Disclaimer: I don't own Siri or anything else in the Star Wars universe. All I own is my OCs and the plot.
AN: This story is a plot bunny that has been bugging me for a long time, I hope you enjoy!
A New Beginning
Prologue
It came out of nowhere. The deadly purge almost as quickly as it began. It was hard to believe that thousands of capable warriors could all be simultaneously destroyed all across the galaxy. To most people it was shocking and unbelievable. To Jedi Knight Siri Tachi, the horrible betrayal and ruthless murder was only the beginning.
There had been no warning not even through the Force. The Jedi Order that was around for a thousand years was completely annihilated in one day. Her whole world turned upside down and she was one more victim whose days were numbered. The people who raised her and the only home she ever knew were now gone forever. The fight to survive, however, had just begun.
On this particular day Siri was on yet another treacherous mission during the Clone Wars. She was on an undercover mission, which had become her specialty over the last few years. When the order came to exterminate all Jedi, her alias was enough to protect her Jedi identity. It didn't take long for Siri to realize what was going on; she felt the death of thousands through the Force.
Instantly she made the decision to leave her mission despite the fact she'd never abandoned one before. Being a member of the Jedi Order was what Siri was born to do, and she wasn't going to let her whole world disappear if she could prevent it.
She cautiously went to her transport sighed in relief once she was seated in the familiar cockpit. Siri had the feeling that it might be too late already to save any of her comrades, but she would try even if was her death sentence. Powering up her craft she heard something suddenly that nearly made her blood run cold.
It was repeating signal that every Jedi in the galaxy would recognize instantly. The signal's translation was simply that the war was over and that they should return to the Temple immediately. Siri didn't buy it; she figured it was a trap. For one brief moment she considered going back to the Temple and trying to change the signal; but she figured it would only be suicidal.
Siri plugged in the coordinates to Coruscant, deciding that a short trip there would be her best course of action. But she feared that she might be tracked, so she set her navcomputer to do several hyperspace jumps in several different vectors before ending up at the city-planet. Next, Siri accessed the holonet nervous about what she would hear.
What she heard, however, chilled to the bone.
"And the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. The remaining Jedi will be hunted down and defeated!" exclaimed the recognizable voice of Chancellor Palpatine.
Siri turned it off nauseated as the deep truth set in. Palpatine is Darth Sidious! She though with dismay. The Sith Lord hadn't been hiding from them after all. No he was right before their eyes the entire time, and now he was eradicating the Jedi. She didn't want to hear anymore, but she had to stay informed. She opened the connection again to hear Palpatine, no Sidious speak again.
"The attempt on my life has left me scarred…and deformed. But I assure you, my resolve has never been stronger!" he declared.
Siri wondered what 'attempt' was made on his life. She was sure that once the Jedi learned of his true identity they would try to stop him. She only hoped that the Jedi involved were able to save themselves. Facing a Sith Lord, however, it was highly unlikely.
"In order to ensure the security and continuing stability…the Republic will be reorganized. Into the First Galactic Empire!" Sidious shouted.
Siri felt sick. This couldn't be happening. Life was going to be very different from now on. That is if she was able to survive and hide her true identity.
"For a safe and secure society," Sidious said.
Siri ended the transmission in a hurry. She snorted derisively. As if the galaxy was going to be safe anymore. But she had no doubts that it would be secure, like a dictatorship.