(The next morning)
Honey awoke early the next morning, thirsty. She was taking one more day off before reopening her store for business, not that it mattered, sales were slow right now. She threw on her robe and slippers before grabbing a glass of milk from her fridge. After finishing, she noticed her door to her balcony was open. Sophie was sitting outside in her pajamas, waiting for something it seemed. Sophie spent the night at Honeys, after yesterday's disaster she got scared and wanted to stay with someone she could trust, and Honey allowed it after getting permission from the orphanage head.
"Oh, good morning Miss Honey" said Sophie
"Up a little early aren't you?" Honey asked
"I like watching the sunrise, calms me. You want to join me?" She asked
"Sure, but aren't you cold? It's a little chilly out here" said Honey
"I'll be fine" said Sophie
Honey didn't accept that answer and grabbed her coat from a rack and draped it over her. The coat was big over Sophie but it did keep her warm. Honey sat in a chair next to her
"I like sunrises too" said Honey
The 2 sat and watched as the sun rose over the ocean. Above them 3 tie fighters roared past the building towards the Ravager. High up in the sky, one of lucys ships was being lowered by cables into the ocean, the imperials claimed they were going to be scrapped. Plus the ocean had no life in it so they figured it was a good place to store them. The ship still had its engines powered on and lights still covered the ship.
"Look, a separatist ship. Haven't seen a Lucrehulk in ages" Sophie pointed out
"One of Lucys ships. Such a shame what happened to her" said Honey "Zeke said he's considering joining the scrapper crews to take the ships apart"
"Breaking that will bring big money. They're huge and should have some cool stuff inside" said Sophie
"So, no luck with the adoptions?" Honey asked
"No. And to be honest, I have a confession to make. I'm deliberately botching those adoption interviews" said Sophie
"What? Why? Don't you want a family?" Honey asked
"I do. But I also like hanging out with you. You remind me so much of my old master. You're kind, caring, you have weird friends. I like your cooking. I'm afraid I won't see you as much if I'm adopted. What if my new family lives far away?" Sophie asked "Plus I like mr zeke, he's cool."
"While I can't choose where you live, I'm sure you can figure something out. I'm not going anywhere. Hey, how about I order us some breakfast?" Honey asked
"I'd like that" said Sophie
Honey went inside while Sophie remained outside to watch the Lucrehulk be slowly lowered into the ocean. It was set down gently enough it wouldn't cause another tsunami. Sophie spotted Lucys royal crest emblazoned on both sides of the ring portion of the ship. She felt bad for her in a way, but she made her scared. It wasn't safe to trust her right now.
Honey ordered food off a food ordering app on her phone before going to her nightstand, picking up some papers. They were adoption forms. Honey had grown attached to Sophie the last month, and she had a guest bedroom she could easily give her til she decided to eventually move into a house. While Honey would rather have a child of her own blood, she'd be happy raising an adopted kid like Sophie, for practice. Plus maybe having a Jedi for a daughter could be interesting. Honey sat on her bed and began filling the forms out.
(Zekes apartment)
He shot a kid. Not just 1, but 2 kids. How could the imperials ask him to kill them? Zeke lies in his bed with these thoughts going through his head. Orders or not, they were wrong. Only one of SKYNET's terminators or HK's could kill without reason or thought. He felt he turned into the one thing he fought against his entire life. The imperial military was no better than SKYNET.
He didn't know much about Lucy. Maybe there were things he didn't know about why she did what she did to her citizens. Not like he could just ask her right now.
It was now a new day. He and his friend were no longer part of Palpatines empire, whoever the hell Palpatine was. Time to find new work.
(The castle, sometime later)
Vanellope knocked on her daughters bedroom door and quietly entered. Lucy was in her bed, sad from all that happened. Her blaster wounds were cured with Felix's hammer, as well as Mocho's.
"Hi Lucy, you ok? Sleep well?" Vanellope asked
"I miss my fluttershy doll, she prevented nightmares" said Lucy "And I lost my kingdom. How do you think I'm doing?"
"So you had a bad week, I get it. But moping will only make things worse, believe me I know. Hey, how about today, we go outside the game. Get you a new purse, phone, to replace your lost ones. Get some food, we'll do something as a family" said Vanellope
"Yeah, id like that" said Lucy
Lucy got up to get dressed into some casual clothes, no more princess dresses for her, what was the point? She didn't even want to look at her tiara. She didn't sleep that great, her favorite doll she had for years was probably destroyed in that explosion. Yes she had other fluttershy dolls but they just didn't feel the same. Neither did any of the other ponies she tried sleeping with. The biggest loss for Lucy was not just her doll or her purse, but her lightsaber. It didn't come with her. It was probably destroyed. Even if it did survive she didn't have a way to find it.
Remembering how she got her lightsaber, she should've been happy it was gone. But she grew attached to that weapon, got good with it. It was her signature weapon. After dressing in a light blue coat and some black pants, she went to join her family for a day out of the game, maybe this was what she needed.
(Victory plaza)
In another part of the city, the my little ponies from lucys former pony colony were showing off some of Lucys droids, telling tales of the terrible things they did. The droids and fighters were attached to trucks, tied up for transport. It was the fighters that surprised the citizens, especially their menacing looks.
"These fighters used to fly overhead, watching us, poisoned our crops maybe" a unicorn told
Taffyta and Candlehead eyed a droid tri fighter. A pegasus turned the fighter on and the 2 stepped back as its eyes lit up and it made weird noises.
"Don't worry, it's engines and blasters have been disabled" the pegasus reassured them
"What are those awful noises it's making?" Taffyta asked
"That's how they communicate. You can complain all you want, your precious queen ain't here to save you" the pegasus shouted before kicking the fighter in the eye.
"Kind of sad, I don't think it likes you" said Candlehead
"Sad huh? You didn't have your home bombed by this monstrosity" the pegasus argued
There were 4 ships on display for the public to see, a vulture, tri fighter, gunship, and hyena bomber. As Candlehead predicted, the ships didn't like being abused. They all communicated with each other, but no one could understand them.
"This is humiliating" said the tri fighter "I don't go poking their eyes"
"Stupid ponies, giving us a bad name. Lucy was a great leader" said the gunship
"I miss her. I hope she's alright" said the Vulture
"Lucys not coming back for us is she?" The hyena bomber asked
"We failed her. We couldn't protect the kingdom" said the tri fighter
"She took such good care of us. Fresh coats of wax and paint" said the vulture
"Always stocked on energy" said the hyena
"Fresh parts" said the gunship
"Now look at us. Destined for the scrap yard" said the tri fighter
"If I could cry I would" said the vulture
"I wanna rip these ponies apart" said the gunship
"I want to fly again" the tri fighter replied back
"Well look around! None of us are getting what we want" shouted the hyena
"Look at what we've become. I figure this'll be the last time we're activated" said the vulture
"Sad fate it is for a droid" said the gunship "we have feelings too"
