21 BBY. Hyperspace

Krell had moved on swiftly after killing Ventress, believing that he and Dooku would not be the only people who would have felt her recent death. It was only when he got back on The Twelve Point where he really started to revel in his new strength in the force. After leaving Coruscant behind and activated the hyper-drive, Krell began to meditate on what he felt. The force moved around him like a wind on Tatooine, cold, yet relaxing. Krell could see his vision again, the same one he had on Umbara, but clearer than before. Before, Krell had just seen the Jedi temple in ruins, and a hooded figure in the seat of the Senator's, announcing to the Senate that the Republic would be rearranged into a Galactic Empire. He saw this again, but afterwards, he saw something new. The Jedi Temple was burning. Krell focused, trying to find the cause of this future burning temple. Instead, the vision showed another new part. It was dark, but Krell could hear the humming of two light-sabers. They made the sounds of clashing together, and then, one made the hissing noise of it being sheathed, before a breath outward. Finally a cry of unfamiliar laughter rung through Krell's ears before the vision ended. He opened his eyes, wondering what the meaning of this vision was. The Republic was going to become an Empire, that he was sure about, the same with the Jedi temple burning shortly afterwards, but the last part? Was there to be a final fight with another Jedi? Who would be victorious?

'Wait and see.' Krell thought to himself. 'The force will guide my destiny until I see these events, and then I will be Sith.'

The Twelve Point came out of Hyperspace two hours later, arriving in the Umbara system again. Krell was about to contact the C.I.S. ship, when he received a call from them. When he activated it, Count Dooku's figure appeared on the Holo-projector, with him applauding Krell. He nodded in appreciation, allowing him to speak first.

'I congratulate you Master Krell, I sensed Ventress's death from across the galaxy. It fills my heart with joy to know that she is gone and I will never have to see her again. Did you retrieve her light-sabers?' The old Sith said. Krell took the blade hilts from the back of his belt and presented them to the hologram, complimenting them with a simple 'I did.' Dooku nodded and continued.

'I cannot allow an apprenticeship with you as it is no longer the way of the Sith, but there are others like you, acolytes that fight the battles that I cannot. You will serve me as one of these. If you do well, you will be rewarded with credits and other pleasures, but not training. You will have to figure that out on your own.'

'As you say my lord, I will serve the separatists until the war is won.' Krell replied, hoping to please the old man. It didn't seem to work however, as he scowled at this comment.

'Come aboard my ship and return the blades to me. The credits I promised you will be awarded along with a communicator, which will allow you to contact me from wherever you are.' Dooku continued, slightly giving away his regret to allowing Krell to become a part of his order. Krell pretended not to notice, but noted not to look like he was an apprentice. Just serve as an acolyte and try to find Sith artefacts he could use to improve his force power.

The Twelve Point landed on Dooku's ship and met him on the landing bay, strangely alone. Krell didn't bother to ask questions and handed the old man Ventress's light-saber hilts, and was compensated for them largely. Dooku told him to await instructions on his ship, and to use the power enhancement from killing Ventress to find a Sith artefact that teaches force lightning. Krell was happy with this arrangement, and returned to his ship with the knowledge of where this artefact could be.

After searching 5 outer-rim planets with no success, he found an old temple that had probably been abandoned sometime during the Old Republic, most likely after some Sith or Jedi awoke a beast in there. It didn't matter though, as Krell simply forced the collapsed rocks aside, creating a permanent entrance and exit to the old temple. Krell ignited one side of his sabre-staff to light the way, as the temple's light sources had been untouched for centuries. After exploring the tombs for about an hour, Krell noticed the entrance to the main temple was not only blocked, but locked. Krell swore under his breath and went back through the other tombs, trying to whatever he needed to open the door to the temple. Another half an hour passed, in which Krell found nothing but old training droids and dead explorers.

Krell was beginning to lose patience, which was a hard thing for him to do. He craved this power, to fire the force from his fingers, and didn't care for the consequences. He would complete his destiny, and become Sith. He would become Sith and crush all of those who got in his way! Krell felt a new power in the force that he hadn't felt before as his pacing began to slow. He embraced it, clenching both the fists of his top arms and the bottom. He sheathed his lightsaber and closed his eyes for a moment, before releasing his clenched fists and opening his eyes and calling upon the force, firing a spurt of lightning from all four of his hands. Proud at his achievement, he concentrated and aimed his hands at the blocked door. The spurt of lightning finished, and Krell lowered his arms, panting slightly from all of the energy he had just released.

The Besalisk looked up at the door to see that it hadn't moved slightly. He swore again, slamming his top right fist against the wall. He was enraged now, and could feel his strength in the force increasing once again. Again, a spurt of force lightning came out of his fingertips, but it was stronger. As if the force had seen his failure and given him another chance at it. When the spurt ended again, the floor around him began to shake, the door along with it. Clearly, it had been sealed for centuries, and whatever was in there was clearly powerful in the Dark side, he could feel it in his bones. Krell entered the room slowly, cautious of what could be in front of him. He embraced the coldness and continued down the path.

Soon enough, he was in the actual temple, and could see why it was blocked off. The skeletons of multiple Rancors were all over, two of them on top of each other, clearly having died during a fight between them. He scanned the room for any traps, but could not locate anything truly threatening. Smiling, he walked passed the bones of the old beasts, proud that he was soon to learn the powers of the Dark Side from a Sith Lord of the Old Republic. The holocron he craved was at the top of a stretch of stairs, in the closed palm of what looked like a pure blooded Sith. He climbed them quickly and took it from the dead Lord's hand, then activated it. The cube spun in his top right hand, hovering above his palm and slowly the corners parted and revealed the orb in the middle, red tinted glass around it. The ball began to glow, and then it emitted a hologram of the Sith lord that created it.

"My name is Darth Conqen, Lord of Sith Sorcery at the Korriban Sith academy. If you are seeing this Holocron, you are either a student at the academy with permission to see this holocron, or my Apprentice, Lord Retxab has stolen my teachings for himself, and you are learning from him. If it is the latter, beware, for these teachings are powerful and not for a mere acolyte of the Sith. One should know the code off by heart before delving any deeper into them. If you do not, you are unworthy of my time."

Krell scoffed. He had studied the codes of the Sith, and admired their ferocity in it. The hologram continued to ramble

"Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. That is our code, that is what it means, to be Sith."

Krell smiled once again, and deactivated the Holocron, then placed it on his belt.

He a lot of work to do.

A/N

I apologize for not updating this sooner, but writer's block caught up with me over the summer and once that ended school began once more. Expect updates, but not as frequent as I may have promised. I do have a large plan for this story, and will be splitting it up into a larger AU. This will go on until it's version of ROTJ, which I'm figuring out now. Trust me though, it's gonna take a while to get there. For now however, enjoy my other stuff, and Review if you have time for it. I'd love positive feedback or constructive criticism.