1 week later...
"Do you know why we have called you here?" said Master Vrook.
Vrook was one of the older Jedi council members. He was a human male had balding dark grey hair and wore the customary brown robes of the Jedi.
Kyle Surik was stood in the Council chambers on Coruscant, aware that he had been put on trial by the Jedi Council for joining the Mandalorian Wars and had discovered what he had done at Malachor.
He had only just touched down on Dantooine when Jedi Master Vrook met him outside his shuttle.
"Well well, I guess you finally saw the error of your ways Kyle Surik, although it is too late for forgiveness" said Master Vrook amusingly.
"Master Vrook, I have some very bad news, Revan and Malak have fallen to the dark side, it's turned them into monsters" replied Kyle.
"Turned them into monsters, what about yourself, we all know about Malachor, we all felt it, though you felt it more than us hence your present condition" replied Master Vrook looking down at the ground for that last part.
"I am not proud of what happened at Malachor Master, and I have paid the price by losing my connection to the force, but that is not why I am here, Revan and Malak have taken the Republic fleet into the Unknown regions, Revan despises the Republic and all the Jedi who refused to help the Republic during the Mandalorian Wars, how long till he comes back here and starts his war with the Jedi" replied Kyle desperately.
"Enough, you will come with me to Coruscant to attend trial for your actions, from there on we will decide what must be done" said Master Vrook.
"Very well Master, if that is what must be done, lead the way" replied Kyle resignedly as he followed Vrook towards another Jedi shuttle.
"I came because I chose too, not because you summoned me, I could have easily walked away from you on Dantooine Master Vrook" replied Kyle.
He looked around at the other Jedi Council members in the room; Master Kavar a tall human male with short brown hair who had fought in the earlier battles of the Mandalorian Wars, Master Zez-Kai-Ell a shorter human male with messy brown hair and a brown moustache, Master Lonna Vash a medium height human female with long greying brown hair, Master Zhar a male pink skinned Twilek, and surprisingly Master Atris who had not changed much since their last meeting three and a half years ago.
All of them including Atris were giving him cold blank stares as though they could feel that he no longer had a connection to the force. He locked eyes with Atris to try and get some sort of response out of her but this was no use as her expression did not change one bit.
"Why did you defy us, the Jedi are guardians of peace not war" said Zez-Kai-Ell sternly.
"Is Revan your master now, or has the horror you wrought at Malachor caused you to see the truth in our words" said Atris whose voice sounded a lot colder than he remembered.
"Joining the war is not something I regret and never will, we did what was necessary to save the Republic the Jedi swore to protect, we fought to save the Republic while you sat in your temple meditating, you ignored the pleas for help as innocent people died all around you" said Kyle angrily.
The council members looked at him in shock.
"My only regret what I did at Malachor, it is the only mistake I made and will always regret it, and as for Revan being my master, if he was my master then I would be a servant of the dark side just like him and Malak, which as you can see I am not" continued Kyle with a tone of regret in his voice when talking about Malachor.
"You refuse to hear us, and now you have shut us out, and you have shut out the force though we do not know why" replied Zez-Kai-Ell shaking his head in frustration.
"Though we are aware that Revan has fallen to the dark side, myself and master Zhar felt him and Malak fall, that is not why we have called you here today, you leave us with only one choice" said Kavar dejectedly.
"You are exiled, and you are Jedi no longer" said Master Vash.
"There is one last thing, your lightsaber, surrender it to us" said Master Vrook coldly.
All the anger in Kyle Surik had been building up at this point. Here were the same people who had reacted so coldly towards helping the Republic in the Mandalorian Wars, the same people who ignored what he had said about Revan and Malak. With all the rage he had inside of him for the Jedi council he angrily ignited his blue lightsaber and stabbed it into the centre stone in the middle of the room earning looks of shock from Atris, Kavar and Lonna Vash.
He then turned and slowly walked out of the council chambers not looking back once.
He walked away from the doors of the council chambers in anger. Not noticing where he was going he bumped into a girl with brown hair braided on the top her head causing her to fall to the ground. She was around 16 years of age and was dressed in a tan and brown body suit instead of the traditional Jedi robes. There was a double bladed lightsaber hanging at her side.
Taking another look at her Kyle recognised her immediately.
"Padawan Shan, it has been a long time, forgive me for walking into you, my mind was elsewhere" said Kyle apologetically as he offered his hand to her.
"Master Surik, what are you doing here?" replied Bastilla taking his hand allowing him to pull her up off of the ground.
"Exiled, just been sentenced, they would not listen to what I had to say either" said Kyle angrily.
"So its true then, Revan and Malak fell to the dark side, as did the others who followed them" said Bastilla sadly.
Kyle looked at her with a look of sadness on his face.
"Yes its true, I'm sorry Bastilla, I know how much Revan meant to you" said Kyle sadly.
"Why did it happen, he was such a good person?" replied Bastilla who had tears in her eyes.
"War changes people Bastilla, it changed them and it changed me as well, not for the better especially in my case" said Kyle mournfully.
Bastilla looked at him shocked.
"Revan will be back Bas, he may have gone dark but the old him is still in there somewhere, I cannot save him for I am nothing but an empty shell, but you can, he cares deeply for you just like you care for him, whether he remembers it or not, no matter what anyone tells you, you can save him from the darkness, remember that" said Kyle hugging her.
She slowly hugged him back before he released her.
"Goodbye Bastilla, we will meet again one day, not for many years though, may the force be with you" said Kyle walking away.
2 hours later...
Kyle Surik was wandering the halls of the Jedi Temple wondering why he was still here 2 hours after his trial. As he was about to head in the direction towards the exit when he caught sight of her. She was stood looking out of the corridor window at the city around her. He knew he had to speak to her before he left for exile. He slowly walked up to her before finally speaking when he was close to her.
"Atris"
She turned and looked at him with the same cold stare she gave him in the council chambers.
"A member of the Jedi Council now, I guess I was right when I said you would be a great Jedi" said Kyle looking into her eyes.
"Why are you still here exile, what do you want with me?" replied Atris though one could see she had slight tears in her eyes.
"Ouch, although in do understand why you feel this way towards me, would you at least give me the dignity of calling me by my actual name Atris for the sake of what we once shared" replied Kyle sounding hurt.
"Okay then Kyle, what do you want, I have nothing more to say to you" said Atris looking away from him.
"Did you really think I was going to leave without saying goodbye my love, you have me all wrong if you think that" replied Kyle smiling.
"My love, how can you even call me that after leaving me on Dantooine, and you've changed Kyle, after what you did at Malachor, and you talk about Revan falling to the dark side, what about you have you fallen to the dark side after what you did?" replied Atris sounding angry.
"If you believe that I am controlled by the dark side, then why don't you just kill me, it seems that I've lost everything that mattered in my life" replied Kyle resignedly.
"Because Jedi don't kill helpless opponents Kyle, just leave me alone, and leave this temple and never come back" replied Atris with a hint of sadness and regret in her voice.
Kyle walked straight up to her and took hold of one of her hands causing her to look at him before speaking.
"If this is going to be goodbye, then at least take this to remember all of the good times we shared as you don't want anything to do with me now" said Kyle as he placed a clear lightsaber crystal in her hand along with his personal datapad.
"This is a Solari crystal I found it on Onderon 2 months ago, as for this datapad you know it has many memories of our time together as well as my personal thoughts during the Mandalorian Wars, you'll find better use for these than I will, goodbye Atris and may the force be with you" said Kyle as he kissed her forehead one last time before walking away from her.
Atris just kept looking at the objects he had placed in her hand. Part of her wanted to throw them back at him but the calmer side of her caused her to place them in the pockets of her white Jedi Historian robes. She began to walk away in the opposite direction towards her room.
She had been staring at the datapad for what felt like hours before she finally found the strength to turn it on.
"Day 1140, we are preparing for the assault on Serraco, one of the Mandalorian's strategic and most defended bases, we are close to coming home, only Dxun remains after this, I know the council has banished all of us who went to the war but I don't care, I'm coming back for you, no matter what the circumstances are, I'll be back soon my love".
She watched the holo-recording in shock before she re-winded back to some of the previous entries, she found another another entry dated a few months before he left for the wars.
They were sitting on the bed in his room on Dantooine, both of them were smiling before she started to speak.
"You know Kyle, I couldn't be happier with my life right now" said Atris happily.
"And why is that my love?" replied Kyle smiling.
"Well I'm officially a Jedi Master and Historian, my new padawan is showing a lot of potential to be a great Jedi, and more importantly I'm here with you, I couldn't ask to be anywhere else, or be with anyone else" replied Atris turning to look at him and placing her hands around his neck.
"What if one day I were to make you even happier, by lets say marrying you" said Kyle turning serious.
"You serious Kyle, you do know we are Jedi right" smirked Atris.
"Atris Surik, imagine being called that for the rest of your life darling, and what if I say I am serious Mrs Surik" replied Kyle teasing her on the last part.
"Maybe one day that'll happen Surik, you just keep dreaming and see what happens, the future is not set" said Atris who started to laugh slightly.
"Well I'll keep that in mind for one day Atris" replied Kyle as he started to laugh before capturing Atris's lips in his.
Atris turned of the datapad remembering all of the good memories she had with Kyle. She felt tears fall down her cheeks from remembering all of the good times they shared before he left. It was then that she made a vow to herself.
"I have a lot of great memories with you Kyle, but that's all in the past, now I am going to put it behind me and concentrate on becoming the best Jedi I can be, you are part of my past now Kyle, I have moved on" thought Atris as she stood up to put the datapad in the draw next to her bed she saw the Solari crystal lying there next to where the datapad was.
"I guess I could make the most of this" said Atris as she put the crystal back in the pocket of her robes.