Episode 26 - Don't be Afraid

Sayaka comforted Madoka as she stopped crying, and wiped her tears gently as Sayaka handed her some tissues leftover from her pocket. She calmed down as Sayaka said, "Forgotten what your words were, Madoka-chan?"

Madoka was stunned after hearing what Sayaka said to her, as she replied with "hope."

"That's right. Don't ever give up on hope." Sayaka reassured to Madoka. "All of us are in this together, aren't we?"

Madoka was marveled at her best friend's determination as all they need now is to fight against the Empire; for everyone, and for Ben Kenobi.

"Hope. Yes.. Hope. We always stand together, and a team built on hope." Madoka said in a determined tone.

Princess Leia stood up and heard what Madoka said from her mouth, "Hope?"

Madoka heard the princess' voice as she was beamed from the word she said; 'Hope'. Yes, the only thing we can rely as we grow strong together as a team and succeed by the power of hope; the power where we stand together and fight till the very end, and also the one that brought us together with the bonds of friendship, determination, power, loyalty and trust.

Sayaka gave Madoka a proud smile, and then she reached her hand out to Ben's lightsaber and held it in her hands. Luke noticed Sayaka holding his old master's lightsaber, scoots closer to them and said, "You know, Ben would've been happy if you hold on that one for him. He'll be very proud if you carry on his legacy for him. Not just you, Sayaka. I'll train to become a Jedi like my father, and maybe you can join along with me on this training too."

Sayaka: ...

She's completely speechless as Luke chuckled a bit and patted her back gently, as Sayaka accepted the offer, "Thanks, Luke. You're alright." Then she turned her direction to Luke, and said, "Yes. I will take responsibility to carry on your master's legacy, and looking forward for our training. But..."

Before she can continue, Sayaka looked at the others and thought of an idea, "Maybe our friends need extra help with this training too. Not that I'm 'that' Force-sensitive or anything..."

Luke sensed her thoughts and said, "Oh... I see what you meant. Sure, all of you guys will have the help you need."

Sayaka smiled and hugged Luke as a 'thank you', as Luke returned the favor by saying "You're welcome, Sayaka. Anytime." He's very lucky to have support friends like Madoka, Sayaka and others around him.

At the medical bay side of the Falcon, TK-135 and Kyouko are watching after the weakened Mami Tomoe. The blonde senior girl slept peacefully as she tried her best to recover as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, Mami. Stay safe there." Kyouko said as remarks/regards to their eldest friend.

TK-135 just stood guard until Madoka and Sayaka came in to enter the area, and he lets them enter as they guided them to Mami's medical bed. Madoka was shocked to see her senpai sleeping at a time like this, as Madoka reached her hand out to Mami, placed her hand on top of her hand at the side of the bed as Mami slowly wakes up as she sees Madoka and Sayaka at her side, next to TK-135.

"Kaname-san...? Miki-san...?" Mami said their names in a weak voice, but turned her head as she looks at her two kouhais once again. "I never thought.. I'd.. see you two again.. no, all of you again."

Madoka is happy to see her again as her voice sounds relieved, "It's nice to see you again, Mami-san. I thought me and Sayaka were the only ones alone..."

Sayaka stepped in to see Mami as she greeted her, "Hello again, Mami-san."

Mami was delighted to see the two once again, the ones she met on day one back in Mitakihara right after Madoka encountered a strange voice in a lost labyrinth within a shopping mall, only to find that it's infected by a witch; then a weird cat-bunny looking like creature (Kyubey) called out for help as he was severly injured. After the witch battle, Mami defeated the witch as the whole labyrinth restored back into an abandoned section of the shopping mall.

After that day, Madoka and Sayaka became friends with the senior high school students in their school; Mami Tomoe, the magical girl who is suffering for life until those two came into her life as beloved friends.

Mami went slowly went back to sleep as she dozed off in seconds, then Madoka and Sayaka were relieved as TK-135 approached to them and said, "She's in bad shape for now. You two need to give her time to rest at the meantime."

Sayaka heard the lone trooper's voice as she asked, "What's wrong with Mami-san..?"

TK-135 answered, "I don't know... but-" his sentence was cut but continued by Homura as she entered, "The enemies used her Soul Gem to power that battle station we were on."

Madoka and Sayaka were speechless as what Homura had said. Then Madoka asked Homura, "H-How..? It's not possible for our gems to be used as a power source.. let alone a weapon..."

Homura sighed as she approached closer to Mami's medical bed and said, "one of them figured out how the gems work, and Kyubey was the one behind it."

Madoka: ...

Sayaka enters in the conversation and was shocked that the incubator is involved in this. "Kyubey..? But how...?"

Homura explains the whole situation as to why the Empire needed the magical girls' Soul Gems in their aide to conquer the universe. It is said that Kyubey was found by Emperor Palpatine one time in the darkness in the throne room, as Kyubey requested to make a contract (Note: No, Palpatine won't be a magical being lmao), or a deal rather, in order to help the Empire to hunt down every potential magical girl in sight; and their Soul Gems as a reward as a destine for power and greatness. The main reason why is that they wanted to conquer and destroy each planet where they support the Rebellion by wiping out to outrank them for good. Using the Soul Gem's power, they'll have a chance of either getting the victim killed, or have them turned into the dark side by turning their Soul Gems with the dark side of the Force.

This concept is different as magical girls are only prone to be transformed as witches when they didn't use a Grief Seed (obtained after killing a witch) in order to purify themselves after a witch battle, but in this universe, the only thing to be avoid is never turn yourself into the dark side of the Force, just like how every Jedi acts as they resist and swore to never give up on their allegiance to the light side.

Madoka said, "So... Kyubey..."

Homura nodded as she finished the conversation by saying, "Yes. He's after this for our powers, only to make us suffer once more. But we won't let our enemies win."

Sayaka and Madoka had a loss for words as they didn't say anything.

After a run-in with some TIE Fighters while Homura and Kyouko fought them while Han Solo and Chewbacca were piloting in the cockpit, they successfully got rid of the fighters as they approached past a planet and safely arrived to Planet Yavin.

Author's Note: Oh ho ho ho, there's gonna be some drama involved. But not to worry, Kyubey will have his reasons as to why he's helping the Emperor and the Empire to hunt down the magical girls, but later will soon be revealed in future chapters and stories.

Also, before I can end this; for the love of glob, please refrain from commenting your expectations in the reviews as I'm continuing to update more chapters in the future. Please be civil about this because I'm tired of seeing these every day, and thinking that you might think that this crossover story will be incomplete unlike the other fanfics out there (no offense, but maybe they're left unfinished because of time constraints, laziness and etc.), but don't hate me for this as this is only my opinion. Review however you want, but please hold onto your expectations and be patient. Sorry for saying all this, because I just need more time to write and think while I take a break. Thank you for your understanding and please wait patiently for the next chapter. 'Till next chapter! Finn signing out.