A/N 1: I do not own Harry Potter nor do I own Star Wars.

A/N 2: I appreciate all the reviews and they are very motivating.

A/N 3: Thanks to Ankalagon for the name suggestion.

A/N 4: Lastly, I apologize for the short chapter. It is the transition to setup the final parts of the story. The next chapter will return to the normal length.

Spells or Force Powers

------- Perspective change

Chapter 18: Transitions in Real time

October 24th, 2007

Decimator, High Earth Orbit

The short, lithe woman stood up gracefully from the detention cell floor. She was dressed in all black, with form fitting pants over calf-high leather boots and military style tunic. Her light blonde hair was cut short and was pulled back from her face. A slight smile graced her aristocratic features as she greeted her former leader. "I would think that after all this time you would call me by my name. If you try hard you would probably remember it."

Revan reached over the control panel on the side of the detention cell and deactivated the security field with the press of a button. An easy smile on his face at her comment, he said "Kalia, it's been a long time. Last I heard you were exiled by the Jedi Council."

The smile fell from her face and she left the cell. "I was, I was wandering through the outer rim when I picked up your coded signal."

Revan dismissed Halcyon and led Kalia away to his quarters. "So you decided you would come and look me up or are you working for that traitor Malak?"

"Many would describe you the same way, attacking the Republic after the Mandalorian War. No, I have had no contact with anyone since I was exiled."

Revan turned his head and looked at her. He was disturbed by her presence, or lack thereof in the force. It was like there was a hole, an empty space where she was. "What happened to you? The last I saw of you was during the battle of Malachor V."

Kalia was silent as she followed Revan. Finally she spoke when they reached his quarters. Her voice was filled with anguish he had never heard from her before. "There were so many voices screaming through the force that day. I thought I was going to go mad and I did the only thing I could."

"You cut yourself off the force didn't you?" Horror filling his voice.

"Yes. Recently though, I have started having flashes of you and Malak. At first I thought they were memories I had suppressed but I saw you standing on this planet with Malak at your side."

"That is not a surprise really. I expect we will be facing off against each other again whether it is here or somewhere else. So how do you fit into this, unless there is more that you aren't telling me?"

Revan motioned for her to sit in one of the available chairs in his quarters. After doing so, "After I put myself before the Jedi Council, I never thought I would return to your side. I probably wouldn't have if these flashes hadn't started."

"How is that even possible if you cut yourself off from the force?"

"I don't know. Nothing else has returned, I just get these flashes and occasionally sense things through the force like I used to. I had already decided to come here when I felt the ripples in the force from whatever it was you did, that just made me more certain that I was where I needed to be." Whatever Revan had done, she knew that he was no longer a devotee of the dark side. Oh, she didn't think he was an angel but he radiated a sense of balance now that she had never felt before from him or any other Jedi.

"Where you needed to be? While I admit, I would welcome you by my side once again; you still haven't explained why you're here." Though he was happy to see Kalia once again, he was too tired to play games.

A soft chuckle rose from her lips, it was so easy to get under Revan's skin sometimes. Usually he was the consummate leader but when he was tired, as he clearly was, he lost all his patience. "It didn't seem like you and Malak were enemies but the reason I am here is because I saw myself there as well and there were others, but I didn't recognize them. In the sky there were fighters of a design I have never seen before but it was evident they were designed to inspire fear."

"Right." Revan had enough experience with force visions to know that the truth of what she saw but he wasn't sure what to do with the knowledge. The only way he would see Malak again was on the other side of a battle. "Unfortunately, I may know where those fighters come from. Still, are you willing to once again join me? I could use someone with your experience and …" Smiling he finished "It is always nice to have another practice dummy for sparring."

"Practice dummy? If I remember right, you were the one on the ground at my feet last time we practiced. Yes, I would like to resume my position and another chance to put you in your place."

Revan stood and closed the distance between them, clasping her forearm he said "It's good to have you back friend. It's been too long. For now, get some rest and then I want you to work with Commander Halcyon to coordinate our defenses. We are expecting a force from Malak to arrive in the system soon. And, by the sounds of it, we need to plan for an attack from the Sith Empire as well."

Kalia paled. "The Sith Empire, you found them?"

Revan just nodded, the look on his face giving her all the information she needed.

"What is the composition of the incoming fleet?" Kalia asked professionally, preferring to switch away from a touchy area.

Revan pressed a small black button on the wall near his bed. Immediately, a voice rang out through the communicator. "Bridge here."

"This is Lord Revan; please have Commander Halcyon come to my quarters."

"Immediately my lord." The channel closed with a click.

"I will let Halcyon give you the details. My time has been spent planet side. There are a pair of Sith on the planet that have been stirring up trouble."

Kalia was confused. "Why would the Sith bother with this planet, based on the minimal scans I performed being detained, there is nothing of value there?"

"True, they are primitive but there is a secret community of thousands of force sensitives on the planet. They have come up with some way of artificially channeling the force but strangely it is only the dark side."

"But if that were the case, I would think they would have destroyed themselves with that many dark force users."

"The wands that they use to channel the force somehow insulate them from the more negative aspects of using the dark side." Revan was interrupted from further explanations by a soft chime letting them know someone was outside.

"Come in." Revan ordered.

The door slid open with a hiss and Commander Halcyon entered the room. "My lord, how can I be of service?"

Elsewhere in the Galaxy

"Commander Halcyon, General Kalia has once again joined with me in battle. I would like you to coordinate the fleet defense for the upcoming battle with her while I return to the planet." Revan said.

Kreia opened her eyes, the vision from the far away planet fading. A cold smile was her only expression as she sat cross-legged on the floor of her quarters. The pieces were all moving into position. There was only one left to maneuver.

Rising from the floor, she signaled the captain of her small ship using the wall communicator. "Captain, do you have any news to report?"

"We have just received word from your agent, the message has been delivered."

"Excellent, proceed to the prearranged coordinates Captain."

"Yes Ma'am." The captain replied respectfully.

Kreia sank back down and prepared to meditate in preparation for her meeting with Darth Malak. Once he was on Earth, everything would be in place.

Potter Manor, Godric's Hollow UK

James moved into the den after seeing Bastila to the suite her and Revan used. Throwing a handful of floo powder into the fireplace, he stuck his head in and called for Sirius.

"Sirius, Sirius wake up!" James called loudly.

After a few minutes, Sirius staggered over to the fireplace. It was clear that he had been asleep by his messy hair and half-closed eyes. "James what do want? It is late."

"I need you to come to Potter Manor; we need to talk about Revan." James said, his tone conveying the importance of the discussion.

Sirius blinked at James as the words slowly made their way through his consciousness. "Is he ok? He wasn't injured again was he?"

"No he is fine, but there was an attack tonight and we need to discuss the ramifications."

"Ok, I will be there. Just give 10 minutes." Sirius didn't wait for James to reply; he just turned and went back to his bedroom to get dressed.

While Sirius was getting ready, James made a similar call to Martin. As the Head Unspeakable, he needed to be involved in this. Once that was done, he went to get Lily.

Fifteen minutes later, James, Lily, Martin and Sirius were sitting in the den. After putting up a privacy ward, James sat down again.

Sirius asked the first question. "James, what was so important that we had to talk about it in the middle of the night?"

James sighed and rubbed tiredly at his eyes. It had been a long night already. "As you know, Voldemort's forces attacked Hogsmeade tonight. What you probably don't know is that after the initial moments of battle, it became obvious that it was an attempt to kill Revan specifically."

Martin who had read the reports knew James' concerns and asked "What makes you say that and why Bastila isn't here?"

James glared at Martin. The man knew precisely why Bastila wasn't present. "First, the attack was aimed at Revan because the Sith Apprentice was clearly waiting for him. He didn't even show himself until Revan arrived. To answer your second question, Bastila is not here because she is too close to Revan and is only helping us because of him."

Lily said "You make it sound like we aren't on the same side. What happened tonight? All you said earlier was that Revan killed that man."

"I don't know if you felt it, but Revan did something tonight sent out a shockwave blasting everyone from their feet. At the same time, I had a vision filled with future possibilities and hope but I couldn't help but feel some trepidation as well." James finished quietly.

"He did that? I was in my flat and I felt that. It was exactly the same; it was a sense of limitless possibilities opening up to me in the future. It gave me more hope that we could win the war than almost anything else since his return."

Lily and Martin nodded in agreement. Martin raised the question "So why were nervous or leery? You have always been very supportive of Revan in the past?"

"I love Revan. His return has filled a hole in my soul that has been with me since his disappearance. It isn't just the power he displayed, it was almost scary the amount of power he can wield. He makes Dumbledore look like a first year. It wasn't even the fact that he had to torture the man to try and get some answers. From everything I have learned from him and Bastila and the history I have been given access to, the man would have been immune to Veritaserum or anything similar. The thing that scared me was the fact that he was so calm about it and the battle with the Order of the Phoenix afterward." James paused to take a sip of whiskey before continuing.

"There was no pleasure he took in the act or in his response to the Order. Revan simply did what he felt was necessary to reach his goal and he has no remorse for it either."

Lily gnawed her bottom lip with concern "Isn't that what you need when you fight a war?"

"Yes it is. The problem is that for Revan this is just a small skirmish in a much bigger conflict. He has told me about the enemy he is fighting, and I am afraid of what he is willing to do or sacrifice in order to defeat them."

"So what would you have us do? We can't condemn him for something he might do." Sirius argued.

"No and I am not condemning him either. We need to watch him; there is more to his past than we know. I don't know if I could ever raise my hand against him but I will not let him lose sight of us as family and individuals. My greatest fear right now is that at some point he may view us or even this entire world as an acceptable loss in his war."

Lily straightened in her chair. Determination radiating from her being. "Well, I won't let that happen. I did not get him back only to lose him again. We will make him see that we are not pieces on a board to be moved or sacrificed at will."

Malak's flagship, Elsewhere in the Galaxy

Malak stared into the depths of space from the viewport of his ship. The body of the assassin still lying on the floor at his feet, broken and bloody. The message found on his body had been simple enough. Whoever sent the assassin promised information on Revan, information necessary to bring about his downfall. He would have to go alone though.

A trap this obvious would not be Revan's style. It was clearly the work of another player. Still, he couldn't afford to let this opportunity pass, every day that went by saw more of his forces questioning his power. As long as Revan continued to exist, he would be threat to his standing. It was critical that he remove him, whatever his former friend had done recently had sent shockwaves throughout the force and signaled him as a power to be feared once again to every Jedi and Sith.

Nodding his head, his decision was made. Malak would head to the planet provided by the assassin. He would even go alone, secure in the fact that he was strong enough to defeat any opponent. After all, even Revan had fallen to his plots. A fleet would wait for him though; outside the system and ready to come to his aid should he need it.

Malak looked scornfully at the body before sweeping past him to issue his orders to the fleet and prepare for his departure. If whoever this contact was did not provide the promised information, Malak would see to it that they regretted the day they were born for the rest of eternity.

Somewhere in the UK

Kael sat brooding in the darkened room. No sounds could be heard other than the soft whirring of his communication terminals. There was a message to be sent. With the death of his apprentice, it was unlikely that he would be able to defeat the Jedi and secure this world on his own.

Finally, swallowing his disgust at the necessity of his request, he sat in front of the communication system and sent off an encrypted message. It was three simple words that would forever change the course of this wretched planet. "Send the Massassi."

Soon the Jedi would know why the Sith Empire had existed for thousands of years. This planet would be a minor obstacle on their path to conquering the Republic and any others foolish enough to stand against them.

His task done, Kael went to the practice room and began preparing for his fight against the Jedi. His apprentice would be avenged.