Disclaimer: I do not claim or own any characters or anything else affiliated with Star Wars, Lucas Arts, etc. If something is similar to anyone else's story, it is coincidental as this was all thought out in my own head. My apologies to anyone who thinks otherwise.

This is my view of Revan and Malak before and during Revan's reign as Dark Lord, mostly in Revan's point of view. Reviews highly appreciated. Enjoy!

Note: Dreams, visions and thoughts are italicized.

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Ny'berri Estate on Deralia 6 months later

"An Unexpected Delivery"

I was in the middle of a very pleasant dream when a sudden sharp pain shook me from my sleep.

I bolted straight up in the bed. Another twinge of pain seared through my body, only it was localized in my abdomen. Clutching on to my oversized belly, I cried out in agony.

"Malak!" I managed to call out. There was no response. I looked over to the right and saw him nestled under the silk sheets, oblivious to the world. How he was sleeping through all the noise I was making was beyond me.

"Malak, wake up!" I screamed at him, this time smacking him upside his shiny bald head.

"Oww! That was uncalled for. You could have…." he trailed off as he saw me writhing in pain.

"Wh..what's wrong, Rev?" his tone full of concern.

"I dunno..something..not right…with the…baby." I replied, trying my hardest to catch my breath.

"What should I do?" he asked me, clearly dumbfounded.

"Go get mom and dad…a doctor…somebody." as soon as those words escaped my lips, my body seized in pain. I cried out again. Hopefully, all my screaming will get someone's attention in this house.

"Ok..I'll be back…just hold..on..ok?" He gave my hand a squeeze before bounding out the door.

Fifteen seconds must have went by before I completely blacked out.

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I found myself in a strange place again. But as I looked around, I immediately recognized it.

The place that had haunted my sleep for so long, I had returned to it. I had revisited this place in my sleep about 4 more times since I had first had the vision, each time was after I found a star map. Now that all the maps had been found, there was no telling what would happen now.

My senses alerted me to a presence in the room, a presence that has been 'guiding' me for the past six months.

I turned around, not at all surprised as to what I saw. My doppleganger was standing a few feet in front of me, dressed in my robes as usual, but without the hood and mask. She was eyeing me up and down, looking me over with great interest.

"What do you want now?" My irritation was apparent.

"The time has come." She replied, ignoring my surliness.

"Time for what? Are you gonna tell me or should I guess?" I wasn't really in the mood for the runaround today.

Ignoring that last comment she clarified her answer,"It is time for you to finish what you have started. You found all the star maps in the time allotted. Now it's time to move to the next stage. The Star Forge. You must find it at once. Everything depends on it."

"What is the Star Forge? You keep saying that it is important and all, but you never said what it was or what it does?" I asked her.

"It is a space station that contains immense power and is the ultimate key to the final stage."

"But what does it do?" I asked her again.

"It will help you create the army you need to rule the galaxy. It does have other uses but that is the main one." she replied. Obviously she wasn't going to say anything else on that subject.

"What do I have to do this time?" I was really getting peeved with all this running around.

"You will travel to the Star Forge. Maybe not directly, but you will get there. It is located in the hind end of space, past the Outer Rim. Many have stumbled across it by accident and have not lived to return and tell the tale. You shall be the first. You have two months."

"Two months? Are you kidding me? In case you haven't noticed I'm eight months pregnant! I am not about to go gallivanting into uncharted territory to find some..some space station that probably doesn't exist while I'm still carrying my son. It's not happening. I won't do it. Not now, not ever!" I bellowed at her.

"Oh yes, the child. How could I forget? Well that can be fixed without any problem." A menacing look was on her face. Her hands rose up and started to form some kind of red energy ball. Whatever she had in mind, it couldn't be pleasant.

"What are you going to do?", my voice dripping with suspicion.

"Something I should have done a long time ago. I'm fixing our mistake." her eyes trained on my stomach.

Mistake? I thought about it for a few moments until it dawned on me. The baby. She wants to get rid of the baby."Nooooo!" I cried out."I can't let you do this! I won't let you do this!" My arms covering my stomach to protect the innocent life inside.

"Oh but I can, and I will. Sacrifices are required to achieve power. You'll get over it. He was a big disappointment any. Always trying to help people too weak or pathetic to do anything themselves. Now that he won't exist, it will be even better than before." she told me without batting an eye.

"You'd kill an innocent child? Your child? You cold heartless bitch!" my anger was about to boil over.

"Mind games won't work on me, missy. Malak once told me I didn't have a heart anymore, so I guess your right. But it's better this way. Less drama in the end." The ball of energy in her hands had grown to the size of a softball and was getting bigger with each passing second.

"Enough talk! It's time to end this now!" She threw the red energy ball at my stomach.

I tried to counteract it with the force, pushing against it with all my might. It slowed but it was still coming towards me. I strained even further to try to at least stop it. The ball began to slow down even further. I closed my eyes and put every ounce of energy I had into stopping it.

A few moments went by when I opened my eyes again. To my surprise, the ball was suspended in mid air, motionless.

The doppleganger had a look of surprise on her face as well. She muttered something under her breath and then a smirk appeared on her face.

I looked up in time to see a bolt of lightning shoot from the palm of her hand. The jolt hit me so hard, I lost my concentration. The energy ball zoomed through the air and pierced through my stomach. A searing pain ran throughout my body. I screamed so loudly, the doppleganger was taken aback. My body seized in contortions I didn't even know were possible. Moments later, my legs gave out and I collapsed on the floor, lying there in a crumpled heap.

I could hear footsteps approaching me, but I made no effort to move, as my body was still writhing in pain. The footsteps came to a stop about a foot away from where I lay on the ground. A gloved hand touched my face with a gentleness that could soothe a crying baby. Her face grew closer to mine. I could barely make out her features, as my eyesight was disoriented.

"Aww, did that hurt? That looked that hurt. You poor thing." her voice was coated with sarcasm.

I'm going to kill you, I wanted to say but all I could manage was "I….gon…ki..you". My lips couldn't move to utter anything more audible.

"Your going to kill me? Hahaha! In case you haven't noticed, you're a whole lot closer to death than I am" she laughed in my face.

"Anyways, now that the major distraction is out of the way, we can get back down to business. So you…at the Star Forge…in two months. Got it?" she continued." You'll be happy to know that this is the last time that I'm visiting you. Everything seems to be in order now so you don't need me anymore."

"Why am I leaving now? Because I can only do this so many times and you are well on your down the path that is destined for you. Oh you would have gotten there eventually, but what I did today will just push you along a little further." she said casually.

"I'll let you in on a secret. The dark side is dangerous, or so they say, because it sneaks up on you when you least expect it. You could be well down the road before you even realize your on it. My gift to you."

I was still on the ground shaking profusely from the trauma that racked my body. My muscles locked up in protest of the lightning that slithered through my veins.

She knelt over me, closed her eyes and waved a hand over my stomach. "Ahh…I detect no signs of life from your abdomen. Mission accomplished."

As she said those words, I wanted to die. I couldn't and wouldn't believe what she was saying unless I found out for myself. I closed my eyes and reached out with the force, scanning my body for any trace of that tiny little life.

Nothing. Not even a faint whisper. I cried out, or at least I tried to. It sounded more like a moan than anything. Tears began to fall, clouding up what little eyesight I had left.

"Hmm..that really did hurt didn't it?" she said with a tiny hint emotion."You'll be fine, I'm sure. Now sleeeeppp." she waved her hand over my eyes.

My eyelids felt like they weighed a ton a piece. Once again, everything grew dark and I drifted away.

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I came to, arms and legs flailing, yelling every profanity in every language that I knew.

"Revan! Revan honey, calm down!" a voice called out.

A couple of pair of strong hands pinned down my arms and legs. Someone placed a wet cloth on my forehead to cool me down.

I stopped flailing and looked around the room. Holding the wet cloth to my forehead, my mother was standing beside me with worry written all across her face. My father was holding down my arms and Malak had my legs. There was a man bent over a table that was off to the side, very busy with something. Everybody had the same worried look as my mother.

"What happened? How long have I been out?" I asked in a tired voice.

"You were unconscious when Malak brought us to you. You've been out for at least twenty minutes." my mother replied.

"From what he told us, it sounds as if you were going into labor." the man by the table chimed in.

"Dr. Lasko? Is that you?" I asked. Dr. Evance Lasko was the best doctor on Deralia. He had delivered most of the children here on Deralia, including me and my brother. My parents were so grateful to Dr. Lasko that they used his first name for my brother's middle name.

"Yes it is, Revan. Don't worry, I'm gonna take good care of you and your baby." he said with assurance.

"Do you feel anything now?" As soon as he finished that sentence, I wrenched my hands free and clasped them over my stomach while howling in pain.

"Well, I guess that answers my question." he said with a laugh.

"Now Revan, I examined you and it is safe to say your going into premature labor. I gave you a drug that should have stopped the contractions but it looks like it's not working. You being a Jedi and all, I'm not surprised. Let me just check on the little guy in there again and we'll go from there." Dr. Lasko examined my stomach for a few minutes. I tried to read the expression on his face, but I couldn't perceive anything.

His expressionless face changed to a frown. "Oh no, I don't like this at all." he muttered to himself.

"What is it?" my mother asked.

"The baby. He's got a heartbeat, but it is very very faint."he continued. "If I had the right equipment with me, I could get it back to normal, but there is no time to get her to the hospital. The only way to have a chance to save him is to deliver him now."

"But isn't it too early?" my dad finally spoke up.

"Yeah, he will be early. About a month to be exact. But if I do recall, Revan was premature by 3 weeks herself." He smiled as he remembered my birth. "He's been in there long enough to be able to survive coming out a little early."

"Aida, help me get her ready to deliver. Mateo, you might want to wait outside. You never could stand the sight of blood. And Malak, you get the honor of having a broken hand, so go stand by her and make her as comfortable as possible." Dr. Lasko gave out the orders and everyone obeyed.

My mother scurried about, getting everything that was needed ready. My dad kissed me on my forehead and went out into the hall, looking relieved that he didn't have to stay. Malak was looking a little envious of my father and was a little skittish about holding my hand. He probably would have bolted for the door if someone told him to.

I was trying my best to not insult him, since he got me into this mess in the first place. But mostly, I was thinking about the vision I had just experienced, in between contractions. Was my baby still alive? Was it all in my head? Here I was having contractions and was about to give birth. I could even feel the tiny little person moving around, right now. Dr. Lasko even said that he could detect a heartbeat, faintly, but it was there. Maybe my little boy was not lost to me after all. I could only hope and see.

"Yeoww!" I yelled as another contraction ripped through my body. My breathing became very labored, so I closed my eyes to try and regain control.

"It's time to get the little guy out now." Dr. Lasko told me as he propped my legs onto a stack of books covered with a sheet.

"Everytime I say push, take a deep breathe and bear down as hard as you can, ok?" He instructed me.

I nodded as I took in all the air my lungs could hold.

"PUSH!" I pushed as hard as I could.

After the third push I began to lose my strength.

"Rev honey, now stay with us, ok?" my mother's soft voice called out to me.

"Come on Rev, now push." Malak chimed in.

"I'm trying, I'm trying. This isn't exactly the most pleasant thing I've ever felt you know." I yelled at him while squeezing the life out of his hand.

"One last push…there…there….got him!" Dr. Lasko said with a smile.

"You did good." Malak whispered in my ear and kissed my hand.

I slumped down into the bed, every muscle in my body was screaming. "Is he ok? Is he alright?" I asked in weak voice.

Where there should have been loud crying, there was a long uncomfortable silence.

"Is he ok?" I repeated the question with a little more enthusiasm.

I lifted my head to get a better view. Everybody was crowded around the table. Dr. Lasko, who had been working frantically on the little boy on the table, had stopped and said something in a hushed voice to Malak and my mother.

My mother turned around to look at me. The expression on her face is one that I will never forget for as long as I live. She came over to my side and took my hand and looked me in the eyes as she told me the news that would break my heart. "Revan…honey..your baby…he…he's gone. His little spirit just flew away."

"No..no..no! But I just felt him! No!" I cried out, my shrieks echoing throughout the room. My mother scooped me up in her arms like I was 5 years old again and rocked me as I cried into her robes.

My father, who had been outside the whole time, came in the room. He looked very confused as he saw my mother soothing me. Dr. Lasko whispered the news into my father's ear. Then he went to where Malak was standing and they exchanged words. I had never seen Malak cry until then.

I cried uncontrollably for ten minutes straight. My body had been through so much trauma, emotionally and physically, so I stopped fighting the darkness at the corner of my eyes and just gave in. The waves of unconsciousness swept me away.