I am only going to say this once. I do not own Star Wars.

Happy New Year! And to celebrate I am giving you a brand new story.

Now on with the story.

Chapter 1: Arrival

The shuttle entered the dry atmosphere of the Sith homeworld Korriban. Inside the shuttle a young acolyte sat, contemplating what would await him on this planet. This was Arkunov a promising young Sith who had been brought to Korriban, for reasons that were unknown to him. He would soon set down the path of a Sith Warrior. He certainly had the build for it. Arkunov was a tall well muscled human, with short black hair that was spiked at the front.

The acolyte felt the shuttle land and stood to leave. Two soldiers, one male and one female, also rose ready to escort him to the academy.

Once the ramp had descended Arkunov stepped off the shuttle and squinted as his eyes adjusted to the harsh sunlight. After walking a few paces, he turned to the soldiers behind him and dismissed them with a wave of his hand, they bowed and left. Arkunov then continued inside the hangar and was greeted by a dark skinned middle aged human male.

"At last you've arrived. Good there is much that needs doing" he said. "I am Overseer Tremel and I will be administering your trials, like I have for many decades to ensure that only the very strongest join the ranks of the sith." Arkunov took this in hoping this meant Tremel knew what he was doing.

"You need not worry Overseer, I shall not disappoint you" Arkunov replied coolly.

Tremel nodded. "Good, you are here and ahead of schedule because of me. I expect you to obey." Arkunov nodded but thought that he would only obey the overseer as long as he could get him to become Sith, then after that he would be nothing to the

Tremel continued "You face your trials and you serve me. In return I shall make you the most powerful acolyte here."

"You had better make sure of that overseer."

Ignoring this Tremel continued "The trials themselves are challenging enough. But they are not the greatest threat that you will face. There is an acolyte here called Vemrin, he is your rival and he will try to kill you. You must be prepared"

Arkunov replied "If he tries i shall destroy him."

"With my guidance someday you shall crush all of your enemy's. To help you exchange the lesser weapon you arrived with, for something far superior. In the tomb of Ajunta Pall there is an ancient armory, where a strong sith warblade awaits you. Once you have retrieved it return to my chambers in the academy building" Tremel said.

Arkunov nodded and turned to leave, however before he could the overseer called out to him, "watch out for the Klor Slugs, they have been the end of many an acolyte." As the acolyte left the hangar he called back to Tremel "If they lack the instinct to avoid me, I shall feed them their heads!"

Arkunov left the hangar building and looked down at the valley of the dark lords in front of him. Only one of the tombs was visible at the moment and that was the one he needed to enter, Ajunta Pall's tomb. As he looked down he saw many insect like creatures with sharp appendages roaming around the valley, these must be the Klor slugs that overseer Tremel had mentioned. As soon as Arkunov stepped down into the valley he was charged by four of the creatures, before they got close though the young acolyte used the force to leap forwards and struck down the leading slug with a strike from the practice blade that had been attached to his back. Turing his attention to the next slug Arkunov used the force to produce a powerful Force Scream that stunned the the creature for a moment, Arkunov proceeded to finish the slug off by impaling the slug on the blade of his weapon so deep that his forearm was covered in the beasts blood.

He turned too the last two slugs that had been behind the others that had already been dispatched. He charged at the first of them bringing his sword down in a sweeping ark across the creatures abdomen. Distracted in the the thrill of the kill Arkunov hadn't noticed the other slug, as it planted its sharp teeth into his left arm. Arkunov bellowed in pain and yanked his arm out.

Rage engulfed the young acolyte and he released this as a force scream, so powerful that it stripped chunks of flesh from the the body of the creature. Once the creature was dealt with Arkunov turned his attention to the huge doorway of the tomb. Breathing heavily Arkunov made his way into the tomb.