Across the Portal: Interference

***Across the Portal: Interference*** is the first of a series of fanfictions. *Interference* centers on a girl named Kristen who is whisked into the *Star Wars* galaxy and finds herself a key role in the quest to destroy the evil Darth Mutialatus. The book features Yoda and a cast of newly exclusive characters including Kristen and B'en'jamin Thorrn as protagonists, and the Grabbers, the Omnipotent One, Xerin Hedashield, and Darth Mutialatus. it is the first book of the DIT-Star Wars Universe. It was released on December 1, 2017.

## Plot summary

A dorky teen named Kristen who didn't think she could amount to anything is suddenly transported to the *Star Wars* galaxy. She doesn't know how she got there or how to get home. However, she finds a Jedi Knight and a mysterious insurgent named Xerin Hedashield. They can help her, but only if she can learn to trust them. Soon enough, the girl who thought she was worthless suddenly finds herself a key role in battling unspeakable evils. Kristen means to return home as soon as possible...if she can survive Darth Mutialatus and the Dark Side of the Force.

## Plot

With the Galactic Republic being threatened by a rising insurgency movement called the Third Order, the ruthless Darth Mutialatus invades Coruscant. A common girl of Earth named Kristen sees this in a vision making her think she's going crazy. Her parents were unable to raise her, so she lives with her abusive grandmother, April. She is also an outcast at school. A disembodied voice beckons her to a mysterious place. After accidentally ruining a field trip for her friends, Kristen touches a portal, whisking her into the *Star Wars* galaxy. Having no idea where she is, Kristen aimlessly walks through crowds amid the lower levels of Coruscant, surveying the surrounding people, including many non-humans, with suspicion. She thinks a hooded figure is following her, so she races off. There, she finds the Jedi Temple and a boy named B'en'jamin Thorrn. She follows him inside, not seeing any other options presented to her. Jedi Grandmaster Yoda doesn't know why Kristen is where she is, but he does know of a fellow Jedi entrusted with a marble for which they can be identified, giving her a duplicate so she can obtain the answers she needs. Yoda orders Thorrn to accompany her, to his dismay. Having made for a docking bay to get offworld, a friend gives them a ride to Naboo, where Thorrn leads Kristen to a football game. There, they learn about hired mercenaries of the Third Order, who wants both of them dead. Kristen and Thorrn flee to an isolated field, where they are approached by a mysterious and beautiful woman who introduces herself as Xerin Hedashield and shows them Yoda's marble. At Hedashield's apartment, she has a private conversation with Kristen, where she reveals all and sends Kristen to the enigmatic Omnipotent One to tell her how to get home. Hedashield then invites both teens to spend the night, during which time Kristen starts to suspect that Thorrn "likes" Hedashield, which he denies.

The duo arrives on Dantooine. Here, Kristen finds herself a key role in the quest to destroy the evil Darth Mutialatus. They tell Yoda, but he demands for evidence before he can report the situation to the Jedi High Council. Leaving the Jedi Temple disheartened, Kristen and Thorrn are introduced to Ted, Teddy, and Theo, who introduce themselves as the Terrifying Triplets, who inadvertently remind them about the Omnipotent One and helping Thorrn deduce that he dwells on the swamp world of Dagobah. The Omnipotent One accepts them and tells them that to get Kristen to Earth, they must go to St. Pyro's Center for Militarized Sciences, as the facility's personnel has sent her to Coruscant. Kristen thanks him, and he offers her the chance to visit anytime, which she points out she couldn't do.

The kids go to Geonosis at once, bound for St. Pyro's. Thorrn complains that the Omnipotent One had not given them any information they were not already aware of. In response, Kristen tells him that she stole into a small library in Xerin's apartment and uncovered that the leader of the center was named R'ockienc. Then ten Grabbers converge upon them out of the blue, led by the evil General Gore of the Third Order. When the two children are successfully captured, Kristen is shocked into silence upon realizing that Thorrn has finally weighed the value of her life and chosen to spare it rather than fleeing back to his home. In the grim fortress of Darth Mutiliatus, the Dark Lord begins to explain their fates when the Triplets intervene attack the base-mounted troopers. Amid the din, Kristen pins Cole to a wall and demands to know where the Supreme Leader is, to which Cole immediately discloses, revealing that he finally has a long-awaited chance to leave the Third Order. He leads them to the sixth floor and the door of the bedroom of none other than Xerin Hedashield. Just then, Darth Mutialatus ambushes and slays the Captain, who uses the last of his strength to teleport the children to safety. Now that the Third Order is public knowledge, a livid Hedashield knows she can hire more able soldiers without fear of exposure or disloyalty. Arriving at St. Pyro's, Kristen comes to terms with her plight and steps into a new portal to return home. While she is living happily on Earth, Kristen then writes a book of their adventures, which is then revealed to be the book itself. In the Postscript, Darth Mutialatus arrives on Alderaan intending to prevent any future forging of weaponry.

## Characters

* **Kristen**
* **B'en'jamin Thorrn**
* **R'ockienc** - The leader of St Pyro's Center for Militarized Sciences. He worked for the center for a while, serving Saint Pyro for an undisclosed period of time. Eventually, he stumbled upon Pyro, who, to his shock and horror, was dying. Knowing his time was coming, Pyro revealed that Xerin Hedashield had ordered his slaughter and placed R'ockienc in charge of the establishment. R'ockienc needed to find a Pearian to prove his theory. To this end, he and his workers settled on a girl named Kristen, who they summoned to Coruscant by tricking her into touching a portal. He explained his motives and asked for her forgiveness, before opening another portal leading to Earth. Once Kristen stepped through, R'ockienc took Thorrn to the Jedi Temple, resolving to inform both the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic of the threat posed by the Third Order.

## Rating

*Across the Portal: Interference* was rated PG-13 "for frightening images and brief strong language".

## Reception

Initially, the idea of D. Isaac Thomas delving into the *Star Wars* galaxy was not well-received at all, and the first book, *Interference*, was criticized for being poorly paced and cheesy, with someone even saying it was *"the height of cheesy junior high fanfiction".* After the books within Mutantry-1977 came to be perceived more positively, Thomas jokingly quoted Mutantry-2001's Sheriff Bladepoint when he said, *"We see what we expect to see."*

## Appearances

### Events

* Xerin Hedashield's campaign
	+ Skirmish on Der Erebolten

### Locations

* Milky Way
	+ Earth
* The galaxy
	+ Coruscant
	+ Dagobah
	+ Der Erebolten

### New characters

* Darth Mutialatus
* Kristen
* B'en'jamin Thorrn
* Xerin Hedashield

## External links

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