Prologue
Master?!
Revan fell to his knees before his old master, Kreia. His old master! The one he thought dead!
Kreia walked toward Revan as she adjusted the hood covering her eyes. "Rise Revan. You no longer belong as a mere apprentice of myself: You have excelled far beyond what teachings, even my teachings, alone could have made you to be."
"Master, I felt you die!"
"Your feelings do not betray you Lord Revan, I am indeed dead."
"If you are dead then how...?"
"You know the answer to that question, Revan. Remember your teachings on the Sith."
"The Force can sustain an essence for a time, creating an apparition of the once living person, but... you, a Sith, Master?"
"I am no longer your master, and neither is anyone else your master. You have no equals, Revan. As for me being a Sith..." the apparition shrugged, causing her, it, to shimmer, "if you use the Jedi's definition of Sith, then yes, I suppose one could classify me as such. But you know that such classification as that is only used to instill fear into the hearts of weak, subverted Jedi Knights."
"Of course, Mas.... Kreia."
"And if the galaxy classifies me as such 'Sith', Darth Traya might be a more appropriate way to address me."
"As you wish, Darth Traya."
"In this state I have no power over the physical world, but I have great power in the mental and psychological world, for I am now one with the Force and feel every thread of it. I am what I once hated. I can still be beneficial."
"I never understood your feelings about the Force, Traya. It is a tool, nothing more. You might as well hate a hydrospanner."
"The Force is much more than a tool, Revan. Ah, you still have more to learn."
"Then teach me now, Traya..."
"I cannot, for I have another matter to deal with. My most recent student has taken my son as her own student, neither she nor he are ready for such a relationship yet, and certainly not ready for such a relationship with each other. I must see to my own flesh and blood before he destroys himself and the Exile with him."
With that, the apparition melted into the shadows Revan's craft was casting.
