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Episode II

SHADOWS OF THE SITH

The Galactic Republic is undergoing many changes. With the ascent of Emperor Harrison to the office of SUPREME CHANCELLOR and his acquirement of emergency powers, he has initiated what many believe to be a repression of the Jedi Order, while succeeding in bringing stability into the Republic.

With the Sith Empire mysteriously silent, the Chancellor took the opportunity to reorganize the Grand Army, and strike against the Confederacy, granting several victories to the Republic, and winning further support for himself.

Yet as these events occur, on Earth, the young Sith apprentice DARTH SOLUTUS continues his preparations for the final task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, fully determined to leave it victorious, and gain the approval of his master, the elusive SITH EMPEROR…

Chapter 1 – The Ascension of the Sith Order

(36,431 TYA / 978 ARR / 1995 A.D.)

Hogwarts School, Scotland (U.K.), Earth

Beneath the castle of Hogwarts, within the legendary Chamber of Secrets, was Daniel Potter, apprentice to the Emperor, the Dark Lord of the Sith and ruler of the Sith Empire. The training for the third task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament was also serving as his own personal training, and this was also one of those rare moments when he had the Chamber for himself. Ever since Daphne had created the Force-channeler gauntlets, she and the other two had been a constant presence inside the Chamber, not just training as he did, but also scheming up their own plots and using the knowledge that had been given to them by the Emperor to create new experiments.

Daniel carefully and silently observed them. They had seemed to have been creating their own power bases with the students of Hogwarts as their "subordinates", but that also implied that they were now in some sort of shadow conflict against each other. They could be acolytes, but much like him they were Sith-in-training, except that they had no master, at least not officially. But with their growing power, Daniel needed to make sure that they were kept in line, so that there would be no threats to him nor to everything around him. Any experiment with the Force that went wrong could potentially be extremely hazardous. But that was the least of his concerns. If what he thought was correct, then the Order of the Phoenix was being reorganized once more, possibly under the control of the dying Dumbledore. He truly wondered how much life the old man had inside him.

The fact that he had overheard his father having an argument with Black several months ago, who had tried to convince him to strike against Harrison had been rather…interesting. His brother had certainly left an impact on those he interacted with, and sometimes not in the good way. Draco Malfoy and Dumbledore were two good examples. But there was something else that Daniel was certainly not enjoying. The last few weeks had been marked by the same constant nightmare, where he was on a graveyard with Pettigrew and a strange baby-like creature. He knew that the dream had been a vision given to him by the Force, but he did not understood what it meant. But as the nights passed, he came to comprehend the dream, or at least most of it. It seemed that the Force was showing him a very possible scenario of Voldemort's return, despite the fact that the self-proclaimed Dark Lord was lacking a body. But he was not afraid of the dark wizard. Why should he be afraid of a man who was seemingly defeated by a baby?

The Sith occupation of Earth was also going rather well. The citadel on the coast of Egypt was near full construction, and the Imperial government had begun the process of integrating the Tellurian humans into the Empire, and fully incorporate the Earth, or Tellus as the Sith called it, into the Empire. Despite her rather brutal personality and methods, Darth Lachris was a proving to be rather efficient on her current occupation. But the governments of the Earth were also being rather cooperative, fully knowing that attempting to defy the empire was to place themselves in jeopardy. But whatever Lachris dis was of no concern to him. That task was on the hands of the Dark Council, and he was a mere Sith apprentice. The apprentice of the Emperor, yes, but an apprentice nonetheless.

Speaking of the Emperor, he wondered what exactly the plan of his brother was. He had somehow become the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, and was now somehow stabilizing and strengthening what was supposed to be the main opponent of the Sith Empire. He obviously was not making the Republic strong enough to be an actual adversary to the Empire, as the power of the Star Forge would not allow it.

So what exactly was he attempting to do?

Sith Academy, Korriban

To say that the galaxy was living through strange times was a rather appropriate statement.

The Dark Council knew that strange times were not an unusual occurrence in the Eye of Adas, but when there were two galactic scale wars occurring simultaneously, then it was possibly not a good sign. In fact, ever since the war had started, that the Emperor had been silent. He had not contacted them directly, as he did before what many were calling the Great Galactic War, and the only orders they received came from the Hand.

But what surprised them the most, was when the Hand had ordered them to cease all direct attacks on both the Republic and the Confederacy. Instead, part of the Infinite Fleet was now divided across the many star systems which had been captured from both the Republic and the Separatists. Worlds such as Corellia had not been truly conquered, but the fleet was still orbiting them. Yet there were those that were not content with the situation.

"We should be crushing the Republic, not standing idle while they rebuild!" protested Darth Baras, the recently installed head of the Sphere of Military Offence.

"The Emperor's orders were clear Baras." said Darth Marr, his voice calm as usual.

"It was not the Emperor who ordered it!" countered Baras "It was his Hand!"

"Is that…treason I hear Baras?" questioned Darth Vowrawn.

"W-What!?" stammered the Sith Lord "Of course not!"

"You should know well that the Hand are a extension of the Emperor's will. Their orders, are the orders of the Emperor himself." said Vowrawn.

"Baras has a point though." said Darth Ravage "How is my sphere supposed to function correctly is we are unable to attack the Republic?"

"Perhaps we should find a replacement for you Ravage." said Darth Hadra "After all, aren't you supposed to be the head of the Pyramid of Expansion and Diplomacy?"

"What are you saying?" snarled Ravage.

Hadra merely snorted.

"It seems you are severely lacking in the diplomacy department." she said "I am sure that the Emperor won't be pleased if you are nothing more than a warmongering beast."

"The Emperor has nothing to do with this!"

"The Emperor has everything to do with this Ravage!" boomed Darth Marr before resuming his calm tone "And you know what happens to those that dare to defy him."

Ravage silently gulped. He clearly remembered when the Emperor himself had come to a meeting of the Dark Council, and killed a small coalition of Dark Councillors that had dared to plan a coup against him. It was not pleasant to watch, but the Dark Lord of the Sith had made his point.~

"It is clear that this matter wont go any further." said Darth Mortis "We should move on to more pressing matters."

"Agreed." said Marr before turning to Darth Thanaton "Have your subordinates discovered anything related to the deaths of Darth Skotia and Darth Arctis?"

"Unfortunately, no." he said "But I suspect that Darth Zash and her apprentice had something to do with it."

"Be careful with your words Thanaton." said Mortis "Such statements could place the entire stability of the Empire in jeopardy if made public, especially if they are revealed to be false."

"Are you-"

But Thanaton was not able to finish is sentence, as the main hologram projectors became active, and that could only mean something. At the end of the room, where the largest throne was, a hologram of a cloaked man appeared, his face hidden from the Dark Council. Upon his appearance, the Dark Councillors rose from their thrones, and turned towards the hologram before bowing before it.

*My Dark Councillors…* said the Emperor *…there is great disturbance in the Force.*

"A disturbance, my Emperor?" asked Vowrawn.

*I have lived for many years, Darth Vowrawn. I am attuned to the Force in ways that you would not find possible.* responded the Emperor *But yes, there is a disturbance in the Force.*

"What is thy bidding, our Lord Emperor?" asked Darth Acharon.

*With the growth of the dark side, the Jedi are becoming weaker. Even their esteemed Grandmaster is unaware of the trap that his precious Jedi Order has already entered.* said the Emperor *You are all to continue your previous tasks, but this time, you are to work not against the Republic, but against the Jedi.*

"My Lord?" questioned Vowrawn.

*Capture them silently, break them, turn them to the dark side.* he said *But only kill them if it reveals itself to be necessary.*

It was an order that a few did not like, but they had to obey nonetheless.

*Do not expect for me to contact you soon.* he said *But I will be watching.*

The hologram was deactivated, and so all the Dark Councillors sat down once again. But this time, there were far greater questions than before.

What exactly was the source of this disturbance that the Emperor had mentioned?

Grand Convocation Chamber, Senate Building, Senate District, Coruscant

The Senate was gathered once again, this time to debate the new decree that had been proposed by the Chancellor himself. Harrison sat on the Chancellor's podium, with Vice Chancellor Mas Amedda at his right side, and Bastila Shan, serving as the Staff Aide, was at his left. As she was under the guise of a noblewoman who had married the younger brother of Cortous VI Hord, Bastila had taken the surname of Hord as well.

"Honourable members of the Senate, we are today gathered here to debate on the new and hopefully the last restriction decree against the Jedi Order." said Harrison, his voice resonating through the chamber "As I am sure that most of you know, before someone becomes a Jedi, they are removed from their families, the majority of the times against their parents or guardian's wishes."

There were several whispers amongst the senators.

"Force-sensitive children of high profile citizens of the Republic, such as myself, are protected from the clutches of the Jedi by the power that our families possess. Unfortunately, others have no such luck. And said others, are the majority of those abducted by the Jedi Order."

The whispers seemed to increase, and Mas Amedda whispered something to the Chancellor, who in turn nodded.

"The Chair recognizes Senator Amidala from the sovereign system of Naboo."

The Naboo repulsorpod hovered forward, and Senator Amidala got up from her seat.

"Supreme Chancellor, are you claiming that the Jedi Order kidnaps children?" asked Amidala.

"It is a fact, Senator Amidala." replied Harrison "And we have a rather recent case of such an action, which has been taken to courts. I am sure that you have all heard of the 'Baby Ludi' case."

Senator Amidala did not like where this was going.

"I ask, all of you, why should a child be deprived of her mother, only to be brainwashed from such a young age by the obsolete monks which are the Jedi?" questioned Harrison "How can the Jedi claim that a girl with one year of age is dangerous?"

The whispers turned into full conversations.

"How can a Republic of freedom and democracy exist, if we allow things such as these?" his voice seemed to become more powerful "This decree, is to stop these very actions from the Jedi, to prevent them permanently from removing children from their families so that they can turn them into mindless little puppets of their Order!"

There were shouts of approval to the Chancellor's speech, and those few which supported the Jedi could see that as long as Chancellor Hord remained in power, the Jedi Order would slowly be driven into extinction. But what was worse, was that the majority of the senate both supported the Chancellor and were against the Jedi Order. But those in the Chancellor's podium were rather pleased by the situation, especially the Chancellor himself. Unlike Sidious, who simply wanted to turn the Republic into his "dream empire" and destroy the Jedi while doing it, he had only two intentions.

To stabilize the Republic, and to make sure that the Jedi Order would eventually cause their own destruction.

And it seemed that it was working.

Author's Note:

And so here is the first chapter of the sequel. Rather appropriate that the first sequel to be posted was the sequel to my first fanfiction. I saw yesterday the new Star Wars movie, and I can say that despite the…strange déjà vu, I loved the story. Much better than what the entire prequels combined could hope to achieve in my opinion.

I hope you will enjoy this story, and I wish to you a Merry Christmas (or any other festivity you may celebrate at this time of the year).

The Emperor – The Jen'ari and immortal ruler of the Sith Empire. He has ruled for at least four thousand years, and was mostly active during the Old Sith Wars, where he waged war against the former Emperor and succeeded in killing him.

Harrison Hord – The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, and also the Emperor of Japrael. He was born to Cortous VI Hord and possibly a noblewoman, but was allowed to become part of the Jedi Order at a rather young age (under set restrictions by his father). In his later life he left the Order, and shortly after that he captured the planet of Onderon, proclaiming himself as its monarch. He then inherited the Hord monarchy from his father and founded the Empire of Japrael. With careful plotting, he succeeded in toppling Palpatine from the Office of Supreme Chancellor, and got elected himself.

Sith Empire – The fusion of the remnants of the Old Sith Empire and the Sith Empire of the Star Forge. It is sometimes referred to as the True Sith, and it is ruled by the immortal Sith Emperor and his Dark Council. It has its political capital on Dromund Kaas, but Ziost serves as its symbolic capital and the official residence of the Emperor. The citizens of the Sith Empire consider the empire to be the same as the Empire founded by Ajunta Pall, with an unbroken line of Jen'ari rulers.

Stygian War – Also known as the War of the Dark Lords, it was the final conflict of the Old Sith Wars. It was fought between the remnants of the Old Sith Empire and the Sith Empire of the Star Forge. At the end of the war, the two Sith faction united to create an even stronger and united Sith.