This is something I've been wanting to start for a while but I kept having to put it on hold for one reason or another but am finally getting around to starting it.

First, let me thank Aragorn II Elessar for his help with the title, the concept, planning and giving me permission to go with the idea, as this was originally going to be part of his 'Heroes' universe before he changed his mind.

This is going to be based on and draw heavily from the old Thrawn Trilogy from Legends. That said, if you are not familiar with those, it is not necessary at all to read it to follow along. I will be using my own creative licenses on several aspects of the books and will draw a bit from canon on some things as well.

For the Star Wars Timeline, this takes place a few years post Return of the Jedi. And an important note, we do not acknowledge the Disney Trilogy here. So do not expect any references to it or the timeline to match what was shown there.

Earth, Sunnydale

Buffy Summers, the woman chosen to be the Slayer, was addressing her allies in a room- Spike, Willow, Faith, Xander, Dawn, Giles, Anya, Andrew, Wood, and all of the Potentials, including Amanda, Violet, Rona and Kennedy.

"I hate this. I hate being here," Buffy said as she paced around. "I hate that you have to be here. I hate that there's evil, and that I was chosen to fight it. I wish, a whole lot of the time, that I hadn't been."

She then looked at them all and added. "I know a lot of you wish I hadn't been either."

Kennedy and Rona looked away in shame.

"But this isn't about wishes," Buffy said. "This is about choices."

All looked at her as she said. "I believe we can beat this evil. Not when it comes, not when its army is ready, now. Tomorrow morning I'm opening the seal."

She then made her declaration.

"I'm going down into the Hellmouth, and I'm finishing this once and for all."

She then addressed the others. "Right now you're asking yourself, "what makes this different? What makes us anything more than a bunch of girls being picked off one by one?" It's true none of you have the power that Faith and I do." She gestured to herself and Faith as she said that.

And then she came to the main part of what she was saying.

"So here's the part where you make a choice."

She started pacing around. "What if you could have that power...now? In every generation, one Slayer is born... because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule."

She paused before continuing. "They were powerful men. This woman," she pointed to Willow, "is more powerful than all of them combined." Willow whimpered and gave a nervous smile.

Buffy walked past Willow. "So I say we change the rule. I say my power..." She gestured to herself. "Should be our power." She gestured to all of the Potentials.

They looked at her with hope in their eyes as Buffy said. "Tomorrow, Willow will use the essence of the scythe to change our destiny. From now on, every girl in the world who might be a Slayer...will be a Slayer. Every girl who could have the power... will have the power... can stand up, will stand up. Slayers…..everyone one of us. Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"

Next day, Sunnydale High, Hellmouth

Buffy, Spike, Faith and the other girls had climbed down the seal into the Hellmouth.

Spike looked at the amulet he worn around his neck. "Not to be a buzzkill, love, but my fabulous accessory isn't exactly tingling with power."

Buffy psyched herself up as she looked around slack-jawed. "I'm not worried."

"I'm getting zero juice here, and I look like Elizabeth Taylor," Spike commented.

"Cheer up, Liz," Faith said with dark humor. "Willow's big spell doesn't work, it won't matter what you wear."

Buffy, Faith, Spike and the others walked forward to the edge of a cliff where they could look out and saw thousands upon thousands of Turok-Han below them on the floor of the Hellmouth.

Buffy said. "I'm not worried."

The Turok-Han were growling and making noise as they mobbed below them. Spike backed up.

"I'm not worried," Buffy said again.

"Really?" Rona asked. "'Cause I'm flashing back to Xander's whole bathroom speech."

"Buffy—" Amanda said, frightened.

"I'm not worried...as long as Willow can work her spell before they—" the Turok-Han looked up at Buffy and gang. "-see us."

The snarling Turok-Han army rushed toward the cliff where Buffy and gang were positioned.

As the Turok-Han army advanced toward Buffy and gang, Buffy held her ground and said under her breath. "Willow..."

In the Principal's office, Willow was performing a spell while holding onto the scythe laid out in front of her. Suddenly, she was overcome with power. She looked up, as the scythe and Willow started to glow with a bright white light. Willow was breathless at this point.

"Oh...my...Goddess..."

And then Kennedy sat up, smiling and confident.

Coruscant

Same time

In her office, Leia Organa was reading something on her data pad when she felt a burst of power flow through her. Applying just the right amount of pressure, Leia was shocked when her datapad sparked; the holographic document vanishing as she held the broken remains.

Distant planet

Same time

On a world far from Coruscant, Mara Jade was overseeing some cargo for Karrde when a crate inexplicably began to fall. It would have landed on Mara but she felt an unexpected surge of power flow through her. Using her bare hands, she caught the crate, easily lifting it over her head to the shock of herself and the members of Karrde's crew in attendance.

Naboo

Same time

In an underground training facility, a dark haired woman in her early thirties was fighting off multiple opponent, all men better built then her when she felt a surge of power go through her. As one of the men moved to strike her, the woman grabbed him by the wrist and easily tossed him into one of the other, sending both fall to the floor. Another of the men tried to strike her but the woman dodged and sent a kick to his abdomen, sending the man flying back. The woman was then grabbed from behind, retrained but she did a backwards head-butt and the man dropped her, clutching his nose. The woman then whirled around and slugged the man, knocking him out.

As her opponents were either unconscious or on the floor groaning, the woman breathed heavily, wondering what had just happened.

Unknown planet

Same time

In a rather modest settlement, a Togruta female was sitting on the floor, meditating when she felt an unexplained surge of power flow through her. Her eyes snapped, realizing something had just opened.

In a galaxy far, far away from Sunnydale and Earth, on multiple planets, various women were experiencing the same thing, setting in motion events that would shape the future of a galaxy.

And that's the first chapter. Mostly a recap of events shown in the final (taken from Aragorn's story 'A game of Doom' with his permission), but next chapter will start to get into the plot.

Mara would be played by Karen Gillan.