‘That disturbingly confident voice of a woman filled the air. Sending shivers up and down my back.’

‘I couldn’t help it. I was still dazed, and everything kept happening too quickly for me to prepare for anything. It was rare to say something like this for me, but I was completely out of my element right now. While everybody seemed to know who I was, at least to a degree.’

‘All of this is because of those damnable droids! No… not the droids, it’s because of Revan! That ghostly bastard keeps messing up my life! Is this because I called out on his huge ass nose? He can’t be that petty, or can he?’

‘My thoughts were cut short as the strict voice appeared again.’

“You are either brave or foolish to enter my quarter without announcing your own arrival. Such ignorance is rare for a slave of my palace.” — ‘Sounded the voice, then it turned harsher giving me an order, which I could feel on my prickling skin was expected to be followed.’ — “Come to the balcony, now.”

‘I hesitated for a second, mumbling silently.’ — “Announcing myself?” — ‘I guess that was the part I missed... damn... Let’s hope that it was the only part…’

‘Then I gathered myself and walked hastily out to the balcony. As I stepped out into the fresh air, I found myself in front of the feline Queen of Zygerria.’

‘Still, not before I noticed four assassin droids inside the room, which I just left behind and two more on the balcony, acting as guards.’

‘The droids were a model I had no information on. I never saw these types of droids before. They were likely custom designs made for the queen’s specific request. It was not rare for rich aristocrats or rulers to have secret designs of droids or some specially trained royal guards.’

‘The way they followed my every move and gesture, I got the feeling that if I even tried to raise a finger at the queen, I would be cut down immediately.’

‘I gulped drily, sensing the queen’s cold eyes on me. I immediately quickened my steps.’

‘I walked before her and stopped at a reasonable distance, not too close and not too far. I lowered my head and clasped my hands in front of myself modestly, remembering to the mirialan boy’s words.’

‘There was a long silence, as the queen took in my appearance lazily. She was sitting in front of me in a richly designed armchair and a similar table next to her with some refreshments and vine. She was robed in a dark blue, elegant silk dress decorated with golden accessories that accentuated her large golden eyes.’

‘She lightly tasted the vine which was prepared for her, then gently put down the glass. Finally deciding to speak to me.’

“Now, I see that you have some manners, after all. I might forgo your punishment yet for barging into my chamber rudely.”

‘She stared at me without a sense of shame or frustration. As if she was simply looking at a rock on the side of the road, instead of looking at an actual person.’

“You must be one of my new properties. Which one are you? Tell me your name, girl.”

‘I gulped. This was definitely not something I expected to happen to me after escaping that prisoner transport ship.’

‘My throat felt unusually dry as my tired nerves danced under the heavy stare of the woman. Before I realized I found myself naturally answering her question.’

“My name is Nizzal, mistress.”

‘The reaction was immediate. The queen’s expression turned into a blossoming smile, as if she have finally received a long awaited gift.’

“Ah! Finally! The fallen apprentice has arrived. What a rare prize you are. I have been looking forward to our encounter.” — ‘She tapped on the armrest of her chair.’

“You must have been already notified of your new status as my slave. I ordered one of my boys to usher you in front of me right after you were forcefully awakened from hibernation.”

‘She smiled, seeing the forming frown on my face.’

“I wanted to see if the rumors were true. That jedi, or in your case ex-jedi, could indeed quickly assess new situations. Knowing that most people after years long carbonation couldn’t even stand up for days and would be completely blinded for a similar amount of time, I will say you passed my little test with flying colors.”

“How fascinating indeed.” — She chuckled joyfully. — “You are a surprisingly cute little thing. I like seeing that pouting expression. I can see that you want to say something…” — She sighed. — “Fine, humour me.”

‘I blinked slowly, then I hesitantly asked.’

“May I have a few questions?”

‘The woman waved my question off with a condescending gesture of her hand.’

“Unnecessary, you will have the opportunity to ask them later from the other slaves. I hope you don’t intend to bore me with your meaningless concerns? Oh, and if you once again fail to properly address me, there will be consequences. Do you understand?”

‘I glared at the woman, momentarily overcome by hatred towards her and this entire place.’

‘She was a complete bitch. Someone that I have decided to hate with my whole being. For a moment I fantasized if it would be worth the risk to attempt to throw her off this balcony? Unfortunately, the importance of the archive’s safety within me, compared to some humiliation, was easily outweighed. I forced myself to calm down and clam up instead of committing some suicidal mistake that I would quickly regret.’

‘I lowered my gaze, deciding to glare at the floor in front of my feet and eventually said.’

“I understand, mistress.” — ‘The woman’s expression morphed into a satisfied cat like grin, and I realized that she was enjoying this. She was enjoying to see my inner struggle and the ways I tried to oppose her, only to realize that I couldn’t.’

‘Yet above all, she enjoyed seeing my growing desperation as my freedom was taken away step by step, while I couldn’t do anything against it.’

“Take off your outer cloak. I want to inspect you more closely.” — ‘She demanded.’

‘I blinked.’

‘That request sounded strongly suggestive, but, well, it’s not like I would like to have a taste of that energy whip, which is dangling on the side of the queen.’

‘I slowly took off the dark green full body cloak that was hiding me from sight. I placed it down on a nearby chair and turned back towards the queen.’

‘Yet, aside from a quick glance at her face, I didn’t really look at her much. The mirialan boy specifically told me not to.’

‘I was doomed to study the queen’s carpets draped over the floor of this high-class balcony.’

‘While my newly received clothes gently flailed in the wind.’

‘My handmaiden clothes under the outer cloak are pretty neat, at least. It took some time to figure out how to properly wear them.’

‘Its composition is made from two colors, white and dark green. It is still mostly green, though. Only the stockings and the long sleeves on my arms are white. This robe was so needlessly complicated that I could only sigh in relief when I finally managed to figure it out.’

‘Thankfully, I had some old memories to fall back on, and they also got triggered by this annoying mirialan brat constantly spitting bullshit at me.’

‘It turns out, my memory line’s third master was a mirialan woman as well. The mirialans are known to have a notorious love for traditional robes, and traditional things in general.’

‘Back then, by that I mean a few thousand years ago, it was even worse. It is not that strange to note that master Locie Grey was constantly wearing robes that were somewhat similar in appearance to the dress I now have on my body. By the way, she was one of the few masters in our memory line, that chose the title of Grey Jedi over the other.’

‘Having nothing better to do while enduring the queen’s stare, I decided to continue thinking about my new clothes.’

‘The robes from bottom to top are these.’

‘A simple pair of black shoes, no high heels thank the force. White stockings, a hidden from view white underskirt, and a dark green outer skirt that reaches about mid calf, showing off a little from my stockings.’

‘Then there is a white chemise which is hidden by an elegant dark green short-sleeved outer shirt. Which is also partially hidden by a dark brown colored corset placed tightly on top of the whole, tied around my waist.’

‘There were also the white sleeves, which are actually completely separate pieces. You just pull them up on your forearms and tie the ends to the rest. Oh, and there was the outer cloak, which I just removed. It was created to be thin, but was made from a more durable fabric, equipped with a hood to hide the wearer’s face or protect it from chilly winds.’

‘While my currently confused and overwhelmed mind decided to go on a rampage about my current clothes as, it was the only thing that it could analyze without a hitch. The queen was walking around me and constantly poking me left and right, as if that was the most natural thing to do.’

‘From a third person’s perspective, this whole scenario would seem ridiculously hilarious. But, from my point of view, as someone who was forced to endure it, this was a special kind of humiliation.’

‘After a few minutes, I realized that this damn woman had no common sense, and probably hadn’t even heard the word personal space. The crazy bitch randomly decided to cup my breasts and size them up practicably. As if it was natural to do so, as if she was doing it to herself.’

‘I was so startled by the audacity that I couldn’t even react, staring at her hands on my breasts in disbelief.’

‘Only for her to say a few seconds later, with a lopsided tone.’

“Hmm... Quite disappointing, really, but it will have to do. You might still grow yet…” — ‘I blinked, and ground my teeth silently, fighting down my growing blush of shame, and the urge to slap this bitch to oblivion. How dare she!”

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‘And yet, she continued to insult me left and right.’

“Twi’leks might have a naturally delicate frame, but I just never truly understood the charm of a bald female, with tentacles on her head. It’s quite disturbing if anything.” — ‘She stated while prodding my leks this way then that way.’ — “Still, better this than having another rodian.”

‘Then she grabbed my hand, feeling out my skin with a frown.’ — “Oh, my… What is with your dry, sickly looking skin? It feels like touching a dried plum. This won’t do at all…” — ‘She shook her head in disappointment.’

‘That’s… that’s because I was barely brought out of hibernation! I cried out internally at the injustice.’

“Your nails are horrible as well, tsc-tsc-tsc…” — ‘She walked behind me once again while shaking her head in disapproval.’

‘At which point I was practically shaking with barely contained rage.’

‘Right then, before I could realize what was about to happen, she pinched my butt, quite harshly. Causing me to jolt out of my stupor with a girlish shriek. Of which I was not proud.’

‘I jumped away from the queen on instinct, whirling around while rubbing the painfully throbbing spot on my bum.’

‘I heard the heavy movements of the assassin droids stepping closer to me, ready to subdue me or worse if I did anything untoward to the queen.’

‘I gulped, and didn’t dare to raise my arms any further. Shaking with rage, I became aware of the jovial laughter happening in the background.’

‘She was laughing at me. The fucking bitch! Was practically roaring with laughter after seeing my previous reaction.’

“Oh, that was nice… I like your voice, at least. I could feel the utter disbelief in it.” — ‘She chuckled.’

‘That was the moment when I had enough of this madness. As a mix of frustration, anger, helplessness, and embarrassment overcame my logical thoughts. Coupled with a flushed face and a disgusted expression, I backed away from this crazy bitch and began to lecture her.’

“Y-y-yo-you shouldn’t randomly tou-touch people like that! Were you dropped on your head as a child or wh-what?! Get away from me, freak! Why don’t you go and die in a corner and leave me alone? For fuck’s sake!”

‘This has definitely sounded better in my mind. But it was a start. I defiantly looked right in the eyes of the momentarily surprised queen.’

‘I genuinely expected her to slap me, or activate the shock collar or whatever. But it didn’t happen.’

‘Instead, her previously bored expression seemed to come to life with excitement.’

‘Her feline, cat like smile widened dangerously, as she watched my new reaction with glee. As if she was fascinated by a new toy. Probably that was exactly the case.’

‘With unquestionable confidence, she began to walk towards me. That loth-cat like grin growing with every step. And since I could not fight back, I mean, I could fight back, but I don’t want to die stupidly. Therefore, I decided to do the next best thing, which was evidently to back away at the same speed she was coming towards me.’

‘Which seemed to amuse her feline nature. Her large black pupils widened eerily as they focused on me in their newfound excitement.’

‘She smirked and began to talk.’

“It turns out you do have a spine after all. I was starting to worry, since it took so long to get a reaction out of you.”

“It’s a pity that it is not me, but you who need to reevaluate your position, my cute little mouse. But there is no need to be afraid. I won’t break you. After all, I paid the price of a small castle to buy you. It is nothing too fancy, but still, for a single slave, it is a heavy price even for a queen such as myself.”

“Ah, but the price of a young, healthy and well-trained force wielder with a spark of uniqueness was always astronomical. Not even mentioning that you are in just the right age to be trained. You are similar to a rare wine with a touch of darkness. A jedi apprentice of the famous General Kenobi, that has supposedly fallen to the dark side and escaped the council’s judgment. Only to be caught inside my web before her desired freedom. Hah! It’s a pity that you remind me much more of a scared mouse at the moment.”

“Still, I should warn you… don’t get too ahead of yourself, because if you do you will taste my whip, among other things.”

‘My vision was still tunnel like, and blurry from, the hibernation sickness. Only by constantly channeling the force for healing my whole body was I able to see this much.’

‘My reserves were running low, I felt weak, my limbs were heavy, and slow to respond. My mind was also easily distracted. These were side effects of long-term hibernation. Except maybe the general numbness around my whole body. That should be the effect of being hit two times in a row with a paralyzing beam, fucking droids.’

‘It was at that moment that I bumped into something. While skittering backwards.’

‘I looked behind me in a burst of panic and realized with icy dread spreading across my veins that while I was distracted by the queen’s threats, I had been slowly trapped in a corner of the balcony.’

‘On one side, there was a bottomless pit of a cliff. On the other, a psychotic queen with a pair of deadly droids.’

‘A smug expression settled on the queen’s features. She was sickeningly proud with the feat of trapping a so-called fallen jedi apprentice into a corner. Such feat was deemed to have been written down in the archives of the Zygerrian civilisation, but I bet they wouldn’t mention the fact that it was already a challenge for this force-wielder to stand straight in her current state of hibernation sickness.’

‘There was nowhere to run anymore. I couldn’t attack her and I couldn’t escape either. I decided to stop struggling for now and awaited her punishment for my defiance.’

‘Seeing that I accepted my fate, she walked in front of me and looked down at me with a patronising smile. What the heck. I only realized it now, but this woman was huge. I mean, I was somewhat short for my age, but this woman towered over me.’

‘While I was momentarily intimidated by her height, she roughly grabbed my face with one hand, forcing me to look her in the eye.’

‘She told me slowly, not letting go of my cheek for even a second.’

“You are mine. I have bought you, every part of you belongs to me. It is time to understand that, but you are lucky, since I am in a good mood today, and I want you to be more than a simple slave. I have enough mindless followers already.”

“Be glad for it, because I decided to not send you to be processed by professional slave trainers. While they are doubtlessly effective, their methods tend to break the mind.”

“I will train you personally. You will soon learn your place in my palace, as one of my many handmaidens. But simply doing that would be a waste of your high potential. You will also be my secret bodyguard.”

‘I looked at this brazen woman, who was still holding my face in her hand, like I was a doll or something.’

‘While constantly spouting nonsense. Sure, I will protect you. Yeah, why not? Oh wait, she is holding me captive as her slave, while acting as the ultimate prick. Oh, maybe I won’t then. Hope you get assassinated in your sleep, bitch.’

“Is that a spark of defiance I see in your eyes?”

“Good, it would be boring if you just gave in so easily. I am not the type of woman that would beat you black and blue, like my less sophisticated trainers do. I think it degrades the quality of slaves.”

“I decided to use a more, some may say, unorthodox source of motivation. I think you will like this one.” — ‘She chuckled, clearly satisfied with my worried expression.’

“I have ordered some of my men to place an automatic trigger inside your collar. It is directly linked to my life signals through the immunity enhancer nano machines circulating in my bloodstream. Which means, if my life signals disappear for more than three minutes, it will trigger a mechanism that will inject twelve different types of slow-acting and incredibly painful, lethal poisons into your neck.”

“I know that some of you Jedi are well versed in mysterious and potent healing arts. Yet in this case, even if by some miracle you manage to stay alive, the pain that will be constantly generated by the damaged tissues that the acidic poisons will inevitably leave behind will certainly drive you mad in a few hours. So if that happens, I suggest you to not heal your injuries at all, since you will only elongate your suffering. Best to end it quickly if that unfortunate situation comes to pass.”

‘Okay....’

‘At the end of her speech, I was breathing erratically. I was also drenched in sweat, staring at her with wide, terrified eyes. There were so many things wrong with her statements… I just had to ask…’

“But, but... what if you... got randomly assassinated by someone, or die in an accident, or through a natural sickness? Or the connection simply breaks accidentally?”

‘She looked at me with a thoughtful expression, as if that possibility hadn’t even crossed her mind until now... Is that… is that actually the case? Oh, no... she is even crazier than I thought.’

“Hmm... for the assassination, I would advise you to work hard, and therefore not let me get assassinated. If you fail to do so, you deserve the punishment.”

‘She finally released my face and began to walk back into her chamber.’

“And what about the other two possibilities?” — ‘She pointed a dangerous look at me over her shoulder and I quickly added mistress to the end of the sentence.’

“Hmm? Oh, it is only natural for the personal servants of a queen such as me to follow her into the longest voyage, don’t you think? And don’t worry, it’s unlikely that the connection would break for three minutes straight. After all, if that happens, then I would have to cut off a few heads as a proper punishment for ruining one of my precious slaves.”

‘I blinked, then I blinked again.’

‘What?’

‘Suddenly I felt incredibly weak in my knees... First the jedi and now... this... enslaved to a nihilistic-sadist slaver queen... Without common sense... Why does fate hate me so much...’

‘The answer was simple… Revan… It was all because of him!’

‘A blurry memory of a conversation surfaced in my mind. A conversation between an infuriating droid and a somewhat familiar voice...’

‘Where did I hear this voice before... Another piece of information surfaced to that thought, it was a name that I recently heard, Lord R., I sensed that my expression turned into a infuriated one, and I knew that my eyes were glowing yellow right now.’

‘Revan, you are lucky to be dead, because if you weren’t, I would kill you right now. So this was your right idea to teach me a lesson!? Pray to the force and every deity in the galaxy, and behind that that I will never find a way to destroy your force presence, or seal it away in a jar and then drop it into the deepest and darkest hole that I could find in the galaxy. Because if I do find such a technique, you are finished.’

‘While I was redoing my oath of vengeance, the queen turned around and looked at my expression with a newfound fascination.’

“Magnificent. The legendary golden eyes of the sith. You were worth every credit I have sent over as a token of my appreciation for the high quality gift. I can almost physically feel the rage and hate you emit, but why isn’t it focused on me, I wonder? Is that aimed at one of your old masters, perhaps?”

‘I looked up at her with a new spike of rage.’

“Ah, so that is the case. Hmm... Show me that you are worthy of my trust slave, and maybe, just maybe, I will even consider helping you enact your revenge. I can see that you are not really a jedi, and you fell far short on unreasonable hate to be a sith. You had stuck somewhere between the two, and both of them were hating you quite clearly.”

“What do you say, little mouse? Serve me well and you will be rewarded. Fail me, and you will be punished. Accept it, because this is your new life. With me, you shall live or die.”

“It is the way of life inside my palace. Oh… and by the way, do you have a nickname?” — ‘She asked sounding almost bored at the change of topic.’

“... My friends used to call me Nizzy, mistress.” — ‘I answered, struggling to keep the lid on my erratically boiling emotions.’

“Good, then I will use it as well. Follow me, Nizzy. I wish to go back to my room.”

‘I tagged along, always a few steps behind her, just like in the Jedi Temple. Always walk just a step behind your master, even if the world here meant something distinctly different and much more sinister.’

‘As the intense emotions slowly left my body, I felt a fresh wave of weakness and tiredness assaulting me. The queen also seemed to realize this, and she allowed me to sit down in an armchair where I almost immediately fell asleep, while she was telling me what she expected me to do from now on.’

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The moment when the overly excited queen realized that her new pet dared to fall asleep after she graciously offered her to sit down, a sudden spike of anger ran through her.

She walked to the useless girl’s side, planning to slap her awake. But even her heart, which contradicting the palace slaves common beliefs, still existed, began to feel some measure of pity for the exhausted slave girl. Who was left behind in an unfamiliar world and time, after being frozen in carbonite for over two years.

There were large circles under her eyes and an unnatural paleness to her skin, which seemed to get worse since her eyes had turned yellow previously. But even her natural pink eyes seem to be strange. They gave a feeling as if they didn’t belong there, on a child.

“Humph, then, sleep if you must, useless lass. But you will work twice as hard tomorrow. And don’t think I forget about your little act of insolence, to think that you proposed the idea of me being dropped on my head as a child! Preposterous! Kneeling in the corner for three ours in the morning and no breakfast or lunch should suffice as a start. Then I will have to get creative. The girl is proud. Let’s curve this pride as fast as possible. I have no patience for stubborn children.”

Then the queen decided to take a nap herself after watching the girl sleep in her seat. I will check on the other slaves tomorrow.

This had been a long day already.

Ruling a planet is nothing short of tiresome, and she only expects so little in return after doing so much administration work.

She will have to figure out how this mysterious Lord R. managed to get such a high-quality slave, but that can wait for tomorrow... now it is time to rest.

The queen laid into her luxurious bed and quickly fell asleep, sleeping as soundly as any innocent child. And why would she worry? It was her right as a queen to rule over life and death. Those races that have fallen under her whip were all the proof for her magnanimity.

In this world, power and violence were the only truly universal languages.

Apparently, she had been well versed in both.