A Speck of Radiance.by JayteeChaptersChapter 1) The CrashChapter 2) The ArrivalChapter 3)Painful Memories and The Night VisitChapter 4) The Return of the KingChapter 5) I am the King! / EpilogueChapter 1) The CrashCelestia was just lowering her sun, sighing quietly as it passed under the edge of the pink and crimson horizon. Her lips curled back in a smile as she turned to the opposite window and saw the moon rising ever so slowly. To normal ponies, this would have been nothing, but to Luna and Celestia, the giant mammoths of objects were connected to them. They could feel their every movement, every slight change, they could see it and feel it. Celestia began walking towards her sleeping chambers, planning to turn in for the night. On her way back, she saw her sister. "Good night, Luna. I'll see you in the morning." "Likewise." Luna said calmly, walking past her. Odd. Celestia thought. Luna was usually a lot happier and peppier than that. She shrugged it off as simply a mood, and headed for her bedroom Luna just wasn't feeling right. Something was wrong in her heavens. She walked past the guards at her door. "No Night court tonight. Tell Alex he is off duty." "Yes your majesty." Luna walked towards the balcony that she sat on every now and again to enjoy her night. She walked out onto the moonlit balcony, shutting the curtains behind her. She let out a hefty sigh, and turned her attention to her stars. Something was wrong out there, but she could not tell what. She squinted as she saw a distance star grow brighter. Her eyes shot wide. That is no star! She quickly shot up, and pointed her head in the direction of the object flaming in the atmosphere. Her horn shone bright, and she attempted to locate this thing falling from the sky. It was like a boat of some kind, and some other kind of creature in it. her magic could not stop it, nor grab hold of it. It was like it was immune to any kind of magic. She watched for a few more minutes as it slowly got brighter and brighter. And bigger. It was getting bigger. Luna sat up in a panic. It was coming straight for the castle, and it was immune to magic. Luna galloped through her castle, heading straight for Celestia's room. She was darting left and right to the surprise of the guards and other ponies in the castle. She found herself at the doors of Celestia's private rooms. She shot it open with her magic and ran in, looking at a very surprised looking Celestia sitting at her desk. "Luna?! What do you need? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost!" "T-Thing! Falling from the sky! Immune to magic! Can't stop, heading right for castle!" Luna blurted out, not being able to complete a coherent sentence due to er mind being scattered. Celestia began to put two and two together and her own eyes opened wide. "Let's go." She said as she sat up and ran to her balcony. She looked up at the sky, and there was none other than a giant flaming object heading straight for the castle. Celestia let out a little yell, before tilting her head in the direction of the object. Luna looked on as a bright white shield was placed in front of them, and the large object. Celestia's face twisted with pain and anguish as the object refused to bend to her will. Then it happened. The entire object burst into a million pieces. The explosion shook Celestia from her concentration, causing the barrier to dissipate. The object literally shattered in the air, sending chunks of flaming material in every direction. It was much like a meteor shower, and that's what the princess' would tell the press. But for now Celestia watched on and on as more and more of the flaming chunks were put out. She slowly backed up. A tear came to her eye. "There was somepony on that thing.." She said silently, sitting on her haunches. Luna walked over a draped a wing over her sister, leaning her head on her. Celestia closed her eyes and let her head droop a little. She sniffled and looked up. A majority of the burning chunks were gone, savor a few large pieces. Fortunately for the sisters, these large pieces were heading in the direction of the ocean. Celestia scanned the chunks for signs of life. None. She sighed, and pushed her head into her sisters. "They didn't even have a chance here..." Celestia whispered quietly.Luna looked up to the spectacle. Only to see her stars disappearing. Her eyebrows pushed together in confusion. What? She watched as a few more disappeared. Only then to realize, only moments before it was too late. "TIA!" She yelled, teleporting the two inside. They both looked up as a large black object crashed into the balcony. It did not break through, luckily, but only sank a few feet into it. It was steaming from heat, and it appeared as if it were holding something. The two sisters looked at each other and nodded. They began walking towards it cautiously, only to arrive a few feet from it before it began hissing. The two sister stopped mid-step as they witnessed something not even the best witch-doctor or psychic could predict. A large chunk of the object hissed, letting out a white substance. The hissing end of it suddenly sprang out, and a large creature fell out, lading flat against the ground. It groaned. Luna let out a rather feminine yelp, and jumped behind her sister. "Get it Tia!" She said, pushing her sister further forward towards the steaming creature. Celestia turned her head around and gave her sister a death stare. "Sorry." Celestia slowly stepped forward, her horn glowing ever so slightly, searching the strange creature for life. "It's alive..." She whispered. She walked up next to it, and poked it with her hoof. It groaned again, and rolled into a small ball. She crouched down next to it. "It'll be ok, you're safe here..." The object suddenly sprang to life, rolling over it's sides and drawing two weapons. They seemed to be made of light. the made a louder Pshhh sound as they drew to full length. The creature sprange to it's hind legs, balancing on them skillfully. It was covered head to toe in cloth, and it's face was fully hidden. The two weapons it was hold were odd in shape, much like colored sticks. One was a bright red, and the other a defying blue. The creature pointed the red one at Celestia. "WHO ARE YOU?!" It yelled quite loudly. It was clear to the sisters this thing was male. Celestia brought her head back in surprise, she was speechless. Nopony had yelled at her like that in ages. She sat there with her mouth gaping open at the spectacle before her. It brought the blue stick to the ground of the balcony, slicing right through it in a spectacle of sparks. Celestia's eyes opened wider. Nothing could cut through that stone, it had to be shaped by magic. Whatever weapon this thing had, it was dangerous. Her horn glowed as she tried to constrain it. She fell backwards as another, seemingly invisible source of magic pushed her back. The thing was pointing it's hand at her, the red stick still pointing towards her. "ANSWER ME! WHO ARE YOU?!" It yelled again. It's hood turned to Luna, who was beginning to flee. It's hand reached out and pointed at her. Luna suddenly found herself being pulled up next to her sister, much against her will. The creature took a step forward. "Answer me." It said in a menacing tone. "I'm Princess Celestia... and... And this is my s-sister Luna..." Celestia barely managed this sentence. Nopony ever had a magic mroe powerful than hers, much less both hers and her sister's at the same time. She watched as it drew the weapon back, pointing it off to the side. She could hear it sigh. "I'm Vita. Sorry for being so hostile, princess. From where I'm from... It's more necessary." He said, not putting his glowing stick weapons away. He pulled his hood back to reveal a white head, two clear-as-day white eyes, short brown hair, and a long scar running from his forehead to the base of his chin. A small frown appeared on it's face. "I would hate to impose, but you wouldn't have a spare starship would you?" His voice got a lot softer, and quieter. Luna rather like this ...thing?... It was direct and to the point when necessary, and kind and soft when not. Celestia, however, was not. This thing had just threatened her and her sister, and now it's asking for a...a... "What's a starship?" Celestia said out loud. She watched as it's face became good friends with one of it's front appendages. "Oh boy, are we in deeeeeeep shit then." "And what are you?!" Luna blurted out, now scooting out from her hiding place behind her sister. "Yes, what are you? You're immune to my magic, and seem to have a kind of magic of your own." She heard it sigh again. "I'm a human, and a Jedi. I'll have to explain all that later." "How did you get here?" Luna blurted out again. Vita's face turned to the blue...unicorn...pegasus...thing. "Oh, that is a story you're going to love." He said, finally putting his glowing sticks back into his robe. "So get this..." Vita was on the run. Again. He shifted the large Sith starship into pre-lightspeed state. He was biding his time with these meddlesome Sith. He set his trust lightsabers, amare and odio, in the holders to his right. He stole a starship from the Sith. Stole it. By himself. He had taken well over two hundred dark Jedi Knights, Two dark Jedi masters, and well over a thousand armed guards.He was the single most powerful Jedi in existence. Then he heard the holocommunicator click on from behind him. "Cease the running, Vita. We have a tracker on your ship. Running away in it would only be foolish." Vita laughed. "Fuck you, Revan. Fuck you and all of your Sith. Be happy I didn't kill you while I could, master." He said the last few words in spite. "Now, now Vita, that's no way to treat me... We will find you." Vita pulled amare from the wall, and drew it's blue blade out. He turned around and shoved it into the holocom, which caused it to burn and fizzle, breaking instantly. He sighed and turned to the controls, aiming at a random planet that seemed like it could sustain life. Plenty of green, some blue. He set course to it, and hit the launch button. He felt his back smack firmly against the pilot's seat and the light around his cockpit turn to streaks of blue. They came to a stop and he watched as the planet rushed into view. Beautiful. That was all he could think of. This planet was beautiful. He couldn't let Revan destroy this one. It had life on it, undisturbed life. His thought process was interrupted by a loud crash, an explosion, followed by many bells and sirens. He looked up to the status system. Knocked out power, and he was heading straight into the planet's atmosphere. He turned the video transmitter on, only to see Revan's ship far in the distance. He flipped on the comm once. "Follow me and die, Revan. Same goes for everyone that follows you. I will never join back up with you, and dare you try to pull me back, I will end you. Without a second thought, lest you run again, pitiful being. I let you live once, and I don't want to kill you. Now Get the fuck off my case." He grabbed his lightsabers, and cut the comm to pieces. He ran to the drop pods. The ship was quickly falling towards the planet. He ran into the pod, and switched on all the systems. The pod system chimed on. Welcome back, Master Irae. He poked the red button underneath the comm. "Don't call me that. Now drop the pod as soon as it's safe, aim for civilization." Yes, Master. Vita sighed, and set his head against the headrest. Suddenly a voice ran through his mind. I'm coming for you, young one. You won't live this time. His eye twitched as he recognized the voice. Revan, for the last time. If you come after me, the only way you will live is if you run like a pansy. Nothing more. Vita felt his cabin beginning to heat up. He pushed the view system on the drop pod, and was watching the cockpit. It was filling with fire. he braced himself for what was about to happen. Exiting. He heard the A.I. chime in, and he braced himself. The pod launched out of the main ship, mere moments before exploding. He looked outside the main window as a large castle was coming to view. The A.I. had aimed him at it. "A.I! When I said civilization, I didn't mean aim for a probably highly-populated castle!" Vita yelled, taking the controls in the pod cockpit. If he was going to hit it, he was going to land with no injuries. He aimed for the least populated area, quickly gaining too much speed to pull back out. He saw a white and a dark blue figure on the balcony he was aiming for. "Sucks to be them." He said, bracing for impact. The pod hit the ground with a bone-shattering crash. If he had no been a fully trained Jedi, and had many implants, he probably would not have survived the crash. Thought it did nearly knock him out. He pressed the exit button, and it hissed to life. He was quickly losing consciousness. The front door shot open, and he simply just rolled out onto his stomach. "...And that's how I got here." He said, sitting on his butt with a soft thud. "Sorry for disturbing you two. I know being dropped in at night isn't exactly ideal, but my...situation isn't either." Celetsia walked over the the small human. His head was in his hands, and she could barely hear him crying. She crouched down next to him. He was taller than her, but she had much more size on him. She heard him sniffle, and that confirmed her suspicions, the poor thing was crying. To Vita, this was all overwhelming. Besides the very strange fact these ponies could speak galactic standard, they were ponies. He had seen weirder, but that was just plain out of place. The two sisters brough back memories... Painful.. Painful memories... "What's wrong?" She said, setting herself down in front of him. "I don't want to..." He looked up at her, looking at her face. The stare she was giving him told him she wasn't going to take any kind of 'no' for an answer. "I..." "Come now, I am a princess. I'll understand." Luna then sat herself next to him. He was comfortable with them next to him. He had no reason to trust them, and had hadn't yet. He then concluded he won't tell his full story. But it had been so long since he had someone to talk to... "They've been after me for so long. I've been through everything alone, dealing with them alone..." He sighed and returned his hands to his face. "I miss him so much..." He began to cry. "They killed him. They killed everyone... Only seeing you so happy and close to your sister..." He trailed off. he brought his hands to the floor, and pushed himself up. The two princess' tried to move closer, but with one wave of his hand, they were expelled a few feet away from him. "No." he said, putting a hand to the side of his head, and the other on amare. A look of panic rushed over him. He turned to the two sister in front of him. "If you two are princess' go get everyone to safety." He said sternly, drawing out the blue blade, turning his head to the night sky. "Why?" Luna said blatantly. "They're coming." Chapter 2) The ArrivalRevan cracked his knuckles. He would not let this one get away. This target was way too powerful to get away. And too powerful for him to take on alone. He turned to the captain of his ship. "You say he lived the explosion?" "Y-...Yes Revan, sir." Revan made a grunting noise, turning around. He heard the captain sigh. He put a hand on his lightsaber under his cloak, and quickly drew out the blade and turning around with blinding speed. He stopped millimeters from the captain's neck. "This is the last time you fail me, captain." Revan watched as the captain's expression grew grim. He brought the lightsaber through his neck with one swift movement, and put his lightsaber away. He turned to the other crewmember next to him. "Clean this up." He said in a firm tone. The poor man quickly set to it; not wanting to face a similar fate. He heard a lightsaber be drawn from behind him. "THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU KILL ANYONE, REVAN!" The Sith lord turned around to look at a young, spunky looking jedi. He wore the crew member clothing, and he had his lightsaber out. Revan could barely contain his laughter as the jedi charged him. He simply held out a hand and gripped the poor jedi by the neck with the force. He forced the lightsaber out of his hand with his other hand, and brought the failure of an assassin close to his face. "What rank are you, a knight?" The jedi grunted. "I will tell you no such things." "Then you are of no use to me." Revan turned to the crewmember sitting a few feet beneath him. "Prepare for a hull breach." The man looked back at Revan with an expression that easily said: 'What?' before raising the 'Hull Breach' Alarm. Revan took one last look at the terrified jedi, he knew what he was going to do. "Goodbye, whelp." And with that he threw the Jedi with all of his might at the opposide end of the hallway, sending him through numerous walls, and into the other end of the ship. "Aw, he didn't break through. I'm gettin' rusty." Revan quickly reached out with the force and pulled the Jedi back. Unconscious. Useless.The Sith lord closed his open fist, and what used to be a jedi simply became a heap of crushed goop. He smiled, and then the realization hit him. Ah, he will sense that. Late the game begin, Vita. He reached out mentally towards his ex-apprentice. "Your move, Vita. If you choose to stay down there, we are going to come kill you, and everyone that has or will help you." "Bullshit," Vita immediately thought back. "I can't get off of this rock, they have no space ships!" "Then we will come kill you." "No, Revan. You come, and I kill you." Revan felt the connection fade. He reached over to his comm, and sent a message to the whole ship. "Prepare to send scouting parties. We will remain in orbit for 72 hours, in this time, prepare all available soldiers and Dark Jedi. We will let him bide his time, then we will strike." The unit clicked off, and Revan stepped onto the bridge. "With all due time, my old apprentice.. All things come to an end..." He whispered to himself. He turned around to see his new apprentice walking towards him. "Malak, you and I are going to do great things very soon." He let out a hearty laugh, and turned his attention back to the planet he was about to invade. "This will be quite fun." Vita turned to the two princesses, and gave them a grave look. "They're coming..." He repeated. He quickly turned to the white one. "I really need to get somewhere were nobody will be near me. And you need to get guards everywhere. The Sith will stop at nothing to conquer a new planet." "The who?" "Sith. Bad guys. They will kill everyone on this planet. Or just blow it up. Depends on how Revan is feeling." He said, turning his attention back to the stars. "You're going to have to explain these things, Vita." Luna suddenly said, walking out towards him. He sighed. "If you honestly think so." And so he did. He explained the Sith, how they were the destroyer of planets, the conquers of galaxies. How they were the pinnacle of evil. He also explain the Jedi Council, how they were the good side, taking nothing for granted. Somewhere along the line he lit it slip that he has played both sides of the deal, and ended up in the middle. He was more or less forced to tell her about the force, and his training behind it. Also how each side has specific powers, how light can heal, and dark can kill. Celestia walked over to the two, joining the explanations. She explained to him everything about Equestria, the ponies, how they all have magic; the earth ponies being physically better, the pegasi having a connection to the clouds, and the general unicorn magic. She ended her side on the topic of the Elements of Harmony, and how they could rid even the most evil creatures of their foulness. Vita laughed. Even he knew nothing could fully cleanse Revan but Revan himself. He began to tell the two sisters of his encounters with Revan, from taking over planets, to saving some. How he used to be a good person... "He wasn't always like this... Something changed when his second apprentice came into play. They went and did something... They came back changed. I know somewhere inside Revan is still good, but I'm not sure even your 'elements of harmony' could save him." He began walking towards the pod he was dropped in. "But for now, it is late, and i'm tired. I hope you don't mind..." He climbed into his pod, only to be stopped by a white forcefield. "That is not necessary, Vita. You can take one of the many guest rooms." "But I don't want to imp-" "I insist." She said, walking towards the door. Luna had retired back to her throne. "GUARDS!" Celestia yelled. Within a moments notice, a arrange of guards appeared. A dozen to be exact. They arrive with haste and landed in front of the princess. "Yes your maje-" The one at the front said, his sentence stopped short. His attention was locke donto the strange creature on the balcony. "INTRUDER! Formation B! get the princess out!" He barked at the other 11 guards. "No wait he's-!" The princess tried to say, only to have her and he sister forcefully removed from the room in an instant. The captain of the guard, Golden Shield, was charging the strange creature. It was covered from top to bottom in cloths. Whatever it was, it could not be trusted. Vita was turning back to his pod to gather what few belongings he had in there when he heard Celestia yell. "Guards!" He quickly turned around to see a dozen golden-clad ponies arrive in the room. one of them yelled a few orders, then began charging at him. His hand reached his lightsaber when a single forced though crossed his mind. "Don't hurt them, they don't know you are on our side!" Strange, it sounded like- It was Celestia. Odd. Only Revan could ever do that, and only because more or less he grew up with Revan, knowing each other when they were forced to share a room in the Sith academy. Sharing a lifetime's worth of a bond like that could easily allow such communication, but something like this coming from someone he had just met was near unheard of. None the less, Vita lifted his hands off his lightsabers and prepared for his nonlethal style of hand-to-hand. The guard was coming at an extremely open angle. This would be childsplay for Vita. He waited for the last possible moment, and then quickly grabbed the charging guard be the snout with a quick hand. Now he was in control. He quickly redirected where the guard was going, and sent him flopping onto the floor with enough force to cause a slight crack. He stood up and shook off the pain, and charged again. Vita decided against pulling the same maneuver, and decided to simply knock him out already. He pushed one charging hoof away, and pulled the incoming punch with his opposite hand. The guard looked shocked for a moment, only the be met with a quick two-fingered jack to the side of his temple, knocking him out cold in an instant. Vita turned his attention to the rest of the guards, who were simply looking on in shock. Against their training, he was sure. But then they drew their swords. He drew his lightsabers. Celestia burst in. "ENOUGH!" She he heard her yell. He was thrown off of his feet at the unsuspected yell. He quickly tried to re-position himself mid-air so no harm would come to him. His efforts we futile as he slammed back-first into the wall, knocking him out cold. Revan felt his mental connection to Vita get lost. He tilted his head slightly. It took all of my powers to even cut his face, and these foul reatures knock him out in one night? Taking over this planet will be fun. He turned to the nearest crew member. "Prepare my personal pod. The smallest one. I'm going in for a little... visit." Chapter 3)Painful Memories and The Night VisitRevan put his mask on the rack as he stepped into the cockpit of the miniature drop pod. He sighed heavily as he sat down and set it so he would land undetected a few hundred meters away from the castle Vita was staying in. He put his head against the headrest of his pod and relaxed. It was going to be a disheartening night for him. He closed his eyes and relived the night he and Vita finally separated. Vita was put in his bed by the very, very unhappy captain. Not only had this creature whooped his flank, but now he had to carry him to the damned guestrooms, and act as his personal guide when he woke up. He set the strange thing on the bed, and walked out of the room. "Screw that." He said out loud. He then walked over to his own room in the barracks and went to a very nightmare-filled sleep, courtesy of the unconscious thing in the other room. Vita rolled around in his sleep, unable to shake the harsh memories that were filling his mind. Though unconscious, he was still able to radiate enough force energy to effect anyone within a 100-foot radius. More of a defense mechanism than anything. His pained movements ceased as his mind reached into the depths of his memories and pulled out the three that stood most in his heart. His father, his mother, and one of his closest friends. Vita looked around, and grabbed his father's lightsaber, running outside quickly. He pushed the button to activate it, like his father had taught him. He ran towards the pair of mandalorians that were hovering over his crippled and yelling father. Vita ran up behind one, and sank the lightsaber into his back. The poor man didn't even yelp as his eyes rolled back, and he died instantly from the nerves to his brain being severed completely. The second one took one look aat the teenage human, and gave him a firm slap across the face, causing the lightsaber to be dropped on the ground. The mandalorian jumped and activated some kind of hover boots. He laughed heartily. "Next time, keep your daddy in check kid." He flew off, not even giving any remorse for his fallen ally. Vita ran to his dying father, picking his head up into his arms, crying with eyes out. He put one hand on the blaster marks that riddle his chest. "I--I can fix you dad, you'll be ok!" He yelled, lying to himself. "Relax, my son." His father said, with a strange calmness in his voice. "You'll be ok, then we can go find mom and-" he was silenced by a finger that lightly touched his lips. "Calm yourself, Vita. You'll find your mother eventually. You were destined to do great things. I promise you." He ran his hand behind Vita's head, and brought their foreheads together. "It isn't fair dad... They could have picked anyone to come and kill for fun..." His dad felt the tears hit his face. He pulled their heads apart, and wiped his son's tears away. "All good things come to an end, my son. I lived a great life, did all the things I wanted, even had my own children.." "But dad, what about the council, they won't know any of the great things you've done, and they won't believe me if I tell them..." He was silenced by his dad's hand again. "A wise man once told me 'if you've done things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.' Live by those words Vita, always do what you think is right, not what others. Follow your heart, and this is why you must heed my final request..." Vita nodded. "Leave the council. You are a knight." He coughed. "Join the Sith academy. Graduate. Remain neutral, and follow your heart. Being biased to one with only limit your endless power..." he coughed more. "Now go, my son. My time... has come. I love you, Vita. And i'll always be watching you, along with your two brothers and sisters..." He coughed one last time. "Live on, and stay true to your heart." Vita held his father in his arms as he felt him go limp. He let out an earth-shattering roar that shook the planet itself to the core, causing quakes around the entire planet. Hours later, his tears finally stopped falling. He reached for his father's lightsaber, and looked on the hilt. It had an engraved name on it. 'Amare' Vita took it in pride, and set off towards his father's starship; his next destination: The Sith academy. ---------------------------------------------------------- The next memory ran through. Where he said his final goodbyes to his mother. Fortunately for Vita, this memory was much less dramatic, but a very similar outcome. He was walking around downtown Coruscant, looking for his last stop before Korriban. *Apartment 66A, 66B... Here we go, 66C.* He thought. He knocked on the door. He heard a crashing sound then the door flew open to reveal just the woman he was looking for. His mother. She stared at him wide-eyed for what seemed like hours. She then coughed hard, and looked him dead in the eyes. "Come to mock a dying woman of her defeats are we?" She said in spite, nearly slamming the door in Vita's face. "No, mom. I've come to say goodbye before I join the Sith academy." Her eyes shot wide open, then a grin came across her face. She stepped aside and waved him to come in. "So you finally ditched your old man, eh? Too much of that sappy crap?" She said, flopping down onto her old beat-up couch. Vita nearly punched her right in the face just for that, but he decided against that, she was dying anyway. "No, actually. A pair of Mandalorians ambushed and killed him. He died in my arms 48 hours ago." Vita said, taking a seat across from the couch. "So you decided to become a Sith?" He had to lie. She would never help him if he told her his dad wanted him to go. "Yes, against dad's dying wish to become a light-sided Jedi master." He wanted to slap himself for that, but it was necessary. "So I need your help getting into the academy." His mother laughed. "It'll be done by tomorrow morning. Now get some sleep, you look like a tusken raider took a shit on your face." Vita didn't say anything as he went to his old room, and flopped onto the bed for some much-needed rest. -next morning- Vita was walking out the door, about to head for the academy, when his mother stopped him. "Take this, I don't need it anymore." She handed him her lightsaber. He read what was engraved on the side. 'odio' He looked at his mother. "Odio?" He said, with a quizzical look on his face. "It means hate. I built that lightsaber out of pure hatred and anger. It'll serve you just as well." She patted him on the back, and shocked him lightly with lightning. Vita jumped slightly, and turned to face her. "I'll never get used the that, but thanks. I'll kill hordes of Jedi with it." "I'm sure you will." She said with a wink. She gave him a hug. An actual hug. Vita never got affection from his mother. What was going on?! She whispered into his ear. "I know everything, Vita. You're destine to do great things." She said, then pushed him out the door, slamming it in his face. The last memory was accompanied by Revan. The two of them relived this memory as if they were teens again. Revan shifted in his seat slightly as he realized his memory was being watched by an unconscious Vita. ---------------------------------------------------------- Revan turned into a dim lit room, and flicked on the light. A muscular figure was laying on the top bunk, and it groaned and rolled over. "Turn off the fucking light." He said, rolling over to face away from the center of the light source. "What a great way to greet your new room-mate." The man then turned to him, revealing short brown hair, and two pearly-white eyes. Revan was taken aback. Such odd eyes. "I'm Vita. Now shut the fucking light off, I'm tired." The muscular man rolled back over. "I'm Revan, charmed." He said, flicking off the light. ---------------------------------------------------------- Two years later. Revan sat up, head in hands. While Vita paced in front of him. Vita set a hand on Revan's shoulder. "Calm down, man. You're going to be a master, and they never get nervous." Revan looked up to him with two dark brown eyes. Then shook his head. Vita viciously slapped him. Then crouched and took Revan's head in his hand. At eye level, Vita looked at him right in the eyes, and slapped him again. "GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!" He yelled, pushing Revan back down onto the bed. "Alright, alright, no need to go Sith commander on me. I'm just... A master in two years. Damn near unheard of." Vita sat down next to him. "It'll take me another few, but we're destine to do great things..." ---------------------------------------------------------- One year later. Revan was shifting though the trees, in the midst of conquering a Mandalorian planet. He heard a figure land on all sides of him, and he drew his lightsaber. Well over a dozen mandalorians surrounded him. They were all pointing their heavy repeaters at him. With that he would stand no chance. He pointed his lightsaber at one, before another figure landed inches from behind him. *"It's me, here to save your ass again, master."* Revan heard though his mind. He heard Vita draw his two lightsabers. before hearing the roar of a lightning storm around him. In the blink of an eye all of the mandalorians were dead. He turned to face Vita. "You owe me one, Revan." All Revan could do was nod. ---------------------------------------------------------- Revan sat up. Something was wrong. He reached for his lightsaber and drew it. he could sense someone in his room. He flight the light on with the force to reveal Vita standing in the middle of his room. Vita was a half-head taller than him, and now had his Sith tattoos that ran all over his back and down his arms. "Go to bed apprentice, you scare the hell out of me. I damn near cut you down!" Vita's face darkened visibly. Revan rose, pointing his lightsaber at Vita. "You wouldn't dare." "I'm not, *Master*" He spat the last word. "I'm leaving. Don't follow me." He turned his back and began walking out the door. "And don't sent your other apprentice either, I'll slaughter him like a pig." Vita walked out, only to draw his lightsaber and block a backstab. A rigorous fight followed. Causing Revan two scars across his chest, and Vita one across his face. Vita force-pushed Revan into a wall, and sliced his lightsaber in half. He put odio up to Revan's neck. "If you follow me, you *WILL* Die next time." He withdrew the lightsaber and walked out. Revan's only friend just walked out on him. Revan sank and put his head in his hands, a single tear dropping to the floor. The pair were shaken back to reality at the end of the memory. Revan hitting the ground, and Vita waking up. Revan opened the silent door, and began his trek towards Vita's room. Vita sat up. Why did he relive those memories now? He looked around the room. He seemed to be in a large bedroom. All of his belongings were on a nightstand, and there was a note. He picked it up and read it. Vita, Sorry about that. You're in my guest room. If you need anything, just yell. There is a guard outside your door. Celestia Vita chuckled and crumpled up the note.he curled into the fetal position on the bed. Reminiscent of memories like that always left him shaken. He pulled his head to his knees, and watched as a vision flashed before his eyes. he could not see much beside him lying on the stone cold floor of the throne room, dying. The images flashed away as soon as they came, and he sat there, shaken. There was a soft thump on the deck outside of his room. He quickly pulled one of his lightsabers to him, and readied it. He was surprised to see Revan walk through, mask off. He drew the lightsaber, looking Revan in the eye. The same brown eyes that betrayed him. Revan sat down in a chair that sat across from the bed. "Relax, old friend, I've come unarmed, and not wanting to fight. I only wish to talk." "Bullshit." Vita quickly spat out. He flinched as Revan stood up and showed his two lightsaber slots. Empty. He withdrew his lightsaber. Revan would not stand a chance against him in hand-to-hand-plus-force combat. Nobody could. He sat up, and rested the lightsaber on his knee. "So what do you want to talk about? It must be important, if the all mighty Revan has come unarmed to my sleeping quarters." Vita mocked Revan for a good minute before he finally stopped. "...Done yet?" "Yup." "What I wanted to talk about was tomorrow." Revan sighed. "I'm coming to kill you tomorrow, and I wanted to make finally amends before I do." Vita was shocked -no- beyond shocked. "A Sith lord, apologizing. I thought I would never see the day." Revan sighed again. "Shut your trap, it's not like I do this everyday." Vita could hear a tinge of sadness in his voice. "I was wanted to say I'm sorry for what I did to you. I know you had your reasons for walking out, mostly because of your father, but I didn't just lose my first apprentice that day..." Vita watched in wide-eyed shock as the Sith Lord started crying in front of him. Crying. "I lost my only friend." Wow. Vita stared in wide eyed fashion, complete with his mouth being agape. A Sith Lord, lonely. Who could have guessed. Vita mentally braced himself for what was about to come. "I did everything for a reason, and I'm sorry you didn't see it my way at the time, but I'm sure others-" He got cut off. "You don't GET IT!" Revan raised his voice. "You had a family! You had friends!" Revan's fists began to clench up, and lightning began to spark around them. That was enough. Vita stood up and drew his lightsaber. "Revan, if you truly felt that way, you would have come forward long ago. I know you better than that." He sighed, and walked over to him. He put a hand on his shoulder. "Now get your shit together, Revan. You have long days ahead of you, and you need some sleep. I can see the lack of it in your eyes." Revan stood up, and looked his once-friend directly in his eyes. His eyes were even brighter in the dark. vita looked down back at him. "You remember that one favor you owe me?" "*Slight sniffle* Yeah?" "When you kill me tomorrow, leave this planet be. That is my one favor." Revan looked at him quizzically. That was one of the last things he had expected, then again, he did just cry. "I think I can do that." Revan began walking towards the balcony, and he reached outside when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Happy birthday, old friend." Revan closed his eyes, and Vita could almost see a smile on his face as he leapt off the balcony. Vita walked over to the shadowed corner, and looked at it. "You can come out now." He watched as Celestia and Luna appeared out of the darkness. "How did you know he was coming?" "I know him too well, old habits of his never die." Vita turned his attention back to the stars outside the balcony. "I told he wasn't all bad." He said, sitting on the edge of the bed. Celestia sat next to him. "You know he was planning on killing you tonight, right?" "I was aware. That's why when I was sharing a memory with him, I pushed his long forgotten feelings towards the front, so he would address those instead. " "Which are apparently loneliness, hatred, and sorrow, might I add." Luna said, walking over to the pair. Vita sat his head in his hands. He was going to die the next day. He knew of it. But was he really ready for it? Revan sat in his pod in silence. That did not go as well as planned. He reached around his back, and produced his ever-famed lightsaber. He had planned to kill him, but things took a turn.. for the worse? Or for the better? He had no idea. He lightly tapped his forehead against the wall of the pod. He remembered. He shut his eyes, only to have them snap open a moment later. He will pay. Revan tapped the comm unit on the pod. "Move the invasion up to tomorrow. There will be no more delays. We will strike at this position first." He said, shutting off the comm unit, and sliding down the wall. "Yes sir." He heard the comm chime in. He didn't want to get up, but he had to. He was a Sith Lord, damnit! What happened?! What had gotten into him?! vita had pulled some sick trick on his head while he was vulnerable, yeah, that had to be it. Revan had no weakness. No more sorrow, no more remorse. He was a Sith Lord! Those feelings no longer existed for him. Vita had definitely pulled some trick. Revan quickly moved to the cockpit, and set course back for the ship. He was going to make Vita pay tomorrow. Pay with his life. Chapter 4) The Return of the KingA/N Completely unedited. Sorry for all the errors. I've got things to do tonight, and I had to stuff this chapter out there. Have fun! Vita sat up slowly and cracked his knuckles. he twisted around and cracked his back. His gaze was drawn to the stack of clothes, and it dawned on him. He won't need those anymore. He stood up and walked over to the mirror in his room. Tattoos riddles his upper body and his back, revealing only a slim amout of his white skin here and there. He sighed and looked into his own eyes. He knew Revan was coming that day, and he really had no power in himself to stop him. He sighed and began his walk towards the throne room, where he knew Revan would come in search of him. Celestia was bored. She could listen to these damned political ponies talk for days on how they should be getting bits for the most idiotic things. She watched as she saw a tall and tattooed figure appear in the corner of the room, she tilted her head and it waved. Vita. A small smile slicked it's way across her face, and she turned to the small brown earth pony still rambling on about how his crops were superior to something or blah blah blah. She stamped her from hoof, and he immediately stopped talking. "Sorry, but I must close today's court early. Come back tomorrow." The brown pony opened his mouth to speak, only to be cut off by Celestia. "Tomorrow." The earth pony's eyebrow twitched, and he stormed out of the room. Vita walked up to her and chuckled. "Politics. I hate politics." He said with another light laugh. "I do what must be done, unfortunately. Where are your robes, Vita?" she raised and eyebrow at the fully tattooed body. "In my room. I won't be needing them today." Vita shifted uncomfortably in place, much to the notice of Celestia. "And why is that?" Vita's face became slightly grim. "He's killing me today, I might as well go baring the tattoo's we shared." He forcibly chuckled, then turned his attention to the open window. He sighed loudly. "We've got maybe and hour." Celestia stared at Vita in pure curiosity. How did he know so much? How did he know when he was coming? How? "How do you know all that?" She said, breaking the silence. "The vision I had last night. When one is connected to the force as strongly as I am, these things happen." He said, turning his attention back to Celestia. "I thought a god might know something like that." Celestia coughed, caught slightly off guard by the statement. "Obviously our two worlds work in very different ways." Vita said with a bit more sympathy. He sat on the floor with a slight thud, and turned his attention back to the queen. "If you had one hour to live, what would you do?" Celestia's face turned with a wicked smile. She motioned for him to come over to her, and she began whispering something into his ears. His face lit up like a Christmas tree. "The guards?" Celestia nodded, and Vita laughed. "Ooooh they will never forgive me if I do that." "And?" "Right, dying, forgot for a moment. Should we get Luna with this too?" Vita said, pointing towards Luna's chambers. "Ooooh! Even better!" Celestia said with a laugh. "Let's do it. I'll get ready." vita jumped backwards in mid flip, he stuck to the perch above one of the doorways, and he began to blend into his background with the help of a spell cast by Celestia. Now only she could see him. He gave a nod, and mouthed the words: 'do it.' Celestia drew in a deep breath. "OH MY GOODNESS, LUNA! AUUUUUGH!!!! GUAAARDS!!!! ARRRUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" She began to move her hooves like she was choking. Luna burst through her door, no royal regalia on, and terrified at the sight of her sister. A fleet of guards burst through, rushing to the Sun princess' side as fast as a guard could. "What's wrong princess?!" One guard said, panicking in place. "Ch-...chokin...vita... Auuuuhhhhhhh..." She faked passing out. "What'd she say?" A trifle of hushed whispers came out as the guards quickly picked her up and began to rush out the door, only to be stopped by an invisible force. "Not so fast, worm." The guards turned their heads to see the fleshy bald-ape like creature that stood, glaring at them. One tried to rush him, only to fail by not being able to move at all. A wicked smiled crossed Vita's face as he walked closer to the group. He turned his attention to the stunned Night Princess. "Oh no, you don't get out either..." he said silently. He pointed his open palm at her, and she felt an invisible force wrap it's way around her. THOU WILL PAY FOR THY TREACHER- Luna's mouth was closed with a firm snap. She could no longer open her mouth, nor cast any magic. She was helpless. Celestia watched from behind the group of guards as panic filled her sister's eyes. A cruel, cruel prank indeed. Her face grew a wicked smile as Luna was brought face-to-face with Vita. She could barely hear him whisper something along the lines of 'You will suffer the same fate as them.' She barely held down a giggle as her sister was placed inside the group of guards, all held down by Vita. Her part was coming up. "Now listen all of you... You will all suffer the worst fate you can even imagine in a few moments. But I only have one word to say to all of you..." He turned his attention to Celestia, who was standing behind all of them. She brought her head up behind her frightened sister. ".....Boo." She said. The entire group yelped in surprise, Luna begin the loudest. Celestia's laughter then drowned out all noise the guards and Luna made. "Oooh-oh my goodness- You should have seen your face..." She began laughing harder. Luna's face turned a bright shade of red, and she walked up towards Vita and gave him a viscous slap across the face before storming back into her chambers. Vita had a stunned look on his face, but he couldn't help it any longer and he began to laugh himself. Celestia and Vita remained like this for quite a while as all the guards went back to their posts. Vita rolled onto his back and kept laughing, only to have his whole body lock up, and he quickly shifted onto his knees and held his head. Celestia seemed to notice his odd behavior, and started to walk over to him. He shot out a hand and stopped her mid-step with the force. His hands dropped from his face, and he stood up slowly. He was shaking violently, and he hadn't opened his eyes yet. "Are you ok?" Celestia said sternly. Vita's eyes shot open to reveal two bright yellow eyes. He heaved one heavy breath before he cracked his knuckles and drew his two lightsabers from his belt. "Two things. One, he's on his way. Two, the king is back." He said with a deeper voice than Celestia remembered. "What do you mean?" She nearly whispered. "The king is back. It means I've reached my full force-connection to my ancestors, and am pulling from their powers to do this incoming fight. It's a defense mechanism I learned long ago. I've only ever had to use it once before." He heaved a heavy sigh. "I'm nearly unstoppable, but it taxes my body greatly." "That's incredible." Celestia mumbled. "I'd like to know how that works, if you don't mind." Vita simply shook his head. "You'd never understand, and I won't have the time to tell you." The entire throne room shook as Revan's drop ship filled with all of his combat-ready Dark Jedi descended next to the palace. He turned to Celestia. "Get all of your guards and your sister and get somewhere safe." Celestia quickly nodded and ran towards Luna's room. Dark Jedi were already hopping out of the cruiser and landing on balconies. Vita mumbled out one last phrase before his eyes turned blood-red and he readied both his lightsabers for the slaughter that was imminent. "I am the king, and I have returned for the end." Chapter 5) I am the King! / EpilogueVita watched with blood-red eyes as a countless amount of dark Jedi hopped out the cruiser and landed in the room. They began to part, and Vita saw just the two people he wanted to. Malak and Revan. Vita smiled, and turned his attention to Luna and Celestia who were sitting in the corner. "You might not want to watch this..." Celestia and Luna sat down on a couch that Luna had drug out, and surrounded themselves with a magical barrier reinforced by the both of them. Not even the strongest blast of magic could break through it... or so they hoped. Celestia levitated a bag of popcorn over to Luna. "Want some?" "No thanks." "The entire guard is ready just in case, right?" "Correct. Now let's watch." The pair of sister watched as Vita turned his attention to them. "You might not want to watch this..." The pair chuckled quietly, and prepared themselves for the most action they will have seen in ages. Vita turned his attention to the entire group of Jedi. His hands began to glow blue, instantly shot out what he called a 'Lightning Storm.' Unfortunately for them, only Revan and Malak were able to draw their lightsabers in time to deflect it. The rest of the entire army fell to the ground like ragdolls. Vita looked at Revan with all the hate he had left in him. He knew he was going, might as well take one of them with him. "Come at me bro." He said, barely loud enough for them to hear. Malak decided to charge the man. Much to the dislike of Revan. "NO YOU FOOL!" Revan yelled, as his apprentice charged the master Jedi, only to be met with a parry, and having himself sent across the room with a force push, knocking him out completely. Vita smiled a wicked smile that he had only worn once before. Revan knew he was in for a shitstorm. "Revan, I'd like you to see something I invented. I call it..." All of the fallen dark Jedi lightsabers began to tremble in place, and all of them activated at once. "...BLAAAAAAAAADE STORM!" A endless amount of lightsabers instantly took to the air, and began rigorously attacking the lone Sith Lord. A million white flashes a second appeared from where the Sith Lord used to be, he was simply deflecting each lightsaber, a cut barely grazing him per every few hundred. Celestia was watching in awe, her jaw nearly hitting the floor at the spectacle. That many light-sticks floating all at once, she could barely do that. Luna closed her sister's jaw as the kept watching the events unfold in front of them. Revan's voice boomed through the throne room. "YOU CAN'T KEEP THIS UP, VITA!" "You're right, Revan." Vita's voice was like a whisper to the mind, not reaching into the ears, but the brain, breaching all zones of comfort. "I think I'll...cut this short... heh." All of the lightsabers instantly withdrew, and fell to the ground in a loud. "Long live the king." Vita drew both his lightsabers, and charged Revan. The fight was up to an hour, the two humans simply fighting it out right there. Neither seemed to be winning, only a few nicks here and there. Luna turned to her sister. "This bores me. I'm going to retire to my chambers, call for me when this gets interesting." Celestia nodded, and turned her attention back to the two fighting figures. Celestia herself began nodding off while watching the fight, neither one seemed to be gaining ground. As if on cue to wake her up, a blood curling scream was let out. Celestia turned her attention and saw that Vita had a lightsaber right through his abdomen, protruding out the other side. Luna... Luna instantly appeared next to her sister. "What is..Oh." Vita was still screaming, and Malak, who was holding the lightsaber stuck in his back, was laughing like a maniac. He pulled it out only to have Vita pull a quick 180 turn and attempt to behead him like he should have before. rage build up inside Vita as he no longer left the pains of his cuts, let alone the hole in his stomach. He let out all of his fury on the apprentice, reaching strike after strike, beating down the apprentice's one lightsaber with his two. He stood no chance. As soon as it started it was over. With a terrible squishing noise, and a crack, Vita Cut off Malak's lower jaw, and kicked him in the dead center of his chest, breaking all of his ribs. He watched the apprentice fall to the floor in a bloody heap, then his eyes shot open as he felt a lightsaber just in front of his neck. "Should we stop him, sister?" "No, he is just as powerful, and we would stand no chance. Besides, you heard him, he will leave us when this is all over.." "You doubt this?" "I'm hoping I don't have to." Revan had Vita now. It was finally over. Vita was in his grasp, about to die. He heard Vita take a deep breath, then quietly whisper. "Are you going to make it painful, Revan?" Revan chuckled. "Not for you, my old friend. And one last thing..." He put the lightsaber directly next to Vita's neck, and prepared to end it all. "Happy birthday to you, too." He pulled the lightsaber back. It was all over now. Many years later... Revan's lone ship landed on the balcony of the castle, and he stepped off and into the throne room. Celestia looked at him, and her horn instantly began to glow. "Relax, your majesty. Much has changed in the past years... I've come to say the proper goodbye to my old friend." Celestia visibly relaxed, but she still didn't trust him. "The grave is underneath the castle. Go there." Revan nodded, and returned to his ship. I'm going to make sure you don't pull and shifty moves this time... Celestia though, before opening her wings to follow and spy on Revan as he said his 'final goodbyes.' Revan landed underneath the castle, and he found exactly what he was looking for. Right there, was the gravestone of his long-lost friend. He walked up to it and knelt down before it. It read: "Here lies Vita, though his time here in Equestria was short, he kept us safe from an evil that we couldn't have possibly stopped. RIP" Revan sighed. "I'm sorry this had to happen, Vita. I miss you already, but I have to tell you... I did it. I did it like you said. I finally returned to the light... I'm back on the council I once sought to destroy. I know you'd be proud to hear that, so I'm sorry you can't... I truly miss you. So I've got one last thing to say.. Or few things..." Revan took a deep breath. "I keep searching for something that I never seem to find. But maybe I won’t, because I left it all behind. Now I’m stuck with this, and that’ll never change Always a part of me, until the very last day. Where to go from here? What road to travel on? I spent my whole life choosing, and I always chose wrong. Will I try to have the will to be alive? Will I try because I’ve never seen the light? Blow it to the ground and it’s now you see, You spent your whole life taking the best of me. Where’d you go? Where’s your home? How’d you end up all alone? Can you hear me now? There’s no light, there’s no sound. Hard to breathe, when you’re underground. Can you hear me now? Hear me now..." Celestia watched in awe as Revan broke down to tears, simply wrapping his arms around the grave, before taking out a small knife and etching something into the gravestone, and leaving something small stuck into the gravestone with the knife. He immediately ran to his pod and took off, heading back out where he came. Celestia walked over to the grave stone and read aloud what Revan had written. "Long live the true king of the force long live the king I am the prince, he is the king god save the king." A small tear ran down Celestia's face as she picked up the object that was hung on the gravestone. It was a small, round, golden locket. Inside was a picture was a younger looking Vita and Revan, smiling and giving the thumbs up. The engraving on the inside of the cover read: "I'll never forget, Vita. Even if you've left before I did."
Chapter 1) The CrashCelestia was just lowering her sun, sighing quietly as it passed under the edge of the pink and crimson horizon. Her lips curled back in a smile as she turned to the opposite window and saw the moon rising ever so slowly. To normal ponies, this would have been nothing, but to Luna and Celestia, the giant mammoths of objects were connected to them. They could feel their every movement, every slight change, they could see it and feel it. Celestia began walking towards her sleeping chambers, planning to turn in for the night. On her way back, she saw her sister. "Good night, Luna. I'll see you in the morning." "Likewise." Luna said calmly, walking past her. Odd. Celestia thought. Luna was usually a lot happier and peppier than that. She shrugged it off as simply a mood, and headed for her bedroom Luna just wasn't feeling right. Something was wrong in her heavens. She walked past the guards at her door. "No Night court tonight. Tell Alex he is off duty." "Yes your majesty." Luna walked towards the balcony that she sat on every now and again to enjoy her night. She walked out onto the moonlit balcony, shutting the curtains behind her. She let out a hefty sigh, and turned her attention to her stars. Something was wrong out there, but she could not tell what. She squinted as she saw a distance star grow brighter. Her eyes shot wide. That is no star! She quickly shot up, and pointed her head in the direction of the object flaming in the atmosphere. Her horn shone bright, and she attempted to locate this thing falling from the sky. It was like a boat of some kind, and some other kind of creature in it. her magic could not stop it, nor grab hold of it. It was like it was immune to any kind of magic. She watched for a few more minutes as it slowly got brighter and brighter. And bigger. It was getting bigger. Luna sat up in a panic. It was coming straight for the castle, and it was immune to magic. Luna galloped through her castle, heading straight for Celestia's room. She was darting left and right to the surprise of the guards and other ponies in the castle. She found herself at the doors of Celestia's private rooms. She shot it open with her magic and ran in, looking at a very surprised looking Celestia sitting at her desk. "Luna?! What do you need? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost!" "T-Thing! Falling from the sky! Immune to magic! Can't stop, heading right for castle!" Luna blurted out, not being able to complete a coherent sentence due to er mind being scattered. Celestia began to put two and two together and her own eyes opened wide. "Let's go." She said as she sat up and ran to her balcony. She looked up at the sky, and there was none other than a giant flaming object heading straight for the castle. Celestia let out a little yell, before tilting her head in the direction of the object. Luna looked on as a bright white shield was placed in front of them, and the large object. Celestia's face twisted with pain and anguish as the object refused to bend to her will. Then it happened. The entire object burst into a million pieces. The explosion shook Celestia from her concentration, causing the barrier to dissipate. The object literally shattered in the air, sending chunks of flaming material in every direction. It was much like a meteor shower, and that's what the princess' would tell the press. But for now Celestia watched on and on as more and more of the flaming chunks were put out. She slowly backed up. A tear came to her eye. "There was somepony on that thing.." She said silently, sitting on her haunches. Luna walked over a draped a wing over her sister, leaning her head on her. Celestia closed her eyes and let her head droop a little. She sniffled and looked up. A majority of the burning chunks were gone, savor a few large pieces. Fortunately for the sisters, these large pieces were heading in the direction of the ocean. Celestia scanned the chunks for signs of life. None. She sighed, and pushed her head into her sisters. "They didn't even have a chance here..." Celestia whispered quietly.Luna looked up to the spectacle. Only to see her stars disappearing. Her eyebrows pushed together in confusion. What? She watched as a few more disappeared. Only then to realize, only moments before it was too late. "TIA!" She yelled, teleporting the two inside. They both looked up as a large black object crashed into the balcony. It did not break through, luckily, but only sank a few feet into it. It was steaming from heat, and it appeared as if it were holding something. The two sisters looked at each other and nodded. They began walking towards it cautiously, only to arrive a few feet from it before it began hissing. The two sister stopped mid-step as they witnessed something not even the best witch-doctor or psychic could predict. A large chunk of the object hissed, letting out a white substance. The hissing end of it suddenly sprang out, and a large creature fell out, lading flat against the ground. It groaned. Luna let out a rather feminine yelp, and jumped behind her sister. "Get it Tia!" She said, pushing her sister further forward towards the steaming creature. Celestia turned her head around and gave her sister a death stare. "Sorry." Celestia slowly stepped forward, her horn glowing ever so slightly, searching the strange creature for life. "It's alive..." She whispered. She walked up next to it, and poked it with her hoof. It groaned again, and rolled into a small ball. She crouched down next to it. "It'll be ok, you're safe here..." The object suddenly sprang to life, rolling over it's sides and drawing two weapons. They seemed to be made of light. the made a louder Pshhh sound as they drew to full length. The creature sprange to it's hind legs, balancing on them skillfully. It was covered head to toe in cloth, and it's face was fully hidden. The two weapons it was hold were odd in shape, much like colored sticks. One was a bright red, and the other a defying blue. The creature pointed the red one at Celestia. "WHO ARE YOU?!" It yelled quite loudly. It was clear to the sisters this thing was male. Celestia brought her head back in surprise, she was speechless. Nopony had yelled at her like that in ages. She sat there with her mouth gaping open at the spectacle before her. It brought the blue stick to the ground of the balcony, slicing right through it in a spectacle of sparks. Celestia's eyes opened wider. Nothing could cut through that stone, it had to be shaped by magic. Whatever weapon this thing had, it was dangerous. Her horn glowed as she tried to constrain it. She fell backwards as another, seemingly invisible source of magic pushed her back. The thing was pointing it's hand at her, the red stick still pointing towards her. "ANSWER ME! WHO ARE YOU?!" It yelled again. It's hood turned to Luna, who was beginning to flee. It's hand reached out and pointed at her. Luna suddenly found herself being pulled up next to her sister, much against her will. The creature took a step forward. "Answer me." It said in a menacing tone. "I'm Princess Celestia... and... And this is my s-sister Luna..." Celestia barely managed this sentence. Nopony ever had a magic mroe powerful than hers, much less both hers and her sister's at the same time. She watched as it drew the weapon back, pointing it off to the side. She could hear it sigh. "I'm Vita. Sorry for being so hostile, princess. From where I'm from... It's more necessary." He said, not putting his glowing stick weapons away. He pulled his hood back to reveal a white head, two clear-as-day white eyes, short brown hair, and a long scar running from his forehead to the base of his chin. A small frown appeared on it's face. "I would hate to impose, but you wouldn't have a spare starship would you?" His voice got a lot softer, and quieter. Luna rather like this ...thing?... It was direct and to the point when necessary, and kind and soft when not. Celestia, however, was not. This thing had just threatened her and her sister, and now it's asking for a...a... "What's a starship?" Celestia said out loud. She watched as it's face became good friends with one of it's front appendages. "Oh boy, are we in deeeeeeep shit then." "And what are you?!" Luna blurted out, now scooting out from her hiding place behind her sister. "Yes, what are you? You're immune to my magic, and seem to have a kind of magic of your own." She heard it sigh again. "I'm a human, and a Jedi. I'll have to explain all that later." "How did you get here?" Luna blurted out again. Vita's face turned to the blue...unicorn...pegasus...thing. "Oh, that is a story you're going to love." He said, finally putting his glowing sticks back into his robe. "So get this..." Vita was on the run. Again. He shifted the large Sith starship into pre-lightspeed state. He was biding his time with these meddlesome Sith. He set his trust lightsabers, amare and odio, in the holders to his right. He stole a starship from the Sith. Stole it. By himself. He had taken well over two hundred dark Jedi Knights, Two dark Jedi masters, and well over a thousand armed guards.He was the single most powerful Jedi in existence. Then he heard the holocommunicator click on from behind him. "Cease the running, Vita. We have a tracker on your ship. Running away in it would only be foolish." Vita laughed. "Fuck you, Revan. Fuck you and all of your Sith. Be happy I didn't kill you while I could, master." He said the last few words in spite. "Now, now Vita, that's no way to treat me... We will find you." Vita pulled amare from the wall, and drew it's blue blade out. He turned around and shoved it into the holocom, which caused it to burn and fizzle, breaking instantly. He sighed and turned to the controls, aiming at a random planet that seemed like it could sustain life. Plenty of green, some blue. He set course to it, and hit the launch button. He felt his back smack firmly against the pilot's seat and the light around his cockpit turn to streaks of blue. They came to a stop and he watched as the planet rushed into view. Beautiful. That was all he could think of. This planet was beautiful. He couldn't let Revan destroy this one. It had life on it, undisturbed life. His thought process was interrupted by a loud crash, an explosion, followed by many bells and sirens. He looked up to the status system. Knocked out power, and he was heading straight into the planet's atmosphere. He turned the video transmitter on, only to see Revan's ship far in the distance. He flipped on the comm once. "Follow me and die, Revan. Same goes for everyone that follows you. I will never join back up with you, and dare you try to pull me back, I will end you. Without a second thought, lest you run again, pitiful being. I let you live once, and I don't want to kill you. Now Get the fuck off my case." He grabbed his lightsabers, and cut the comm to pieces. He ran to the drop pods. The ship was quickly falling towards the planet. He ran into the pod, and switched on all the systems. The pod system chimed on. Welcome back, Master Irae. He poked the red button underneath the comm. "Don't call me that. Now drop the pod as soon as it's safe, aim for civilization." Yes, Master. Vita sighed, and set his head against the headrest. Suddenly a voice ran through his mind. I'm coming for you, young one. You won't live this time. His eye twitched as he recognized the voice. Revan, for the last time. If you come after me, the only way you will live is if you run like a pansy. Nothing more. Vita felt his cabin beginning to heat up. He pushed the view system on the drop pod, and was watching the cockpit. It was filling with fire. he braced himself for what was about to happen. Exiting. He heard the A.I. chime in, and he braced himself. The pod launched out of the main ship, mere moments before exploding. He looked outside the main window as a large castle was coming to view. The A.I. had aimed him at it. "A.I! When I said civilization, I didn't mean aim for a probably highly-populated castle!" Vita yelled, taking the controls in the pod cockpit. If he was going to hit it, he was going to land with no injuries. He aimed for the least populated area, quickly gaining too much speed to pull back out. He saw a white and a dark blue figure on the balcony he was aiming for. "Sucks to be them." He said, bracing for impact. The pod hit the ground with a bone-shattering crash. If he had no been a fully trained Jedi, and had many implants, he probably would not have survived the crash. Thought it did nearly knock him out. He pressed the exit button, and it hissed to life. He was quickly losing consciousness. The front door shot open, and he simply just rolled out onto his stomach. "...And that's how I got here." He said, sitting on his butt with a soft thud. "Sorry for disturbing you two. I know being dropped in at night isn't exactly ideal, but my...situation isn't either." Celetsia walked over the the small human. His head was in his hands, and she could barely hear him crying. She crouched down next to him. He was taller than her, but she had much more size on him. She heard him sniffle, and that confirmed her suspicions, the poor thing was crying. To Vita, this was all overwhelming. Besides the very strange fact these ponies could speak galactic standard, they were ponies. He had seen weirder, but that was just plain out of place. The two sisters brough back memories... Painful.. Painful memories... "What's wrong?" She said, setting herself down in front of him. "I don't want to..." He looked up at her, looking at her face. The stare she was giving him told him she wasn't going to take any kind of 'no' for an answer. "I..." "Come now, I am a princess. I'll understand." Luna then sat herself next to him. He was comfortable with them next to him. He had no reason to trust them, and had hadn't yet. He then concluded he won't tell his full story. But it had been so long since he had someone to talk to... "They've been after me for so long. I've been through everything alone, dealing with them alone..." He sighed and returned his hands to his face. "I miss him so much..." He began to cry. "They killed him. They killed everyone... Only seeing you so happy and close to your sister..." He trailed off. he brought his hands to the floor, and pushed himself up. The two princess' tried to move closer, but with one wave of his hand, they were expelled a few feet away from him. "No." he said, putting a hand to the side of his head, and the other on amare. A look of panic rushed over him. He turned to the two sister in front of him. "If you two are princess' go get everyone to safety." He said sternly, drawing out the blue blade, turning his head to the night sky. "Why?" Luna said blatantly. "They're coming."
Chapter 2) The ArrivalRevan cracked his knuckles. He would not let this one get away. This target was way too powerful to get away. And too powerful for him to take on alone. He turned to the captain of his ship. "You say he lived the explosion?" "Y-...Yes Revan, sir." Revan made a grunting noise, turning around. He heard the captain sigh. He put a hand on his lightsaber under his cloak, and quickly drew out the blade and turning around with blinding speed. He stopped millimeters from the captain's neck. "This is the last time you fail me, captain." Revan watched as the captain's expression grew grim. He brought the lightsaber through his neck with one swift movement, and put his lightsaber away. He turned to the other crewmember next to him. "Clean this up." He said in a firm tone. The poor man quickly set to it; not wanting to face a similar fate. He heard a lightsaber be drawn from behind him. "THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU KILL ANYONE, REVAN!" The Sith lord turned around to look at a young, spunky looking jedi. He wore the crew member clothing, and he had his lightsaber out. Revan could barely contain his laughter as the jedi charged him. He simply held out a hand and gripped the poor jedi by the neck with the force. He forced the lightsaber out of his hand with his other hand, and brought the failure of an assassin close to his face. "What rank are you, a knight?" The jedi grunted. "I will tell you no such things." "Then you are of no use to me." Revan turned to the crewmember sitting a few feet beneath him. "Prepare for a hull breach." The man looked back at Revan with an expression that easily said: 'What?' before raising the 'Hull Breach' Alarm. Revan took one last look at the terrified jedi, he knew what he was going to do. "Goodbye, whelp." And with that he threw the Jedi with all of his might at the opposide end of the hallway, sending him through numerous walls, and into the other end of the ship. "Aw, he didn't break through. I'm gettin' rusty." Revan quickly reached out with the force and pulled the Jedi back. Unconscious. Useless.The Sith lord closed his open fist, and what used to be a jedi simply became a heap of crushed goop. He smiled, and then the realization hit him. Ah, he will sense that. Late the game begin, Vita. He reached out mentally towards his ex-apprentice. "Your move, Vita. If you choose to stay down there, we are going to come kill you, and everyone that has or will help you." "Bullshit," Vita immediately thought back. "I can't get off of this rock, they have no space ships!" "Then we will come kill you." "No, Revan. You come, and I kill you." Revan felt the connection fade. He reached over to his comm, and sent a message to the whole ship. "Prepare to send scouting parties. We will remain in orbit for 72 hours, in this time, prepare all available soldiers and Dark Jedi. We will let him bide his time, then we will strike." The unit clicked off, and Revan stepped onto the bridge. "With all due time, my old apprentice.. All things come to an end..." He whispered to himself. He turned around to see his new apprentice walking towards him. "Malak, you and I are going to do great things very soon." He let out a hearty laugh, and turned his attention back to the planet he was about to invade. "This will be quite fun." Vita turned to the two princesses, and gave them a grave look. "They're coming..." He repeated. He quickly turned to the white one. "I really need to get somewhere were nobody will be near me. And you need to get guards everywhere. The Sith will stop at nothing to conquer a new planet." "The who?" "Sith. Bad guys. They will kill everyone on this planet. Or just blow it up. Depends on how Revan is feeling." He said, turning his attention back to the stars. "You're going to have to explain these things, Vita." Luna suddenly said, walking out towards him. He sighed. "If you honestly think so." And so he did. He explained the Sith, how they were the destroyer of planets, the conquers of galaxies. How they were the pinnacle of evil. He also explain the Jedi Council, how they were the good side, taking nothing for granted. Somewhere along the line he lit it slip that he has played both sides of the deal, and ended up in the middle. He was more or less forced to tell her about the force, and his training behind it. Also how each side has specific powers, how light can heal, and dark can kill. Celestia walked over to the two, joining the explanations. She explained to him everything about Equestria, the ponies, how they all have magic; the earth ponies being physically better, the pegasi having a connection to the clouds, and the general unicorn magic. She ended her side on the topic of the Elements of Harmony, and how they could rid even the most evil creatures of their foulness. Vita laughed. Even he knew nothing could fully cleanse Revan but Revan himself. He began to tell the two sisters of his encounters with Revan, from taking over planets, to saving some. How he used to be a good person... "He wasn't always like this... Something changed when his second apprentice came into play. They went and did something... They came back changed. I know somewhere inside Revan is still good, but I'm not sure even your 'elements of harmony' could save him." He began walking towards the pod he was dropped in. "But for now, it is late, and i'm tired. I hope you don't mind..." He climbed into his pod, only to be stopped by a white forcefield. "That is not necessary, Vita. You can take one of the many guest rooms." "But I don't want to imp-" "I insist." She said, walking towards the door. Luna had retired back to her throne. "GUARDS!" Celestia yelled. Within a moments notice, a arrange of guards appeared. A dozen to be exact. They arrive with haste and landed in front of the princess. "Yes your maje-" The one at the front said, his sentence stopped short. His attention was locke donto the strange creature on the balcony. "INTRUDER! Formation B! get the princess out!" He barked at the other 11 guards. "No wait he's-!" The princess tried to say, only to have her and he sister forcefully removed from the room in an instant. The captain of the guard, Golden Shield, was charging the strange creature. It was covered from top to bottom in cloths. Whatever it was, it could not be trusted. Vita was turning back to his pod to gather what few belongings he had in there when he heard Celestia yell. "Guards!" He quickly turned around to see a dozen golden-clad ponies arrive in the room. one of them yelled a few orders, then began charging at him. His hand reached his lightsaber when a single forced though crossed his mind. "Don't hurt them, they don't know you are on our side!" Strange, it sounded like- It was Celestia. Odd. Only Revan could ever do that, and only because more or less he grew up with Revan, knowing each other when they were forced to share a room in the Sith academy. Sharing a lifetime's worth of a bond like that could easily allow such communication, but something like this coming from someone he had just met was near unheard of. None the less, Vita lifted his hands off his lightsabers and prepared for his nonlethal style of hand-to-hand. The guard was coming at an extremely open angle. This would be childsplay for Vita. He waited for the last possible moment, and then quickly grabbed the charging guard be the snout with a quick hand. Now he was in control. He quickly redirected where the guard was going, and sent him flopping onto the floor with enough force to cause a slight crack. He stood up and shook off the pain, and charged again. Vita decided against pulling the same maneuver, and decided to simply knock him out already. He pushed one charging hoof away, and pulled the incoming punch with his opposite hand. The guard looked shocked for a moment, only the be met with a quick two-fingered jack to the side of his temple, knocking him out cold in an instant. Vita turned his attention to the rest of the guards, who were simply looking on in shock. Against their training, he was sure. But then they drew their swords. He drew his lightsabers. Celestia burst in. "ENOUGH!" She he heard her yell. He was thrown off of his feet at the unsuspected yell. He quickly tried to re-position himself mid-air so no harm would come to him. His efforts we futile as he slammed back-first into the wall, knocking him out cold. Revan felt his mental connection to Vita get lost. He tilted his head slightly. It took all of my powers to even cut his face, and these foul reatures knock him out in one night? Taking over this planet will be fun. He turned to the nearest crew member. "Prepare my personal pod. The smallest one. I'm going in for a little... visit."
Chapter 3)Painful Memories and The Night VisitRevan put his mask on the rack as he stepped into the cockpit of the miniature drop pod. He sighed heavily as he sat down and set it so he would land undetected a few hundred meters away from the castle Vita was staying in. He put his head against the headrest of his pod and relaxed. It was going to be a disheartening night for him. He closed his eyes and relived the night he and Vita finally separated. Vita was put in his bed by the very, very unhappy captain. Not only had this creature whooped his flank, but now he had to carry him to the damned guestrooms, and act as his personal guide when he woke up. He set the strange thing on the bed, and walked out of the room. "Screw that." He said out loud. He then walked over to his own room in the barracks and went to a very nightmare-filled sleep, courtesy of the unconscious thing in the other room. Vita rolled around in his sleep, unable to shake the harsh memories that were filling his mind. Though unconscious, he was still able to radiate enough force energy to effect anyone within a 100-foot radius. More of a defense mechanism than anything. His pained movements ceased as his mind reached into the depths of his memories and pulled out the three that stood most in his heart. His father, his mother, and one of his closest friends. Vita looked around, and grabbed his father's lightsaber, running outside quickly. He pushed the button to activate it, like his father had taught him. He ran towards the pair of mandalorians that were hovering over his crippled and yelling father. Vita ran up behind one, and sank the lightsaber into his back. The poor man didn't even yelp as his eyes rolled back, and he died instantly from the nerves to his brain being severed completely. The second one took one look aat the teenage human, and gave him a firm slap across the face, causing the lightsaber to be dropped on the ground. The mandalorian jumped and activated some kind of hover boots. He laughed heartily. "Next time, keep your daddy in check kid." He flew off, not even giving any remorse for his fallen ally. Vita ran to his dying father, picking his head up into his arms, crying with eyes out. He put one hand on the blaster marks that riddle his chest. "I--I can fix you dad, you'll be ok!" He yelled, lying to himself. "Relax, my son." His father said, with a strange calmness in his voice. "You'll be ok, then we can go find mom and-" he was silenced by a finger that lightly touched his lips. "Calm yourself, Vita. You'll find your mother eventually. You were destined to do great things. I promise you." He ran his hand behind Vita's head, and brought their foreheads together. "It isn't fair dad... They could have picked anyone to come and kill for fun..." His dad felt the tears hit his face. He pulled their heads apart, and wiped his son's tears away. "All good things come to an end, my son. I lived a great life, did all the things I wanted, even had my own children.." "But dad, what about the council, they won't know any of the great things you've done, and they won't believe me if I tell them..." He was silenced by his dad's hand again. "A wise man once told me 'if you've done things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.' Live by those words Vita, always do what you think is right, not what others. Follow your heart, and this is why you must heed my final request..." Vita nodded. "Leave the council. You are a knight." He coughed. "Join the Sith academy. Graduate. Remain neutral, and follow your heart. Being biased to one with only limit your endless power..." he coughed more. "Now go, my son. My time... has come. I love you, Vita. And i'll always be watching you, along with your two brothers and sisters..." He coughed one last time. "Live on, and stay true to your heart." Vita held his father in his arms as he felt him go limp. He let out an earth-shattering roar that shook the planet itself to the core, causing quakes around the entire planet. Hours later, his tears finally stopped falling. He reached for his father's lightsaber, and looked on the hilt. It had an engraved name on it. 'Amare' Vita took it in pride, and set off towards his father's starship; his next destination: The Sith academy. ---------------------------------------------------------- The next memory ran through. Where he said his final goodbyes to his mother. Fortunately for Vita, this memory was much less dramatic, but a very similar outcome. He was walking around downtown Coruscant, looking for his last stop before Korriban. *Apartment 66A, 66B... Here we go, 66C.* He thought. He knocked on the door. He heard a crashing sound then the door flew open to reveal just the woman he was looking for. His mother. She stared at him wide-eyed for what seemed like hours. She then coughed hard, and looked him dead in the eyes. "Come to mock a dying woman of her defeats are we?" She said in spite, nearly slamming the door in Vita's face. "No, mom. I've come to say goodbye before I join the Sith academy." Her eyes shot wide open, then a grin came across her face. She stepped aside and waved him to come in. "So you finally ditched your old man, eh? Too much of that sappy crap?" She said, flopping down onto her old beat-up couch. Vita nearly punched her right in the face just for that, but he decided against that, she was dying anyway. "No, actually. A pair of Mandalorians ambushed and killed him. He died in my arms 48 hours ago." Vita said, taking a seat across from the couch. "So you decided to become a Sith?" He had to lie. She would never help him if he told her his dad wanted him to go. "Yes, against dad's dying wish to become a light-sided Jedi master." He wanted to slap himself for that, but it was necessary. "So I need your help getting into the academy." His mother laughed. "It'll be done by tomorrow morning. Now get some sleep, you look like a tusken raider took a shit on your face." Vita didn't say anything as he went to his old room, and flopped onto the bed for some much-needed rest. -next morning- Vita was walking out the door, about to head for the academy, when his mother stopped him. "Take this, I don't need it anymore." She handed him her lightsaber. He read what was engraved on the side. 'odio' He looked at his mother. "Odio?" He said, with a quizzical look on his face. "It means hate. I built that lightsaber out of pure hatred and anger. It'll serve you just as well." She patted him on the back, and shocked him lightly with lightning. Vita jumped slightly, and turned to face her. "I'll never get used the that, but thanks. I'll kill hordes of Jedi with it." "I'm sure you will." She said with a wink. She gave him a hug. An actual hug. Vita never got affection from his mother. What was going on?! She whispered into his ear. "I know everything, Vita. You're destine to do great things." She said, then pushed him out the door, slamming it in his face. The last memory was accompanied by Revan. The two of them relived this memory as if they were teens again. Revan shifted in his seat slightly as he realized his memory was being watched by an unconscious Vita. ---------------------------------------------------------- Revan turned into a dim lit room, and flicked on the light. A muscular figure was laying on the top bunk, and it groaned and rolled over. "Turn off the fucking light." He said, rolling over to face away from the center of the light source. "What a great way to greet your new room-mate." The man then turned to him, revealing short brown hair, and two pearly-white eyes. Revan was taken aback. Such odd eyes. "I'm Vita. Now shut the fucking light off, I'm tired." The muscular man rolled back over. "I'm Revan, charmed." He said, flicking off the light. ---------------------------------------------------------- Two years later. Revan sat up, head in hands. While Vita paced in front of him. Vita set a hand on Revan's shoulder. "Calm down, man. You're going to be a master, and they never get nervous." Revan looked up to him with two dark brown eyes. Then shook his head. Vita viciously slapped him. Then crouched and took Revan's head in his hand. At eye level, Vita looked at him right in the eyes, and slapped him again. "GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!" He yelled, pushing Revan back down onto the bed. "Alright, alright, no need to go Sith commander on me. I'm just... A master in two years. Damn near unheard of." Vita sat down next to him. "It'll take me another few, but we're destine to do great things..." ---------------------------------------------------------- One year later. Revan was shifting though the trees, in the midst of conquering a Mandalorian planet. He heard a figure land on all sides of him, and he drew his lightsaber. Well over a dozen mandalorians surrounded him. They were all pointing their heavy repeaters at him. With that he would stand no chance. He pointed his lightsaber at one, before another figure landed inches from behind him. *"It's me, here to save your ass again, master."* Revan heard though his mind. He heard Vita draw his two lightsabers. before hearing the roar of a lightning storm around him. In the blink of an eye all of the mandalorians were dead. He turned to face Vita. "You owe me one, Revan." All Revan could do was nod. ---------------------------------------------------------- Revan sat up. Something was wrong. He reached for his lightsaber and drew it. he could sense someone in his room. He flight the light on with the force to reveal Vita standing in the middle of his room. Vita was a half-head taller than him, and now had his Sith tattoos that ran all over his back and down his arms. "Go to bed apprentice, you scare the hell out of me. I damn near cut you down!" Vita's face darkened visibly. Revan rose, pointing his lightsaber at Vita. "You wouldn't dare." "I'm not, *Master*" He spat the last word. "I'm leaving. Don't follow me." He turned his back and began walking out the door. "And don't sent your other apprentice either, I'll slaughter him like a pig." Vita walked out, only to draw his lightsaber and block a backstab. A rigorous fight followed. Causing Revan two scars across his chest, and Vita one across his face. Vita force-pushed Revan into a wall, and sliced his lightsaber in half. He put odio up to Revan's neck. "If you follow me, you *WILL* Die next time." He withdrew the lightsaber and walked out. Revan's only friend just walked out on him. Revan sank and put his head in his hands, a single tear dropping to the floor. The pair were shaken back to reality at the end of the memory. Revan hitting the ground, and Vita waking up. Revan opened the silent door, and began his trek towards Vita's room. Vita sat up. Why did he relive those memories now? He looked around the room. He seemed to be in a large bedroom. All of his belongings were on a nightstand, and there was a note. He picked it up and read it. Vita, Sorry about that. You're in my guest room. If you need anything, just yell. There is a guard outside your door. Celestia Vita chuckled and crumpled up the note.he curled into the fetal position on the bed. Reminiscent of memories like that always left him shaken. He pulled his head to his knees, and watched as a vision flashed before his eyes. he could not see much beside him lying on the stone cold floor of the throne room, dying. The images flashed away as soon as they came, and he sat there, shaken. There was a soft thump on the deck outside of his room. He quickly pulled one of his lightsabers to him, and readied it. He was surprised to see Revan walk through, mask off. He drew the lightsaber, looking Revan in the eye. The same brown eyes that betrayed him. Revan sat down in a chair that sat across from the bed. "Relax, old friend, I've come unarmed, and not wanting to fight. I only wish to talk." "Bullshit." Vita quickly spat out. He flinched as Revan stood up and showed his two lightsaber slots. Empty. He withdrew his lightsaber. Revan would not stand a chance against him in hand-to-hand-plus-force combat. Nobody could. He sat up, and rested the lightsaber on his knee. "So what do you want to talk about? It must be important, if the all mighty Revan has come unarmed to my sleeping quarters." Vita mocked Revan for a good minute before he finally stopped. "...Done yet?" "Yup." "What I wanted to talk about was tomorrow." Revan sighed. "I'm coming to kill you tomorrow, and I wanted to make finally amends before I do." Vita was shocked -no- beyond shocked. "A Sith lord, apologizing. I thought I would never see the day." Revan sighed again. "Shut your trap, it's not like I do this everyday." Vita could hear a tinge of sadness in his voice. "I was wanted to say I'm sorry for what I did to you. I know you had your reasons for walking out, mostly because of your father, but I didn't just lose my first apprentice that day..." Vita watched in wide-eyed shock as the Sith Lord started crying in front of him. Crying. "I lost my only friend." Wow. Vita stared in wide eyed fashion, complete with his mouth being agape. A Sith Lord, lonely. Who could have guessed. Vita mentally braced himself for what was about to come. "I did everything for a reason, and I'm sorry you didn't see it my way at the time, but I'm sure others-" He got cut off. "You don't GET IT!" Revan raised his voice. "You had a family! You had friends!" Revan's fists began to clench up, and lightning began to spark around them. That was enough. Vita stood up and drew his lightsaber. "Revan, if you truly felt that way, you would have come forward long ago. I know you better than that." He sighed, and walked over to him. He put a hand on his shoulder. "Now get your shit together, Revan. You have long days ahead of you, and you need some sleep. I can see the lack of it in your eyes." Revan stood up, and looked his once-friend directly in his eyes. His eyes were even brighter in the dark. vita looked down back at him. "You remember that one favor you owe me?" "*Slight sniffle* Yeah?" "When you kill me tomorrow, leave this planet be. That is my one favor." Revan looked at him quizzically. That was one of the last things he had expected, then again, he did just cry. "I think I can do that." Revan began walking towards the balcony, and he reached outside when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Happy birthday, old friend." Revan closed his eyes, and Vita could almost see a smile on his face as he leapt off the balcony. Vita walked over to the shadowed corner, and looked at it. "You can come out now." He watched as Celestia and Luna appeared out of the darkness. "How did you know he was coming?" "I know him too well, old habits of his never die." Vita turned his attention back to the stars outside the balcony. "I told he wasn't all bad." He said, sitting on the edge of the bed. Celestia sat next to him. "You know he was planning on killing you tonight, right?" "I was aware. That's why when I was sharing a memory with him, I pushed his long forgotten feelings towards the front, so he would address those instead. " "Which are apparently loneliness, hatred, and sorrow, might I add." Luna said, walking over to the pair. Vita sat his head in his hands. He was going to die the next day. He knew of it. But was he really ready for it? Revan sat in his pod in silence. That did not go as well as planned. He reached around his back, and produced his ever-famed lightsaber. He had planned to kill him, but things took a turn.. for the worse? Or for the better? He had no idea. He lightly tapped his forehead against the wall of the pod. He remembered. He shut his eyes, only to have them snap open a moment later. He will pay. Revan tapped the comm unit on the pod. "Move the invasion up to tomorrow. There will be no more delays. We will strike at this position first." He said, shutting off the comm unit, and sliding down the wall. "Yes sir." He heard the comm chime in. He didn't want to get up, but he had to. He was a Sith Lord, damnit! What happened?! What had gotten into him?! vita had pulled some sick trick on his head while he was vulnerable, yeah, that had to be it. Revan had no weakness. No more sorrow, no more remorse. He was a Sith Lord! Those feelings no longer existed for him. Vita had definitely pulled some trick. Revan quickly moved to the cockpit, and set course back for the ship. He was going to make Vita pay tomorrow. Pay with his life.
Chapter 4) The Return of the KingA/N Completely unedited. Sorry for all the errors. I've got things to do tonight, and I had to stuff this chapter out there. Have fun! Vita sat up slowly and cracked his knuckles. he twisted around and cracked his back. His gaze was drawn to the stack of clothes, and it dawned on him. He won't need those anymore. He stood up and walked over to the mirror in his room. Tattoos riddles his upper body and his back, revealing only a slim amout of his white skin here and there. He sighed and looked into his own eyes. He knew Revan was coming that day, and he really had no power in himself to stop him. He sighed and began his walk towards the throne room, where he knew Revan would come in search of him. Celestia was bored. She could listen to these damned political ponies talk for days on how they should be getting bits for the most idiotic things. She watched as she saw a tall and tattooed figure appear in the corner of the room, she tilted her head and it waved. Vita. A small smile slicked it's way across her face, and she turned to the small brown earth pony still rambling on about how his crops were superior to something or blah blah blah. She stamped her from hoof, and he immediately stopped talking. "Sorry, but I must close today's court early. Come back tomorrow." The brown pony opened his mouth to speak, only to be cut off by Celestia. "Tomorrow." The earth pony's eyebrow twitched, and he stormed out of the room. Vita walked up to her and chuckled. "Politics. I hate politics." He said with another light laugh. "I do what must be done, unfortunately. Where are your robes, Vita?" she raised and eyebrow at the fully tattooed body. "In my room. I won't be needing them today." Vita shifted uncomfortably in place, much to the notice of Celestia. "And why is that?" Vita's face became slightly grim. "He's killing me today, I might as well go baring the tattoo's we shared." He forcibly chuckled, then turned his attention to the open window. He sighed loudly. "We've got maybe and hour." Celestia stared at Vita in pure curiosity. How did he know so much? How did he know when he was coming? How? "How do you know all that?" She said, breaking the silence. "The vision I had last night. When one is connected to the force as strongly as I am, these things happen." He said, turning his attention back to Celestia. "I thought a god might know something like that." Celestia coughed, caught slightly off guard by the statement. "Obviously our two worlds work in very different ways." Vita said with a bit more sympathy. He sat on the floor with a slight thud, and turned his attention back to the queen. "If you had one hour to live, what would you do?" Celestia's face turned with a wicked smile. She motioned for him to come over to her, and she began whispering something into his ears. His face lit up like a Christmas tree. "The guards?" Celestia nodded, and Vita laughed. "Ooooh they will never forgive me if I do that." "And?" "Right, dying, forgot for a moment. Should we get Luna with this too?" Vita said, pointing towards Luna's chambers. "Ooooh! Even better!" Celestia said with a laugh. "Let's do it. I'll get ready." vita jumped backwards in mid flip, he stuck to the perch above one of the doorways, and he began to blend into his background with the help of a spell cast by Celestia. Now only she could see him. He gave a nod, and mouthed the words: 'do it.' Celestia drew in a deep breath. "OH MY GOODNESS, LUNA! AUUUUUGH!!!! GUAAARDS!!!! ARRRUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" She began to move her hooves like she was choking. Luna burst through her door, no royal regalia on, and terrified at the sight of her sister. A fleet of guards burst through, rushing to the Sun princess' side as fast as a guard could. "What's wrong princess?!" One guard said, panicking in place. "Ch-...chokin...vita... Auuuuhhhhhhh..." She faked passing out. "What'd she say?" A trifle of hushed whispers came out as the guards quickly picked her up and began to rush out the door, only to be stopped by an invisible force. "Not so fast, worm." The guards turned their heads to see the fleshy bald-ape like creature that stood, glaring at them. One tried to rush him, only to fail by not being able to move at all. A wicked smiled crossed Vita's face as he walked closer to the group. He turned his attention to the stunned Night Princess. "Oh no, you don't get out either..." he said silently. He pointed his open palm at her, and she felt an invisible force wrap it's way around her. THOU WILL PAY FOR THY TREACHER- Luna's mouth was closed with a firm snap. She could no longer open her mouth, nor cast any magic. She was helpless. Celestia watched from behind the group of guards as panic filled her sister's eyes. A cruel, cruel prank indeed. Her face grew a wicked smile as Luna was brought face-to-face with Vita. She could barely hear him whisper something along the lines of 'You will suffer the same fate as them.' She barely held down a giggle as her sister was placed inside the group of guards, all held down by Vita. Her part was coming up. "Now listen all of you... You will all suffer the worst fate you can even imagine in a few moments. But I only have one word to say to all of you..." He turned his attention to Celestia, who was standing behind all of them. She brought her head up behind her frightened sister. ".....Boo." She said. The entire group yelped in surprise, Luna begin the loudest. Celestia's laughter then drowned out all noise the guards and Luna made. "Oooh-oh my goodness- You should have seen your face..." She began laughing harder. Luna's face turned a bright shade of red, and she walked up towards Vita and gave him a viscous slap across the face before storming back into her chambers. Vita had a stunned look on his face, but he couldn't help it any longer and he began to laugh himself. Celestia and Vita remained like this for quite a while as all the guards went back to their posts. Vita rolled onto his back and kept laughing, only to have his whole body lock up, and he quickly shifted onto his knees and held his head. Celestia seemed to notice his odd behavior, and started to walk over to him. He shot out a hand and stopped her mid-step with the force. His hands dropped from his face, and he stood up slowly. He was shaking violently, and he hadn't opened his eyes yet. "Are you ok?" Celestia said sternly. Vita's eyes shot open to reveal two bright yellow eyes. He heaved one heavy breath before he cracked his knuckles and drew his two lightsabers from his belt. "Two things. One, he's on his way. Two, the king is back." He said with a deeper voice than Celestia remembered. "What do you mean?" She nearly whispered. "The king is back. It means I've reached my full force-connection to my ancestors, and am pulling from their powers to do this incoming fight. It's a defense mechanism I learned long ago. I've only ever had to use it once before." He heaved a heavy sigh. "I'm nearly unstoppable, but it taxes my body greatly." "That's incredible." Celestia mumbled. "I'd like to know how that works, if you don't mind." Vita simply shook his head. "You'd never understand, and I won't have the time to tell you." The entire throne room shook as Revan's drop ship filled with all of his combat-ready Dark Jedi descended next to the palace. He turned to Celestia. "Get all of your guards and your sister and get somewhere safe." Celestia quickly nodded and ran towards Luna's room. Dark Jedi were already hopping out of the cruiser and landing on balconies. Vita mumbled out one last phrase before his eyes turned blood-red and he readied both his lightsabers for the slaughter that was imminent. "I am the king, and I have returned for the end."
Chapter 5) I am the King! / EpilogueVita watched with blood-red eyes as a countless amount of dark Jedi hopped out the cruiser and landed in the room. They began to part, and Vita saw just the two people he wanted to. Malak and Revan. Vita smiled, and turned his attention to Luna and Celestia who were sitting in the corner. "You might not want to watch this..." Celestia and Luna sat down on a couch that Luna had drug out, and surrounded themselves with a magical barrier reinforced by the both of them. Not even the strongest blast of magic could break through it... or so they hoped. Celestia levitated a bag of popcorn over to Luna. "Want some?" "No thanks." "The entire guard is ready just in case, right?" "Correct. Now let's watch." The pair of sister watched as Vita turned his attention to them. "You might not want to watch this..." The pair chuckled quietly, and prepared themselves for the most action they will have seen in ages. Vita turned his attention to the entire group of Jedi. His hands began to glow blue, instantly shot out what he called a 'Lightning Storm.' Unfortunately for them, only Revan and Malak were able to draw their lightsabers in time to deflect it. The rest of the entire army fell to the ground like ragdolls. Vita looked at Revan with all the hate he had left in him. He knew he was going, might as well take one of them with him. "Come at me bro." He said, barely loud enough for them to hear. Malak decided to charge the man. Much to the dislike of Revan. "NO YOU FOOL!" Revan yelled, as his apprentice charged the master Jedi, only to be met with a parry, and having himself sent across the room with a force push, knocking him out completely. Vita smiled a wicked smile that he had only worn once before. Revan knew he was in for a shitstorm. "Revan, I'd like you to see something I invented. I call it..." All of the fallen dark Jedi lightsabers began to tremble in place, and all of them activated at once. "...BLAAAAAAAAADE STORM!" A endless amount of lightsabers instantly took to the air, and began rigorously attacking the lone Sith Lord. A million white flashes a second appeared from where the Sith Lord used to be, he was simply deflecting each lightsaber, a cut barely grazing him per every few hundred. Celestia was watching in awe, her jaw nearly hitting the floor at the spectacle. That many light-sticks floating all at once, she could barely do that. Luna closed her sister's jaw as the kept watching the events unfold in front of them. Revan's voice boomed through the throne room. "YOU CAN'T KEEP THIS UP, VITA!" "You're right, Revan." Vita's voice was like a whisper to the mind, not reaching into the ears, but the brain, breaching all zones of comfort. "I think I'll...cut this short... heh." All of the lightsabers instantly withdrew, and fell to the ground in a loud. "Long live the king." Vita drew both his lightsabers, and charged Revan. The fight was up to an hour, the two humans simply fighting it out right there. Neither seemed to be winning, only a few nicks here and there. Luna turned to her sister. "This bores me. I'm going to retire to my chambers, call for me when this gets interesting." Celestia nodded, and turned her attention back to the two fighting figures. Celestia herself began nodding off while watching the fight, neither one seemed to be gaining ground. As if on cue to wake her up, a blood curling scream was let out. Celestia turned her attention and saw that Vita had a lightsaber right through his abdomen, protruding out the other side. Luna... Luna instantly appeared next to her sister. "What is..Oh." Vita was still screaming, and Malak, who was holding the lightsaber stuck in his back, was laughing like a maniac. He pulled it out only to have Vita pull a quick 180 turn and attempt to behead him like he should have before. rage build up inside Vita as he no longer left the pains of his cuts, let alone the hole in his stomach. He let out all of his fury on the apprentice, reaching strike after strike, beating down the apprentice's one lightsaber with his two. He stood no chance. As soon as it started it was over. With a terrible squishing noise, and a crack, Vita Cut off Malak's lower jaw, and kicked him in the dead center of his chest, breaking all of his ribs. He watched the apprentice fall to the floor in a bloody heap, then his eyes shot open as he felt a lightsaber just in front of his neck. "Should we stop him, sister?" "No, he is just as powerful, and we would stand no chance. Besides, you heard him, he will leave us when this is all over.." "You doubt this?" "I'm hoping I don't have to." Revan had Vita now. It was finally over. Vita was in his grasp, about to die. He heard Vita take a deep breath, then quietly whisper. "Are you going to make it painful, Revan?" Revan chuckled. "Not for you, my old friend. And one last thing..." He put the lightsaber directly next to Vita's neck, and prepared to end it all. "Happy birthday to you, too." He pulled the lightsaber back. It was all over now. Many years later... Revan's lone ship landed on the balcony of the castle, and he stepped off and into the throne room. Celestia looked at him, and her horn instantly began to glow. "Relax, your majesty. Much has changed in the past years... I've come to say the proper goodbye to my old friend." Celestia visibly relaxed, but she still didn't trust him. "The grave is underneath the castle. Go there." Revan nodded, and returned to his ship. I'm going to make sure you don't pull and shifty moves this time... Celestia though, before opening her wings to follow and spy on Revan as he said his 'final goodbyes.' Revan landed underneath the castle, and he found exactly what he was looking for. Right there, was the gravestone of his long-lost friend. He walked up to it and knelt down before it. It read: "Here lies Vita, though his time here in Equestria was short, he kept us safe from an evil that we couldn't have possibly stopped. RIP" Revan sighed. "I'm sorry this had to happen, Vita. I miss you already, but I have to tell you... I did it. I did it like you said. I finally returned to the light... I'm back on the council I once sought to destroy. I know you'd be proud to hear that, so I'm sorry you can't... I truly miss you. So I've got one last thing to say.. Or few things..." Revan took a deep breath. "I keep searching for something that I never seem to find. But maybe I won’t, because I left it all behind. Now I’m stuck with this, and that’ll never change Always a part of me, until the very last day. Where to go from here? What road to travel on? I spent my whole life choosing, and I always chose wrong. Will I try to have the will to be alive? Will I try because I’ve never seen the light? Blow it to the ground and it’s now you see, You spent your whole life taking the best of me. Where’d you go? Where’s your home? How’d you end up all alone? Can you hear me now? There’s no light, there’s no sound. Hard to breathe, when you’re underground. Can you hear me now? Hear me now..." Celestia watched in awe as Revan broke down to tears, simply wrapping his arms around the grave, before taking out a small knife and etching something into the gravestone, and leaving something small stuck into the gravestone with the knife. He immediately ran to his pod and took off, heading back out where he came. Celestia walked over to the grave stone and read aloud what Revan had written. "Long live the true king of the force long live the king I am the prince, he is the king god save the king." A small tear ran down Celestia's face as she picked up the object that was hung on the gravestone. It was a small, round, golden locket. Inside was a picture was a younger looking Vita and Revan, smiling and giving the thumbs up. The engraving on the inside of the cover read: "I'll never forget, Vita. Even if you've left before I did."
