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Yes, this is the chapter that everyone has been waiting for, if you know what I'm saying. Thanks for reviewing:

Jedi Master Raynor: Thank you so much! Here is your chapter.

Guest: Basically, Rhea's story is that she is from Mandalore. Jedi don't come from Mandalore too often and they have a bad history together. Her parents were killed by Jango Fett when she was 8 and then was brought into the Order. That's why she is scared of clones; they all have the face of her parents' murderer. And yes, older kids do need special exceptions. She is exceptionally strong in the Force.

And of course, CloneWarsNerd and GlaciesTheNerd101...

Disclaimer: Star Wars belongs to Lucasfilm and *sigh* Disney. A lot of the dialogue in this chapter is directly from the movies RoTS. Rhea and plot belong to me!

(published 4.29.18)

Chapter Seven: Room Where It Happens

19 BBY

Rhea was now meeting with the Chancellor an unhealthy amount of times. This particular meeting, however, would be either catastrophic or matchmaking. Precisely this day was the day that liberty ended and a massacre took place.

"It is upsetting to me that the Council doesn't seem to fully appreciate your talents," Palpatine lamented. "Don't you wonder why they didn't accept my recommendation?"

"The Council said that it was because I was still an apprentice," Rhea said, not truly believing herself.

"They don't trust you, Rhea," The Supreme Chancellor explained, again putting on his kindly visage. "Can't you see it? They see your future. They know your power will be too strong to control. You must move past the Jedi as best you can. Let me help you to know the subtleties of the Force."

She narrowed her eyes. "What do you know of the Force?"

"My mentor taught me everything about the Force… even the nature of the Dark Side."

The young Jedi stopped in her tracks. "You know of the Dark Side?"

"Rhea Isa, you are a fine young woman with a future that is not the Jedi Order," he said, becoming even more suspicious by the second, but his voice was so sweet and caring that anyone could fall for it. "You know that they do not trust you. I can show you true power if you can trust me." He gave a kind smile, like the one he had used to convince many Senators and Jedi that he was a kindly old man.

Rhea ignited her lightsaber with a gasp. "You're the Sith Lord!"

"My dear!" Palpatine mocked surprise. "Do not continue to be a pawn in this political game! I can show you true power…" he repeated.

"I'm turning you over to the Jedi Council," Rhea's voice nervously cracked. "I - I have to!"

"But what if I am correct?" he deadpanned. "What if the Jedi really are planning to overthrow the Republic?"

"Then I will find out the truth." With that, Rhea walked out the door and contacted Master Windu.

"Master Windu. I take it General Grievous has been destroyed, then. I must say, you're here sooner than expected."

"In the name of the Galactic Senate, you are under arrest, Chancellor," announced Windu, flanked by Masters Saesee Tiin, Kit Fisto, and Agen Kolar. They ignited their lightsabers.

"Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?" Palpatine asked pleasantly.

Without answering, the Jedi Councilor said, "The Senate will decide your fate."

"I am the Senate!" Palpatine screeched. Windu gestured for all of his comrades to move forward. He revealed a hilt - a lightsaber blade.

"Not yet."

"It's treason, then." He lunged towards the Jedi, slashing so that Windu could hardly focus. Before he knew it, his fellow Jedi were down.

Their lightsabers clashed, and they were fighting down a hallway, all the way to the conference room.

Mace grunted as he was pushed against a wall, but he quickly recovered and blocked the Chancellor's hit. As he swung the sword, the window crashed open, revealing twenty stories to the Coruscant ground.

In the confusion, Sidious's saber was knocked away.

"You are under arrest, my Lord!" Windu yelled.

"Rhea!" Palpatine yelled, referring to the young Jedi who had run into the room. "I told you it would come to this. I was right. The Jedi are taking over!"

"You old fool," Windu said. "The oppression of the Sith will never return. Your plot to regain control of the Republic is over. You have lost."

"No! No! You will die!" Palpatine yelled. Suddenly, lightning burst out of his fingers, but Windu deflected it with his saber, pushing the Sith Lord against the windowsill, next to the empty wall of shattered glass, the city roaring beneath them.

"He is a traitor, Rhea!"

"He's the traitor," Mace scoffed. "Stop him!"

"Come to your senses, girl," Palpatine said persuasively. "The Jedi are in revolt. They will betray you, just as they betrayed me."

Mace groaned in pain as the will to stop the lightning grew stronger. Palpatine again pursued Rhea - "I am your pathway to power. I can assist you in your place in the Republic. I can guarantee that you can trust a new government."

"Don't listen to him, Padawan!" Windu made out.

Suddenly, the face of the Chancellor began to twist and distort. The eyes turned yellow and his face formed excessive wrinkles.

The Sith Lord had fully awakened. "Help me… I am dying…"

Mace WIndu growled, "I will end this once and for all, Sith!"

"Master, no! He must stand trial!" Rhea protested.

"He has too much power over the Senate and courts. He is too dangerous to be kept alive."

Meanwhile, Palpatine was mock-suffering. "Please, no. I am too weak for this. Don't kill me, Master Jedi."

"It is not the Jedi way..." Rhea said, raising a hand. Master Windu was ready to strike. "He must live… for me…"

The leader of the Jedi Council was ready to make the final blow when Rhea yelled, "NO!" Launching herself forward, she couldn't prevent herself from igniting her blue lightsaber and slicing off Windu's hand, his purple blade falling.

Down twenty stories.

The Jedi Master looked in bewilderment at the Padawan as the true lord of the Sith blasted Mace Windu out the empty void.

"Ultimate power!" Darth Sidious cackled.

Rhea looked down at her hands. "What have I done?" she groaned.

"You are fulfilling your destiny, my dear," Palpatine said. "Become my apprentice. Learn to use the Dark Side of the Force."

She dropped to her knees, shaking. "I will do whatever you ask."

"Good, good," Sidious cackled.

"I pledge myself to your teaching. To the ways of the Sith," she said, her voice cracking.

"You are strong with the Force. You will become a powerful Sith," the Master praised. "Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth… Timora."

"Thank you, my master," she said darkly.

"Rise, Timora." He moved over to his desk. "When the Jedi discover what has transpired here, they will kill us."

"Yes," the new Sith thought. "The Jedi's first move will be against the Senate."

Palpatine nodded. "Do you understand that every Jedi, including your friend Ahsoka Tano, is an enemy of the Republic?"

"I understand, Master."

"We must move quickly," Sidious explained. "The Jedi are relentless. I want you to go to the Jedi Temple; show no mercy. We will catch them off balance."

"But Master, what about the other Jedi scattered across the galaxy?" Timora inquired.

Sidious smiled, the creepiest that you could get. "Oh, I have other means for them. You must go to Mustafar. Viceroy Gunray and other Separatist leaders will be waiting for you there. When they are defeated, there will finally be peace."

The newly instated Darth Timora walked out of the Chancellor's office, ready to strike down any Jedi who crossed her path.

Rhea, why'd you do it?!

Anyway, that was the chapter and I hope you enjoyed. It was sad writing it but it's DEFINITELY NOT THE SADDEST CHAPTER OF THIS STORY I'VE WRITTEN. Did anyone catch that I named this chapter after a Hamilton song?!

Also, anyone who can find the correct translation for Timora will get 4 blue cookies (Percy Jackson anyone?) (::)(::)(::)(::)

Keep reading and review, please. May the Force be with you and God bless!

-HH