Chapter 1

Bring on the night

Night had brought Coruscant to life. It always did. Always the light would leave. Always the dark would crawl to take its place. Always would it be chased by lights from the planet. And always would the planet look more beautiful at night.

The Jedi Temple stood as it always did, piercing the sky with its topmost tower, and the life inside the temple went on as it always did.

One thing, though it was now a regular thing, had changed.

For one Jedi the night was not a beautiful thing. It brought on the dark, and the dark was to be dreaded. It wasn't always feared, but change is inevitable.

So while some worked and some slept. While some trained and some meditated, this Jedi curled in a corner of her room, staring into the dark, ashamed of her fear, yet too afraid to face it.

As it had been for nigh on a month.

As it is, this particular night is no different.

Tremors run through her, breath irregular.

She stares into the dark.

And she knows something is staring back.