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Act 0: Prologue pt. 4: The one who'd become...

In the center of a circular room were twelve chairs of the Jedi High Council. More than half of the seats were empty. Masters Vrook Lamar, Atris, Zez-Kai Eli, Kavar, Lonna Vash, and Tiberius Dynastes were waiting for the entrance of the returning Jedi General.

A woman walked into the room. She stood at 5'4 with neck length black hair with the hair in front of her left eye. She was wearing a dark lavender Jedi robe, tattered at the end, with a black version of the Twi'lek traditional costume underneath. She had an angered look on her face

"Do you know why we have called you here? Vrook spoke

"You didn't call me. I'm not your little pet. Say what you have to or leave me be."

"As Revan summoned you, so have you come full circle to return to the Jedi" Kavar spoke

Eli spoke, "Why did you defy us? The Jedi are guardians of the peace and have been for centuries. This call to war undermines all that we have worked for"

"Is Revan your master now? Or is it the horror you wrought at Malachor that has caused you to see the truth at last?" The bitter tone of Atris anger Tiberius

"Who the hell do you think you are? What right do you have to question my actions? A Jedi's duty is to protect the galaxy from all known threats, no matter the cost. I joined that war to save lives. The Mandalorians were destroying every form of life that opposed them. In order to save lives, I broke laws, I betrayed loyalties, I killed many to fulfill my duty, and I do it all again, in order to preserve what the Jedi swore to protect. You can judge all you like, that fact remains, that if not for my actions, you'd all be dead if not worse. The so-call Jedi, sat in wait believing that a larger threat was behind the wars. Don't get wrong, I can understand your reason for not wanting to join the war. I don't understand is how you can meditate while the Mandalorians destroyed entire planets and enslaved those that you swore to protect. You have no right to judge my actions or anyone's from the war. If you wish to punish me, then so be it. Just get it over with" Azaria stopped her rant in order to calm herself. She looked to her left and saw how silent her former master was. His silver eyes met with her violet ones and she saw anger, sadness, and disapproval in them. It sadden her a little to know they were targeted at her.

"You refuse to hear us. You have shut us out, and so yourself to the Galaxy" Eli said.

"You are exiled, and you are a Jedi no longer" Vash spoke

"There is one last thing. Your lightsaber. Surrender it to us."

"Bastards" She ignited her double-bladed lightsaber and it glowed its cyan color. She walked toward the Podium in the center of the room, and impaled the blade into the podium and walked out of the room, trying to calm herself over the recent events. Before she left, she stopped and turned to look at her former Master.

"What's the matter Master, can't say goodbye to your former student." She had spite in her voice. Tiberius broke his stare of her. For a split second, Azaria thought she saw sadness.

When he looked at her again he spoke, with a coldness that chilled her to the core "You made your choices and these are the consequences. I told you this the day you told me of your plans. Be gone, it pains me to look at what you've become." Tiberius said

"And what would that be" Tiberius did not answer. She looked at him with disgust as she turned away and walked out the room.

When she walked out of the chambers, the council members stared at her each with different thoughts.

"Much Defiance in that one" Kavar said

"You were correct Kavar. When she was here, I felt it. It was as if she was not there, more like an echo" Eli said

"The war has touched the youngest of the Order. Many of them have lost themselves in battle against the Mandalorians"

"We have not lost a Jedi this day. You felt it... she has lost herself. She is no Jedi – She walked Revan's path, but she was not strong enough"

"We did not lose a Jed this day, we abandoned one in her time of need. Of all the Jedi that we have lost, Revan, Malak, and some many others. She returned. She walks her own path. She has the moment I met her. I fear Revan was just the catalyst for Azaria's choices. I am the one to blame for not realizing it. Revan, is another matter altogether. One that we should discuss, for his actions and the results from the war that I fear were intentional" Tiberius spoke after being silent for the trial.

"I fear it is our teachings that may have led Revan to chose the path he did." Eli said

"We were not the ones who taught him" Atris said

"We take responsibility, Atris not cast blame" Vash spoke

"The choice of one was the choice of us all. Revan's teacher intended no harm, and Revan had many teachers since."

"Yet they all stem from the same source. Her teachings violated the Jedi Code and lead all who listen to the dark side, as they did the exile." Atris said speaking of an unknown woman"

"You are wrong. The dark side is not what I sensed in the exile. Surely, the rest of you felt it as well. That emptiness we felt... she has changed" Vash said

"Of course she has. War changes Jedi. Her is worst of all. She bonded with so many Jedi and soldiers at that battle. To lose all of them in a single instance and feel each of their pains. That is a fate worse than death" Tiberius said

Atris spoke with venom "Whatever that wound was, it was of the dark side. We should not have let her depart. She will simply join Revan again, or perhaps worse"

"She was our student, to some our friend, to few maybe even more. No matter what happened to her, we should not have let her go. We should have helped her, or at least explained what happened to her" Tiberius said

"What would you have be done with her, Atris? Be mindful of your feelings! That was not Revan who stood before you. This one walks a different path."

"We should be aware that Atris' statement has some merit of truth. Though I highly disagree with it" Vrook said

"No, although it may come n time. We let her go because we must. Where she travels, she carries her destination with her" Kavar said

"Malachor V should have been her grave you saw it her walk, and in the force. It was as if she was already dead" Atris said

"No, not death. Many battles remain for that one, if what we have seen is true, But the future is a shifting thing, and she cuts like a blade through it" Eli said

"We should have told her the truth. A Jedi deserves to know" Vash said

"No good would have come from it, even if what you believe was true. There is still the matter of Revan, and such truths could leave us vulnerable on two fronts."

"Perhaps in many years, we will call her before us and explain what happened to her and how she may be healed. Until then she must accept her journey." Kavar said

"But she may never discover the truth and why we cast her out" Vash said

"None can truly predict the future. If something were to happen to us, she may never discover the truth. I fear we may have caused more problems than we know." Tiberius said, closing his eyes

"Then that is the future we must accept" Vrook said. With that the council members left the room; Except for Tiberius, as he was deep in thoughts over recent events.

He spoke to himself in the empty room. "It appears that Ashla has lied to me. No matter what I did, the future is still playing out as it did for me. I don't have all my memories, but I know that events cannot play out the same. If so, then the cycle will repeat itself. A few changes here and there but the foundation remains the same. My student becomes the Exile. I didn't see it coming until it was to late. Being a Jedi again was fun, but this just reaffirms my beliefs as to being a servant of the light. It's time for the future to have a drastic change." He left the chamber thinking of his next course of action.