Darth Vader: The Beginnings

Chapter 1:

Though the operation had happened just 3 weeks ago, the sting of pain from the singed skin still felt about as fresh as it was on Mustafar. Darth Vader was reborn in a suit of shining black armor. Just 5 weeks ago, he had been Anakin Skywalker sitting on the Jedi Council.

'A council of liars. They were holding him back from his true destiny.' Thought Vader, simmering in his anger, while slowly walking through the streets of Coruscant to the Chancellors Office, the temporary throne room of the newly created Galactic Empire until a new one was built. But now was not the time to think to trivialities, for the Empire had all but wiped out most of the Jedi Order. It was still painful to walk as he was getting used to his new cybernetics and dealing with the pain of the burns. Eventually, he reached the Executive building and got on an elevator. Suddenly, his skin burned red hot as he was taken back to Mustafar.

"You were my BROTHER, Anakin," said a voice he was all too familiar with, that of his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi, "I loved you."

"Why didn't you kill me?" said the mechanical voice of Darth Vader.

Then, just as suddenly, the vision disappeared and the pain lessened. The doors opened and Vader saw 2 Red Guards. Palpatine, sensing Vader, said, "Let him in."

Once inside, the door closed and he and Palpatine were alone. Vader, got on one knee (painfully) and asked, "What is thy bidding, my master?"

"You must know that after Order 66, most of the Jedi were wiped out," said Palpatine.

"Yes, master," said Vader.

"But there are still remnants that survived, that are now hiding in other planets."

"So I must go and eliminate them?"

"Yes, Lord Vader, but I notice that you still have no lightsaber."

"Obi-Wan stole mine after the battle on Mustafar."

"You must create a new one, Lord Vader."

"In order to do so, the Khyber Crystals inside the lightsaber, which helps focus the energy into a beam, must change their color. Haven't you ever wondered how Sith lightsabers are red? Do you know how to do this?" said Palpatine.

"I don't know this master, can you teach me?" said Vader

"First, you must find a lightsaber and take out its crystal. Then you must focus all of your hate, anger, and power into the crystal, causing them to bleed," said Palpatine, grinning with malice, "But be warned, Lord Vader, it is extremely difficult to do this, and if done improperly, it is life-threatening, for the Khyber Crystal can reject this and explode it's power back into you, causing you extreme pain."