herself into her boutique to protect herself. -"She let out an enormous gasp-"Quick, we need to throw her a party to show her that we aren't angry and forgave her. First we will need some-."

"Hu, Pinkie, it is not that,”Intervened Fluttershy.

"Oh, okay."Pinkie said while throwing away a battering ram. "So what happened?"

"Yes Flutter, where have you been alone with Rarity all-...Is that Angel in your saddle bag? "The cyan Pegasus pointed the sleeping rodent inside of Fluttershy bag.

"Yes, it is. " Fluttershy put Rarity own saddlebag on the ground, she has been holding it all the way back to town along with her own and its weight began to have an effect on her.

"And, he looks...Happy." Remarked Twilight.

"Of course that he is happy, it’s the first time since three weeks that he can sleep without suffering." Fluttershy began to caress the little belly of her small sleeping friend.

"Hum, Fluttershy, not that I’m not happy with Angel being finally cured, but what happened with Rarity, did something happened? "The little dragon was really worried about the possibility that his long time love suffering over something.

"And where were you? We’ve been pretty worried about ya two."

"And how was Angel healed?” Twilight asked curiously. “I tried every healing spell that I knew and with no success." Fluttershy hadn’t missed the jealousy in Twilight’s voice which had done little to set her mind at ease under all the stare of her friends, but knew that they deserved to know what happened.

"Well, you see...Rarity had come in my house yesterday afternoon, and and told me about some rumors that began to spread in town."
Each of her interlocutors looked at each other with a lost expression. Unlike Rarity none of them really took part into gossiping and so have never heard of those rumors.

"So," added Fluttershy, "are there some of you who have ever been to Summerville?"







Nox 's house in Summerville.

Nox was on his hoofchair, reading a novel with a glass of wine beside him. While savoring the drink and the reading, he remembered the events of the day.

"Well, I helped those two mare, I have managed to do a little of the cleaning, I am reading a pretty good book while drinking a good wine, and tonight I will have a good chicken. Well, that was a good day, and by helping those pony fast and clean I secured up my cover. Good work Kallig, good work."

If only he knew what would happen.






> HIH Part4:Assassinations attempts can be dangerous for your health.
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"I'm sorry master, I didn't want it to go that far, but...You let me no choice."



"Don't you worry about that my young apprentice, I’m happy that you defeated me. I don't know if i could have lived with your blood on my hands."



"I don't know if I’ll be able to live with your death by my own hands."



"You can, and you will. You are made to shine Kallig, I’m sure that one day, the Sith will have prosper under you, not before...But never forget that my dear apprentice...Sith always betray and get betrayed...But for now, hold me, hold me like a son holds his dying mother".

-Darth Zash on her deathbed to her apprentice after one last attempt to kill him.

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Imperial station "HONOR" 

"No, not you...Not you two!

Kallig the Second was actually lying on the filthy ground of his station , in a dark hallway, and Imperial controlled space.While he was trying to heal his light-stabbed side, he could only look at his attacker...His two attackers.

"I'm sorry my master...But I’m sure that the galaxy will only be better without you. "The Kalleesh had his double lightsaber in his left hand and turned it off.

"Xalek...How could you..."

"I didn't want to do it, Lord Imperius, but in the name of peace...You must die."

"Ashara Zavros..."His first true apprentice just stood by the side of the second one and kept watching him.

The counselor didn't feel like moving, he just stood there on the ground, hurt to the core of his heart...Not only by thephysical wound caused by the lightsaber, but by the betrayal of his two closest apprentices... Apprentices that he considered close friends... Like...Like a sort of family.



"Why?"-The Sith finally regained enough of his strength to get up while holding his wounded flank-"Why?"



"Why what? " Responded the Kaleesh in a teasing tone.



"Why this betrayal?"Kallig coughed some blood saying that.



"I don't think that you would like the answer."



"Shut up!!!-as Kallig roared, he finished to healing his wound, it’s still hurt but it was now bearable. -I am maybe not your master anymore, but still i am a member of the dark council, and as a member of it, I am ordering you to give me an answer...Right now!


The two traitors looked at each other, when their eyes met they nodded at the same time.

"Master."-Responded Ashara.-"No,Kallig...You let me to continue to act as a Jedi, so I kept thinking like one, and for that I am truly grateful...But you see, the Force talked to me. It wants the light side to win, it wants ...Peace."

The togruta took a few steps toward him, her hand on her lightsaber clinging on her belt.



"And you, you are against peace. You may be following the light side but still...You’re bringing war into this galaxy."



Kallig while trying to get up was shocked by her explanation.



"Me, bringing war?""What this nonsense is she talking about? The Sith empire and the Galactic Republic have been at war years before I got transferred to Korriban as an Sith acolyte...Years before my birth." 

But Ashara brought out the answers to his unspoken question.

"Yes, even if it's true that you didn't start this war, it is true that without you the Sith Empire would have been defeated at least two years ago, and so it would have ended this war, but the dark council and especially you fought well enough to inspire every imperials citizens , making their will to fight shine even brighter than before, because of you..Kallig , the victory of the Sith Empire is possible, meaning that this war will continue like this for decades at least, and as one of the galactic guardian of peace, I cannot accept that this galaxy will still be at war, it is my duty to act to protect it."-She grabbed her own lightsaber and ignited it, a blue blade came to life beside of her. -"And if that mean killing you, then I shall do it."


The stare Imperius gave to her would have been enough to kill anyone else who hadn't followed his training.

"And you..."-he turned toward Xalek,-"are you fighting in the name of peace too?"

The kaleesh smiled and gave a small laugh, like if it was the most absurd reason.


"No, but if I do kill you, then I will get your place at the Dark council, and everything that belonged to you, will be mine."

At the end of his sentence; the warrior took out his double lightsaber igniting it again. To this display Kallig sighed heavily.

"It look like I have no other choices but to fight and kill them."


The right hand of Kallig got toward his belt to grab his own lightsaber, but when the hand got to the wanted place, it found nothing.



"What, where is-?"Kallig's surprise began to melt as nervousness began to grow to replace it, having to fight his two best apprentice would be normally hard, but now with a lightsaber gone, his probability of victory dropped greatly.



"Are you looking for that?"



His eyes got up to saw the Kaleesh showing the weapon in his left hand.



"That's why he attacked me there, to get my saber so I’m defenceless... That’s what they must think, but I’m not a vulgar warrior thinking only with his saber...I'm a damn inquisitor, I use the bend of the force for my own desire."



Electricity began to form in both of his hands in a intent to send them a very powerful arc of lightning.



"Just a few seconds and then I will be able to-"But something else stopped Kallig action.



Pain 



"Pain in my back."

The dark lord fell again to the floor, his lightning disappearing before he could even launch them out on his attacker.



"It hu-hurt so much, what happened?"Kallig tried to focus his force on his back to heal his second wound.


"A good shot, aren't I?"

At that voice a hot fury spread throughout the inquisitor’s mind and body.



"No... Not him too." The inquisitor turned around and looked straight at the new foe’s eyes.



"Andronikos revel."



The former pirate was standing a few feet behind him, a blaster rifle in his hand still fuming from the shot.



"Well, wasn't that a good shot?"As he kept advancing with his rifle pointed straight to his former employer face, he noticed 
the furious stare that the latter send to him.



"What with the stare, got angry? You’re sad? Wouldn’t surprise me. Always been such a wreck...Well I guess it's normal...For a sith." And so, with a sly smile, the pirate pointed his blaster rifle toward the Sith lord's head.



"Wh-"



"Shut up with your why! I’m tired of this, the Empire, the Siths ,  and most of all: this damn war. Ashara got me a deal with the republicans, If I kill you they will get me a new identity, She and I will be able to live our dream again! Sound pretty good to me, no?



"Yeah" said Kallig while getting up again- "It would seem like the perfect plan...If you do manage to get out alive you b***ard.



"Little Sith?"



At the rough voice the mentioned Sith turned and saw his salvation.



"Khem val!"



Kallig managed to start walking toward the dashade. "He must have felt my pain through our link,and came here to help me."



As Kallig took another step toward his longtime follower when Ashara projected force on him, making him fall for a third time.



"Gnaaah!"-Kallig began to crawl toward Khem val- "Help me! "he held his hand out so the monster could grab him, but...The Sith and the Dashade's eyes met and for the almighty Darth Imperius , it wasn't a good thing.



Since he freed him from his millenary jail, the link between Kallig and Khem Val had never stopped to grow stronger. They could feel what the other felt, hear and see the other one thought. And that's exactly what happened, Kallig heard out what his first companion was thinking.



"Weak!" That's what the shadow killer mind cried out. "You are not worthy to be my master anymore."Khem Val then gave powerful kick in the ribs of his former master projecting him a few yards away, his head meeting the hard durasteel walls.



To those word, for the first time in his life since he became an acolyte on Korriban, him, Lord Kallig II, Darth Imperius, member of the Dark council and Holder of the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge of the Sith empire, felt fear...The real tetanizing fear.



"I'm scared... I need help." As Imperius began to crawl he saw the faces of the betrayer’s looking down at him, one emotion could be felt through them.



Disgust.



They were disgusted by him.



"No, not like this, the Empire is in danger, I must protect it." The hero of the empire slowly got up to faced them and even if tension, nervousness, and fury were racing through his whole shaking and sweaty body, he charged his arms with electricity, ready to fight till the end, but however the day had still more surprise for him.



"My lord, take cover!"



A movement got Kallig’s attention, it took him less than one second to understand it and jump to his right to take cover from a grenade thrown away by an Imperial guard.



That guard has been patrolling like every day since he got transferred to this space station, and just like every day, he has changed his itinerary, it was a standard procedure inside almost every station of the empire, if the enemy succeeded into hacking the security system and found the route used by the guards, it could be a big danger for a station crew.



That's the reason why the traitors had attacker a few minutes ago, because at the same hours from the day from before, the footage the same guard was at the opposite location of the space station, the hadn't thought that he would be there at the time during the overthrow attempt.


And so the guard got cautious when he has heard the fighting sound on his way toward the meeting room hallway, and very surprised when he saw the man whose he had vowed to obey getting attacked by people respected by the empire.

But he was ready to act to protect his Lord...and furthermore he was armed.



By luck his enemies took some time to understand it.



Baom!!!



The explosion didn't kill them, Andronikos took cover behind Khem who’s had a skin hard enough to protect both, Ashara Zavros and Xalek were wounded a little but could still fight. 



"My lord this way!Quick!"



Kallig didn't hesitate and ranthrough the middle of the traitor’s line and managed to pass (and took his lightsaber back while giving a punch into the kaleesh’s face) and reached his faithful soldier.



"My lord go away; I’ll slow them down." Just after saying his sentence, the soldier kneeled and fired up with his blaster rifle.



"For IMPERIUS!" The warcry of the soldier was full of force as he was ready to kill for his lord.



However, the ex-crew members got back into their positions and Andronikos leveled his sniper rifle and shouted the soldier right into the chest, leaving a small hole right into it.



Imperius himself felt the death of his guard but even if it saddened him, he couldn't mourn or take revenge, he was in a weakened state and pursued by some killers that he himself had formed, for now running was the best idea to stay alive...he just hoped that his others servants were more loyal than that.



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Control room of the space station



"Hey look at that. "A lieutenant told his fellow soldier who joined him and the two of them looked to one of the many monitors of this room.



" Hey, there are fights inside the area 2-9."Remarked the second man.



"Isn't it where Lord Kallig is located? "The officer’s voice seemed to get a little nervous, after all, if there was a sith fighting here, then bad news would come.



"I don't know, I suppose, " He got to another control panel and shouted through the intercom:



"Beware, contact in the sector 2-9, ask for the strike team 4 to that location for containing the-"


"Hey look at this!"



The enseigne looked to where his superior told him so and fear grabbed him.



"Je-Jedis!"



"Yes, at least twelves of them, and twenty or so a republican Special Forces action team."



"But where are they coming from? Every ship docked inside this station are controlled and they couldn't have been inside one of them no?"



The highest ranked looked to the screen controls and took notice of something.



"Look over there. Dock 80-4."



His fellow imperial looked to the desired screen.



"Yes, they are coming from that ship, the ... Smuggling one?"



"Who had accepted this ship into the bay?"



The two officers looked on the data a few seconds before finding a name.



"Ashara...Zavros..."The youngest hesitated on what to do next, but his senior reacted quickly.



"...Call all the strike team we have; and tell the 935th and the 938th Company to get ready for some fight, and put every head officer in safety into the security bloc 1.1...We will show to those democracy lovers what happen to those who dare to defy the Empire and lord Imperius."



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"How can it be possible? Republicans, republicans every which way inside my very own space station...How come? "



Kallig hadn't stopped running for the last ten minutes. At first, he wanted to reach a guard station to gather some help to defeat the traitors, but all he found was four imperial corps and some Durasteel coming from a former security droid with two Jedi standing in the room.



Even wounded he still managed to defeat them but soon after encountered another squad of enemies’ soldier.



"Come on, Jedis and Special republican force on my station, it will cost a lot to those who planned this."



The dark lord still managed to shock down the squad and continued his journey to reach a safe place.



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It seemed that luck wasn't on Kallig side today as he never ceased to encounter enemies again and again.



"It's true that's it's pretty annoying to have to fight them off, but what is really annoying me is that they are slowing me down.And Khem val is after me, and with that damn link uniting the two of us he knows my current location, and if they catch me up, at one versus four warriors trained by me, my chance is of 40% or less. I really do need to find help."



"Sorry but you will not have it, weakling."



The sound of this voice made Kallig turned around just in time to block Xalek's lightsaber.



"So there you are, you shame to the Empire."



"Shame?  On the contrary am doing what any good Sith should do. I’m betraying my master."



"The worst part is, I think he's right."Kallig thought bitterly.



Kallig gave him a punch in the chest making him fall, and as he was ready finish him a blue blade coming from a lightsaber stopped his own.



As Ashara Zavros blocked her former master Khem Val charged him with all his might.



"What a big ass. " The Inquisitor sent a quick and small lightning arc straight to the Dashade’s face blinding him.



"Aaaaaaah."As the shadow killer roared in pain Xalex tried to stab Kallig but he evaded him. The Sith master took a guard position and waited for their next attack. But they didn't move, instead they too took defensive position.



"Why aren't they charging? They seem to want to keep distance with me, but why would they-"



Kallig suddenly realized why he did this and put the blade of his saber in a way to protect his chest and his head from the expert shots of Andronikos Revel.



"Take that you sucker of a sith! "The last comment fueled a little more anger which already ran at full speed throughout his body.



"Oh, you will regret that."



Kallig pointed his left hand before him and a hand of black smoke shot toward his enemies.



"Beware he is trying to poison us with the force. "Shouted Xalek.



"Leave it to me." Ashara took a step forward, turned off her lightsaber then sent a wave of force destroying the black mist.



"Here, he isn't a str-acgck" Ashara saw a red blade made of light preying her torso., and just a second after, the face of her former master appeared right before her.



He grabbed her as she felled on the floor, delicately posing her on it, and as life quitted her, she could hear the last words that she would be hearing in this life:



" Sleep well now ...Ashara..."



That sentence brought one last smile on her face then, she became one with the force.



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Andronikos and Khem Vall stood shocked as they saw their former lord kill their ally in their quest against him.


Almost one full minute after that, Imperius levelled up his head, and there, the accomplices could perfectly see the stare that he was giving to them.



A cold stare, full of hatred, of wrath and fury, those two shiny blue eyes kept looking at them for some moment before that their holder turned around and ran away, he exited the room by the door, and just as his assassin were starting to follow him again, he turned around and sent a lightning bolt right to the control panel of the door, closing it.


He could hear the insults coming from the other side of the doors, and he knew that it wouldn't stop them forever, so he started to walk again.



"I do recognize this place, I am not far from the ship bay, there I will go right to the Unbroken, my soldiers mustn’t see me in this state..."



As he walked away from death for one more time he tightened his grip around his former apprentice lightsaber.



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"My lord! Oh my...What happened?!" By seeing his master state, 2V-R8 quickly joined him and grabed him so he could help him to get into the space ship under the stare of two astrodroid.



"You two, get the ship ready for departure…right now…" 2V ordered the two smaller droids who obeyed quickly.



Seeing them get back into the ship 2V continued to walk while keeping his master up.



It took them a few try to get inside the Unbroken.



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"My lords! What are your orders? "



At 2V question, Imperius raised his head, he was actually laying on the bed of the medical bay, 2V had injected some kolto to heal his wound but they both knew that it would take several days for a complete healing, if not more.



Kallig catches his breath before responding.



"Activate the protocol 8.9-Retry, bring us to my space station “No doubt”, the fastest way possible."



"Very well my lord," the droid got the ship control center-light speed in preparation of being activate.



While that 2V managed to get the ship out of the station, Kallig took note of the two astrodroid waiting beside him.





""Hello you two...What are you doing here? Were you checking the ship?"



The two-droid looked at each other before answering with the traditional sound.



"No, that was another team my lord, our mission was to fix the new experiment to your ship."



The sith acknowledged that by a nod before resting his head on the pillow, he lied like that for a few seconds before that his eyes shot wide open.



"The new experiment?"- The tone of his voice surprised the two droids who were ready to go.-" What experiment? Are you talking about 7-05X2?"



The droid on his left responded quickly.



"Yes, of course my lord. What other experiment could we talk about?"



The answers sent a chill through Kallig spine.



"7-05X2, the Isotope 5 experiment ...The one we haven't tested at all."



2V's voice appeared into the intercom suddenly:



"Activation of the lightspeed in 5...4...3"



Hearing this the Sith quickly got up from the bed, push away the two astrodroid and run the fasted he could toward the cockpit.



"2"



"2V no! Abort the lightspeed! Abort it!"


"1...Activation."



Normally during the activation of a lightspeed, everyone in the ship must sit with a security belt because of the powerful speed used to travel, but Imperius was up and so he was projected against the wall behind him, making him lose consciousness.


And so, it’s in a state of unconsciousness that he travelled in his ship, the Unbroken passed all his space station, planets, imperials territories, republicans one and even the border of the galaxy...And as this unstoppable ship continued his journey, they draw themselves closer to destiny…In a galaxy far, far away.



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Imperial controlled space



Imperial station "HONOR" 



8 minutes since the jump.



"We-We surrender!" A Togruta captain dropped his weapon before the imperials soldiers, by seeing their leader actions, the squad of republicans choose to do the same, after all they knew that they were overwhelmed.



Talos Dreillik, followed by at least thirty soldiers from the 935th company, stood before the republicans and talked back to their captain.



"We do accept your surrender. " Talos then advanced right before the Togruta and right after that put the barrel of his gun right under his face and fired.



The action was taken by surprise by the republican soldiers who stood frozen by fear as they watched their leader's corpse fall to the metallic ground.



"Spread the words to your remaining comrades, the imperials aren’t without mercy to their enemy who surrender without fighting."



After that the republicans were arrested by the imperials soldiers, Talos asked one lieutenant who stood beside him.



"So, any more news?"



"Well, sir, the floor 2 to 6 are safe the same for the 8th, only the 1st and the 7th are still a little dangerous because of some remaining jedi and soldiers that are there but we have sent sith to get them, so it should be ok soon..."



"Good, good, " Talos Dreillik was pleased with this, the imperials had defeated the republican in a fastest way that he through they would have. But something else came into his mind.



"But what about lord Imperius? Is he safe? "The scientist asked?







"Well, mister Dreillik, the control room told us a few minutes ago, that his ship, the Unbroken has managed to get out from the space station, and is currently travelling at lightspeed."



Talos nodded to show his acknowledgement of this information.



"It seems that lord Imperius is safe and as managed to execute safely protocol Retry…He should be contacting us soon."



But what Talos Drellik didn’t know was that he would have to wait a lot for the call coming from his master.



End of Interlude: How it Happened: Part4: Assassinations attempts can be dangerous for your health.



End of the first Interlude.






> I wouldn't mind a good wine right now…
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Some people within the empire are really crazy...They speaking about making a rule like what there should be only two Sith in the whole galaxy...Like if only two Siths could do something of big.

-Minister Lana Beniko to Darth Imperius




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On the edge of Summerville, three hours or so after Fluttershy and Rarity returned to Ponyville.

A small figure was running like a mad pony, as he didn't know this part of Equestria so he got lost a few times during his journey, but his determination hadn't faltered for one second. On the top of a hill he chooses to stop for some second to catch his breath back.

"Pff,pff,I-Pff,-I shouldn't be very far now, from what that map"-he took out a small parchment and deployed it in front of his eyes. "I am not very far. "He rolled up back his object and began to walk again.

After a short distance, the vision of Summerville put a smile on his face.

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On Equestria, the night took over the day, and it was finally Luna turn to watch over Ponykind, with almost every ponies having returned home and began to get ready to eat dinner...except for one resident in particularly, as he was actually getting ready to prepare a very good meal... (For him at least, because for anypony else it would be totally disgusting).

"Ta Ta Ta Taaa Ta-ta ta… Taaaa taaaa Taaaa Ta Ta-ta ta ta-ta" Nox got to his office and opened one chest and took out a long object enrolled inside a fabric.

"Here we go," Nox got downstairs where he got right before the living room table.

"Finally, meat day. And this time I got the good thing to catch one of those feathered meal." The only known force user of Equestria used his magic to take off the fabric revealing: A crossbow.

"Beautiful… Really." Nox made it to levitate and observed it on some different angles. "Not as powerful or as deadly as the ones made by the Wookie’s, but it will do the job."

Slowly but surely, Nox the pony and former human, began to draw the string until it reached the nick it was destined to fit in.

"Here, it's ready for use, now where did I put those arrows again. "After a few minutes of searching he finally found them in the flower pot (the one who never had any flowers in it) and took one of them to put into the weapon.

"Here it is, I’m ready for the feast, and then I -"

Ding-Dong-Knock-Knock-Knock

The doorbell was being used multiples times while someon-somepony was knocking on the door like a madman.

"OH, come on! I really will kill someone if I can't get some peace for at least one damn evening. " Nox cursed under his breath and walked toward the front door.

"Okay, I really hope for the sake of the pony behind this door that it's an emergency or I’ll electrocute them. It’s been some time since my lightning has been used to kill, and I wouldn't mind putting an end to that era." He stretched his two-front hoof, he could feel the pain and pleasure coming from the electricity racing through his veins. After a few second he calmed himself down and put the crossbow into the umbrella holder situated right next to the door.

"Pff, really I hope it’s not Firewalker who has chosen to advance his show to tonight because I’m not in the mood to see him get himself killed in such a horrible way…Tomorrow would be good though."

The stallion glared at his reflection on the mirror and put his fake smile on his muzzle.

"Here we go, tonight a chicken must die and I don’t want to be the one to tell it that he’ll stay alive finally, it would be so horrible to him."

Nox sighed one last time before finally opening the door.

"HI, I’m Nox, what can I…do? "Before Nox stood something that he couldn't have foreseen, living in Equestria meant that most its inhabitants were ponies, but many others species were living there too, Nox had already met some Griffon, Donkeys and one time a Minotaur. But the being who stood before his house wasn’t any of them, because before him stood…A small purple Dragon.

Or at least what he recognized as one. He had heard ponies talking about them and saw some pictures too. And from the information he had it seemed like it was the right species.

"Are…-"The young dragon took back his breath, he looked like if he had run for hours."- Are you him?"

"Him?" Repeated Nox." You will need to be a little clearer on what you are talking about, young one."

After a few sharp breaths, the dragon asked again.

"Are you the healer that every pony talk about?"

"No, I’m a Hutt selling Twileks."-"Yes, I am that healer, my name is Nox young dragon."

After hearing this, the dragon approached the pony and said:

"My name is Spike, Spike the Dragon."

"Enchanted to meet you Spike the Dragon. In what way can I help you?" He put himself on the side and invited the drake to get into the house, after a few moment of silence Spike started to talk again.

"Did…Did you have a white Unicorn named Rarity as a patient today? "Spike walked inside the main hallways and got to the living room.
Nox was a little surprised by the question, but not being a licensed doctor, he wasn’t bound by confidentiality and he could feel that Spike didn’t want to harm his patient so he told him.

"Yes, I did, a little after noon, she has came with a friend of hers. A yellow Pegasus named Fluttershy I think."

Spike stood silent, the question that he wanted to ask from the beginning refused to get out from his lips, but still after a few moments he managed to do it.

"Did-Did she really have a malignant brain tumor?" Spike fixed the Unicorn with his bright apple green eyes making the later feel a little uncomfortable.

"Should I tell him? Well, after all it look like he already knows the answers, but want a confirmation."

"Yes, Miss Rarity had come here with a malignant brain tumor, but I managed to extract all of it and so letting her-"Nox couldn't finish his sentence as Spike didn't let him.

After hearing the Yes, Spike eyes were suddenly filled by tears and he jumped on to Nox’s torso and put his arm around his neck.

"Bwaaah,Rari-Rarityyyyyy.I could have lost heeeeer. "Nox didn’t move as Spike cried against his chest filling his coat with tears.

"Oh no, not the crying again, why does every citizen of this country act so ...Emotional all the time?" They stood there for a few minutes, the crying of the dragon being the only noise. After a few moments during the embrace Nox put his right front hoof behind the poor dragon head and started to stroke him to calm him.

It took a few minutes for Spike to stop crying finally leaving the two of them alone into a silent living room.

"I know that it must be very hard for you, but you must know that-"

"Zzzzz. "A soft snore stopped Nox in his rant.

"-…Spike? Ar-Are you asleep?"

"Zzzzzz. "He got a slightly louder snore as an answer.

"OH, are you kidding me? Now he had fallen asleep in my arms…Hooves damn it... He has fallen asleep in my hooves."Nox corrected himself.

After that, he grabbed the young dragon with his magic and put him on his back, after putting him into a secured position so he wouldn't fall, the unicorn began to go upstairs with the young Spike getting himself a free ride.

"What a great evening, really."Nox sarcatisly through.

After he finally got to the second floor with his load still on his back, he went straight to the first room on the left, there stood a door with two metal letter on it:

GR 

GR for Guest room.

"Here, he should be okay here for the night." He entered in then carefully deposed Spike unto the bed and recovered him of the blanket leaving only his head free of it.

Nox watched him sleeping, his face had the trace of tears and some remained on it. Nox pushed it away with his hoof before he going toward the door. 

He took a quick look around the room, at first, he didn’t want to have a guest room in his house but quickly learned that in Equestria, many of its inhabitant liked to see their friend and stayed over very often. So, to get ready for when that fateful day would come (not that he wanted to be their friend) he prepared two guest rooms. His two closest acquaintance on this planet being Firewalker and Cerulean Flow he thought that it shouldn’t be very long before their stay over.

It wasn’t the nicest room in the country but Nox was confident that it would be enough for a standard guest, a nightstand was beside the bed made for a single pony and some candles with a matchbox were inside the drawer. Unlike the other rooms this one wasn’t messy, there was only some dust on the floor.

The Sith, looked at it and gave a glance to the young dragon one last time before getting out.

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He descender downstairs and got to the living room, there he went to one of the table and reached for his glass of red wine that he let there before bringing the crossbow.

While drinking the fabulous liquid, he noticed a small object on the ground that didn’t belong to him. He grabbed it with his magic and brought it right before his face.

"A scroll?!"

He unfurled it showing Its content.

"A map. It shows the way from Summerville to…Ponyville. It’s no wonder that he fell to exhaustion, he ran all of that, I’m even surprised that he managed to do it."

Nox rolled up the scroll back and put it on the table, prominently inside every potential pony sight of vision so he wouldn't forget to give it back to its owner tomorrow.

"I shall give it back to him in the morning, but for now I must make my meal."

Nox then began to walk toward the umbrella holder but stopped abruptly. He wasn’t alone anymore, and even if the dragon was asleep, it was too dangerous to blow his cover.

"But, he is a dragon, he probably eats meat. Maybe that I could offer some to him and…No, if he has lived among ponies for long enough, he most would likely develop the same eating habit than them."

Nox sighed over the loss of his meal and took back his crossbow. He took out the arrow and undid the string to the nick. He put it back to the umbrella holder but kept the arrows with him and hided them into a drawer of a closet.

"Well, I should start making myself another dinner... and pour another bottle of red wine." The pony magically opened his wine closet and took out another bottle of the precious alcohol.

"If this continue like this, I will most likely become an alcoholic before even setting a foot off of this damn planet." While opening the bottle Nox got to the fridge.

"Well, I think that I still have some…Lettuce to eat for dinner."

He cried a lot that night.

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Sometime later in Ponyville

"Rarity, come on, get out here! "shouted Applejack.

"No! " Replied a depressed white mare from behind her locked door.

The rest of the main 6 sighed to the reaction that their friend gave. Since the return of Rarity and Fluttershy from their trip to Summerville, Fluttershy told them about Angel being cured and the infamous tumor that apparently had been found in their friend’s brain like a sweet place to build its home… After the initial shock, they wanted join Rarity to supporting her durring this hard moment, but the fashionista has refused to allow anypony into her home, and since their first try roughly three hours ago, every attempt had failed and so they were still at the same point than before.

"That's it, I’ll tear down that door, we need to get inside at once." The dynamic Pegasus began to step back so she could go through the door properly but was stopped by a purple mist of magic enveloping her belly.

"Stop Rainbow, she’s already had enough stress for the day, she doesn’t need a broken door atop of that, no, we will enter only when she wants us to, not before. " The voice of Twilight was firm, indicating her friend that she was resolute into her decision-making Rainbow grumble.

"And when do I got to make her a party? So, she could smile. "Replied a certain pink party pony.

"Pinkie, while ah’m not against the party idea, I think we have to take it slow with her, first we must gain access to her house by her, and nothing else. The party shall come later," Answered Applejack.

"Oooh, But I don’t like to see my friend sad, "said Pinkie Pie as she pointed the retreating form of the unicorn behind the curtain.

"We know that Pinkie but we must be strong, take Spike for example he's had this crush on Rarity for years now but you don’t see him in a panic…Where is he? " During her small rant, Twilight had begun to look around for her trustworthy assistant but found him nowhere.
"Spike?" To this question Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie began to look around for the young drake but a quiet voice stopped them during their search.

"I-I saw him leave … " Everypony stopped what they were doing and looked directly to their yellow friend...Fluttershy.

Under the stare of her friends the small pony tried to make herself smaller but that didn’t work very well.

"What?!He’s gone? Where? "Asked Twilight to Fluttershy.

"Well, after I told you what happened to Rarity, you girls tried to open up her door, and he asked me a bit more about it. Then he told me than he needed to go then he ran away."

"What?!But where would he go? We need to find him," the youngest princess of Equestria began to panic but an Orange hoof on her shoulder stopped her.

"Ho sugar cube, Spike isn’t a baby, you and I know very well that he can take care of himself so there is no need to panic."

Applejack reasoning reassured Twilight a little and the purple pony relaxed a little.

"Yes, I guess you’re right, after all Spike is - "But Twilight couldn’t finish her sentence as a scream cut her off.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-. "Then after a few second, nothing more, but even though that scream hasn’t been very long, each pony has been able to recognize from whom it came from.

"Rarity," whispered Fluttershy, looking apparently very worried for her friend.

"Rarity! What is happening? Rarity?!" Shouted Twilight, and after a few moments, when no answers came back, she turned to Rainbow Dash,
"Rainbow, I want you to break down that door. "The rainbow maned pony smiled at this news.

"Finally, you listen to my awesome idea." Rainbow took some momentum then charged toward the locked up wooden door.

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Carousel Boutique

A few moments before

"Rarity, come on, get out! "shouted Applejack.

"No! "Shouted back Rarity to her friend, the fashion designer got back on her couch and simply laid on it.

"Don’t they understand that I just want to be alone, at least just for tonight…"

Rarity then grabbed a spoon that lied beside her and the tub of triple chocolate flavored ice cream that stood beside the couch.

"Help me a little with my problem’s you creamy delight you," and with that sentence she digged right into the sweet goodness.

As she was eating what she considered right now her best friend in the whole world, pictures of the events of the day came back into her mind, she had suffered and she knew that it would take some time to get over it.

…The already three empty ice cream pot were the proof of it.

"Really, if I hadn’t talked to Fluttershy about that healer, then I would have do my daily life but then ack - "A sting on the side of her head interrupted her trough, she began to pat the area, and quickly located the pain…Right where the tumor has been extracted.

After grumbling a little, she began to walk to her saddlebag, Fluttershy having managed to convince her to take it back because it contemned her money and treatment.

She opened the left bag and found what she was looking for, a brown paper bag with the number 1 written on.

Quickly she grabbed it and opened it, she then let the content fall on the floor right before her, she found out the paper and read it:

"So if  you have any pain on the extraction area, use the ointment to calm it," Rarity put back the paper on the floor but she saw something of unexpected.

"There are two ointment pot, shouldn't there only be one…No? "The white mare grabbed the two pot with her magic and began to stare at them…

"Well, it’s not like it will get any better if I only stare at them," she opened the pot to her left, revealing its content.

"Ointment... well, I guess that normal, but what about the other one?"

She quickly opened the last pot, here too revealing its content…Something that she bitterly regretted.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-." The white pony named Rarity, fainted for the third time today.

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Meanwhile at Summerville

Nox’s House.

Nox was checking his medical room, looking for a certain something.

"Where did I put it? That damn tumor…It couldn’t’ have just flown away."

Nox frustratedly exited the medical room and entered the living room.

"Let’s see, I had it into my magical grasp, I choose to put it into an empty ointment pot, then I gave to those mares the treatment into two bag, and then I hadn’t it anymore, then where…Oh,"

Nox finally realized where he’d put the ointment pot containing the tumor, and he knew that a certain pony wouldn’t like it.

"Oops."

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End of the fifth chapter: I wouldn't mind a good wine right now.

> 2nd Interlude :Coming to Equestria...Part one:How that's!!?
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Peoples believe that Jedis and Siths are super predator...They are wrong, the jedis are just some hard-to-catch prey.




- Darth Imperius talking to some of his acolytes.



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Location:???



Imperial Starship Fury-class interceptor: The Unbroken.



Two days since the lightspeed jump.




"How is it that we cannot go back?"



2V-R8, knew that it would happened and right now it was really worried about it’s state of his body in near future. His master wasn’t reputed to be the most cruel Sith, but when he was angry, like now, and still lightly wounded with a bandage around his head, the best thing it could do is of keep it’s distance as much as possible…But right now, on this ship in the middle of an unknown space that wasn’t the best thing to do.



"Like I told you Master, experiment 7-05X2 was activated the moment we used lightspeed sending us the furthest distance that what we have ever projected."



"I know that, I’m the one who told you to push that damned button. What I want to know is why we just don’t go back home?"



The droid didn’t dare to meet the gaze of his master and choose to reply with the truth.



"Well Sir, the experiment 7-05X2 was only a prototype designed to be put on one of our drones, it’s because of the many risks that I said that there should not have been any living being on this ship, it should have been controlled by computer sir, nothing else."



In the a corner were the two astrodroids who had put the experiment on the ship a few minutes before the attack on the space station, and so in other words, the ones responsible for the situation, it seemed that they weren't in a hurry to get out from this corner to meet their master, probably because they knew that they would only be scrap after that.



"I heard you when you said that, but still how can we not go back? We are on one of the most advanced ships in the whole galaxy, we should at least be able to know where we actually are. "The voice of Kallig did lose some of its animosity but he wasn't in a calm attitude either.



"Sir, what I am trying to tell you is...We have left our galaxy..."



Kallig stood silent, not moving, this reaction scared 2V and the two astromechs a lot, in a few moments, each of the droids thought that they would be just some spare parts, but...What happened next surprised them.



Imperius just stood there completely silent, then after a few minutes he began to walk to the cockpit.



As the three droid stood there watching him, 2V-R8 through:



"He will soon see it."




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Once than Imperius entered inside the cockpit, the first thing he did was sit did on the main chair, and in this instance, he looked more like a slob that anything else.



And while he was staring at the stars, he could only think about what his loyal follower told him.



"Sir...We have left our galaxy..."



That thought put him into a stressful state.



"Left our galaxy...How can that be possible? How could we have even been able to even get out from that damn galaxy?"



As Imperius was thinking of different way of getting back to Sith controlled space his gaze met the space thought the observation window of the cockpit.



The emptiness of space was so calm, troubled only by the multitude of stars that were billions of miles away.



Light coming from the left side of the window troubled him a little but a quick glance was enough for him to recognize it as the sun of this system.



He stared at this almighty fireball, source of light, warmth and life for some minutes, captivated by its powerful beauty, his optic nerves protected by the anti-UV screen of the window …And as he was witnessing this celestial object something about it disturbed him.



"It’s strange, it seem like the sun is moving …What the.…."



It seems that Kallig wasn’t dreaming as he was watching the sun moving around another celestial object.



The Sith got closer to the window and found out what it was.



A planet…



The sun was revolving around a planet.



He watched the scene for a short moment before feeling something…He could feel two powerful sources of power coming from the planet, and at the same time that the sun was moving on the other side of the planet, he could see a moon taking the former's place. As he kept watching this spectacular show, he got to the control panel of his ship. There he began to activate the scanner toward the strange planet.



He began to set up the parameters when remarkably he found that they were already put up upon this strange planet.



"It seem that you have seen it too my lord."



At 2V voice Kallig looked behind him, the droid had just entered inside the cockpit.



"It seems that some being on that planet is able to control the stars; I’ve seen it a few hours after our arrival in this system. The scan has also showed that there are many life forms occupying this world alongside those forces…But it doesnt seem however to interact with any others planets."



Imperius, looked back to the strange world beside him, and after a few moments he began to speak again.



"Do you still have our flight data?"



"My Lord everything during our travel has been recorded."



"…Very well ,then I want you to calculate our flight trajectory, try to find out where our galaxy is located from here… and meanwhile, you will send out five of our probes to this planet, find the area where those strange forces came from, once located you will leave two of them there to find out as much about them and the environment of the planet as possible. The other three will search the areas around the the source of that power to find out as much of the environment and life as possible…I want as much information possible on the inhabitants of that planet before we act, we don’t have many resources and we will be forced to land to refuel…And then after you finish you shall send probes to the other planets and moons of this system, to see if we can’t find anything that could help us to get back home."



Darth Imperius was on the point of leaving the bridge when he added:



"Oh and tell to those two astrodroid to check on the Unbroken every 40 hours, this ship is our only chance to get back home, nothing must happen to it."




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A little later …On the strange world discovered by Lord Kallig II.




"My princess, are there any problems?" asked a bat pony to his sovereign: Princess Luna of Equestria



The said princess had stopped walking and was now gazing toward the night sky, like if she was searching for something into this dark abyss.



The dark coated princess stayed quiet for a few moments before answering her follower.



"No, sergeant…I felt something perturbing my night…Probably just some meteors.Remind me to tell my sister about it tomorrow to check if everything is alright."



"It will be done my princess. "The guard saluted to show his dedication to this task.



"Very well, now let’s go, I don’t want to make the night court wait for its principal character."



The group of four ponies composed of Luna and of her escort of three guards continued their way through the hall of the Royal palace of Canterlot.



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End of the first part of the 2nd Interlude: Coming to Equestria...Part one: How that's!!?


> An odd morning,a troubling afternoon
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"Soon...Soon, it will be my time to shine...My time ... to be free...My time ... to be a Sith."

-Kallig first happy thought after nearly 11 years of slavery while he put his feet on Korriban for the first time...

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The sun was just beginning to rise, Celestia was starting the day while day her sister Luna was getting prepared for a good day’s sleep, afterward they would begin their respective activities.







And as the sun did it’s duty, almost every being in Equestria began to awaken, the parents woke up their young ponies, getting them ready for another day of school, the shop owners got ready for opening time which was slowly coming.



Even birds were getting ready, a couple of them could be seen singing near a house at the edge of the town, and as the beautiful birds were giving it their all into their song something did interrupt their singing:





An empty bottle of wine.






"Shut up you stupid birds, I’ve got a damn headache!"






Nox house in Summerville






Around 7 o'clock in the morning






Nox had just woken up from the floor of his kitchen because of the noise coming from the singing duet, and he hadn't appreciated it...Not at all.







So being the civilized being he was he chose to act in a way to show them that he didn't want to hear their shXXy noise.









He threw an empty bottle of wine that he drank last night at them.






As he had now succeeded in silencing the noise (and destroying a nest), he tried to get back on his four legs.






"Ow, my head, and it's even going all the way through this damn horn, gnnrh..."The young stallion grint his teeth in response to the throbbing pain running through his entire skull.






After last night’s events where he had actually brought a young dragon into his guest room and had to cancel his meat dinner, he had managed to eat some lettuce and a native fruit of this planet called a peach. But even if the meal was good in itself, it wasn’t big enough to fill his stomach, but as he wasn't willing to go to the trouble of preparing another meal, he choose to drink something instead, so he drank another bottle of red wine alongside his small meal.






But as the night went on, he found that he still couldn't find sleep and so he choose to open up a another bottle of wine, he kept drinking it until that he fell asleep on the kitchen floor.






After a few attempt, he managed to get up onto his four hooves, then he quietly walked to the table and sat on a chair.







“Aaaaah, my head, I may have had a bit too much to drink last night.” His gaze suddenly met something on the table, an unfinished bottle of wine.






Nox stare at it for a few moments before finally grabbing it with his magic and taking it toward the kitchen sink…






“I’ll just throw away along with the rest of this bottle; after all there is only the bottom of the bottle left.” And just as he was getting ready to pour his leftover of wine down the drain, he suddenly remembered…






Remembered everything…everything that he had lost…His position as one of a most major powers of his galaxy, his fleet of hundreds of warship, the 53 solar system under his direct control, all of his army, the dark council, his friends his head officer…His crew…






Finally he choose not to throw away his leftover wine, he choose to drink it…entirely…at not even 8.am After emptying the bottle and throwing it into the garbage can, he slowly sat in his chair and then his gaze fell on something his desk in the living room, and the paper scroll laying on it.






The events from last night came back to him and he let out a long sigh.






“Ah, yes it’s true…I had an unexpected guest last night…A dragon furthermore.”Nox slowly got up from his chair and trotted to the desk where he grabbed the scroll, he opened it again to remember its information.






“A map of the area …it shows the entire county…Ponyville huh?!It seems like he really did travel here by foot, he should have taken the train, it would have been a lot faster and it would have saved a lot of his energy.”






Effectively, even though Summerville didn’t have its own train station that didn’t mean that the ponies there couldn’t gain access to a train.






Built eight years ago, the Big fork station was a train station made to serve several towns. Since making one station for every town in the area would have been too costly, the council of the county chose to build only one station to serve the town’s of the area, making every pony who lived there’s life a lot easier.






The station was pretty big and received trains that went all over Equestria, furthermore, it had a train that frequently went to Ponyville.






So even if Summerville didn't have its own station an average pony could reach Great fork station in ten minutes from the edge of the town, making it possible for the residents of Summerville to take the train to almost anywhere they wanted.






Nox put it back on the table, and started to go upstairs when his stomach started to rumble.






“Ah, damn it. It’s true that my last true meal was yesterday at noon, and I don’t think that my body is taking it too kindly having wine for dinner and breakfast.”






He went back to the kitchen to prepare a breakfast that could satisfy a reptile and a depressive human turned into an equine.






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It was the smell that woke him up, when he opened his eyes Spike didn’t remember where he was anymore and started to panic in his unknown environment, but he soon remembered his nightly trip to Summerville from the last night and the reason of his visit.






“Damn, I fell asleep, I hope that I didn’t bother the healer last night.” With his cheeks starting to grow red in shame, the young dragon began to get up from the bed and after stretching walked to the door.






“Mmmmh, that smell, it smells like…Pancakes.”






At this moment, the drake hoped that the pony downstairs would let him have a bite before going home. It took him a few moments to orient himself into going downstairs in hope to finding his host of the night.






But what he found however was much, much better.






On the table of the kitchen were plates, containing fruits, bread, at least twenty pancakes, a cup containing maple syrup, cheese, and a press coffee maker full of the strong beverage…






All of this was truly wonderful but his through were interrupted by a voice.






“Oh, I see that you're awake; I’ve just finished filling the jug.” Spike turned and saw the stallion behind him with two jugs, one full of water, while that the other seemed to be full of orange juice.






“Come on let’s eat.” Said the stallion with a smile.






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At first Kallig was afraid that this breakfast wouldn’t please the dragon but it seemed to work out pretty well, after being invited to eat with him, Spike seemed to forget all of his fatigue as he devoured everything within his reach, in short, fifteen pancakes, three oranges, two peaches, two portion of cheese and finally one small loaf of bread.






To see the dragon eat amused Nox, as he didn’t eat very much general in the morning, today he just ate two peaches, one orange and some water…Alongside three cups of coffee.






“Mmmh, what a wonderful creation…If I do manage to get back home I shall bring some with me, it is really a wonderful drink.” As he drank from his cup Spike choose this moment to ask him a question.






“Uh, mister? Can I talk to you?”






“Yes, of course what is it?”






“Well, I would like to thank you…for healing Rarity…I don’t know if I could go on if I were to lose her…”






Nox gave him a smile and a nod of acknowledgement.






“Don’t you worry about it, I don't think that Rarity is going anywhere anytime soon.”The dragon smiled at that.






“And thank you for letting let me stay here for the night and for this wonderful breakfast that you made…Even though I came here last night unannounced.”






“Even if you weren't planning on staying you are still my guest and so should be treated with the respect of it.” Nox stated firmly.






Spike smiled, happy to have found some pony that was truly a gentle stallion.






Nox smiled too, happy to see that he could mislead the Equestrian inhabitant so easily.






“Now, I’ve got a question for you young dragon…Why did you come here from Ponyville by foot?” Spike smiled awkwardly






“Well, yesterday after hearing what happened I couldn’t just wait without answers…So I grabbed a map of the area and ran here. “Spike pointed the scroll lying on a table not far from them.






“Well, I understand why you came here, what I don’t understand is, why you didn't take the train? Was it closed earlier than usual?”Spike stopped eating his eighteen pancakes when he heard that, his eyes wide open.






“There was a train to Summerville?!”






“Oh, it looks like your map is a little outdated. It could have saved you a lot of time and of sweat.”Spike looked totally bewildered by this sudden revelation.






“I didn’t know that there was a stop at Summerville. I’ve never seen it on the train map.”






“Well probably because the station isn’t only for Summerville. Big Fork was built for many towns and it is only some hundreds of yards away. From this house you can be there in twenty-five minutes or so.”






“Oh damn, “the young dragon let his head fall on the table, under the worried gaze of the Lord of the Sith.






“Well, I’ll take you there after our breakfast, so you will not get lost on your quest to find it.”






“That’s kind of you sir, but…I didn’t take any bits with me so-.”






“Don’t you worry about that, I’ll take care of it…If everything is alright you should be home at Ponyville before 10.am.”






“Oh, okay then…Damn it, Twilight, and the others!!! I left without telling any of them.”Seeing his guest becoming very worried so suddenly urged Nox to act.






“Mmmh, effectively, it does seem pretty serious, finish you breakfast and wash you face, I’ll lead you to the station right after.”






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Outside of Summerville






The Big fork station,train alley n°2






“Thanks again for your help mister Nox, without you I would have been in a lot of trouble.”Said Spike to the stallion while holding his train ticket.






“Don’t worry about it, take care of you.”






And so with a big fake smile Kallig waved goodbye to the dragon as he entered the train. In less than thirty second the train had already left the station and Kallig decide to head back to Summerville.






“Well, it’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, not a single cloud up there...”






Strangely enough, Kallig for the first time in three month since he came to Summerville was actually nervous…He had just sent back home a young dragon who was worried about a mare that he had cured himself…But still it was truly the first time that he felt nervous …about being demasked…






Pushing those thought out of his mind he then remembered that Cerulean Flow finished his duty earlier today…maybe that he could convince him to eat lunch together.



But still…It was with worried step that he walked back to Summerville.






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Ponyville,Crystal castle.









“And so …He prepared you breakfast, accompanied you to the train station and paid for your ticket? “Asked Twilight, totally perplexed by what Spike had told her.






To her inquiry, the reptile simply nodded to confirm his story…






It had been less than 10 minutes since he had made it back to the castle of friendship, as soon as he passed through the door, Twilight jumped him as she had been extremely worried…Since the case with Rarity had been more important and they thought that he was simply somewhere in the area of Ponyville they didn't look for him, however when Spike hadn’t been back by morning Twilight had begun to look for him all around with the help of Pinkie and of Rainbow Dash.






They just came back to drink a little when he entered, and after checking to see if he was alright the princess of friendship has naturally asked him about his short journey and its goal.



He chooses to simply tell her about what had happened, hoping that she would drop it after…






She did not.






“Well, at least we can’t say that he isn't a good host.” Said the princesses apprentice, Starlight Glimmer. To this the few ponies in the room nodded.






“Yes, but still…It does seem that his magical power are very great if he can heal a tumor located in a brain.” Twilight regretted to mention it as Spike got a sad look on his face.



The four present ponies remembered the event of the last night and Twilight choose to tell Spike about it.






“Spike, you know about Rarity, there has been a little change…”Apparently she didn’t continue her sentence fast enough as Spike was already worried about the change.






“What! Rarity! Did something bad happen? Is she safe?”






“She is safe Spike, in fact, we kept her company all night, and she is actually doing better.”To this news, Ponyville’s only dragon resident let out a sigh of relief.






“In fact now that you are here I do believe that you should accompany us to see her.”Hearing this Spike nodded vigorously, making the ponies around him smile.

“Then what are we waiting for?” asked Rainbow Dash who was tired of doing nothing. “Let’s go.”


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"Thank you very much for your visit Spikey-Wikey, it warms this heart of mine."Spike had been brought to the Carousel boutique and he could finally see Rarity for the first time since she had come back to Ponyville .






She was actually lying on her couch, her eyes were puffy and red from tiredness and sadness but except for that it seemed like if she was doing well. Like Twilight told him earlier, since they charged in the shop and found the fainted fashionista on the ground they then managed to wake her up, she had never been left alone. All of her friends has kept her company, checking on her every time, after being sure that there weren’t any more physical problems they choose to leave her alone, Fluttershy brought her a fluffy stuffed teddy bear that Rarity was holding very tight, Pinkie pie sang and danced for her, Twilight read her a book etc…






Seeing all her friend brought back some morale to the white pony and she was now actually smiling.






“You’re welcome Rarity, I’m sorry for being a little late but…I had to do something of urgent.”






“Don’t you worry about that Spikey, everything is alright, and furthermore, I have no real reason to complain…It is not like if…I was told that I only has one month left…Now it seem that I can continue on this adventure that is life.”






Spike could still see some sadness behind the bright smile she was now giving him but choose not say anything, only time could heal her.






“Raaa-riiiii-ty.” A sing song voice called.






Ponies and dragon looked behind them and saw Pinkie pie coming from the kitchen, she was wearing one of Rarity aprons and walked with a big chocolate cake on her back.






“I made this cake to cheer you up, after all, like grandma Pie wisely told me: Chocolate can cure everything.”






The concerned mare smiled to this and by seeing the size of the chocolate cake invited every ponies to eat with her.






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It had been a few minutes since the main 6, Starlight glimmer and Spike had begun to eat the big pastry when a knock on the door be could heard, almost instantly after that, a white filly opened up the door and rushed into the main room.






“Rarity we’re here and-Oh is that cake? Can I have some? “Sweetie Bell, Rarity’s younger sister asked, her big eyes sparkling at the prospect of cake.






“Sweetie, at least say hello to your sister when entering her home. “Scolded the filly’s mother, Cookie Crumble as she followed her youngest child.






“Darling please, it’s the vigor of youth, let her appreciate it.” Replied Hondo Flank, their father. “Although I wouldn’t mind a piece of the cake.”






The sudden appearance of the trio of pony surprised the occupants, in particularly Rarity who with all that happened had totally forgot that her sister would be back to living with her today.






“Ah, yes of course, I shall serve you some cake, Girls? As Rarity called them, every no-blood related pony looked at her, I have to talk to my parents about you know what…I would like some privacy…please.”






Each of the concerned ponies nodded, understanding their friends wish and got out the Carousel Boutique, leaving Rarity’s parents perplexed.






“What is going on my Rara? What do you want to talk to us about?” Asked Mrs. Crumble.





"Are they any problems my dear?" Followed Hondo.






Rarity sighed and looked to her sister; she was actually staring at Rarity with curious eyes and bits of chocolate on her lips.





"Well, Mother, Father, Sweety Bell…Yesterday morning, me and my friend Fluttershy went to Summerville…"




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Just outside of the Carousel boutique a group of five was formed, Applejack and Rainbow Dash had left to go to work leaving the rest of the concerned ponies and Spike the care of deciding what to do now.






“Wow, that sure is something big that happened, don’t you think?”






“You’re right Starlight, but with ours and her family's help Rarity will get through this. “Responded Spike.






The ponies nodded to that when they began to hear cries coming from the shop.






“It seem like she told them…”Said Fluttershy.






“Yes, come on let’s go to the castle, I’ll invite you for tea.” Said Twilight






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As princess Twilight led her small group toward her home, a question kept forming inside her mind and she choose to ask her friends about it.






“Hey, don’t you think that we should at least thank this healer, it seems pretty natural to me…No?”





The ponies seemed in favor of this.






“Yes, after all he did save my bestie who is only tied with 83 other besties, exclaimed cheerfully Pinkie.”






“Yes, he was really kind to treat Rarity and Angel without asking anything in return. “Continued the yellow Pegasus.






“It seems like the right thing to do, after all he did save the life of an element of harmony…and of a bunny.” Said her apprentice






“Spike Fluttershy, you’re the only ones here who have seen him, how is he?”






“Well, he is kind…Like I said he treated both of our friends without asking for any money or gems, which was very generous of him.”






“Yes, he seems pretty cool, he did prepare to me a huge breakfast even after I came very late and paid for my ticket.”






Fluttershy nodded her approval but added something.






“Yes, but …He was acting a little strange, even the inhabitants of Sumerville seemed to think so.”






“How so? “asked Starlight Glimmer.






“Well, when we arrived to Summerville we asked some ponies in town for direction to his house, and we profited of the occasion to ask their opinion about him, and many of their opinion was: Strange but kind and that he is pretty much a solitary.”






They stopped walking when they arrived right before the castle.





“So does anypony have an idea?” As soon that sentence finished Pinkie raised her hoof waiting to be questioned.






Twilight smiled to this gesture and pointed the pink party pony with her hoof.






“Yes Pinkie Pie?”






Pinkie got close to Twilight ear and whispered something, Twilight giggled at this action.






“I do believe that our dear party pony has a great idea.”






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Summerville at lunchtime






In the restaurant: Two forks are better than one.






"And so I told her that: no ,clouds aren’t used for watering the rocks... if you saw the dark stare that she sent me after that, I think that she’ll try to take revenge for that."






As soon Cerulean Flow finished ranting about this totally uninteresting accident at work both ponies took a sip of their drinks, Nox after being back from the train station and having nothing else to-do asked his fellow pony if he wanted have lunch together.As Cerulean was working only in the morning that day he accepted and now both were enjoying their food while drinking a good sparkling water.






"Well, and that all that happened to me this morning…What about you Nox, did something of interesting happened?"






Nox thought back to the reptile named Spike…And of some of the thing he mentioned, because since the dragon's departure, he had felt nervous about his situation.






"Well, yesterday something did happen…"






Cerulean who had thought that Nox would responds by his standard : No! Was certainly surprised.






"Oh, and what did-"But the sky pony was interrupted.






"Hey how are both of you today?" Asked Firewalker in a happy voice..






Both ponies at the table turned to greet him back. 






A green eyed fire Red unicorn stallion wearing a red bow tie approached them. His mane was a slightly darker red then his coat done in a similar but longer style then Rainbow Dash’s. 






Firewalker who worked part time at the restaurant as a waiter and bar stallion to pay his rent and food and his other daily things as every bit that he gained during his show were used to make even more spectacular show.






"Well, I’m fine, thank for asking by the way."



"Me too."



"Good, good. Hey I wanted to ask you, I found a new cocktail that looks quite good in a old book, I wanted to know if you wanted to try one…It’s on me of course."






Both stallions looked at each other, a little cautious about the pyromaniac, but it was just a cocktail…What harm could it do? Furthermore, it was on the house so.






"Okay, we’ll try it ."Replied Nox.






"Two special cocktail, ok, I’ll be back in two minute." The stunt pony trotted away from the restaurant clients to the kitchen.






"Well, he seem pretty happy…So what did you want to talk about?"






Nox, kept thinking, this morning, Spike told him a name…But couldn’t remember it correctly. "Come on, it was something with light at the end of it, Luminight…No. Daylight…Either not…Coca-Light…No…Twinlight-Twin-Twilight…Yes that’s it Twilight."






"Well, you see, many ponies came to see me recently and one of them told me a name…It seemed important to him and I don’t believe I have ever heard of it, do you think that you know him or her?"






"Don’t know, anyways tell me I’ll see." Offered the Pegasus as he put his drink to his lips.






"Twilight from Ponyville." Ceruleans reaction from the name troubled Nox a little, as the stallion stopped drinking and stared at the unicorn.






"What, do you mean to tell me you don’t know who Twilight Sparkle is?"Asked Cerulean with surprise in his voice.






Nox simply shook his head.






Cerulean sighed before answering.






"Nox,I do know that you are new to this area, but still…Where were living before for not knowing who is Twilight Sparkle from Ponyville…"






"Well…I was living in a far off galaxy…Far, far away."The airborne pony shrugged as he thought that his friend was only joking around….not knowing that he was in fact telling the truth.





"Because, every pony knows who the prin-"But he was cut by Firewalker who came back with his cocktails.






"Here it is," he carefully deposed the drink on the table and began to scratch a match.


Cerulean and Nox checked their drink, and took a couple of sniff of the unknown drink, which seemed horrible.






"Hey what is this cocktail, its smell horrible." cried the blue pony.





Nox took another sniff before final asking the stunt pony a question.






"Hey Fire…what is this cocktail is called?"






Firewalker was happy for finally having ignited his matches and took it closer of the drink.





"The Molotov cocktail…Why?" The matches touched the drinks.






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When Nox came home some hours later, his ears were still ringing from the explosion provoked by that literally blasted cocktail, following the cocktail incident him and Cerulean totally forgot what they were talking about and choose to leave. When he entered his house he checked himself in the mirror and found out some dark traces from the blast still on his grey coat.






"Wow, it does seem that this pony body is pretty resistant, in my human form, an explosion so close would have…"But Nox remarked something about him in the mirror.






He stare at his reflection for some time…analyzing himself.






"This is not my body…I’m not a pony…I’m a human." He got to his front door and checked that it was well locked, and then returned to the mirror, there, a black smoke appeared around him and after some time he reappeared but as a human.






As he checked his true body he could see scars running near his side…A little gift coming from one of the many henchman of his second master during his slavery period…A stab given to him because he had not properly washed the floor.






"If I do remember well I was nine at that time." He let his fingers slide on another scar, this one on his left ankle…






This has been the departure gift from his first master after two years of service he sold him away but choose make a deep cut on his ankle so he could remember him…Kallig has limped for the next 15 month after that.






Other scars got his attention, as those one hasn’t been made by some master but by himself and willingly.






Those one were situated a little under his wrist, and have been made by his own battle knife…Shortly after having bested his own master who had tried to kill him, a dark lord of the sith and named Thanaton had called him about an official collaboration. But the true meaning of this was to kill him, as Thanaton hated a lot Kallig sith master Darth Zash and thought that he was rotten and corrupted by her. By luck, Kallig own ancestor ghost; lord Kallig the first was watching over him and told him a way to fight Thanaton.






And for the following six month he has passed all of his time looking around the galaxy for force sensitive ghosts to make contract with and rise in rank within the imperial army.






And for the ghost, to make a deal with them so they would give him their power he had to make blood contract…And a lot of blood was required for each of them.






However after confronting Thanaton and his followers on the Planet Corelia he pursued him to the siege of the dark council on the holy planet Korriban. There a mighty fight between the two sith with Kallig as the winner. Then he forced Thanaton to kneel before him and right after that he executed him in quick manner.






After the defeat of the older Sith,Kallig gained his chair on the Dark council of the empire as The Holder of the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge and for all the service effected for the Empire, gained the title of Darth Imperius .It has been the second most beautiful day in all his life…






And as for the ghosts who helped him during the fight he choose to set them free, letting them go peacefully into the other side of the force. As a gift for this action the deceased force users gave him all of their power.






After this Kallig fought for the Empire during three years before finally being stranded in a strange world where equine being could control stars…






After reminiscing all of this he grabbed some undergarments from his drawer, put them on took a sleeping pill and for the first time in three month, slept in his human form.





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End of the sixth chapter: An odd morning,a troubling afternoon