Nikita sighed heavily as he laid on the bed, utterly exhausted of the day. It had been nearly 5 years since he had appected the Emperor's offer to join him. He had learned shortly thereafter that the Emperor's real name was Darth Sidious, the master of Vader and one of the two Sith Lords in the galaxy. He didn't understand at first why there were only 2 Sith Lords now, when he knew that nearly 4000 years ago, there were hundreds, if not thousands of Sith running around the galaxy during the Jedi Civil War. He knew that the Sith lost a large number of their members due to most of them perishing in the war itself and the infighting afterwards. He guessed that by the time he was 5, there were a few hundred sith still around, due to the fact that there were sith assassins send after him and his mother, so he had a feeling that some survived the war and the infighting and probably grouped together to try to take out the republic and kill the Jedi. During the 5 years he was with the empire, he studied what he was missed out during the nearly 4000 years between when he stepped through the world between worlds and the present.

As well as studying history that had happened during his nearly 4000 absence in his free time so he was more caught up with the present and see what he had missed out on, Nikita was also really busy as he was training every day and night, with Sidious having to give him a few days break from time to  time so he didn't end up killing himself by overtraining himself. As well as that, from time to time, he did give Nikita permission to go on a few weeks holiday, so he could relax and take a break from what he was doing. During 4 out of the 7 days of the week, he would be taught lightsaber combat by Vader. There were 7 forms of lightsaber combat, but Nikita chose to focus on 4 forms that were his favourite; Form 2 Makashi, which mainly focused on Lightsaber combat, Form 3 Soresu, which focused mainly on a pure defensive lightsaber form, form 5 Djem So, which was an evolution of Form III as a method to not only defend oneself but also give the fighter an opportunity to be on the offensive, giving the user a mix of both offensive and defensive form of lightsaber combat. The last form that was his favourite was form 7, Juyo. Out of all the 7 forms of Lightsaber combat, this was the most aggressive form of lightsaber combat. Not many Jedi and Sith were able to practice this form, let alone master it. The Jedi didn't use this form because they believed that the aggression used in this form was not faithful to the Jedi way. But the Sith had no problem learning this form, due to them wanting to be as aggressive to their enemies as possible, and this form was perfect for them, as they didn't have to hold back during a lightsaber fight like the Jedi had to who believed that if they became too aggressive and enjoyed the fight, then they would fall to the dark side and join the sith.

Nikita rubbed his head as he tried to sleep. Today was a really exhausting day of training. Vader was training him in form 7 today. One day he would practice form 2, then form 3, form 5 and form 7. Although it happened rarely, Sidious himself would come over and teach him about some force powers that he himself used, such as sith lightning. Sidious first stated teaching him sith lightning when he was 7, and then started to teach him other dark side related force powers. Sith Lightning quickly became Nikita's favourite force, as he was a natural at it, not to mention that it had so many uses. At first, it was quite hard and painful, due to the fact that he was trying to use lightning for the first time and it did hurt his fingers quite a bit when he tried to use sith lightning for the first time. But after he got over the pain and used it more and more, then he became more better and skilled at using sith lightning. Sidious stated that due to his force connection and how much potential that he had, he was able to learn sith lightning much faster than Sith apprentices of the past when it came to learning force powers. He stated that if Nikita trained hard enough, he could become one of the most powerful assassins in history, or even become a Sith himself if he killed either Vader or Sidious. For now, Nikita couldn't kill either Vader or the Emperor. He was just 8 years old and he barely had any experience with force powers, and he had no experience with using a lightsaber. The Emperor gave him a training stick to practice the lightsaber forms and lightsaber combat, so he could have the feeling of what a lightsaber would look like. As well as that, he could use it to practice his dueling skills until he could a real lightsaber and finally be able to move on from a stick to using a real lightsaber. He smiled gently at he looked at the ceiling, remembering how his mother let him hold her lightsaber a few times. It felt really heavy in his hands, and he wondered how is it that she was so good at wielding a lightsaber that felt heavy in his hand. When he asked her how was it she was so good with the lightsaber, she smiled and simply said, 'practice.'

So far the Emperor had not send Nikita on a mission yet. When he asked him why he wasn't allowed to go on a mission, saying that he was ready and wanted to prove him, the Emperor told him that he was not ready yet, that he was too young to be send on a mission at only 10 years old. He explained that he could sense that Nikita would be destined for great things and that the Emperor would eventually allow Nikita to go on missions of his own. But for now, Nikita had to practice his skills with a lightsaber and his force powers, hoping that one day he would be able to go on a mission on his own and prove that he was capable of completing a mission on his own and didn't need his hand to be held all the time.

But at the same time, Nikita undersood what he was saying and saw that he had a point. Nikita was still too young to go on a mission of his own, and even if someone experienced went with him to accompany him on a mission, such as Vader, he knew there was a likely chance that he would mess up the mission in some way. As well as that, he still needed time to practice his skills, as he was barely scratching his potential in the force. Not to mention, his skills with a lightsaber were very poor, and he could easily get killed on a mission.

Nikita sighed as he closed his eyes and went to sleep, ready for another day of hard training from Vader in lightsaber combat. He was really eager to finally get his lightsaber and go on a mission of his own. He wondered if his parents would be proud of him if they saw what he was doing as he closed his eyes and went to sleep.