Forces of Friendship
Chapter 1: 1 - Prologue
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A Galaxy in turmoil. As the Republic recovers from a long exhausting fight with the Sith Empire, the Jedi Order struggles to rebuild what was lost, including the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
During this time there were many Jedi who grew disillusioned with their order, many of these Jedi acted as generals during the war and have since grown tired of the fighting. Two such Jedi are Masters Celestia and Luna, two human sisters who fought side by side during the war. The two sisters left the Jedi Order heading out into uncharted space...
During their travels they came across the planet Equus, a mysterious world strong in the force. When they found this planet it was in the midst of chaos due to reality bending creature by the name of Discord along with a surviving Sith Lord, Sombra. The two sisters vowed to rid the planet of these two evils, and with the help of six mysterious artifacts strong in the light side of the force they succeeded. Lord Sombra was seemingly killed while the creature Discord was locked away in a stone prison, forever.
In gratitude the people of Equus offered the two former Jedi leadership of their planet, seeing how desperate the people of this world were they accepted, thus the nation of Equestria was born.
Using the artifacts Celestia and Luna managed to prolong their lives indefinitely, and ruled over Equus for many prosperous years. But the peace was not to last as one fateful day the younger sister gave in to her jealousy and hatred, becoming the Sith Lord known as Darth Efiáltis.
With a heavy heart Celestia used the artifacts to seal her sister away, the artifacts lost their power during this final act and have stayed dormant ever since.
Over nearly a thousand years Celestia ruled Equus alone, taking on students strong in the force hoping to find someone suitable to rule alongside her, those deemed to hold too much darkness were sent to the Jedi Order for guidance.
Finally, after years of searching she found someone worthy, a young force sensitive named Cadance, who now shares the throne and has had her life prolonged much like the sisters. Decades passed and, after one particularly disappointing student, Celestia is looking for someone new to take under her wing...
The sprawling metropolis of Canterlot, Equestria's capital city sped by as seven year old human Twilight Sparkle and her family silently sat in their transport. They were on their way to Celestia's school of the gifted, a place where the brightest young minds on Equus would go for the best education available.
"Nervous Twilight?" Velvet asked her daughter.
"No! OK... maybe a little..."
Velvet chuckled, "You will do fine Twilight, you practically lived in our library for the past year!"
Twilight gave her mother a sheepish smile as her father continued to sift through the galactic news.
"Hmm, seems a Jedi has caused quite a stir in the outer rim" Night Light observed.
"A Jedi?" Velvet looked at her husband.
"Yes, Qui-Gon Jinn and his padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, seems they nearly caused a diplomatic incident by 'getting involved where they don't belong'".
"I wish I was a Jedi..." Twilight muttered.
"Why do you say that, dear?"
"Because then I would have cool mind powers!" Twilight perked up, kids will be kids...
The sat the rest of the journey in silence, on reaching the giant metallic domed shaped building that was the school they were directed to a eat to wait their turn.
They must have been there for at least two hours.
Eventually, their boredom was dispelled as Twilight's name was called. The family then followed an aging protocol droid up to one of the dome's few spires, when there they were met by several instructors of various species.
"Twilight Sparkle?" one of them called out questioningly, a female togrutan.
"Yes ma'am."
"All right Twilight, you will be provided with several difficult mathematical questions outside the bounds of an average child of your age, mostly concerning hyperspace theory. While there is no time limit the time taken to complete the test will factor into your results. Understood?"
Twilight nodded in confirmation and another droid brought out everything Twilight would need for her test, then said test began.
In a nearby neighborhood a swoop bike race was ongoing between a group of older teenagers, and one mandalorian child, a very illegal swoop bike race.
That child was one Rainbow Dash, she was an avid racing fan and had challenged the teenagers after they had started to bully her friend Fluttershy, a rather timid Twi'Lek girl who would never dare defend herself. A large audience had even gathered to watch the big race.
Rainbow's swoop bike skimmed through the air like a pebble on water, she was far ahead of her opponents and just getting started. She kept speeding up and speeding up determined to humiliate them for how they treated her friend, she pushed the swoop bike to the limit going faster and faster until...
She crossed the finish line!
And then she lost control...
The bike started to veer violently to the left straight towards a nearby power station! Luckily for Rainbow a quick thinking audience member sitting on a speeder bike swept down and just managed to grab Rainbow off of her swoop just as she reached him.
The now rider-less bike dove right into the station exploding on impact, workers ran for safety as the flames reacted with the stations generators and...
A massive explosion sounded throughout the city.
Twilight was in the middle of a mathematical equation that had managed to stump even her, she wasn't expecting such a dramatic interruption.
Neither was she expecting what happened next.
Twilight was so startled she felt a jolt run down her body, she felt within her a power she had never before experienced within herself, and very quickly this power grew out of control and the room was thrown into chaos!
Invisible energies swirled around the room picking up random objects, pinning the instructors and her parents to a wall and crushing the poor droids into small piles of scrap metal. The energies picked up in speed breaking windows and threatening to crush those trapped in the vortex. Twilight tried to stop whatever it was she was doing but she couldn't! She trembled, a tear rolling down her cheek as she closed her eyes hoping this was all a bad dream.
And then Twilight felt a presence, a warm figure who seemed to radiate the sun itself, a figure who placed a hand on Twilight's shoulder and used the force to calm Twilight's raging force storm bringing it slowly to a halt.
Twilight looked up and was surprised, and even more terrified to find Princess Celestia standing there.
"Your highness! I'm so sorry I don't know what..."
"It's okay young one..." Celestia said soothingly. "You have a gift, you are extremely strong in the force..."
"The force? Does that mean I'm a Jedi!" Twilight exclaimed with typical childlike glee.
Celestia chuckled at her reaction and enthusiasm. "While I could send you off to the Jedi Temple for training..." Celestia locked eyes with Twilight, giving her a warm smile. "I would much prefer you became my personal protégé instead..."
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