> Fallen Knight
>  by DanishDash
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> Chapter 1: Knight of the Republic
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They are looking at me, two, no three. I can sense them, I cannot see them, but I feel them through the force.. I don't sense hostile intention, but.. Fear? No, that's not right, suspicion maybe.. I can't see, I guess I must have passed out.. 

Darkness was the only thing Revan could see, he felt warm, a small amount of pain. It only took him a few moments to remember, the betrayal, the anger, the fear and hatred. The cold, the, ship. He crashed, something happened during hyperspace, something called to him.

"I think he's waking up."

A voice, male. I can sense him approaching me, however, still, I feel no hostile intend.

"Hello? Can you hear me?"

He's calling to me, his voice, it's concerned, eager even. Am I passed out? I have to wake up.

The darkness vanished as his mind fully regained control, he felt his body reacting to his mind, his muscles making tiny reactions as he woke. Then, slowly Revan opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was he was in a room, white stone walls, small arches over the windows that let the sunlight hit his arm. The architecture was something calming, like something familiar, a sort of tranquility he was familiar with back at the Jedi Temple. 

The next thing he noticed was that he was in a bed, he felt naked and he was only covered by the soft light orange colored blanket that laid over him. Of course, the room, the fact he was being patched up was nothing compared to the next thing he noticed. Standing beside him, in a white lab coat was a male equine creature. Probably the male he heard speak before, yes, he could sense it, this was him.

He had white fur, a single horn, a brown mane neatly brushed and a brown tail. He noticed something on the flank, it looked like a sort of tattoo of a, clipboard?

"Glad to see you awake." 

He spoke, he actually spoke. Revan did not know why he was acting so surprised, he heard him speak before he opened his eyes and he had traveled to lots of system where he had seen things weirder than this. Revan took a moment to form a reply, but this, pony, spoke before he could.

"Do you speak Equestrian?" 

His eyes were filled with concern, kindness.

Revan took a deep breath and nodded. "Yes, though we do not call it that where i'm from.. Thank you doctor, for helping me.."

The pony beamed with joy, and for a moment Revan thought he was gonna jump around, but he remained professional and simply smiled.

"I'm so glad to hear that." His horn glowed and suddenly a clipboard, covered in the same glow, levitated to him.

Do these creatures have the Force? No, this is not the Force, it is something.. Else.. Revan thought to himself, studying with fascination. Something was strange though, he could have sworn he sensed three life forms, but he could only see the doctor in here. Though as he used his magic, he felt the signature through the force, helping him to pinpoint more of this strange energy.

"We're not alone.." Revan said, reaching out with the force, he let it guide his senses, finding the two other signatures. The doctor looked surprised, even shocked. He's nervous. Finally, he found them, he looked over to a corner and looked directly at whoever or whatever was there.

Suddenly, a small gentle glow broke away the illusion and revealed two ponies standing with surprised expressions. Revan quickly noted both of them were much taller than the doctor and both had an air of command about them. The white pony was the tallest of the two, her fur was pure white, almost glowing slightly. She had a larger horn than the doctor and the blue pony beside her, but she also had wings. On the top of her head was what looked like a golden crown or tiara, it had a single purple diamond. She also wore a golden regalia and golden shoes, all indicating she was of some importance.

The other one was a dark blue, like the white one, she had wings and a horn, but her body was smaller than the white one, like her, she had a small crown, regalia and shoes. Another thing worth of note was their manes and tails, they were floating? It was hard to describe, it was waving around gently, like energy was running through them like the gentle waves of the ocean.

For a few moments, Revan just looked at them, he did not glare and neither did they. It was like they were all trying to figure out what to think, like they were all planning out their next step. Their emotions were hard to read, even through the Force, but so far he did not sense any danger or hostile intend. 

Finally, the white pony cleared her throat and send him a small smile. "Forgive us for hiding, but we have not seen one of your kind before. We thought it best to hide so you would not feel overwhelmed when you woke up."

Revan had been on a lot of diplomatic missions, she did not lie, but there was more to that. "And because you were not sure if I was a threat or not."

She seemed taken aback by his insight, then again it was not a huge leap in logic and so she kept smiling. "Quite." The two ponies walked over to his bed side, feeling he was not angry or a danger to them. "Allow me to introduce myself, i'm Celestia, princess of the sun and the kingdom of Equestria."

Revan would have stood up and bowed, but he was kind of naked, so he simply bowed his head as he said. "Your majesty, you honor me."

The blue one was the next to speak. "I'm Luna, princess of the moon and i rule Equestria by my sister's side." Revan was fascinated, but bowed once again. "And who might you be?"

Who was he? That was a good question, one he had a million different answers to. He decided however to go with a simple truth, hoping wherever he was, it would not course trouble. "I'm Revan Blake, Jedi knight."

"It is nice to meet you Revan, tell me, how much to you remember?" Celestia asked him gently.

Revan shut his eyes for a moment, focusing his mind. "I was flying, fleeing.." He said as he started to recollect. The two sisters frowned as he said he was fleeing. "Darkness, I found my ship, tried to save what little remained of my home.. Something swallowed my ship, some sort of blue light...." He slowly opened his eyes again. "I'm sorry, I don't know what happened after that.."

"Well.." Celestia said. "A portal opened in our night sky, your ship crashed in the Everfree forest. We are not sure how you survived, but my sister saw the whole crash. She saved you, brought you here."

Revan smiled a little and bowed his head to Luna. "You have my thanks princess Luna."

She seemed to stand a little taller at the praise and sent him a smile. "Think nothing of it, but." Her eyes narrowed. "How did you know we were in the room?"

He tilted his head with a little smile. "I sensed your presence, it was well hidden, but when the good doctor used his..Uhm..?" He looked to the stallion who simply smiled. 

"Magic." 

It was a simple reply, but one Revan had to raise his eyebrow at. Then again to some , the Force was magic. He looked at Luna again and continued. "Magic, I felt the energy and so became aware of it's presence, after that, I simply looked to where it felt the strongest."

"Impressive." Celestia said with a smile. "Now i'm sure we all have a lot of questions, but i'm sure you're tired and wish to rest. If you feel up for it, you may join us for dinner."

There was a lot to unpack, a lot of questions indeed. Though his diplomacy training told him it was best to take it slow. He bowed his head again. "I would be honored princess." The ponies seemed pleased, but before they said their goodbyes Revan remembered his ship, it's cargo and of course his droid! "Princess, if I may, what happened to my ship?" His voice was a little panicked, but her smile quickly put his fears to rest.

"Fear not, my guards has brought it here. It is rather large and impressive, and as much as we wish to study it, we wished to be respectful. Nopony has been allowed to enter."

Revan sighed relieved and nodded. "Thank you, your majesty. It is not that there is any danger in there, but, the cargo is, important to me.. I promise I shall explain, but i thank you for your understanding and hospitality."

Celestia nodded. "Not a problem, we understand. And please, you may call us by our names. We shall see you at dinner." they said their goodbyes and left the room, leaving only Revan and the doctor.

"I must say, you're a fascinating creature. Can I ask you a few questions?" He asked, already levitating the clipboard and a pencil.

Revan took a moment to relax and then nodded. "Of course, but if you would not mind. Where is my clothes?"

"Oh yes, it was a little torn, had wired burn marks here and there. They are being repaired as we speak and should be clean and ready for use soon enough, don't worry." He answered and sat down on a stool. "Now let us begin with the basics."


*****


The time spend with Doctor Pen was well worth it, he asked everything from race, to details about his kind. Revan in turn got to ask him questions, and it turned out to be an interesting experience with them both learning about each other species.

At the end of their conversation, the two of them had a pretty good basic understanding of their kind. Revan told what he could about being a human, and the doctor told him about the four kinds of ponies. Earth, Pegasus, unicorn and Alicorn, even a VERY simply grasp on the whole magic thing, but it was basically just him knowing that Alicorns and unicorns can do magic, pegasi can fly and earth pony are a bit stronger, that was it.

When his robes came back Revan wasted not time and got dressed. He was still a little sore here and there, but he had tried worse. Revan had always been happy with his simple Jedi robes, it was nothing flashy, it was easy to move in and served it's purpose. He put on his under garments, his pants, socks, tunic, boots and belt. Thankfully his lightsaber was still in his belt, the ponies likely had no idea it was a weapon, which he thanked the Force that they hadn't ignited it. Lastly, he put on his long brown robe, adjusted it a little, but ultimately like always, it was just the right size for him.



"Do all of your kind dress like that?" Doctor Pen asked as he took a few more notes.

Revan shook his head. "No, but in my order, these are the most common garments, you could say they are ceremonial robes. We are monks and warriors, so they have a lot of uses. Easy to move in for combat and relaxing to wear during meditation."

There was a mumble of fascination coming from the doctor, but Revan did not listen as he walked to the mirror to look himself over. He saw a slender, tall young human male, early twenties, dark blonde hair, pale skin and brown eyes. The paleness was probably more of him having been hiding so much, so that was fixable. When the doctor coughed politely, Revan turned to him. "It's time then?"

"That it is." He confirmed and the both of them walked out.


*****


The hallways of the palace was quite tall and wide, despite the ponies being barely half his height and the princesses just reaching his shoulders, it seemed the design here followed the pattern of so many other palaces. It had to be big and impressive, and it was, but there was a notable difference. The artwork, the way the architecture was designed, it gave the palace a sense of wonder, mystic, but also peace and tranquility, it reminded him of the Jedi temple, grand, yet simple.

As they walked Revan had plenty of time to study the details, the marvel floor was covered with a red or dark purple carpet that stretched along with the hallway. The artwork was either paintings, tapestries, small ornaments like plants or even carvings. Every so often they would pass a guard, stationed at what Revan could only guess was the best positions to keep an eye and ears on the goings of the palace.

Most likely the guards had been briefed about his presence, but every so often he could sense their emotions shift, despite their stern guard stance and expression, he could feel them become tense or even nervous, which was reasonable enough. Finally they came to a semi large wooden door with a guard posted in golden armor on each side of it. As soon as they approached one of them opened the door for them.

The doctor stopped and smiled. "This is where I leave you, thank you for the conversation, I have learned a lot."

Revan stopped and looked at him. "And I have learned a great deal from you as well. Thank you." Revan bowed respectfully and then turned to the door and walked through.

As soon as he went though he was faced with , not only the princesses, but six colorful ponies and one reptile looking creature. Except for the princesses, Revan could feel and see their surprise, but not shock. "Revan, please, come in." The doors closed behind him and Revan, although feeling a little nervous, stepped forward.

"I'm glad to see you up, how are you feeling?" Celestia asked.

Revan bowed his head a little. "I am feeling well your maje-. Celestia.. Just a little sore." His eyes looked over the room, he presumed it was a dining room thanks to the big around table with food on it. The room was nothing special, it was smaller than he expected it to be. It had a nice fireplace, large windows with a door build into it that led out to a balcony.

The expressions on these new ponies were mixed, as were the emotions he sensed in them. A purple unicorn looked at him with grater fascination than Doctor Pen had, he could not sense fear, but excitement. 

Another unicorn, with white fur, purple mane and tail that was curled and brushed to perfection. Her expression was one of shock, but not horror, her emotions were hard to read, mostly because it was like her shock was not directed at him, but at.. What he was wearing?

Then there was a yellow Pegasus, light pink hair with some of it falling over one of her eyes. She seemed to hide herself, her whole body language and emotion was that of being, nervous, on edge even, maybe even a little scared.

The other Pegasus seemed to be a beacon of, aggression or suspicion. She had light blue fur, a rainbow colored mane and tail and magenta eyes. She glared at him, but not with anger, no, she was protecting, she wanted to protect the others, she had a fear, one that ran deep. Though he did not pursue it, but there was something that did call to him within her.

The other one who seemed to look at him with critical eyes was an orange mare. She had a blonde mane, a brown farmers hat planted on top of her head, a distinct moral compass that he could sense burned within her like a tree that had allowed to take root within the very core of her. He did not sense aggression from her, just suspicion.

And then the last pony, now she was a whirlwind of emotions, they were like a storm raging within her, joy, simply put, it was pure joy and excitement. Her mane was pink and fluffy, her mane was pink, her body was all bouncy as she looked like she could hardly contain herself, but the smile she sent him was clearly one that told him she wanted to touch him, maybe even hug him? He did not need to be a Jedi to see that.

The dragon however seemed to look at him with awe, like he had seen a mythical creature. His emotions were hard to read too, but there was no aggression or hostility, just curiosity.

"Revan, I would like to introduce you to my pupil, Twilight Sparkle, the element of Magic." Celestia said with calm, but her pupil seemed eager to finally speak she almost cut her teacher off.

"I'm so excited to meet you! I have so many questions, like where do you come from?! Did you make the portal? How does your ship work?!" She seemed to talk faster and faster, most would probably be a little overwhelmed, and sure, he was a little startled, but he could not help but find her eagerness amusing.

"Twilight, please, take a breath." Celestia said calmly, but with enough force it seemed to bring Twilight down to earth again. 

She smiled sheepishly and blushed slightly. "I'm sorry, there is just so much i like to know.." 

"It's quite alright.." Revan said, chuckling a little. 

Celestia was so kind to introduce the rest, Fluttershy, element of Kindness, Rainbow Dash, element of loyalty, Applejack, element of honesty, Pinkie Pie, element of laughter and Rarity, element of generosity. Celestia went on to explain a little about the elements, and their purpose as they all sat down.

As she finished, Revan nodded understandingly, though he did not get the finer details, Celestia assured him it would come in time. "Now Revan, now that we are gathered I want you to know we don't know how you got here, but as far as we have been able to figure out, you come from another dimension." Her eyes was filled with concern, and Revan felt his heart sink.

"E-excuse me?" Was he hearing this right? He had not crashed into a new system, a new planet, but another dimension??? How was this possible?

"The magic that brought you here was quite strong, and honestly, we have no idea who or what could have summoned you to our world. I can assure you we are looking into this and we'll work on a way to send you home." She promised.

Revan was hardly listening, he could simply not understand it all. Not only was his order gone, but so was his home, his galaxy, his dimension. He took a few deep breaths, settled his mind. The Force had brought him here for some reason, there is no such thing as luck, this was meant to happen, it was the will of the Force.

Celestia noticed him calming down and continued. "Until we can figure something out, you are welcome to stay in the palace as our guest." Revan nodded to her, giving her a thanks. "You're quite welcome, now, if you don't mind, can you tell us a bit about yourself? You said you were a, Jedi Knight was it? Can you explain?"

"I can try my best." He nodded. "The Jedi order is one devoted to peace and harmony, we are guardians of the Republic, seekers of knowledge and balance through the Force, protectors of the defenseless." 

Twilight and good portion of the table was clearly impressed. "What is this, Republic, if I may ask?"

Revan nodded. "The Republic was an alliance between different planets and systems, coming together to solve political issues, and follow universal laws that would benefit them all. Like the banning of slavery. It meant for hundreds of years species from across the galaxy could live in relative peace. The Jedi works closely with the Republic, but were an independent body from the politics. We would go on missions to be negotiators, diplomats, teachers, bodyguards, sometimes if the situation needed it, warriors. Though Jedi prefers to solve conflicts peacefully, we are trained to fight and defend if needed."

Twilight looked like she was about to explode with a million more questions, but she managed to cut it down. "Do you use magic? Princess Celestia said you used some sort of magic to detect them."

Revan shook his head. "It is not magic, but I guess that is up for interpretation. We call it the Force, it's an energy field that binds all living things to each other, it flows through us. Someone sensitive to this energy is often able to manipulate small aspects of it. Those sensitive are adopted into the Jedi order to be trained how to use it, that way they won't be a danger to themselves or to others. Before the war, we were about 10000 knights, and we-." He frowned as he felt the flash of pain and guilt. Revan realized he had not even thought about the other Jedi back in his own dimension yet. 

Celestia noticed his body tense up, the sorrow and pain that flashed in his eyes like a storm. Before she could say anything to redirect the conversation Twilight was already there again. "Before the war..?" She was not being to blunt, but she asked what they were all thinking.

"It's... It's hard to talk about.." He said and looked at them, all of them, even Rainbow Dash seemed to have sympathetic looks in their eyes. "A collections of systems decided to leave the Republic, though the problem was they did not leave on peaceful terms. About three years ago a battle on a planet named Geonosis sparked one of the biggest galaxy spread wars in over a thousand years. Needless to say a lot of lives were lost.." He took a deep breath as he calmed his mind. "The war lasted three years, and as Jedi we were expected to protect the Republic, and so we did. At the end of the conflict, it looked like we were at the end, but something happened, i'm not sure what.. But, suddenly the soldiers we had been fighting alongside with for three years turned on us. Men I had known and fought beside for three years suddenly turned their weapons on me and tried to kill me.."

The room had grown quiet, all of the ponies had frowns on their faces and even the mane of the pony known as Pinkie Pie seemed to have deflated.

"I managed to escape them, steal a star ship and return to the Jedi Temple, my home, and the home of the Jedi. Only to find it was burning, it was then when I realized, it was not only me, we were all being targeted, we were being purged.." Revan at this point did not even realize he was clenching his fists so hard his knuckles were turning white. "All my fellow knights, even the children, murdered across the galaxy and in our very own Temple.." 

He took a deep breath. "I hid, sleeping well into the next morning when I received a signal, it was from one of my masters, he warned all of us who was alive to stay away, that our time had come to an end.. I knew he had to be in the temple to have sent out that message, so i took a chance and tried to meet with them, only to find death.. I saw people i had grown up with, sparred with, laughed and lived with on the floor of the temple, butchered.." He felt the tears run down his cheeks, feeling the sadness he had hidden away since the Temple force it's way out. "Our archives had been ransacked, and I knew anything of value had been stolen.. So I went to my room, gathered whatever I could of Jedi knowledge, loaded it all into a ship and bolted.. They shot at me, finally i simply typed whatever coordinates and left for hyperspace. Afterwards, the portal sucked me in and I woke up here.." 

The silence continued. It was not hard for him to see they were all trying to figure out what to say, but nothing came to mind. He didn't blame them, instead he reached into his belt and pulled out a little flat disk. Using the Force, he let the small disk levitate into the center of the table, a blue glow started to imitate from it. "This is the last message i ever received from one of my masters.."

The glow became stronger and to their amazement a 3D image of a creature like Revan appeared. He wore the same robes, had a beard and looked tired, but hopeful. It was like he looked right at them as he spoke his message, the last message Revan had ever heard from the Jedi."


"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic have fallen, with the dark shadow of the Empire rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi: trust in the Force. Do not return to the Temple. That time has passed, and our future is uncertain. Avoid Coruscant. Avoid detection. Be secret... but be strong. We will each be challenged: our trust, our faith, our friendships. But we must persevere and, in time, I believe a new hope will emerge. May the Force be with you, always."

> Chapter 2: A place of peace
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The sun had gone down, the stars were finally out, and Revan enjoyed the cool breeze hitting his face as he looked up at the stars. He had excused himself after the recording of master Kenobi, he needed air, he needed a moment to calm his mind. None of them had protested as they all understood, Celestia had pointed him to the balcony, which Revan had gladly accepted.

It was the first time he got to see the view, had he not been so upset, he might have been able to enjoy it. Beside, the sky calmed him more, it was like he looked at the same universe as his fellow knights did, if anyone even still lived. Closing his eyes, he felt the cool wind move through his dark blonde hair. He took a few deep breaths, calming his body and mind, letting go. Slowly, he started to whisper to himself, it was the same again and again, repeating the words like he was making an anchor to the reality he was now in.


There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force


Again and again he recited the Jedi code to himself, reminding him to focus on the here and now. Though it did little to help.

"It's beautiful, is it not?" 

Revan opened his eyes as he heard Celestia's voice, she was calm and spoke softly as she trotted up beside him, looking up at the stars. "It is.. I find the stars always, calm me.." He felt like he needed to apologize, he should have had better control of his emotions in there. Opening his mouth to say it, Celestia cut him off.

"It's funny, I used to look away from the night sky. The mere sight of them brought terrible memories back, so much regret, so much pain." Her words were, filled with sadness, like they dripped with the very pain she spoke of. Celestia still did not look up, she just kept looking at the stars, and so, Revan looked up too. "Back when we were younger, I neglected my sister, I failed to see her suffering.. In her sorrow, she turned against me, became a creature of darkness.." Revan listened intently, he could feel her pain of that memory. "It ended with me banishing her, a choice I would live with for over a thousand years.." 

If not for Doctor Pen, Revan would probably react stronger to her age, but that paled compared to Celestia and Luna moving the sun and moon. He instead just listened to her story, closing his eyes as he could see it before him. The force giving him the images, not visions per say, but the feelings and energies that battle had left behind, it was like scars in the Force itself. He could sense Luna's hate, her fear and anger as she stood against her sister, doing what she could to prove to her she was her equal. Then there was Celestia, her anger at being betrayed, but that emotion was dwarfed at the sorrow, the pain of having to fight one's own sister. It was almost like an open wound, raw pain bleeding out as he could sense Celestia pleas, even hear them as faint screams from the past.

He had to open his eyes, he felt the warm tears sliding down his cheeks, but he did nothing to hide them. Celestia took a moment for them both to relax before she continued. "A thousand years without the sister I failed to save.. I failed to see her fall, her loneliness, not before it was too late.." She let out a sigh and finally looked at him. Now, both of them looked into each others eyes, both of them filled with tears. "It's a story all my ponies know, but few fail to understand the, pain, of what happened.. I'm telling you this because I know what you are going through.."

Revan was not even going to try and deny it, even if he had the desire to do so. "I know the pain you are going through, I recognize the look in your eyes.. Like you, I felt betrayed, I felt regret from doing what I did, i blamed myself for what i did and didn't do.. It's a burden I still carry to this very day.. Even though I got my sister back, for which I am glad and thankful for, I still never feel I have made it up to her. So i tell you, Jedi Knight, you do not need to carry your burden alone."

He really had no idea what to say, he could only smile a little and nodded as a little thank you. Both of them wiped their eyes, and Revan could not help but feel, grateful. Even though it was common knowledge, Celestia had shared this in her own words and feelings, that could not have been easy. "How did you cope?" He asked after a few moments.

Celestia did not answer first, it was like she was looking for the right way to reply. Finally she let out a long sigh as she looked at her sister's beautiful full moon. "In truth Revan, I didn't.. To be honest, even though she rebelled against me, I knew I failed her first, I betrayed her.. But, during those long years, when I handled her duties, each morning when I would bring her moon down, I would sing to her. A lullaby, to let her know I did not blame her, to let her know we would meet again and everything would be alright." She smiled a little and looked at him. "I do not expect you to sing, but you must have something you can do to send out your heart to those to care about, to those you miss.."

Revan looked at her, then smiled. "I think there is, I will try." He then chuckled a bit.

Celestia tilted her head in slight amusement, giving him a soft smile. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just.. Our grand master would always say. 'Do or do not, there is no try.'"

Both of them shared a small laugh before she turned around. "Your master sounds wise.. I shall leave you to it." She started to walk away towards the door, but was stopped when she heard Revan say, wait. She looked back at him. "Yes?"

"Thank you, Celestia." 

She smiled and nodded. "Not at all, that is what friends do." And with that, she left him to his own thoughts.

Revan stood there, his heart felt more calm now, but he still needed to lighten it. Taking a deep breath he closed his eyes, letting everything around him vanish. He reached out with the force, not to anything in particular, just out, just out to the stars. It hurt when he felt nothing, no sign of anything echoing, it was like sending out a signal with no one responding or a lifeline into the dark void. However, he decided to do what Celestia suggested, even if no one could sense him.

"Master, brothers, sisters, friends.. I know not if my thoughts, feelings or words can even reach you, I do not think so, but I find comfort that you might. I feel ashamed, i'm safe, in a world that seems to value what we as Jedi strive for. Maybe if this was a world in our own dimension we would have moved the temple here." He let out a small chuckle. "I know not what has happened, I know not what has become of us, you or me.. I'm scared, but also hopeful. I feel the force has led me here, has led me to these ponies. For what purpose, I do not know. Even if i'm the last Jedi, I will continue to let our order live through me, protect, defend and learn. I will make you proud brothers and sisters... Be safe, rest, because there is no death, there is only the force.."

He waited, but felt nothing, no image, feeling, echo or calling, but, his heart did feel lighter. Opening his eyes, he let the world come back to him. He wiped the last tears away that had formed in his eyes while he talked and let out a sigh. "Goodnight.." And with that he turned and left to go back inside to his new life.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Princess Celestia had let dinner be dismissed for now, letting the elements know he just needed a little time. He was thankful for that, it was not their fault, and he did not blame them, there was just so much. While the others ate, Celestia and Luna escorted them to a room where he could rest.

After just a minute or two, Celestia spoke. "I feel like I must apologize, please, do not blame Twilight for-."

Revan chuckled and held up a hand to stop her. "It is okay, I was much like her when I was a kid. Before the war, I hoped to be a Jedi historian. I think we can get along well together, when we are both more, calm."

Celestia nodded. "I'm glad to hear it."

"We will show you to one of our guest rooms, we'll hope you find it to your liking." Luna continued as they rounded a corner, but Revan stopped. "Is something the matter?"

Revan shook his head. "No, there isn't anything the matter, but I hoped I could go to my ship first. There is some things I would like to gather."

The princesses looked at each other for a second and then back at him with a nod. "Of course, we shall take you to it."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


They exited the front doors and walked into the courtyard, it was there he finally saw his ship, The Seeker. He smiled relieved to see the damage was nothing major. "I must say." Luna said as they walked closer. "Your ship is rather huge for a single human."

Revan nodded. "That it is princess, but it is not for carrying me, it is for carrying the history of my order. It was quite well guarded and I did not manage to take it without certain prices being paid.." He let out a sigh. "But, here she is, one of the more valued ships og the order."





Walking over to one of the panels, he entered the code and pulled a small lever and the boarding door slid open. The princesses stepped back , unsure about this, 'ship'. As the entrance opened a boarding ramp slowly moved down to the ground, allowing entrance.

"Please, come." He offered as he went inside the ship. The two sisters hesitated and glanced at one another, but Revan simply smirked. "Come on, it's quite safe."

With his words of confidence and smile, the two royal sisters decided to follow him into the alien ship. Despite them trusting him, it was, new. The ship seemed to be a metallic wonder that was far from their own technology, it was truly a wonder. Beeping noises catching their attention, small red and blue lights here and there, even the smallest of things held their attention and made their progress through the round hallway slow.

Finally they entered a simple room of what looked like to be some sort of workshop. Metallic parts scattered around, and objects that looked like tools. In one end there was a lot of tables connected to the walls and small chairs. At the other end a lot of shelves, even build into the walls themselves. Though as Celestia moved around, she suddenly bumped into her sister as she seemed stunned in place. "Sister? What troubles you?" She asked and looked far corner where Luna was focusing her gaze.

As the object became clear to her, she gasped. It seemed at first to be a strange creature, but soon enough it became clear it was some sort of metallic statue, though it was wired, it looked like it wore a tool belt and some sort of work apron. The metal man seemed to be equipped with two arms and legs, though his head was not like Revan's at all, it had this wired shape, which was hard to describe. The thing seemed to be slumped against the wall, maybe the crash had thrown it there??

Just as Luna was about to approach it Revan walked in from the other entrance. "Ah, I see you have found Huyang."

"Huyang?" Celestia asked. "Is it some sort of artwork?"

Revan chuckled. "No, Huyang is a droid." He walked in with a small leather sack and placed it on one of the tables. "He was damaged when i escaped, and it will take some time to wake him up."

"What is a droid?" Luna asked and tried out the word, it sounded funny coming from her, like she was tasting food and was not quite sure yet if she liked the taste.

"Well, it is hard to explain, but basically they are machines we have build with intelligence. They help us with certain tasks, Huyang here had a pretty important job here on the ship. When I saw I had a chance to save him and the ship, I did so."

"What is so valuable about this ship and droid?" Celestia said, trying out the word as well, and like Luna the word was foreign to her.

Revan smiled. "This ship is where Jedi younglings would create their lightsabers. Youngling in our order is the word for child student." He explained before going on. "When they come of age we fly to a world on this ship and find a crystal, a crystal meant for us. On the way back our task is to create what is known as a lightsaber, the weapon of the Jedi." He unhooked the hilt from his belt and held it.





Luna raised an eyebrow at the small thing. "That's a weapon?"

"It is indeed princess. It might not look like much now, but." He held it up to his side, and with a single push of a button a three feet blue blade sprang to life. The blue blade lit up the room and hummed softly. Both sisters took a step back in shock as the blue blade appeared.

It took a moment before the surprise faded and they both studied it with fascination and awe, both of them mesmerized by it's beauty. "What is it?" Luna asked, never taking her eyes of the blue glowing blade. 

"This, is a lightsaber. A blade of pure plasma is emitted from the hilt and is contained in a powerful force containment field." He let the blade twirl in his hand for just a few times. "It is very light, only the hilt weigh anything in fact, which is why you need to be very highly trained to use it. Put in the hands of someone untrained is dangerous, not only for the people around the user, but to the wielder too. " With a short swoosh sound, the blade vanished back into the hilt. "Only force users are able to safely handle it, it requires sharp reflexes and instinct to handle." He saw how both of the ponies were listening with great interest. "Now, I believe I got what I came for. I just need my last droids."

Both sisters tilted their heads. "Last droids?"

"Master." 

A voice called behind the sisters and they both let out a gasp and turned around. In the entrance stood a tall, skinny looking robot. His limbs were not as solid and well defined as the other droid, there were more thin, had a lot of gears and exposed wires. He almost looked like a skeleton, some plates here and there that slid over one another. The eyes, it seemed to have three, two on what was it's blank face and then a smaller eye right below the right. The little eye seemed to look the two startled Alicorns over and then tilted it's head.

"Oh? What is this master? Did you get yourself some pets?"

Luna's eyes glared. "I beg your pardon! We are NOT pets!"

The droid didn't seemed to register the anger or seemed the least bit intimidated. "I see, they are able to speak." The droid looked at Revan. "Master, is it safe to presume these two equines are intelligent?"

Revan smiled amused and walked over beside the droid. "Yes Jester, they are." He pointed to each of them as he spoke their names. "This is Princess Celestia, ruler of the sun and the kingdom of Equestria." Celestia relaxed a bit more as Revan seemed to be calm. "And this is princess Luna, fellow ruler of the kingdom and ruler of the moon."

Luna stood a bit taller, like the mere mention of their names and titles should make the droid bow down to them. "I see master, I have cataloged the information into my memory banks."

"Good." Revan turned to his new friends. "I'm sorry, this is J-7-K, or Jester as I call him. He's a sparring droid, and my friend. He likes combat, but do not worry, he won't attack anyone he isn't programmed to."

"Do not worry master, I have filed the equines as none hostile." The droid said like that was supposed to be a compliment or an insurance.

"Why does he look like that?" Luna asked. Even though she had no real knowledge of how a droid was supposed to look, or even if they had a common look or not, she did notice something was out of place with this one.

"You have a keen eye." Revan said with a chuckle. "As a sparring droid, he is able to mimic most creatures in size and body capabilities, within a reasonable range of course." He pointed to several wired looking lights on him. "These are holo projectors, they create a hologram around him so his outer body looks like whatever opponent he is mimicking."

As if on cue, the droid straightened up next to his master and suddenly the lights started to flash around him. The mares gasped once again as suddenly a perfect clone of Revan stood beside, well the real Revan. "Greeting your.." The voice started to change. "Oh excuse me." The voice turned back and then after a few changes and static his voice sounded just like Revan's. "Greetings your majesties."

At first the princesses were in pure shock, but then Celestia smiled. "Very clever." The droid bowed and then a few flashes from the projectors once again and soon enough a replica of Celestia stood before them. Celestia giggled. "Now, have I seen you before?" She smirked playfully.

Jester mirrored the expression. "I do believe you have." He replied in her voice. The hologram image vanished and revealed his metal body, which was framed to stand on four legs now and stand as tall as Celestia herself. As soon as the hologram vanished he started to stand, his body parts moving around as he fixed himself to stand back on two legs like his master.

"Of course this is merely for physical combat, he cannot mimic things like the Force or your magic." He assured them both. "I do have one more droid, but do not fret, she is more your type I should think."

The sound of something rolling into the room could be heard. A series of beeps and clicks came from behind Revan and she stepped aside to revealed a three legged droid that went up to his hips. It had a cylinder body, and a head with the same wide as it's round body. The main body was painted wide, with some places painted dark grey to reveal small hatches here and there. The head was however painted mainly  grey, with a few red patched spread across it. Instead of eyes, it seemed to have only one, along with two small camera lenses that stuck out two places on it's head.





"This i R6-R7, but R6 is fine." He let the little droid roll towards the two princesses, and after looking at them for a few seconds it let out a some positive beeps and clicks. Revan chuckled. "She says hello and that she is happy to meet you both."

Both of them smiled at the cute droid. "It is an absolute pleasure to meet you R6, I am princess Luna and this is my sister, princess Celestia."

The little droid beeped in reply before it turned around and returned to her master's side. "Thank you for coming with me." Revan said and bowed. "I believe I have what I need, I am ready to depart."

Celestia smiled and nodded. "Please follow us then."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Revan was escorted to a nice big beautiful guest room, it even had it's very own bathroom which he appreciated greatly. Taking a long and relaxing bath, his droids made themselves at home in these new settings. "I must say master." Jester began as he laid the robes for tomorrow out. "This is a very strange world, did I really understand you correctly? We have landed in another dimension?"

"Yes Jester." Revan replied as he made his way out of the bathroom. He was drying his short hair, only covered by his shorts. R6 added her two sense to the conversation, adding that it might be a blessing in disguise. Revan always found her positive attitude to be welcome. "Maybe it is, their world is.." He sighed. "It's like the Force is, I don't know how to explain it.." He handed the towel to an awaiting Jester who promptly began to fold it as he got it into his metal hands.

"It's like two rivers are meeting here.. The Force, and what they are calling magic, harmony.. One thing I know for sure, the Force is strong here, I feel it grow in me.. Almost like I have become a spring.." He sat on his bed, sitting with crossed legs as he closed his eyes, focusing, reaching out. "I sense.. Peace, yet, chaos? Darkness for sure, but not.." Sighing, he opened his eyes. "No.. I don't know how to describe what I am feeling.." It was frustrating, but he knew if he was patient, trusted in the force, things would become clear.

"Master." Jester called and walked over to a corner with R6. "Tomorrow I suggest you get plenty of rest. Though I would still recommend to do your daily morning sparring, we don't know what we could face here after all."

Revan nodded, the princesses had told him he may use the guard's training yard for his own training if he so wished. It would be foolish not to take advantage of that fact. That was for tomorrow however, tonight, he needed to rest.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Morning came early for Revan, his night was not peaceful, but at least he didn't have night terrors. He was used to waking up early, meditating in the temple gardens to find peace and clear his mind. Though during the war, it was hard to find the time to do so. This morning however he chose to meditate out on the balcony, facing east, he sat cross legged, one hand on each knee as he took deep breaths, letting the force and the calm of his mind take him gently into his meditation.

The Force moved through him, letting his senses reach out and connect with every living thing. He could sense the many guards and servants, sense their emotions and their moods. The Force guided his senses throughout the palace, letting him touch the plants, even out to the princesses themselves. Of course he did not touch their minds or reached out to them, but he could sense them. For a single moment, it was like all the hearts in the palace became one, all beating at the same time. It was an immense relaxing feeling, but one that was rare, very rare. Could it be it was because the ponies were such social and kind creatures? It was not often any Jedi would feel something like this, even in his life time, he had only sensed a brief flicker of this once before, but here it was, peace, harmony.

Letting out a deep sigh, he smiled and opened his eyes. He was greeted with the rising sun, it was a beautiful sight, like Celestia herself was greeting her ponies in a gentle warm blanket of love. He let out one more sigh, taking one last look before he stood up and went back inside.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


After getting dressed in his normal Jedi robes, Revan made his way to the training grounds with Jester. The guards were very polite and pointed out the way for him as he traveled the hallways of the palace. It did not take them long to reach the barracks, when they did they quickly found the training grounds. It was big, could have a lot of ponies here to train and was more than enough for himself and Jester.

Walking over to a bench, Revan took off his robe and placed it there along with a canteen filled with cold water. Jester was already in one of the sparring rings, the ground was solid stone, but some places the rings were filled with sand, soil, mud or even stones. It provided a nice range of terrain for the guards to train in, and they were all big enough to be able to house a group sparring.

"Master, should I initiate training protocol program six?"

Jester asked as Revan made his way into the arena. "Yes, I think we should focus on form 6, probably be the the most useful in this world."

"Of course master, initiating training protocol six, form 6, Niman."

Pulling out a lightsaber hidden in a small compartment in his wrist, Jester ignited it and took a combat stance. The green blade hummed soothingly as it casts it's green glow onto the droid. Jester did not bother with a form this time, this was just exercise after all, and to be honest, Revan did not want to fight a hologram of one of his Jedi brothers or sisters.

Taking a deep breath, Revan unclipped the lightsaber from his belt and held it in his right hand. Taking the hilt in both hands, he ignited his lightsaber, the blade turned down towards his left foot as this was his starting position. There was not danger of being hurt, of course. Jester had a small shield generator and he used practice sabers, so there was nothing to be nervous about.

They both stood there for a few seconds, waiting for the other to make a move. The lightsaber form Revan preferred was form 6, Niman.  It was a hybrid fighting style, Niman incorporated elements from the previous forms, like form one and five. It balanced out between their various specializations, in keeping with the Jedi quest to achieve harmony and justice without resorting to the rule of power. It was a fitting form for this world, he thought, maybe the Force really had brought him here.

There was no time to think about this, Jester leaped forward with an alarming speed, but Revan kept his focus and calm. Using his Jedi training he saw the attacks coming through the Force.

Double vision. Slashes coming for left arm, to head, to chest, to left knee.

Using this technique Revan could see the attacks coming right before they started. It was a useful skill, one that all Jedi were taught. Though of course there were limits to it, and no Jedi should ever rely on it fully, in dueling you always changed tactics, you always move, you always adapt.

Despite this, Revan blocked all attacks smoothly. His blue lightsaber clashed with Jester's, moving his blue blade up to cover his arm, then tilting it to cover his head, then his chest and down to protect his leg.

Their blade work was fast and elegant, Jester quickly calculated new ways to attack, and started to calculate Revan's likely defense.

Slash coming at head, stab coming for chest, slash for arm, head again!

Once again Revan blocked the quick attacks, but he was being pushed back as Jester moved forward. Revan decided to respond by making one powerful slash to knock him back, then turn and then use the Force to push the droid. He did so and Jester did indeed stumble back , though his mechanical body compensated and made sure he did not go far.

Revan started to go on the offensive, moving forward he slashed at Jester's head, arm, chest, arm, leg. Jester calculated, adapted and quickly blocked the blows.

The clashing of their lightsabers and the sounds their blades made soon attracted the attention of the guards on their way to morning training. They all watched in pure amazement and curiosity, it was quite the light show for them.

The duel became faster and more acrobatic as Revan needed to be on the move a lot, Jester did not have a stamina limit, but he did. Of course Jester could simulate it, but this was a good way to train quick thinking and creativity.

Double vision. Attack coming in at torso! At torso! At head! At torso! At head! At head!

Revan blocked the attacks, but at the last attack to his head, he crouched, avoiding the powerful swing from Jester. He did not stand still though, he turned and kicked at the droid's leg, sending it landing on it's back before Revan moved his blade down to Jester's metal chest. 

The fight was over, he let the blade hover over the droid for a bit, panting and sweating, but smiling. "I win.." Revan said in between his pants. Jester looked up at his master and gave a single nod, confirming his defeat. With a long swooshing sound, the blades of their lightsabers retracted back into the hilts.

Jester got back up and Revan walked towards the bench. Before he did though, he noticed the many ponies who had gathered to watch. Their expressions were mixed, as were their emotions, they ranged from impressed to shocked, but thankfully none of them were afraid, maybe a bit nervous yes, but not afraid.

"I believe you have impressed them, master Jedi." Revan turned and looked up, seeing Celestia gently landing on the training grounds. Every guard saluted, and she dismissed them with a small nod and smile. 

"I hope we did not cause a commotion princess." Revan asked, but Celestia simply dismissed the concern with a wave of her right wing.

"Not at all, I told you that you were allowed to train here." She gestured towards the bench and Revan gratefully accepted the invitation. Putting the hilt of his lightsaber back in his belt, they started to move to the bench. As Revan walked over there, he reached out with the Force and pulled the canteen to his hand. "I must say it was a quite impressive display of skills. I have never seen anything like it."

Revan blushed a little, not used to anyone watching and admiring his sparring. "I thank you, but I assure you, my skills are nothing compared to my former master."

She smiled. "I would have liked to see it, but if you are not busy, I would like to invite you to breakfast. It's still quite early, and my student and her friend's wont be up for at least an hour or two."

It was not like he had any plans for now, and besides, the princess might have something in mind for him. "Of course princess, I would be honored. If you don't mind however, I would like to freshen up after my morning training."

Celestia nodded. "Absolutely, I will see you afterwards." She smiled to him, her beautiful purple eyes looking deeply into his, and for a moment Revan felt something, something strange. Not bad, just something strange, like a gentle warmth deep within him. Before they could speak more she gently flapped her wings and took off.

Revan watched her sore through the sky elegantly, moving higher and higher until she vanished behind one of the towers. "Master, I do believe I detect a slight facial heat increase. Do you want me to check your temperature to make sure you are not having a fever?"

"What?" Revan looked at the droid who was picking up his brown robe. "Uhm no, no thank you Jester.." 

Was i, blushing?

That was strange, but he did not have time to dwell on it, he needed to shower before he met with the princess for breakfast.
> Chapter 3: Knight of Equestria. Pt 1
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It did not take Revan long to shower and get dressed once again. As he made sure he looked presentable, R6 beeped excitedly and moved towards the door. "R6." Revan looked over at her. "You want to join me?"

The little droid bopped back and forth and let out a small bwoop and beep in response. Jester turned his head to the droid and then back at Revan. "I do believe she was rather bored this morning master. Perhaps it would be good to take her, I could use the quiet to analyze your performance at today's training. I do believe I was close to kill you this time."

To someone not used to Jester's way of speaking, that would sound kind of grim. "Thanks, please run a system check too." Revan said and put on his robe and lightsaber. "I want to make sure your programs or memory was not effected by the portal."

Jester nodded. "Of course master, please, have a pleasant breakfast."

Revan smiled and sent his droid a nod. "Thank you, come on R6."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Once again Revan found himself walking the halls of the palace, this time however it was a change of companion. R6 was a loyal friend, the two of them had been through a lot during the war. She was always the droid he wanted with him when he went into a starfighter, he had given up trying to count the amount of times she had saved his skin.

R6 seemed ecstatic to come along, even through her limited ways of showing it. When they reached the door to the dining area, a guard knocked, and after a confirmation from Celestia, the guard opened the door.

Revan stepped in with R6 following closely behind him. "Revan, i'm glad you could make it, and i see you brought R6." The droid beeped and clicked in greeting and Celestia let out a small giggle, finding the antics of the droid very cute.

"Thank you again Celestia, it is very kind of you to invite me to breakfast." Revan said and bowed respectfully.

Celestia shook her head. "Not at all, please, take a seat." As Revan did as he was instructed, a plate of pancakes floating in Celestia's magic levitated onto the table in front of him. It had a lot of red berries around it, some even placed to form a smiling face.

Revan took one look at it and then turned away, trying to hide his smile in his fist. "Pfft.." He held back a laugh, but finally he let himself chuckle.

"Having fun?" Celestia asked with an amused smile, and sat down, fixing herself a plate.

"No, forgive me.." He kept smiling as he looked at her. "It was just not what i expected. It looks very good, thank you."

Celestia giggled. "It's alright, and don't be so formal with me, not in private. Please, dig in."

Revan nodded a thank you and picked up his fork. He had to admit, he had gotten quite hungry as he had not really eaten anything yesterday. There were a little fruit in his room, but he could really use something more. He cut the pancake into a smaller piece and moved the soft pancake into his mouth along with a berry. 

It was very good, but also VERY sweet. He noticed how Celestia looked at him with expectation, like a child waiting to hear any kind of praise. He could not help but smile at that, thankfully it wasn't bad, so when he swallowed his first bite he looked at her. "It's delicious."

Celestia was positively giddy as she heard that. "Oh, i'm glad! My sister rarely appreciates my efforts." She chuckled a bit and happily started to eat. 

Revan could not help but to look at her for a little while, the prim, wise ruler of Equestria, sitting there, acting like a little girl. She was rather cute, and he took a moment to appreciate her relaxed nature when she was in private. The two of them ate in silence for a few moments before Celestia wiped her mouth with a napkin and smiled. 

"Tell me about yourself, you told me yesterday you wanted to be a historian?" Celestia asked politely as she levitated a cup of tea to her lips.

Revan nodded and wiped his lips as well. "That's right. I spend hours in the archives, expanding my knowledge of the history of our order. Of course, as a Padawan, i needed to go on missions and study the things my master thought best and of course study the common subjects in my normal classes." He explained. "When the war came, it was simply put on hold, it was not that I did not want to study, but there were simply more important things to do.." 

"I understand, duty always comes first.." She said with a knowing nod. "So, do you have any idea what to do now?"

"No, i have my ship, my holocrons, equipment and more, but still i do not know what to do with all my knowledge, if i'm really the last Jedi, or at least first in this dimension, i don't want my order's history to die with me.." He let out a sigh as he put down the fork, lifting his hand slightly as he made a strawberry float gently in the air with the Force. "I do know the Force guided me here for some reason, I do not think it created this portal, but i think it wants me here none the less.."

Celestia watched him as he spoke, her eyes studying his features, the way he spoke and the way he held himself told of a young man burdened with the loss of his order. He had been through much, that was clear to her, but what was also clear was his heart. If she was being honest with herself, when he first arrived Celestia had been worried what kind of creature they had taken in, but to her pleasant surprise, he was a man of peace. Though she had never heard about the Jedi order before, their values matched her own, peace, harmony, all the things their kingdom was build on.

"Maybe.." She started, closing her eyes, as if to focus her mind or searching for the right words. Revan looked to her, gently putting the strawberry down as he listened to his friend. After a moment, she looked at him, a serious, yet soft expression covered her face. "In Equestria we value peace and harmony, much like the Jedi, we prefer to walk that path, but as you know Revan, life is never that simple.." She smiled gently. "Luna and I, we do our best to maintain peace, to teach our little ponies about the values of friendship and harmony. Even the elements of harmony do their part, but they are young still, and there is only so much me and my sister can do, maybe.. Maybe we could use a knight."

Revan looked at her in surprise, was she really suggesting what he thought she was suggesting?

She smiled. "Revan Blake, maybe you could become a knight of Equestria?"

He was taken aback, did she really offer that? He did not touch his food, he did not move, and by now, he was pretty sure he was holding his breath. Finally after some time he stood up, making her frown slightly, afraid she had might offended him.

Revan turned to her, bowed formally. "I.. I thank you for the offer, princess.." He could see she was a little hurt from him calling her princess, but, this required a formal answer, a well thought out one. "I won't say no, but, I would lie if I told you I am not conflicted.. Your offer is kind.. But, I need time to think over your offer.."

She nodded a little. "I understand Revan, please, take all the time you need."

Revan bowed. "Thank you Celestia, if it is not to much trouble, do you think we can wait with your student's questions? You can tell her I am more than willing to answer them, but I need time to meditate and think on your kind offer."

Again, she nodded. "Of course. They will go back to Ponyville later today, i'm sure Twilight will understand."

"Thank you again Celestia, I mean that. I just need time." He bowed once again, thanked her for breakfast one final time and then left with R6.

Revan was grateful, he truly was, it had just happened so fast, this was only his first real day here after all. There was just so much he didn't understand and he needed to take things slow and think.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Three days passed, three days of sparring, meditation, studying Equestrian history. He had not spoken much with Celestia since that morning, or Luna for that matter. There was no bad blood between them or anything, but Revan needed some days to collect himself and think over the offer. Both of the royal sisters understood and did not fault him for taking his time.

On the fourth day, Revan meditated in his room, trying once again to reach out and get guidance from his masters and the force.

Empty..

He frowned.

Please, masters, I need your wisdom. I don't know what to do, can I really be a Jedi in this world? I'm-. 

Suddenly a powerful shift in the Force ripped him out of his meditation, it was like someone had punched him in the gut. He gasped, opened his eyes and panted heavily on the bed.

"What was that..?" He said feeling his heart pound fast.

"Master?" Jester walked over. "Is something the matter? I detect an increased heart rate."

Revan took a moment to catch his breath before he looked up at the droid. "Something is wrong Jester, I felt a powerful disturbance in the force.." His eyes darted around, trying to figure out what he had felt before it vanished. He quickly stood up and walked towards the door, maybe Celestia knew something.

"Uhm, master?" Jester sounded confused, which was rare. "I'm still not sure how this dimension works, but I do not believe sugary chocolate milk is a common weather phenomena."

Revan stopped in his tracks and looked back at his droid. "Excuse me?" He saw both his droids staring out the window and when he got closer himself, his eyes widened. "By the force.."

The sky had been covered in pink looking clouds, making it rain brown liquid, which Jester had determined to be, chocolate milk? Revan just stood there stunned, not sure what to say or even think. Jester seemed to be the only one able to find the words, he turned to look at Revan and said.

"Well master, this is certainly, new."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The palace seemed to be on high alert as the guards all seemed to double, run around and getting into position. Revan moved down the halls quickly, he needed to find Celestia, fast. He had in the meantime instructed his droids to stay behind until he could determine what was going on.

Finally, he stepped through to the throne room, though as soon as he walked through a pair of white Pegasus guards detained him. "Guards, let the Jedi pass." Celestia said from her throne. They did so and Revan quickly stepped over there. 

"Celestia, what is going on? I felt a disturbance in the the force, something powerful.." Revan asked and looked up at her.

"Indeed.." Celestia stood up and walked down to him. "An old enemy of mine has returned, broken free from his prison. His powers are of pure chaos, and I believe he has returned to get his revenge."

"Who?"

"You have might read about him already, he calls himself Discord, lord of chaos." Celestia said in a grim and serious tone.

Revan had indeed read about him, but Celestia and Luna had him trapped forever. "But you banished him, you defeated him."

Celestia nodded. "Yes, but i'm afraid he has found a way to escape his prison.. I have already summon Twilight and her friends, once they're here, they will use the elements of harmony to defeat him." She started to walk towards the massive doors that led out of the throne room. "I would like you to come along too, you have the Force and as far as i know, Discord has no experience with it. Maybe you can get the upper hand on him."

Revan nodded as he followed her. "I shall try princess, no matter what, I shall defend you and your subjects." Revan promised with an equally serious expression. 


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Revan waited with Celestia for Twilight and her friends, none of them spoke for a while, both of them were in deep thought.

This Discord, he is creating a stir in the Force itself.. 

He winced, feeling the Force rage around him, like a storm trying to settle, but can't. Celestia noticed his body tense up and frowned. "Revan, is everything alright?"

"No.." Revan said and crossed his arms. "I don't know much about Discord, but it is like his very presence is causing a stir in the Force itself.." He could see she did not fully understand, despite her best efforts. "It is like if a river suddenly is blocked by a rock, then another, then the river itself is split in multiple directions, trying to tame it.. It's trying to fight it, but the rocks keeps it from filling the gaps.."

Celestia nodded understandingly. "Discord has powerful magic, he plays with the world, toys with reality.." 

Revan frowned. "It makes sense, the Force is trying to reset those laws, it follows those laws, striving for balance.. Discord is destroying the scale on a cosmic level.." 

"Can you do anything?" Celestia asked worried.

"I do not know, without having met the creature my options are limited. I hope your student can do something." Revan said, trusting Celestia's plan.

Suddenly, the doors to the hall opened and the six mares ran in. "Princess Celestia, we came as fast as we could." Twilight exclaimed as they all came to a stop. "Revan, it's good to see you're here." She said relieved.

Celestia looked at them all. "Thank you, Twilight. Thank you all"

"Is this about the weather and the animals' weird behavior?" What's happening out there? Why isn't my magic working?? Is there-." Twilight spoke faster and faster, clearly in a panic. Celestia simply held up a hoof. 

"Follow me."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Celestia took them all to a long hallway, decorated with massive windows, stained glass depicting important events in Equestria. Celestia did the talking, while Revan walked behind the group, giving the ponies space to absorb it all.

"I've called you here for a matter of great importance." Celestia started out. "It seems an old foe of mine, someone I thought I had defeated long ago, has returned. His name, is Discord."

Revan did not listen much, he felt something was not right, he sensed a presence, someone was here. He stopped fully and looked up at the windows depicting the weird creature, then suddenly he heard Celestia and the other mares gasp in shock. Turning his attention back to them he saw a chest laying on the floor, empty. 

Celestia was pacing back and forth, looking more worried than he had ever seen her. "This doesn't make sense. "

Revan walked closer when suddenly a maniacal laugh echoed through the hallway. The presence grew stronger and by reflex Revan unclipped the lightsaber hilt from his belt, but he did not ignite it.

The evil chuckle continued. "Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?"

"Discord.." Celestia gritted her teeth and looked around for her old nemesis. "Show yourself!"

They all looked around, trying to pinpoint where the voice and laughter came from. "Did you miss me, Celestia?" Suddenly, one of the figures of Discord in the stained glass came to life. "I missed you." He grinned evilly and started to swim around within the glass. "It's quite lonely being encased in stone, but you wouldn't know that, would you, because i don't turn ponies into stone."

"Enough." Celestia said in a commanding tone. "What have you done with the elements of harmony?"

Discord shrugged as he moved around from window to window like it was nothing. "Well, i just borrowed them for a teensy little while." He snapped his fingers and one of the depictions of the elements vanished, like if to prove his point.

Revan kept his eyes on the creature, feeling the chaos within him, but still, it still didn't seem like he could use the force, but then again, he could not figure out a way to deal with him either. For now, he trusted Celestia's plan, he would defend her the best he could.

"You'll never get away with this, Discord." Celestia snapped, but Discord seemed not to care about her glares or threats.

"Oh, i'd forgotten how grim you can be, Celestia. It's really quite boring~."

Rainbow Dash took to the air and glared at the window. "Hey! Nopony insults the princess!"

"Oh, you must be Rainbow Dash, famed for her loyalty." He said playfully. "The element of harmony you represent."

"That's right!" She replied swiftly. "I'll always be loyal to the princess!"

He vanished from the window. "We'll see about that."

Rarity sighed and shook her head. "I can't believe we're wasting our time talking to a tacky window."

She gasped when Discord appeared in the window right next to her. "The beautiful Rarity, representing the element of generosity, if i'm not mistaken."

"So you know who we are. Big deal." Applejack said defiantly as she trotted over to the window. 

"Oh, i know much more than that." He cooed as his figure grew to the full height of the window. "Honest Applejack."

"You seem to know our strengths too." Twilight cut in.

"Yes, Twilight Sparkle, and yours is the most powerful and elusive element. Magic." He smirked. "Or at least I thought so, until I felt a new power awaken." Revan's eyes widened, he could sense it? Discord grinned. "Oho, that's right my little fallen knight." He shrank down again and appeared in the window next to Revan. "You're quite unique, like me! To think there was such untold power in the universe and i had no idea! How do you feel about sharing?"

Revan glared at him. "Forget it Discord."

Discord shrugged. "To bad, now let's see. Who is left? Oh, yes!" He moved into another window altogether and inspected the last ponies. "Fluttershy, the element of kindness, and of course my personal favorite of mine, laughter, represented by Pinkie Pie."

Celestia stomped her hoof and stepped forward. "Stop stalling, Discord. What have you done with the elements of harmony?"

"Oh, so boring, Celestia, really.." He sighed. "Fine, i'll tell you, but i'll only tell you my way." As if he was swimming in an unseen river, he moved from window to window like a serpent. "To retrieve your missing elements, just make sense of this change of events.  Twist and turns are my master plan, then find the elements back where you began." He vanished, the sound of his maniacally laugh still echoing in the hallway.

When he vanished and the mares started to think about his riddle, Revan felt himself working on his own little riddle. It sounded like Discord was away of the Force, but he did not know what it was. He was keen to learn though, which meant this was not over for him. He needed to eliminate the threat to the balance the force had found here.

He was brought back to the present as he heard the purple unicorn mumble to herself as she walked towards the window. "Twist and turns, twist and turns..." She perked up as she saw the labyrinth in the palace courtyard. "Twist and turns! That's it! I bet discord hid the elements in the palace labyrinth."

Celestia nodded a little and then looked at the six of them. "Good luck, my little ponies. The fate of Equestria is in your hooves."

The ponies bowed to their princess before Twilight looked at her with a determined smile. "Thanks princess. We won't let you down." With the mission clear, the six friends set off!

As soon as they were gone however, Discord's laugh returned. "Mwahaha! Did you really think that was all?" The doors closed and suddenly Discord, appearing in full form, stood before Celestia and Revan.

Not taking any chances, Revan ignited his lightsaber, standing ready for any attack he might try.

Discord chuckled. "Oooooh, shiny!"

"Discord, stop this, now!" Celestia said and walked up besides Revan.

"Come now princess, you know me to well. Your little ponies are on a quest to find their elements, but while they are occupying themselves with that, i wanna know more about the power your little knight hides from me." He flew around the room, moving his body like a snake in the grass. "Far far from home little Jedi knight, all alone. That does not need to be however, teach me how to unlock the secrets of this, Force, and I shall help you back to your own dimension. Better yet, I help you put everything back together as it was."

Revan did not need the force to know Discord was lying, a manipulator. "I will never teach you anything Discord. You don't know the power you are seeking, it is nothing that can be tamed, and if you try, you shall only become a servant of the dark side."

"Very dramatic little knight, but if you won't help me, then I can't have you run around and ruin my fun." He twirled around and moved in front of them, a rope appearing from the ceiling. "If you won't tell me now, I just need to break you so you will tell me."

Revan and Celestia was about to attack him, but before they had chance, Discord pulled the rope and the entire floor beneath them vanished. Revan fell and so did Celestia, but as she had wings she was about to fly, but seeing Revan fall she chased after him.

"Revan!"

Everything became dark.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Revan fell, for some time everything was just total darkness. Suddenly however, things became clear, but only to reveal the top of a forest come into view. His eyes widened and for a moment he thought he was going to get injured. 

"Revan!"

He looked up and saw Celestia speeding towards him. She managed to wrap her legs around his body and flap her wings wildly to slow their descend. At first it looked like it wasn't going to happen, but just before they hit the ground or the branches of the trees, they did slow down and soon enough they both landed safely on the ground.

When their feet and hooves touched, both of them collapsed on the floor of the forest, panting, trying to get their heartbeat to slow down. "What.. Happened..?" Revan asked feeling the force was in flux here, wherever here was.

Celestia continued to pant for a moment before she turned to him. "Discord.. Used his magic to send us here.." She said looking at him. "Are you alright?"

Revan nodded. "Yes, thank you for the landing.. How about you?"

Celestia nodded back. "Yes, fear not.." 

After a moment of catching their breaths, both of them stood up. "What is this place?" Celestia asked and looked around at the strange tall trees, the weird flowers and nature that surrounded them. She had never seen such weird and exotic plants before, this was certainly not  Equestria. "I have never seen anything like this before, have you?" She turned to see a frozen Revan, standing with a serious expression, his body all tense. "Revan?"

"Oh yes!" Discord appeared on one of the branches of the trees. "Your mind is hard to read Jedi, but this was something that lit up within you like a beacon!" He laughed.

Revan turned to him, he wanted to yell, to say something to this creature, but nothing came to mind. Discord smirked.

"Tell me what I want to know and I spare you and the princess from this little, hunt."

Celestia frowned and looked at Revan. "Hunt? What is he talking about?"

Revan didn't answer her, he simply continued to look defiantly at Discord. The trees and bushes started to rustle and footsteps could be heard approaching. "As you wish then." Discord chuckled. "I will look in on you later, try not to be captured in the meantime."

He vanished again and Revan turned towards the sound. "Celestia, get behind me, don't fly."

"Revan, what is-." 

"Do it now Celestia, please!" Revan said trying his best to remain calm. She did as he said, moving behind him quickly, but with a worried expression. The sounds became louder and louder, until finally, a group of figures stepped out into view. Celestia saw how Revan slowly got his lightsaber hilt into position as he stared down the figures. "Please.." Revan whispered. "Don't do this, not again..."

The armored group just looked right back at him, distant thunder sounding in the background and small droplets of rain fell down from the dark grey sky. Then one of the figures took a step forward and said one single phrase...

"Execute order, 66."
> Chapter 4: Knight of Equestria. Pt 2
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Execute order, 66." 

Time seemed to slow down, Revan felt a wave of emotions and memories hit him as soon as the clone spoke those words. For anyone else, that line meant nothing, but for Revan, it was the phrase that changed everything. The group raised their blasters and Revan took a deep breath. "Celestia.." He said calmly, yet holding a silent intensity she had never heard in him before. "Stay behind me, don't  run, don't fly."

He ignited his lightsaber and the clones stepped forward. "Blast him!"

The blue laser bolts shot from the muzzles of their blasters, making sounds Celestia had never heard and shot out projectiles that looked like magic. That was not the most shocking however, like it was nothing, Revan deflected all the bolts with his lightsaber alone.

Revan did not make the mistake of staying in one place, he shot forward, kept his feet moving as he closed the distance. Making light, fast and elegant movements, he moved in between them, cutting them down one by one, deflecting and avoiding their blasters as he did so.

Sometimes he would deflect a blaster bolt right back at the shooter, making them drop instantly. Celestia watched the whole thing, she saw how Revan cut through the soldiers like they were made of paper, going through them with precision instead of brawl. 

Can't let them hurt Celestia, I must protect her!

He tried to keep calm, keep his emotions down and not let his attachments slow him down. Revan needed to protect the princess, he needed to save her, but with each slash and deflection, his heart became heavier and heavier. He knew they weren't real, he sensed no real life in them, but the danger they posed was very real and the pain they represented to him.

Keeping his momentum he kept going through the clones until with one swift slash to the torso of the captain. It was over.  As the body fell to the grass, Revan kept his combat position for a moment, trying to calm his mind and body before he turned to Celestia, he did not want her to see him like this.

Celestia didn't speak, she did not dare. Not because she was afraid or feared him, but to give him the moment he so needed to calm down. Finally with the familiar swoosh, the blue blade vanished into the hilt once again and Revan turned to face her. His expression was serious, trying to build a wall around the emotions he was feeling behind such a mask, but Celestia knew better.

"We need to move, find a way to break the illusion." He took a deep breath, trying to figure out a way for them to break Discord's spell, nothing came to mind however. "You know Discord, any suggestions?"

"No, i'm afraid I'm know not how to break us free from this. Discord can bend reality, i'm afraid if he has left us no door, a goal, then we won't be able to escape before the elements have defeated him." She explained with a pained expression. "I know this place, this world of memory, it's.. I'm sorry you were pulled into this."

Revan frowned and quickly walked over, putting his hand on her shoulder. "Don't be sorry Celestia. You have faith in Twilight and I trust your judgement." He sent her a small smile. "The Force is something he won't be able to bend to his will, we must trust in it to guide us." Revan was sure Discord had more planned for them, some larger goal. If he wanted to learn more, then he had to be trying to get deeper into his mind, trying to get his emotions to reveal the entrance. He had to be vigilant, trust in the Force.

"We should get moving, the clones will be back, and i'm sure Discord has more planned for us." Just as he uttered those words a blue blaster bolt came flying past his head. He glared and ignited his lightsaber. "Let's go, if we stay here, we're dead."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Celestia was not sure how long they had been running, more over, she was confused to why she could not fly. She trusted Revan's judgement however, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt and made her body sore. After a while, they finally took a break, under one of the taller trees, letting it hide their presence and let it's massive branches shelter them from most of the rain.

She sat herself down, rubbing her hooves slightly as they felt sore. Revan sat down beside her, pulling his hood over his head as some water came through the leaves of the trees. As Celestia had the advantage of her fur to keep her warm, Revan needed the brown robe to at least keep the worst of the cold out.

There was silence between them, Revan knew Celestia wanted to ask him about this, not that he blamed her. Finally, as he predicted, she asked him. "Was it like this back when.. When they betrayed you?"

Letting out a small sigh, he nodded. "Yes.. I was lucky though. I was on a diplomatic mission on a planet called Naboo when we got a distress call from a researcher out in the forest. Being in the air already, I ordered the ship to land. I took the troopers I had with me, and went out to search, that's when it happened. I had ordered us to split up to look for the researcher when they suddenly came to me, they raised their blasters, and said that phrase you heard the captain say.."

He clenched and unclenched his fists a few times, feeling the anger he had suppressed come up in him once again. "I managed to cut them down and flee, then, after several hours I found a Starfighter to flee on. I had to go back to the Temple, but when I got there, it was burning." He did not want to tell more, even if they were having a break, he knew this was Discord's world and he was likely keeping an eye on them

It was to quiet, if Discord wanted he could probably send the entire clone army at him. He could not be sure, but it seemed like he had that kind of power, and Revan needed to figure out how to break free from it, break them both free. Revan stood up, not wanting to relax, he needed to focus. "We should go."

"To where?" Celestia asked. "Discord controls this world, there is no place we can go that he won't be able to attack us."

Revan nodded. "I know, but he want's us to play his game, i'll say we play."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Discord chuckled when he saw the Jedi and Alicorn come out of the forest. "Ohoho, the princess and her Jedi knight. Had fun?" He asked as he stretched on the large stone where he rested.

Revan did not respond to the question, instead he just walked closer to him. "You want my knowledge Discord? I'll tell you now, you will never be able to control it and-."

Discord waved him off. "Yea, yea, you told me that already." He sat up and crossed his arms. "But knowledge is power little knight, others might want to learn what I cannot use. Deals are a powerful thing after all."

"You will get nothing from me." Revan replied sternly.

Once again the Draconequus grinned as he floated to the air. "Oh, but I have already learned so much. I must admit, your mind is hard to read, but the longer you're here the more I see, the more I learn." He slid up behind Revan, placing his claw and paw on his shoulders. "The force is fascinating, most of all the side you fear, the fun side!" He leaned close to his ear. "The dark side~." Revan's eyes widened, then narrowed, he was getting to close. Discord appeared in front of them both, laughing. "Oh! I love that face, you shou-Acrhk!"

Discord became pale, his eyes bulged slightly as his breathing was cut off. Putting his claw and paw to his throat he looked down at Revan who was now glaring, holding up a hand towards him, like he was grabbing something, like his throat.

The shock did not last, even if Discord could feel the power Revan controlled, this was still his world. Discord smirked as he croaked out. "I don't thirgh-think, you wanh to doh, that."

"Why?" Revan snapped, but then the horror sat in. Had he really let himself been lured into this? More over, he could sense Celestia's eyes on him. He was horrified by himself and he quickly let Discord go, taking  a step back as if to distance himself from the action, but it was to late.

He looked to Celestia who looked on him in shock and even, fear.

No..

As if hearing his thought, Discord cheered. "Yes! And now, Jedi Knight, I know what you fear the most." Revan looked to him. "I know what keeps you back, what you fear of becoming." Snapping his paw they suddenly stood in a great hall, a massive hall which Celestia had never seen. Huge pillars and a massive walkway stretched across the middle of it, given a view over the entire room.

Celestia knew not of this place, but Revan did, it was the Jedi Temple.



Revan took only a moment to look around before glaring at Discord. He wanted to yell at him, but the Draconequus simply raised a claw. He started to float around and Revan saw a dark mass building from the end of the hallway while Discord simply started to sing. "Fear leads to anger!" The mass started to collect and take shape. "Anger leads to hate!" Revan knew what the creature was, it was the thing a Jedi had to battle, had to reject and fight. He was failing as a Jedi, failing as a protector.

Horrified Revan turned to Celestia. "Celestia, run!"

Discord smirked as he finished. "Hate, leads to suffering." He flicked his claw.

Revan hardly got to turn around as the shadow of himself leaped forward with such speed he didn't have the time to react. He felt it push him with the force, sending him flying down the walkway and towards the floor beneath it.

"Revan!"

Moving fast, Revan quickly flipped in the air, held his hand out towards the floor, which was rapidly speeding towards him, he used the force to slow himself down as much as possible. It only lasted a few seconds and it hardly saved him from the impact, but it did save his life. As soon as his feet touched the floor, he let himself drop and roll.

He tried to bite back the scream at the hard impact, but did not have time. Quickly standing he ignited his lightsaber, holding it up just in time to block other-Revan's crimson red lightsaber strike. The strike was strong as it used the momentum of other-Revan's descend to the floor.

Revan got down at one knee by the force, but he quickly recovered, turning and kicked the other-Revan's feet away from under him, causing him to fall. It only gave him just enough time to get up before his shadow Force pushed him back, this time however, Revan let himself.

Moving within the force push, Revan tossed his Jedi robe to the side and managed to get himself into a better stance. Almost instantly, his shadow was at him again, swinging the red lightsaber, his style was wild, almost chaotic. 

Revan was being pushed, doing his best to block every blow his double tried to land. Their lightsaber moved and clashed in a spectacular show of skills. Revan knew he could not keep this up if he did not started to go on the offensive, but his shadow did not give him the space to breath.

They kept moving back, his shadow relentless in his attacks. Celestia watched with horror from the walkway, she could see even from here this was a battle Revan was going to loose if she didn't step in. Leaping from her spot, she spread her wings and sped towards the duel.

Other-Revan twirled around, first forcing Revan's blade away, then using the momentum to kick his chest. Stumbling back he quickly put his blade up to block yet another blow, he steeled himself for it. Just as it was about to land, a blast of Celestia's magic sent the shadow flying several meters and crash into one of the pillars.

Landing right next to Revan she kept her eyes locked on the shadow. "Revan, this thing came from you, you cannot let it get the best of you."

Revan panted, even though it was a short battle, it was very intense and wild, more so over because he had never been in a real lightsaber duel before. "Celestia.. It's..It's the dark side... He's.. He's to strong.."

She turned to him, almost glaring. "He is your fear! Your anger and hate! No one can control it but you, you must-ARHHHH!!"

A flash of dark purple lightning hit Celestia before the two of them could even react to it. It send Celestia sprawling across the floor.

"Celestia!"

Revan wanted to run to her, but he knew if he did, he would leave himself open and die. Quickly he raised his lightsaber, preparing for the duel to continue. The shadow however seem content with walking slowly towards him, grinning. "Pathetic." He snorted in disgust. "A new dimension, creatures with no knowledge of the Force and here you are, not even able to protect them. Failed Jedi!"

Tightening his grip on the hilt, Revan gritted his teeth. "You're not me creature!"

"Come now, we both know what we could be. We could take it all, we could be powerful, if only you would embrace it, embrace me!" Other-Revan made one powerful leap and closed the gap between the two in a matter of seconds. His blade came crashing down and Revan felt his knees buckle from the force of the blow.

Their blades pressed against one another, their wills battling as they pushed against one another. "You're pretender! A coward and a failure as a Jedi!" The shadow yelled. "You can't even protect the princess."

His words started to seep it's way into his heart and soul like poison, it dripped with the doubts and the fears Revan had carried with him since the purge. Revan felt his strength starting to fail him, getting lower and lower, almost so his knee touched the floor.

The shadow grinned as he stood over him more and more, his eyes glowing red and yellow. "Why do you keep fighting? If you can't be a Jedi, if you can't protect those you care about, if you can't beat me, then why go on? Why don't you give up!?"

His knee touched the floor, his back bent, he was failing.

No.. I can't protect them, I can't keep them safe..

Suddenly Celestia's voice echoed in the large hall. "Because he is not alone! Because he has friends that will always stand with him!"

The shadow sighed, waving his hand with ease and Revan felt the force push him to the side. "Oh really?" Other-Revan chuckled and fixed his glowing gaze on the princess as she tried to stand. "Friendship, magic. My power dwarf yours princess.. You think he has friends?" He smirked and started to walk towards her. "All of his friends are dead and you've known him for less than a week, are you really ready to risk your life and proclaim yourself his friend?"

Even though her body still screamed in pain and her legs shook beneath her, she managed to stand up and stare down the shadow. "Yes.. Because that is what friends do.."

The shadow stopped right in front of her. "Well then, let's put that to the test then shall we?" He raised his lightsaber, ready to strike down the Alicorn where she stood. Celestia didn't flinch, she had faith. Just as the blade was about to swing down at her, the shadow felt the Force pull at his arm. "What?!" 

Celestia smirked looking up at the blade and then back at the shadow. "I told you.."

The dark creature looked back and in his shock he saw Revan stand up, glaring at him, his arm outstretched as he kept the shadow's arm in place with the Force. "You, can't hurt her.." He pulled, forcing the shadow to turn around and face him. "I will not let you, shadow!" Revan took a step towards him.

"You can't beat me! You can't fight and win! Not against me!"

Revan nodded, but still he kept walking towards the shadow. "True, I can't beat you.." The shadows eyes widened as he felt his body starting to get pulled towards Revan. "You're a part of me and you will always be there.. But I choose my own path, I walk the light." The gap started to close as the shadow moved towards him with increased speed. "That with Celestia and the bonds I will forge, I will forever be able to reject you, I will forever be a Jedi Knight!" Their bodies collided and in a great blinding flash of light, the shadow vanished into Revan.

Celestia shielded her eyes with her wing, but she couldn't help smirking. He had done it, he had beat his own fears and thus, Discord's plan. Wen the light settled she saw Revan stand alone, taking deep breaths as he centered himself. As he started to limp towards her, she let herself lie down, exhausted and finally at ease.

Revan walked over, standing beside her and let his body slide down against the pillar and next to her. Both of them simply let the calm move over them, letting themselves simply relax. It was quickly interrupted though when Discord suddenly popped into existence in front of them.

"No! Not fair!" He said angrily and crossed his arms. "I had all this planned out, all ready to let you be corrupted so I could enter your deepest parts of your mind!"

Revan smirked, even though he was to tired to laugh, he let out a few chuckles. "You won't ever, unlock the secrets Discord and I won't ever share what I know with you.." He glanced at Celestia. "I think you have a term, what was, oh yes." He turned to look at the pouting Draconequus. "Go buck yourself."

Celestia bit her lip, but still a small laugh escaped. Discord however looked angry beyond belief, though weather it was because Revan insulted him or that Celestia was laughing at him, he could not tell.

He stomped his foot down. "You two are forgetting you are still trapped here! My game is not done just yet!"

Celestia shook her head. "You are forgetting we are the least of your problems Discord. The elements of Harmony will defeat you."

Discord snorted. "Right, last time I saw them, they were splitting up their little group." He smirked. "No matter the outcome in here, i still win out there. So-." A small alarm clock appeared beside the Draconequus and rang. "Ergh, what now!" The clock vanished into a puff of smoke and Celestia smirked. "Don't look so smug Celestia, it doesn't suit you." He growled. "Fine, I will finish off the pests and then I will be back to deal with you!"

And with a poof! He was gone.

Letting out a sigh of relief Celestia moved her head to Revan's lap and relaxed. Revan didn't stop her, he simply placed a hand on her mane and stroked her. "You still think Twilight and her friends will beat him..?" Revan asked.

"I do, Twilight has formed some very strong bonds, just like you will.. I have faith in her and I know we will soon be free.."

Revan nodded at her words, feeling himself relax. After a few minutes he closed his eyes and so had Celestia, enjoying the rest they had earned. "Celestia.."

"Mmm?"

"Thank you.. What you said, you saved me.. Even when I didn't believe I couldn't save you.." He sighed.

Celestia smiled softly. "Sometimes it takes a friend to show us the way.." She lifted her head and and they both looked at one another. "I think you can do great things in Equestria, I think you have a lot you can teach us, just I think we have a lot to teach you."

Revan smiled. "I think you're right.. The Jedi believe that strong attachments lead to the dark side, leads to fear of loosing them.. Though I understand now it is those attachments that can also pull us back into the light.."

As Celestia smiled she noticed the Temple around them started to fade and she couldn't help, but let out a chuckle. "And so it seems my student succeeded."

"It seems so.." Revan smiled.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Revan did not know what happened after they returned to the real world, he had passed out right after they came back. Though the scars of battle had left no real wounds or injuries, the impact of their journey had been very real.

He did not know how much time that had passed when he finally opened his eyes, but when he did, he was was faced with a beautiful sunset and the gentle wind that moved through the open window. He was in a hospital bed, still in the palace judging by the design of the walls, though not the same room as last time.

"Good morning." A soft voice said.

Revan turned his head and saw Celestia standing not far from him, giving him a warm smile. Revan returned the smile and sighed. "We got to stop meeting like this.."

She giggled and moved her way closer to the bed. "I'm glad to see you're alright. I was worried for a second, but thankfully it was simple exhaustion."

"How long have I been out?"

"Only a day."

Revan nodded and sat up. "How about you? Are you okay?"

Celestia nodded, sitting down on the chair beside the bed. "Yes, thankfully the injuries we sustained in that world vanished along with Discord."

"So your student and her friends did it.. She saved the kingdom and us."

Celestia nodded once again. "That she did, but you saved me Revan, you defended me."

"No, you were the one who saved me.." He frowned and looked down. "I nearly let my fear get the best of me, I nearly let Discord get what he wanted and then who knows what would have happened."

"We saved each other, and I would never have been able to if you hadn't defended me." She smirked. "So let us call it even." Her expression became soft as she placed a hoof on his hand. "Revan, what you faced, it is not easy. Even if I helped you, it was your will that ultimately banished your shadow, ultimately it was your fight to win and only you who could have won it. I think your master would have been proud, along with any Jedi."

Revan looked at her, feeling his eyes watering a little, though he quickly wiped them away. She was right, he knew in his heart this was what his master would have wanted, this was what the Jedi did and he knew beyond any doubt, he was a Jedi.

"Thank you.."

Celestia nodded to him a third time and smiled. "It is me that thanks you.." She leaned in and they shared a nice warm hug. At first Revan was surprised, but he quickly put his arms around her and smiled satisfied.

He was not sure how long it lasted, but apparently long enough for a certain Alicorn to get impatient. "Ahem." Celestia's eyes opened wide and she quickly stepped back and turned to face her sister.

"Oh! L-Luna, well, we didn't hear you come in." She said, feeling her face redden.

Luna rolled her eyes with a small smile. "That's quite evident, Celly." She trotted closer to them. "Now I believe we should go over the ceremony." She turned to look at Revan. "Master Revan, we wanted to know the proper way to knight you. I'm sure the Jedi have some tradition on how to do it, yes? We would like to honor that."

Revan raised and eyebrow and looked at Celestia. She quickly turned to him. "Revan, even though you haven't given me your answer. I think this is how you can best help us and yourself, I think this is what you are meant for in our world."

He took a moment to think, but then he finally smiled and nodded. "I accept." He then looked to Luna. "We do have a way to get knighted, it is simple, but important to us."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Revan stood still, all around him ponies had gathered, nobles and commoners alike. A lot of guards had been lined up, acting as an honor guard for him as Celestia and Luna sat on their thrones smiling down at him. The elements were invited and they all seem pretty excited about this as well.

When Celestia raised a hoof, the whole throne room got quiet. She then gestured to the foot of their throne. "Step forward."

Revan took a few steps and knelt down, bowing his head low before the princesses. A beautiful sword, held up by the magic of both Celestia and Luna, floated down towards him. The silver blade gently tapped his right shoulder and Celestia began.

"Revan Blake, by our decree."

The sword moved from his right shoulder to his left and Luna continued.

"By the will of the Force."

The sword moved back to the right shoulder and both sisters spoke in unison.

"Dub thee we do, Jedi, Knight of Equestria."
> Chapter 5: The Force Awakens
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


"Greetings, I'm Master Revan Blake, Jedi knight and currently the only living Jedi in this new world. I've decided to start recording these reports in order to keep a record of my life as a Jedi here in Equestria. It's a daunting task, but it's in case of my death, or simply to preserve history for future generations."

"I've been in Equestria for three months now , Princess Celestia and Princess Luna have done what they can to make my stay as comfortable as possible. I spend most days studying in the palace library, learning about Equestrian culture, history, philosophy, magic and so on. Three months however is hardly enough time to learn everything, but I am getting a basic understanding of their world."

"Twilight Sparkle has been a big help, we have a common passion for knowledge and books. When I told her I wanted to be a historian in the Jedi Archives before the war, she squealed in delight and jumped all around like her friend, Pinkie Pie. I'll say we have become good friends during our long conversations, she has also been a great help during my study sessions and helped me find the right books to read."

"Unfortunately she had to return to a village called Ponyville, but we still write letters to one another. The last one she wrote to me she asked me to come and see Ponyville myself. She also implied that we would spend a great deal of time in her library, but I know princess Celestia would want me to see it all, and I would have to agree. I have already replied, telling her I will arrive tomorrow morning with train."

"As for my life here in the palace, with me being officially knighted the guards salute me and give me access to any part of the palace I want. Though as a Jedi I should not have that kind of power and so I restrict myself to certain parts of the palace until i'm invited to other places."

"My duties are not many as of yet, mostly because I wish to understand this world better before I go on missions, if I will ever get any. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna has allowed me to observe day and night court, the more I can learn from them and their subjects the better."

"The ponies are by nature very kind creatures, seeming to value friendship and kindness. Though as always, there is exceptions. The nobility is a fine example of a mixed bag. Most of them are, polite, though most seem to enjoy raising themselves above the common pony and they seem to take any opportunity when the royal sisters are in the same room as them, to gain favor with them. Just being near them, talking to them for five minutes or even two, seems to raise their status."

"I am guessing that's why they are so confused over my status. I'm a Jedi knight, which they think means i'm a common guard. Some even treats me as such, until they see me stand close to the princesses and talking to them for more than five minutes, then it is suddenly, my lord, or sir knight. It makes me uncomfortable as their emotions are easy to read. Thankfully, with a little subtle reminder from Celestia and Luna, they have just started to call me master Jedi."

"In conclusion, I still have much to learn of this new world, but I am confident and trust in the Force. I will tell more during my next report. End recording."


R6 ended the recording as instructed while Revan stood up from his seat. The little droid beeped and clicked in place and Revan nodded in responds. "Yes R6, you're coming too." He chuckled and moved over to a large desk.

The princesses had been so kind to give him the north tower as his home and study. It had become his base of operations and work space, he was grateful, though he was not used to this kind of attention, it was not like he was someone as important as master Yoda. Then again, he was the only Jedi in this world, then in some ways he was the founder and therefore the grand master of the Jedi order in Equestria.

That was the only thing that coursed him concern these days, even though he was only a single Jedi, he did not feel worthy of being a Jedi master, he had only become a knight a month before order 66. Still, this was no time for doubts, he had friends that would support him and guide him if he needed it, and so he would keep moving forward.

The door opened and both Revan and R6 turned to face whoever had entered his tower. It was a pleasant surprise to see Celestia standing there with her usual warm smile. "Good, I was afraid you had left already."

"Celestia, good morning, is something the matter?" 

She shook her head as she approached him. "Not at all, I simply came to wish you safe travels and I hope you will enjoy your stay in Ponyville."

Revan smiled. "Thank you, i'm sure I will find it most interesting."

"Master." Jester walked into the room. "I hate to interrupt you, but are you still intending to visit this Ponyville? Because if I remember correctly you'll need to take the train, which runs on a schedule. Please tell me you haven't lost your sense of timing."

"Yes Jester, I know, we are going."

"Oh good, I would hate to try an kill you in your sleep to make sure you haven't gotten weak as well. I shall remain here and keep working on poor Huyang."

Revan smirked and nodded. "Good, we will be back in a few days." He turned to the princess who nodded to him.  Traveling with a single sack of spare clothes and some basic gear, Revan was taken to the train station of Canterlot. 


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


It was not often Rainbow Dash got angry, well really angry anyway, but Twilight had for the past few days gone on and on about Revan coming to Ponyville. Twilight was the most learned mare Rainbow Dash knew, but lately she had only talked about Revan, talked about all the things she learned and could learn. Honestly, how interesting could he be?

Now it was not to say she didn't like Revan or anything, but there was only so many times she could listen to another letter he had written Twilight. She was not really sure why this bothered her so much other than Twilight kept talking or mentioning him. At the human was coming here today, so hopefully that would make her calm down and satisfy her curiosity for some time.

Looking up at the sun, she figured he would be arriving in an hour, so she had time to just fly and be herself before they had to go meet him. Jumping from her cloud, she spread her wings and sore through the sky, picking up speed with each flap of her wings.

She was high up and the wind felt so nice as it ran through her fur and wings, this was freedom, ultimate freedom. Closing her eyes, she let herself simply relax, trusting the wind and of course in her awesome abilities.

Suddenly something within her set off alarm bells, it went by so fast, but it was like she saw something, somepony crashing into her. It lasted only a fraction of a second, but when she opened her eyes she quickly took evasive action, she was not sure why, she just felt like she needed to.

Just as she did a grey mailmare sped past her. "Soooorryy!!" She called as she sped down towards Ponyville.

Rainbow looked after her, then let out a long whistle. "Whew, that could have been a nasty crash." Though as she hovered there, she started to think: 'What was that just now? It was like i saw her coming before she was even there.. Should I tell Twilight? Or is it just because i'm..' 

She smiled. "Because i'm awesome!" Yes, of course that had to be it, she was just getting better at flying, if that was even possible! That was all! Looking up at the sun, she could see it was almost time. "Better get going.." She sighed and made a backflip and then turned towards Ponyville.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The train slowly came to a stop, the steam poured out from the engine and ponies came closer to receive whatever visitors they were expecting. Twilight herself felt all giddy while Pinkie Pie held up a sign with Revan's full name printed on with big pink letters and glitter.

They were not all here, in fact, only Twilight was supposed to pick him up and then they would all meet up later, Pinkie Pie had just insisted to come. Twilight didn't mind as she hoped Revan would become good friend's with the girl's just like she had. In some ways she could identify with Revan, so hopefully they could make just as big an impact on him as they had on her.

"Where is he?" Twilight asked and looked around at the platform, trying to spot him, which should be easy since he was on the only human in Equestria.

"There he is!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed chirpily  as she pointed with a hoof.

Revan got down from the train wagon, followed closely by R6 who had been the wonder and entertainment for many of the colts and fillies who also rode the train. Twilight smiled and waved a hoof. "Revan, over here!"

He looked over and smiled as he saw Twilight and Pinkie Pie. The two mares trotted over to him, both happy to see him again. "Welcome to Ponyville, did you have a nice trip?"

"I did, R6 enjoyed being the center of attention during the whole trip." The little droid squealed in delight, beeping and booping as it moved back and forth. "The colts and fillies that came along were all interested in her and she was more than happy to show off."

Twilight let out a giggle. "Well I can understand why. But come on, we're all meeting at Sugarcube Corner."

"That's where I live and work!" Pinkie Pie jumped into the arms of Revan, hugging him tightly. "It's good to see you again!"

Revan stumbled back, but managed not to stumble. If there was one thing he had learned during his stay here it was ponies are very, physical. He had to get used to that however. "It's good to see you Pinkie Pie, how have you been?"

"Oh!" She gave him one final tight hug be fore she leaped off and started to bounce around him. "I've been just swell! I'm looking to bake Jedi cakes, but I don't know what kind of frosting to use so i'm asking Twilight, but Twilight says-."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


MEANWHILE!

Rainbow Dash landed in front of Surgarcube Corner, still feeling kind of badass for for the epic dodge she did earlier. "Just wait until i tell the others about it, they are gonna be so amazed!" She almost bucked the door open in excitement and Mrs Cake sent her a stern look. "Ehe, sorry Mrs Cake!" She said with a sheepish smile.

Applejack smirked as she waved at Rainbow. "Well finally ya show up. get ya flank over here sugarcube!"

Rainbow smiled and hurried over to her friends. "Hey guys!" She greeted in her usual raspy voice before she made herself comfortable.

"Good to see you made it darling." Rarity said. "Twilight and Pinkie should be here soon."

Fluttershy nodded. "I hope he got here alright.." 

The four mares started to chat a little, for a moment Rainbow Dash considered telling them about what happened not long ago, but she rather wait until they were all gathered, they all deserved to hear about her awesome feat of evasion.

Suddenly she felt strange, it was like someone stood right behind her, Revan? She turned to look. "Look like they're here, uhm.." When she looked back at the door no one was there.

"Who's here?" Applejack answer, but right then the door went up and in walked Twilight along with Pinkie Pie and Revan. "Oh? Did you see them through a window?" Applejack asked, not sounding convinced of her own theory.

Rainbow Dash frowned. "No I..uhm.." What did she just do, it was like she felt them coming in, at least Revan, it was like she could feel him, like she could hear or feel a great waterfall even if not standing below it.

"Hm?" Revan looked over at the table, more specifically directly at Rainbow Dash. She quickly turned away once their eyes met.

"Something the matter Revan?" Twilight voice cut in.

"Oh, uhm, no Twilight, just thought I.. No, sorry, i just wondered if Spike is gonna be okay with R6 back at the library." He replied and started to walk towards the table.

Twilight giggled. "It should be fun, ever since R6 showed him that amazing hologram chess thing, he has been aching for a rematch."

Making their way to the table, everypony seemed excited to meet Revan again. Rainbow Dash however felt, strange, weird. As her friends talked with the human it was like she was bombarded with a lot of emotions, impressions. She didn't know how to describe it.

"Rainbow Dash?"

"Huh? What?" Rainbow felt everything return to her, to normal that is.

Pinkie smirked. "What's the matter Dashie? Did you hit your head? Or are you staring at Revan?"

The table had gone quiet, all staring at Rainbow who blushed. "What?! Of course not!" She yelled, she really wasn't, but had she been staring?

"Rainbow Dash, are you alright dear?" Rarity asked and tilted her head.

"Yeah! I'm fine, just a little tired after my stunt training." She replied and held up her hooves as if trying to show of muscle.

Revan smiled. "Twilight told me you want to become a Wonderbolt, must mean you are training hard."

"Exactly." She smiled proudly, some of her bravado returning. "I'm the best flyer around, I'll be a Wonderbolt in no time, i'm sure of it!"

"Well, I like your spirit." He said honestly. "But watch out, overconfidence can backfire."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Rainbow glared a bit, not liking what he was insinuating.

"Nothing bad, you have spirit, and you're willing to work hard to reach your dreams. I'm simply saying, it is often overconfidence and sometimes rushing things that will kill the dreams before they are reached."

Rainbow didn't like what he was saying, who the buck did he think he was? Coming here and giving her a lecture. So what if he was some big fancy knight where ever he came from? That didn't give the right to come here and suggest she was...Was... Well she was kind of hot headed sometimes, even rash, but still.. Her ears flattened.

"Rainbow Dash, I did not mean you were like that. I have just seen others like you become overconfident and see it ruin their dreams, it is a hard thing to be mindful of, but it is none the less a quality we all have." He said and his words did calm her some.

Twilight quickly redirected the conversation, making sure to calm whatever tensions that might have been. Rainbow tried to listen, but like before, the impressions and whispers seemed to come back, it was making her heart go fast, making it hard to focus on what was real and what was simply coming from within.

It was kind of like being super focused and yet super spaced out, at least that is how she would explain it. The others chatting became more and more background noise and the feelings, impressions even bordering on hearing actual thoughts. It all just became louder and louder. It did not carry sound per say, but it was like she was hearing more and more, sensing more and more, it was like a great river expanding from her and reaching to every corner of the cafe.

Her eyes started to dart around, the whole world around her felt like it was spinning or like she was going to faint. "...Please..stop..." she whispered, bringing her hooves to her ears. No one seemed to notice, but she suddenly felt Revan's attention on her. She did not need to look, but she felt his eyes on her, his focus, his aura, she didn't like it, not at all.

"Just be..." She whispered again, almost pleading to the world around her.

"Rainbow."

"SHUT UP!" 

She screamed and slammed her hooves to the table closing her eyes tight, she just wished for everything to stop. For now, it did, but she had a feeling something was wrong. Slowly opening her eyes again she saw her friends all had moved back, looking at her with shock. Revan however was on his knee beside her, his large hand on her shoulder. He did not looked shocked, only sympathetic.

However, she did not understand why her friend looked so shocked, sure she had might yelled, but... Her eyes widened, the whole interior of Sugarcube Corner looked like it had been ransacked or robbed. Every table, chair, plate or utensil were scattered all around them, what shocked her the most was it looked like some great force had pushed them away from a single spot in the room, her spot.

Other customers were hiding behind tables or int heir booths, even Mrs Cake and Mr Cake were hiding behind the counter where the glass had shattered. Most of all, every pony looked at her with shock, her friends also had concern. Her eyes watered, she did this, but how? It wasn't like she meant to or she wanted to, it was just....

She felt Revan's large hand gently giving her a squeeze, she didn't know the human like Twilight, but she appreciated it, it was keeping her grounded and in the here and now. However her heart still pounded fast, she needed air, she needed to get out of here.

She moved off the chair and started to walk away, but her legs felt like jello and she could feel the room spin around her. "I'm.. I'm sorry. I need, I need to... To..."

Revan's hand touched her head and she fell into his open arms. 

"Rainbow!" 

The five mares hurried over to her. "What did you do to her?!" Applejack asked as her eyes had tears in them.

"Easy, I only put her to sleep, she needs it. If I hadn't she would have likely collapsed and likely had a restless sleep. This way her mind will be in a sort of trance, helping her to rest fully.." He lifted her up in both arms, looking at Twilight. "Can we go to your place and let her sleep there?"

Twilight nodded and wiped her eyes. "Of course, this way!"


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Celestia's sun had lowered, leaving Luna's dark night to gently sweep over Ponyville. "Mmm... My head.." Rainbow Dash felt herself slowly come around, slowly opening her eyes as she realized she was in a bed. "Wha..?" She was just about to get up when she heard voices. Took her a few seconds, but as her eyes focused to the dim light she realized she was in Twilight's bed in the library. 

She heard the quiet voices and as she realized they had to be speaking about her, she made sure not to make any sound. "I don't get it.." Twilight said. "When I first learned about the Force I spend days researching, but we have never had anypony displaying such abilities. How can Rainbow Dash suddenly tap into that power?"

Rainbow felt her chest tighten, what was she talking about? "I don't know Twilight, and to be honest, I'm not even sure what we're dealing with here. I have a theory, but I rather keep it to myself until I can get back to my records." He let out a sigh and she could hear him move around the library. "One thing I do know. What she used, it was the Force. I felt it when I entered Sugarcube Corner, I just couldn't believe it until I felt her struggling.. I have never heard about any of this happening.."

There was a moment of silence, but after a minute Fluttershy asked the question Rainbow herself had been dying to ask. "So what happens now?"

"To be honest, I don't know." Revan replied. "If Rainbow Dash can suddenly become Force sensitive, then what about other ponies? Or was she already sensitive, but the Force here was, unfocused on your world.. I can't be sure, the only thing I do know is that, Rainbow Dash needs help." There was another moment of silence. "Normally an individual would not be a danger to others if they never discover they are force sensitive. They have better reflexes, things that help them, but nothing that will make them suspect the Force or be a danger to others. This however.. I'm not sure how to describe it. It felt like a dam breaking open, what I felt must have been very stressful to her mind.. This is all new to her, and she needs to be trained, learn how to control it. Otherwise I fear she will be a danger to herself, and to others..."

Suddenly something beeping and booping broke the silence that had once again filled the library. She heard Revan speak again. "Ah, good.. Put the princess through R6." 

Rainbow heard a weird humming noise and suddenly a sort of blue light gently glowed in the already dim light.

"Master Revan."

No way, was that the princess?! Was she here?! No, her voice sounded, like it was being filtered, like she was speaking through something, but from her vantage point, she could hardly see what was going on.

"Princess Celestia." Revan greeted. "Thank you for responding with such short notice."

"Not at all, I must admit I was confused when Jester approached me. He said you needed to speak with me urgently, I had no idea it would be through, whatever this is."

"Holonet your majesty, but that is for later." Rainbow could just imagine if something impressed and intrigued Celestia, then surely Twilight was on the breaking point of firing off a million questions by now, she however remained silent. "I needed to inform you that I have come to believe that the element of loyalty, Rainbow Dash, is Force sensitive.."

There was a short pause, Celestia was probably looking as shocked as her friends were back at Sugarcube Corner.

"How can that be? I have never known of anypony ever possessing the Force."

"Yes, Twilight said the same. However, she does. She lashed out today, not by intend, but the raw power simply broke through her. She managed to send several chairs and tables flying, not to mention breaking windows and glasses, if I had not intervened several Ponies would have been flung around as well."

She felt a pang of guilt, was that what happened? In full?

"Most troubling.. I know not what to suggest, the Force is a mystery to me, but not to you. As the official Jedi I would like to know what you think should be done."

Another short pause, but when Revan spoke again he did not sound unsure about his advice.

"I believe Rainbow Dash and her friends should accompany me back to Canterlot. I would not advice going by train, Rainbow do not want to hurt anypony, I want to stress that, but right now she has no control. Her friends coming along will help her stay calm and not feel isolated. When we get back, i'll see to helping her the best I can. Though, the Force is strong in her, I cannot cut her off from it, for now I will show her simple control, but what happens after, I cannot say."

Once again the room fell silent, and Rainbow could feel herself holding her breath. After what seemed like a minute she could hear Celestia sigh.

"I shall send my carriages to pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Thank you princess, we will see you tomorrow."

The small humming sound and the blue light vanished. 

"What's supposed to happen now?" Applejack asked.

"Will she be okay?" Fluttershy added.

Revan let out a sigh. "The best you can do girls is to be there for Rainbow Dash. I won't lie to you or to her, the path ahead of her is gonna be hard. And she will need your help to see it through. Honestly, I do not yet know the best way to handle this, I only know I won't leave her without help."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Revan exited the library, taking in some fresh air as he looked to Luna's star filled sky. There was so much he didn't understand, he was hardly sure about what to do or how to handle this. He only knew Rainbow Dash was hurting, she needed his help if she was ever going to live a normal life.

However, he knew, there was no way for her to live a normal life, not anymore. The best thing he could do was to help her, to trust in the Force and help her and guide the path that laid ahead for them both. Closing his eyes for a minute, he sensed Rainbow, he sensed her inner turmoil. 

He had become aware of it when they spoke, he knew she had woken up, she had heard him speak to Celestia. He did not blame her for being scared, for being confused and feeling so alone right now. She was not alone however, she had her friends and him.

Whatever waited for them ahead, he knew they would face it, together.
> Chapter 6: Student of the Force
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Years before.

"Come on Revan, aren't you the least bit excited?" Leiella smirked as her and Revan walked through the Temple.

Revan smiled as he looked at his female Twi'lek friend. Both of them were at the age of 14, almost 15, and both knowing full well they would be assigned a master soon, going from the rank of Youngling to Padawan.

"I guess.." Revan responded. "I'm just, nervous, that's all.."

The Twi'lek snorted. "Of what? You're a pretty decent lightsaber duelist and you study harder than most in our clan, i'm sure you're gonna get a powerful master. Like Ahsoka!"

It was true, Ahsoka Tano had gotten one of their most famous Jedi Knight's as a master, Anakin Skywalker. They were not from the same clan or anything, but Ahsoka had always been strong and clever, she was also a very kind friend, Revan already missed her to be honest.

"I don't think so.." Revan mumbled with an embarrassed smile. "I wouldn't mind being the padawan of master Jocasta."

Leiella frowned, typical Revan of wanting to be surrounded by datapads, holocrons and ancient tomes. "Are you serious? All the others are talking about adventure and you're talking about, reading? The archives no less, you'll be stuck there forever, grow old in a week or two."

Revan couldn't help but laugh. "It's not like it's gonna happen anyway.. I will need to go out on missions.." He frowned a bit. "And with the war, we will probably not get to be here a lot.." Revan sighed as he noticed the time. "Sith spit.. We better hurry, the competition starts soon."

Leiella smirked. "Race you!" And with that, she ran off.

"Hey! Wait!"


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Rainbow Dash flinched, she felt something warm hit her, not anything physical, she just felt warm. Her eyes got irritated and soon enough she realized it was the sun's rays hitting her in the face. 'The sun, must mean it's morning, and that means that I..' She remembered what happened last night, she remembered her waking up in the library and hearing what Revan said, which meant!

Opening her eyes she quickly sat up, only to find most of her friends asleep around the library, sleeping on madrases and so on. "Glad to see you awake." She heard Revan's voice and she looked to the corner near the bed. There he was, sitting relaxed, but still with a vigilant and yet concerned look. "How are you feeling..?"

She took a moment to process the question, but after taking a deep breath and letting it out she replied. "Horrible.." She admitted, wondering what to say next.

"You heard what we said yesterday evening." It was not as much a question, more of a statement, one she could only nod to. "It's okay, we did not mean to keep it a secret from you."

"So, it's true then? With me, having the Force..?" She asked looking down at her blue hooves.

Revan nodded. "It is, i'm not sure how it happened, but it has and we need to deal with it." Rainbow could hardly argue with that, if what Revan said was true, she could have hurt her friends yesterday, but what did this mean for her now. "So what now? We go to Canterlot and you train me to become a Jedi?"

Revan let out a small chuckle. "Let us just focus on helping you to gain control of your abilities. What happens afterwards is up to you."

"So what does that mean? Does it mean I get to go home and continue flying?" She asked hopeful.

Now he was frowning. "Rainbow, I can't tell you that will happen, because I simply have no idea. I'll teach you control, but I don't know how long it will take for you to get that. To be a Jedi is a life long journey, it is not as simple as simply being Force Sensitive. If you wanted to be a knight, then we could talk about that, but you have your own dreams and goals, yes?"

Rainbow quickly nodded. "Yeah, becoming a Wonderbolt!"

"Exactly, so how about we take things easy for now." Revan reassured her. Rainbow nodded a little, thankful her life, dreams and plans were not over, however, she was nervous about maybe having to stay in Canterlot for an unknown period of time.

"Rainbow..?" Some of the other girls started to mumble as they stood up. When they realized their friend was indeed awake they all leaped up and hurried over to her. "Rainbow! We're so glad you're awake, are you okay??" 

Revan knew he was not unwelcome, but, the girls had a special bond, and he would just be one to many right now. Smiling to himself he walked outside, enjoying the morning sun and the quiet of Ponyville. It sort of felt like the quiet before a storm.	

It did not last long however as he spotted two carriages being flown by several of Celestia's solar guards. They were flown/dragged by the pegasi guards, so getting back to Canterlot was gonna be easy and fast. Once they landed one of them unhooked herself from the carriage and walked over. "Master Revan." She saluted. "Sargent Clover Field, here to escort you and the elements back to the palace, sir!"

It felt weird being saluted again, not to mention being called sir. It had taken him a while to get used to it when the clones did it, but he imagined like then, it would pass in time. He put his arms inside the big sleeves of his brown robe and nodded. "Yes, please wait, they have just woken up. We shall be with you shortly."

"Sir!"


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


It did not take long to get everypony ready, they all had to divide into the two carriages. Rainbow Dash, Revan, Fluttershy, R6 and Twilight in one and the rest in the other. Rarity had made Sweetie Belle go to the Apple family farm the night before, so she was not worried about leaving the town.

Soon enough they were in the air and heading towards Canterlot. The first few minutes were silent, with Revan on one side and three mares on the other. Rainbow Dash simply looked out the window, trying to make to sense of the world around her. Revan could hardly blame her, right now, so much of her future was unclear.

He himself had no idea where to start with all of this, and was even more unclear was this meant for the creatures of this world as a whole. This wasn't the Republic, he had no Jedi order behind him, which meant if he did want to create an entire new order here in Equestria, he would have to make some major changes.

This was a single planet, not an entire galaxy of different systems. Even so, he had no idea how to do it. Younglings, padawans, he was just one man, one Jedi. It meant he needed a way to handle all of his students, then..

'Guess I shouldn't think like this, I don't even fully understand what i'm dealing with. Not only that, but i can't focus on the future, I need to stay focused on the here and now where I am needed.'

He glanced at Rainbow Dash, she hadn't moved a muscle. She was not thinking the same things he was, but she was worried about what was going to happen to her. She likely feared never being able to join the Wonderbolts, which, as he understood it, was her life long dream.

It was an understandable fear, but he was sure she did not wish to become a Jedi and simply wanted to learn how to control her powers and be done with it. Besides, he was not sure if she really was gonna be a good Jedi. Even though he didn't know her fully, he could tell she lacked patience, lacked discipline. She had spirit, that much was clear, she was willing to work hard, but could she maintain proper discipline? Could she learn to be patient?

Then again, he disobeyed his master a few times during his time as a padawan. If he were to train her as a Jedi, her failures would be a reflection of him as her master, he would need to teach her those things and guide her to become the Jedi she was meant to be. He let out a sigh again.

'And now i'm focusing on the past and future, great.'

The simple fact and the simple truth to all of this was, he needed to help Rainbow Dash.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The trip was short and fast when you flew across the landscape and skipped the stations the train had to stop at. Soon enough they landed in the courtyard and being escorted inside. During the entire trip, Revan could see Rainbow Dash felt uncomfortable, which was hardly a surprise.  Though she never seemed to dislike attention, she likely had a hard time of being the course of all of this fuss.

Her friends were very supportive, staying close to her as they traversed the hallways. Revan could only envy their bond, he was happy for them, sometimes he would feel quite alone and he wouldn't mind having his own support from his old friends.

Once again, Revan found himself enter the massive throne room, the large doors opened for them and they walked towards the thrones of the royal sisters. When they got close enough they all stopped, the ponies all bowed deeply and Revan did a typical polite and respectful Jedi bow.

Celestia was the first one to speak, probably because Luna looked very tired, but he could tell she was focused and took this matter very seriously. "Master Revan, Twilight, everypony, thank you all for coming and thank you for being here for Rainbow Dash. Rainbow, how are you feeling?" Celestia asked with a concerned look.

Rainbow Dash looked up, she moved her hoof a little on the floor, seeming nervous, which was unlike her. "I'm... Fine.." Celestia raised an eyebrow, which seemed to be enough to make her continue. "I've been better, but I feel better than what I did yesterday, I swear."

"We were informed by master Revan you displayed signs of being Force sensitive." Luna said and tilted her head. "Is this true?"

Rainbow shrugged. "I don't know, Revan is the Jedi, he would know.." 

Revan took the opportunity to speak. "Rainbow Dash did indeed show signs of this, more so than signs I would add. Of course, I have no idea if this was some sort of reaction from me or how it affects her body. I would like to do some tests and determine what we are dealing with. Besides, Rainbow Dash needs to learn how to control her powers, I would want to start her training as soon as possible." He glanced at Rainbow for a few seconds and she looked back at him with a nervous expression. 

"Then, if that is what you think is the best for Rainbow Dash, I shall allow her to become your student." Celestia said after a few moments of quiet.

Rainbow quickly looked up at her, she looked like she wanted to protest, she probably wanted to, but she said nothing. Letting out a sigh, she simply nodded and accepted this needed to be done, it was for the good of everypony and herself.

Revan nodded. "I shall make ready then." He turned to Rainbow Dash. "I shall come and find you later, for now you should go and eat with your friends." She didn't reply, still looking lost, she simply resigned herself to reply with a single nod. He returned his attention to the princesses and bowed. "If you will excuse me then." 

With that, he turned and left the hall with R6 following closely behind him. Rainbow's eyes remained on him as he left, trying to figure out how she should feel about all of this, to be honest , she had no idea.

Twilight and the others moved closer to her, smiling gently. "Come on Rainbow, let's get something to eat."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


As the girls ate, Celestia made her way to the Jedi tower, finding Revan looking through one of his, datapads, as he called them. "You are troubled." She said and slowly walked in.

Revan nodded with a sigh. "I am.. I have no idea what could have triggered this, I have never heard or encountered something like this before."

"But you have a theory?" 

"I do.." Revan scooted over on the bench as Celestia walked over and sat down beside him. "The Force has always been here, it's a part of life, though I think in your world it was in a sort of.. I don't know what to call it, a perfect balance. You have dark magic, but it didn't disturb the balance per say."

"Until you came." Celestia said, figuring out where he was heading.

He nodded. "Indeed, I think i somehow, by arriving here have created a shock, like rings in the water, the Force has reacted to me. I think Rainbow Dash won't be the last one to awaken to her powers, I think there will be others."

"Then how do we help them?"

"We had a blood test in my world, it tested for midi-chlorians, the test does not say anything with certainty other than in extreme cases, but, it will help find out who is the most risk for lashing out." He explained. "Though it is your decision."

Celestia sighed. "It's not easy, I understand why your order did the things you did, but I do not think your methods could work in my Kingdom." 

Revan shook his head. "Neither do I. For now however, we should focus on helping Rainbow Dash. I will do some tests and begin her training, what she decides to do after is up to her."

"And if she wishes to become a Jedi?" 

He frowned at this. Sure, Revan had thought about it, by the Force, he had been thinking about it all the way to Canterlot. Was it right for him to build an order here? What would he be exposing the ponies to, with creating the Jedi would he create enemies that would use the dark side? Having spend months here now, he had plenty of time to reflect and if there was one thing he had found out it was this, the Jedi had lost their way.

It was something that cut into him just by thinking about it, but it was true none the less. The Jedi had been so focused on destroying the dark side they had forgotten their origin, their true purpose, balance. One could not only have light, the Dark side was not evil per say, but it was a quick way to power, a tempting path, one that could lead to power. The ancient Jedi knew this, they did not seek out to destroy the dark side, but instead embraced both sides as brothers.

The code, the rules, everything would have to change and he was alone to do this in this world. The task was not easy and still he was not sure if he should even do it. He hardly believed he had the experience or wisdom to train a single padawan, let alone a whole temple full of them. Letting out a sigh, he simply shook his head.

"I.. I simply don't know.." He answered honestly. "I'm not sure I can even do what is needed, i'm hardly a master, I only am in this world because i'm the only one. She already has many negative habits, I fear I do not have the wisdom needed to teach her, I fear I would fail her as her master."

Celestia giggled a little, but when Revan looked at her curiously, she waved her hoof. "I did not mean to laugh at you, but your fears, it is something every teacher fears, to fail their student." She smiled at him. "Realizing you can be wrong and being mindful of your students needs is already a great start. I think you would make an excellent teacher." 

Revan looked to her, feeling grateful she was being such a good friend. She had the sense of wisdom, but still held plenty amount of a youthful spirit that enjoyed adventure and life. If there was anything he had learned during his stay here it was Celestia and Luna liked to prank one another, showing  their more fun loving and mischievous side.

"Thank you, Celestia."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Rainbow Dash sat in the middle of the room, Revan had picked her up about ten minutes ago, taking her to the Jedi tower and told her to sit down on the floor. Sitting right across from her, he crossed his legs and took a few deep breaths. The silence were annoying, why was he being so quiet? Shouldn't he train her!?

She felt herself become restless, annoyed, impatient. "You seem, restless." He said calmly.

"Well yeah, I don't like being here, I don't like what's going on and I don't like just sitting here when you are supposed to help me." She tried not to sound angry, but at the very least she came off as frustrated. Rainbow sighed, taking a deep breath and tried to calm down. "It's just.. Normally I know what I am doing, I know what my goal is. I understand flying, I don't understand.. This.." She said and gestured to nowhere in particular. "It's just to, strange and quiet.."

Revan tilted his head. "To quiet?"

"I rather be doing something, somewhere with ponies and activity." She sighed, tapping her hoof on the floor fast and lightly, like if she had trouble sitting still, which she probably had.

"Like flying?" He suggested.

Rainbow nodded. "Exactly! I guess it has been a while since I sat still for very long, guess I got used to just being active." 

That much was very clear, he could see her struggle, he could see her body yearning to be free in the air, use it's muscles and feel the wind rush through her feathers. Though it was as much a problem for her mind as it was for her body.

"How so?"

She groaned, why was he asking so much!? She was the one with all the questions after all! He was supposed to answer her! "Well flying is just the ultimate freedom, it's the best way to be active, it's fun and you feel the rush running through your body. It's relaxing in a way, like the gentle wind while you nap on a cloud."

Revan could see a pattern starting to emerge, she was rejecting the Force. She was not aware of it, but it was like she was swimming upstream instead of riding with it, probably a reflex.

"My master once showed me how to listen to the world around you. How all life there is connected, is bound to each other."

Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "Yeah well, I believe it when I see it."

"Well, how about I show you right now?" Revan chuckled a bit at her stubbornness, but he knew she wanted help and she just had a hard time of accepting all of this.

She hesitated, frowning a little, shifting around nervously. "It's not gonna hurt, is it?"

The question came from fear, fear of what happened in Sugarcube Corner. He simply shook his head though. "No, but it may help you put life, and all it's hopes, in perspective."

Rainbow Dash closed her eyes, taking a deep breath as she tried to hear whatever Revan wanted her to hear. She was not sure about what to do, but soon she could hear Revan's voice reaching out to her, guiding her like a light in the darkness.


Feel the currents here in Equestria, the ebb of life. A simple kindness can be given to another.


She frowned a bit, something was there, but his voice, it did not sound like it should. It was like someone was echoing his words from far away, a faint female voice that said the same maybe a micro second after him.


This is the Force. And all our choices, from the greatest to the smallest, affects each other. And the echoes travel.


She could feel it, feel the strings connecting life to one another, she could hear it, like a great beating heart, the life of the creatures of this world, the planet itself, it was so much, to much!


Awaken, Rainbow Dash.


Her eyes shut open, her head started to hurt, she whined, putting her hooves on her head.

"I can feel this... Planet... I can't shut it out, it's louder now.. It hurts! All these creatures!" She said feeling the power, the Force, it was all so much to handle at once!

Revan spoke again, still calmly, like she was not even in pain. "You can learn to shut it out. There are Jedi techniques for calming the mind." He hesitated, but like Rainbow, he too had felt a second voice, a voice he knew too well. Even now, it was like it spoke from within him, guiding the words from his heart to his mouth, so he continued. "I can train you, Rainbow. To become something greater and protect others."

This was not the plan, and he knew it, but it felt right. He saw how her breaths became calmer, her body relaxed and stopped being tense. She still panted a little, but she was calm, and she had a more determined look in her eyes as she gazed up upon him.

"That's what I want.. To protect my friends.. I want to... Help ponies and.." She became silent, looking away as she felt the tears build up in her eyes.

Revan could see her inner struggle, she knew what she was asking, he knew what he was offering and she knew full well if she accepted what this would mean. She would be giving up her dream, at the very least she would be giving up pursuing it for a very long time. Moreover, it meant she would need to leave Ponyville, she would need to stay, with him.

It was not an easy choice and it was not an offer he had counted on making today, if ever. Though something pulled at him from within, it was like it was the Force itself told him it's will. He had his doubts, his fears, but he knew one thing, he was meant to train Rainbow Dash, he was meant to show her the way of the Jedi.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The princesses and the remaining elements of harmony sat patiently in one of the palace salons. Drinking tea, waiting to hear any news about Rainbow's progress. It had only been an hour, but still, they were nervous, they were getting impatient and felt like they were waiting for the doctor to give them some sort of test result.

It was frustrating not being able to help their friend, they felt so powerless. Twilight had asked if she could watch whatever Revan was going to do, but he had told her no. He had explained what they were going to do was something that was deeply personal. She had been disappointed, but she understood this might be best for Rainbow.

So far, no one had said a word, nopony dared or nopony knew what to say. Finally Applejack groaned and got off the red soft couch. "Now this is ridiculous, it's not like she is dying!" She said and started pacing around the room. "There is no need for all of this doom and gloom, sweet Celestia, everything is gonna be fine!"

"Applejack.." Fluttershy said gently. "We're all worried about her.."

She looked back at Fluttershy, at first wanting to tell her off, but what was the point? She was right, of course she was. Applejack wiped away a tear and nodded. "Ah am sorry.." She finally said.

They all jumped a little when the doors finally opened and in stepped Revan, alone at first it seemed, but soon enough Rainbow followed, her ears low and she could hardly look at them. Quickly, everypony got up, but they kept their distance for now, wanting to give Rainbow the time she needed.

"Is everything alright?" Celestia asked, taking the lead.

Revan sighed, putting his arms within the large sleeves of his robe. "As you know, Rainbow Dash is Force sensitive, she is strong and.." He stopped, looking down at Rainbow to see if she wanted him to tell them or if she wanted to.

She sensed it, even without the Force. They both knew this was really her choice to make, it should be her who told them about her decision. Of course right now, she could still back out and there was nothing Revan could do about that! Not that he would... She understood that, she understood this was her choice to make and so she should be the one to break it to her friends.

Taking a deep breath, calming her heart, fighting back whatever tears she had in her eyes she looked up at them. "I've... I've decided to stay with Revan, to become a Jedi.."

This news took everypony by surprise, even Celestia and Luna, though Celestia was better at hiding this. They were all confused, shocked and sad. Applejack was the first to speak up. "Now just hold on a darn second, you've been in there with him for an hour, and then suddenly you go decide to stay with him!"

Rainbow looked at her, she was hurting, she was angry and she was sad, and she didn't blame her. The simple truth to it was there was no easy way to tell them this, there was no honey coated words that would make this hurt less. Rainbow felt her eyes watering up and even through Applejack's glare she could see the same tears welling up in her. "I'm.. Sorry... I don't know what to tell you.." That was a simple truth, she had no idea how to tell them what she felt, they would never understand.

It was not that they wouldn't try or didn't want to, but the sad fact was they could not touch the Force, they did not have that connection to it like she had now. What she felt, what she heard, what she saw, it all pushed her toward Revan and she knew in her heart she was doing what was needed. It was not how she wanted this, but it was what needed to happen.

"Ya sorry? That's it!? Ya just gonna stay here just like that and you can't even explain why?! We are you're bucking friends aren't we!?" By now all of them were crying, Applejack was probably the one most hurt and frustrated. Rainbow couldn't even look her in the eyes. "Fine.." Applejack scoffed. "I guess that is it then.. Good luck Jedi Dash.." She mumbled and walked past her, but as soon as she had she sped off in a full sprint.

Her friends now stepped closer, they were just as confused, but they understood, they did not understand why, but they understood Rainbow needed to do this, it was what she felt needed to happen. Twilight trotted up to her, giving her a tight hug. "Remember to write to us, okay?"

Rainbow's lip quivered and she hugged her back and simply nodded. "Mmhmm.." Rarity then trotted over and joined the hug.

"Please remember to behave, your're.." She sniffled. "In Canterlot now after all... Take care of yourself darling.." Rainbow let out a small laugh, but it was drowned in her sobs.

Pinkie came over next and the hug grew in size. "Remember to come and visit, I need to plan a knight party for you and..." She choked on her words a little. "And then we can eat cakes and laugh and have fun.."

Fluttershy was the last pony to come over, though she was crying, she also smiled as she joined in. "Take care Rainbow and be happy and try your best.. I know you'll do great things.."

They all sobbed quietly as their hug tightened. Revan could only look on, knowing Rainbow had just left what she treasured most, fate could be cruel sometimes, but like Celestia, he knew this was not a goodbye, they were still friends and they would forever be. As his master would always say.


You made a hard choice, but remember, it was just another step in your long journey. Trust in the Force, and remember, it shall be with you, always.

> Chapter 7: Letters
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Everypony.

Well, I hope you're all well. It's been a hard week since you left, I miss you all already. I've started my training as a Padawan, yeah, sounds weird, like a mushroom, but the title does grow on you. First things first, I need to call Revan Master, in some ways it was kind of hard to get used to, but then again it does sound kind of cool, i'm being trained by a master, sweet.

Nothing big has happened yet, we mostly study some Jedi history and of course, meditate. My master wants me to meditate three times a day, I find it boring, but he just told me when he was a youngling they were required to meditate FIVE times a day! I know, insane right?!

But, it is pretty relaxing and I feel more at ease afterwards, so I have gotten used to it. The trick is to think about it like my naps on the clouds, and it almost feel like it sometimes. Though one time I really just fell asleep and my master whacked me over the head with a scroll.

The coolest thing though, is lightsaber training!

My master says there is seven lightsaber forms, but I will just be learning the first form before branching out, It kind of sucks, but since i'm moving around with a laser sword that can cut my wings off in one swing, i'm not gonna argue.

So that is what is happening in my life right now, there is more, but I don't wanna overwhelm you guys with weird details. I hope you're all well and happy, I miss you all and I hope we will soon see each other again!

Your friend: Rainbow Dash

PS: Twilight, is Applejack okay? I have sent a letter, but I have not heard anything back.


*****


Greetings everypony!

Thanks for your last letter, I nearly fell over laughing when I read the part with Big Mac and the love poison incident. When I told my master even he smirked a little, he may seem strict, but he does have a sense of humor. 

Speaking of which, I have now been his padawan for two weeks now and I am getting used to this new life. It is kind of weird to live in Canterlot, all this high noble stuff is stupid, but the food is great. It's kind of insane to sit at a table with the princesses, my master seems to have no problem with it, telling me it's good practice for me. Though practice for what i'm not sure.

As for my Force powers, i'm getting better, I can now levitate objects, pull them close to me or push them away with little effort. Still, it will be a while before I can do it with no effort at all, but I'm getting there.

The droids are pretty cool, Jester is a bit creepy at times, talking about killing me if I don't get better at my lightsaber skills. Yeah, took me a while to used to that, but he speaks that way to my master too, and it seems to be in a sparring sense, so I try to not let it creep me out.

R6 is more awesome, she has all these holograms, showing me places and objects from their dimension and even showed me a hologram map of the palace she has been working on. Twilight, you would be so excited to see that!

Anyway, I miss you all! 

Your friend, always: Rainbow Dash

PS: Twilight, Applejack haven't responded to my letter, can you please see if she is okay? Your last letter was not very clear about what she was feeling...


*****


Dear Applejack.

I know you must be mad at me, i'm sorry. I wish I could explain all of this to you, I wish I could show you what it meant to deal with all this. Of course, it does not mean it is easier for you or the others..

If you're angry and sad, that I can understand, but please don't hate me. I'm just doing what I think is right, I could be wrong you know? And then you can rub it in my face all you want.

I hope you're well and I hope you will write me back.

Your friend always: Rainbow Dash.


*****


Hello everypony!

Thank you for your last letter, and thank you for the cupcakes you sent me too! They tasted really good, it made me realize how much I miss your baking Pinkie.

Anyway, I've begun to train more with my lightsaber, I've finally gotten the movements down, took me a while, but finally I can do them without thinking, well mostly. Sometimes he will trick me and I mess up, but I would be lying if I said it wasn't good training.

The hardest thing training with a lightsaber so far is to stand on my hind legs, I don't know how I managed, but finally I can stand and keep my balance on my hind legs for at least two hours! My master had even begun teaching me close combat, or self-defense as he calls it.

Thankfully he focus on what I can do, he plays to my strengths as a Pegasus and found ways along with Jester and R6 how I can move and fight so it wont put to much strain on my body. It's pretty awesome now that I've gotten used to it, mostly because I think I can kick some of the guard's flanks now, haha!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! My master have shown me a new awesome card game! It's called Pazaak, I'll show it to you the next time we meet for sure.

Anyway, done with the first month, I miss you all, but I know you're doing okay and I hope we see each other again soon.

Your friend: Rainbow Danger Dash.


*****


Hey guys!

First of all i'm really sorry for not having written anything for a month now. I can't tell you why, i'm not allowed to. I'm sorry if I worried you for a bit, I've read all your letters twice!

So let's me answer the question you have all been asking. YES, i'm okay, just out on a mission with my master. Our first mission! I'm super bummed out I can't tell you about it, it is not just my master who tells me, but Celestia too. It sucks, but I'm not gonna spill the beans. I can tell you though, you are gonna find out soon enough, and I think you are gonna love it when you hear it!

At any rate, my training is going well. I got my very own Jedi Robes, took me a while to get used to, but they are made to make sure my wings are not getting tangled and they are pretty comfy once you gotten used to the strange feeling.

The only thing I am missing is my lightsaber! My master only let me practice with a training saber, and he has started to put in small training balls in the air, they shoot at me! The idea is i'm going to deflect their small stun bolts or whatever it is they are shooting a me. I can tell you they hurt like buck!

Anyway, I'm glad you're still all doing fine, and look forward to your next letter!

Your friend: Rainbow Dash.

May the Force be with you.


*****


Hey all.

Well almost three months, since we last saw one another. Sorry for taking so long to respond to you all, though I'm sure you understand why. Twilight, you don't have to write to the princess whenever I can't answer, but thank you for your concern.

I promise I have not forgotten about any of you guys, no way, you're all my friends!

A lot has happened and me and my master are sent on more missions, nothing to dangerous yet, but important. Sometimes It can be kind of boring, but it is kind of neat to see new places and meet new ponies.

At any rate, the most exciting news I have to share is, my master feels I am soon ready to build my very own lightsaber! He says it is an important part of my training and i'm really excited to get started!

"Rainbow." A voice said from behind Rainbow Dash. She looked up from the desk and turned to see her master, standing in the doorway to her room. "It's time, are you ready?"

"In a moment master, I just need to finish this letter to my friends." Rainbow replied, trying not to sound to eager.

Revan however had already noticed it and simply smiled. "Take your time young one." And with that, he left.

"Thank you, master." Rainbow smiled and turned back to the desk and continued writing.

I really wish you could all be here, but I know we will see each other again very soon. Don't ask me why I know that, it is still a secret, but let me tell you, you are gonna be surprised Twilight.

I look forward to see you all again, and like always, I miss  you guys.

Your friend always: Rainbow Dash.

May the Force be with you.
> Chapter 8: The Test
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Years before.

Revan stood still, he felt his heart sink, his breathing had become still. Even though he knew this day would come, it felt strange to pack up ones things and leave the only home he had known for so long. Younglings stayed together in clans of ten until they became Padawans. When they got a master they got their own room, however, this was not his room.

No, it was the room of his new master, the one who had chosen HIM to be her Padawan. He was surprised, his new master's room was not as simple as he had thought, he would rather call it cozy. Wooden shelves here and there with all sorts of small figures, momentous or stuff he had no idea what was.

Two couches with a table in the middle and a door leading into a small bed room. He had counted on being formally introduced, but his master simply hummed a small tune as she poured herself some tea. She was a Zabrak, a near human alien with small horns on her head and two hearts. Her black hair had been cut short and braided very neatly.

As Revan stood there, she paid him no mind as she continued to tend to her tea and hum. Was this a test? She had let him in, so she knew he was here, so was she ignoring him? No that could not be true. Should he say something? But, he was the student, so surely she would speak to him in time..

He did not know his master before she chose him, he had never even heard about her. Master Luxida, as far as he had been able to learn she was a pretty low key Jedi, taking things with ease, taking on diplomatic missions for the most part, selecting far off worlds where she could work with the locals. There was nothing wrong with this of course, he was just surprised she had chosen him.

His new master kept humming, taking a sip of her tea, then leaned back and picked up a book from the table. Now this was getting weird, what was he supposed to do? After maybe five minutes he cleared his throat. "Uhm, excuse me, master?"

Luxida looked up at him, smirking slightly. "My my, seems like you can talk after all."

Revan tilted his head. "Of course master, I just figured I should wait until you addressed me.." He said with a hint of embarrassment. 

"Well, first lesson Revan, never be afraid to speak to me." She said with a amusement. "Now , come sit down."  Revan did as she asked and Luxida poured some tea in a cup for him. "I suppose you are wondering why I choose you."

"Yes master." He nodded and gratefully accepted the cup.

She smiled. "Because you're interesting, Revan, that's why."

"Master?" 

Luxida giggled as she saw his confused expression, even though she was in her early 40th's now, she still had that youthful air about her. "I know you love history, to study, and yet you are one of the best lightsaber duelist in your clan. You have the mind of a scholar, yet the skills of a warrior.  I chose you, because you, are not boring."

This confused Revan even more, what did she mean with not boring? Was he simply a matter of entertainment? No, that would be stupid, she could have easily just talked to him if that was the case, now she was stuck with him and he with her.

His inner thoughts and struggle must have been as clear as her books because she started to laugh. "I'm sorry, i'm sorry." She said and hid her laugh behind her sleeve. "It's just, your face." Luxida took a few deep breaths to calm down. "When I say you're interesting it is because I believe I can learn from you as much as you can learn from me."

Revan chuckled. "I doubt that, master."

Then her expression became serious. "Revan.. Don't make the mistake to think your masters are always right, no matter how high a rank we get, we will always make mistakes. My first lesson to you was never to be afraid to talk to me, well, the second lesson is, never be afraid of telling me when you think i'm wrong."

"Uhm.." Revan had certainly not expected that, but he simply nodded. "Yes master.."

Luxida smiled. "Good, then let us learn from one another, are you ready padawan Revan?"

Revan smiled back. "I'm ready, master."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"I'm ready, master."

Revan opened his eyes as he heard Rainbow Dash's voice not far behind him. He did not move, he simply sat on the floor, crossed legs as he got back from his meditation.

"Master? Is everything okay?" She asked and moved over and sat down across from him, crossing her legs as she looked at her teacher.

"Yes.." Revan said and rubbed the bridge of his nose as he cleared his mind from the past. "Did you write your letter?"

Rainbow Dash nodded. "I did.." 

He could see there was more on her mind. "You're worried about your friend, Applejack."

She sighed. "I am.. I feel guilty, I don't want her to hate me, we had so much fun.."

Revan nodded. "Yes, but I do not think your friend hates you. I think she was worried, I think she simply wants to continue those days of fun. I cannot fault her for that, but like everything, it changes. It does not mean you have to stop being friends."

Rainbow snorted a little with amusement. "You sound like Twilight, but you're right." She sighed and took a few deep breaths. She noted the large round room had been darkened, which meant this was a lesson that required her to have a strict mental focus. "So, what did you need me for, master?"

"Today." He held up a training saber. "We are gonna do a final exam on your lightsaber form, Shii-Cho. If you have learned your lessons well, then I think you are ready to construct your own."

"Really?!" Rainbow exclaimed, then shut her muzzle. "S-sorry.." She blushed a bit as she knew she must have looked like a filly in a toy store, which was not what Revan wanted to see.

Still, Revan could not help, but smile at his students enthusiasm. "Normally, this would have been done in a ritual called the gathering, but that is out of the question. Instead I will first want to see if you have understood your lessons and show you can be trusted with such a weapon."

Rainbow gave a determined nod. "I am ready master."

Revan reclined his his head. "Then." He placed the lightsaber hilt on the floor before her. "You may, position one." Both of them stood up, Revan moved out to the side, letting Rainbow focus as he vanished into the darkness. Only the training circle around her was visible. "What is Shii-Cho?"  Revan asked from the darkness as he slowly walked around the circle.

His Padawan stood, taking the hilt into her front hooves as she stood up on her hind legs, taking a deep breath to center herself. Her balance was just as good as when she was on all fours now, if not better, strange as that might sound. She took a second deep breath and ignited the lightsaber.

The blue blade extended from it the hilt with a swoosh and started to hum lightly. She moved the hilt down slightly and had the blade extended out, holding the hilt with both hooves, she was in position one. "Form one, Shii-Cho, is the way of determination." She began.

Revan knew it was called the way of the Sarlacc, but that would not work in their world, so he stuck to the second name this form had gotten, the determination form. As the most simplistic form, Shii-Cho was the first form taught to initiates within the Jedi Order. Form one training provided the basic knowledge of the sword fighting principles and blast deflection skill that was required for practice of all the other forms. 

He nodded, not confirming if she got it right or not, she knew it was right. "Begin, attack zone one."

Rainbow moved the blade above her and struck down, stopping midway and recited the text Revan had taught her. "Feel the Force flow through me."

"Zone two."

She made a slash to the left, stopping once again and continued to recite. "Be mindful of my stance, it is the root of my attacks."

"Zone three."

She shifted direction and slashed from the right. "Stay in the present, never loosing focus."

"Zone four."

Rainbow shifted her footwork, taking half a step back, then moved the saber forward, stabbing it once to the invisible enemy. "Never drop my guard, return to my stance."

"Zone five."

She cut towards the floor in a wide sweep. "Even a mighty tree can fall."

"Zone six."

It was the final zone for attack, she shifted the hilt in her hooves and swung the blade up from the floor towards the left. "Visualize the way of determination."

With the last phrase spoken she returned to stand in the start position. Revan nodded satisfied. "Good, remember, it is harder to be defensive, than offensive. Keeping a calm composure while fighting, this, is the way of the Jedi."

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, trusting her body and mind to guide her movements as her master continued to speak. "Begin by defending to zone one, ground yourself through the Force." 

Her movements were elegant and precise, she did not wait with each movement until he had given the command, instead she let the movements follow the pace of his voice, keeping a perfect speed as she moved from one zone to another. The blue blade moved through the air, it looked beautiful as it moved around Rainbow Dash, it was a show of skill, hard work and balance. She kept following his voice and he never waited for her, instead trusting her to move with his voice.


"Zone two, be mindful of your stance, it too is the root of your defense."

"Zone three, do not see the attacks, feel them."

"Zone four, sense the tide shift within the Force."

"Zone five, survive one hundred blows and you can survive a hundred wars."

"Zone six, perseverance is the way of Shii-Cho."


Rainbow couldn't help but smirk as she finished her last zone and returned to the first stance once again. Revan noticed this and could not help but grin. "You think it is over  young one? Again, from the top, begin at zone one."

This made her frown, did her master think she would forget the steps and zones now? Fat chance! She had this movement down, and-.

Something hit the blue blade and her eyes shot up as she heard the familiar sound of her arch nemesis. The training remotes!! It was the small round droids of doom floated around her, shooting small stun bolts.





Biting her lip she tried to focus on them all, but they kept moving, there was at least four that she could see. Revan chuckled in amusement. "Close your eyes, they can deceive you, act on your instincts and continue your exercises."

She cursed herself for being so careless, of course it would not be that easy to simply repeat a few steps. Her master would never let her go that easily, instead she did as she was told. Taking a deep breath, calming her mind, mentally repeating the texts and moved along. She could feel the bolts shoot at her and hit the blade as she moved it around, each time she deflected, but this time she didn't get cocky and kept her focus.

Twelve steps, six offense, six defense. When she finished she heard her master clap. "Very good padawan, you've learned your lessons well." Revan said satisfied. "You've done well." 

The blue blade vanished into the hilt of the lightsaber and she returned to all four legs. "Thank you master." she said with a grin. "What now?"

"Now? Now we go see Huyang."

Her eyes widened. "You fixed him?!" 

He nodded. "Two days ago, come, it is time for your final test." Rainbow knew very well what was to come and it took her everything not to simply run up the stairs. "First hings first however." He took the training saber from her and took a moment to the let the silence settle. "Sit down, you need the most important part of your new lightsaber, the crystal."

Revan had spend a long time studying the crystals here on Equestria. He had found some may have the potential to be as good as kyber crystals, but he rather not take the chance. Instead he had placed several crystals around the room, and as she sat down they started to glow. A mix of green and blue was around her and she felt her excitement rise.

"In the old days, we would go to a distant planet, we would spend a day looking for our crystals, facing our own trials. Sadly, I cannot give you that experience. The crystals around you are from the lightsabers of my fallen brothers and sisters.." He did his best not to let the pain seep into his voice, if Rainbow noticed it, she was kind enough not to mention it. "You will need to find out which of these are willing to bond with you."

She took a deep breath, focusing on her master's voice. "So now, close your eyes, stretch out with your feelings and let the crystal come to you."

Rainbow Dash did not know how this would work, but she did what he always told her to do when she was in doubt, trust in the Force. Closing her eyes shut she took a few more deep calming breaths, letting go of her thoughts and inner struggles, focusing only on reaching out to every inch of the room.

She did not pull at them, instead she felt them pull on her. She could sense them all, almost to the point they masked the presence of her master. Slowly, she started to feel something, it was one of the crystals, she could, hear it? Yes, even though  she had closed her eyes, it was like she could see it glow and even sing to her. It was not a feeling easily described, but it really felt like it was singing to her, calling to her.

Going by instinct she reached out with her hoof and used the Force to call the crystal to her. Like by command, she felt the crystal move to her and finally she felt it in her hooves. There was a surge of pride swelling up within her, she had done it, she had a crystal that was willing to bond with her. Slowly opening her eyes she stared down at a beautiful green crystal,

"Well done.." Revan smiled as she suddenly noticed he stood right behind her. She had been so focused she hadn't even sensed him walking up behind her. "Seems like you're ready."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Rainbow Dash could hardly contain herself, with her earning the crystal she knew she had taken a very large step in a short amount of time. Revan had worried about her progress, not that it wasn't good she progressed and she had talent, but he was worried what it could do to her ego. Thankfully Rainbow seemed to be relatively humble about it.

They got up to the next floor, it was not the top floor, but right below it. The room looked like a workshop, all around them was tables, shelves with drawers build into them and other small tools. Rainbow stopped to look around, her heart pounding away in excitement.

"Rainbow Dash, please let me introduce you to lightsaber architect, Huyang." He could not help but smile a little, he was sure he had the same look of anticipation when he first met Huyang and knew he was about to build the weapon of his life.

Heavy footsteps could be heard and soon enough, a tall old looking droid wearing a brown leather apron stepped forward from behind a shelf. "Oh my, so this is the new generation I am supposed to help." His robotic voice said with a hint of amusement.





His yellow photo receptors inspected Rainbow Dash for a minute before turning his focus onto Revan. "She has passed your tests then?"

Revan nodded. "Yes sir, she even got her own crystal."

"Now, that is interesting." Huyang commented and walked closer to Rainbow. "You are the first of your kind to become a Jedi, your kind must be proud."

Honestly, Rainbow had no idea. Her friends seemed happy for her, well, except for Applejack. Other than that, the Jedi were not really wide known enough for anypony to be proud of her, except for maybe her parents.  "I hope so, sir.." Rainbow simply said.

"Well then, place your crystal on the table, and let us begin." Rainbow walked over to the large table and did as he said, placing her crystal on it. "For generations the Jedi have used these weapons for the defense of justice and the innocents, it is an elegant weapon in the right hands, or hooves in this case." Dash was pretty sure if he had the facial features for it, he would probably grin of his own joke. "Before you leave here you will have everything you need to construct your lightsaber. Well then, if you're ready, then let us begin."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The hours passed by one by one, the day turned into evening and soon enough Luna's moon was high in the sky. Revan however did not mind it, he sat in the room, meditating as he waited for his student to finally finish her lightsaber. It didn't matter to him how much time had passed, they would stay here for as long as it took.

A massive hologram of lightsaber parts floated in the center of the round room, giving her an idea how to assemble it. Rainbow sat like her master, guiding the parts through the Force, but it was like she could not get it to assemble as she wanted it to.

Finally she sighed out in frustration and the parts dropped to the table. Revan opened his eyes while Huyang walked over. "Problems young one?" Huyang asked while Revan simply observed. 

"Yeah, I don't know what kind I want.." She grumbled. "It's like I can't decide.."

Huyang huffed through his robotic voice. "This is not some shop where you can simply choose. Do not think about what you want, let the Force guide you, build what you feel in your hooves, what calls to you. Now, start again." Huyang said and walked away.

Rainbow frowned and then turned to face Revan. "Master..?"

"Mm?" Revan looked at her, patience and calm surrounding him.

She let out a sigh. "Were you ever.." She hesitated, but a raised eyebrow from her master quickly got her to continue. "Afraid..?"

Revan tilted his head. "Are you feeling afraid?"

She was quick to reject this. "No, of course not, I'm Rainbow Dash and i'm...." She quickly stopped herself, letting her ears fall down a bit as she looked embarrassed.

"Hm.. Yes, I was afraid, a lot of times.." He admitted. "There is no shame in that Rainbow." He closed his eyes, thinking back on all he had experienced. "Before I was a Padawan, the clone wars had just started, I knew once I got a master I would likely be sent to war. It scared me, not just because we would go to war, but I was scared of failing as a Jedi, failing my master and myself." He opened his eyes again and looked at her. "Rainbow, failing is the ultimate teacher, but the fear of it should never stop you from taking action, only then will you have truly failed."

Rainbow listened intently to his words, mulling them over in her mind and then nodded. "I understand master.. I shall try.."

Revan shook his head. "No, do, or do not. There is no try."

For a second she looked like she wanted to argue that point, but she stopped herself and simply nodded. "Yes master." And with that she turned back to the table and resumed her concentration.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


It was early morning, Celestia's sun had barely broken the calm darkness of the night. Revan heard the sound of a lightsaber igniting. It broke him out of his meditation and he slowly opened his eyes with a small proud smile. The green glow lit up the room in it's light, and Revan felt his own pride rise along with Rainbow's. She had done it, she was now truly a Padawan learner and she could now progress to the next step in her training.




> Chapter 9: A Sudden Mission
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Years Before.

Young Revan stood in the hangar of the massive Venator class star destroyer. Revan had never been on a ship this size before, it was kind of overwhelming, the scale, the sounds, the massive number of clones that had been bred for a single purpose in life, to fight.

It was a topic Revan could debate for ages without ever agreeing on one point or the other. The fact was the clones were here, and like it or not, they had to fight and either the Jedi did their duty and defended the Republic alongside them, or they stayed out of it. Another topic, for another day.

The Jedi council had sent him and his master on a mission to the planet Terilia, it was not an impressive system to be send to, most of the planet was farm lands, farming villages and only a handful of cities scattered around the planet. It didn't make it less important however, this planet did not only provide a lot of food, but it was also very well located. If the Republic could build a base there it would mean they could monitor one of the hyperspace lanes. However, the Republic had been told they could only come and settle on their planet and build an outpost IF they helped them with the pirate problem.

Master Luxida hated pirates, and she loved simple and peaceful planets like Terilia, it was just a mission for her and now by extend, him. Not that he minded, he had been afraid that their first mission would take them to the front lines of the war, something he did not feel ready for. So to deal with a few pirate gangs and secure the civilians sounded like an easy enough task, he hoped.

"Are you ready to go, kid?" The voice of his master said from his right.

Revan turned to see his master, smiling at him with that same small smirk he had gotten used to seeing when she was amused, which was quite often. He stood up a bit straighter and nodded. "Yes master."

She gave him an approving look. "Good, but don't make the mistake to think this will be easy young one. Pirates are some of the nastiest people in the galaxy, backstabbing and greedy, don't underestimate them."

"Yes master." Revan simply repeated, giving her a determined nod.

"I know this is your first mission, so let's do it right. Stick to me and you be fine." She planted a hand on his shoulder, looking down on him as her figure towered above the young Revan. "Trust in the Force, and trust in me. We have each others backs, I won't let anything happen to you, but I still want you to stay on alert, because at some point, I wont be able to protect you, do you understand?"

Revan looked her in the eyes, knowing full well she could never promise him that he would never be hurt or that she would always be there. Even though he was just a kid, he knew he was a padawan and with that he needed to be able to act on his own and protect himself if need be. So he gave her one final nod. "I understand master, I won't let you down."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"But isn't that dangerous master?! I can't stay here without you, I mean, I am awesome, but the royal wedding is coming up and I..." Rainbow Dash hesitated. "I'm.."

Revan looked to her, seeing his padawan struggle with her emotions yet again. "Rainbow, you have come far in your training in a very short amount of time, but you still have a long way to go. You don't have to be afraid I will simply throw you into the world without guidance."

His words seemed to calm her down, but only just a little. "Still master, I don't think you should go alone and I don't think you should leave me alone here, not with the royal wedding."

"If everything goes well I shall be back before the wedding." Revan said calmly and took a sip of some tea. "You will have Jester with you."

Rainbow sighed. "Oh joy.."

"Rainbow, I need to go, princess Celestia want's me to see what this feud is about and hopefully solve it." He explained. "There has been rumors of kidnappings, and the villages blame each other, if we don't step in then they could start fighting."

"I know, but then let us both go, or send the guards.." Rainbow Dash protested. 

Revan looked her over, sensing there was something else behind this, not just simple fear of being left alone as the sole Jedi when so close to the wedding. No, this was something else, and he had a feeling he knew what it was. Sighing a little, he sat his cup down on the small table in his quarters. "Is this about your friends coming to Canterlot soon, well, is it about Applejack?"

He noticed her body stiffen, but it was just for a second as she knew she could not lie to him, not to her teacher. "Yes.. I haven't talked with her for months, not since I decided.. To stay.." Rainbow looked away, closing her eyes as if trying to calm her mind and her emotions. "What if she doesn't want to talk to me? What if she does hate me now?" She asked and then slowly looked up at her master again.

"Do you think your friendship is that weak?" Revan simply asked.

Rainbow's eyes widened a little. "No, but I.."

"Then trust in your friendship. In your world it is a powerful thing, I don't think she hates you, we have talked about this before, and you need to learn to trust in her, to trust she will still be your friend, even if she disagrees with you on your choice." Revan explained calmly, taking his cup again and took a sip. "As for the other reason of your worries, I am trusting you to be on the look out for anything out of the ordinary, even with your friends around." His look became serious.

Rainbow looked at him more now, meeting his stern gaze with her own. "Yes master, I will do my best."

"While i'm away, you will be the only Jedi here, as my padawan you will need to be more vigilant than ever. Do not loose focus." He instructed. "I've felt something move through the Force, shadows.. I can't quite place it, but I fear something is already close and even within the palace itself.."

"What?" Rainbow frowned. "But then shouldn't you stay?"

"I would like to, but I feel like I must go and inspect this feud and investigate these kidnappings. Maybe something will reveal what kind of shadows we are dealing with." He put down his cup and took a deep breath. "I am trusting you to protect the princesses and the future prince. So, trust in your feelings, trust in the Force."

Rainbow nodded. "I'll try..." She stopped herself, knowing her master did not like the word, try. "I will master, I shall protect them and the wedding, just as you have instructed me."

"Good." Revan smiled.

"Even though I still think this plan is Yakshit"

"Padawan!"


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Her master left the palace the next morning, she saw him off and even though she kept a brave face, she hated the fact she was alone. She was here, in Canterlot, the elite of the elite, the capital of Equestria and lived in the palace of the rulers of this entire kingdom. Not only that, but she had to protect these rulers, look out for anything that was wrong and oh yeah, she had to deal with her Applejack situation.. Great...

Then again, maybe this was not going to be so hard, there was a ton of guards, Shining Armor and his shield magic, three princesses and Twilight and their friends, what could go wrong? It was not like they were gonna deal with an army or something. Yes, everything would be just fine.

So she did what she always did whenever she felt a little down, or nervous, fly. Leaping into the air she could get a great view of the city, there was a lot of ponies getting everything ready, the streets looking more and more festive the closer they got to the wedding.

It was nice, hopefully she would be able to go down there after the wedding, maybe get some snacks. Her master was strict, but he never discouraged her going out and mingling with other ponies, in fact, he encouraged it. He had told her the Jedi order he grew up in sometimes felt distant from the common people of the galaxy. It created a gap that should not have been there, it meant less people knew what the Jedi order really did and meant they had less trust in them and was easier persuaded that they were traitors.

It was something he liked to change, and so at times both of them would go out into the city. Simply to enjoy themselves, talk to ponies, learn about them and answer whatever questions ponies might have for Revan.

At first there was many, most of them came from the fact he was not a pony, but a human, which they all either found strange, scary or interesting. By now most ponies had gotten used to him, and the nobles and guards had gotten used to the title Jedi Knight and so showed her master a nice degree of respect. Even at times they would show her respect, the soldiers was not surprise, to them she was a fellow defender and so she related to them more. Even to the point she would go the barracks and play cards with them at times. 

It was a bit more strange to get it from all those fancy nobles, calling her a lady, or dear knight, master Jedi and all that. Seriously, she was just a student, not a full fleshed knight like her master. Revan seemed to be much more relaxed and she had to admit it was pretty amazing to see him blend in and charm whoever they were in the company with.

She knew she needed to learn how to negotiate, a Jedi was a defender of peace and so sought to solve problems peacefully rather than with force. It meant, however much she hated it, she had to talk to the nobles as they were the perfect way for her to practice, at least that was what her master told her.

Rainbow scowled, she could swing a lightsaber, fly faster than any Pegasus, but she could not maintain a simple conversation with some fancy uptight Canterlot elite?! Buck no! She was going to master this... At some point.. She rather delay that sort of practice for as long as possible, though there would probably be plenty of opportunities during the wedding.... "Buck.."

There was a lot on her mind, but first things first, princess Cadence would arrive later this evening, then she would be spending a few days with them, then her friends would arrive and then the wedding would take place. Well, hopefully everything would just go swimmingly.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Rainbow Dash had never met the princess of love before. Sure, she had heard of her, seen her around a few times from afar, but she had never actually met her. She stood in her Jedi robe, standing tall, wanting to be respectful and show the kind of respect a Jedi would in these kind of situations. She stood to the side of the big room, letting Celestia and Luna stand in the middle, ready to receive their niece.

As soon as the doors opened however, a strange dark feeling hit her. She felt her skin crawl, her wings ruffled slightly, not in a good way like when you were happy to see a friend or when you were excited, but when you saw something dangerous. Princess Cadence walked in beside Shining Armor, smiling slightly, but Rainbow felt a strange aura coming from her, something that made her dislike that smile.

She shook her head, thinking she might just be paranoid, this was the princess of love! An alicorn, surely there was nothing dangerous about her! She spend a few moments talking to Celestia and Luna, Rainbow just letting their voices fade into the background as she tried to clear her mind, reach out with the Force and tried to find the center of this darkness she sensed.

She mentally cursed at herself when she could not uncover it, she was not as strong as her master yet, she could not pinpoint the exact source of these feelings. She could simply not believe they came from Cadence, the princess of love, the future wife of Shining Armor. 

Maybe these feelings came from the fact that she was nervous? Being married was a big deal, maybe she had an affair and was trying to hide it? Maybe..? 'Sith spit! Master, why did you have to leave me alone with this..' She thought, using a curse she had overheard her master used when he burned himself with a tiny welding tool.

Suddenly she snapped to attention as Celestia called to her. "Rainbow Dash? Is something the matter?"

"Uhm, no princess, sorry, I guess I was in some... Small Jedi meditation..." She lied.

'Smooth Rainbow, great way to show you and your master is a pair of daydreaming idiots.'

Celestia simply kept smiling, but was obviously not buying it, however she didn't seem upset, simply amused. "Well, as I was saying." She continued and turned to Cadence. "This is Rainbow Dash, padawan to Jedi master Revan Blake."

Rainbow stepped forward and bowed. "Your highness." she said respectfully, but the closer she got, the stronger the feeling became, something was wrong, but quite frankly, she didn't trust these emotions. However, as she stood back up straight and looked into the eyes of Cadence, she knew something was wrong, very very wrong, but what?

"It's an honor to meet you padawan Dash, I've heard about the Jedi from my aunts, but i'm afraid I've not had the pleasure."

No, no, her tone, her demeanor, even that smile and the way she looked her over made all of her alarm bells go off. She could sense something dark within this mare, something that she had never felt before. But what could she do? She had no proof and surely she could not make a scene and confront her or the princesses about it right here? She needed a way to confirm these feelings, if she was up to no good then Rainbow should find out.

For now she gave her best diplomatic smile. "No, but hopefully you will have a chance during your stay to learn more about us. I know I want to learn more about you."

Cadence chuckled. "I'm sure we can learn a lot about each other, I look forward to it young Jedi."

Rainbow felt like a challenge just had been issued, but she needed to stay calm, never giving anything away. So she kept smiling. "I would like that, princess." Seems like things were not going to be as easy as she had hoped... Great..

'I hope you'll come back soon, master.'
> Chapter 10: Prelude
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Years Before.

The negotiations didn't go as planned, in fact, one might say they went horribly wrong. His master and he had finally, after one long grueling month, finally been able to set up talks with the local pirate gangs. The point was to hopefully get them to stop harassing Terilia and their farming villages, maybe even set up something like a trade agreement.

Of course, they didn't bite, Revan never expected them to agree, but his master was determined to try the diplomatic way first. Well, they tried, and they failed.

Revan followed his master, blocking each blaster bolt with his blue lightsaber. His master blocking them with her green double bladed lightsaber with such skill Revan did not even fear her hitting him by mistake. It made him wonder though, a lightsaber such as hers was a pretty aggressive one, but she choose to be a diplomat first and a warrior second.

A green blaster bolt shot past his head, and he figured this might not be the best time to speculate about such matters!

Revan cursed the flat landscape and the wide open fields, it meant they had no cover and with the pirates having the upper hand, it meant they had to flee with their speeders left broken and burning. Revan had to draw on the Force just to be able to keep up with his master, being still a child he was not a long distance runner.

Glancing behind him he saw several speeders moving towards them, the pirates on top, shooting at him and Luxida. "Master! The pirates, they are gaining on us!" He called, ignoring the pain building in his lungs as he used the much needed air to call out to her.

It was to late however, the speeders soon enough sped past them, starting to move around them like a pack of hungry  Nexus. Revan and his master stood back to back, lightsabers raised and ready to defend themselves from any blaster bolts the pirates might dare to fire.

None came.

Finally the pirates stopped and dismounted the speeders, aiming their blasters at the two Jedi. Luxida gave her double bladed lightsaber a little twirl, moving her footing just a little order to protect herself and her Padawan if they fired.

"Put down your laser swords, Jedi." A deep hoarse voice said. Both Revan and Luxida looked over and saw a, well, fat man, dressed in a simple shirt that didn't look like it had been washed for a VERY, long time. Some simple pants and black boots and a brown jacket.

He was human, but he looked like a gamorrean, filthy, sweaty, pig like in the face and in smell. Though the thing that stood up sharply enough was his eyes, they sparkled with intelligence. A man such as him did not get to where he was by muscle or raw brutality, no, this was a man who knew how to use his intelligence to outwit and delegate, a man who would get others to do his dirty work for him.

"I said put them down, don't want the kid to see any kind of nasty business now do we, eh?"

Revan was just about to snarl at the man and tell him he was a Jedi and not just some simple kid. But, before he got the chance, he heard and saw his master's lightsaber switch off, the green blades of her lightsaber retracting back into the hilt.

"You might be right." Luxida said and, was she, smiling?! "Though I would prefer it if you did at least let him go, this time around."

"Hah! Nice try, Jedi. He'll just tell your little warship up above about this." The pirate leader smirked and looked at Revan. "Put, it, down." 

Revan looked at his master, who simply sent him a small nod. Sighing, he did as she instructed, he knew better than to argue with his master in this sort of situation. Two pirates came over and confiscated their lightsabers and whatever else they might have that could help them escape or call someone.

When they took what they needed the pirate leader smiled satisfied. "Well now, shall we go back and finish our negotiations?"

Luxida raised an eyebrow. "I was under the impression the negotiations were over?"

The man grinned. "Oh no, you are quite mistaken, the negotiations has only just begun."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"Sir?"

"Hm?" Revan slowly opened his eyes, his mind starting to bring him back to reality and the current situation. The small bumps of the road that shook the carriage a little was a reminder of the long road ahead, but thanks to the guards pulling it the time it would take them was nothing compared to if he had to walk.

"Sir, are you awake?" 

He heard somepony call from outside. Revan pulled down his hood and looked outside. "Yes sergeant, forgive me I must have been more tired than I thought.."

The white coated pony shook his head. "It's quite alright sir, we should be at the village soon enough."

"Thank you." Revan looked up at the sky, seemed like night had arrived and that meant he had been asleep for longer than he would have liked. Honestly he felt a little bad that these ponies had been dragging the carriage and him for so many hours, but they seemed fine.

He could not yet see the village they were going to, the landscape around them were pretty flat, mostly farmland, reminded him of.. Revan shook his head, this was not the time to be thinking about the past, he needed to focus on the present and focus on the mission.

The faster he could solve this the faster he could return to his student and hopefully be there to help with security during the wedding. He did trust Rainbow Dash to be the loyal friend and protector, but he had been worried about her. This whole thing with Applejack had her distracted and he needed her mind to focus and be as sharp as ever.

He had a little time to himself before they would arrive, and he would use that time to reflect on his life in this strange new dimension.  Revan had been Equestria for about six months now, and so much had happened already. To be honest, it was a little frightening, he had rebuild a Jedi order consisting of himself and Rainbow Dash, not much of an order, but it would be a start.

Celestia had pretty much implemented the privileges he had back in the Republic and put them to use in her own kingdom. Now, Revan was not a fool, and neither was Celestia. He knew she had not done this simply out of kindness, though not out of any sinister plot either.

She saw this as a way to protect her kingdom and ponies, which was understandable, so he didn't mind the trade, in fact, that was how the Jedi got to work with the Republic in the first place.

Revan knew he had to do better however. It was a massive task, he knew his new Jedi order would have to be more involved with the creatures of this world instead of closing themselves off. He needed to reform the code, the rules that made the Jedi blind to the betrayal that befell them. He simply needed to do better, not only for himself, but for his padawan and Equestria.

Rebuilding the order would take time, and it would take more students. He needed to train Rainbow to help him, but he didn't want to rush her training. Though she was gifted indeed, she needed experience, she needed discipline, something she lacked at times. But, she had potential, great potential, and he could see a bright future for her as a Jedi. He just hoped he could nurture that potential correctly. That started with trust.

Leaving her behind would show the great amount of trust he had in her, he hoped she could see that..

He also needed to find a better place for them to study and train. Canterlot palace was a fine place, a peaceful place, but it was too close to the power that ruled these lands. He did not want his Jedi order to become involved with that. Advising? Sure! But he did not want them to be a part of the governing part, no, they needed to be separate.

His heart jumped a bit, he sighed, he knew why.. The long hours with the princess of the sun, Celestia.. She was the princess of Equestria, co ruler, one of the most powerful ponies, well Alicorns, in the land. Over these six months his affection for her had grown. She was wise, witty, kind and generous, beautiful. 

Revan was no stranger to love, but, he was a Jedi knight, a teacher of the Force, defender of peace. She was the ruler, the ward of the sun and light that had guided these ponies for centuries. Impressive titles for sure, but true.

It meant they could not be together, they neither had the time and it would impact their duties. Fate could be cruel, but this was why he needed to distance himself from her, not to ignore her, but he needed to do this for them both. To keep their relationship to a simple friendship, to be able to stay distant and yet close.

He had no idea what she felt for him, and he would not call his own feelings towards her love, but he knew the signs, which was why he needed to stop them, now.

"Sir."

The guard spoke up again, getting Revan out of his deep thoughts. "Yes?"

"We are here sir, the village is just up ahead.

"Good, then let us see what awaits us."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


By the Force this was so boring... Important! But boring.. Shining Armor had been on this briefing for HOURS, instructing about guard patrols, checkpoints, shield magic, the shift rotations and so on and so on. Rainbow was here to get a hang of it, to be the representative of the Jedi, her master and know how the security worked during the wedding.

But it was so BOOOOORING!

"Jedi Dash?"

"Huh?!" Rainbow's ears shot up as she looked up to Shining Armor, then she noticed every officer in here was looking at her. "Uhm, yes?"

"Would you care to give us your opinion?" Shining said, an eyebrow raised, clearly not impressed with her.

She blushed a bit from embarrassment. 'Great work Rainbow, you managed to look like a complete idiot!' What would her master do in such a moment? Try the diplomatic answer? She cleared her throat, sat up a bit straighter. "Well, it's hard to sort of give you my exact opinion on this right now. I think, I should take your suggestions and... Review them?"

There was a long silence, but finally Shining nodded. "That sounds like a good idea, I'll give you what I would want your opinion on right after we are done here."

'Oh thank Celestia, it worked.. WAIT THERES MORE?!'


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"Ergguhghhg..." Rainbow Dash groaned as she walked down one of the many palace hallways. She held the many papers under one wing, the meeting had taken almost four hours to get through and her head hurt from the amount of boredom she was exposed to. She thought since Shining was a guard then maybe he would be cool and exciting, but nope! He was just as boring as Twilight when it came to all that nerd stuff!

Not that her master couldn't also be a massive nerd, as far as she had understood from Jester, her master wanted to be a Jedi historian and work in the Jedi archive. It was kind of hard to wrap her head around, HER master, a librarian? Why? Would he not rather go out, see the galaxy and go on adventures??! That sounded much more exciting!

Then again, her master had seen action, maybe more that he should. R6 had shown her holovids of some of the battles, although it was hard to understand when just watching, she could at least see the dangers her master had faced. So yeah, he might be a nerd, but he had faced dangers Rainbow never would have thought possible, he was a warrior, and he was pretty awesome and cool.

She hoped at least she could be something like him when she was a full blown knight! But that meant... She glanced down at the papers. "Erghh.." She needed to study, and she could not forget about that dark feeling she got from princess Cadance.

Something was up with that mare and she needed to find out what. She hoped she was wrong, she hoped it was simply her being paranoid, but, at this point she was pretty sure she was right and something was deeply wrong. Like her master had told her, she needed to stay focused and so she needed to keep her mind open. That meant Rainbow should be ready to find out if she was right, or, hopefully, wrong.

She walked to the big doors that let to the Jedi tower, opening it Rainbow was soon greeted by the robotic voice of Jester. "Ah, padawan Dash, how did the briefing go?"

Rainbow closed the door, placed the papers on the floor and removed her robe. Jester was quick to take the robe and hang it away. "It was boring..." She mumbled.

"Ah, well pardon me for saying padawan Dash, but you find everything boring that does not suit your interest." Jester said and walked over and picked up the papers to inspect them. "I will assume you did not listen at the briefing, and now I am left to pick up the slack."

"H-hey! I did listen it was just... Erghhh.. Can you do anything to make this easier to understand?" Rainbow asked and followed the droid.

"I can certainly try, or perhaps it would be better to say that I need to find a way. Otherwise you will as you say in Equestria, buck up."

Rainbow smirked. "Did you just curse?"

"I am still getting to know all of your terms, but I am dedicated to expand my memory banks in order to help my training programs." He replied.

"Ah.." That actually made sense. Jester was one to use swears, to provoke and try to get a rise out of you doing sparring, it was a good way to practice control and focus, though sometimes he could really hit some sore spots, which meant she would loose the battle pretty quickly in order to get him back. "Well, I could also use some help spying on Cadance."

The droid stopped looking over the papers and then turned his attention to Rainbow Dash. "I beg your pardon? Maybe I misunderstood you there master Dash, I am not familiar with 'pony humor'. Could you please elaborate?" 

Rainbow groaned, she really had a lot of explaining to do and not only that, but she had to read, spy and be ready to pick up her friends tomorrow. 

'Master, come home soon, please...'


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


It seemed like they had been at this for hours, Revan had tried to negotiate a peace between the two farming villages and hopefully focus efforts in finding the missing ponies. So far it had only ended in shouts, accusations and threats.

Ponies were very kind, understanding and caring creatures, but Revan found they were also easily scared and were prone to stubbornness in certain scenarios. This would be a case of it, there was already bad blood between the villages, this just stoked the flames to whatever old feud there was.

It ended with the meeting ending abruptly and the delegation from the other village left, leaving Revan stuck with an angry mayor and villagers that were still  suspicious and paranoid. For now however, he needed air. Standing outside the near field he watched as Celestia sun was slowly moving down, giving him a sense of calm.

"Sir?"

Revan didn't look at him, he simply kept looking at the sun down, trying to make sense of all this. "Sergeant.. What do you think of all this?"

The solar guard walked up beside Revan and sighed. "It's a real mess, sir. It is not often you see ponies that hostile towards one another."

"Something is afoot. I can sense, something. Something that is yearning for, escape.." He did not know how else to describe the feeling, but that was what he felt. "Something is wrong, that's for sure.. Any sign of the missing villagers?"

"No sir, and frankly, I doubt we will find anything. These ponies have lived out here for a long time, they know every rock and hill. If they have been searching too, then I think there is little chance we can find anything." The guard pony replied.

"Hm, sometimes it just takes a fresh pair of eyes." Revan smiled a little. "I see what I can find out, in the meantime I would like you and your guards to make sure their feud does not escalate."

"Sir-"

Suddenly their conversation was interrupted by R6 that came rolling up to them, beeping and booping.

"Ah, R6, good timing, let's try and call Rainbow Dash, I want to know how everything is going on her side." Revan smirked and turned to face the little droid, folding his arms within the sleeves of his brown Jedi robe.

R6 gave a beep in confirmation and with one of the small projectors and a tiny antenna popping out of her round dome of  a head, she started the call.

It did not take long before a blue hologram image of Jester popped up, looking almost startled in his body language as he saw Revan. "Master! Uhm, what an unexpected pleasure."

Revan cocked his head to the side and raised an eyebrow. Jester had never greeted him like that before, normally he would give him some sort of sarcastic comment or a threat, never using the word pleasure without the word killing before.

"Jester, is my padawan nearby, I wish to hear about how she has been holding up."

Jester looked around. "She's not here right now master." He said, almost to stiffly for him.

"Where is she then?"

"Uhm, that is a little... Uhm, over the clouds.."

What the buck was going on? Jester was never nervous and he most certainly never tried to hide anything, what did... Rainbow. Revan narrowed his eyes. "Jester, where is Rainbow Dash?"

"Uhm.."

"Oh for heavens sake, J-7-K!" Huyang's voice rang out and the old droid suddenly came into view, pushing Jester out of the way.

"Huyang? What's going on?"

Huyang let out what could be compared to a sigh. "I told them this was a bad idea, but padawan Dash insisted on her foolish plan."

"What plan? Huyang, where is Rainbow?"


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


14 minutes earlier.

"Padawan Dash, I really must protest, if master Revan was here then he would tell you no." Huyang said as he followed Rainbow downstairs into the sparring room of the Jedi Tower.

"Well my master is not here, and if he was, he would sense it too." Rainbow said and moved over to one of the window, flapping her wings so she could fly up and unlock it.

"But what if you're wrong? What then? What if you're discovered?"

"But what if i'm right?" Rainbow countered. "What if she really is up to something, I have a bad feeling about this Huyang, and as a Jedi it's my duty to do something!" 

Huyang looked at her, somehow she felt the droid was making a face at her, if he would be able to. "You're a padawan.. Let us call master Revan, let us hear what he has to say."

"Listen, little miss princess is eating with the.. Uhm, other princesses, along with Shining Armor, it's the perfect time to go in and snoop around in her room!" Rainbow Dash explained and finally got open the window, leaving Huyang wondering why she simply didn't use the balcony. "Don't worry, everything will be fine!" And with that she flew into the quickly darkening sky.

"Oh dear.." 


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The sun was going down, turning the orange sky darker and darker bu each second that passed. Rainbow knew she had to make good use of her time, Celestia had just lowered her sun, which meant the dinner was about to begin, she would at the very least have an hour to search her room.

She flew along the palace walls, not bothering keeping herself hidden as she had an all access fly pass, perks of being a Jedi's apprentice. The guards for the most part gave her a nod of respect or simply ignored her, which was pretty great in a stealth mission such as this one.

When she approached the balcony to Cadance's chambers, the sun was down and the moon rising, seems like the perfect time to do this. Moving closer, she carefully landed onto the balcony, being careful not to make a sound. Slowly Rainbow made her way to the window/door that led to her room, and thankfully there was nopony in sight.

"Perhaps i'm lucky and she didn't-" 

Rattle rattle.

"Lock it... Sith spit." Rainbow Dash then grinned, a simply lock such as this should be no problem for a Force user such as herself. Moving her hoof closer to the lock itself, using the Force, she guided it slowly out of it's spot and back to where it came from.

Click.

Success!

Rainbow pushed the window/door open, stepping in like she was expecting a trap. Her eyes and ears all moved to see or hear if she could spot anything that might look like a trap. She held her breath, expecting to be ambushed, expecting something! Anything!

Nothing...

She sighed. "Dang it.. I hoped for something exciting at least.. Oh well.." Figuring she might as well start her search she turned on the lights and started to look around. The chambers were pretty big as expected, pretty spotless too, guess that came with being a princess.

The search became pretty boring pretty fast as she didn't find any evidence at all, no clues no nothing!

Rainbow Dash groaned, sitting down on the large bed, how could it be so clean? No dark magic books, no crystal skulls, no nothing, not at all like in the Daring Do books! This was just insane, scanning the room one more time with her eyes she let out another frustrated groan.

Nothing at all! No scrolls, no dresses, no luggage, no... No... No luggage? She was not sure why, but, the room, it was insanely clean, like nopony was even living here. Sure she had been here, that much Rainbow knew, she could see it on the bed where she had been laying, sense it in the Force.

Did she live in Shining Armor's chambers? No, that was forbidden until after the wedding!

Maybe she lived, with another pony! Of course, that had to be it! She was having an affair, and... No, that sounded stupid..

Suddenly the door knob started to turn and brought her out of her train of thought. "Blasted." Rainbow cursed under her breath and hurried out the window/door, closing it carefully after her. She didn't fly away from the door however, she simply moved to the side so the stone wall would hide her presence.

The door opened and right away she felt the dark energy of Cadance, it felt almost rotten to her by now. It only cemented her suspicions about her, but for now she would need evidence, and the strong kind before she went on and accused the princesses niece.

Rainbow glanced inside, making sure to hide as much of her body as she could. Cadance looked smug, relaxed and overly confident. She was up to something, perhaps now she could see wha-

"Hey! You!"

Rainbow almost let out a yelp, but managed to hold it back. She turned and saw two Thestral guards, they used no light as their eyes were better for the darkness than the solar guards. "Halt, what are you doing there?" The other one said firmly.

"Listen guys." She started and turned towards them. Both guards froze up and bowed their heads.

"Jedi Dash, we're sorry, we thought you were an intruder." One of them replied.

"Yeah, but, but what are you doing outside princess Cadance's apartment?" 

"I would like to know that too, Jedi.."

A fourth voice joined their conversation and Rainbow felt her blood go cold for a moment. She turned her head, only to see princess Cadance herself, standing there with a raised eyebrow and almost a playful smirk on her face.

"Uhm.." Rainbow ran through all possible explanations, thinking quickly she looked at the guards. "Good job guys, you did well." Both guards looked confused, glancing at one another and then looked back at her, waiting for her to go on. "Yeah, I mean, I was not sure if Shining Armor's plan would work, so I decided to test it out, to time how long it would take you to notice me! You did great!"

Both Thestrals started to smile, happy to hear they had done well, even though they did not fully understand. "Well, thank you Padawan Dash." Cadance said, getting Rainbow's attention. "I feel much safer knowing you're on top of things, but I assure you. My darling Shining Armor already has everything under control, so if you don't mind, I would like to get some sleep before the wedding tomorrow."

Rainbow cursed at herself, like she did not have enough to think about, now she was getting mocked. The two guard might not be able to sense it, but she could. That immense self confidence and smugness oozed of this mare, and Rainbow did not like it one bit. 

She however maintained her smile. "Of course, forgive me princess, I simply needed to make sure everything was alright. We wouldn't want anything to happen to the bride now, do we?"

Cadance maintained her smiled. "No, we do not.. Goodnight, Jedi."

Rainbow bowed her head and sighed. She sighed, but then noticed the guards looking confused, she simply said. "Relax, it's mare code." And with that, she left.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Revan stared at the two droids, he was pretty sure by now they could both sense the disbelief in his gaze. "So what you're telling me is Rainbow has gone out to spy on princess Cadance?"

"Yes master Revan." Huyang replied.

"Well.." Revan trusted Rainbow, and he had told her to trust her feelings and the Force. He would not condemn her actions before he heard it straight from the pony's mouth. "Let's see what Rainbow has to say."

Thankfully he did not have to wait for very long, from the window Rainbow entered and started to fly down towards the floor. Soon enough she spotted her master's hologram. "Master!" She smiled and quickly landed in front of the hologram and bowed her head.

"Young one, I hear from Huyang you have been out on a spy mission. Care to elaborate?" Revan asked in an even tone, not hinting at disapproval or approval, he wanted to hear what she had to say first and foremost.

Rainbow Dash nodded eagerly. "Yes master, it started with." She started to explain everything that had happened, from the moment she first laid eyes on Cadance to when she decided to check out her chambers. She hid nothing from her master, she had no reason to after all.

When the explanation was over she took a deep breath, waiting for her master's responds. Revan looked thoughtful, but not dismissive of her feelings. "Rainbow, you've done well.." He finally said. "I trust your judgement, but without proof we can do very little. I want you to continue to watch her."

"Yes master." Rainbow nodded firmly.

"Twilight and your friends arrive tomorrow, maybe Twilight has some insight.. Trust in yourself, and be mindful of your emotions, make sure they don't cloud your judgement."

Rainbow nodded again. "Yes master.." She knew he was worried about the whole Applejack situation, and frankly, she was pretty nervous too, but she needed to stay sharp.

"I will finish this up hopefully by tomorrow, though I fear I might be late. If I cannot fix this in time I will arrive late afternoon, make sure you stay on top of things until then. May the Force be with you."

"I will master, may the Force be with you too.."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The transmission was shut off and Revan let out a sigh. "Thank you R6... Sorry for the long call." The droid beeped a few happy sounds and Revan smiled back at her. "Thanks." He looked to the guard. "Make sure your guards get some rest, they've earned it. I shall go for a walk and collect my thoughts."

The sergeant nodded. "Very good sir, have a nice walk."

"Thank you sergeant, come on R6."

Beep beep, boop!

Revan walked down one of the small dirt roads along the one of the many fields. R6 was silent, only the sound of her tiny wheels moving her forward could be heard, not that he minded, he was used to the sound of droids and he had learned a long time ago to simply filter the small mechanical sounds out.

The moon was beautiful today, the start shined brightly as well, Luna had to be in a good mood this evening. This dimension.. It was still very foreign to him, creatures who controlled their own solar system, magic. He wondered if it was some sort of Force power the Jedi had yet to discover. 

Though strange, he liked this world, it was filled with wonder and though not entirely safe, it was much less chaotic and violent than his own dimension. Here he could rest, meditate, seek guidance from the Force. Still, there was so much he didn't understand..

The Force had put him on this path, but there was still so many unanswered questions. The portal that brought him here, who conjured it? Was it by chance? Or was it simply the will of the Force manifesting itself?

He let out a sigh, not knowing where he should begin to look for answers, or even what to do with them once he had them. The only thing he felt sure about right now was to train a new generation of Jedi, to rebuild and reform the Jedi order. He held a hand to his heart, he could feel it, feel that it was his purpose here. 

Stopping by a small hill, he looked over the grass fields, watching the tall grass wave in the wind and being lit up by the moonlight. It was so relaxing, so peaceful, so-

Revan.

"Huh?" Revan turned around as he heard a voice whisper his name, but no one was there. What was stranger was it sounded like it came from a great distance. R6 looked at him, if she could she would probably tilt her head in confusion. "N-nothing R6, just thought I heard-"

Revan.

This time he knew he heard it, looking up he noticed a faint glow not far from him, it seemed it came from within the forest. It was very faint, and he had to strain himself to even notice it. "R6.. Stay here."

Beep beep, bwoop?

"No, it's okay, I'll be back, promise.." He headed inside the forest, following the lights, but it seemed the closer he got the farther they moved away. He quickened his pace, feeling somehow the forest changed, became darker the farther he went in.

Revan..

The ghostly voice called again, Revan did not respond, but he started to run and run and- "Wha!" He fell and everything became dark around him.

It felt like his body was falling, then almost hovering, suddenly however he opened his eyes, finding not the forest floor, but orange stone. "What..?" He groaned, but when he did he felt his voice sounded, strange. He slowly stood up and when he did and finally got a good look at his surroundings, his eyes widened.

"This, cannot be.."





It was a Jedi training hall, no, THE Jedi training hall, from the Jedi temple, but, how was that even possible?

"Interesting.."

A voice said from behind him, he quickly turned and his heart instantly felt like it went to his throat. "M-master?"

Luxida stood there, looking around with calm eyes and yet with the same youthful air around her she always had. Finally, her eyes settled on him and she sent him a warm smile. Revan felt like he wanted to cry, he had not seen her since he left for Naboo before the purge. He never found out if she survived or not, and yet, here she was, smiling at him!

She held up a hand to her mouth and giggled. "It's amusing to see you like this, again."

"Again, what do you mea-" Revan stopped as he looked himself over. His hands, his robes, his... Braid.. This could not be, he was a child again, a padawan again, but, this was not possible. "Master.." Revan looked at her again. "What is going on?"

"Hmmm.." She hummed and started to look around. "Seems like you've returned to the Jedi temple, or at least to the training hall.."

That didn't answer anything and she seemed intend on teasing him, just like old times. "Am I dead?"

Luxida frowned. "No? At least I would not think so, you simply tripped."

"Simply tripped? I heard your voice, master, I followed you."

"Did you?" She smirked and turned to him. "Or did you simply follow your inner self?"

"Inner self master? Are you saying this is all in my head?"

She let out a small giggle. "You've always been so.." Letting out a sigh, she sat down, crossed her legs. "Revan, you came to this place, this whole new world, free from the powers that now taints out own.. The Force is calling to you, do not turn away from it, listen to it, and trust in your inner self."

That didn't make any sense, he was here to resolve a feud and find the missing ponies, what was all this? He needed answers. "Maste-" Before he managed to finish the first word, everything flashed white and he opened his eyes in the real world.

His whole body felt sore. "Ah..." He slowly picked himself up, happy to feel he had not gotten himself hurt. More to the point, what did he just experience? A vision perhaps? More importantly, did he really just talk to his master? Impossible, for all of these months he had tried to contact anyone from his own dimension thought the Force, but he never felt anything..

Sighing a little he knew he had no time to dwell on what had just transpired, not here, not now. Dusting himself off he took a look at his surroundings and quickly found out why he had fallen.

He had fallen into some kind of cave, though, it did not look natural, it seemed to have been dug. He looked into the cave, feeling a strong pull from the Force. Something was in here, something alive, no, not one, but multiple beings screaming to be set free.

Without giving it a second thought, he started to walk deeper within the makeshift cave. At first the darkness around him swallowed him up, providing no light, but it was for less than 10 seconds when suddenly a sickly green glow could be seen farther ahead.

Moving along he finally entered a cave chamber, and what he saw made his eyes go wide.

Inside was massive green slimy cocoon like pods, giving off a sickly green glow, but what was even more horrible, inside was these cocoons was ponies!

He moved up close, counting all of them, there was at least 12 of them down here, it was the missing farmers! The number matched and it seemed they were all here! Who could have done this however, and what for? Reaching down to his belt, he picked up a small communicator to call up R6, she would have to get the guards here, fast.

Before he could push a single button however he heard several hissing sounds behind him. Quickly spinning around, unhooking his lightsaber he saw several glowing blue eyes in the darkness, all of them glaring at him. Blasted! He had been so focused on the cocoons he completely missed them sneaking up on him. Sighing to himself, he knew there was onyl one thing to do.

"Well..." He ignited his lightsaber, the blue blade illuminating the tight space of the cave chamber. "Hello there.."
> Chapter 11: Tensions
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Years Before.

Revan was not one to question his master, never. In fact, he always held his tongue, trusting her completely despite her, funny ways, to resolve issues. But right now, sitting in a stinking cell, cuffed and waiting for whatever the pirates decided to do with them. He found himself doubting his master's methods of handling this pirate problem. Their leader mentioned negotiations, but Revan was pretty sure that meant negotiations for a ransom, not about peace.

"I can sense your troubled mind, padawan.." 

Luxida spoke from the corner where she was meditating. She had been calm ever since they were locked in here, not speaking much, only telling him to relax and trust the Force. He had never understood how she could be so calm, right now they were locked up, cuffed, no plans, no way for their troopers to know where they had gone off to, or the Jedi Council for that matter.

"Please, speak your mind, as I instructed you.."

He felt a tinge of fear, he hoped he hadn't disappointed his master. She had told him when he met her for the first time, that he should always speak his mind, and tell her what he thought. For now during their time together, Revan had never told her anything, he did not dare, for like with every Padawan, they were determined to impress and earn their place beside their masters. However, he had promised her...

"Master.." Revan started, looking to her. She simply sat there, calm as ever, crossed legged, closed eyes, but still very much aware of her surroundings, and him. "Forgive me, but I don't understand.. Why would we willingly surrender to them?" To Revan it seemed like a fair question, a sensible one even, right?

"What would you have done, padawan? We were surrounded, outnumbered and outgunned, no cover, no reinforcements, what would you have done?"

Her question vanquished any thoughts he had before, what WOULD he have done? It was true, they were outnumbered, a master and her fourteen year old padawan.. No, she was right, if they wanted to have a chance, there was nothing else they could have done. He looked down to the dusty floor. 

"I.. I don't know, master..."

She let out one of her small chuckles. "Revan, you're always trying to plan ahead, always trying to prepare.. Keep your mind in the here and now, trust the Force, let it be your guide, and let go." By now Revan was used to her vague lectures, but again, he choose to trust her, hoping he would one day understand what she meant. 

Before he had a chance to respond, the door slid open and four pirates, armed with blasters, walked in. "The boss wants a word with ya."

Revan saw his master open her eyes, wink to him. "Then let us see where the Force takes us."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"Well... Hello there.." The group of glowing eyes simply stared at him, the glow from his blade casting the cave in blue light, making the creatures flinch and step back a little.

He took a defensive stance, holding the blade right next to him, ready to slash at anyone who tried to attack him. For now nothing happened, he stared at them, trying to sense their emotions, trying to figure out the best way to handle this. Could he avoid combat, that would be the preferred option, but, he had to protect the pods containing the ponies.

Before he could even attempt to talk again, the many creatures started to hiss at him, slowly moving forward like a pack of Nexus. He could sense them all, feel them, it was hard to get a read on their exact emotions, but their intend was clear, stop him. 

The first one jumped at him, unfortunately for the creature, Revan saw the attack coming. With a swift strike, Revan's lightsaber cut the leg off creature. It fell to the ground, whining and screaming, this seemed to anger the rest, as they all started to come at him.

Revan made this quick, using the Force, he pushed the two first attackers into the walls of the cave. The next two he cut through with ease, making sure not to leave them suffering. After finishing of the six of them, the last ones remaining seemed to back off. He felt their fear, and decided to give them a chance to escape. They took it, rushing out of the cave as fast as their wings would allow them to.

As soon as they had fled the cave, he turned to the pods. The ponies seemed physically fine, but he could sense that they were exhausted, in some ways, drained of energy? He was not sure how else to explain it. Reaching for his comlink, he turned it on. "R6, I've found the missing villagers, contact the sergeant and get him to meet me at this position."

"....."

"R6?" There was no reply. "R6, do you copy?" Still no reply, that was strange, normally she would always respond. "I have a bad feeling about this.." He mumbled under his breath, not feeling comfortable leaving the pods behind, but then again, he did not think the creatures would return any time soon, not as the bodies of their comrades laid here as a warning. 

"I need to find R6, and the sergeant.." He told himself, looking back to the pods. "I will be back.." Revan told them, not sure if they could hear or sense anything around them, but he hoped there was a chance for it at least. One thing he was sure of however, something was not right, and he was pretty sure this had something to do with the wedding, he could feel it. He just hoped Rainbow Dash could handle it.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The gardens were always peaceful, even though Rainbow preferred action and excitement, she had come to appreciate the quiet and peaceful surroundings of the royal gardens whenever her mind was troubled. Tonight her visit was to find some inner peace before she would retire for the night.

With princess Cadance acting weird and creepy, with her friends arriving tomorrow, Applejack, security checks, all that.. Erugh, it was a lot to consider...

"Good evening, Rainbow Dash." 

A calm soft voice said. Rainbow looked towards it, and saw princess Celestia standing near the stone railing, looking over the landscape beneath the mountain.

"Oh, princess Celestia, sorry.. I did not know you were out here as well.." Rainbow replied and bowed her head.

Celestia giggled. "Rainbow Dash, it's a big garden, i'm sure we can both be here at the same time." Her eyes remained on Luna's moon, and Rainbow could not help but to look up as well. After a few seconds, Celestia spoke again. "It's quite beautiful, is it not?"

Rainbow felt a little out of place, usually it was her master that talked to the princess, not her. Not that she was not allowed to, or that Celestia had given her reason to think she would not hear her out, but, old habits die hard.

"It is.." 

Rainbow finally responded and took a chance, walking up beside her, former princess. That was still a strange feeling, Celestia was no longer her princess. As a Jedi, she would serve the Force, protect the innocent, pony or otherwise. Though her master was now allied with Equestria, defending them, acting as ambassadors if needed, but, they had the power to refuse her, to act on their own, which was another thing she needed to get used to .

"Tell me.." Celestia continued. "How goes your training?"

"Uhm.." The question kind of took Rainbow Dash aback. "I guess it goes fine.." She mentally scolded herself, she was acting way to nervous. If she was relaxed and herself, she would have replied with, 'it's going awesome!' Or something of that nature. Right now however, she could not express that level of confidence.

"Hm, something on your mind?" Celestia asked, looking to the young Jedi.

How should she respond to that? Yes, there was a lot of things on her mind, her friends, Applejack, being here alone without her master, creepy princess Cadance, yes, there was a lot on her mind, but she was not sure how much she should share. Rainbow did not want to go around and accuse the princess's niece of things she had no proof of. What if Cadance really just was creepy by nature? Even so, she could feel something was up, and she figured it was better to wait for Twilight to arrive tomorrow, she knew Shining Armor best, and if he was effected, or Cadance was acting suspiciously, then Twilight would know. If anypony would listen, it would be her. 

"Well.." Rainbow Dash said carefully. "This is the first time I've been alone without my master, at least, while holding this responsibility.." 

Celestia nodded a little. "Twilight had many of the same doubts when she first arrived in Ponyville. If you remember, she was not the most sociable pony back then."

Rainbow Dash smirked a little. "You can say that again, Princess."

"Indeed.. I Hoped she would grow, make friends, and she did, and is still learning, each day." She smiled. "I imagine your master has the same hopes for you, to grow, and learn." She turned her gaze back towards the moon. "It is natural for a teacher to want to test their student, to push them to greater heights."

"Is that what you hope for Twilight?" Rainbow asked, looking back to the moon.

"Indeed I do.. There is so much for her to learn out there, and there is only so much books would allow her to understand. Before she came to Ponyville, friendship was simply a pass time, a word, nothing more for her to understand. But now, now she learns something new each day, and grows because of it.." Celestia turned her head once again, and smiled at her. "And that's because of the friendships she has made with you and your friends."

"It all sounds so simple when you say it.." Rainbow admitted.

"Some things are simpler than others." Celestia admitted. "Like with you an Applejack."

Rainbow looked up, a little shocked Celestia knew, but then again, she was there when Applejack had her outburst, and she was the princess after all. "I.." Rainbow looked down at her hooves. "I don't know how it will go when I see her tomorrow.."

Celestia nodded understandingly. "I felt the same way when Luna came back to me.. I was afraid, could I talk about this, could I mention that. It took time, I won't lie to you.. But compared, I think what you and Applejack are going through are more simple, I think, you simply need to talk."

"Not my strong suit.." Rainbow admitted.

"Just speak from the heart, be honest." Celestia smiled.

Be honest? Speak from the heart? Her master had said something along those lines, maybe not as poetic as the princess, but, he too meant they would be okay if they simply spoke. It was kind of funny, Twilight had been the student from Canterlot, learning magic, studying under the best teacher in all of Equestria. Now it seemed they had traded places, granted the circumstances were different, but yet similar. 

"I get why Twilight always speak so highly of you.." Then her eyes went wide as she looked up. "Not that I have never spoken highly of you! But, I mean, she has known you personally, and you know, she has studied under you so she has known you more personally and...." She trailed of, feeling her cheeks burn slightly.

Celestia giggled. "No no, I understand what you mean, Rainbow Dash, and you have a point. Most of my little ponies don't know me as well as Twilight does, and even she sees me only as her teacher. She does not know me as well as Luna does, for example."

Rainbow tilted her head, a question entering her mind. "What about master Revan?"

Now it was Celestia's turn to be taken aback by the sudden question. She felt her heart skip a little, she was not sure why, it was not like her and Revan had known each other for that many months. Yet, they had spend a lot of time together, speaking of simple things they had done through their life. They both found each other's life so fascinating, perhaps because they were so foreign to them both and it was an opportunity to learn from one another.

Then again, she had opened up to him, as he had with her. They had both seen and talked about moments of their lives that had affected them both greatly. Her with the fall of her sister, him with the fall of the Jedi order. Was it true then, did Revan know her more, or at the very least parts of her Twilight herself had not come to know in such intimate details?

Perhaps he did...

"Princess?" 

Rainbow Dash's voice suddenly brought her out of her train of thought. "Oh, forgive me Rainbow Dash.. Your question, it's, it's a difficult one to answer.. I myself am not sure what the answer is.. Not yet at least.." Rainbow noticed how her lips curled into a small smile, her eyes seemed to sparkle with something, and even her cheeks seemed to show the hint of a very faint blush. Maybe it was a good time for her to call it a night.

Taking a step back, she bowed before Celestia once again. "Well, if you will excuse me, I think I will hit the hay, princess."

"Of course Rainbow." Celestia smiled and inclined her head. "Have a pleasant night."

"Thanks, you too." Rainbow smiled and started to trot away and back into the palace.

Celestia was left to her own thoughts, looking across the landscape. She found herself wondering if Revan looked her way, looked towards Canterlot mountain, and her.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


By this time Revan had managed to bring the royal guard that had escorted him to the village, of course the villagers noticed something was going on, and quickly followed them. However, during the trip to and from the village, Revan so no sign of R6. He was getting worried now, it was not like her to wander off.

At least now the pods were being opened, and the ponies trapped inside tended to. Revan stood by the mayors of each village, as they shook hooves, apologizing to each other and for their hostile behavior. Then they both turned to Revan and bowed their heads. 

"Thank you for saving our villagers, we dread to think what might have happened if you hadn't shown up.." One said.

The other nodded. "Yes, thank you.. We won't blame each other anymore, we should have helped instead.. We learned a valuable lesson..."

Revan nodded. "Will they be okay?"

"Yes, after some much needed rest, and some comfort from their loved ones, they should be fine in a week or two."

"Good, i'm glad to hear it.." Revan folded his arms within the sleeves of his brown robe. "Those creatures."

"Changelings." The guard sergeant said as he walked over. "They were changelings, feeding of the ponies love."

"Yes, but as far as I remember, they can change their appearance.." Revan had of course studied this world's history and races, trying to get to know it as much as he could since he was going to spend the rest of his life here. "Could they have sealed up these ponies to take their place?"

The sergeant thought for a moment. "They would not have needed to seal these ones away, they could simply have changed into some random looking pony if they wanted to infiltrate a village or any place. Though they have not attempted this here, otherwise the villagers would not have noticed they had vanished. Perhaps it is simply an isolated incident." 

Revan could see his point, but something still felt strange to him. He looked to the sergeant. "Could they have been used as a feeding station?"

"Sir?"

"If a large number of changelings wanted to move through Equestria's borders, they would need a lot of, love, to move that many through the borders, yes?" 

The sergeant thought over this point. "Well, yes, but these ponies would only sustain a small group, how big are we talking about?"

Revan felt the same as he did during the clone wars, it was like an instinct setting off alarm bells in his head. "How many villages is there near Equestria's borders?"

"Uhm, to many to count in my head." The sergeant admitted.

"So if every place has some ponies missing and replaced, how many could move through the borders?" 

"I, uhm.." His eyes started to widen in horror at the suggestion. "An entire army.. But sir, we can't be sure of that, this proves nothing, we had no other reports from other villages."

"These changelings could simply have been sloppy, got careless." Revan said. "But you're right, I don't have any proof, but, the timing is simply.. To convenient.."

"Timing, what do you-" Then it dawned on him. He looked up at Revan, his eyes filled with dread. "The wedding.." Could this be real? Surely they would have detected something was up, but then again, they had pulled so many forces away from the borders and focused more on Canterlot in the weeks leading up to the wedding. Smugglers, and even a small army could have in theory snuck across the border, doing it little by little so not to be detected by the few forces left.

"As you said, I have no proof, but the danger is there.. My padawan said princess Cadance is acting strange, is it possible for a changeling to take her place?" Revan felt everything come together, it felt like the old days, maybe that was why he could see the tactic so clearly. Or maybe, maybe it was simply all a coincidence, something that triggered his alarm bells to go off, maybe he was wrong. No.. He could sense he was on the right track.

The sergeant grimaced. "I, I don't think a common changeling would be able to sustain such a disguise for long, and certainly not in front of princess Celestia.. But, I guess it is possible for some.." He had a bad feeling in his gut by now. "We need to inform the princess and captain Shining Armor."

Revan nodded. "We need R6, with her, I can call up my padawan and warn her."

"Can't you call the palace directly?"

"No.." Revan shook his head. "Without satellite amplification, a standard comlink has a range of about 50 kilometers. R6 can amplify the signal and send it to the Jedi tower's receiver."

Just in that moment, one of the soldiers called. "Sir! We found your droid!" The voice had some urgency in it, causing Revan to hurry over towards the soldiers. As he arrived, he saw a few gathered around a small ditch, in it, laid R6. Her body had been torn here and there, wires stuck out, the lights had gone from her small photo sensors.

"Blast it.." Revan mumbled under his breath as he inspected the damages.

"Can you fix her, sir?" The sergeant asked, hoping they still might be able to send a message in time.

Revan only shook his head. "No, not here." He placed a caring hand on his droid's head, as if to comfort it. Then he looked up at the sergeant with a determined look. "We need to depart for Canterlot this instant, get R6 in the carriage. We move in 20 minutes."

"Sir!"

They would have to hurry, but even if they sped towards Canterlot with all haste, he feared they would not get there in time before the wedding had already started. His only hope was that Rainbow Dash would be able to stop whatever was going on, and hold fast until he could get there. By the Force, he hoped he was wrong about all of this.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Rainbow Dash didn't like this, she didn't like this at all. Standing on the massive train station in Canterlot, waiting for the train from Ponyville, she waited for her friends to arrive. She felt conflicted, on one hoof she wanted to be here, to greet them and finally see her friends again after these many months.

On the other hoof, she was still nervous about seeing Applejack. She hadn't responded to any of her letters, Twilight had said she had tried talking to her about it, but Applejack had refused to play ball on that end. It seemed it really was up to her to put things right between them. She just hoped it was something that could be fixed.

Her thoughts were interrupted as she heard the steam engine of the locomotive, the train had finally arrived and was slowly coming to a stop besides the platform. Rainbow took a deep breath, trying to find comfort in her master's and the princess's encouragements. It helped a little..

When the train came to a full stop, Rainbow saw Twilight step off the train first, she looked around a few times until she spotted her. Smiling widely, she waved and called her name. "Rainbow!"

Rainbow smiled, though it was a bit forced, she was happy to see Twilight again, and their other friends as she saw them disembark the train. The last one out was of course, Applejack. However the small crowd of her friends kept her out of view, everything except her trademark hat.

"Dashie!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed and pretty much just appeared right in Rainbow's view of the group, somehow managing to get ahead of the others without Rainbow noticing. She put both hooves around her, giving Rainbow a tight hug. "It's so good to see you again! I've missed you SOOO MUCH!"

"Ergh, thanks, Pinkie, burrhhhg, do you think, eh, you could let go now???!!!!" Rainbow told her friend before loosing to much air.

"Oh! Sorry!" She said cheerfully and let go of Rainbow.

"Do be careful darling, I am quite certain Rainbow Dash has missed you too." Rarity said, stepping forward. "It is so good to see you again dear." The white unicorn embraced the Pegasus, and Rainbow had to admit she had missed her, heck, she had missed all of them.

"Thanks Rarity." Rainbow said as the hug ended. "It's good to see you too."

Twilight was the next to trot up and give the cyan Pegasus a warm hug. "You look well, how goes your education?"

Rainbow had to smile at that, typical for Twilight to refer to Jedi training as an education. Then again, her training was not just physical, there was the books, so, many, books. So maybe one could refer to Jedi training as an education. Whatever ponies would call it, she was just happy to see the star nerd again.

"Hehe.. It's good to hear you nerd talk again, Twilight. I'm doing good.." She said, not really giving a clear answer beyond that, but she was just happy to have her friends here again.

Spike smiled and waved at Rainbow. "Hey Rainbow! You gotta check out my new hat for the wedding, looking quite sharp if I say so myself." The little dragon certainly did not lack confidence, but as he tried to drag some of the luggage along with him, it became clear he did lack muscle.

Then suddenly a small careful voice spoke up. "It's good to see you again, Rainbow Dash.. I hope you have been well..." Fluttershy said as she walked up to Rainbow.

Now it was Rainbow's turn to move first, Fluttershy was her oldest friend of all of them. She wrapped her hooves and wings around her, just enjoying the moment. She could feel Fluttershy shake a little, not out of fear, no, she could sense the joy coming from her friend, she had really missed her. The feeling was mutual.

It had been hard, Rainbow had known that from the beginning. But going from being surrounded by her friends most of the time, to then train in Canterlot, far from anything she was used to. It had been quite the change, and Rainbow would lie if she said she hadn't felt lonely at times. Revan had been a great master, smart, a great fighter, wise like princess Celestia, well at least, that's how she saw him.

She had also gotten to know a few royal guards, some ponies in the city, so it was not like she was alone, but still, she shared a special bond with these five, a bond that could not be broken, or, at least she hoped it couldn't.

Rainbow gave Fluttershy and extra tight squeeze before pulling away. "I have been doing fine, Fluttershy. I've just missed you guys a lot."

They all smiled at her, but then they all grew quiet, and the group slowly made way for Applejack, at least trying to give their two friends some space to bury the hatchet. Applejack looked uncomfortable, and Rainbow Dash could sense the struggle within her, but then again, there was quite a bit of struggle within herself as well. To Rainbow's surprise, she could sense no anger within her friend, nothing of the sort, just, sadness. She wanted to talk to her, but no words came to mind.

Applejack on the other hoof, seemed to know exactly what to say to escape this awkward situation. "We better get going, won't be long till the wedding and all.." 

It was not what Rainbow had hoped for, but it gave them a chance to move on and perhaps some space to think. Not that they hadn't had plenty of that. "Of course, uhm, well, follow me.." Rainbow said, trying to recover, forcing a smile. "This way, there is a lot of checkpoints, so stick to me and I get you through with no issues."

Like Rainbow, it was not the outcome her friends had hoped for. Twilight and the others gave each other some looks, wondering if they should give them a push in the right direction. Though, with Applejack, they had learned to leave it be, it would just make everything worse. The best they could do was to be there, and hope both of them were old enough to sort this out themselves, like adults.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The trip to the palace started off awkwardly, no small pleasant chatter for the first few minutes. Though as they got closer, the small talk started little by little. It was hard to stay in a bad mood or keep quiet at the festivities and decorations going on around them.

Pinkie Pie was of course in her element, and was all about the decorations, looking at everything as they walked. Rarity was no different. She was always fascinated by everything that had to do with Canterlot, looking at the shops, the colors of the decorations, the fashions of the ponies walking around the streets. Spike was not so fascinated by Canterlot, to him it was simply his old home, and he wondered more is him and Twilight should check in on her parents while they were here.

Fluttershy, like always, was a little timid, and stayed close to Rainbow. She had been in Canterlot before, but she was still not used to having so many ponies around her. It would be better once she had a little time in the palace to get used to all the ponies around.

Twilight seemed to be happy with seeing Rainbow again, but, she was very annoyed with her brother. Rainbow had known that when she first heard about the wedding and was told about who the groom was, so it was kind of funny to see her fume a little.

Rainbow was not sure when it was best to approach Twilight about Cadance, Shining Armor had asked Rainbow not to tell Twilight or the others who he was marrying, he wanted it to be a surprise. She did not like to send Twilight in blind, but maybe it would be more useful to see her reaction if she didn't know. If she told Twilight about her suspicions, then perhaps Twilight would be too biased to help out? Maybe she would become protective of Cadance before even seeing her, ruining Rainbow's chances to find out more. No, it was better to wait, Twilight would either agree or not, but that was for her to find out. She would approach her after the meeting, hopefully she was not the only one seeing something was wrong. 

Meanwhile Applejack seemed content walking in the back, not speaking very much, only giving a simple responds whenever somepony would say something to her. Rainbow needed to fix this, it was taking away her focus from the issues at hoof. Besides, if something was wrong, she would relax more knowing Applejack would have her back, just like before.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


When they arrived at the palace, Twilight left the group to go meet with her brother. Rainbow wanted to be there, but she figured it would be best to let brother and sister have a moment to talk, as she was sure there was plenty Twilight wanted to say to Shining.

In the meantime Rainbow took the others to their rooms, then took them into one of the many lounges to get some early lunch. There was plenty to be done today, so they might as well enjoy this meal before they had to get ready for the wedding later today. Rarity mentioned something about making Rainbow a dress, but thankfully Rainbow was there to represent the Jedi, not as a guest of such, she was there to provide some security. If her master didn't make it back in time, she would need to take his place during the wedding, which thankfully meant... NO DRESS!!!

As the early lunch continued, Rainbow found herself glancing at Applejack, who was sitting across from her, now and again. A few times she was sure she spotted her glancing back at her. Did the same things going through Rainbow's mind go through Applejack's? Maybe, just maybe she was waiting for her to start the conversation?!

Biting her lip, Rainbow tried. "So, Applejack, how goes it with the farm? Good?"

The table became quiet, and Rainbow could see Applejack tried to focus on the dandelion sandwich in front of her. It made the brim of her hat hide her eyes, which was frustrating, but what was even more frustrating was her reply.

"Eeyup.."

Eeyup? Seriously? After all this time, so much tension, was that really all she was gonna say?! Well, maybe she just needed to loosen up a bit, so she continued.

"Well, that's good, what about Big Mac? Apple Bloom and Granny Smith, they doing alright?"

"Eeyup..."

Again!? Blast it AJ, sure this was awkward, but at least she was trying to make things right! The others were dead silent, it was in fact amazing Pinkie had been able to keep her mouth shut and not interfere. Rainbow tried again, one, final, time...

"Uhm, do you..." Rainbow was no longer sure what to ask, then finally she simply sighed and simply said what she really wanted to. "Come on, Applejack.. It's been half a year, talk to me, please.." Applejack for a moment looked like she was going to look up at her, but seemed to think better of it, and simply did nothing. That was more than Rainbow could handle, she smashed her hooves into the table and yelled.

"What is it!? I've been trying and trying for months now, Applejack! I'm sorry, okay? But, no matter how much I will try to explain it, you would not understand! And that's okay, because I hardly understand it myself, but I just know it was what I needed to do. Despite how much it might hurt me, and my friends. So I'm sorry, but at least I'm trying to make this work! So why the buck won't you!?"

There was dead silence around the table, nopony spoke, and their friends simply stared at the two of them. Applejack looked at Rainbow, a mix of shock and, something Rainbow could not be sure of. Then suddenly, without saying a word, Applejack stood up, and walked out.

Rainbow sighed, this was not how she wanted to begin this conversation, but now that it had started, she had no intention of letting it go. Standing up herself, she followed Applejack outside into the garden, none of the others followed them. Looking around the garden, Rainbow felt kind of bad for yelling, she meant every word, she was frustrated, but, she felt bad on how it came out.

Finally, walking all the way to the back of the garden, she spotted Applejack, standing by herself, at the railing, looking at the landscape, or more directly, towards Ponyville and the farm. Rainbow stood there for a moment, simply looking at her, giving her a moment to calm down a little, not to mention giving her time to find the words.

It was however Applejack who seemed to find the words first. "Ah know how ya feeling.."

"Huh?" Rainbow was surprised she spoke, let alone knowing she was there. "Applejack I'm-"

"No." Applejack said, cutting her off before she had a chance to continue. "You were right in there, you're the one trying to make this right.." She let out a deep sigh, turning around, revealing her tear stained eyes and cheeks.

Rainbow felt her own eyes watering up a bit, she had never seen Applejack this emotional before. She started to take slow steps towards her as she continued. 

"And you're right, ah don't understand, not one lick. All this hooey dooey Force thing, it is as big of a mystery to me as all that fancy unicorn magic Rarity and Twilight uses." She wipes her eyes. "To me, you and me were the same, not needing magic, we can do without magic, we worked very hard to be good at what we do.." She knew Twilight worked hard on her magic, and so too did Rarity, but still to her, magic was just.. Foreign, and was an easy life, a way to not need to work hard like she did on a daily basis.

"So when you came out and told you would be leaving Ponyville, to study something so new and strange, well ah.. Ah simply  felt like ah had lost my best friend.." Applejack finally admitted, feeling guilty for making Rainbow Dash feel so horrible for something that was probably a very hard decision for her to make. "Ah won't tell ya ah will ever understand this, but ah do understand it's something ya feel you must do.. And ah'm awful sorry.."

Rainbow stopped, not far from her apple loving friend. "Then, why didn't you write back?"

"Because ah felt bad.. Ah didn't know what to write, ah didn't know how to say what ah wanted to say.. Finally, ah just felt gosh darn embarrassed and ashamed, ah simply tried to hide from it.." Applejack was under no illusion that what she did was wrong, and she did feel guilty. She wasn't any less frustrated, and she still didn't understand why Rainbow had chosen this path, but it was hers to choose, and if she valued their friendship, she would support her.

"Rainbow, ah'm so sorr-" 

Rainbow cut her off with a tight hug, holding her tight in her hooves as Applejack stood there stunned for a few seconds, then finally she wrapped her hooves around her friend as well. "It's okay.. I'm sorry for all of this too.."

It was not like Rainbow didn't understand, heck, she would have probably reacted the same way too. She knew full well that she would have done the same, probably been even harder on Applejack and herself afterwards if the roles were reversed. So at least, she could admit that, and Applejack too seemed to admit that as well. 

More importantly, they had made up, and their friendship was still strong.

Meanwhile, in the background, their friends stood and watched, all with teary eyes and happy expressions. Pinkie of course, was the first one to break down, and tears of joy and happiness of seeing her friends become, well, friends again, made the tears spring out like waterfalls. "It's so.. Beautiful to see friends become friends again!" She wailed, grabbing Fluttershy and hugging her tightly.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


They all spend some time calming down and talking after that, Rainbow's and Applejack's friends gave them some space to talk. Rainbow was not one to talk about her feelings, and neither was Applejack really, but they spend some time in the garden just to talk and catch up on the latest news from their lives.

They shared stories, and after a few of them, Applejack had to admit Rainbow's life as a Jedi did sound rather interesting. It was nice to simply talk and get it all out, soon enough they started their old banter, calling each other names, and thinking about challenging each other. 

If it was not for Rarity they both would have probably started something right there in the garden. She reminded them, that they had a wedding to get ready to, and when they went back inside, Rainbow noticed Twilight had returned, and just as she had suspected, she didn't look to happy.

She approached her lavender friend, hoping to get a moment to talk to her about her concerns. However, as she came closer Twilight seemed to have the same idea.

"Can we talk alone?"
"Can we talk alone?"

"Huh?"
"Huh?"

"jinx!" Pinkie yelled from somewhere in the room.

"Uhm.." Twilight said. "Could we talk, alone?"

Rainbow nodded. "Sure, let's go to the Jedi tower."

The two mares let the others know they would catch up later. They didn't really speak much as they walked through the halls, Rainbow could sense Twilight's emotions, she was worried, sad even, confused. It really seemed she saw something in Cadance, something that felt deeply wrong to her.

When they entered the tower Jester was the first to greet them. "Oh, padawan Dash, welcome back. How did it go with your friend? Did you knock her teeth out?"

Twilight sent Rainbow a disapproving look. "It was a figure of speech, Jester!" Rainbow yelled and then sighed. "Anyway, this is Twilight, my friend. Twilight, this bucket of bolts is Jester, just ignore him, your life will be so much easier if you do."

"Oh, uhm, okay?" She replied, a little confused. "Nice to meet you, Jester."

Jester bowed, almost with a sort of elegance that droids normally didn't have. "It's a pleasure, Twilight. I am J-7-K, also called Jester. I'm a sparring droid and conversationalist."

Any other time, Twilight might have found the droid more fascinating, but she simply did not have the time to look over the droid. Instead, she followed Rainbow over to one of the tables near a window. Rainbow sat down on one of the floor pillows, waiting for Twilight to sit down as well. 

"It's about Cadance, is it not?"

Twilight's ears perked up. "You noticed it too??"

Rainbow nodded. "Mhm, yes.. I don't know what it is, but something just seems off. I guess she wasn't always this, creepy?"

"No.." Twilight admitted. "I don't understand it.. When she was my foalsitter, she was always so kind and lovely.. I don't know, now she just seems..."

"Plotting? Evil?" Rainbow suggested.

"Well, maybe I wouldn't go that far, she just seems more cold, like she has changed..." Twilight was not sure how else to explain it.

"I for one have been getting all kinds of alarm bells from her. I don't trust her one bit." She stated bluntly. "I don't know if she is a gold digger or something, but she is bad news, Twilight."

She raised an eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure Cadance is richer than my brother."

"Oh, yeah.. But still, something isn't right, I can feel the darkness within her, she is like a void.." Rainbow said, not sure how else to explain it.

"Have you tried talking to the princess about it? Or anypony else?"

"No.." Rainbow sighed. "Just my master, I did not want to make a scene and accuse the princess's niece of something I had no proof of.."

Twilight nodded for a moment, understanding it might not be good to go around and yell about something they were not sure about. Even if they did, what could they say? They didn't have any knowledge of proof of that she did anything wrong, and they couldn't just say it was because something felt off, or they didn't like Cadance. No, they needed something solid to present to the princess and Shining, if there even was such a thing.

"Well, I will be spending a lot of time with them today, i'm sure I might be able to find something out before the wedding.." She seemed to really want to get to the bottom of this. Though, this did include her brother, and someone she used to think of as the best pony on earth. Someone who she had looked up to since she was just a little filly, beside the princess that is.

"We only have until this evening, Twilight. After that, they will be married, and I don't think Shining Armor will take to kindly if we go snooping around his beloved love muffin." Twilight made a face as Rainbow called Cadance love muffin. "Something I overheard his call her.." She explained with a roll of her eyes. "Anyway, Should we tell the others?"

"Hmm, might be a good idea, though, I doubt they will listen, they are very excited for the wedding, just as much as I was half an hour ago.." She frowned. "Who knows, maybe we're wrong, maybe she is just nervous about this whole wedding thing."

"No." Rainbow said flatly, making Twilight flinch a bit. "Something is wrong, Twi. I can sense it, I don't know if it really is her, but she is involved, somehow. We need to find out what,  I hope i'm wrong, but, my master told me to trust the Force, and in myself, so that is what I am going to do."

There was a moment of silence, then, Rainbow noticed something, a small smile on Twilight's face. No, not a smile, a slight smirk?

"What?"

Twilight giggled. "Oh nothing, just seems like you have been getting used to your jedi education, that's all?" She giggled a little again. "All responsible and all."

"Hey! I was responsible before!" There was silence for what seemed like a minute. "Well..." Rainbow said as she thought back. "Most of the... Time..." She noticed Twilight smirking. "Shut up Twilight.."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Twilight and Rainbow agreed to do some snooping around on their own, and then meet up before the wedding. Unfortunately, Rainbow had her own duties to attend to, so she needed to rely on Twilight for this one. She would try to do some snooping herself, but it was limited what she could do at this point, she had a lot to do today, and Twilight would be spending most of her time with Cadance, so hopefully she might be able to figure something out.

"I must say it was very interesting to finally meet this, Twilight Sparkle. She is princess Celestia's student, correct?" Jester asked as he walked back into the main room.

"Oh? Yeah, that's right.." Rainbow nodded, but was still in deep thought. 

"What's wrong, padawan Dash?"

Rainbow sighed, looking out the window. "Nothing, just, thinking I guess.."

"Really? That is unlike you, are you sick by any chance?" Jester asked, sounding genuine surprised.

"No, I jus-HEY!!" She yelled, glaring at the stupid droid. 

If the droid could smirk, he would have probably done it. "Well, it seemed to snap you out of your trance. Now, should you not prepare for the royal wedding? Unless you plan on sparring, I suggest you get to work."

Rainbow glared for a bit, then sighed as she knew he was right. Better for her to get moving, trying to get everything in order before she even attempted on snooping around, who knew, maybe she would stumble upon something while preparing for the wedding? 

"Fine, i'm going, i'm going, but I swear, if I have to sit through another meeting i'm gonna screa-Princess!?" As Rainbow ranted, she had not noticed that princess Celestia herself had walked into the tower. "S-sorry, I did not notice you came in."

Celestia smiled. "That's quite alright, Rainbow. I teleported my way here, so you might not have heard or noticed." She said understandingly. "I hope you can forgive my intrusion, but I wondered if you had heard anything from master Revan?" 

Rainbow frowned, no, she hadn't heard anything, and frankly, she had not tried to contact him. In hindsight, she should probably have tried, and updated him on her progress. So she shook her head. "No, I haven't heard anything, and I have not contacted him for a while.. We can do so now if there is something you wanted to talk to him about?"

Celestia shook her head. "Oh no, I simply wanted to be updated on the progress of his mission. I have not heard anything, so I hoped he might be on his way back for the wedding." She had a small smile, and though Celestia was excellent at hiding what she was thinking, Rainbow could swear she sensed within her some, giddiness, was probably the best word to use.

"Oh, well, if you want, we can go and try and contact him now. Then you can hear it straight from him." Rainbow suggested, thinking it might be a good idea to contact him and hopefully learn if he was on his way or not.

"I would appreciate that." She said and inclined her head.

"Follow me then, the communication room is higher up." Rainbow said, and started to hover above the ground, and up the stairs with Celestia following behind her.

The Jedi Tower, it sounded so grant, and it kind of was, it was the third tallest tower in the palace, third only to the princesses. Before it sat largely empty, but with Revan moving in and wanting to start his own order, Celestia had granted him this tower to begin his work. Since then, he had filled it up with almost everything from the ship he arrived in, which was a lot. The ship itself was still in the courtyard of the palace, at least until it could fly again and be put in a more suited location.

The tower had six different levels, the first level was a sort of lounge area, a place for small meetings and greetings. It was where you entered the tower, and where one could wait until someone could take the visitor farther up the tower.

The second level was their accommodations, four small rooms for them to sleep in, and then a larger dining area, and of course a large bathroom. It was a level you could go through quickly and simply continue on your way to the next one. Rainbow had grown quite fond of her new home, her small room had a lot of her old posters, and she had a very cool view of the landscape beneath the mountain. 

The third level was the combat dojo, this level was quite different from the others, a whole other design that she had never seen until it was constructed. There had been used wood on the floor and walls. In the middle of the room was a large white training mat, it was rather large, giving them plenty of space to spar on. To the sides were some training sabers hung on the wall, along with wooden replicas of swords, spears, and other weapons Rainbow or Celestia had not seen before.





"An impressive space." Celestia commented as they were about to walk up the next stairs. "I was told master Revan had insisted on designing this level himself. Though I have never seen the final result."

The fourth space was the library, or Jedi archives as her master called it so fondly. He was quite proud of this place, and she had to admit, there were a lot of interesting data in here, but, she rather be training in the dojo than spending her time up here studying.

Finally they arrived at the fifth level, the communication level. A large circular table was place in the middle, it had been taken out of the ship and sent up here. It could show very detailed and very large holograms, and was of course very powerful when it came to communication range. It was also where repairs could take place, and where Huyang mostly spend his time as he made sure every lightsaber component was probably archived.

When he saw them come up, he inclined his head. "Padawan Dash, princess Celestia." He greeted.

"Huyang." Rainbow replied as she made her way to the table.

"Master Huyang. What a pleasure to see you again." Celestia smiled politely before turning back to Rainbow. "So, what is on the last level?" She asked curiously.

"Oh, it's the meditation room, there are windows all around you up there, and master Revan says it's the best place for it." She explained. She had to admit, sitting up there, relaxing and meditating was pretty cool. Since there was windows all around you, one could almost forget they were even there, if it was not for the few pillars that kept it all together.

"Anyway." Rainbow continued and walked over to the table. "Let's see.." She bumbled as she pushed a few buttons. The table started to hum slightly, and soon after gave a few tiny beeps. "Master." Rainbow called, looking at where the hologram would show itself. "Master, this is Rainbow Dash from the Jedi tower, master, do you copy?"

There was no responds, and Celestia could see the frown spreading on Rainbow Dash's face. "Is everything okay?"

"I don't know.." Rainbow answered honestly. "It's like, he is out of range, but he has R6, so she should be able to pick up the signal, but, she isn't responding.." 

"What does this mean?" Celestia asked, sounding a bit worried now.

Rainbow didn't wish to make her worry, not now, not with all of this happening around them. So she turned to her, trying to look calm. "Probably just a minor error, or my master has cut the connection. I'm sure we will hear from him soon."

Celestia seemed to calm just a little, but it was clear she was still worried. She however decided not to press the point right now, she did have a lot to attend to. "I understand, please let me know once you have spoken to him."

Rainbow bowed. "Of course princess, I let you know as soon as I speak with him."

"Thank you, I will look forward to it. Good day, Rainbow Dash." And with that, she vanished into a white flash of light.

"Pheeew.." Rainbow let out a relieved sigh. Then she turned to the table and glared a little. "Piece of junk! Why hasn't he picked up!?"

"Hmm, well, let us see what we can find out." Huyang responded and walked over, looking over the small screens. "Hmm, well, it seems there is no connection point for the signal."

"What do you mean? What about R6?" She asked and walked up beside Huyang.

"It could be master Revan has shut her down, but I cannot imagine why." 

Rainbow frowned. "Or something could have happened.." For a moment she considered flying to her master, but she had no idea if she could find him in time, and even if she could, they would be to late to return for the wedding. Not only that, but there would be no Jedi present. With stakes this high, she couldn't afford to take the chance. "Keep trying Huyang.. I need to go, but call me if you get a hold of him."

"As you wish." 


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Six hours, six, damned, hours, and Rainbow had not been able to find out anything! She had been stuck at a briefing, had to walk and fly around certain points to check on the security. She had barely been able to talk with her friends, barely been able to get any sort of update from Twilight.

The last thing she had heard was Twilight had burst into the throne room and interrupted practice. She had overheard it from some of the guards that she had burst in and tried to confront Cadance, only to have it backfire on her. Rainbow had wanted to find her after that, but she was just gone. More over, she couldn't sense her any longer, and that had her worried, it was like she had simply vanished!

"Come on Twilight, where are you..?" Grumbled Rainbow as she walked one of the hallways, which she could have sworn on was the same one she had walked just an hour ago! Revan in the meantime hadn't contacted them, which only added to her frustrations.

Deciding her best chance was with their friends, she made her way to the room that had been turned into Rarity's dressing room for her and the rest of the girls. They were probably getting ready for the wedding by now, which was beginning dangerously soon. Dammit Twilight, where the buck are you!

She opened the door to the makeshift dressing room, and was met with an explosion of color and fabrics. All four girls had dresses on them, specially designed for them by Rarity. "Howdy there." Applejack greeted as she spotted Rainbow. 

"What do you think!!??" Pinkie almost screamed in excitement as she twirled around, showing off her dress.

"Uhm, nice Pinkie, listen, have any of you seen Twi-Whoa!" Before she could finish her sentence, Rarity had pulled her over, giving her a few looks, letting the measuring tape move around her.

"Listen darling, I know you said you will be working during the wedding, but surely you can wear a dress?" She said, giving her a few approving nods before continuing. "I have taken the liberty to make you a dress, should the need arise."

"Rarity, I-" Once again, and much to her annoyance, she was cut off.

"Oh, if you're worried about that lightsword in your belt, i'm sure we can find a place for it, just give me a sec and I will-Mmfp?" 

Now it was Rainbow's turn to cut in. She held a hoof to Rarity's mouth and sighed. "Rarity, first of, it's called a lightSABER, not a lightsword. Second, I won't need a dress. Third, have any of you seen Twilight?"

The room went silent for a few seconds as the four mares looked at one another. Fluttershy shook her head. "No, we haven't seen her since the rehearsal.." 

"You might not have heard, dear. But Twilight seemed to have some sort of fit during that, and I think she wants some time to cool off. I'm sure she will be in good spirit again at the wedding." Rarity said confidently.

"Yeah, what was that about?" Applejack said, sounding confused and worried for their friend.

"Oh!" Pinkie cut in. "I think she went to talk to Ca-"

The door opened before Pinkie got to finish her sentence, and in stepped four Royal guards. "Padawan Dash?" One of them asked.

Rainbow raised and eyebrow and stepped forward. "Yeah? What's up?"

"There is, a situation, we need you to take a look at. Will you please follow us?" The guard seemed calm, yet tense in his body stance. Something had to be very wrong, could it be Twilight? If so, maybe the reason why the guard simply did not say what was wrong, was to not worry the others.

"Sure, lead the way." Rainbow said and started to walk out. "I'll see you girls later!" She called back before she vanished out the door with the four guards.


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The walk was long, and during the whole trip, the guards had kept quiet. After a while though, Rainbow got tired of not knowing what the buck was going on. "So, what's this situation?"

"We believe we have found a danger to the wedding plans." One of them simply said. "We need to contain it."

"Have you not already contained it?" Rainbow asked. "Why do you need me?"

"You're a Jedi, you will probably need to see this for yourself." The guard simply replied.

"I guess so.." Rainbow sighed, still finding this kind of strange. If they had already contained the threat, why would they need her? Maybe it was something she would need to check out, maybe a misunderstanding? At any rate, she might as well get this over with so she could get back to looking for Twilight.

They started to descend the stairs to the dungeons, at first she was kind of surprised, but then again, if they were guarding some dangerous criminal or intruder, why would they not bring him or her down here? Rainbow had never actually been down here before, she knew they existed, but this was her first time actually being down here.

They kept going down and down, passing other, more modern and well maintained levels of the dungeon. The farther they went down, the more old and depressing it got. Why had they brought the intruder all the way down here? Was he that dangerous??

They came down to, what Rainbow imagined was the lowest level of the dungeon, and the oldest. However, there were still lanterns lit down here, so they were probably still being used. It was cold, damp, and kind of smelly. They walked in a large and and wide hallway, down towards the end of it where more guards seemed to wait for their arrival.

At the end was one single cell door, made of thick wood, probably enchanted, and only had one little window in the door itself, barred of course. As they walked closer, Rainbow started to feel the small echos in the Force, impressions left behind from prisoners and guards alike. It made her shudder a little, to think of being locked up in here for who knows how long.

Oh well, she just wanted this over with so she could get out of here. As they approached the other guards, they seemed a bit more tense. What was up with them? Were they afraid? She could not really sense their emotions, maybe because they had been trained so well, but she could tell they were nervous. Was the captive really that dangerous, or was it something else?

"Open the door for the Jedi."

One of the guards ordered, and a second one complied, stepping up to the door and used a key. Rainbow focused on the door, expecting to see someone chained up in there. She failed to notice however, as the door was being unlocked, the guards around her seemed to step away from her.

Something felt off to Rainbow, as the door was being unlocked, she felt more in danger, but more over, she could not sense anyone inside the cell. Then, why would the guards bring her down here?! What was the point to drag her all the way down here if there was no prisoner inside? Unless, SHE, was the prisoner?!

The door opened, and just as it did, she felt all her senses going into danger mode. By reflex, she grabbed her lightsaber, took a step to the side, ignited the green blade and made a single swing to the side!

Just then, she saw the head of a spear fall to the stone floor, and it was then she noticed the guards, all standing around her, all with their spears aimed her direction. They looked shocked, but still glared at the young Pegasus. Rainbow felt her initial shock vanish, and sent them a glare in return.

"What the buck do you think you're doing?!" Rainbow demanded, as she stood up on her hind legs, feeling the balance she had practiced so well come to her like it was a natural stance for her body to make. She held her saber in attack zone one, ready to defend herself. "Guards, stand down! That's an order!"

The guard that had tried to stab her with his spear drew a small dagger. "We're sorry, but we can't have you interfere with the wedding, Jedi."
> Chapter 12: Wedding Crash
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

One Month Ago.

"Argh.." Rainbow fell to the floor of the newly constructed dojo. She could feel the sweat running down her body, she was panting, feeling her body scream for her to rest, though her master had other ideas. 

"Get up." Revan told her. She groaned, trying to get up, but her body was very sore. Revan kept walking back and forth. "Padawan, if you hope to survive the battles that lays before you, then you get up, now." Gritting her teeth, Rainbow willed herself to stand. Her body was not willing, but like always, her mind was. Revan nodded approvingly. "Good, remember, you must master your mind. Pain and exhaustion is only an illusion. You must overcome it. Now, attack me again."

Rainbow took a deep breath, then stormed forward, jumped towards her master and tried to land a punch. Revan however blocked it, grabbed her hoof and forced her to the floor again, but this time, holding her in a tight grip. "Argh!"

"Focus." Revan said sternly. "Never attack out of anger or frustration, it will cloud your mind and your judgement. See the path before you, attack with purpose and with a calm mind. Only then will you be able to defeat your foe."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Rainbow glared at the guards surrounding her, all had their spears at the ready, all of them intending to kill or capture her. Well, she was not going to let that happen. "Guards, I said stand down!" She tried one final time, though she was pretty sure it wasn't going to work, and to no shock, it didn't.

She felt angry, confused, why did the guards attack her? Before she could even try and ask that question, one of the guards leaped forward, trying to thrust his spear into her. Rainbow, not wanting to kill them, reached out with the Force and sent the attacking guard flying into the wall. 

"Don't do this.." She said in one final warning, thinking perhaps they would back off, run away. Hoping it was a misunderstanding or maybe some crazy officer who simply had enough of the Jedi. The warning did not help as the guards started to come closer, holding out their spears in order to keep her at a distance.

Focusing her mind, controlling her breathing, she stood in a defensive position, ready for any type of attack they might try. She hoped to disarm them, get them locked up until she could clear this up, find out why they attacked, and if they were acting under orders. For a brief moment, she wondered if they were acting under princess Cadance’s orders. Rainbow did not have time to think about that however, as the guards started their attack.

They tried to rush her, but Rainbow felt them all coming. She used the technique her master had shown her, a Jedi technique that let her see attacks just before they happened. It was not an easy trick to do, and this was the first time she was using it in real combat.

Double vision. Attack coming from left side, three from front and two from right side.

Moving her blade around, she managed to cut the spear tips as they came towards her, shocking her attackers even more. Using their shock to her advantage, reaching out with the Force, she pulled the now headless sticks out of their hooves, holding out her lightsaber, hoping this would at least make them stop. Of course, they didn’t.

Double vision. Knife coming at throat, hoof punch towards stomach, sword at head.

She cut the knife as it came towards her, moved a step back to avoid the punch. then twirled the saber to cut the sword. Now that she was sure they were disarmed, all she had to do was- "Whaaaa!!" A guard stormed at her, an act of desperation that caught her completely off guard. One swing was all it took, one simple swing, and the guard collapsed on the stone floor, dead.

It was like there was a pause in the fight, at least for Rainbow. Had she just, killed a guard? Yes, there was no life in his eyes, he just laid there, sprawled on the floor as the cut had been as swift as his death. What had she done? Before she could even think to say anything, something caught her eye, and it was certainly not what she expected.

The guard on the floor was enveloped in a green glow, and slowly it was like his white coat and golden armor was burned away, revealing a black, bug like creature, a form Rainbow recognized. A changeling, yes, as the hole body was revealed, there was no doubt about it. This was no guard, this was a changeling trying to get her out of the way. For a second, she expected the other guards to look shocked, but now, they simply looked angry, glaring at her, and, did they just hiss?

That was when it hit her, none of these ponies were guards, heck, they were not even ponies, but changelings. Still, she had killed a living being, she had never done anything even near to it. It made her stomach turn, but she didn't have the time to think about that, the other changelings seemed to let their disguises drop, showing their real faces.

It was clear now why they had wanted her gone, but had they done the same to Twilight, killed her? No, she would have felt that, she was sure of it. Raising her lightsaber, she waited for the inevitable. 

It all happened so fast, the attacks, the slashes, it was over than less than three minutes. All around her laid dead changelings, they had all been foolish, rushing her instead of using their magic to keep her at a distance. The green blade vanished back into the hilt, and she was finally able to stand on all fours again, giving her a moment to just breathe.

Despite having trained for it, nothing could prepare her for this, she had just killed a group of changelings. Not that they left her with much of a choice, but still. There was no blood as the lightsaber had burned the wounds shut, so at least there was that, but on the other hoof, it smelled. Burned flesh was not exactly on her wish list to smell, if she had such a thing. 

Walking over to the side, she emptied the contents of her stomach, feeling sick, feeling horrible, but no guilt. They had left her with no choice, and if there had been guards with her, they would have done the same. She let it all go, gave herself a moment to fully calm down, knowing she didn't have the time to simply look around and do nothing.

She wiped her muzzle, walked towards the stairs. She needed to alert the guards, alert everypony. Before she could reach the stairs, she heard a loud BOOM above her. Rainbow felt the very foundation vibrate, and dust fell from the ceiling. Stopping, she looked up. "What the buck is going on now..?"  


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


She got her answer pretty fast, as soon as she had reached the upstairs corridor, she saw the guards fighting changelings disguised as guards.

It was all one confusing mess, and of course it did not take long for a group of changelings to spot her and try to blast her with magic. Thinking fast, she dove to the side, letting the robe go in the meantime so she only wore her tunic.

Making her way to a few guards that was also taking cover she asked them. “What’s going on? Where did all these changelings come from?!”

One of the guards looked at her. “It’s an invasion, we are caught off from the wedding!”

Blast it! She was supposed to be near the wedding, exactly in case something like this would happen. She noticed the shield was gone, and it seemed like the air was filled with changelings. “We need to get to the throne room!”

“We can’t break through!” The guard responded. Rainbow knew they were pinned down, but her friends were in danger and so were the princess.

“Follow my lead!” Rainbow commanded as she stood up on her hind legs, taking her lightsaber hilt in her hooves. “I’ll clear a way!” Before the exhausted soldier could protest, she jumped back into the hallway.

The changelings instantly recognized the stench of death on her, the death of their changeling brothers and sisters. Like so many insects and bugs, they knew they were dealing with a major threat and so was going to focus their efforts on her.

This group were not going to let her get close, charging up their magic, they started to blast at her. Rainbow took a chance, and moved the blade into position. Her master had a theory about magic, but had never tested it out, so right now, it seemed like the best time to try it out.

Magic bolts was fired at her, so taking a deep breath she moved her lightsaber to intercept the first bolt. To her shock, the bolt bounced off! Yes, it seemed their magic could be stopped by her lightsaber, however, unlike blaster bolts, they lost their power and momentum as soon as she blocked the magic, making them vanish into thin air as the energy was disrupted.

Smiling to herself, she leaped into the midst of the battle, moving her lightsaber to block, and attack the changelings. The guards could hardly believe their eyes, sure, they had heard about Revan and his powers, but seeing Rainbow clearing a way for them by herself, it was simply unbelievable.

Finally she looked back at them, seeing them in a state of confusion and awe. “Come on!” She yelled at them, not wanting to waste more time than they needed to. They quickly all got up on their hooves, and followed the Padawan. Soon enough to cyan colored Pegasus let the charge through the hallways of the palace.

Little by little the changelings were forced back, stunned and horrified to see the Pegasus with her laser sword, blocking and deflection their magic blasts. The guards followed behind her, the unicorns even starting to fire bolts of magic back at the changelings.

Unfortunately, there were a great many of these starving bugs, they kept coming, and their advance soon slowed down to a complete stop. Rainbow kept deflecting, but she knew she had to take the offensive sooner rather than later. They also needed to get to the throne room, but she could not leave the guards to fend for themselves.

"Oh dear, it seems like war has broken out in the palace." Jester suddenly said, walking down the hall like nothing was happening.

Rainbow looked to him, then quickly back at the changelings. "Jester! They are invading!"

"So I have noticed." Jester said, grabbing two lightsabers and ignited the blades. "Seems like there will be a chance to test out my combat protocols again, how exciting." Without another word, the droid leaped forward, absorbing many of the magic bolts comings towards him, shocking and scaring the changelings.

With a fury of his blades, he carved his way through the mass of changelings, creating a path for Rainbow Dash and her squad, also giving them a moment to breathe as Jester drew a lot of the enemies attention.

Taking a deep breath, Rainbow looked at the guards. "We need to get to the wedding, what's the fastest way?" She knew she could fly, but it would too dangerous with all the changelings buzzing around the palace, not to mention she couldn't leave the guards. No, for now it was best they stuck together until they met up with another group of guards.

"The only other way is through the west wing!" One of the guards said, and the others nodded in agreement. "It's closer and there is more guards there."

"Okay then, let's move. Stick together." Rainbow rose, giving Jester a final glance to make sure he would be alright. "Let's go." 


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


The courtyard had become a battlefield, the Royal Guard overrun as they tried to keep a solid defense, but nothing helped. It was complete chaos, despite this, they tried to come together and hold their ground until somepony could help them, being reinforcement or their princess.

"Hold your position!" The sergeant yelled behind the makeshift barricades they had managed to surround themselves with.  The spears were held high, trying to ward off any attackers while trying to return fire with whatever they could. The unicorns among them tried to fire offensive magic while at the same time trying to make small shields to defend them.

"We're pinned down sir, we can't hold!" One recruit yelled desperately. 

"They are breaking through!!"

The situation was becoming unmanageable, and they had no way of reaching other guard squads, neither did they have any way of reaching them. No, they were on their own, and it seemed that was going to be their death.

Suddenly a powerful wind pushed through the entire courtyard, pushing all the Changelings away, stunning them for a few moments. It didn't effect the guards, but it did give them time to catch their breaths and look up around them. 

"There!" One of the guards called, pointing his hoof towards the gate.

The commanding stallion looked over, his eyes widened, and his heart filled with hope. There in the gate stood Revan, his cloak dropping to the tiles beneath him as he held his blue lightsaber. Around him stood several guards. They all looked exhausted, but also determined.

He smirked. "Reinforcements... Battle positions!"

The changelings all stood back up, and soon enough they split up, trying to engage the newcomers as well as the guards taking cover. With renewed hope, the guards managed to fight more of the changelings off. In the meantime, Revan and his guards charged forward to join the pinned down soldiers.

Revan leading the guard, held his lightsaber high, and just as the two forces collided he swung his saber, cutting the incoming changelings down one by one. It was total chaos once again, but Revan had been in battles many times before. His slashes were precise, intending to kill fast with no pain. During the clone wars such mercy kills had never really been necessary, but now, now he was fighting against living beings and not droids.

Though he didn't know much about their species, he could sense their pain, their hunger. Unlike ponies, they were not very emotional, they were driven, driven to feed. And yet, he could still sense the specks of fear, of hope and lust. It was like their instincts however clouded such emotions, clouded what they could be.

He had no time to dwell on such thoughts however, he needed to secure the courtyard and find his Padawan. Revan moved fast, using the Force to enhance his physical abilities. The changelings tried to rush him, but with his blade work, he cut them down one by one, blocking and deflecting every magic bolt sent towards him.

As he fought along side the Canterlot guard, he heard the echos of past battles, he heard the clone troopers who he had been fighting alongside with for years echo in his mind. Their screams, their calls. He heard the metallic footsteps of the droids, the sound of blasters.

Every bit of the world around him vanished before his eyes, the battle became something else, it became a land of ghosts, of shadows. He saw around him, not ponies, but clones, droids, Jedis, he saw them all fall, only to come in again. Chaos, darkness, this was war, all over again, this, was, war....

Letting out a scream, he tore through the changelings, using the Force to push them away, force them to the ground, or pull them towards him. His blade cutting all the changelings that was near enough. 

"Sir! SIR!" A male voice called out to him, but it sounded like it came from far away.


REVAN!



~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"Revan."

"Huh..?" His eyes opened, and once again, he found himself in the Jedi temple.





Sitting up, he was in his younger body, and just like last time, his master walked towards him. "You are loosing yourself.."

"Master.." Revan tried to stand, but his legs refused to stand, making him tremble and fall to his knees. "Master, my padawan, princess Celestia, they are in danger, I need to get back.."

Luxida frowned. "You're loosing sight of yourself.. You are still at war with the galaxy Revan.."

"But I.." He tried, but his body was too exhausted. 

"Find your center, let go of past hurt, focus on the now, not on the horizon.." Everything started to fade, and Revan tried one more time to stand, trying to get to her.

"Master!"


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"Sir, Sir!"

Once again, Revan found himself opening his eyes, but instead of finding himself in the Jedi Temple, he found himself surrounded by royal guards, all looking worried. It took a few seconds before Revan realized he was on the ground, his chest moving up and down as he tried to catch his breath.

"He's awake, get him some water." The sergeant called out as he reached out a hoof, helping Revan to sit up. "Are you alright sir?"

Revan groaned. "Y, yes, thank you sergeant.."

The sergeant smiled relieved. "We fought them off sir, but I think you threw yourself into the fight much more  than you should.. You must be exhausted.."

"I'll be fine.." Revan replied, taking the bottle one of the guards handed to him and happily gulped it down. He wiped his mouth, took his lightsaber hilt and stood up. "I must get inside.."

"Sir, the changelings could be back, and there must be an army inside." The sergeant reminded him.

"There is an army out here." He said, and gestured towards the city. "Go, help as many as you can. I shall go inside and find the princess."

"But sir, you're exhausted." 

"So are you, but we both want to do our duty. Now go, I will be fine." Revan would hear no more of this, he needed to find Rainbow Dash, and then he needed to find Celestia. He hoped they were both alright..

The sergeant hesitated. "Sir.. May the Force be with you."

Revan smiled a little, and glanced back at him. "Be careful my friend, and may the Force be with you too."


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


"Take cover!"

A guard yelled just before the side of the wall exploded, hurling stone everywhere. Rainbow was quick, reaching out with the Force to stop any stones from hitting any of the guards. They were so close, the large double doors leading to the hall was just up ahead, but as expected, it was heavily guarded.

Along their way they had managed to pick up two more squads, which should improve their odds, in theory that is. In practice however the changelings still outnumbered them, and Dash and the guards were getting more and more exhausted by the minute.

Two guards made their way behind one of the walls, carrying a wounded guard. "You're gonna be alright, just hang on." One of them told the guard, taking off his helmet and giving him some water.

Rainbow cursed her luck, she could not barge in there and defend her guards at the same time. She needed her master, or reinforcement, hell, even Jester would be a welcome sight by now. "What do we do now?" The guard nearest to her asked.

Rainbow thought for a moment, knowing she could not simply charge in. She was too physical tired, but maybe she could use the Force to even the odds a bit. Looking beyond the corner, she watched as the many changelings seemed to dare them to come forward and fight, and for a moment Rainbow had wondered if she should have done the same, but they were too dedicated to guard the door.

She quickly took cover behind the wall again when they started to blast at her, and she let out a sigh. "Can you hold them here?" She asked one of the guards.

"Yes ma'am, but, what are you thinking?"

Rainbow looked to the window, it would be risky to fly in the open and try to get into the hall from the air, but she needed to chance it. "Cover me, I'll go out the window and-." Before she could make a move, she felt something on her shoulder.

"Patience, Padawan. There are other ways." A voice said from behind her, and she turned around shocked.

"Master!"


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


Everything was dark, everything was wet and sticky. Celestia felt dizzy, like everything was upside down.. Slowly she opened her eyes, and she quickly found that she was indeed upside down, but what was worse, she was in a changeling cocoon!!





"Mwhahaha, I see you're awake Celestia?" 

"Mmmfh?!" Celestia tried to keep calm, breathing easy with the little air they provided. Outside hovered the dark changeling queen, Chrysalis. "Rmmhph.." 

"Oh don't be like that." Chrysalis grinned. "I was so hurt when I found out me and my children were not invited to the wedding, we decided to swing on by." She laughed and Celestia kept glaring. "It took long to plan this invasion, but it worked perfectly." Turning, she looked down at the elements of harmony, all being covered with the green slime. "Now, now it is my turn, a new era is upon us.."

"You will never get away with this!" A young voice spoke up, and Chrysalis grinned, looking down at the princess of love. Stuck to the floor beside Shining Armor, who was still very much under her influence.

"Ohoho my dear." Chrysalis landed elegantly in front of princess Cadance. "I already have gotten away with it. Still, I am surprised to see you have escaped." She glanced at Twilight who was being wrapped up nicely. "Both of you. But it matters not." She leaned on Shining Armor who was in a zombie like state. "Dear Shining's Love gives me all the love I could ever want, making me more powerful than any Changeling queen has been for centuries!" She flew up to the middle of the hall, spinning as she laughed. "And with that Jedi padawan dead, there is no one here to stop me!"

Everypony looked at her in shock. "No!" Applejack yelled. "That can't be true!"

Chrysalis turned to Applejack. "Oh but it is, my changelings took care of her just before the wedding started."

"You monster!" Twilight cried.

"Monster? I'm simply doing what is right for my hive!" Chrysalis growled, moving slowly towards Twilight and her four friends, all stuck in the changelings green goo. "If it was you who were starving, then surely you would have done the same for your ponies!" She said, mostly directed at Celestia who just glared in return.

"We would have found another way!" Twilight insisted.

Chrysalis snorted. "You can dream, but I have to live in reality." She smirked and turned away from them. "Seal them up along with the princess, they can be useful later."

The changelings moved closer and started to seal up the rest of the cocoons. "Yes my queen." The drones moved all over the mane five, covering them with the green goo to create the rest of the cocoons. Chrysalis chuckled, assured in her own victory.

"Excellent, the rest of you, round up the remaining Canterlot ponies, we are taking the kingdom!" Chrysalis laughed, and her drones laughed and cheered. Then suddenly, the large double doors leading into the hall opened with such force one of them flew off it's hinges. Every pony and changeling looked over wide eyed.

Walking out of the dust came none other than Revan, his tunic was torn here and there, his hair was messy, and his skin was dusty. Still, he walked in with a certain calmness and confidence Chrysalis did not expect. Of course she knew of Revan, her spies had told her about him, she had also heard a lot about him from Celestia herself when she was disguised as Cadance. She was not worried however, the fool had managed to pass her guards, probably thanks to his lightsaber and that mystical power she had heard of, but her power was greater now, she had nothing to fear.

Standing alone, Revan bowed respectfully. "I am Jedi Knight Revan."

Chrysalis smirked amused, she had not expected him to bow, let alone show her respect. No matter, he was at a means to an end, so she would play along, for now... "I am queen Chrysalis! You do right in bowing to me."

Revan glanced at Celestia, seeing her looking at him with wide eyes. He could sense her relief, but she was still scared. Looking back at Chrysalis he nodded. "Then I greet you, your majesty. I am here to negotiate a ceasefire and begin peace talks."

Chrysalis snorted, did the hooman, or whatever he was, really think they could negotiate anything? She was almost amused, if she was not so disgusted at the same time. "Negotiate? My hive has been starving for years now! We barely get by, and now you want us to negotiate peace?"

Revan nodded, his face calm, his eyes fixed on her. In truth, he was not sure if Chrysalis would ever be willing to negotiate, he did not count on it, but if there was a hope, then he should try, or do, as master Yoda would say. He had sent Rainbow and the guards away, making them work on their backup plan, should this one fail.

"There has been enough death, your majesty, your point has been made. The fighting will only mean the loss of more life.. I myself have already killed my share of your guards... And I regret the loss of life.." Revan said earnestly, trying to focus on what his master had told him in that vision. He had lost sight of himself, letting himself get lost in combat, in war... It was time for him to let go, and find another way, if possible. "Let us end this, and prevent more senseless killing.."

Chrysalis glared. "We have no use of killing, changelings only kill when we need to defend ourselves, you are the ones doing the killing!"

"You are the ones attacking, your majesty. You cannot expect creatures, even those as soft as ponies to not defend themselves by any means possible, like your changelings." He frowned. "So let us end this now."

"You.." Chrysalis seemed a bit hesitant, then glared at Celestia. "I will never be her so called friend, and I will not spare any who resist, not for her!"

"You are not doing this for her, or them. You are doing this for your hive." Revan said, continuing his calm tone. Chrysalis looked back at him, confused. "Continue this, and the war will drag on. Princess Luna may be out of the country for now, but once she returns and sees what has happened, the war will continue, and by then, the damage may prove too great for you to end it peacefully with your hive." 

Her glare seemed to soften as it seemed she only now realized she only had one of the royal sisters, Luna was not here, which meant, she would be back.. Revan could sense the conflict within her, Chrysalis's hate was great, the fear from loosing her hive was great.

Chrysalis thought long a hard, her inner conflict raging like a storm. But then, she looked at Revan with pure hatred and disgust, and in that moment he knew, her hate had won, and it was blinding her. "No, my new era starts here, today! I will be ready for the princess of the night! I will defeat them all!"

Revan sighed, disappointed. If he was to end this, it meant he had to cut off the head of the snake. Perhaps if he could capture her, there would be a chance to still end things peacefully in the future, but for now, he needed to end this. 

"As you wish.. I I will do what I must." He took the hilt of his lightsaber in his hand, and ignited the blue blade. "In the name of Equestria and all who have fallen today, be it pony or changeling, I am placing you under arrest."

There was a moment of silence, and then Chrysalis burst out laughing. "You can't be serious, arrest? And do you really think you can achieve any of this alone?" She asked in a mocking tone, her changelings having mixed emotions, but never the less supported their queen.

Revan shook his head. "Of course not, but I am not alone." Before Chrysalis could answer, several guards dropped down from the windows above, led by Rainbow Dash herself.

"Protect the queen!" One of the drones yelled out before he was tackled by a Pegasus guard.

Rainbow Dash flew along the walls, lightsaber in mouth as she passed the cocoons, cutting them open one by one. Chrysalis   returned her glare to Revan, who held up his lightsaber, ready for any sort of battle that might take place.

"Last chance your highness." He said as a final warning.

"Fool! I am Chrysalis! Last queen of the changelings! I will never surrender! NOW DIE!" She aimed her horn at Revan, fired a sickly green blast of magic towards him.

Revan stood his ground, holding the lightsaber hilt with both hands and raised the blade in a defensive stance. The blast hit the blade, and Revan had to hold fast so not to be pushed away by the continuing assault. Gritting her teeth, Chrysalis tried to make the blast stronger, taking a step towards him. Revan in turn leaned forward, trying to balance his body so not to be pushed back.

Rainbow watched with amazement, but quickly continued her work as she cut her friends free. They all hugged her, smiling relieved. "Chrysalis said you were dead." Twilight said worried.

"They tried, but I took care of it. Where were you?"

Twilight sighed, glancing over at Cadance. "It's a long story. Dash, get Celestia, I'll get Cadance and my brother."

Rainbow nodded. "You got it!"

"We'll help too!" Applejack declared, and kicked one of the changelings with her hind legs.

"Oki dokie! Let's rumble!" Pinkie grinned and vanished one moment, and in the next rolled in with her party cannon. "FIRE!"

Twilight ran to Cadance, trying to keep clear from the fighting around the hall. "Quick, go to him while you still have the chance." Twilight aimed her horn, and used her magic to free Cadance. Her former babysitter shared a thankful smile with Twilight before she turned to her husband to be, but he wasn't reacting. 

Revan kept Chrysalis busy, she continued with her assault, keeping the green glow of her magic barrage on Revan while he used his lightsaber to deflect it. None dared approach them, even if they could, the fighting kept everyone in the hall busy. Rainbow in the meantime fought her way past two changelings, reaching Celestia's cocoon. 

"Don't worry princess, I have you out in just a second! Just hang in there!"

Celestia glared a little at that comment. "Hrrmm.."

"Ehehe.. Sorry..." Rainbow smiled a little. She reached for her lightsaber hilt hanging from her belt, and after it ignited and a swift swing, she dropped from the cocoon. She quickly flew down to her. "Are you alright princess?"

"Y-yes, I'm fine, thank you padawan Dash.." She looked to Revan who was still holding firm, making small steps towards Chrysalis. "Why isn't he.." She looked at the display, wondering why he was not actively fighting, why he was simply letting Chrysalis  fire at him, but then she realized. He was keeping her busy, keeping her focused on him so the others had a chance.

Chrysalis's eyes burned with hate and frustration and finally she had enough, she gave him all she got, sending a massive wave of green magic towards him, and this time Revan was pushed back. He lost his footing, flying into the wall several meters behind him.

"Ha! So much for the Jedi's power!" She laughed while panting. Even though she looked at him with mocking eyes, it was clear that the attack had taken a lot out of her. She flew up, readying another attack, but this time Celestia stepped in, jumping in front of Revan and powered up her own horn.

The two royals send magic waves towards one another, making them clash in a spectacular show of power. Celestia was weakened however, and Chrysalis was still recovering from the last attack on Revan, so for now Celestia would be able to hold out, giving Rainbow time to check on Revan.

"Master!" She flew to him, helping him sit up. "Are you alright?"

He nodded, thought slightly battered. "I will be fine.." He stood up, but his legs refused to stand, letting him fall down to the floor once again. "Ergh.."

"Master, you're hurt.." Rainbow said with a worried frown.

"I need to help.." He responded, not wanting Celestia to stand alone.

It was however to late, before Rainbow could reply, Chrysalis got the upper hand and managed to blast Celestia back towards the wall just like she had done with Revan. This time however, Revan was there and managed to soften the blow using the Force, letting Celestia land more softly.

He held her in his arms, stroking her flowing mane. "Celestia?" He shook her gently. "Celestia..?"

Slowly she opened her eyes again and looked up at Revan. She smiled a little, and he could not help but smile back. "...I knew my knight would come.." She said in a weak whisper.

He chuckled. "Always..."

Their moment was interrupted by a loud laughter. Chrysalis flew up, grinning. "This marks the end for all of you! Nothing can stop me now!" Rainbow took a stance between Chrysalis and Celestia, protecting her and her master from whatever Chrysalis might throw at them.

She was distracted however by a bright purple light coming from behind Chrysalis, the light seemed to distract everyone else as well, changeling and pony. Chrysalis's laughter died down soon enough too as she noticed it as well, looking behind her, her eyes grew wide in seeing the sight before her. Cadance and Shining Armor were close, their bodies glowing and levitating as their love made them stronger than what Chrysalis could have ever imagined.

"What? NO!"





It was too late, a powerful wave expanded from the two ponies, sending every changeling flying out of Canterlot. Chrysalis most of all was shocked as she tried to hold on, but it was too powerful. She was send flying into the horizon, along with all her drones.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

The battle, was over...


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~


And so, with the changeling invasion beaten back, and a quick clean up, the wedding proceeded as planned. This time with the right bride, and an unaffected Shining Armor. While Celestia led the ceremony, and Rainbow Dash joining her friends as the bridesmaids, Revan chose to stand in the far back. 

He was content with watching, not wanting to ruin the perfect picture, besides, he had enough to do with having to find Jester and do some repairs. Still, he was happy this wedding could have a happy ending. No ponies were killed, thankfully, but a lot of changelings had died, and Revan needed to reflect on that. There was in fact a lot of things he needed to reflect on..

Still, he stayed out of respect, and enjoyed watching the union between the princess and her husband. It gave him some peace knowing things worked out in the end, and whatever trouble laid ahead, they could wait for tomorrow.

As Cadance and Shining Armor went to the balcony to wave at the many ponies gathered below, Celestia made her way to Revan. "It doesn't suit you lurking in the shadows, my dear knight."

Revan smiled a little. "I am better at watching.. Besides, there is a lot to do.."

Celestia let out a sigh, knowing what he was talking about. Revan had talked about it before, and even though she did not wish it to be so, she knew that this invasion had made him certain in his decision. "Where will you go then?"

"I don't know yet.." Revan said honestly. "I just know I can't stay here.. The Force has awoken on your world, and I need to find a place for them, a place away from the powers that rule this kingdom.."

There was a moment of silence between them, and soon enough Celestia added. "And me?"

Now Revan looked at her. "I... I think you know my affection for you, Celestia.. But.." He looked ahead again. "There is simply too much at stake for both of us right now.."

Celestia sighed. "For now that is.." Taking a deep breath, she smiled. "I do think I know where you can set up your new temple though."

Revan looked to her. "Really?"

"Indeed, but that is for tomorrow. Today, let us enjoy ourselves." She held out a hoof. "Come, the princess needs a date for the wedding party, and she wishes to dance, a lot."

Revan blushed slightly, and for a moment was not sure what to answer. But then smiled, and nodded. "Tomorrow then." He bowed elegantly, and took her hoof. Tonight, he would not be a Jedi, but simply Revan. And she, not a princess, but simply Celestia.

Tomorrow, Celestia would show him the future of the Jedi order, tonight, he would share his heart with her...


~~~~~*SW*~~~~~







THE END