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Cold, dark, quiet and lonely. Normally the ideal place for meditation or study but circumstance made such activity's inadvisable and impractical, it didn't matter much any way he would not come all the way to Korriban for just a few days meditation. No, he was here for business not for training or relaxation. His mind wandered back to the message that had convinced him to come here to the ancient tomb of an unknown sith lord alone with a vague promise of ancient sith knowledge. It was a trap no doubt and he had come prepared for sith assassins or bounty hunters, an assortment of lethal gadgetry hung from his belt as testament to his readiness to combat even the most skilled of assassins. What worried him however was the obviousness of the trap there had to be something else to it, an angle or a twist he couldn't have possibly expected.
He quickly scanned the chamber for possible vantage points that might be used agents him, or that he may be able to use himself if things went south. And they often did. The room was needlessly large and was filled with human sized statues of ancient sith warriors which one could easily hide in, it was so dark that you would not be able to tell an assassin from a carving. Instead of a ceiling their was an elaborate connection of catwalks that stretched out above him for several stories only letting in small pockets of natural light.
With the force he could sense an elaborate system of tunnels and vent underneath the floor and in the walls
This room made him uncomfortable to say the least, the various different ways one could ambush another was unsettling. It would not surprise him if ambushes were the only purpose to this chamber as it seemed to have no other practical function or reason to exist. Unfortunate since this was the place the message detailed as the meeting place, though it would have been naive of him to expect any different.
In the still silent air his breathing became loud and heavy even the lightest of footsteps echoed across the chamber. If the hypothetical assassins were indeed hiding in wait they could easily hear him if they couldn't see him already.
He reached out with the force and felt his surroundings, nothing, no one was there.
'No' he thought to himself ' I refuse to believe I was called all the way out here for a friendly chat. Perhaps they know how to hide their presence, or have some kind of advanced cloaking device'.
He continued to search his surroundings with every sense he had available, nothing, every nook an cranny he scanned was empty. His breathing became heaver and louder as he began to extend his awareness further and further beyond the walls of this chamber and into the surrounding rooms and tunnels.
"Ah, your here already". He whipped around to face a young pureblood acolyte standing in the doorway in front of him alone and armed with only a training saber.
This only worried him more, he did not see, hear or feel her enter the room even in his state paranoid hyper awareness. How did a mere acolyte hide herself from him? If he didn't notice her who else could have sneaked in here or was he already surrounded on all sides by sith assassins and hired bounty hunters, was she simply a distraction? If so he had to admit that she was a very clever distraction.
"So, I assume you brought the artifact with you and did not call me out to the most obscure, remote sith ruin on korriban just to waste my time". His voice was cold and authoritative with a small hint of impatience and agitation.
"Of course my lord, I would never dream of wasting your time". Her voice was strong and confident with a small hint of sass.
It was the confidence that that threw him off, she was but a mere acolyte addressing a member of the dark council.
Did this worry him? Yes, her's was a voice who knew that she was safe and that things were going her way regardless of weather or not he behaved himself.
"And"? He would not let his nervousness or his suspicion show in his voice. He was grateful for his mask right now, it was times like these that made all the trouble he went through to get it seem worth it.
She did not answer his questions but instead she reached inside her pack and bring from it a fist sized holocron
"This is why I asked you here, and my hope is to earn your favor with it". He studied the artifact from a distance not wanting to get any closer to her. Was it a detonator disguised as a holocron? Perhaps she would throw it at him once he got within range and reveille herself as a sith assassin and attempt to kill him in the name of her master or perhaps seven others will appear behind him to stab him in the back.
No, it was not a detonator. He could feel dark energy emanating from it. That was in fact an ancient sith artifact but that did not mean anything. He began to walk toward her slowly and cautiously.
Was he just being too paranoid? 'hmph, not paranoid enough'! He thought to himself as he move ever closer to the young sith pureblood. Could it be that all this was is a desperate attempt to gain his favor by giving him gifts?
'Of course not! When is it ever that simple? Even if she is here to present me with the artifact like she said in her message she will have an angle, something she will get for herself from this exchange and it would no doubt be something I would be hesitant toe give" .
He stopped at arms length from her and studied her more carefully up close. She was young likely the same age as he was when he entered the academy though it can be difficult to say with purebloods they tend to age strangely.
He looked down from her and placed his eyes on the artifact in question, he had never seen one quite like it. It was completely smooth on all sides with glowing red lines racing across it's jet black exterior.
He reached his hand out toward the artifact stopping just short of touching it.
"What is your name, acolyte"? She seemed more surprised by this question than anything else though he did not see why, it was a perfectly reasonable question to ask.
" Thalia, my lord". She replied this time without the unwavering confidence that had been so worrying
to him.
Her new found timidness had been all he needed to to take the artifact from her, though he was not discounting the possibility of betrayal.
He placed his hand on the holocron taking it from her and as soon as it left her hand its deep red glow had started to fade to be replaced with a bright green. The light began to glow more and more intensely, its green lines raced up his arm and across his chest.
He tried to drop the artifact but his arms would not move and his fingers would not relent their death grip on the holocron, he tried to move his feet but they were glued firmly to the ground.
As the light engulfed him he began hear laughter, her laughter. He had been a fool to underestimate his situation and now he would pay the ultimate price.
Thalia watched as the artifact ate away at his very being piece by piece until only the memory of his short pathetic existence remained. Soon Thalia would erase even that.
'Still it's a shame the device could only be used once.' She thought to herself while staring into the space where the robed sith once stood. ' At least it was well spent, if that fool had been allowed to spread his heretical views any more than he already had the empire would have truly suffered'.
she turned her back to the scene of the murder and made her way back to the academy before the overseers began to suspect she was gone.
If all went as she had planed not only would she be home for dinner, but soon the death of Darth Occulus will be but a small footnote in the story of her glory.
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A ray of sunlight bled through the curtains and spread itself across her face, she opened her eyes slowly only to shut them tight at first glance of the sun.
she quickly sprang out of bed and opened her eyes for a second time. A familiar room was laid out before her furnished with the finest crafts money could afford and stocked with the most exquisite finery.
This is the room of Louise le blanc de la Valiere and a great effort had been made to ensure that it looked the part. Louise quickly dressed herself and retrieved her wand. She took a moment to look at it, study it closely.
'just this once' she bargained with herself 'just work for me this once and I will gladly never pick up another wand ever again'.
Today is the day she will prove herself a mage, or return home a disgrace. She did her best to not think about it but the more she tried to push it to the back of her mind the more it forced it's way to the center of her attention.
She hurried out of the academy and across the green feilds as quickly as her little legs could allow and as a result was one of the first to arrive at the summoning circle. She immediately began to regret her punctuality as the few students present had turned their gaze from each other to stare unrelentingly at her.
"So Louise, today is the big day huh." Just as the voice behind her spoke the other students went back to chatting among themselves. " You sure talked a big game yesterday, I wonder if you'll be able to deliver".
"Shut up Kirche." Louise turned face her long time rival Kirche von Zerbst and her her petite blue haired lackey Tabitha " I'll summon the most powerful familiar imaginable and soon you'll all grovel before me". There was a short silence, just long enough for Louise to regret opening her mouth before the whole class erupted in laughter.
"Poor little Zero, that really is all you are." a random student to her left interjected."You haven't been able to cast a single spell since you came here and this summoning ritual will be no different".
The laughter and taunts of her fellow classmates pierced her heart like a poisoned blade had she not already been used to suffering their insults on a daily bases she would have surely broken down and cried in front of them.
Just as it had become apparent that the entire class was now laughing at her the teacher sent to oversee the summoning ritual had arrived and the crowd immediately ceased their bulling and gathered around him anticipating the start their ritual.
Louise watched in absolute horror and awe as the most impressive creatures imaginable came in all shapes and sizes to pared with a student. There was simply no way Louise would be able to compete with any of them.
'No!' She thought to herself.' My familiar will be the most beautiful and powerful one summoned today'! No sooner than she convinced herself of the greatness of her future familiar than her least favorite red haired germanian came over to introduce her flaming salamander familiar.
"Oh, hello Zero. I haven't introduced you to flame yet have I"? The red salamander sat loyally at Kirche's feet awaiting instruction from its germanian mistress.
"No, and I have no intention of meeting the wretched thing"! Louise retorted angrily.
"Now Louise, is that any way for the future summoner of the worlds most grand and powerful familiar to act?" She replied in a mocking tone as her usual unrelenting smile widened to let out a light chuckle as if Kirche was prematurely celebrating her ultimate victory over Louise." I just came to say that I'm sorry for being so rough on you. So I'll make you a deal: if you can summon anything, anything at all I will personally apologies for tormenting you and admit that you are the better mage".
Louise knew that she was only saying that to mock her but she could not help herself from filling every square inch of herself with hatred and rage. She was going to make Kirche eat those words even if it was the last thing she did.
"Louise le blanc de la Valiere"! The words of her instructor brought Louise back to reality.
"Well, it's your moment of truth" Kirche whispered into her ear. " Don't worry. If you fail I could always hire you to be my handmaiden".
Louise ignored her rivals taunts and approached the summoning circle prepared to perform her ritual.
She tried her best to dispel the doubts that plauged her mind but too much was at stake. the rest of her life would be decided in this spell. She could not afford to fail.
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Darth Occulus was dragged into complete oblivion, total sensory deprivation left him alone with only his own thoughts to distract him.
Was he dead? Had the acolyte succeeded in killing him? If so was this the afterlife? So many questions filled his head, unfortunately it seemed he would not get answers any time soon. He tried moving his arms but unfortunately he would remain oblivious as to weather or not he could since he could neither feel nor see them.
He began to lose track of the time he had spent in this state of suspended animation, had it been hours or days he simply could not tell. He knew only one thing for certain: if he was left to his own devices to much longer he would go insane.
Louise brandished her wand at the summoning circle and at that moment Occlus's eyes opened, he could see a strong green glow emanating from his right hand which he could now feel tightly wrapped around the artifact
"My name is Louise francoise le blanc de la Valiere"! The words echoed in his head, filling every corner of his mind.
Louise concentrated as hard as she could, she would not settle for some mundane familiar like a dog or a bird.
No, she would settle for nothing less then the most amazing and fantastical of familiars.
"Pentagon of the five elemental powers, heed my summoning"! Darth Occulus tried to turn his head to search for the source of the voice, but alas he remained paralyzed.
She did not want a simple mindless familiar, she wanted a intelligent and wise familiar who could guide her and perform great feats of intellect.
"And bring forth my familiar"! He felt a heaviness wash over him, his eyes began to close and his senses began to pull away from him. This time sending him not into a state of oblivion like before but instead into a deep sleep.
She would not stand for a weak pathetic familiar, she wanted a strong, powerful, dominating familiar to lay wast to her enemies and bring those who laughed at her and made fun of her to their knees.
A/N: So if Star Wars is now owned by Disney does that mean it'll be in the next Kingdom Hearts? I don't know how I feel about that then again I haven't played 2 so maybe my opinion isn't valid.