A/N: So, it's my birthday. Among other updates (like Mega Man Star Network, Sonic Chao Chronicles so it's not dead, and a couple things on my deviantART page), I've decided to take my hand at Star Wars. After all, all six movies are available now on iTunes or other download sites as of today (funniest birthday present ever), so why not take a crack at one of the two most iconic franchises in sci-fi media history before J. J. Abrhams and Disney blow me out of the water completely? Seriously, those guys will make it a masterpiece.

As for the other category... RWBY. I'm going to be completely honest, this idea started out BEFORE I found out Monty Oum had some health-related problems, and... died... two months ago. Wow, that got depressing really fast. It's a good thing that Rooster Teeth is continuing his work. After his death, I was almost tempted to scrap this story completely because I felt that nothing I'd do this his personal baby would be anywhere near his level of awesome fights... and I'm not really used to writing full action girls. However, I remembered a quote from him: "Never let anyone tell you something is impossible." I then spent the past two months working on it, trying to make a movie-like feel... before deciding "Too complicated, episodic nature ala Clone Wars, Rebels, and the real RWBY!" in order to test that quote.

So why cross these two universes over? Well, Star Wars, when it first came out, was your classic reconstruction of the sci-fi genre with a fairy tale like theme. It then has been expanded upon by various sources, such as say, Knights of the Old Republic, that trilogy being considered by many fans to be so good that they may as well be canon (well, that and The Force Unleashed games). As you all have probably figured out, I'm a gamer. Then Disney bought the rights to Lucasfilms and coincidentally the franchise, and has made the entire expanded universe (as in everything that is not one of the movies, the Star Wars: Clone Wars mini-series, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars CGI movie and cartoon series, and the latest Star Wars: Rebels series)non-canon in order for The Force Awakens to make sense. They DID, however, put all of that expanded universe stuff in the Legends, so it's not like it's all lost. Besides, there is almost an entire milenium of potential right there that nobody's touched on in the Old Republic Era. I'm going to claim it. After all, this is non-canon to both series.

But for a more practical reason, RWBY and the prequel Star Wars films have really fast and amazing fight scenes, both CGI series have amazing fights... and come on, you want to see Yang punch a Sith in the Face, and a lightsaber slice a Grimm in half. I guarantee BOTH will happen. And yes, I've thought about the fact that lightsabers are going to be popping up just about everywhere, so I'm responding appropriately for the RWBY originated cast and giving their weapons the appropriate properties of lightsaber-resistant materials so Crescent Rose doesn't break every time Ruby swings it to block a lightsaber. That way, a lightsaber is not going to be an instant-win weapon when a Jedi or a Sith fights a Huntsman or a Huntress. Furthermore, every single Star Wars-related character is technically an OC because this is an unexplored time period in any timeline, the official Canon Timeline or Legends timeline.

That said, I've wasted too much time talking about this and not enough time putting up a disclaimer or how to work with speaking or thinking.

"Hey."-Basic/English. This is the usual conversation style I will write in for humans, Faunus, or alien characters speaking Galatic Basic.

"[Greetings, human.]"-Alien language roughly translated to Basic/English. I'm not about to go on Wookiepedia, look up Huttese, and write everything a Hutt says in Huttese and make you have to figure out what a Hutt says for accuracy. That's no fun for anyone. You are welcome for my laziness.

"[R0=Greetings, reader/have news.]"-Droid speak translated. Blame Star Wars: The Old Republic for this one. Any droids not capable of speaking Basic or English will be written like this since they are rather unique speakers by the standards of the Star Wars universe.

"Anything in full italics, come in!"-Radio/Scroll/Holo-communicator/phone chat. Basically, anyone communicating over a distance from the PoV characters' will have this.

'(Maybe this will work...)'-Universal thoughts. Self-explanatory.

Now, with all of that FINALLY out of the way, there's only one thing left to do before I get started. The disclaimer.

DISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING IS A FAN-FICTION AND IS NON-CANON TO EITHER UNIVERSE. RWBY AND ITS CHARACTERS, LORE, AND MATERIALS ARE ALL OWNED BY ROOSTER TEETH PRODUCTIONS. STAR WARS AND ITS LORE, SPECIES, AND PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY LUCASFILMS. PLEASE SUPPORT THE OFFICIAL RELEASE OF RWBY VOLUME 3 AND STAR WARS EPISODE 7, BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE OUT BY YEAR'S END. THIS DISCLAIMER GOES FOR ALL CHAPTERS.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

RWBY

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STAR WARS

SOUL OF REMNANT

Around 2,500 years before the rise of Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire, the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire continue to wage war against each other. Although the Republic has managed to drive the Empire back time and again over the course of a thousand years after the Battle of Corellia, the Empire has—in the past twenty years—managed to gain a colossal push against the Republic, and the new Emperor, DARTH CRUMMA, has begun finalizing a sinister plan. Furthermore, the nefarious criminal organization, the HUTT CARTEL, has joined in on the fray, leading much of the galaxy's underworld against the Republic.

However, hope is not lost within the Republic. The Jedi Order, led by YALE SHAN of the famous family of Jedi Knights of the Republic, continues to fight against the Sith. Furthermore, the Republic's best and brightest military leaders are contributing to the war effort against both groups. Supreme Chancellor ASASHA BI has wished to continue the fight and wishes to gather allies.

During her search for allies, however, the Chancellor has discovered the existence of a brand new world of Force-sensitive beings beyond the dangerous Rishi Maze: the small planet of REMNANT. However, the Emperor knows of this world as well. The Republic, the Empire, and the Hutt Cartel are preparing to scramble for this world, and add it to their power. However, unbeknownst to any of these sides, two powerful beings are determined to keep this world from any of them….

Republic Station, Orbit above Rishi—09:16

The colossal Republic warship docked with the orbital station. Several white and orange armored troops were gathered in ceremony for the ship's arrival near the station's docking airlock. When the airlock opened, a female Togruta in her early 30s that was rather tall for her species with orange skin and yellow eyes emerged. She was wearing a brown long-sleeved top with a green cape, a brown skirt, and no shoes. Many people considered this odd, but understood her wish to keep to her species' culture.

One of the soldiers, a human male with short brown hair, green eyes, and in his late twenties walked towards her. She noticed that he had a cybernetic implant next to his left eye. "Supreme Chancellor," the man greeted. "Welcome to Rishi… or rather, the Republic station floating around Rishi."

"It's still Rishi," Chancellor Asasha Bi giggled. "Though I have to say, Lieutenant Lyonvas, thank you for the warm welcome." Soon enough, two brown-cloaked individuals came from the airlock. One was a human-like man with black hair slicked back who was wearing a white blindfold over his eyes. The other was a young, green-skinned female—a Mirialan—that couldn't be more than sixteen.

"General Dohet," Lyonvas nodded. "This is your latest Padawan, yes?"

"Indeed," the blindfolded man said. "This is Naywi."

"A pleasure to meet you," the young girl smiled.

"I didn't know Jedi would come here," Lyonvas said, looking at Asasha.

"I only asked for Jedi escort because of what was reported discovered," the Togruta explained. "Oh, speaking of which… where is the prisoner?"

The soldier led the three visitors towards the station's prison, passing by a red and green astromech droid. The droid didn't really stand out save for the silver flower insignia on its front. However, this was ignored, even as the droid began to follow them from a distance.

Eventually, the four arrived to see a human man dressed in brown and red clothing behind bars. The man had white skin, blonde hair, and a red bird talon tattoo on his face. "Captain Norman Quay," Asasha greeted. "It's not every day the Republic captures a pirate of your… reputation."

"Well, well," the man smiled at the Chancellor. "Aren't you a pretty lass? Please tell me you're the interrogator? I'd let you question me any time."

"Wasted no time trying to flirt with me," Asasha smiled. "Sorry, but I have a 'no dating ruthless pirate warlords' policy. Even if I wasn't the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and had a reputation to maintain, I'm afraid you're just not my type, Mr. Quay. You're a little on the older side than how I like my men."

"Oh, I thought you were just the interrogator," Quay said.

"Don't worry, I'm still questioning you," Asasha corrected. "It's just I wanted the Jedi to confirm things." Quay looked at the two Jedi, actually shocked. "I'm not going to lie to you… if you had any plans of negotiating for amnesty or… well, sleeping with me, they're not going to happen. I CAN, however, promise you a lighter sentence for your cooperation. So, if you'd kindly answer all of my questions, I'd appreciate it."

"Darn, you're really cracking down on the criminals, aren't you?" Quay asked.

"Well, you're a known space pirate who terrorized several Republic transport ships, killed hundreds of people many of which were civilians, and once blew up a known Republic space station about this size," Asasha pointed out while the astromech droid finished catching up with her. "Oh, and you do have connections to the Hutt Cartel and smuggle spice. Be happy I'm considering lowering your sentence to 40 years in prison instead of life or execution. Now, I have questions about the particular cargo you had acquired prior to your ship's engine failure."

"I'm still trying to figure out how THAT happened," the pirate grumbled. "One minute, I was leaving that damn backwater planet with giant monsters of shadow as fast as I could with more than enough of those rare crystals to buy a planet, the next, my hyperdrive dies right next to a Republic patrol, my engines are shot, and I can't even get my ship's guns online. Next thing I know, I'm being boarded and I end up here."

"Crystals?" Nawyi spoke up. "Force crystals? You managed to find a planet beyond the known galaxy that had Force crystals?"

"Hold on, Jedi," Lyonvas spoke up. A crate was soon hauled over to them. "This was found on board the pirate's ship. Perhaps this was why you were brought here." The crate was opened, revealing rather large crystals stored inside.

"Now that is quite the rare sight," Asasha said. "A whole collection of Force crystals?"

"Yeah," Quay rolled his eyes. "I would have made a killing on the black market. And there are more where this came from, it's just the planet is crazy! Between the wildlife and the locals, I was lucky to get off the planet alive! Though I'm totally willing to sell these for my freedom."

"Not quite," Dohet spoke up, holding a green crystal in his hands. "I sense something within these crystals, an untapped power… but they are not the Force crystals we carry within our lightsabers." As if to emphasize his point, his lightsaber detached from his belt, and began floating in a bunch of metallic components, surrounding a green gem. A side-by-side comparison showed that the pirate's crystals looked almost similar to the crystal that used to be in Dohet's lightsaber.

"They look similar, Master," Naywi commented. "Um… no offense."

"None taken, my Padawan," Dohet smiled. "I may not have your eyes, but I see through the Force just like you. Do not trust your eyes, child. Trust in the Force. See with it, and you will discover the difference between these gems." Naywi closed her eyes, inhaled, and exhaled while concentrating on the crystals. She gasped.

"This gem… it's far more brittle, yet… malleable than an ordinary lightsaber crystal!" Naywi exclaimed. "The Force flows through it like a liquid, but the crystal retains its shape! You could use it for all sorts of things, more than just the gems we use for our lightsabers! But at the same time, applying some pressure to it and it would shatter. It's almost like these crystals are made up of—"

"Dust?" Dohet finished, reassembling his lightsaber with the Force… except this time around the foreign crystal. He turned it on, revealing a green blade that seemed to burn brighter than an ordinary lightsaber blade, only when he swung it, the blade formed a bit of a whip and nearly cracked against the floor. Dohet turned the blade off, and reassembled the blade around the regular crystal, which had a more controllable blade. "…So, you've been to Remnant, Mr. Quay?"

"Y-yeah," Quay answered. "I'm not denying that."

"I knew Remnant was involved in this," Asasha declared. "We're learning more and more about this mysterious world every day. Did you make contact with the sentient people?"

"What's it to you all?" Quay demanded.

"And these creatures you ran into," Dohet questioned. "They were called, 'Grimm', yes?"

"Um… yeah?"

"And the people there," the Jedi continued. "They're Hunters, aren't they? Force-users of remarkable power, hard to kill, but don't use lightsabers or blasters, and don't even have starships?"

"…How do you know all of this!?" the pirate demanded. "It's like you don't need me at all! Are you psychic? Are you reading my mind!?"

"No, it's just this is starting to sound very familiar," Dohet replied. "In fact, this is too familiar. Almost like the beginning of the Mandalorians' Great Hunt from twenty years ago." Asasha and Naywi both looked at him.

"I'm sorry, did you say 'twenty years ago'?" Asasha asked. "As in, 'the Jedi have known about this planet for twenty years and never once considered sharing this information with the rest of the Republic so we have something to work with in terms of getting this planet in the Republic'?"

"I didn't know about this," Naywi answered the Chancellor before looking at her Master. "Master Dohet, what is going on?"

"…Something the Jedi and a select handful of people probably should have told the Senate but didn't as a major request to someone who surprised us all by saving several Republic lives in spite of her own past," the Jedi Master answered. "We honored her requests by sealing any known facts about Remnant—the planet she wanted hidden—from the galaxy. However, with her dead and our need for resources against the Empire…"

"Wait… is this who I think it is?" the Chancellor asked. "As in, that woman? She once saved Republic citizens?"

"She's also directly responsible for the fall of Darth Maxdi," Dohet added. "As well as indirectly the rise of Darth Crumma."

"Well, she couldn't be perfect," Asasha sighed. "Trading one tyrant for the other, but that's Sith." Looking at Quay, she asked, "So, what is Remnant like?"

"Nothing like the Republic expects," the pirate chuckled. "I barely got out alive, and those people can do things beyond an ordinary Jedi! They just don't know it. But their crystals are still valuable, right? So, about buying my freedom—"

"You smuggled potentially dangerous alien objects off a foreign and potentially hostile world outside of the jurisdiction of the Republic," Asasha answered with a scowl. "No. You are not buying your freedom, and until the Jedi have safely analyzed these crystals and made sure they are safe for the general population, they and the rest of your cargo are hereby seized by the Republic. However, I will make note of your cooperation." Quay frowned.

"Supreme Chancellor," Lyonvas said, "the rest of his cargo may contain more Remnant artifacts."

"Good, search his ship from top to bottom," Asasha suggested. "If he has anything that could give us an idea of how to approach the people of Remnant, let me know. In the meantime, prep him for transport to Coruscant. He'll stand trial for his crimes there." Turning to the Jedi, she asked, "Master Dohet, I know it steps beyond my boundaries to ask the Jedi this, but I would really appreciate for the sake of the Senate any and all information held about Remnant is released from the Jedi's libraries to our care."

"Perhaps Grand Master Shan will agree to this," Dohet said. "She was there when the incident in question occurred. However, you should contact the Republic Navy and SIS as well."

"The Republic Navy and SIS?" Asasha asked while the astromech droid began rolling away. "Who could have possibly known about this twenty years ago in those two areas?"

BOOM!

The whole station began shaking, and alarms blared to life. While everyone was nearly knocked off their feet, the droid stabled itself and begun rolling away even faster, beeping something akin to, roughly translated from Droid to Basic, "[Situation=screwed! R0=not dying here! R0=out!]"

"What was that!?" Asasha asked while several soldiers began running to battle stations. Another explosion occurred, and the Supreme Chancellor accidentally stumbled towards Lyonvas… accidentally pressing her chest against his face. To say the young soldier was blushing for a moment while the Togruta righted herself would be an understatement. He shook it off.

"We've come under fire!" Lyonvas answered after a moment. Looking towards a soldier, he yelled, "Someone get me a status report! Status report!"

"Attention all personal," a voice spoke up over the station's intercoms. "The starboard side of Rishi Station has been badly damaged. An Imperial battle cruiser and small fighters just warped in from hyperspace and have begun bombarding the station. We're firing back, but our shields won't last long under this type of firepower!"

"This type of firepower?" Lyonvas said while an older male soldier with short black hair, a burn on the right side of his face, a full cybernetic implant where his right eye used to be while his left eye was a dark brown, and a huge mini-gun on his back. "Commander Sturgas, what did he mean by that?"

"It's the Plagued Phoenix, kid," Sturgas answered. "Darth Crumma's personal warship, which has wiped out several ships in fell swoops. The station's practically lost. I've already ordered the evacuation of civilian personal… including the Supreme Chancellor."

"Me?" Asasha asked.

"Well, we can't have him killing the Supreme Chancellor just because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time," Sturgas answered. "Lyonvas, get Chancellor Bi back on her ship."

"Sir?" Lyonvas asked, looking at the Togruta.

"Lieutenant, that's an order," Sturgas answered. "Now move, double time! I'll cover your escape when we're inevitably boarded." All of the sudden, another set of explosions rocked the station, followed by the sounds of blaster fire. "That was a tow cable allowing the Imps to board the station, wasn't it?"

"I'm sensing them," Dohet replied. "And Darth Crumma is here as well. They're on board the station. We may not have time to return to our ship before the Sith boarding party reaches us. We need a new escape route."

"That reminds me," Asasha answered, pulling a blaster from her side, "did you guys ever repair Captain Quay's ship?"

"Yeah it was an easy fix," Sturgas answered. "The sabotage was an inside job. We never caught the saboteur, but it was just enough that we caught Quay in… oh damn it, the saboteur could have been an Imperial spy that's loose on this station."

"We'll worry about that when we're gone," Naywi answered. "Until then, we should focus on getting the Chancellor to safety!"

"W-wait!" Quay asked. "What about me!?" The two Jedi looked at each other. "Look, I'm a great pilot! I can get you out of here!"

"Master, this man may be far from innocent, but the thought of leaving him to suffer at the hands of the Imperials is sickening," the Mirialan Padawan sighed. "Should we bring him along?"

"…Release this man into our custody for the time being," Dohet requested. "We'll see he still gets a trial."

"Very well," Sturgas said, pulling out a blaster pistol and shooting the door's controls. The cell opened, and Quay ran out… only to be grabbed by Sturgas. "Try anything, and you'll wish I left you for the Imps."

The group of six ran down the halls, spotting the astromech droid once again. Before they could follow the droid, the doors on either side of the hall exploded, and black and red clad soldiers and even black battle droids. Lyonvas drew his blaster rifle, aimed, and fired a few shots, winging an Imperial soldier. The two Jedi triggered their lightsabers, Naywi's being yellow, and the two began deflecting the Imperials' shots while Asasha and Sturgas provided cover fire. However, a few of the Republic soldiers who were joining the fight to protect the governor fell.

"Oh man, this is not worth a planet!" Quay complained.

"Less talking, more blasting!" Asasha said before ducking into cover. "I don't want to die, either, but I'm not afraid to fight if I have to!"

"…You're crazy," the pirate groaned, grabbing a dropped blaster rifle and shooting at the Imperial soldiers, scoring a few kills before the brief firefight ended. The six were still standing, but their entourage was reduced by about four members. "Okay, can we please get to my ship!? Where did you put my ship!?"

"Hangar Bay 12," Sturgas said. "Come on! It's just an elevator ride down there!" Looking at the four dead soldiers, he sighed, "If I survive this, I will have a lot more condolence letters to write."

"We both will," Asasha said while Sturgas collected the ID Badges of the dead. "Come on."

After they rode down the elevator, they spotted some protocol droids unloading more crates of crystals and other contraband from Quay's ship. "Abort unloading!" Sturgas ordered. "We need to prep for launch! Skip the countdown, we have the Chancellor!"

"U-understood, Commander," the droid nodded, beginning to walk towards the hanger, leaving several crates of crystals unattended.

They once again spotted the astromech droid approaching the hangar, where a colossal brown and red freighter ship awaited them. "Hey, wait a minute," Quay spoke up. "That's the astromech droid I bought from some black-haired wench before I went to Remnant! Where the heck did you go!?"

"[R0=caught?]" the droid asked, stopping while the group approached.

"Droid, did you sabotage Quay's ship earlier?" Sturgas asked. "Because you weren't here before all of this started."

"[R0=saboteur,]" the droid confessed. "[Pirate=Dust crystal thief. Dust=Remnant safety. However, Dust=weapon on Remnant to battle Grimm. Dust=Republic and Imperial attraction to Remnant. Republic and Empire=trouble for Remnant. Therefore, pirate=trouble for Remnant safety.]"

"These crystals, Dust, are a weapon?" Asasha asked. The droid did the closest thing to a nod that it could do. "Why would you go through all of this trouble just to stop a pirate?"

"[Master=does not want trouble for Remnant. R0=saboteur to prevent pirate from causing trouble. Pirate=stopped. R0's mission=capture pirate, destroy Dust. R0=wanting to leave before station overrun with Imperials.]"

"Master?" Naywi asked. "Who is your Master?"

"It doesn't matter," Quay growled, pulling out his rifle and training it on R0. "It's the reason I'm stuck here in the first place. It's getting more than enough blaster rounds to its chassis that it explodes!" Dohet placed his hand on the rifle.

"The path of violence leads to self-destruction," the Jedi quipped.

"We don't have time for a Jedi analogy!" the pirate scowled.

"Okay, let me put it this way," Dohet replied. "You destroy the droid, none of us can salvage its memory processor to discover who its working for and you won't find out who is responsible for your capture so you could go after them. Since I doubt you gave it a memory wipe or used a restraining bolt on it since you purchased it, its real owner could have a vested interest in Remnant. We need the droid." Quay scowled, but put his blaster away.

"I better be able to shoot this thing later," the pirate muttered. Before anyone could debate it further, the lift behind them dinged, and from it emerged a particularly frightening sight. A colossal figure with red skin, spikes on his face, and a burn on his face drabbed in black metallic armor, wielding a red lightsaber in one of his metallic hands, emerged from the elevator, flanked by a pair of giant battle droids. The droids opened fire, picking off some of the remaining soldiers under Sturgas' command, while Crumma reached out to one unfortunate soul, and motioned his hand to him. The poor soldier was flung off her feet, and found herself impaled on Crumma's lightsaber. He casually flung her corpse to the side.

Asasha gasped. "Darth Crumma," she breathed while the Sith began his approach.

"I assume you're Chancellor Bi," the Sith asked, his voice having a metallic echo. "Your name is appropriate… for this will be our first and last meeting." Dohet and Sturgas stood in between the Sith Lord and the Chancellor, weapons drawn. "Though a Miraluka Jedi and a cyborg soldier changes my kill order, I'm honored to have volunteers to whet my blade with."

"Naywi, take the Supreme Chancellor, the droid, and the pirate and go!" Dohet ordered. "This is my fight!"

"But Master—!"

"Go!" Naywi frowned, but turned around, grabbed Asasha by the wrist, and led her towards the ship, followed by the astromech droid.

"Aw, how gutless," Crumma mocked.

"How is sending my Padawan away to protect the Chancellor gutless?" Dohet asked.

"Because suicide is the coward's way out," the Sith answered, his metallic voice sending a chill through the air.

"Go, Lyonvas!" the commander yelled, taking off his ID Badge and throwing it to the younger soldier. "Double time!" As Lyonvas headed for the ship, Sturgas then turned to Crumma, and opened fire.

The Sith began blocking the shots while the Jedi Master rushed forward. When Dohet raised his blade to strike, Crumma raised one of his mechanical hands upwards, sending the Jedi up to the ceiling, where he made an impact before falling to the ground. Meanwhile, he grabbed a nearby refueling pipeline with the Force, disconnected it, and used it to smack Sturgas. He turned his attention towards the retreating group, and ordered his droids to open fire. Naywi turned around, and began blocking the shots as best as she could with her lightsaber. R0 turned, spotted the Padawan trying her best while Lyonvas returned fire, and opened a compartment on its head, revealing a blaster port. It then opened fire, but the other battle droids were shielded from ordinary blaster shots. However, a second port opened, and began beeping.

Sturgas regained his footing while Dohet pushed off the ground. Sturgas pulled out a combat vibroknife while looking at the approaching Sith Lord. "You're joking," Crumma laughed. "You honestly think a knife is going to cut through my armor and kill me? You really have a death wish."

Sturgas lunged at the Sith, who blocked the knife with his lightsaber, and kneed the shoulder in the stomach before slamming a fist into his metallic eye. Now, for anyone, this would hurt. However, for Sturgas, this stung like hell since it cracked said metallic eye and the bones around it. While he staggered, Crumma shot out a hand grabbing the commander by the throat, and began to squeeze. Since Crumma's hands were practically machines, the pressure was more than a normal hand.

However, Dohet had gotten up, and was running towards the Sith. Crumma had to quickly stop strangling Sturgas to death to block Dohet's strike, and engaged in a lightsaber duel. As the two warriors clashed blades, Sturgas slowly regained his breath from the chokehold. However, Dohet may have been strong in the Force, but was not skilled enough to take on Crumma in a straight-up lightsaber duel, and it was showing with how fierce Crumma's swings were and how much ground Dohet was losing. Even when Sturgas got up and tried to join in, Crumma managed to fend off both.

Asasha looked at the situation, and gritted her sharp teeth. "This is bad…" Suddenly, she heard the ship engine start, and looked to see the ramp raising and the landing gear being retracted. "You've got to be kidding me!"

"Uh, duh, space pirate!" Quay called over the intercom. "You know, Chancellor, if you weren't going to throw me in prison, we might have had a thing, you and I. But alas, you said it yourself, I'm not your type of man. I'm not dying for your little war! I'm getting out of here! Have fun being tortured or killed or whatever that guy had planned!"

"Blast," Naywi breathed while Quay's ship broke through the barrier and flew off as the droids approached. She, R0, Lyonvas, and Asasha clung together in a tight semi-circle. "That was our only remaining escape route!" As if to make things worse, a squad of Imperial soldiers came into the hangar bay.

"We need a miracle now," Asasha agreed, pulling out her blaster.

Now, in any other story, the Supreme Chancellor's tale would probably end right here, being hopelessly gunned down while Crumma made short work of her defenders while Quay flat-out betrayed her. It would have been an absolute tragedy. Lucky for her, R0 had planned for something like this… or rather, R0's Master.

As from out of light speed, a gray and brown stock freighter warped in and broke through the barrier. Sure, the ship looked beaten up, but it had several guns trained on the two war droids, which the ship promptly destroyed due to overwhelming firepower. Everyone in the room stopped what they were about to do at the sight, except for R0, which then began to dance.

"[Master=here! R0=not going to be scrap! Crumma=dead man!]" the droid chirped, rolling towards the ship, which had yet to land.

"What is that?" Lyonvas asked, looking at the ship.

"I've heard the stories, but not too many people have seen it in person," Asasha breathed. "…The Glass Eagle. The ship of… she's not dead, is she?" She was answered by a red and black portal suddenly emerging between her and the Imperial troops.

"No, she isn't," Crumma scowled. "Men… fire upon whatever comes out of that portal!" Before they could, a yellow energy slash shot out, striking several soldiers down before a black haired woman clad in dark red wearing a white bird-shaped bone mask emerged from the portal, holding the handle of her blade near its admittedly large scabbard. Next to her was a white cloaked woman, with a gleam of silver in her eyes from her cloak.

"Keep the ship flying for another three minutes, Mint," the black-haired woman called in the portal. "R0, get in! We got this!"

"[Master and Bird-lady=heroes!]" the droid beeped, rolling towards the portal with nary a complaint. The portal slammed shut.

"So, it IS true," Dohet breathed. "You're alive."

"Oh, I died, it's just that I got better," the white cloaked woman replied. Looking at Crumma, she said, "We meet again, Crumma. I take it those are some new augmentations on your body? How many more implants can you have before you're no longer a Sith but a machine with Force powers?"

"I will silence your tongue, slave," the Sith growled. Crumma rushed towards the white cloaked woman, who quickly whipped out a lightsaber cylinder, summoning a silver-colored blade, blocking Crumma's red one. "Your pathetic master's blade? What happened to the one you used to use ten years ago when you should have died?"

"In a way, I did die," the woman answered. "Your actions took me away from my family, my friends, and my planet, which I vow to protect from monsters like you, Crumma. You killed that life. This is a new me, and a new me needed a different blade." She then lunged a hand out, forcing Crumma to sail through the air. "Raven! Death Flower!"

"Got it!" the masked woman nodded, drawing a red blade while the white-cloaked woman slammed a hand into the ground, her cloak fluttering upwards with white rose petals blowing upwards from her. What happened next shocked the Supreme Chancellor, the soldiers of both sides, Naywi, and Dohet. They, plus anything in the room not nailed down, began suddenly floating, almost as if someone turned off the station's artificial gravity. However, the masked woman, Raven, landed on a floating crate while the white cloaked woman tapped the heel of her boots, which seemed to have a magnetizing effect on the ground.

Raven then sliced a red portal near her while the white cloaked woman reached beneath her cloak, pulling out the parts of a blaster rifle, which seemed to assemble in her hands with the Force while she turned off her lightsaber. She then pulled out a grenade, and let it float up near the Imperial soldiers without pulling the detonator pin. When she aimed it at the grenade, one of the soldiers said what all of the others were thinking.

"This hardly seems fair."

"Yeah, it's not," the white cloaked woman answered, cocking her gun. "But hey, explosives are rarely ever fair."

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!

The soldiers helpless scattered while Raven ducked into a portal. When she reappeared, she sliced a soldier, triggering a somewhat classic scream. "Wilhelm, no!" a soldier screamed before the while cloaked woman jumped up, and her shoes magnetized to a wall.

She spotted an incoming Imperial trooper, and drew back a fist. When the soldier realized what was about to happen, he placed his hands near his face. The woman naturally aimed lower. Needless to say, he was in absolute pain. And considering he was floating aimlessly in the air, he couldn't bend over.

What was worse is that she then used a Force Push to launch him straight towards his fellow troopers, who were being ricocheted by Raven's slashes and punches and the white cloaked woman used the Force to throw debris into the soldiers and was taking shots at the soldiers while walking on the wall. They were all scattered by the hit while Raven admired the chaos, grabbing on the remains of a destroyed droid.

Asasha, like the Imperial soldiers was floating rather helplessly in air. Naywi and Lyonvas were slightly better, barely clinging onto some wreckage, and the latter grabbed the Supreme Chancellor. Only Dohet, Sturgas, and Crumma regained their footing, each pushing off the wall. Crumma slashed through one of his own men, and lunged towards the white cloaked woman. She barely dodged and magnetized herself to the bottom of the Glass Eagle. Dohet then intercepted Crumma, creating a lightsaber clash in midair. Meanwhile, Sturgas came up and fired a few rounds at Crumma, who barely blocked those shots before clashing again with Dohet, who managed to grab a crate of Dust crystals and throw it with the Force. While Crumma slashed through the container, scattering Dust Crystals everywhere, Sturgas stabbed Crumma in the back of the right shoulder with his knife. Crumma grabbed Sturgas in return, and slammed him into Dohet.

"So, you have advanced your control over gravity so much you can create a small area where there is none?" Crumma asked the woman, who was aiming her rifle at him. He kicked Dohet and Sturgas back just in time to block a shot, but it still winged him in the already injured shoulder.

"Yes," the woman answered. "You may rule the Dark Side, Crumma, but I rule the most powerful Force there is… the force of gravity." Before he could go at her, she swung her hand up. Now, considering she was literally standing on the bottom of a starship and Crumma was in midair, he went straight to the ground. When he tried to push up, however, he found himself forced down. The woman kicked off the bottom of the starship, and landed not far from Crumma, and raised her arms.

"Do you think you can hold me for—!?"

WHOOOM!

"No," the woman answered as she raised her now lowered hands, looking at the colossal pile of debris where she buried him while everything and everyone else came down save for the Glass Eagle. Lyonvas cushioned Asasha's fall with his body, and Raven landed casually. Everyone else was not so lucky, and everyone who was still alive was groaning in pain. "I can't with this power, as it takes too much out of me. But that should slow you down." Turning to Asasha, she greeted, "So, you're the Supreme Chancellor? No offense, but aren't you a little young to be ruling most of the known galaxy?"

"Yes," the Togruta answered, dusting herself off. "Yes I am. But… you… you're…."

"Dead?" the woman answered, lowering her hood. She had black and red hair that was shoulder-length, and a faded brand on the left side of her face. "I was… I got better." She looked at Dohet, and nodded. "Dohet… you've grown up handsome. Shame I'm kind of taken, and Jedi have a 'no dating' policy."

"We've got to talk about that when we're done with all of this, by the way," Raven pointed out.

"Later," the redhead playfully scowled. Dohet shook his head.

"So, you really are alive. How?"

"Long story," the red-haired woman said. "All I ask about all of this is everyone agrees to stay away from my planet, and we won't have any problems." All of the sudden, the station began shaking. "Oh no… this station is beginning to fall apart! Either that or the shields have begun to finally fail. Nobody really should be here, anymore."

"And we don't have time to get to another ship," Naywi breathed. The red-haired woman looked at Raven, who sighed.

"Let's drop them off at Alderaan, because we aren't going anywhere NEAR Coruscant," Raven sighed. "Republic capital world with the Supreme Chancellor in tow is begging for a lot of questions we don't want or need to answer."

"I hate Alderaan, though," the redhead pouted. "Why not Mannan, Dantooine or Ord Mantell?"

"Nobody really goes to Mannan willingly because the Selkath are too isolationistic since people stopped relying on exclusively kolto for their own good, I'm banned from Dantooine because of that kath hound incident, and I am not risking being arrested on Ord Mantell. Tython?"

"You're joking, right?"

"Yes, I'm joking. The last place we're going to hide out from some super powerful Sith Armada is with the Jedi who just as sooner see us dead as the Empire."

"What are you two arguing about!?" Sturgas asked. "He's probably not dead on unconscious under there."

"We're trying to decide what Republic-affiliated world to drop you schmucks off on since if we pick the wrong one we'll most likely be arrested, but if you're too far from the core worlds, they'll think we kidnapped you," Raven answered. "Which we kind of are, if you think about it hard enough. But hey, with us, you're at least alive. But you have a point, we should leave before Crumma manages to get out of there or his ship blows up this station, or Mint can't hold the Eagle any more. Poor little Jawa, she is barely able to reach the controls for the ship."

"Naboo?" the redhead asked. "We don't really have problems with Naboo, right?"

"Well, Gungan territory may cause some problems, but otherwise, we're good," Raven shrugged. "Congratulations, you're going to Naboo, after which, you guys won't be our problem!" She then slashed a red portal.

"Are you seriously trying to save us?" Naywi breathed.

"Yes," the redhead answered. "I promise, no traps. Let's go!" The group began running towards the portal—

BOOM!

The pile of debris exploded and Crumma, bloody and bruised, stood up. He then threw his lightsaber towards the group… towards Naywi. Dohet pushed his Padawan out of the way—

And gasped in pain as the red lightsaber pierced his chest. Crumma used the Force to yank the lightsaber from Dohet's chest. Naywi looked at her Master, who collapsed on his knees while the redhead looked back at the Sith. "No…" the woman breathed.

"M…MASTER!" Naywi cried out. Dohet coughed in agony, but used the Force to push his student towards the portal, making her slide into it.

"S-Save her… Spirit of Roses," Dohet called. Crumma then yanked Dohet towards him, grabbed him by the neck, and snapped it in one swift motion. He dropped the Jedi Master's body on the ground.

"You… cannot save that pitiful world, slave," Crumma growled. Although judging by how he wheezed, the red-haired woman must have badly damaged his cybernetics. "And you… will not save your daughter!" The red-haired woman's eyes widened.

"…How did you know?" she asked. "How did you know I had a child!? I thought I kept that secret!"

"Your secrets are pathetic," Crumma taunted. "Just as you are a pathetic slave who should have learned to die in the fires of Korriban. You can never kill me… and soon, Remnant will fall, slave. And when it burns… I will have your child squealing in my grasp! Whether she is my apprentice or my slave, I don't know yet. But I will shape her, she will destroy the light!"

"Not while I breathe!" the woman scowled. Crumma charged, but the woman spotted a red Dust crystal nearby him, and aimed her blaster rifle at it. She pulled the trigger.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

"Ah, Dust," Raven giggled while Crumma fell backwards… on FIRE. "So adaptable, yet volatile. This is why you don't play with Dust without doing some required reading. Alright, while he's distracted, let's get out of here." She began to run towards the portal, as did everyone else… except for Sturgas. "Um, commander, we're kind of in a rush."

"I know, but I'm probably going down with this station," Sturgas answered, pulling out his gun. "And whatever you just did with Crumma, that isn't going to stop him forever."

"Right, his nanomachines give him a ridiculously accelerated healing rate to the point that putting him down is borderline impossible unless his body is destroyed," the redhead woman answered, pulling up her white hood. "But… are you sure?"

"I'll slow him down," Sturgas said. "Nice knowing you, for as brief of a time we did." The red-haired woman nodded before looking away, and running to the portal with all of the others save for Lyonvas. "Go, lieutenant… keep the Supreme Chancellor safe."

"…Yes sir," Lyonvas nodded before running inside the portal with the Chancellor beside him. The two human women were last before the portal shut, while Sturgas turned to face Crumma getting up. The Sith threw off the charred remains of his upper body armor, revealing a rather scarred torso with several metallic implants.

"Nobody who has seen these scars has survived," Crumma answered, grabbing his lightsaber. "You will not be leaving here alive, Commander."

"That we agree on," Sturgas answered, aiming his gun at Crumma. "But let's see if I can take you with me, Emperor." With a fierce roar as the Glass Eagle began taking off, he opened fire.

Glass Eagle—10:35

When the two human women boarded the ship, R0 was near a distraught Naywi. "…For what it is worth," the red-haired woman said to the Mirialan, "I regret every single day that I didn't kill Crumma properly back then, and Dohet was a great man and a great Jedi. I'm truly sorry."

"...Master Dohet," Naywi cried. "I should have supported him. Now, he's gone…" The red-haired woman took her and embraced her in a hug, which shocked Naywi.

"Like I said, he was a good man," the red-haired woman said. "As was Commander Sturgas. Crumma already has a lot to answer for."

"We'll toast to Dohet and Sturgas when we're safely out of this Imperial shooting gallery," Raven said, sheathing her sword. "I'm gonna go to the quadlaser turrets, but I need a second gunner. Mint can't really shoot these things straight." Looking towards the cockpit, she said, "No offense to any Jawas present."

"[Mint not offended by bird lady,]" a Jawa spoke up. "[But red flower lady should take over!]"

"Oh, right, I should fly the ship," the red-haired woman remembered, running to take over while the Jawa got from the captain's chair.

"I'll shoot," Lyonvas said. "Take some of these Imp bastards out for what they did."

"Agreed," Raven grinned. "Come on." The two headed for the turbo-lift to the turrets.

"Mint, R0," the red-haired woman ordered, "make our guests comfortable until we hit the hyper-lanes. This is gonna suck until then."

The ship began flying around the colossal black warship while several small fighters began swarming them. Raven and Lyonvas were each taking shots at the Glass Eagle's pursuers, making sure to destroy as many as they could. Of course, the Eagle took some shots, but they escaped the assaulting shots of the Plagued Phoenix. The Phoenix's cannons themselves were assaulted by missile launches from the Eagle, reducing their firing potential.

"Okay, hyperspace coordinates set," the red-haired woman said as another fighter ship was destroyed by Lyonvas. "Everybody hold on!" With a few button presses, the ship jumped to lightspeed, leaving behind the doomed Rishi station. As they were safely heading through hyperspace, she set the ship on autopilot, and sighed while entering the ship's galley where R0, Asasha, Naywi, and Mint were gathered. "…I can't believe it."

"[What wrong, red flower lady]?" Mint asked as she approached. "[We escaped scary Sith man, right?]"

"Yeah, we left Crumma in the dust and he'll need a few weeks to get his body and ship repaired before he can mount anything akin to an assault on Remnant," Raven said as she came down. "He just however revealed Summer's biggest secret to the Supreme Chancellor."

"Summer?" Naywi asked. "I thought the legends said that your name was—"

"It is, but I changed it to blend in with my new world," the red-haired woman, Summer, explained. "How are you holding up, little Jedi?" Naywi looked away. "…He recruited you to the Order, didn't he?"

"Yes," Naywi answered. "Even though we're supposed to control our emotion, I was thrilled when he became my Master. Now, he's gone… and it was my fault."

"He sacrificed himself for you, yes," Summer answered, "but because he cared for you. But if you fought alongside him, chances are you would have been struck down by Crumma as well. He has become incredibly ruthless, and he wouldn't have even given it a second thought about killing you even if you weren't a Jedi."

"And he knows about Remnant… and your child," Asasha spoke up. "…When did this happen?"

"Almost sixteen years ago," Summer said. "I don't know how Crumma found out… but I have to return to Remnant after dropping you off. My daughter is in jeopardy."

"Mine, too!" Raven added. "She lives there!"

"[Crumma=danger for Remnant,]" R0 beeped. "[Crumma=danger for Master and Bird-lady's daughters. Crumma=really needs to die.]"

"I think we can all agree that he is a monster," Asasha said. Turning to Summer and Raven, she said, "You know, you two are rather unexpected heroes. You're not Jedi, but you're not on Crumma's side or Sith… at least, you don't fight like a Sith would. What are you two, really?"

"Huntresses," Summer answered. "It's rather hard to differ from the Jedi, as we both dedicate our lives to fighting the darkness and protecting people, but Hunters use their emotions like Sith and admittedly unique weaponry for combat. We don't use the Force traditionally, but that gives us an advantage." She turned away from Asasha. "I'm going to see our estimated time for arrival on Naboo. If you could, Chancellor Bi, I'd appreciate it that you don't have us arrested upon arrival so our crew can refuel and restock."

"…Under normal circumstances, I'd be reluctant to do that," the Chancellor confessed. "However, you did just save my life and the lives of two defenders of the Republic. I suppose that's more than worth a pardon for any crimes you may have committed this day. Besides, I suppose had Quay actually helped us and not abandoned us to die on Rishi Station he would have been given some form of amnesty or at least a lighter sentence. You can have his reward. As for Quay, the moment I get back to Coruscant, his government bounty is being doubled. Desertion in the middle of a firefight, smuggling potential weapons of mass destruction off a foreign world, and he's technically responsible for a nearly successful assassination attempt on me, but that last one is a bit petty."

"[R0=reminded,]" the droid beeped. "[R0=responsible for pirate capture first time. R0=rewarded?]" Summer giggled.

"We're not bounty hunters anymore, R0," she smiled. "Though you will get a bit of a tune-up when we make port, I promise." She walked out of the galley to fly the ship. However, Naywi and Mint followed her up to the bridge, spotting her in the captain's chair. "Credit for your thoughts?"

"You knew my Master from twenty years ago," Naywi spoke up. "He called you… the Spirit of Roses?"

"Because of my past," Summer answered. "I'm basically the girl who haunts the Republic—especially the Jedi from over forty years ago—for their sins."

"The Jedi?" Naywi asked.

"Well, nobody's perfect," Summer explained while Naywi took a seat. "The Republic even less so. They have good ideals, but that doesn't excuse them from all of the corruption and people they've left to suffer. Sure, the Empire is worse, but it least got things DONE. That's partially why when my Master was killed about twenty-five years ago, I didn't fully defect to them. The other part is that the Jedi would never accept me and would sooner see my head parted from my neck themselves even if they don't admit it. Meanwhile, I can't go back to my old life in the other power because nobody likes a rogue element. I am that element."

"You were—"

"Most certainly not by choice," Summer replied to the unasked question. "Anyway… I guess I'm going to be a living ghost story now, because things once again just got personal, and now I'm going to have to haunt some people."

"[Red flower lady,]" Mint asked, "[are we going to your planet?]"

"I promised the Supreme Chancellor I'd return her to Republic territory," Summer said. "I'm keeping my promise. But then…" She pulled out a strange-looking datapad. Pressing a button, she smiled at a picture of a younger version of herself, using complexion to hide her brand, holding a small dark red-haired little girl with big silver eyes, a red cape, and a cookie in her mouth while a blonde girl barely taller than the toddler hugged her. "Then I'm scheduling a homecoming. See you soon, my little wolf. See you soon, Ruby."

Kingdom Rider92's Notes: And THAT is how I'm starting this. I was going to just take off in a sort-of non-canon ending to Volume 2 of RWBY, but I wanted to give you guys at least one fight scene already since 1) I feel like it's going to be RWBY tradition that the volume begins with a fight, and 2) to just introduce the main antagonist of this story: Darth Crumma. Yeah, he's a Sith Pureblood with plenty of cybernetic implants. Before you ask, no, he's not as smart or manipulative as fellow major villains Palpatine/Darth Sidious, Anakin/Darth Vader, Revan during his time as a Sith or insane fallen Jedi who wanted to kill Emperor Vitate (who also earns a spot on this list), Darth Bane, or Darth Traya. He's more of the "opportunistic, powerful, and overkill" kind of Sith... so basically think of him as a Sith Pureblood variation of Darth Malak, or at least a Sith Pureblood Freiza.

Honestly, if I didn't do this (and kill off my first Jedi in less than one chapter), you guys probably would have not seen him for about almost fifteen chapters. I'm not about to make you keep hearing about this guy only for him to not potentially live up to the hype. This combined with nanomachines that keep patching him up makes Crumma a tank, and he's not going to be stopped by overkill Force powers alone.

I will answer any and all questions later. For now, farewell, my subjects!