Luke made his way down to the imperial prison, in hopes of finding Leia, and turning her. He knew Lord Sidious could never turn her, but perhaps he could...
"Where are you going, young Skywalker?" Luke heard Sidious call. He evidently wasn't dismissed.
"Perhaps I will be able to turn Leia, with another powerful ally on our side would be helpfull as soon as possible would it not?" Luke replied, trying to sound like it was in Sidious' favor.
"You are not yet ready for such things... Come, we have urgent buisness. You are not yet Sith..." Sidious growled. Luke did not understand. He killed Vader, he swore his allegiance... How could he not yet be Sith?
"What? What do you mean!" Luke replied, almost angry. Sidious did not approve of his attitude, but he understood why Luke was upset. He could use this rage on the Sith trials.
"You will know in good time." Sidious said calmly. "Admiral, prepare a shuttle. We head to Korriban." Sidious said into a microphone.
"Korriban?" Luke asked, he had never heard of such a planet.
"It is the home of the Valley of the Sith Lords. There, you will face your final test. Then you will be a Dark Lord of the Sith." Sidious said, eagerly.
"I see... Let us head there then... My master." Luke responded, just as eager to become a Sith Lord, as Sidious was to have him as one. Sidious knew that once he became a Sith Lord, then he could reveal that secret. The secret to immortality... Vader was unworthy... He wanted a true apprentice to rule with him forever... Darth Maul was a powerful assassin, and was a master of lightsaber combat, but was a brute, a personal sword. Darth Tyranus was old and weak, but a useful placeholder. Darth Vader was meant to be... So much more... But was such a letdown. His new apprentice, however... Could become more powerful than all of the above... Combined!
Sidious let out a cackle at his victory, and set off for his shuttle. Korriban awaited.
As they drew near to Korriban, the tension grew. Luke knew nothing of his final test. Would he be able to succeed? Sidious felt his uneasyness.
"You will succeed my young apprentice... Vader did. You killed Vader. This is nothing you cannot handle. If anything it will make you stronger. Much stronger. Now I must leave you. You will do this... Alone." Sidious stated as he walked back to his shuttle, and handed him a holocomunicator.
"Use this to contact me when you are finished with your trials." Sidious said, "And you will be a Dark Lord of the Sith."
"Yes, my Lord." Luke replied, as walked upon the surface of the desert-like planet. There was little to see at first, but then he walked only a bit further, and he began to see ruins. Temples. Abandoned. He came up to the first he saw. There were markings on it that he could not possibly read. Yet he somehow knew what it said... Was this another power of the Dark Side?
"Behold the tomb of Marka Ragnos, Arch Dark Lord of the Sith" Luke read outloud, and suddenly the doors opened. When Luke walked inside, he saw ruins of many many droids... A type of droid he never saw before. As he walked up the stairs, he began to feel the presence of the Dark Side. He felt it empowering him. When he finished walking up the stairs, he found nothing but a small room, and a coffin. Dissapointed, he attempted to open the coffin when there was a flash of light that filled the room.
"Who dares disturb the endless rest of Marka Ragnos!" A loud and monsterlike voice called out, as the presence of the Dark Side grew ever stronger.
"I am Luke Skywalker... Dark Lord of the Sith!" Luke yelled.
"Hahahahahahahahaha! You? Dark Lord of the Sith!" The voice bellowed. "You dare not say such things to frighten me! Marka Ragnos!" Enraged, Luke embraced the Dark Side, and ignited his lightsaber, and dashed toward the light, but it quickly evaded, flying down the depths of the tomb.
" You want to be Dark Lord of the Sith? Then pass this trial, if you can!" Marka Ragnos boomed, as the droids all came to life, empowered by the Dark Side itself. Luke readied himself for the fight to come, knowing that it wouldn't be an easy one. These weren't any ordinary droids, and there were a lot of them. Luke dashed in, starting by using force speed to catch them off guard, then used force push to blow a few of them into the others. Then he attacked with speed and furosity, not like when he fought Vader, but enough to handle these droids. He ran down slaying droid by droid, and deflected most of the blaster bolts using Shien, and destroyed the droids with Djem So. Though after getting about halfway down the stairs, he was shot from behind, and fell over. He looked back to have the remaining peices of the droids he destroyed to be floating in the air and shooting at him.
"You think a Sith Trial would be merely defeating a few weak droids? No, these droids are empowered by the Dark Side. You will need a lot more than a lightsaber to destroy them! Luke could not possibly fathom how he would beat these droids. He used force push to blow away the spare parts that were shooting at him, and continued on the other droids, while keeping a keen eye behind him, as they kept getting up and shooting. Only able to block most of the bolts, overpowered, Luke fell to the ground again, knowing that if this went on for much longer, he would die.
"I am dissapointed. You claim yourself to be worthy of being Dark Lord of the Sith, yet you cannot handle such a simple trial? It seems Sith of this day have degraded so far from what they once were..." Marka Ragnos boomed.
Anger and furiosity overcame Luke. Degraded? He was to be the most powerful being in history! Now on the verge of death, and angered by the cruel voice of Marka Ragnos, Luke yelled out and it seemed a wave of Force came from his body, as all of the droids around him were blown away by a powerful Force Repulse.
Taking his lightsaber, he then ignited it, and ran towards the droid's remains, as they got up, he sliced them down, and continued towars the spirit, using deflecting any bolts shot at him, pushing them back at the droids with the force without even looking. Saber raised, he jumped into the air and let the blade go down with his full furiosity, suprising the Sith Lord. Again, it fazed right through him. Luke looked back for an army of droid parts holding guns floated towars him. Frusturated by this test, he used the pain of the wounds he had, and the hatred for his father, and Ragnos, and the direness of his situation to unleash a powerful blast of Force Lightning from his palms, which incinerated the rusted inner workings of the droids, making them fall into tiny pieces that could not hope to wield a gun. The force power put within the droids by Marka Ragnos picked up the guns telekinetically, but failed to shoot as the electricity melted some of the guns' inner chambers, rendering them unusable.
Luke fell to the ground, exausted, and in pain. Marka Ragnos on the other hand, was quite impressed.
"It seems you could have the potential to be Dark Lord of the Sith. I sense much anger, fear, and power within you. You have passed this test. I, Marka Ragnos, Arch Dark Lord of the Sith, find you worthy."
"Then it is done?" Luke asked.
"No! Of course not. The Valley has many tombs, and many trials. This trial only grants you my blessing. You must gain the blessing of I, , Tulak Hord, Naga Sadow, and Ajunta Pall. Then, and only then, will you be Dark Lord of the Sith!" Marka Ragnos declared.
"Yes, Master Ragnos..." Luke replied. He turned to leave, but right before he opened the door, he again heard the bellowing voice of Marka Ragnos.
"The Force is strong with you. A very powerful Sith, you will become."
"Thank you... Lord Ragnos." Luke said respectfully, as he left the tomb.
Luke felt stronger now. Though he was injured, he felt more powerful. Was this what his master meant? If one trial had made him this much stronger, than he was eager to do the rest. The next tomb he walked up to was similar on the outside, but perhaps not inside. He read out what the markings said.
"The Tomb of Ajunta Pall, the first fallen Jedi."
And then the doors opened, as expected. Luke walked in, knowing that there would be some kind of suprise waiting for him. He readied himself, and prepared for a trial even more challenging than the last, and walked forward, the only way left for him.
At an unknown location, Darth Sidious arrives at a secret Imperial base, guarded by only the most loyal of his men...
"Ahhhg... We must hurry. This body is dying..." Sidious gasped with struggle, as two men in red robes obened a secure door with the use of the force, succesfully opening it, and allowing Sidious access. The room was filled with cloning vats, and advanced technologies. Then Sidious fell to the floor. Dead.
The red cloaked men did not enter the room. They just watched from afar. This was not something that would suprise them. Their lord has died many times.
One of the cloning vats shattered, as a youthful Darth Sidious fell to the floor, screaming in hysterics. After a few minuites had past, the screaming stopped. The young Sidious stood up, turning to the soldiers.
"The transfer is not a pleasant feeling, but even limitless pain is a small price to pay for eternal life!" Sidious cackled, as Luke walked through the halls of the Tomb of Ajunta Pall.