I found Reimi in the dining room snacking on one of the planet's many delicacies. I'm in shock on how she talked somebody into making it for her. When she saw me, Reimi waved me over to the table. How did you talk somebody into making that for you? I asked unable to keep the look of shock off my face. I asked nicely. That and they offered to make it for me. Reimi said.

"Then I might as well have a bite." I said taking a seat across from Reimi.

When do we leave? Fidel asked.

We'll get to that in a little bit. Reimi said.

Mitra and I are in the gardens. Fidel said.

Be there in a bit. I said.

Just as I finish responding to Fidel I felt a whisper in the Force. Coming from an area of space I haven't been in over a decade. The whispers were barely audible, but they were very clear. Finish your war. We will be waiting.

I have no idea what they meant by they will be waiting, but the war couldn't be more obvious. Darth Cauis, but I have no intention of tangling with that man, albeit, one day I will have to. Reimi and I finish eating, but there was a servant waiting to clear the table. I raise an eyebrow at Reimi, and then we leave heading up to the gardens.

"I can't leave the palace. I'm the next in line to take over as ruler of Onderon." Mitra said when we stepped into the gardens.

"Nice to see you too, princess." Reimi said.

"The king already gave his blessing." I said.

Both Mitra and Fidel looked at me in shock. They had expect many outcomes, but that wasn't one of them.

"Princess Mitra."

We all turned to see a servant standing in the entrance. "Yes." Mitra said.

"Your father, the king, has asked to see you. He is in the library." the servant said.

Mitra got up and left with the servant to go see her father. Neither Reimi nor I missed that Fidel and Mitra had been cuddling. "It seems that you two had gotten comfortable with each other." Fidel said.

"Speak for yourself. I shocked the king let you get that close." Reimi said.

"I proved myself capable, so the king put me in charge of keeping watch over Mitra." Fidel said.

"Just be ready for the inevitable." I said.

Fidel didn't answer, he just nodded his head. "So what's the plan?" Reimi asked.

"After we restock, the four of us are heading into the Unknown Region of Space." I said.

"Why there?" Fidel asked.

"Who's going to look for us there?" Reimi asked.

"The Jedi have fallen, and only a matter of time before Darth Cauis finds them. I don't plan to be around when that happens." I said.

"Actually in the old texts there were only Force users. Those who were out of balance were sent away to find themselves, and to find balance. This whole Sith and Jedi factions was never intend to run on as long as it did." Reimi said.

"What?" Fidel asked.

"You didn't know that?" I asked.

"That doesn't make any sense." Fidel said.

"True. There are powers that are twist the user and deteriorate their body, but that doesn't the power evil, or bad. It just depends on the user." I said.

"I won't use choke, lightning, or powers of the sorts!" Fidel said flatly.

"And we won't make you." Reimi said.

The three of us grow silent as Fidel digest this new piece of information. Mitra was entering the library as her father said. "By now Ashono has already said that you are going to be leaving." he said.

"And why would you give your blessing to such a ludicrous plan?" she asked.

"Two reason. First: the sith are coming and I won't let them use you as leverage to get me to cooperate with their demands." he said.

"They'll kill you if I leave." she said.

"They'll kill me if you stay, and possibly you. Not only that, you staying might draw Fidel back, and we can't have that." he said.

"So what if Fidel gets drawn back?" she asked.

"Do you think me blind? I know that you're in love with Fidel, and he is in love with you. Why do you think I left him, and only him, to be your bodyguard?" he asked.

"What's the second thing?" she asked changing the subject.

"Years ago it was decided that if the heir to the throne was a girl, that the monarchy would be dissolved, and we would become a republic." he said.

"Just like that, the family line has been done away with?" Mitra asked.

"Mitra! Our analyst have projected that the sith fleet will be here within the week. They won't spare anyone, the royal line will be wiped out! Not only that, my time has come." the king said.

"Wait? What!" Mitra said.

"I'm dying, Mitra. I was diagnosed three months ago with a terminal disease that will kill me before the year is out." the king said.

"So, what am I supposed to do? Run away?" Mitra asked on the verge of tears.

"My wish for was to live a life that was unburden by the shackles that made me a slave." the king said.

Mitra didn't say anything. She bowed to her father, and exited the library. She made preparations for our departure by days end. Mitra had only walked two hallways away before she had ran into the three of us. "What's the plan?" Reimi asked.

"We leave by days end." Mitra said.

"Just like that?" Fidel asked.

"I don't have a choice, and I want to be gone before the sith fleet arrive." Mitra said.

I can sense that the Mitra was hiding something else, and then I realized why the king didn't hesitate to send Mitra away so readily. He's dying. I think. "Let's make it quick." I said

The four of set about to get the supplies necessary for the journey, and refuel our ship. By night fall, all our preparations had been made and then ship had been refueled. We ate one last meal, and then head out. As we were exiting, the king and a detachment of guards had walk us out to the landing pad. Mitra said good bye to her father, followed by Fidel, Reimi, and I said the final good bye.

"Remember your promise." the king said, handing me a piece of paper.

"I shall." I said, and then boarded the ship. I head to the cockpit, and got the ship moving. I took us off world, and then entered the coordinates on the paper. It took a few minutes before the hyper drive computed the coordinates. I looked at the coordinates that were given to me, and checked them against the space map. We were going into the Unknown Regions, but the planet was much deeper than any planet that I know of, or that has been explored. I entered two false trails in case the sith are able to pick up our trail, and then the ship jumps out of the system.

B.b.B.

Chimera-

The Chimera was in orbit around the planet Coruscant, as the rest of the fleet was prepping to make the jump to light speed. On the bridge, Cortana was walking up behind Cauis.

"Do you have a lead on Ashono and his friends?" he asked.

"They went to Onderon, but they will no doubt be gone by the time we get there." she said.

"That's okay, I want to visit Onderon anyways. I want an audience with the king, anyways." he said.

"Lord Cauis." Fayt said approaching his master.

"Fayt, what the status on the fleet?" Cauis asked.

"The fleet has finished preparations to jump to hyperspace. Also my lord, a message was received from man named Oryx." Fayt said holding out the message for Cauis. Fayt watched as both Cortana and Cauis flinch ever so slightly. Cauis took the message from Fayt and dismissed him. Fayt was about to leave the bridge, when Cauis stopped him. "Fayt. I need you to run an errand for me."

"When do I leave?" Fayt asked, the hunger to prove his worth to his master was radiating off of him.

"You leave after we make the jump to hyperspace." Cortana said.

"Yes, my master." Fayt said.

B.b.B.

Beyond the known universe-

In another universe, there was a group of ships overseeing the routine maintenance of the installation. The station had been finished years ago, and was adding Darth Cauis in his takeover of the galaxy, but the man who was running the show, Oryx was growing tired of Cauis progress. Behind Oryx, a video screen went active, and on the screen was Darth Cauis.

"Yes, my lord." Cauis said.

"What is taking so long?" Oryx asked.

"The Jedi have fallen, and we are moving to eliminate the remnants of the council." Cauis said.

"How is your new servant working out?" Oryx asked.

"Fayt shows promise. Then again, all the people who join us always show promise, at first." Cauis said.

"What is the word on the boy Ashono Katarn?" Oryx asked.

"Ashono and his friend went Onderon. From there we have no idea where he will go." Cauis said.

"And the matter involving Korriban?" Oryx asked.

"I sent Fayt. As a test of his loyalty, and his mettle." Cauis said.

"Good, good. That's a good test for the boy. You are dismissed." Oryx said.

The video screen shutdown, and Oryx continued watching the crew finish the repairs to the station.

B.b.B.

Planet Zero deep in the Unknown Regions-

Our ship was dropping out of hyper space at a planet that the King dubbed Planet Zero. I had made a stop prior to jumping to this planet. I know a few people on the planet Tatooine that change the transponder code on our ship. Now that our trail has been cover, that is until the sith finds that junker on Tatooine, we made our last jump. I take a look at Planet Zero, something about it seems familiar, but I take us planet side so we can stretch our legs. As we were entering the atmosphere Reimi, Fidel and Mitra were entering the cockpit.

"What's this place?" Fidel asked.

"Planet Zero." Mitra said.

"And you know this because?" Reimi asked.

"My father brought me here when I was a young girl. Something about this planet feels alive. I can feel it in my body." Mitra said.

"Why did your father send you away?" Reimi asked.

"The sith fleet was supposed to be there in a matter of days. Not only that my father is dying, and he didn't want me to live as a royal slave." Mitra said.

I was about to say something else, but I stop before I spoke. I turned and looked at Mitra, staring at her for a moment.

"What?" Mitra asked.

"What is it?" Reimi asked.

Fidel knew that look in my eyes. "There's more that you aren't telling us." Fidel said.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." Mitra said.

"That may be true, but how about this." I said, and then lift some random object in front of Mitra. Mitra stared at me in shocked surprise, wondering how I figured it out. "Your father sent you away for another reason, too." I said.

"How did you know?" Mitra asked.

"Lucky guess, now you know what I'm asking. Do what you can." I said.

I didn't see Mitra attempt to pull the object out of my hand using the Force. I felt a strong pull of the Force coming from the planet. Fidel was blown away that his girlfriend was force sensitive, but that was side-lined momentarily. All of us could feel the dark side of the Force emanating from the planet, but I don't sense anything besides the local fauna that might try to eat us.

"The dark side of the Force is strong here, oppressive." Mitra said.

"I think there was a lot of hatred that had been expressed here in the past, so the strength of those emotions is emanating through planet, giving a foothold to the dark side." Fidel said.

"Very good, Fidel." I said, as I fly our ship planet side.

"I can understand why your father sent you away with us, but why wouldn't your parents send you to the academy?" Reimi said.

"I was being trained privately. My parents didn't want me associating with the Jedi." Mitra said.

"Even though your force sensitive?" Fidel asked curiously.

"Being force sensitive, and being a jedi are two different things. Not to mention I think we already discussed this." I said keeping an eye on the console.

"You already discussed what?" Mitra asked.

"However many years ago, there were only Force users; the factions Jedi or Sith didn't exist." Fidel said.

"What about the powers that of that are dark in nature?" Mitra asked.

"True, but it all depends on the intent of the user." Fidel said, although I can hear the skepticism in his voice.

When we broke through the planet's atmosphere, I can see a giant bog, but towards the southern end of the plant there is a huge jungle surrounded by a big moat. You think we should touch down in the forest? Reimi asked. Possibly. I think.

Sorry I hid my Force sensitivity from you. Mitra said to Fidel through the Force. I'm not upset at all. I'm actually excited that you're able to wield the Force, even if it ever so slightly. Fidel said.

"I think the forest would be our better option because we could also be killed if we get into a fight in the bog." Fidel said.

"There's a mountain in the forested area. See if there's a cave." Mitra said.

"I like the way you think, Mitra." I said.

I circle the mountain to find a place to park our ship.

B.b.B.

Korriban-

Fayt landed on Korriban at the old Imperial outpost that hasn't been in use for a few centuries, or longer. Fayt exited his ship, and made his way to the old Sith academy. Fayt was becoming scared of the overwhelming power of the dark side of the Force that is emanating from the academy. As Fayt was approaching the main entrance, the doors began to open of their own accord. Fayt was really starting to regret his decision, but it was too late. The Force had manifested itself in a way that it was able to grab Fayt around the throat, and pulled him into the academy, shutting the doors.