Spitefic: Welcome to Tiamo

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After a long flight, our heroes get to Tiamo a bit before evening.

Where they have a great festival.

The festival includes a cooking contest, as well as a magic show with illusions.

And while Stormwolf wants to have fun, they see who the entertainers are and decide to be cautious.

Cookie is judging the dishes.

"What's this?" he asks a Vistulan.

"Bull Demon Guts, caught it myself!"

"Well, bravo! Not many can do that." Cookie takes a taste. "Sorry, but stick to hunting."

Then he tastes Rose Wine Steak, coming from a land far away, in an alternate Earth.

"Not bad. Not great, but not bad!"

He gets to the next dish. Which is some slightly burned potatoes and chicken.

"You know, you cook like Dyno and Myte."

"Really? Thank you for comparing me to your friends."

Cookie shakes his head. "No, these two are miners and politicians, and love explosions way, way too much. But they are not cooks, they make their food explode. Be more careful next time."

Finn and Jannah overhear this.

"Well, bro, you and the twins should go to a cooking contest."

"Come on, I can make something basic!"

"Admit it, bro, you are not Emily or Renee!"

Finn sighs. "That would be a very high bar to clear."

At the same time, Abra is having a magic show, the likes of which he never had in United Equestria.

He makes a giant sharp disc appear out of nowhere, cutting himself in half. Then the upper half floats in the air, while the lower half is walking, and try to meet each other. They meet at the center of the stage, though the upper half is backwards, so it turns.

Then seven more Abras come into the stage, and all make cartwheels, while flames erupt behind them.

Rarity is suspicious. "Something is wrong, Abra never went this far with his magic in his shows."

Trixie nods. "It's because for some insane reason Celesto wants us to use as little magic as possible in our everyday lives. He says it's for equality, but good luck competing with Applejack's physical strength, or in general, that of any Earth Pony!

Honestly, some Starfleet idiots think Earth Ponies are the weakest race, inferior than others. Never understood how being so strong you can master mundane skills with ease no magic user has is inferior."

Suddenly, a massive green dragon appears on stage, making everyone in Tiamo huddle in fear.

But the Abras charge, dodging its fiery breath. However, it spits more flames and makes most Abras disappear.

Then, one last Abra creates a huge mirror, reflecting the flames at the dragon and burning it, making it vanish into thin air.

A few more Abras come from the ground, and they all bow down to their captive audience.

And loud clapping is heard.

"You vanquished that dragon!"

"You are our hero!"

"Shouldn't dragon flames melt a mirror?" Rarity asks. "Even mirrors have limits."

"I agree with Rarity here" Spike adds.

"Well, depends on the mirror. Some magical ones can reflect flames of nearly any degree" Pierre replies.

Renee, meanwhile, is tempted to enter the cooking competition. She can think of so many wonderful dishes she can make!

Except she remembers Starfleet is never going to forgive her for what she did in Engarde's trial. She still has no regrets.

Well, without Emily here, she will get to cook for the team anyway.

Finn is passing from a beggar who asks money for her family. He reads her mind, because he is a bit suspicious, and once he sees she tells the truth, he drops three silver coins.

"Did you have to read her mind?" Jannah asks.

"What if this was a fraud?" Finn replies. "Ok, who cares about the First Order's teachings, but then Rose told me the same corruption exists, and I think I can trust her more than Phasma."

"You can trust anyone more than Phasma" Jannah replies.

And Finn can't help but chuckle.

The two eventually bump into one of the natives, Sango-Chi.

"Sango-Chi welcomes you to the planet, strangers!"

Finn is surprised. "Are you the ruler of the planet?"

Sango-Chi shakes her head. "No, Sango-Chi is not the ruler. What misled you, stranger?"

Finn puts a fist under his chin. "Well... let me think. The fact that a few cocky leaders I know do this because they love listening to their name?"

"Oh no, Sango-Chi is merely the daughter of a head monk" she reassures him. "What's your name?"

"Uh... it's Sam Artorias!" Finn lies.

"Nice name!" Sango-Chi replies. "And you?"

"His sister, Naomi Artorias!" Jannah lies as well.

"Anyway, what's up with this festival?" Finn asks.

"Oh, it was because of what happened last day. Cookie and Abra came here with a squad of sentries and the fabled Recruiters to save us from the Yuuzhan Vong. And after a long battle, they won.

Now Cookie wants to be our new ruler, and considering his forces saved us? Sango-Chi doesn't mind at all.

Especially since this planet lost the leaders of the one faction which rivaled Starfleet for authority, the Red Pandas.

They wanted to abolish Starfleet and private property, and make everyone live in houses that are all the same, with wealth being shared equally. They also wanted us to make our own army, which would be "people at arms", and were in favor of industrialization. Their leader, Xiu Hua, would be the first woman who would lead our planet.

Unfortunately, they got slain to the last member by the Yuuzhan Vong, and now our only hope is Starfleet."

Finn keeps his mouth shut, because a question he has in his mind would blow his cover.

At the same time, General Mac Speed, leader of the local Starfleet forces, is having a feast, with cuisine made by Cookie himself.

"We are thankful to our saviors, Cookie Dough and Abra Kadabra, for their heroic efforts against the evil of the Yuuzhan Vong!

While the Vong were too much for the Red Pandas, we held our ground and repelled them once and for all. Of course, there were criminals who exploited the crisis, most notably the Bazooka Duo, Chang and Chin, who worked for the Yuuzhan Vong for cash and looted a lot of treasures.

Now they are imprisoned for life for their crimes."

Sango overhears that and turns to Finn and Jannah. "However, for Sango nothing is over yet. You see, during the last battle, Sango's father was poisoned. And the poison was from what the Yuuzhan Vong call Slow Demise. It forces him to sleep and freezes him solid. The poison also worsens his eyesight, and currently he can only see a blur.

The only antidote Sango knows is very high in the mountains, in an abandoned cabin nobody dares to enter, for it's considered the house of the mysterious Blue Knees.

He is known for always living alone, and always being in the cold. Once, starving, he slept for two whole days. And while he was never normal, after he woke up, due to how frozen his body was, his eyes fell off."

Finn feels a mixture of disgust and pity. "Poor guy. Maybe I should help him?"

"He is still looking for his eyes. But alas, if anyone enters... the monster tries to take their eyes and replace his with them. Violently in fact."

A boast slips from Finn's lips. "Well... it won't be the first time a murderous fiend is trapped with me!"

"Wait... Sam, you are a hero?" Sango-Chi asks.

"Well... someone has to be" Finn replies. "I will get you the antidote."

"How will you get to the mountain?"

"I have help."

---

At the same time, in Verdant Mountain, the mountain is under siege by Ewoks and Herbolites.

While the defenders have Piranha Plants and big grizzly bears, the Herbolites with their limited plant magic and the Ewoks with their bows and spears do well against them.

However, the massive Spirit Cub is a different story. It's basically a young giant leopard spirit, which lunges with the might of five bears and takes down several Ewoks with ease. When a horde of Herbolites attacked it with Razor Petals, the Cub breathed a giant fireball, burning the petals and the Herbolites.

At the same time, the fearsome Piranhaleafus Rex, a mix of a Piranha Plant, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Flowerman, with green skin and purple head, attacks the Herbolites and eats them one by one.

Stormwolf approaches the planet, and sees the two monsters terrorizing the rebels.

Rose Tico breaks formation. "I don't care if we kill them more efficiently together! I want to save them now!"

And she flies straight at the P-Rex, firing Proton Torpedoes at its open mouth, and stunning it, allowing a couple to escape. Then she keeps hitting it with her blasters.

However, flames gather in the mouth of the Spirit Cub, which spits a massive red fireball. As Rose is busy holding off the other massive beast, she gets a direct hit. While the shield protects the woman from an exlposion, she still comes crashing down to the ground.

"Ok, team, let's surround them!" Poe orders the Black Squadron.

The Spirit Cub spits a second fireball at Kazuda and Jean, but they dodge it easily and fire at both of its sides.

Inside an ancient temple of the mountain, there is a big, muscular, orange Moblin, three times the size of a human, who oversees the battle.

It's Constable Kerd, who can't believe his beasts are losing so easily.

"Coralskippers! We are in trouble! Defend the temple at all costs!"

And about twenty coralskippers emerge.

Rainbow Dash smirks. "Finally, some action for us too!"

And she gets out of the Leia, turning into a blue blur, and punches the first coralskipper hard. However, the living fighter does not take damage, and it retaliates with its Yaret-Kor, which grazes her.

From the ground, a new kind of plant emerges, the Cannon Flowers, which spit cannonballs at the Black Squadron.

Which excites the ground forces, who wanted some action.

"Ah want to stop them cannon weeds!" Applejack says as she jumps to the ground.

A wild bear charges at her, but she suplexes it with her bare hands and stops it with her lasso. Once it calms down, she rushes at the Cannon Flowers.

However, a defense of Spitter Plants is waiting, which spit grenades at her. One of them wounds her and sends her tumbling down the mountain.

However, Ewoks, inspired by her, cover her with their arrows.

Alas, the Spitter Plants are not stupid. Some of them use their leaves and cover themselves, easily deflecting all arrows, while the rest spit grenades at the Ewoks as well. A grenade turns an Ewok into a mess of blood and limbs.

Applejack reaches the Spitter Plants, and her punches fail to penetrate their defense. Even jumping on them is not helpful.

And then Din, as well as Zorii, come with jetpacks to assist her. Zorii fires her blasters to force all Spitters to take cover, while Din blows them all up with multiple barrages of missiles.

When the last Spitter is down, a Cannon Flower fires a cannonball at Din, who takes the hit. While the armor doesn't break, he is sent flying and ends up rolling down the mountain.

However, Applejack uses her lasso and grabs the plant, ripping it off its roots and destroying it.

"Ah know ah killed it, but then again, ah have to take down parasites all the time in my farm!"

A cannonball hits L'ulo as he is about to shoot the Cub and damages his shield, but Kazuda stops another cannonball with his blasters.

At the same time, the P-Rex spits a massive exploding seed, hitting Ventus and shooting her down. She recovers, but the monster lowers its head to grab her with its teeth.

Only for Jessika to hit its head with a charged shot, and Rose, who also recovered, to zap its tail with her Terror Tazer.

Then Jean boosts forward and with a couple of torpedoes in its mouth knocks it down and forward. Ventus barely dodges.

At the same time, the Spirit Cub lunges at Kazuda, who has low altitude, but he merely avoids with a barrel roll and L'ulo to bombard its back with his own blasters.

---

As the battle continues, Finn is talking with Twilight.

"I don't know, Finn, I trust you, but not that much!" Twilight says. "Just because we are friends doesn't mean you will use me as a steed! Besides, what if you fall due to my size and the cold winds?"

"But I expected you to help a friend help another person in danger!"

"First of all, I heard you are a rider of horses, and I feel like I will be your pet if I let you ride me! Second, I heard you also ride your friend, Leah, but you two are much closer than us two. And third, even if not for reasons regarding our dynamic, I could let you ride me, if some idiots didn't change my whole body so it looks like yours!" Twilight explains.

"Sorry, that was a dumb idea. The thing is, it will take time to walk up there and we don't have all time in the world!" Finn explains.

"I will teleport you there. Unfortunately, I can't pinpoint its location so easily..." Twilight says.

"I think I can" Finn replies. And he uses the Force to sense the location.

Then he tells Twilight where the cabin is.

"Before I send you there" Twilight tells him "I want to help you indirectly." She creates a white magical sphere with the symbol of a snowflake. And she makes him wear it.

"As long as you wear this, you have protection from cold. You also don't slip on ice. Unfortunately, the protection against cold is limited, because I made the charm just now. But it will still help you against the cold of an ordinary mountain."

Finn smiles. "I think I am ready now."

And he gets teleported outside the cabin of Blue Knees.

"Well... looks like it was an ice idea to ask for Twilight's help. I hope the encounter with the landlord is also an eyes meeting."

Then he watches around him. "No reaction whatsoever? Oh well. It is snow problem for me. Now, let's get inside."

As he gets inside the cabin, he notices its condition is a little better than the inside of Kylo's head. Which naturally means the walls are filthy and rotten, the floor is cracked in many places, there is no light whatsoever, Finn has to use his saber as a torch to even advance, and there are even one or two stalactites on the ceiling.

At one point, the floor is icy, but thanks to Twilight's charm, the Jedi does not slip.

What, however, surprises Finn the most is the complete lack of monsters. No ghosts, no Keese, no Chompies, not even spiders and rats.

The place is completely empty, and the only companion of Finn is darkness, along with cold. Something about this creeps him out, it makes him worry.

Is Blue Knees real? Is he really evil?

As he keeps going, he notices a few pictures. Fortunately for him, they are not moving at all, but some of them are cracked.

He is anxious for a second. "Wow, looks like whoever cleans the house is doing a very poor job!" Cheering himself up, the Jedi keeps going.

And he eventually sees a statue of the Hero that Ended the Ten Days of Darkness, who saved Tiamo from a fearsome dragon many years ago while sacrificing himself. Finn bows down in respect for the hero, then approaches a grammophone.

Which suddenly starts playing by itself.

"Blue Knees is behind and will find what he has been looking for...
For so lo-o-ong, all alone... where he belongs..."

Finn is creeped out and turns around the door, where he senses a Dark presence coming.

And an eyeless humanoid, which has blue, frozen skin, charges at him very fast. Finn fires his blaster at him, but due to his panic misses, and the creature gets close to him and throws a hard right hook.

Finn catches it with his left hand and punches the humanoid hard in the face. When it tries to pluck out his eyes with its free hand, Finn, both with his left hand and using the Force with his right, throws him through a wall, which smashes to splinters due to its bad condition.

Finn calms down and focuses, using the Force to fill the monster with splinters. Then he fires his blaster and lands an accurate shot between the eyes.

The bright light of the blaster bolt and the scorching pain makes the attacker run away in fear.

"Huh. So Blue Knees actually is a threat. Now, I kinda feel bad for the guy. He is not so tough without the element of surprise, and his story is kinda sad.

Maybe I can help him?"

And Finn starts looking for the creature's eyes, ready to help the blind monster.

---

In the Verdant Mountain, the head of the P-Rex has become red, and the beast is drooling, chasing everyone in anger. An Ewok hits it with an arrow, but it responds by biting the humanoid bear in half and then, as Applejack rushes it from behind, she gets smashed by the tail of the beast.

Rose has taken down the last Cannon Flower with her Terror Tazer, as Ventus covers her with her blaster against the incoming Flowermen.

This allows Kazuda to focus on the Spirit Cub, as Poe is taking down the coralskippers one by one.

Kaz dodges a massive fireball by tilting to the left and with a couple of Proton Torpedoes brings the Cub down.

However, he is shot down by a coralskipper, which Jessika takes care of.

Jean is chased by P-Rex, which is about to devour her ship. But Applejack grabs its tail with the lasso and then throws it straight at its head, smashing it and stunning the beast.

Jean feeds it her final two torpedoes, then watches as the monster explodes.

With the two beasts defeated, the planet is all but free.

---

Finn keeps wandering in the house of Blue Knees until he finds his bedroom. There the monster has a picture of himself, the only one in pristine condition. There he still has both of his eyes, and they aren't really beautiful, being abnormally big and having dark blue pupils.

There is also a desk which has a book that talks about the monster's story. As it turns out, he has no connection to the Legion at all, he just wants peace, quiet and his eyes back.

"I will save you, and then I will save the monk!" Finn loudly declares.

And, with the Force guiding his movements, he finds, under the darkness, a pair of eyes. Despite his disgust, he takes them, and examines the portrait.

He finally smiles as he realizes these are the eyes both beings in the house were looking for. Now all he needs to do is to go to the living room and provoke the owner of the house into coming for him.

And sure enough, he does so, and with the Shockbolt he leaves a field of electricity behind him before he approaches a grammophone.

"Blue Knees is behind and will find what he has been looking for...
For so lo-o-ong, all alone... where he belongs..."

Finn is not scared. Not this time.

"Come at me!"

For a second time, Blue Knees attacks from behind, only to fall into the static field and get violently electrocuted.

"AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!"

"You weren't prepared for this, huh?" Finn asks.

The monster does escape a little before the field fizzles out, but falls on his eponymous blue knees.

One Hot Shot could blow his brains out, and Finn would be free to get the antidote.

But he is not one to shoot an enemy while he is helpless.

"I found what you are looking for, Blue Knees" he addresses him. And with the Force and his natural precision, he moves the eyes in a way only a surgeon would succeed, in the correct position each. The fact that he uses telekinesis on a stunned foe helps.

However, he knows it's not that simple.

He also knows that, while the monster attacked him, he usually just lives alone and his life was hard. This creature is not Kylo. He was never given a chance. Plus, he knows that for the eyes to function, the nervous system must be fully connected.

So, he uses his Force Healing on the monster, who suddenly, instead of just sensing the man, can see him!

"I... I can see your face..." Blue Knees blinks. Then rubs his eyes, expecting empty sockets.

"My eyes... you gave them back. You are a kind man." He can't hold himself. He refuses to consider crying something given, especially due to his loss of eyes.

So he falls on his knees and cries a lot. "Thank you... thank you... you saved me. What brings you here, kind man?"

Finn takes a step back. "You see, a man is sick and will probably suffer like you did, Blue Knees. I want a potion you have to help him. That's all I ask for."

Blue Knees turns at him, tears still flowing from his eyes. "Good luck finding it. But unfortunately, you disturbed my peace and quiet.

So, while I will help you, I will give you a warning. The next time we meet... we will fight to the death. This way, no matter who wins... I can get peace again.

So, what's your name, oh kind one?"

"My name is Finn."

"Finn. That's a nice name. So, I will give you a choice. Leave, and save yourself, and I will not pursue you. You will be spared, you earned it.

But take my cure, in case I might need it again, and I will have to kill you. The exit is all south, the cure is in the cellar.

Make your choice, Finn. Blue Knees will be waiting. And once this is done, he will be alone, and live quietly for the rest of his life."

Then he runs away again.

The temptation for Finn to just leave is overwhelming. He could say he didn't find it and this way be safe and spare Blue Knees.

But then again, Blue Knees wasn't completely grateful. If he planned to attack him for disturbing his peace, even after what Finn did for him, he can only imagine how little mercy anyone else will be shown. Plus, if he knowingly lets a deathly ill man die because he didn't want to risk his life, he would not be but a murderer. He would not be better than Starfleet.

He makes his choice.

He goes for the cellar.

---

"Is Finn ok?" Twilight asks. "As the one who sent him there, I don't think I can forgive myself if he dies. I heard the place he is in is very dangerous."

Rey pats her in the back. "Don't worry. It's Finn. I can feel his presence, and he is still alive and kicking.

We might have no imprint, but we are close enough to be able to sense each other from long distances, even more clearly than other Force users, equally strong, at the same distance.

Finn literally felt me die in Exegol, while right after the first battle he consciously used the Force, and he was merely close to the planet I was on. If he could feel me there, I can feel him here and now."

"So, if you are stronger than him, Rey, how come he is in a higher rank than you?" Twilight asks.

"Well, Starfleet might make you think strength defines rank. We are not like that here. Finn is above me because he is smarter, and because he is a co-founder of Stormwolf. And because he inspires people more than even I do. I actually am above him in the New Jedi Order, but only there.

To think our real chief is Poe, who has no powers whatsoever. He is just the smartest person in the team, and he has the spirit and determination of a leader. I am the greatest in raw strength, and Finn is balanced between us.

I am tempted to go find him, as a former desert scavenger I am really used to temperature changing very fast. Trust me, deserts can be so cold at night.

Unfortunately, I am about the one person who can sense him so well and assure everyone he is alive and his exact location so you can bring him back."

"Fair point, Rey."

---

Finn reaches the cellar, where he gets the medicine.

But he hears another dreaded grammophone.

"Blue Knees is behind..."

Finn draws the Microwave Beam and starts charging.

"For so long... all alone..."

Finn keeps charging, the blue beam becomes pink.

And once the song ends, Blue Knees emerges, only to instantly be fried by the Microwave Cannon, along with his grammophone.

"Thanks for telling me you are coming, dummy!" Finn taunts as he is about to leave with the medicine.

Behind him, Blue Knees' soul can finally rest, and watches the young man with a smile.

"Thank you. I got my sight and peace at last... all thanks to you." And the soul vanishes.

Finn looks down and prays to the Force. "Please, make sure this restless soul rests for once. And help me cure the monk as well."

---

Rey feels him with the Force, and senses the medicine in his hand.

"He did it. He has the antidote. Bring him back!"

Twilight, despite having been tutored by Lightning for a few years before her death, doesn't have to be told twice. She brings Finn and the antidote back.

"How did you deal with Blue Legs?" Rey asks Finn after she hugs him.

"Blue Knees? Not only did I make him experience happiness for once, but when he got ungrateful... I allowed him to get the peace he craved. In a way, I saved him twice" Finn explains.

"Anyway, let's save Sango's father!" Finn proposes.

And soon they reach the father, who is all but blind and can't get up from his bed.

"Remind me, why not Force Heal him?" Rey asks.

"Yuuzhan Vong poison, one of the few things Force Heal won't stop" Finn replies.

"Yuuzhan Vong? Of course those f..."

"Sshhh, you are ruining the mood" Finn shushes with his index finger.

Then he sprays the antidote on the man, and makes him drink some as well.

Which makes his skin warmer.

And his sight becomes increasingly less blurry.

"How long will this need to fully take effect?" Finn asks.

"Sango heard it takes half an hour," Sango-Chi explains. "Sango proposes we just wait."

"Not a bad idea" Finn replies.

---

The last coralskipper goes down by Poe's blasters.

On land, Applejack, Rose and Din easily deal with the rest of the enemies.

The guards of the Legion are in a panic.

"Sir, we are in serious trouble!" one of them tells Constable Kerd.

"I know, and that's why I will personally stop this madness." Kerd replies.

"Should we request a Lily Carnation?"

Kerd snorts. "No, we don't want to kill everyone, just to rule over this place. It has many resources. Plus, the Lily will devour everything, including you, my own men! I am not actively sending my men to their deaths!

I love this planet, and won't let it fall into desolation!

But I've got an idea now that you said Lily Carnation... I do have something more tame to summon. Something that can stall the intruders without having to destroy the planet and you.

Prepare the Diababa!

---

Ah'tilla learns from his scouts everything about Tiamo.

"Hmmm... so Starfleet is still very powerful there" Ah'tilla notes. "Any fatal weaknesses those people have?"

"The traitorous Bazooka Duo did tell us a weakness. They are afraid of dragons. Also, I heard Stormwolf is there too, meaning they might fight each other," the scout reports.

"Oh, I think I know exactly what to do here. Tomorrow, I will have a surprise for them all. Something that will burn them all to ash!"

Meanwhile, Stormwolf is allowed to rest in a hotel, as a reward for saving the high priest and ending the threat of Blue Knees.

Due to shortage of rooms, some of them have to sleep together.

And Finn and Rey have to sleep in the same bed.

"So, Finn, because I can't sleep so easily, can you tell me how you fought the monster?" Rey asks.

"Well, it all started when I entered a house. Which was empty, rotten and creepy."

"Reminds me of a racist's mental state" Rey comments.

"Yes, you could say that, Rey. Anyway, I thought it was empty. Until I reached that grammophone the first time. That damn grammophone.

And it started playing by itself.

Then, the monster attacked me. It was the moment I realized, someone was facing a being out of his league. Someone was trapped in a room with a fearsome foe. Someone was going to face consequences for their foolishness."

"Finn, either you should have called for help, or you are really indulging yourself right now."

"Well, how many times did victory get to your head, Rey? Anyway, the guy was tenacious, and I had to use most of my arsenal to ensure my victory.

The first time I did have trouble until I calmed down, the second I prepared a trap with my Shockbolt. But he lived. And he was helpless, his head open to a Hot Shot. Too weakened to fight back.

But I didn't have the heart to shoot him. I gave him what he wanted. His sight back. He wasn't completely grateful. He still would not give me the antidote and would kill me because I disturbed his peace.

The third confrontation was basically me testing the Microwave Cannon. Considering he was going to kill to keep living in peace? I think I did him a favor by helping his soul rest."

Rey pretends to pout. "So, just because you helped him and he still attacked you, it means he deserved to be toasted? That's not ok!"

Finn winks at her. "Struck a nerve?"

Which results in a pillow fight, with both of them smiling widely.

Until Brass Bolt, who was attempting to sleep from the next room, tells them to stop.

Finn and Rey instantly stop and decide to sleep, hugging each other so they won't have bad dreams.

Twilight also woke up, afraid they had an argument, but the way they talked calmed her down fast.

---

In Verdant Mountain, the siege is a stalemate.

Poe Dameron goes for the temple, intending to attack the Constable directly, but alas, a towering, one-eyed beast blocks his way, and it makes a lake of poison that stops the ground forces from advancing.

Then, from there, two giant Deku Baba heads emerge, and both are very hungry. Blaster bolts fail to scratch the massive heads, which lunge to bite Poe. The leader of the Resistance dodges the bites with well-timed aileron rolls.

From the other side of the mountain, Logray leads a force of Ewoks uphill, and they are accompanied by Rainbow Dash, whose flight counters the enemy's high ground, and Kallie, who freezes foes with her Ice Eggs and kills some of them with harpoons.

Four Ewok scouts are wounded by arrows, but Logray heals them with his magic and sends a green energy ball at a blue Moblin Archer, wounding him. However, Life Spell Punks come and one heals him.

What's more, Drow Spearmen and Drow Archers join the fight, and the latter get three Ewoks with their arrows.

Rainbow Dash can't stand and let her allies die, so she attacks with a Sonic Rainboom and makes the Drow scatter, taking down six of them.

Arrows shoot the place where she occupies, but they only hit her afterimage. She gets close to them and starts punching them out one by one, at blinding speed.

At the same time, Logray makes roots come from the ground and wrap the legs of the Spearmen.

Gray fires her Gunblade at a Life Spell Punk, who has just healed a Drow Archer. The Drow wounds Gray with a well-placed arrow in her right shoulder.

Maya is fighting several Flowermen on her own, cutting three in each saber slash. Then five of them charge at once, but she pushes them all away with the Force.

A Herbolite, Captain Moss, makes slippery moss under the feet of some Flowermen, making them slip and be defeated. Then she creates sharp grass under the feet of the charging Flowermen, taking them all down.

Then she rushes at a Drow Spearman who is about to impale an Ewok and punches him three feet away.

At the same time, Captain Iris, another Herbolite, dazes a few Drow with her magical pollen, then sends Leaf Boomerangs that take them down.

A Life Spell Punk shoots Logray in the left shoulder, then heals one of the unconscious Drow Spearmen.

Maya draws her blaster and shoots him mortally in the chest.

Meanwhile, Poe is struggling with the Diababa. He dodges a powerful bite and fires a charged shot, which is ineffective.

So, he waits until one of the massive carnivorous plants opens it mouth again and feeds it a couple of Proton Torpedoes, bringing it down. Then he does the same to the second plant.

As the two man-eating plants sink in the poisonous pool, defeated, the main plant spews a jet of poison that hits Poe hard, damaging his shields and making him shake.

Determined, he waits for the next burst and dodges it with a well-timed barrel roll, then by moving in a vertical circle clockwise to avoid the liquid that keeps firing.

And when he sees the opening, he fires two more torpedoes.

So close to the main body of the floral monstrosity, the torpedoes strike and explode!

However, he has run out of torpedoes, and he barely dodges the third attack of the Diababa.

His forces are already weakened by the two big monsters that came before, and the Constable's forces, while severely weakened, are not giving up. The moment Kerd himself emerges from the temple, Poe orders his forces to fall back.

So does the Constable.

The battle ends as a draw.

---

In Tiamo, everyone is having a feast, made by Cookie's food.

"I gotta say" Finn comments after licking his lips "Cookie is a master cook. Almost as good as our Emily."

A rebel Equestrian looks at him, bug-eyed.

"Wait, you like Cookie?"

"Yes, he is actually a decent guy. His food is exceptional. In fact, did you know I helped inspire him join Starfleet?" Finn boasts.

"Not really. How come?"

"Well... I saw his determination when I saw him in a fight. He fought for what he thought it was right."

Sango-Chi is amazed. "You fought side by side with Cookie? Sango is proud of you!"

"Yes. We have been in a mighty struggle. His determination made me respect him a lot, and inspire him to join Starfleet" Finn tells her, looking straight in her eyes.

"Sango will tell Cookie a friend is here!" She enthusiastically tries to go inform Cookie.

As Finn realizes he fucked up, Rarity saves him. "As a Starfleet officer, I am the leader of this mission, and Cookie knows everything. He told us to split up so we could flush out enemy remnants faster.

So, I think we shouldn't reunite just yet."

"Oh, Sango is glad to hear that, and doesn't have to say anything!"

Once she leaves and is out of hearing range, Rey turns to Finn. "What were you thinking?"

"Well, this planet is occupied by Starfleet! So, pretending we are friends is a good idea!

I didn't expect her to try to call Starfleet on us! I couldn't have predicted this plan to be endangered by something like that!" Finn tells her.

"Anyway, back to telling the technical truth" he continues. "Cookie and I don't really hate each other.

And besides, imagine how miserable I would be if I saw someone as completely bad if we fought a few times and they were cocky! That could cost me some great friendships!"

And he hugs Rey, making her blush.

Then he starts eating his noodles with the sticks Sango-Chi gave him, while Rey basically shoves big chunks of noodles into her mouth.

As befitting someone who was raised in absolute order and someone who was raised in absolute chaos respectively.