Disclaimer: This story starts with the Exile, Caleb Veers, leaving Dantooine to find Kreia. It is a romance between the Exile and the Handmaiden. This is my first fan fiction be nice. This author is supported by the Star Wars Unlimited Fan Club; All characters, places, and so on except for the things I have made up like some character names, and the Exile's name which was randomly generated, belong to George Lucas, in other words I do not own Star Wars.

DANTOOINE

They said he was the death of the force, an echo of sorts, as who he thought were esteemed Jedi Masters attempted to cut him off from the force.

He submitted to them, Caleb Veers, the Exile, a former Jedi General in the Mandalorian Wars, submitted to his inevitable fate. He wanted to cause no more pain, no more suffering, no more death.

Then she came, the one he trusted, his mentor and teacher. Kreia. He blacked out and woke up some time latter, surrounded by the dead bodies of Masters Vrook, Kavar, and Zez-Kai Ell, their lives drained.

He ran back to the Ebon Hawk to find Atton injured in the cockpit.

"That Sith Witch took her!" said Atton. "Calm down Atton, who took who?" said Caleb, fear in his voice, for deep inside he knew who the former Scoundrel turned Jedi was talking about.

"Kreia, she attacked me, after she ran on board saying you were dead. The Handmaiden, she thought Kreia killed you, and thinking she was taking a Sith to judgment is on her way to Telos to find Atris."

Caleb's normally suntanned face paled in color, "We have to save the Handmaiden!" Then realizing that Atton was having trouble standing said, "Are you going to be OK?"

"Yeah, I'll be OK. I just need to get this ship in the air." With that, he took the controls and set course for the hidden academy on Telos.

INSIDE THE ACADEMY ON TELOS

"You have returned to us, exiled sister." Stated a Handmaiden sister.

"I have, and with me a bring a Sith Lord; she must be brought to Atris for judgment." Said the Handmaiden.

"She will be dealt with, as will you. You have betrayed us sister. You were always the weakest of us. Now you have abandoned your oath to become a Jedi, just like your whore of a mother! Draw your weapon, Sister no longer, let us see what you can do!" Spat the servant of Atris.

"I will not fight you, Sister." "You are not our Sister any longer!" Cried one of the Sisters as the all drew their weapons and began to attack the former Handmaiden.

One by one, they were struck down, leaving the formerly last of them relatively unharmed. Unharmed, except for the pain in her heart as she unwillingly battled and killed her half sisters.

She sat in silence as Atris entered the chamber. "Atris, is she a Sith? What will happen next?" asked the former Handmaiden. "She is no longer a threat to the Jedi. Now just to find the Exile, Veers, he still must pay for his crimes, it is obvious to me that he is behind all of this." said Atris.

"NO! He follows the path of a Jedi! The light, Master Atris!" said the fearful Handmaiden. "A Jedi like you?" stated Atris spitefully, "You betrayed me for him, don't think this is not known to me! It is clear to me that you follow a new master now. You follow the Exile Caleb Veers into darkness!"

Atris ignited her crimson light saber. "Atris, what,"

"Silence fool!" she interrupted the Handmaiden, "Draw your light saber, show me your hatred!"

"I don't want to hurt you Atris, you leave me no choice." said Handmaiden drawling her cyan double bladed light saber, the same light saber that Caleb helped her make, with a crystal that matched her eyes and his own double bladed saber.

Handmaiden force jumped into the air and attacked Atris from behind only to meet Atris' own saber.

Atris grazed Handmaiden's stomach with her crimson blade, and as the Handmaiden stumbled back, gave her a blast of force lightning. The Handmaiden screamed in pain as the deadly bolts struck her dead on.

As she crumpled to the floor, Atris shocked her again, and again, and again. "Tell me, did he train you? Did he turn you into the force bearing wench your mother was?"

The Handmaiden only moaned in pain, trying to control her anger and ignore the immense pain. "Did you look upon him with love?" she snarled.

"Yes." was the Handmaiden's pained and simple reply.

"And I looked back!" said Caleb as he stood in the doorway light saber drawn, "Caleb." said the Handmaiden as she collapsed into unconsciousness.

To be continued… please review they make me happy