Authors note, this story is set in my internet world, after chapter 85 of my story life online.
Candlehead stood on the street corner with a cake box in her hand, watching as commotion happened in the streets. A wrecked droid starfighter had fallen from the sky and landed in the middle of the street. Thankfully no one was hurt but it was causing major traffic as stormtroopers attempted to remove it.
Falling droids were definitely a problem the city was facing. A couple days ago a massive tsunami hit, and damage was being repaired. Thankfully being in an internet game that could be done quickly. Also 2 days ago, Vanellopes daughter Lucy was overthrown by the empire in a massive battle that took place in space. Wreckage of her capital ships was being slowly lowered into the ocean outside the city until they could be scrapped for parts.
Candlehead was currently heading to the castle hoping to cheer the royals up with a cake saying she still was their friend and still supported them, even Lucy. The rest of the city however didn't seem to take too kindly to what Lucy did. She passed by a hologram of an imperial officer on the street urging people to abandon the city and live in the new empire on Lucy's conquered worlds.
"With your individual chain codes, every citizen will be allowed to exchange their invalid currency for imperial credits, at no cost. As well as travel to any world they wish. All thanks to the generosity of the new galactic empire. The war is over. And with peace comes prosperity to all."
As she neared the castle, she passed by the store to one of Rancis' friends, Honey Potts, or the queen bee as she was known as. Candlehead didn't know her well but she was apparently very nice. An imperial officer was talking to her outside the store
"For every battle droid you collect, we will pay you 100 credits. Should you choose to try and fix them and keep them for yourself, you will be punished severely"
"I understand" said Honey
Candlehead walked past the 2 and continued on towards the castle. Behind the walls she could hear the noise of a ship engine, and a quick look above the wall she could spot a large white fin. An imperial shuttle was parked outside the castle, but why?
As soon as she got past the gates, she saw Lucy being escorted inside the shuttle at gunpoint by a large black droid and some stormtroopers.
"Lucy, sweetie, what's happening here?" Candlehead called out
As she got closer, a trooper in all black armor held his blaster up at her, preventing her from getting to Lucy. As the troops all boarded the shuttle and it began to take off, Vanellopes son Kevin who resembled a younger Rancis ran out of the castle with a couple of his classmates.
"LUCY!" He shouted as the shuttle sped off into space
Candlehead looked at Kevin, he was in tears.
"What's going on, what happened here?" Candlehead asked
Kevin didn't say anything and ran back inside crying. One of the kids who had rabbit ears spoke up.
"The empire arrested Lucy for what she did. This isn't right, i was with her most of that time, she shouldn't be arrested"
Candlehead nearly dropped her cake hearing what happened. She had to talk to Taffyta, she was close with the empire. But for now, all she could do was comfort the crying kids.
(That night, candleheads home)
"Look Candlehead, I know that sounds bad, but it's all for the greater good" said Taffyta
"But they arrested her. She's just a child" said Candlehead
"No different than some other games, our home game included" said Taffyta
"But Taffyta-
"Candlehead, I know this is taking some getting used to, but the empire is here to protect us, to keep us safe. You saw the battle, you saw the Ravager crash, it was tough for everyone and I'm currently leading relief efforts to rebuild the district" said Taffyta
"This just doesn't feel right" said Candlehead
"Trust me Candlehead, things will get better. As mayor I can assure you the empire will give us all we need to protect us and keep us safe" said Taffyta
Taffyta grabbed her purse and got up to leave. Candlehead meanwhile went to collect her trash, it was trash night. As she went to throw her garbage in the bins, she heard a small scream, and without warning, a battle droid fell into the street in view of a couple stormtroopers. To their surprise it was still alive
"I made it, I'm still alive"
The droid gave a scream as the stormtroopers shot it dead.
"Another for the scrap pile. This is tk-111, bringing in another b1 for scrap"
"Load it on the transport with the others"
Candlehead kinda felt bad for the droid, it just seemed happy to be alive. It didn't look very dangerous either, almost like a robotic skeleton. She began to think about Lucy, she felt so bad for her, wherever she was now. She couldn't have been that bad right? Details on Lucy's crimes were vague at best right now, just that the empire saw it fit to remove her by force. If only she could talk to her, or at least one of those droids, maybe she could learn a little more about what happened up there.
After tossing out her garbage she went to her little garden to check on her cupcake plants, one of the few remaining bits of sugar rush she was connected to. To her surprise they were smushed, something was lying in them. It was metal, it was heavy, and had a dark gray color, some kind of droid she hadn't seen before. It had a round head with 2 big eyes and no mouth. On its chest was a silhouette of Lucy's head with a butterfly underneath.
"What are you?" Candlehead asked
The right thing to do would've been to alert the stormtroopers, be paid the hundred credit bounty and be done with it. But curiosity got the better of her so she took it inside. She grabbed a washcloth and began cleaning the cupcake frosting and dirt off the droid. It didn't look anything like the droid she just watched get shot down in the street.
On the back of the head she found a couple tiny switches that she toggled, making the droids eyes flicker back to life. It looked at her
"State your allegiance" it said in a weird voice
"My name is Candlehead, im a friend of Rancis and Vanellope, do you know them?"
"Name familiar, Candlehead, not a threat" said the droid
"Who are you? What are you?" Candlehead asked curiously
"Designation BX commando J4378LF-927-
The droid stuttered the numbers, its power failing. The white lights in its eyes shut off as it slumped back onto the floor
"You poor thing, you've obviously been through a lot. I want to help you but I don't know anything about fixing robots. But I think I know who will"
Candlehead went to her kitchen counter and picked up her phone, speed dialing a number.
"Hey dad, it's Candlehead. Can you and mom come over when you get a chance? I need some help with something"
