So, I'm kinda spoiling my Legend of the Celestial Amulets trilogy by publishing this story. But I've been wanting to write this for a while so… here we go! Ladies and gentlemen, my first My Little Pony fanfiction! I hope you enjoy!

The heat of the two suns on the desert planet of Tatooine was merciless. Especially for one who dressed for cold weather, but was forced to crash land on a planet when her ship came under attack by the remains of the Empire. Twilight was trudging through the seemingly endless Big Dune Sea, looking for any sign of shelter she could hide in for a few days while the empire stopped pursuing her. Actually, now that she thought about it, why was the empire pursuing her? Despite the fact she was still trudging through the sand, she started to think about it. Eventually, she just started wandering aimlessly, forgetting her current goal. She had no association with the rebellion prior to it. She wasn't working for The New Republic. Was it because she had a lightsaber? Heck, she openly admitted to herself when she found it floating around in space that she wasn't a Jedi, but decided to take it because she thought it would be a cool decoration. And maybe because it would be fun to tinker with. But how could they have known that? She had no run in with them before. She was about to give up when she was stopped by some Stormtroopers.

"The remains of the Empire have some use of you. Come with us or we'll have to take you by force," the commander said. Twilight started backing up, not wanting to engage with the stormtroopers. But that only seemed to make them angry.

"We do not want to drag you away in cuffs, miss. Come with us now!" the same Stormtrooper said, this time with a strong tone of anger. Twilight slowly began backing away and then turned and bolted in the opposite direction.

"Stop right there!" the stormtrooper shouted, as he continued running after Twilight. Eventually, Twilight tripped and fell down a dune, injuring her ankle, allowing the Stormtroopers to catch up with her. They surrounded her and pointed their blasters at her.

"I'll give you one last chance to surrender yourself. Hands in the air and we won't have to drag you to Somnambula…" the stormtrooper said menacingly. Twilight, still clutching at her seemingly sprained ankle, sighed.

"What does this Somnambula want with me…?" Twilight asked.

"I wish I knew, but she's pretty tight lipped," the stormtrooper said, "Is this your way of surrendering?" Twilight inhaled deeply, ready to nod her head yes. But before she could, she heard blaster fire and saw one of the stormtroopers fall down, dead. More blaster fire came from somewhere and soon, all the stormtroopers were on the ground. Twilight turned around and saw a girl walking towards her, making Twilight shift away in fear that she could be hostile. The figure eventually stopped just before her and spoke with a southern accent.

"Calm down now, sugarcube," the girl said as she leaned down to investigate Twilight's injury, "I'm no enemy of your's. Saw you take a nasty tumble down that hill and get surrounded by some stormtroopers. Figured I oughta save yer behind."

"Is there shelter near here?" Twilight asked.

"Yup. Me and a few of my friends live there," the girl said, "Name's Applejack. What's your name?"

"Uh… Twilight Sparkle. Mind if I stay there for a few days? Ever since I found this lightsaber drifting about in space near Cloud City, the empire's been all over me and have been trying to capture me." Twilight said.

"Of course. Besides, yer not goin' anywhere with this ankle. It's sprained," Applejack said as she picked up Twilight and started cradling her.

"Is it nearby?" Twilight asked.

"No it ain't. But luckily, my landspeeder is nearby. We can take that to the moisture farm we've been at," Applejack said as she started walking towards her landspeeder.

"Who else is there?" Twilight asked.

"Hm…" Applejack said as she thought to herself, "Lemme think… my close friend, Rainbow Dash, another friend named Rarity who actually used to make armor for the Rebellion, my sister Applebloom, and Rainbow's 'apprentice' Scootaloo. Oh. And a Jedi who just kinda keeps to herself, Celestia."

"A Jedi? Huh…" Twilight said, "I guess I should give her this lightsaber then…"

"I think she already has one. Oh! Rarity also has a sister, but unfortunately, they were separated when their village was raided by the Empire just before it fell," Applejack said.


"She's been gone for hours now!" Rainbow Dash said, heavily annoyed, "She promised she would help me with helping me train!"

"Have some patience, darling," Rarity said, "it does take a while to get to the Big Dune Sea and back. That is where the ship crashed after all."

"You guys saw my ship crash?" a voice said. Everyone turned toward the voice and saw Applejack descending down a flight of stairs with Twilight, still cradling her. She laid her down in a bed to nurse her up.

"Yeah we did. That's why I was out in the dune sea," Applejack said.

"What happened?" Another country sounding voice asked. Twilight turned toward her as Applejack began wrapping bandages around Twilight's ankle.

"A former imperial ship busted my engines. I just barely managed to crash land on Tatooine and survive," Twilight said. Applejack finished wrapping up Twilight's ankle.

"Alright," AJ said, "You should be able to walk in a few days if you keep off your foot."


"Twilight said she would meet us here," a pink haired girl said, "Where the heck is she?"

"I don't know, but I hope she gets here soon…" a quiet girl said.

"Yeah! I'm freezing my butt off out here watching for her!" the other girl said.

"Maybe you should've dressed for colder weather…" the quiet girl said. Soon, the two girls heard footsteps.

"Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie. You guys need to come inside. I just got off a call with Twilight. It didn't end pretty…"

"What are you talking about, Stardust? What happened?" Fluttershy asked nervously.

"I lost contact with her…" Stardust said, "Meaning she was attacked."

"Attacked?! By who?!" Pinkie asked.

"She said it was a batch of TIE Fighters, so probably someone who worked for the Empire. Or… the remains of the Empire…" Stardust said. Pinkie and Fluttershy just gawked at Stardust in horror. Surely Twilight was still alive, right? Soon, they heard a rather high, squeaky voice.

"What's going on?" the voice said. Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Stardust turned around and saw a young girl standing before them.

"What're you still doing up, Sweetie Belle?" Stardust asked.

"Well, I heard you come outside and was wondering where you're going, so I thought I would follow you and-" before Sweetie Belle could finish her sentence, Stardust put a hand to her mouth.

"Go back to sleep. I'm not going anywhere until Twilight gets here," Stardust said, removing her hand and urging Sweetie Belle to go to sleep.


"Do you have a hologram communicator?" Twilight asked Rarity, as she passed her.

"I have one, but I'm still waiting for news on whether or not my sister is alright or if she's…" Rarity stopped and cringed, disturbed at the idea of finding her sister's dead body.

"I just need to use it to tell my friends that I'm alright! If I see anyone who is calling you about your sister, I'll call you immediately. Or you can just stay in this room and monitor the call," Twilight said, trying to convince Rarity to let her borrow her communicator. Rarity held her communicator up to her chest before handing it to Twilight and sitting next to her.

"Thanks, Rarity!" Twilight said as she began punching in the number of her friends' communicator. A hologram popped up and Twilight could see the hologram image of Stardust.

"Twilight!" Stardust said excitedly, "You're alright!"

"Yeah," Twilight said, "I crash landed on Tatooine. How's the girl you guys picked up?"

"Sweetie Belle? Oh she's good! She-"

"SWEETIE BELLE?!" Rarity shouted, "That's my sister! You found my sister?!"

"Apparently," Stardust said with a grin, "Sweetie Belle! Can you please come in here for a moment?!" Soon, the holographic image of a little girl appeared.

"Is that your sister in the hologram call?" Stardust asked? Sweetie Belle turned to the hologram and saw the holographic image of Rarity.

"Rarity!" Sweetie Belle said.

"Sweetie Belle! Oh! Thank heavens you're alright!" Rarity said, "Where are you?"

"I'm on Hoth with some other girls who found me and saved me! Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Stardust Crystal!" Sweetie Belle said, "Where are you?"

"I'm on Tatooine hanging with some other girls!" Rarity said, "Do you have any functioning ships, Stardust?"

"Pinkie Pie owns a ship called The Centennial Alligator. It's pretty fast. We could be there in a couple parsecs if you wanted," Stardust offered, seeing how eager Rarity was to reunite with her little sister.

"Yes, please!" Rarity said.

"Okay. We'll leave first thing tomorrow," Stardust said.

"Thank you so much!" Rarity said before hanging up.

"Hm," Twilight said, "That was serendipitous."

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter! I'll be getting the next chapter out in the coming weeks!