Present

That was all those years ago when Odium was a child now he was nearing adulthood.

He still had to deal with the fact that he had most of his body covered in rope and he was on Kasshyyk, which was rather dangerous when it wanted to be.

He struggled for a while and eventually found that trying to get out physically was hopeless. He closed his eyes and started focusing on the rope. When his eyes opened the rope was looser and he was able to open them easily.

Now he had to find Palpatine.

I know he has business to attend to on Coruscant, so I'll go there first.

He began walking through the forests of Kasshyyk; it was a fine place for him as it was like his home planet, Iridonia. It was like Iridonia because you had to be tough to survive; on Iridonia if you murder someone then you won't be punished because if you're weak enough to be killed then you deserve to die.

Odium walked for hours and saw no signs of life, he heard them and sensed them but didn't see them.

His thoughts wondered back a few years again.

Five years ago

Palpatine was giving Odium a chance to prove his skills with a lightsaber, they were on Tatooine, and Odium was fighting several sand people, despite the fact that he was barely a teenager he proved that he was far too much for the raiders to handle and he quickly dispatched them.

"Very good my apprentice!" Palpatine had a growing interest in Odium's obvious skills with a duel sided lightsaber, and Odium realised it as well.

"Thank you master. But might I ask you a question?"

"Yes, I don't see why not?"

"I would rather keep this lightsaber instead of switching to a single side when the time comes, would this be possible?"

"Why would you want to do this?"

"I was meditating recently and I foresaw its requirement, and if I am to do your bidding on my own, a weapon like this would give great defensive capabilities compared a single sided one."

"Well if you believe you require it, then yes you better keep it. Now these Tusken Raiders provide no entertainment to you do they?"

"No master, I want to fight a Jedi!"

"In time, but first I want you to kill a Krayt Dragon."

"A Krayt Dragon, master?!"

"Yes, unless you don't think you could?" Palpatine's voice was mocking Odium.

"No I'll do it."

"Good." They wandered around the sand dunes for a few minutes before Palpatine spotted a cave.

"In that cave lives a small Krayt Dragon, only about your age, kill it!"

"Yes." Odium ran down to the cave with all the impatience of a child his age.

When he approached the cave he found that although the Dragon was his age, it was far larger than him.

He threw off his cloak and spun his lightsaber around as the beast charged at him, it went to ram him to the floor but he jumped to the side and slashed its mouth in the process, it left out a mighty roar and span around. Odium just missed the tail, he felt that he had it on the run and ran after it, jumping on its back.

It threw him off with ease stomped on him, his chest was really sore afterwards so he ran and got some distance, he charged at him again but this time he jumped onto his back and when it passed over he slashed like mad. He hurt the creature significantly and it turned to run and this time the tail slapped Odium aside.

Odium couldn't help but leave out a few tears, the creature saw that he was wounded and charged him again, this time to eat him. As it approached Odium attempted to use force lighting just like Palpatine's. But instead of a blue lighting a red force fire shot from his hands, the creature couldn't stop in time and a lot of the force fire went down the beast's throat. It roared before collapsing and dying.

Palpatine approached his very injured apprentice.

"That was pathetic young Sith!"

"But master I killed it!"

"So? Could you have done it without being injured? Your weak Odium, I'm very disappointed. I thought you had a gift, I now see I was wrong. Come my ship is waiting."

Odium ran his fingers over his chest; it would take them weeks to heal properly, maybe months.

"I must prove my devotion, or my ability. I'll impress him before the week is out."

And then he had an amazing idea, he went to a Sith devotee who could do tattoo's and had his body covered in Sith markings, not an inch of his body was left looking like it use to.

He covered up in his cloaks and approached his master.

"Master, I have something to show you that I'm sure will impress you!"

"Really, go on then but make it quick, I'm very busy." Odium removed his cloaks and showed Palpatine the tattoo's. Palpatine walked over to Odium patted him on the head then walked back a bit before shocking him with force lightning. Odium left out a moan as the lightning shocked him and he fell to the floor.

"Why master, why did you do that?"

"You fool! A sign of Sith devotion indeed! But tell me how do you intend on moving around when you are in public? Well, I'm waiting!"

"I…I…I didn't think."

"Of course you didn't think! Well I guess you'll either be at my side or you won't be out anymore."

"Master please!"

"Please? Please is asking for something, you must take what you want!"

Present

So long ago, now he was strong, he was something that impressed his master, and soon his training would be done and Palpatine would give him assignments and he would choose his new name, what would it be.

Darth…what could I choose, something beginning with Z, no R, no no M. Yes M, Darth M…Darth Ma…Darth Malice! Yes that's excellent.