After nearly a day traveling through hyperspace Jaesa felt the immense shift in the force as she looked out the window to the sith home world. Even from this distance she could feel the power, the despair and the fear that was the dark side.
"Jaesa prepare yourself. We're heading to Kass city to report to my master about your successful turn to the dark side."
"Yes, master I'm ready."
Once the ship entered orbit, they all disembarked and took a shuttle through the forests. As they flew Jaesa could feel the legions of dark predators that littered the jungle.
As they reached the city and Jaesa saw the endless storms she was taken back. On tython she'd always felt tranquil and at ease, but this place radiated an ominous feeling of dread. A feeling that she was started to like.
Her master turned to Vette and Quinn. "You two gather what supplies we need."
"Of course, my lord we we'll return once we have everything prepared."
"Very well and Vette do try to stay out of trouble."
As they ventured off toward the marketplace her master took her to the sith sanctum. Along the way they passed numerous sith as well as troopers. It was once such trooper that made her stop as she overheard his conversation with his friend.
"Damn sith always bossing as lowly foot soldiers around. Just last week one ordered a friend of mine to hold up his rival at the spaceport."
"And what happened?"
"What else the sith killed him." His helmeted head turned to Jaesa as she passed. "But at least their women are nice to look at."
Her fists clenched as her mind recalled all the times, she'd heard something like that before and had to hold her tongue. Her master sensing her anger stopped in front of her.
"What is it Jaesa?"
"Nothing master just words nothing more."
But her master looked back toward the trooper and pulled him over by the force.
"I see it's time for your first lesson Jaesa. In the Empire and especially on Dromand Kass the sith have absolute power over those beneath them. Including the power and right to execute them any time we choose."
She dropped him in front of her. "Now use your power as you should and ride yourself of this annoyance."
Realizing what was happening he quickly turned to his friend hoping he'd help but he nearly straightened up and saluted. "The order has been giving I'll fill out the paperwork."
Jaesa felt her emotions riling up within her but unlike with her master she didn't feel a sense of betrayal or indecision. No, this time she felt excitement and in one swing of her hand sent him flying over the edge of the platform and hurdling into the massive abyss.
In her excitement she turned to the other solider and pushing him off the edge as well.
Her master walked over to the edge gazing over before turning to her. "Now I understood the first but why did you kill the second one?"
"I sensed his anger at my actions and as you said I have the right to kill those beneath me."
She smiled. "Now you're sounding like a true sith." Then she looked down at Jaesa. "But now we need to look on you looks. Your robes are those of a Jedi not a sith." She took her deeper into the massive building and to a sith armory where she handed her a series of outfits. In the past Jaesa had never been one for clothing for as a servant her outfit had always been simple. As a Jedi her robes had also been simple but as she searched thought he outfits she felt her desires burning high. These would be hers to do with as she pleased.
After a few minutes she walked out of the room and showed her master her new appearance. Gone where her simple robes. Instead she wore a dark purple tunic with a black hood attached.
"Excellent now let us go meet my master." She tossed her former robes to a droid telling it to burn them as they left.
Her masters master Darth Barris was nearly everything her former master Nomen Karr had described him to be. She felt his presence before they could even open the door, like a cold and empty void.
He spoke in a calm yet calculated tone praising her master on a job well done before turning to Jaesa.
"And so, the padawan stands before me. Tell me child how does it feel to cast off the foolish notions of the Jedi and embrace the true nature of the force."
"It feels wonderful my lord. Like my eyes have truly been opened."
"Excellent, now my faithful apprentice I have an important mission for you. Like me many powerful sith have readied their power and resources for the time when this foolish peace comes to an end."
"And I take it that times is now?"
"Yes, I'm sending you to deal with a republic advisors. With his death the war will begin. Now go while I make the necessary preparations."
As they left she felt her master feelings of excitement and bloodlust. "Finally the sith empire well be set back on the warpath. But before we do we have one finally thing to take care off."
She led her down a hallway and into a massive armory. Droids moved about carrying comportments and various lightsabers to the sith. "This is were new sith come to construct their first saber."
She pulled her saber to her before focusing with the force on it. Seconds later it began to vibrate before shattering to pieces leaving only her crystal.
"To a Jedi their lightsaber is nothing more then a tool to protect and serve the people." She levitated her own saber igniting it. She'd briefly seen it during their duel but now she got a good look at it. It was black with a leather wrapped curved handle and featured a small slightly jagged claw on the emitter.
"We sith on the other hand especially those who constantly use them for battle understand that these are weapons and should be built as such. Earlier you learned your first lesson in power, now you must construct you new weapon to better suit it."
"Yes master."
Similarly to the jedi temple the droids showed her various designs as well as provided the comportments. Hours passed as she poured over the countless designs stored in their memory banks taking bits and pieces before gathering what she needed and forging a new saber staff.
As the heat of the forge died down, she pulled her new weapon free and took it in. Like her masters hers was now a dark black and sinister looking weapon. Usually saber staffs were two single ones fused at the handle, but she'd wanted something solid and sturdy. Dark black and sliver metal covered the base leading to a spiked emitter on either side.
As the heat died down, she gently inserted the crystal into her new weapon before grabbing and igniting it. As a Jedi her crystal had been a bright yellow but during her construction she'd at her master's instruction threw the crystal into the forge with her saber before pouring the force into it. Now as the blade sprang forth, she saw it was no longer yellow but dark and unstable reddish orange. She'd seen unstable blades in her search and knew she would want one in her staff. She twirled the blade in hands before jumping over to a training droid and cleaving it in two with a single slash.
Her master came into the room just as the droid fell to pieces. "So how is your knew weapon?"
"It's ready for battle master."
"Then show me!"
She rushed forward igniting her sabers. Jaesa was slightly tired from forging her weapon but she was also excited at getting to battle her master again. Unlike last time Jaesa's rage had been unfocused and her Jedi training had held her back. And while she was still no match for her master, she at least was able to hold her own and dodge her strikes and get in a few blows of her own. When it was done, she fell to her knees her hands clutching her saber still ready to strike if needed.
Her master laughed and lifted her to her feet. "Good your anger is strengthening your connection to the dark side. Prepare yourself Jaesa for the next time you use your blade it will taste the blade of the republics finest."
"Yes, my master."