After spending some more time with daydreaming, I decided to sleep. I had enough excitement, and I only specute about the real identity of that invisible guy. Whoever that was, I khe guy had some serious training with hiding his or her force presence.

  I o go as far as using my newly acquired eye teique. It could not hide from that. In that state, I could sense even the smallest trations of forergies.

  Now I have even learo trol the dista which I wao sense force particles. Thanks to that, I no longer have a splitting headache while using it. Only if I stretch my vision too far.

  However, I o practice much more… I o time the use of the force seeing eye as I took to call it, and ge it bay regur eyesight. The problem is that it takes a few seds to ge from oo another.

  I never even expected to use it in a battle sario, but it turns out that it is surprisingly useful for that. I don’t like it, but it seems that more and more people are running around with these high-tech cloaking devices. I couldn’t sehe presence of that merary womaher.

  e to think of it…

  Personal cloaking devices were supposed to be highly illegal and such, that meaher I highly uimated the reach of the local bck market, or it was the same person using it.

  I was lying on top of my bed, with closed eyes while being in a meditative state, thinking about the events of the st few days, and my earlier enter with this mysterious stalker.

  Yes, it seems more and more likely that the merary was the shadowy figure that tried to look into my surface thoughts by creating a thin line of forergy and eg it to my presence.

  It makes me frustrated to say it, and it is still just an idea, which could very well turn out to be false, but I did not sense her presence, until she tried to pull that trie, but even after that, I could not locate her without my force seeing eye.

  I winced, breaking my meditative state.

  Even thinking about it makes me want to die. I was fug knocked over by a bag of trash. I even mao hit the bay head on the crete that seems to cover every part of this cursed p.

  I winced while eling a small amount of healing energies into the bruise on my head. How annoying… I will have to learn how to ie this new ability into my fighting style.

  My meditation being broken, I moved to y on my right side, sliding my leks into a fortable position. I don’t want to actally y on them, especially not for a proloime. It feels just too weird when they bee numb and prickly. It’s like part of your brain had gone numb…

  My eyes were still closed as I y there, motionless. Waiting to fall asleep, but my mind seemed to have different thoughts.

  With a frustrated sigh, I opened my closed eyes and stared into the darkness of the room. I could only see the barely visible forms of the furniture. It was strange. Corust of light. There were always noises going around, ships flying through the sky, every time of the day. The stant activity was ruly broken.

  Now it was different. The streets were silent and dark. Only small light sources could be found here and there, flickering and illuminating the smallest tiions of the essentially endless city colossus. I found myself fog on this ominous silehat seemed to surround me all of a sudden.

  I blinked my eyes, feeling drowsy for a sed, then when I ope, the dark silhouettes of the furniture had ged. They started to morph into the form of a person. I jolted up on my bed, now sitting and instinctively c myself with the warm b as I stared at this ued turn of events.

  The shadowy form morphed into a tall man. Any true feature of this person was covered in a dark mist… aside from the eyes. The eyes that were peering into mirying to search my very soul. The golden and reddish burning eyes of a Sith.

  I looked into those eyes and couldn’t help but shiver from the maniacal gaze. There was no self-trol refleg in those eyes, only an unleashed swirling chaos. Yes, this one was the real thing… I could easily reize the haunted eyes of those who have been ed by their own desire for power. rusting anyone, always looking behind with one eye. g it to be for their own freedom, while ign the fact that they ed down everyone around them in exge for the freedom they gained.

  My heart raced as I held the burning gaze of this creature. I know that it could not hurt me right now, as it was only present through some Darkside teique, or ritual. I mean… not being able to hurt is aatement, but since I know plenty of those types of teiques. They could not affect me, not easily at least. These teiques feed upon their victims’ fears, and if someone doesn’t uand what is happening, they would naturally be terrified of su apparition giving way to haunting nightmares and, in some cases, madness.

  The apparitioo be surprised that I wasn’t c in fear by now. I guess that is a reasonable expectation from a now fourteen-year-old girl in this situation. I wonder if I should try to act terrified?

  There was a reevaluating glint in the yellow eyes of the shadowy presence, and I immediately uood that it was too te to aow. He could see that I wasn’t afraid, only surprised. I also mao sense his presence, and it was pletely different from the one I sensed around the jedi temple back there.

  I was a bit intrigued by this. However, I could not think about it anymore, as the shadow called out to me.

  -I see why they want to hunt you down so badly…

  He gazed at me with a tration that was limited to the jurisdi of possessive maniacs.

  -A cute little thing, but fearless… or perhaps merely ignorant to fear the shadows… Whichever it is doesn't matter… nht now… but you have mao anger him, and in that we are simir… I came to warn you, that you should leave this pce, before they find you here… You wouldn’t want your friends to get in the crossfire would you?

  I narrowed my eyes at the abomination as I asked coldly.

  -Are y to threaten me?

  The shadow flickered momentarily, shuddered by a wave of amusement.

  I heard a short, unhinged cackle ing from the dark side maion.

  -No… of course not… it was, but an i suggestion… nothing more, nothing less. Watch out for the shadows. I feel… that there is a long night ahead…

  I raised my eyebrows a bit as his words surprised me.

  -What do you mean by that?

  The shadow snorted as he scolded me with growing irritation.

  -Pay more attention, when we speak foolish child. You might have mao anger him, but that is not something to be arrogant about. But, if you survive long enough… I might be more ined to think of you in a different light. Wheime arrives, and you want to meet with me, e to the abandoned metal factory on the following coordinates, alone.

  I heard a series of whispering hey eventually turned out to be voices as they cleared somewhat, I could hear that they were telling me numbers. I focused on it and could hear mysterious hat were supposedly the coordinates of that factory…

  After I had memorized the numbers, I looked up at the shadow and spoke.

  -Huh, you are surely arrogant to think that I will go and seek you out. Oh, five me for stating the obvious, but you doly look like an enjoyable pany for my afternoon activities.

  -… Which are?

  Asked the shadow with obvious disdain.

  -Wouldn’t you like to know?

  I smirked.

  He snorted back.

  -Are you going to visit your jedi friends again? Are you happy with your achievements? They let you off the hook for now, sihey deemed you useful and too troublesome to get rid ht now. Do you think they will let you go even after they've finished lig their wounds? Are you trusting the Jedi, pg your life in their hands, the hands that are sure to betray you?

  I shook my head slightly.

  -Oh, believe me, I know that some of them are like that.

  -If that’s true, then why don’t you seek me out…

  I interrupted the fool.

  Now it was my turn to read into his presey that sort of game.

  -Ah, the arrogand disregard… you seem to think that you would be so much different from the Jedi… A Sith, already hunted by his Master… or should I say, his past Master… ah, yes, you have been repced… how unfortunate for someohat was deemed to hold everything in his hands. All the power, the wealth, that was so close, you only had to reach out and grab it, but just before you touched it, it dispersed, o be seen again. Maybe it was ruly there to begin with… Maybe you were always meant to be repced- cough…

  -HUARGGH! SILENCE YOU LITTLE WORM!

  I felt a pressure closing around my windpipe, that mao successfully interrupt my mind reading. I coughed a few times as the natural pani being cut away from breathable air raised in my chest, but I fought it down and focused my mind on untangling the knot made from the living force around my neck.

  The force choke owerful. Not a mere apprentice, but still so far from a true master, it gave way to me as I overpowered it with my superior force trol and teique. The fact that the person who attacked me was doing it from a distance might have made it easier, too.

  After a few silent seds, I moved my neck from left tht, easing my tension and tio speak as if nothing had happened.

  -Your teique and ability… to wield the force is g. I see why he discarded you. You must be a saber specialist then… that is the only ao why he even took an i in you…

  I saw the yellow eyes widen in shock, and a weak sense of fear which was quickly hidden…

  -You… who, no… what are you? You are not an apprentio… you are already on the level of a master… but that is impossible, only if? Could it be? Have you possessed that child’s body?

  Now it was me who felt a sense of disfort and surprise. However, realizing who I eaking with, I probably shouldn’t have to feel that way in the first pce. This Sith should know of the existence of such teiques. He was clearly trained well, and for quite some time, to reach such strength. Iime wheh numbered iens of thousands, one as powerful as him would obviously bee a Dark Lord.

  His ck of proficy with bending the force must have been a disappoio his master. The masters appearing after Darth Bane’s betrayal have always tried to choose apprehat excelled ihing. Be that lightsaber bat, force wielding, or ritual based teiques.

  This was a reasohing to do, as every capable enemy would use such obvious weaknesses against you.

  They would often lose i in an already acquired apprentice, if they found ohat might bee even more powerful. The bottom lio be discarded was, if the master believed that the apprentice could not defeat him in any type of sario.

  In those cases, the apprentieeded to eliminate each other, to prove their worth, to remain or repce the current apprentice.

  There could be only two, after all… one master and an apprentice. Everyone else is a rival.

  -I k… you were barely surprised by my suggestion… How insidious of you… cruelly stealing the body of an i child and one so young… Such a shameless act…

  I grimaced at the thought and stated strongly.

  -You are mistaken, but I will not indulge you by expining anything further.

  There was a heavy silence before the man spoke again.

  -What if I tell your friends what you really are? How would they react to your nature as a beast hidden among the sheep?

  I smiled widely.

  -Oh, naturally they would believe the words of a plete stranger, especially with your trustworthy outlook, over my words.

  He reciprocated my grin.

  -They wouldn’t… nht away, but doubt over time… could lead to uainty, and that will eventually create questions… questions that you might not wish to answer.

  I shook my head slowly, feeling amused as I said.

  -Or questions that I might have answered already.

  I couldn’t help but shook my head again at the pitiful attempt to threaten me.

  -I am not a Jedi, Sith. You ot ge my mind with your subpar threats.

  I saw the barely strained anger swirl in his eyes, ready to sh out at any sed.

  Who in their right mind would deal with an actual Sith? I had no idea. We only ever reached out to Sith, who were already on the edge of being gray. Dealing with the extremists was simply too much of a bother and ofteed in the death of either one of the dialog makers.

  I was getting pretty bored with the bullshit of this ooo… It was clear as daylight that they had no actual way to find me. I was a Grey Lord, a master of hiding my force presehat was our Order’s specialty. He was clearly trying to lure me out, because they had no other way of actually findihe only reason they were able to create this illusion is because I used some of my power earlier.

  So I decided to put him in his pce.

  I s him while eling a healthy amount of hatred. My eyes quickly ged to an ominous pair of golden rings.

  -Let us make something clear, Sith. Betweewo of us, in any possible sario, you would not be the one who is called the master. Oh, and I have a message for your ex master who is no doubt listening to this… Good luck, for finding me. You did quite an amusing job i few years… as, your success rate was zero. Hmmm… there is something to be said for tenacity, I guess.

  We stared at one another for an unfortable amount of time after that. Then the shadow moved, split, aually morphed into a different form. Only the eyes remaihe same color of golden yellow, without the red this time.

  The voice of a croaky old man could be heard.

  -Your arrogance is certainly parable to a Darth… but are your skills able to keep up with one? I have heard of your kind, little twi’lek… Do not think for a sed that you are the only one who knowns of our existence. Your meddling has mao ruin a carefully assembled pn. Ohat my masters master’s have been w out to the smallest of details. You even turned my future apprentice against me… It might be true that a rat like you is capable of hiding, but how long will you be able to hide, wheire Republic will soon burn around you?

  My smile strained as the immensely cold yet also furious aura covered me. This was one of the most powerful Sith Lords I have ever entered. The true master behind everything… He finally showed himself.

  -I suppose you are the so called Darth Sidious, I assume? I must admit, I never expected the es to be the ohat would turn against the jedi. It was indeed a brilliant pn.

  For a moment, he was fused, then a loud cackle broke out of his throat. After he stopped ughing, he crooked out, almost amused.

  -Fttery, of all things, will not help you… Even so, I ot disregard suexpected praise… hehe… Maybe… if you prove to be eaining enough, I might leave behind enough of your body to keep me eained over dinner.

  Okay, I felt a chill run up my back just now. However, I never broke my perfect smile.

  -Was that supposed to be an i invitation for dinner? I appreciate the thought, but I am afraid e difference is a bit too much, therefore I must refuse.

  He cackled once again.

  -I am afraid it is not the sort of invitation you will be capable of refusing.

  -If you insist… but allow me to give you polite advice.

  -Oh, please, by all means… enlighten me?

  -When you send the invitation, address it to Darth Waif, sihat is the name you will never, not even in your dreams fet from now on.

  I saw a strange glint cross the eyes of Sidious as I reached out with my mind a trated dark-side energy towards him. I was gathering the ive energy while chatting with the bastard.

  I saw with delight as the shadow flickered... Heard an animalistiarl, and the e was cut food. As the distant presence disappeared, I felt refreshed.

  That will teach the bastard to ry to fuck with me so carelessly.

  From the moment, he told me that he knew of the existence of a body possessing rituals, I knew he was not what he showed himself to be. There was no way a Sith master would willingly share such a closely guarded secret teique with an apprehat was not po repce him.

  Unfortunately, he also learhat I was ly what I showed myself to be, which he would already suspect at this time. I believe I was the one who gained more knowledge from this enter.