Legend of the Jedi Princess 2: A Skywalker-Jinn Miracle

Plan Into Action

Chancellor Palpatine, or rather Darth Sidious, was beside himself. Something wasn't right. Anakin was not being seduced by the Dark Side like he'd hoped. Everything was falling apart.

Count Dooku was captured and revealed to the royal family who he was, and by now alerted the Jedi no doubt. He put on his cloak and got into contact with Lady Morpha.

"What is it, my lord?" said Morpha.

"What is the status of your work?" Sidious asked.

"Oh, the test subjects were perfect. Now, I have begun official commencement of harnessing the most powerful magic I can find. Once I have them, I will steal that of the royal family as well."

"Good. Remember, Anakin Skywalker is mine."

"Yes, my lord." Morpha bowed.

Meanwhile, in a lab at the Jedi Temple, some of the Jedi were looking at a moth bite Obi-Wan managed to capture on Utapau and place into a jar.

Luckily, it turned out Morpha's moths could be captured like any other bug. Now they just needed to experiment with it and see if they could spot a weakness that would help them defeat it.

So far, they knew water obviously drowned them, but they needed to find alternative means, as they learned Morpha tended to hide her victims in dry areas.

Petro held his lightsaber near the jar as some point, and found the magic black moth to be attracted to the light like regular moths.

"Maybe all we need is a really big bug zapper." Petro chuckled.

"That actually might not be a bad idea." Ahsoka said. "But, we should still do some more digging. Fiesta, search the holo-net for anything you can find on moths and pest control."

"Will do." Fiesta said, heading for a computer.

It felt so odd to Peppermint, not being able to use magic for anything. She couldn't summon candies, make things float, or cast any spells at all.

"What am I going to do without my magic?" Peppermint cried, laying on the floor of Obi-Wan's apartment. "I'll probably never cast a spell again!"

Obi-Wan could see that Peppermint was upset. She'd never been without her powers before, so it seemed logical to believe that she would feel lost, incomplete, and doubtful of herself now that she was drained of it.

"You don't need magic to be special." Obi-Wan said, petting Peppermint's mane. "I love you with or without magic."

"But now I'm just an ordinary horse. A freak of nature with a horn that can't do anything."

"You're far from ordinary, Minty. Losing your magic isn't the end of the world."

"Easy for you to say. The only time you ever had magic was being trapped in Carousella's body."

Obi-Wan sighed. But then, he had an idea of something that might cheer Peppermint up. He went to the kitchen and brought back some sugar cubes in the palm of his hand.

Peppermint loved sugar cubes. They were one of her favorite treats, especially when they were covered in syrup. Obi-Wan held the sugar cubes out to Peppermint for her to eat.

"Look what I've got for you." Obi-Wan said.

Peppermint didn't bother to get up for the treats.

Obi-Wan, however, wasn't going to give up that easily.

"Come on, little one. They're your favorite treat. I know you can't resist sugar cubes."

Still, Peppermint wouldn't get up.

"Come on now. They have strawberry syrup on them. Your favorite." Obi-Wan suddenly felt an unpleasant feeling in his hand. "And now my hand is getting sticky."

That got a snort from Peppermint as though she were trying to hold back a laugh.

"I can't hold these things forever." Obi-Wan said. "I might attract ants. We don't want those."

"No, I guess we don't." Peppermint said, and she munched the strawberry-covered sugar cubes from Obi-Wan's hand.

Peppermint licked the stickiness off of Obi-Wan's hand, which resulted in there now being a bit of horse saliva for him to wash off, but more importantly, the young mare seemed to feel better.

"Thanks, Obi-Wan." Peppermint smiled a little.

"I know it's hard now, Peppermint." said Obi-Wan, stroking her muzzle. "But whether or not you get your magic again, you don't need it to be the friend I know and love. When we met, it wasn't your magic that convinced me to give you a chance."

"Then what was?"

"You were determined. I admit, I thought at first that all you knew was how to figuratively and literally sugarcoat everything and not take things seriously. But you proved me wrong. You took being a true friend very seriously, and you stood by me as my relationship with Satine grew as well. You didn't need magic to do that then, and you do not need magic to be a good friend now. You're a magical girl with or without powers."

Peppermint started licking Obi-Wan in response to those words. And she knocked him onto the floor, where Peppermint licked his face even more, making him laugh.

"Having fun there?" said a familiar voice.

Obi-Wan quickly saw Anakin standing there, looking like he was holding back from laughing.

"How long have you been standing there?" Obi-Wan asked as Peppermint stopped licking.

"Long enough." Anakin said. "I see Peppermint's holding up just fine."

"I was pretty upset at first." said the candy-corn. "But, Obi-Wan calmed me down."

She licked her rider again. It was a good thing her breath smelled sweet right now.

"Peppermint? Would you mind if I talk to Obi-Wan alone?"

Peppermint looked at her rider. Obi-Wan pet her muzzle and sent her to go frolic in the garden so the two Jedi friends could talk.

Anakin sat down, looking like he had something on his mind.

"I get the sense something is on your mind?" Obi-Wan said.

"I needed to confide in someone about this. You're one of few I trust." Anakin said. "Can you keep it secret?"

"What is the matter?"

"It's about Boba, and Lady Morpha..." Anakin looked around and had Obi-Wan move closer so he could whisper into his ear.

"You found out what?!" Obi-Wan exclaimed before Anakin covered Obi-Wan's mouth with his hand.

"I'm telling you this so it won't be on record." Anakin said quietly. "The Council can't know we know who the Sith Lord is. It would alert Sidious."

"What about Morpha?" said Obi-Wan. "How do you plan to face her?"

Anakin explained to Obi-Wan how the royal family transferred all their magic to Boba and sent him somewhere safe until they figured out how to defeat Lady Morpha.

"In the meantime, Camilo is acting as a decoy."

"And I have to keep reminding him that it's not enough to look like Boba." Gabby said, walking in. "For someone with acting experience, he sure seems to spend more time clowning around than paying attention to his character."

"I'm doing my best," said 'Carmine' walking in.

"Camilo, you're Uncle Carmine." Gabby said.

Camilo shifted back to Camilo.

"Just thought I'd try him out."

"Well once we're out in public, you have to pretend to be Boba, remember?"

Camilo rolled his eyes. "I remember."

"I just hope Boba's gonna be okay." Gabby said. "Wherever he is."