The Rising

in-between

His mind wandered as he meditated.

Gone was the intention to see what the new republic had planned.

He had been distracted by the soft warm and familiar glow.

Three of them infact.

His vision clouded slightly before he saw he two children being cradled in his wife's arms.

Padme's face looked thin and slightly worn, but she still looked down at her children lovingly.

Her hair was pulled back into a simple bun as to ensure the wandering hands of his curious offspring would not rip it from her scalp, they looked so serene it was almost comforting to the sith Lord.

Just as suddenly he saw the vision it was pulled away from him as pain ran through him.

He fell to the ground writhing in pain as he looked up at lord Sidius.

His face was twisted and ugly as he looked down at the newly turned Sith before him.

"Do not let your mind wander my student....... Anakin Skywalker is dead."

Vader masked his anger as best he could before he looked at his new dark master.

"They are the key Lord Sidius, my wife and children are a piece of the puzzle that will finally dismantle the new republic once and for all" Darth Vader replied.

Sidius glowered at him before he stood up "your wife left you, she chose to leave you".

"No! She did not! She was taken by my once trusted Padawan and captain!"

Sidius waved his hand.

"Very well, if you wish to chase her down then you must bring me back something else that would convince me this task is not a fruitless one"

"Anything my Lord"

"Bring me the child of Obiwan and Satine, the new duchess of mandalor, with the new Duchess in our grasp bending mandalor and by extension the new republic will be far easier"

"Consider it done my Lord"

Vader waited before he was dismissed.

He rushed down the halls to his personal ship, ready for the trip to mandalor when he felt something strange.

His head throbbed painfully as he felt his world shift.

He now stood in a small room in a familiar place, it was dark and full of hate but the being before him was even more so. It was clad in dark robes and a strange helmet as it addressed a hound blond haired man that was barely hanging on as he texted over the edge of some strange cliff.

Vader could not hear what was being said but judging by the young man's horror stricken face it was not pleasing.

'this is the future you walk towards"

The voice was one Vader recognized immediately.

Father.

The force being from his misadventures with his old master and Padawan.

The being that swore never to take a side.

Never to meddle in the affairs of the force.

Was now showing him his future.

One filled with almost unbearable hate and sadness.

Vader's eyes shifted from yellow to blue then back to yellow before he managed to move again.

His mind fixed on one thing.

Changing his future.
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Okay guys. Figured you'd like to see what the other sides playbook was looking like. Please tell me what you think and as always props to my readers and fellow writers ❤️.