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Prologue
Prologue
4,000 BBY
Jedi Master Mical landed his ship, The Redemption, on the Khoonda Plains of Dantooine. Mical unfastened his safety harness and lowered the boarding ramp at the rear of the vessel. After running his post-flight systems checks, he exited the ramp on to the grassy plains and made his way towards a small valley to the northeast. The Force had been whispering to him for weeks now, drawing him back to this place where he had first met The Exile. The aging jedi master made his way, slowly, to the ancient jedi temple on Dantooine. Strange, he thought, after all these years the force would guide him back to where he had taken his first steps towards becoming a jedi. That had been 25 years ago. Since then Mical and the others, Bao dur, Atton Rand, and Mira had rebuilt the jedi order after defeating the Sith Triumvirate on Malachor. The Exile had disappeared after these events, searching for Revan in the unknown region's of space. He hadn't seen nor heard from her since she had departed all those years ago. He followed the short valley from the Khoonda plains just outside the old government center.
As he walked he remembered his friends. Atton had been struck down in a duel with one of Darth Nihilus's former acolyte's while on Tatooine. He had been investigating a rumor the she had returned to known space, but that's all it had been, just a rumor. Bao Dur had passed into the force not long ago, succumbing to old age after years spent rebuilding worlds destroyed in the wars with the Mandalorians and the Sith. For awhile he had sat on the jedi council with Mical, and part of the old jedi master wished his zabrak friend was still here. Then he thought of Mira. A talented young knight she had been, always willing to help others and never thinking of herself. After The Exile left on her mission Mira and Mical had helped increase each of their knowledge in the force and eventually took on new pupils when the time was right. She had died trying to save the settler's on a planet that had been discovered on the outer rim. The newly found world's gravitational pull had pulled its moon out of its slowly descending orbit. The impact had made the unnamed planet inhospitable and it would probably remain so for many centuries. As he neared the end of the valley he could see the ruins of the jedi enclave.
He made his way to a small clearing on the north side of the jedi ruins. As he looked around he realized this was where the landing platform had been. There were ruins on three sides and the ground in the middle felt like permacreet. He walked towards a large piece of rubble and sat down to wait for the reason he was here to show itself.
Mical didn't have to wait long. Within minutes of his arrival at the ruins he saw a ship descending from the atmosphere. As it drew closer he realized it was The Ebon Hawk. He hadn't seen this ship since The Exile had taken it into the unknown regions almost 3 decades ago. As he watched, Mical reached out with the force and felt her presence, she was alone. As the Ebon Hawk landed it lowered its ramp. Mical stood as The Exile exited the ship with what looked like a small container under her arm, her tattered jedi robes billowing in the wind. It had been 25 years since the two jedi had been face to face or even shared a word. The Exile made her way towards Mical with a slight smile on her face. When she reached him she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Hello old friend" she said, with a smile on her face. "It is good to see you".
"And you as well" Mical said, placing his hand on her shoulder, barely able to contain his joy at seeing her alive after all this time. "It has been a long time. So much has happened since you departed, and I'm sure you could say the same". They lowered their hands and started walking side by side towards the valley Mical had used to enter the old temple grounds.
"Indeed there has" replied The Exile. "I would probably still be with Revan if…"
"REVAN!" Mical exclaimed barely able to hide his surprise that she had been able to find him out in the unknown regions. "Where is he? Will he be following soon?" he asked.
The Exile held her hand up to silent the torrent of questions she knew were coming. They stopped walking when they neared the entrance to the valley. The Exile turned towards her former pupil and spoke. "Mical I do wish I had come back sooner. But I'm afraid there isn't much time. I must return to Revan as soon as I can. I wasn't even sure if you would hear me calling you to this place through the force" she said as she handed him the container. "Revan found what he was looking for in the unknown regions. It was the remains of the ancient Sith Empire that he had been seeking. But that is not why I came back" She handed Mical the container and continued. "Before he sent me here Revan had a vision".
Mical took the news in. That Revan had been seeking the ancient Sith Empire all this time came as no surprise as that was always the assumption. "A vision of what?" he asked "Are we in danger from the sith?" He thought for sure he would have had some warning from the force. But then maybe the force telling him to come here was the warning.
"No" replied The Exile "Revan pushed them deeper into the unknown with the help of Mandolorian's he found hiding and of course myself"
Mical couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as The Exile continued. "As I was saying, before he died Revan had a vision. He said it was of the distant future. He called it 'disturbing' and that's all he would say. Then he told me to come here and that you would be waiting, and to have you hide this container. He said should his vision be true when the time was right it would be found and the secrets inside would be revealed"
As Mical took the container he wondered what Revan could have seen that was so horrible it compelled him to send The Exile back after all this time. And how far into the future did his vision go?
"I'm sorry there isn't more time my friend but I must leave" She told Mical as she turned to walk back to her ship. Mical stared at The Exile's back as he watched her leaving again, knowing this was the last time he would see her. He wanted to say something, to ask her about The Ancient Sith. To know why she had followed Revan instead of helping him and the others rebuild The Jedi Order . But he already knew why, so the only thing that came out was "May the force be with you"
Mical turned and walked back into the valley, he knew the perfect hiding place. There was a cave not far from here that would keep this secret safe.
Author's Note: I look forward to reviews this is my first story.