Rise of the Sith

by Vidicus

After the attack on Godric's Hollow in 1981, Harry Potter is cast aside by his family in favor of his younger brother. After discovering the truth about his ancestor, he leaves the Wizarding World to fulfill his destiny. He must now learn the Ways of the Sith, rebuild a dead and forgotten Empire, and also get his revenge.

3. Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Star Wars. They belong to J.K. Rowling and Disney respectively.

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"Over 3500 years ago, I had a vision of a child that had the potential to be more powerful than any other being in the galaxy. I set out to find this child and my efforts led me to here. To this primitive, backwater planet on the edge of the galaxy. What I found was many societies, unorganized and divided amongst the world. Yet, the child I saw in my vision was nowhere to be found. The Force was telling me to stay on this planet though. And, before you ask, the Force is what you call Magic. Magic is just one of many names for it. Now, I knew this child I saw was, or rather would be, from this planet. I did not know when they would be born. It could have been a few weeks or even a few years after I arrived, but it ended up being thousands of years. I needed to do something to pass the time. There were already small concentrations of Force-users scattered around the world. One of the larger groups was located in the area which is now known as Britain. I went to them and they saw the power I held. They saw me as a god and for nearly a thousand years I ruled over that community of Force-users. In that time, the child I sought still had not been born. At this point I knew it would be many years before that child was born so I decided to leave the planet, catch up on the state of the galaxy at the time and search for powerful artifacts, namely, the five Holocrons in that box you recovered from the vault. I couldn't just leave without leaving someone to rule in my stead. My children took the name I had been using since arriving on this planet, Peverell. They founded the Peverell Family, which while not the first force-using family, it was the first 'modern' magical family. They would rule over the magical population for another 500 years or so, until the first magical government was formed. Over the years I continued coming and going from this world but I stayed hidden from the population. Soon, they forgot about me and the family I had formed. The Wizarding World as it is now called, continued to develop into what it is today."

Harrison, as he had now decided to go by, sat and listened patiently as the figure, now identified as Peverell, told his story.

"I am the child you saw." It wasn't a question.

"Yes."

"You said you came hear over 3500 years ago. So, are you dead, because not even wizards can live for that long?"

"No, I am not dead. Far from it actually. I have achieved what many of my kind strived to achieve but very few ever did. Immortality."

"Your kind? What do you mean by that?"

"The Sith. The Sith are an ancient order of Force-users that use the Dark Side of the Force. They have been around for thousands of years before even myself. Unfortunately, the True Sith have died out, replaced by the Order of Sith Lords. They consist of only two Sith at a time. A Master and an Apprentice." Peverell explained. "So far, the system has worked for them, but if both the Master and the Apprentice were to die, the entire Order would be gone."

"One final question, for now, at least. You said it was time for my training to begin. What training?"

Peverell explained about the Sith Empire that he used to rule. How Harrison was destined to rebuild it like he had foreseen. To do that, he needed to train in the Ways of the Sith and become a Sith Lord himself.

"Why?" Harrison asked. "I don't even know what this 'Force' is. You could just be a ghost making it all up."

A blast a lightning erupted from the finger tips of the figure, striking Harrison in the chest. He fell to the ground screaming in pain. The lighting stayed on him for a moment before the attack ceased.

The figure glared down at Harrison. "Insolent child. I have waited over 3,000 years to find a worthy apprentice and you will not mess it up. I am Vitiate, the Sith Emperor. You will respect my power and the power of the Force. I am your Master now."

"Yes, my Master." Harrison said from a kneeling position on the floor. He was still recovering from the lightning.

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Vitiate had told his new apprentice that they had to go off world for his training. Harrison was a bit confused at first on how they were going to do that. After all, the only space travel he could think of was what the Muggles had created, and they could only reach the moon. That was until his Master had explained about the ship he had used to get to Earth. He had hidden it on an island in a remote part of the Atlantic Ocean. Vitiate had told him that to get to the island he would have to learn how to Apparate. Apparation was teleporting from one place to another. It was one of the only things created by wizards that the Sith Lord had found to be useful. He had modified the ability somewhat into what he called Sith Apparation. The process was practically the same. You had to have a clear picture in your mind of where you wanted to go. Using the power of the Dark Side, a person could silently teleport anywhere on the planet. It was also a lot more comfortable than the wizarding variant. Vitiate spent a few hours teaching Harrison how to do it and giving him time to practice. Once his master deemed him ready, Harrison was shown an image of the island in his mind from his Master. Harrison gathered up everything he had with him. Taking a deep breath and concentrating on his power, he disappeared in a puff of black mist, leaving the room he had been staying in empty.

The island was pretty large. It was covered in trees and in the distance, was a large, inactive, volcanic mountain. Harrison arrived on a beach. It took him a minute to catch his breath. Apparating thousands of miles was tiring, especially for someone so young and it being their first time. Once he was ready, Harrison began making his way to the mountain where a hangar was located. It took a while, hiking through the forest and up the slopes of the mountain. He finally made it to the large opening of the hangar and could see the ship.

His Master appeared beside him. "This whole island is protected by a shield generator which protects it from being seen or detected by the inhabitants of this planet. That is why it hasn't been found by anyone yet." Vitiate explained. "The ship is an X-70B Phantom-class ship. It was used by Imperial Intelligence during the reign of the Sith Empire but nobody today would recognize it. Now, make your way to the side where the boarding ramp is."

Harrison followed the instructions of his Master. It was closed, and Vitiate told him the code required to gain access. His Master led him through the ship, showing him the different rooms. The inside of the ship was very luxurious. It included a conference room, medical bay, crew quarters, captain's quarters, cargo hold, cockpit, and a main hold. They arrived at the cargo hold where there were seven metal, humanoid figures standing. "Two of these droids are pilot droids. They will fly the ship until you learn to do so yourself. Next, is a protocol droid. It will instruct you on Galactic Basic, the primary language used throughout the Galaxy. It can also translate other languages. Finally, there are four assassin droids. They can be used to take out enemies without getting your hands dirty or simply guard the ship from unwanted visitors." Vitiate waved his hand and activated the two pilot droids. "They can't see or hear me. Tell them to set a course for Korriban."

Harrison did as he was told. Following the droids to the cockpit, the Sith Apprentice sat in the captain's chair while the droids took their seats in the pilot's chairs. He watched as they pressed buttons and flips switches and levers. The ship lifted off the ground a flew out of the hangar into the atmosphere. They activated the cloaking device to hide from the Muggles.

Harrison watched in awe as the ship let the atmosphere and settled into orbit. The view of the planet from up here was breathtaking and possibly the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. The ship adjusted its position and one droid pulled the lever to enter hyperspace. The stars formed into white streaks on the window and they entered the blue tunnel that was hyperspace.

Vitiate said to his apprentice "We have about a day before we reach Korriban. Come with me."

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One Month Later

Albus Dumbledore was having a bad day. No, he was having a bad month. Just one month ago, Harry Potter disappeared from his home. So far, he had no leads as to his whereabouts. He had tried every tracking spell he could think of and all of them came up with nothing. He wasn't hiding under wards either because several of the spells he tried were able to find people hidden by wards. It was like Harry wasn't even on the planet.

Albus thought back to the night it all began. The night Voldemort attacked the Potters. He honestly expected the Dark Lord to kill the entire family. He was surprised when not only did all four Potters survive, but Voldemort had been defeated as well. Then he discovered the Horcrux in young Harry.

Albus had heard rumors that the Dark Lord had discovered the secret to immortality. The only method Dumbledore could think of to achieve it was with the Philosopher's Stone and the only one in existence was safely in the hands of his long-time friend and mentor, Nicholas Flamel. That had led the Headmaster on a path to discover how Voldemort could have achieved immortality. That was how he discovered the Horcrux. It was a foul piece of magic. Requiring murder in cold blood to split the soul. Dumbledore believed that Voldemort intended to split his soul into seven pieces. He had always been interested in the number seven, with it being a powerful number magically. Dumbledore didn't know if he thought having his soul in seven pieces would make him more powerful or not, but splitting your soul once was bad enough.

Dumbledore's theory was that he intended to use the murder of Henry Potter to create a Horcrux, but with his defeat, had unknowingly turned Harry into one. As far as Dumbledore knew, the only way to destroy a Horcrux was with either Basilisk venom or Fiendfyre. Dumbledore didn't have any Basilisk venom and didn't want to risk killing himself and the other Potters with Fiendfyre. That was why he simply didn't kill Harry that night. Well that, and he didn't want to risk it being traced back to himself, however unlikely that would be. So, he chose a different route. By using the Confundus Charm to make James and Lily treat Henry better than Harry and start to neglect him, he thought that when the time came and he had discovered a way to destroy the Horcrux within the boy, he would simply accept his fate. He never expected the boy to run away. When he had originally placed the charm, it was set so the Potters would start small when it came to their treatment of Harry, and eventually get worse and worse over the course of years. By the time Harry came to Hogwarts, he would be willing to do anything to get away from his family. Once Dumbledore had discovered a way to destroy the Horcrux, all he would have to do was stage a little accident and, hopefully, get the boy killed and the Horcrux destroyed. Then he would be free to train Henry so when Voldemort did return, he could be killed. Once and for all.

Now that part of the plan was shattered. For now, at least. Harry would have to come back eventually. He just couldn't survive on his own. In the meantime, Dumbledore would devote his time to training Henry for his destiny.

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Three Years Later

The last few years had been tough for Harrison. The now ten-year old boy had been training to use the Force and become a Sith Lord. He was able to quickly learn and master new techniques, which meant he had learned a lot and grown more powerful in the past years. His Master had taken him to other planets, not just the Sith home world of Korriban where he had originally gone. He had learned much about the current state of the Galaxy. Just a few weeks ago he had constructed his own lightsaber. It was a double-sided saberstaff that could split into two single-bladed lightsabers. The blood red blades of the weapon would strike fear into his enemies. He had mastered a few of the forms of lightsaber combat but it would be awhile before he mastered all seven. The five other Holocrons he possessed had helped him in his training immensely. With five of ancient and powerful Sith such as Tulak Hord, Marka Ragnos, Darth Revan, Darth Nihilus, and Darth Traya teaching him in addition to Vitiate; Harrison was quickly becoming a master of the Dark Side.

He had to hide his presence from the Jedi when he was on Republic controlled worlds, but he was able to avoid detection, which was good. He needed to operate in absolute secrecy until he was ready to reveal himself.

Currently, he was sitting on his ship which he had named the Dark Phoenix, after the creature from his home world. The ship was in hyperspace traveling to Mandalore, or more specifically, its moon Concordia. The plan was to either get the group known as Death Watch to become his allies or just take control of them by killing their leader Pre Vizsla. They didn't have nearly enough people to make up his army, but he did have another use for them.

This was the first step in Vitiates plan to take over the Galaxy. Harrison did have some say in the plans but ultimately the final decision rested with his Master.

The ship exited hyperspace and began its descent to the moon's surface. It landed outside a settlement. The Sith Apprentice exited the ship and was greeted by a group of six armed men.

"Halt! State your business or leave here at once." One of the men demanded.

"I am here to speak with Governor Vizsla. If you would so kind as to take me to him."

The man thought it over for a moment but then said "Fine." He turned to his other men. "Check him for weapons."

"I do not have any weapons." Harrison said, using the Force to persuade the men.

"He does not have any weapons." They repeated mindlessly.

"You will take me to Governor Vizsla now."

"We will take you to Governor Vizsla now."

Harrison smiled to himself and followed the men.

He was led into the main building of the settlement and into a large hall. Pre Vizsla was standing at the end in his armor, holding his helmet under his arm.

"Sir. This man is here to see you." A guard said.

Vizsla looked at Harrison who was using his abilities to appear a few years older than he really was. He noticed two lightsaber hilts hanging from either side of Harrison's belt. "A Jedi? What is your name and why are you here?"

"I am Harrison Peverell and I assure you, I am no Jedi. Now let me ask you a question. I assume you know the history of Clan Vizsla, correct?" Vizsla nodded. "Then you know that your ancestors server the Sith Empire over 3500 years ago?"

Realization seemed to dawn on Vizsla's face as he paled slightly but then smirked at the young Sith. "A Sith then."

"Yes, and I have come to you to gain the allegiance of Death Watch and together a new Sith Empire will be formed. Together we will bring an end to the Republic and the Jedi. And you will be able to restore Mandalore to its former glory, not the pacifists they are now."

"I must say that is a rather tempting offer. But what's to stop me from simply killing you right now. The Sith have been gone for a thousand years. How do I know what you say is true?"

Harrison smirked. "I was hoping it would come to this. You see, by the time I leave this moon, one of two things will have happened. Either I will leave here with Death Watch as my allies, or you and the rest the people on this moon will be dead." Harrison removed his cloak and drew one of his lightsaber hilts.

"Pre Vizsla, I, Harrison Peverell challenge you to single combat for control and the loyalty of Death Watch and all its members. Do you accept my challenge?"

The leader of Death Watch put his helmet on and drew the Darksaber, a unique black-bladed lightsaber. "I accept your challenge." Both combatants activated their blades while everyone else in the room moved out of the way.

Vizsla launched himself at Harrison using his jetpack to jump higher. He cleaved his blade down but the Sith easily dodged the strike. He struck back, swinging his red blade at the side of his enemy where it was blocked.

The two traded blows back and forth until the blades locked between the two fighters. Harrison kicked his opponent in the chest, using the Force to enhance his strength. Vizsla stumbled back and before he had time to react, a blast of Force Lighting hit him. He screamed in pain and fell to the floor, dropping his weapon, which was picked up by the Sith.

"It seems you have been beaten. Get up." Vizsla stood up and faced Harrison. "I know tradition demands that I kill you and take your place, but you are far more useful to me alive. Will you swear fealty to me and the new Sith Empire?"

Vizsla was silent for a moment but finally knelt before Harrison. "I, Pre Vizsla, on behalf of Death Watch, swear fealty to Harrison Peverell and the Sith Empire, forever."

"Good. I want you to address your men and tell them to swear loyalty to me. As a test for their loyalty and your own, kill any who resist. Then I want you to put together two teams of your best men who are skilled in infiltration and heist jobs. Send them to me, I have a special mission for them."

"It will be done, My Lord." He walked away, leaving Harrison alone in the room. This was just the first step of his and Vitiate's plan. They didn't plan on using Death Watch for their army. The group only had about 5,000 members. Not nearly enough to fight a galactic scale war. They would be useful in the near future though.

It was a day later when Vizsla returned to Harrison with ten men divided into two teams of five. "Vizsla. I trust everything went well with your men."

"Indeed, My Lord. Most swore fealty to the Sith Empire. There was a small group that refused but they were eliminated as you commanded. I also have the men you requested. Ten of my best men, skilled in stealth, infiltration, and heists."

"You did well. Now, I need ships to build a fleet." He turned to address the other men. "That is where you come in. Two of the biggest starship designers and manufacturers in the Galaxy are Kuat Drive Yards and Sienar Fleet Systems. I have no doubt that they have designs for warships and other vehicles in their data archives. What you will be doing is infiltrating the headquarters of both of these companies, making copies of all their ship and vehicle designs, and getting out without being caught. And if you do get caught, you will not reveal anything about me or my empire. This must be done with absolute secrecy to remain hidden from the Galaxy. Are you up to the task?"

"We will not fail, My Lord." The men said together with a quick bow.

"Good. You have two weeks to complete your mission. Go."

When the men had left, Vizsla turned to Harrison and asked "My Lord, even if they succeed, how are we going to build these ships? We don't have the resources of infrastructure needed to construct an entire fleet."

"You leave that to me. How soon can you have all your men prepared to leave this system?"

"A week at the earliest, My Lord."

"I have one more place I need to go and then I will send you the coordinates to meet me at. It will be years before we can make our move. I must complete my training and we still have no army or fleet. I have a solution to both those problems but it will take time. Prepare your men. I must leave for now."

The Sith entered his ship and took off, leaving the moon behind.

-=0=-

The planet of Kamino was an aquatic planet located beyond the Rishi Maze. Being completely covered in water, the inhabitants known as the Kaminoans built cities that reached out above the surface of the water in order to live. They were also perhaps the best cloners in the entire Galaxy.

The Dark Phoenix exited hyperspace above the ocean planet and it was flown to a city on the far side of the world. This was one of the larger cities on the planet with a cloning facility, but that was not why Harrison was here. He was more interested in the cloners themselves.

Directing the ship onto one of the landing platforms, the Sith walked down the boarding ramp, pulling up his hood to protect himself from the rain.

Inside the main building, Harrison was greeted by a Kaminoan and he requested to be taken to the head cloner. He was led through the white corridors of the city until he was told to wait in an empty room. The Kaminoan left and returned a few minutes later with another Kaminoan who was introduced as Atama Su, the Chief Cloner of this city. Both him and Harrison took a seat in white chairs that descended from the ceiling.

They started discussing the creation of a clone army. Harrison told him that it needed to be kept secret and he didn't want the army to even be produced on Kamino. The Kaminoan was skeptical but Harrison informed him that he, along with all the other cloners working on the army, would be paid very well. Harrison would provide all the resources needed and give them access to state-of-the-art facilities. After two days of haggling on prices and working out some of the details they eventually came to an agreement. Atama Su along with a group of other cloners would travel to a location given to them by the Sith where they would produce his army. In return, the would be paid large sums of money and have access to the best facilities in the Galaxy. Harrison did keep his true alignment hidden, not being sure if it would ruin their deal. He didn't even know if they knew about the Sith but it was better to be cautious.

He returned to his ship happy that his plans were progressing. It had been a week since he had left Concordia. Pre Vizsla and the rest of Death Watch should be ready to leave by now. Harrison sent him the coordinates for a star system deep in the Unknown Regions before putting the same coordinates into the navicomputer of his ship and jumping to hyperspace.

-=0=-

The Lehon System. Home to the now extinct Rakatan species. Over 25,000 years ago, they ruled over their Infinite Empire. They were a cruel race, enslaving many of the species within their domain. They were known as the Builders. During the height of their power, they build many technological marvels. Their biggest achievement was the Star Forge. It was a space station that orbited the star of the Lehon System, Abo. Made of a giant sphere with three identical fins protruding from it, the Star Forge was able to use the energy from the star it orbited along with the Dark Side of the Force to create an infinite amount of ships and other war materials. After a mysterious plague cut of the Rakata from the force, they lost the ability to control their Force-based technology and their empire fell. For thousands of years the station lay dormant, with no powerful Force User to take control of it. That was until Darth Revan and his apprentice Darth Malak came along. They hunted down the Star Maps, ancient Rakatan devices scattered throughout the Galaxy that hid the location of the Star Forge. Together they used the Forge to create a fleet and wage war with the Republic in what was known as the Jedi Civil War. The end of the war saw the destruction of the Star Forge by Republic forces. However, what they thought was the Star Forge, was actually a fake, created using the real one by Revan to fool his apprentice Malak and the Republic. Revan had foreseen that he would be betrayed by Malak. He used the real Forge to create a fake with limited capabilities, but it was enough to fool those he needed to fool.

The real Star Forge actually had a lot more capability than many were led to believe. In theory it could create anything the user desired, not just ships and war materials. Revan Hid the real Forge in an unknown system deep in the Unknown Regions, recording the location only in his Holocron. When his Holocron was recovered by Vitiate around 2,000 years later, the location was discovered and now the Star Forge could be used to construct a new fleet for the Sith Empire.

This was not the first time Harrison had visited the Star Forge. A few months after he left Earth, his master had led him to the station to reactivate it and get it prepared to produce a fleet and army. The Forge was a powerful Dark Side artifact but due to it being located in the Unknown Regions, where the Dark Side was strong, it was impossible to locate by using the Force. You had to known the exact location to find it. The first few times Harrison visited the Forge, he had upgraded it to be more advanced than modern standards. The defenses had been upgraded. Whereas the Star Forge used to have only a few turbolasers for defense, relying on its production capabilities to defend itself, it was now covered in turbolasers and ion cannons. It was also protected by powerful shields drawing from the star it orbited to power them. This made the shields nearly impenetrable and a ship couldn't even approach the station without the shields being deactivated. Another defensive measure where droid starfighters. There were thousands of them stored in the station and more could be produced very quickly if needed. If an enemy fleet was to attack the Star Forge, these automatic starfighters could swarm and overwhelm them before they got close enough to properly attack.

Other upgrades included more advanced computer systems to match and surpass those used in the rest of the Galaxy today. The biggest upgrade Harrison had made to the station was the addition of cloning facilities. It had been his idea to use a clone army, telling his master that it would be easier than recruiting people. With clones, they would always be loyal, would follow any orders without question, and could be produced and trained faster than normal recruits could be. They could also be modified to be genetically perfect and engineered into the perfect killing machines loyal only to the Sith.

Pre Vizsla and the rest of Death Watch arrived soon after Harrison. They were all escorted to a large hall that would hold everyone. Harrison explained what his plans for them were. They would be the ones to train his clone army. They were some of the best warriors that the Mandalorian culture had to offer. The ones who were experienced enough would also serve as officers in his army and navy.

They were all shown to their living quarters and training areas. Also, they were given key cards that were programmed to give them access to certain parts of the Star Forge such as training areas, their quarters, and recreation areas. Harrison would monitor them over the next few weeks and determine which one of them would be fit to be the template for his clone army. He actually ended up choosing five in total. Using multiple templates would be a good thing. In case someone created a biological weapon that targeted a certain genome from one of his templates, it would only affect a portion of the army.

When Atama Su arrived with a group of about twenty other scientists and cloners, they immediately began production. Harrison was talking to them about the production speed.

"With accelerated growth, we should have the first batch of clones combat ready in ten years. Unfortunately, there is no known way to stop the accelerated growth, which means their lifespan will be half that of a normal human."

Harrison thought for a moment. "The accelerated growth is not a major issue, but I may have a way to resolve it. It will take some time, but for now continue as planned." Whether his solution would work or not was unknown, but what he did know was that it would involve returning to his home planet. Not something he was particularly happy about, but it was bound to happen sooner or later. He did have other business to conduct their as well so he could et that over with. It would be a few years anyway before he returned, giving him plenty of time to prepare. So far, everything was going according to plan. The end of the Republic and the Jedi was drawing closer, and with their fall, the Sith will rise in their place.

Author's Note:

Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter.

Here is some info on the timeline since somebody asked. As of the end of this chapter, the current year on Earth is 1987. The dating system used in the Galaxy is ARR (After Ruusan Reformation). So here are some major events that have happened/will happen. I also included BBY to show where this is taking place in relation to the movies.

1977; 49 BBY; 951 ARR – Harry Potter is born.

1980; 46 BBY; 954 ARR – Henry Potter is born.

1981; 45 BBY; 955 ARR – Potter's are attacked by Voldemort.

1984; 42 BBY; 958 ARR – Harry runs away from his family.

1987; 39 BBY; 961 ARR – Harry begins the process of forming his Empire. (Current time in story)

1994; 32 BBY; 968 ARR – Battle of Naboo.

2004; 22 BBY; 978 ARR – Start of the Clone Wars.

So, there is a small timeline so you can get an idea of when this takes place. There will be time skips in the next couple of chapters (as seen in this and the previous ones) until I get to the all the real action. Also, before someone asks (because someone probably will) the Eternal Empire storyline never happened in this story. It won't change much if anything at all, but I just though I should mention it. Anyways, see you next time.

Chapter Word Count: 5132 words

Upload Date: 1/16/18

Edit (1/17/18): Someone mentioned that Vitiate never used Darth, so I removed that. Speaking of Darth, I am looking for Sith names to use for Harry and any other apprentices he may have. If you have suggestions, feel free to leave them in a review or PM me. Thanks.