Knights of the Falling Republic
Chapter 1
Okay, this is a new story about Revan. I'm not telling anyone more than what I said in the summary.
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"Carth please" Revan begged.
"How can I have even thought of loving you?! You were the Dark Lord, you destroyed my homeworld, killed my wife, made me lose my son as well as killing millions in the process!" Carth was angry. Revan had never seen him like this before. He hadn't even been like this when he found out her true identity. He must have bottled it all up.
"I'm not Revan Carth, please can't you see that?" Revan was on the verge of tears. She never knew just how much she cared for Carth, but his betrayal at the hands of Saul Karath still weighed heavily on his mind.
"No! Leave me alone! I don't want to see your face again!" Carth shouted giving Revan a firm push.
Revan ran out of the room in the Jedi Temple, freeing her tears. She ran and ran and ran until she had to stop. Collapsing onto the floor she screamed at the top of her lungs.
Coming up behind her, Bastila wrapped her arms around her. She had felt Revan's distress through their bond and had been running around the Temple trying to find her. Bastila pulled the smaller, dark-brown haired woman into a closer embrace, while telling her it was going to be okay.
After calming down slightly Revan finally spoke. "Why Bastila? I didn't choose to be Revan. I didn't want the responsibility" she said, trying hard not to start crying again. "And I definitely want to try and redeem a Sith Lord."
"It's okay Rev. You have redeemed yourself, you led us on our mission for the Star Maps, you helped destroy the Star Forge, you killed Malak, saved both me and Juhani from the dark side and at the same time helped about a million over sentients who needed help."
Revan smiled grimly at the last remark. "I just... I don't feel like the wars ended. And now Carth." Revan started to cry again.
"What did he do to you?" Bastila started to feel protective towards the older woman.
"He..." Revan stuttered, but then pulled herself together. "He said he couldn't love me after what I've done. He-he said he never wants to see my face again".
Bastila knew that Revan and Carth had been in love while Revan was still ignorant of her real identity. She also knew that it was because of him that Revan had stayed on the path of the light. Bastila hugged her a little tighter. As she did so, she felt something through the bond she had never felt before: a sense of emptiness.
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After noticing that they had begun to draw a crowd, Bastila and Revan walked slowly to the Cantine in the Temple to get something to eat. Bastila, who hadn't eaten since the celebration party two days ago, ate like a hungry Bantha. Revan on the other hand, just played with her food.
"Come on Rev" Mission said, patting her on the back a little "You gotta eat something, especially before Big Z gets in here". Revan didn't even respond to her joke, and instead started channelling her rage towards the plate full of food. It cracked under the pressure and the table they were sitting at started to shake.
Mission looked on with a frightened stare while Bastila tried desperately to pull her out of her state. Finally Revan stopped and quickly got up and ran to the 'fresher. After bringing up her last three meals, she finally stepped outside and saw a horrified Bastila. She just ran over and hugged her again, while thinking. I've got to get away, anywhere but here.
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It was the middle of the night on Coruscant. The airways were still busy with specs of lights shooting across the planet's surface to destinations only known to them.
The Jedi Temple was quiet however. All the students were asleep, as were the other Jedi. Everyone was sleeping, except for Revan. She had quietly, sneaked out of her shared room, with which she shared with Mission. After packing a few essentials, Revan had snuck aboard the Ebon Hawk and had activated T3-M4 and HK-47 to keep her company.
After doing a few pre-flight checks, the Hawk had finally taken flight. Revan didn't know where she was going, and didn't care any longer. Her only reason for living had been denied to her.
Once she had gotten past Coruscant flight control, Revan had selected a random planet and it had come up with her homeworld, Deralia. So much for random.
"Statement: Master seems unlike her usual self. Query: Is a meetbag in need of termination master?"
"No HK, I'm fine" Apart from the fact I'd like him to terminate me now.
"Statement: Master, choosing random planets to go to on a map is not what my processors deem as 'fine'. Statement: Master, we should really kill some meatbags to cheer ourselves up".
Revan just shook her head. She was too caught up in thought to really notice what HK was saying.
When they finally came out of hyperspace, Revan saw the homeworld that she had abandoned over ten years ago. It was a wasteland. It had been the first planet to fall to the Sith fleet, on orders of Revan herself. Darth Revan had done this to get rid of any emotional weaknesses that she might possess.
Revan stared at the planet, remembering the small memories that she had regained from her childhood, her real childhood. She smacked her fist onto the control panel and was thrown head first into another vision.
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"Do you know what we're looking for, master". The voice was unmistakable: the voice of her former friend and Sith Apprentice, Darth Malak. She turned around. Through the slit in her mask she could see the six and a-half foot tall Sith menace. She spoke, but it wasn't her: it was Darth Revan.
"The Forge told us to come here". Her voice was not the calm, compassionate voice that everyone had told her that she possessed; it was a colder, harsher version of it. She turned back around, not being able to control any of her own movements.
They continued to walk for a few more minutes. Looking around, she noticed that the planet resembled Korriban: in particular the Valley of the Dark Lords. There were eight tombs that she had noticed and she was now walking into the ninth, which was right at the end of the valley.
"We do not know what is in there? Are you sure this is wise?" Malaks words echoed of those he spoken in her vision on Dantooine.
She didn't even turn around this time. "Do you dare question your master?"
"Of course not"
"Good answer". She entered the tomb. After searching a few rooms in the tomb, and killing a few strange creatures without even using her lightsaber, she entered a room which contained a map. It resembled the Star Maps that she and her crew had used to track the Star Forge down.
She looked closer at the map. The planet which caught her attention was the one in the Unknown Regions. The name stated that it was called Sith'ari. She felt herself smile under her mask. "This is it. Sith'ari. All the powers of the Dark Side will finally be ours".
Revan noted the co-ordinates before she slipped back into reality.
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"Sith'ari. I've got to go to Sith'ari." Revan quickly sprang from her seat and ran to put the co-ordinates into the Ebon Hawk.
"Statement: Master, accessing knowledge of Sith'ari". Revan turned to face HK-47.
"You mean I put knowledge of Sith'ari into your memory banks?"
"Affirmation: Correct Master. Accessing." The voice of HK quickly changed to Revan's own.
"This is Darth Revan. I have found the Star Map on the planet Firkarra and it has shown me the planet Sith'ari. This planet, I believe is the final resting place of the True Sith. I also believe that this means that the planet contains a vast knowledge of the Dark Arts. If I can get my hands on these teachings, us Sith may be able to crush the Republic and start anew."
The voice returned to being HK's. "End of recording 1."
Darth Revan's voice then came back. "It has been a month since me and my apprentice Darth Malak found Sith'ari. The planet contained more than I could have hoped for. Not only did contain knowledge of previously unknown Dark Arts, but also knowledge that could be very important to upcoming war between us and the Republic. It is my believe that this war will be won by whosoever has the most Force users and Sith'ari contained knowledge that could turn even the most devoted Jedi to the Dark Side."
"End of final recording".
Revan rubbed her chin slightly before continuing to put in the co-ordinates. I've got to destroy this planet, and the knowledge it contains. If put into the wrong hands, again, the Jedi could be doomed.