Freya was inside her quarter aboard the Radiant VII, a Consular-class republic cruiser, that was carrying her, as well as Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan toward the planet of Naboo. She had just felt the reversion to realspace and deduced that they were already in the Naboo system. She was dressed in Jedi robes this time, although she was wearing her personal clothes underneath.
To her the Jedi robes were similar of the robes she usually wore when the Dark Council met back on Korriban or Dromund Kass although the clothes color were darker than what she was wearing currently. She only wore her "Council meeting" robes when she had official business to attend to. On the battlefield of the Great War or in private she usually wore clothes that tightly fitted her and that didn't impeded her movement. Thinking of the Dark Council reminded her of Darth Mar, among all the members of the Council he was one of her only two ally, with Darth Vowrawn, on the Council especially after the "death" of the Emperor was confirmed.
"I see that you are still torturing yourself with the past" said a rich male voice.
Freya didn't need to turn around to know who had decided to finally show himself. "Valkorion, to what do I owe the pleasure?" she stated rather than asked sarcasm evident in her voice, she was already starting to feel the hate and contempt she held for the man that had manifested himself to her. She knew her eyes had turned yellow and was certain that the two jedi aboard had sensed the Force shift.
"Please the sarcasm won't change anything, Nox." Valkorion replied.
"What do you want anyway. I should be dead, no prison of carbonite can keep their content alive and practically uninjured for four millennium." Freya responded with a voice colder than Hoth surface.
"It would be true if it wasn't for your ability concerning Force-ghost and similar entity." the former emperor of the Sith and of the Eternal Empire replied with a serious voice.
"What? But I only know how to bind Force-ghosts to me and use some of their power, not feed of them unlike Tulak Ord." Freya said surprise evident in her voice.
"That is were you are wrong. During your sleep your body maintained itself by feeding of my powers and I had to became one with the Force to avoid being erased. Revan told you that you had a powerful power sleeping in you and I think it is that." Valkorion answered his voice calm and collected.
"Well at least I know how I am alive. I take that you are in the same situation as Revan grand daughter then." Freya said somewhat calmer than before.
"You are correct, Freya, as I said, as the year past your body drained me of my powers and I became one with the Force moments before you were awakened from your slumber…" Valkorion started before being interrupted.
"Wait, so first of all any Force-entity that would try to possess my body would be drained of its power to the point of death? And secondly, those that mean that I am immortal?" Freya asked confused, she knew full well of Tulak Ord power to absorb the power of other Force-users he had killed to prolong his life and further his power. A cruder power of the one used by Valkorion on Ziost.
"You aren't immortal, although you will probably live for a millennium if nothing drastic happen to your body. As for your ability it is similar to mine or Darth Nihilus ability of Force drain once you figure how to use it consciously, although unlike the two of us you won't just feed yourself to prevent your own death, I believe that it will allow you far more than prolonging your own life." Valkorion responded amusement somewhat present in his voice.
"I don't plan to become immortal or do something rash with my body, Valkorion. Once this inevitable war his dealt with I think that I will stop worrying about the Force and create a family of my own." Freya replied clearly not entertained by the former Sith emperor.
"You know that if you so choose, you will be the true future of the Sith Freya unlike that pretender Darth Sidious. Don't make the same mistakes as I did." Valkorion stated.
"I know full well of your mistakes Valkorion, Satele Shan and Darth Mar ensured to that. And I never was blind of Sith's flaws." she replied.
Valkorion smiled satisfied by the woman answer. "Good then. May the Force serve you well, Freya." With that Valkorion immortal emperor of Zakuul, once known has Darth Vitiate emperor of the sith, disappeared from view.
Freya remained seated inside her quarter contemplating what just happen and what it meant to her. She already started to feel lighter, the weight that was on her shoulder had lifted itself and she knew that she was on the right path. She may or may not rebuild the Sith order but if she did then she would ensure that it would not destroy the galaxy with infighting. She smiled has she left the room her eyes returning to their blue color as she started to search the two Jedi that she was accompanying.
Meanwhile in the ship's cockpit, the captain and copilot were maneuvering the Radiant VII toward one of the Federation blockading ships.
"Captain, tell them that we wish to board at once." Qui-Gon said as he felt the dark side surge through the ship, it made him frown under the hood of his robe.
"Yes sir." replied the captain before turning back to look at her view screen, where the viceroy of the Trade Federation Nute Gunray, a neimoidian, awaited an answer. "With all due respect for the Trade Federation, the chancellor's ambassadors wish to board immediately."
"Yes, yes, of course … as you known our blockade is perfectly legal, and we'd be happy to receive the ambassadors." Nute Gunray replied hoping that he wasn't sounding too nervous.
The screen went dark as out of the cockpit the battleship grew closer.
"Did you felt that Master?" Obi-Wan asked once the two Jedi were out of the cockpit.
"Yes. It seems that Freya is more than what she is telling us." Qui-Gon replied with thoughtful expression.
"Do you think what we felt came from her?" Obi-Wan said troubled by how things where turning out as the two jedi walked along the corridor.
"It seem most likely. Maybe your theory is correct after all." Qui-Gon replied.
That was a sobering thought to Obi-Wan, he was playing the devil advocate when he suggested that Freya was a Sith. He wondered if he was right and if he were what would it mean. "Should we go and check on her, Master?" Obi-Wan asked confused about his concern for the woman wellbeing.
Qui-Gon shook his. "No, I believe that it would be unwise. Freya will join us when she is ready."
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were waiting just outside the ship's main airlock, talking quietly to one another as they waited for Freya, when they noticed her walking out of the ship. To the two Jedi she seemed to be distracted.
"Freya, did you feel a flare in the Dark Side?" Qui-Gon asked concerned.
Freya knew the two Jedi would ask her this question. She knew that they would had felt it but she decided to tell them the truth, she was certain that they would need to be able to trust her as their lives could depend on it. "Yes, I caused it."
The two Jedi stared at her. "What?" They said in unison.
A faint smile graced Freya's lips. "You will figure it out soon enough, you may even suspect it. I never was trained as a Jedi, I was trained as a Sith.
"You are a Sith?" Obi-Wan asked shocked and surprised by this. He thought back to the first time they met and it didn't seems to make sense to him. Then again she shouldn't be alive.
"Shocking isn't it?" Freya asked grinning and clearly amused by the two Jedi shock.
"Yes, indeed." Qui-Gon admitted.
"I know you're fond of collecting strays, Master but I didn't thought we would collect a stray Sith." Obi-Wan said trying to slightly break the tension.
Freya laugh somewhat bitterly to the padawan observation it reminded her of her time on Korriban as an acolyte she had always felt as though she didn't belong here. "Obi-Wan just remember that I am a very dangerous stray." She said playfully as her eyes turned yellow as she gave a seductive smirk to the young padawan.
The Jedi Master sighed, relieved to see the woman eyes turn back to their natural color. "But why would a Sith warn the Jedi about our possible destruction?" He asked trying to understand the woman motivations.
"I may have strong opinions about certain aspect of the Jedi order but since so much time has passed that the Jedi order is the only thing familiar to me, even though it is in weird way." Freya paused as she considered her next words carefully. "I'm not the only sith, there is another one by the name of Darth Sidious but I'll be damned if I let him do what he wants while I sit doing nothing."
"Is this what it's about? You wish to challenge this other Sith." Qui-Gon asked.
"Partly yes. What the living Force has shown me as to what fate may befall the Jedi and the galaxy but it's up to me to find a way to stop him." Freya answered.
"You're saying that you wish to stop Sidious from destroying the Jedi? Why?" Obi-Wan asked as he didn't fully believed what he had heard.
Freya frowned at the padawan question. "What the Force has shown me are glimpse of a very dark future if Sidious has is way. I might have been trained as a Sith but I am still human and what I saw made my blood freeze in my veins."
"I understand Freya." Qui-Gon said and he did to some degree. "And since you're wearing Jedi robes it will far easier than explaining what you are."
"I agree, but there will come a time when I will have to reveal what I am and what I can do. It's only a question of when not if. Freya replied as she nodded. "And that time will come sooner than later."
"Then we will have to deal with this possibility when the time come." Qui-Gon said. "Shall we go? The viceroy is waiting for us."
"Yes, we should. We shouldn't let our host wait for too long." Freya replied as the group left their ship.