A Sith or a Jedi? - a STAR WARS fanfic

There's always something...

It's been a few hours since we arrived in the lake country, Anakin and Padme left somewhere to a meadow, I didn't join them though, I've had about enough of those two, so I went to explore the surroundings of our for-now home.

I found a cliff overlooking the lake, and sat there, meditating. And you know it's bad when I meditate willingly. It's not really about Anakin though, whatever is going on between him and Padme is his problem, the reason I chose to meditate is the assassinations. Back on Coruscant, I already felt like there was more to this, than just some bounty hunters. I feared this was something sinister, something insidious.

I saw nothing for some time, just the Force, but then something flashed before my eyes. Visions.

I saw a hooded figure talking to some Jedi I didn't recognize. It seemed they were arguing, but I can't be sure, I cannot hear them. Then the scenery changed, the Jedi was talking to some strange beings, they had long bodies and small heads, I looked around, trying to pin point where I was. I looked out of a window, I saw hundreds of armored men standing in lines. It some kind of an army. What does this mean? Is this the future? Is this happening right now?

When the scenery changed again, I felt my heart stop. Right in front of me stood a man, he had brown robes, silver hair and beard and in his hand, he held a curved lightsaber. It was him. Tyranus. He was speaking but I couldn't hear a word. He took a few steps forward, until he was standing about a meter from me, he bent down and whispered: "I see you've survived, Darth Morana."

With a huge gasp I opened my eyes and found myself back at the cliff, just a few hours later, judging by the setting sun.

Was this his doing? Were the Sith behind this? I have to inform Obi-Wan before he gets himself in trouble. I stood up and ran back to the house. I ran right past Anakin and Padme, it seemed they just got back from their picnic, but I completely ignored their greetings and sprinted into my room.

I slammed the door behind me, grabbed my comlink and dialed Obi-Wan. I waited for a few seconds, but when they turned in a few minutes, I gave up, throwing the device back on the table and slumping on the bed. What am I going to do now?

What if I found out too late, and Obi-Wan is already dead? No, no there was no way, he can handle himself, maybe he's just busy or something, I'm sure. But what am I supposed to do now? Maybe I should inform the Council. I'm scared, what if they don't believe me and hate me even more? I surely wouldn't be surprised. I must tell someone though...

My panicked thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door, followed by Anakin opening them and walking in.

"Is everything alright? You seem... stressed." he asked me.

"I don't know." I answered truthfully. I honestly don't know. I don't know if Obi-Wan is ok, I don't know if the Sith are behind this, I'm not sure about anything at this point. What if I just misunderstood the vision? But what other meaning could it have?

"Did something happen?" he sat down next to me on the edge of the bed, examining my expression.

I looked at him, trying very hard to hide my panic, deciding if I should tell him. I don't want to worry him, after all, I don't think there's anything we can do now. But I also don't want to lie to him. So, I'll tell him a half-truth.

"I had a strange vision, about from before, you know... It just spooked me a little I guess, but it's fine." I explained and gave him a very forced sure nod.

"Oh, I'm sorry... You know it's over thought, right? The past can't hurt you anymore. Try not to dwell on it too much." he pat my back and gave me a smile. "Padme's readying something to eat, you coming?" he then said and stood up.

"Oh, yeah. I'm pretty hungry." I said and stood up as well. Before leaving the room, I looked back at the comlink on the table, then Force-calling it to my hand and shoved in my pocket. Just in case...

--

We sat around a round table and we had the food served to us by some servants that were there with us, most likely making sure Padme is safe and alright. Throughout the main course nobody spoke a word, a few glances were exchanged, but we ate peacefully, until desserts came out.

Anakin started to recall one of our 'exciting' missions, filling Padme's head with every little detail, yes even the time where I slipped off a cliff and broke my arm... I never felt more embarrassed.

Thankfully, he soon diverted to his own side of the story, so I could enjoy the fruits without having to always nod or hum in response to confirm to Padme's disbelieving eyes that something really happened. Sure, sometimes Anakin would exaggerate, a lot, but for the sake of his happiness, I decided to help him out and agree with every statement he said. It was kind of entertaining.

"And when I got to them, we went into aggressive negotiations." he continues, and when the maid brings out another serving of the delicious fruit, he sneaks in a small "Thank you."

"Aggressive negotiations? What's that?" Padme chuckles and nods away the maid, so it's us alone again.

"Uh, well, negotiations with a lightsaber." Anakin explains and they both start laughing. Padme little out of disbelieve, her peaceful political views surely disagreeing of our methods.

She is about to cut her piece of fruit, when Anakin reached out through the Force and levitated the dessert to his plate.

"If Master Obi-Wan caught me doing this, he'd be very grumpy." he said while cutting the shuura, then he looked at me and nodded: "You won't say, please?"

"Anakin, there is so many things I already keep from him for you, I think Force-handling a piece of fruit isn't going to slip out." I said, tilting my head when he smiled and continued to eat my jogan. He handled back the shuura back to Padme with a big grin and we continued to enjoy the dinner in silence.

Soon, we were all full so we said our goodnights and headed to bed.

I tried to get some sleep, I really did, but my mind was racing with questions and no answers. The thought of contacting the Council still rolled in my mind, I know I should and I know I have to tell someone and who's better than the Jedi Council, right? Well, it's a little more complicated.

It's not like they didn't know about the Sith still prevailing, I told them that Maul had a master and after his death, he found a new apprentice, but I never told them a name or what he looked like, or that I know him, in a sense. I told them I was trained about the Sith way, not that I was trained the Sith way, so they wouldn't think I had anything to do with them.

So, if I were to say I had a vision about the Sith and that I knew they were involved in this matter, I would totally blow my story and there was no way I could go around it. Thay wouldn't believe me any other way. I know Obi-Wan would, but he's out of reach. I could tell Anakin, but that already sounds like a bad idea. Not that I wouldn't trust him, but he would probably freak out more than I did, and that won't help.

I tried to reach Obi-Wan over and over again, but when he didn't answer even after the tenth time, I got back where I started. Why does this keep happening? There was nothing I could do, or Obi-Wan, or the Council anyway. The plan was already in motion and there was no way stopping it.

--

I must've dozed off in my thoughts, because I woke up in the morning, Anakin beside me, shaking me out of sleep.

"What?!" I snapped when he wouldn't stop shaking me even after I woke up.

"We're leaving." he said simply and backed off.

"Why? Where to?" I asked, getting out of bed and stretching out the strange sleep.

"You don't have to go with me, but there is something I have to check on, on Tatooine..." he explained, he was nervous and had red eyes, he probably didn't get much sleep himself.

"And you sure it's a good idea? I mean, if Obi-Wan or the Council finds out..." I trailed off, both of us knowing very well what I was going to say.

"Then it's a good think you're so good with keeping secrets, right?" he smiled and slowly left my room, giving me space to change and pack my stuff.

"You have no idea..." I said to the air, when the doors closed behind him. We really can't have a simple, peaceful mission for once, can we? There always have to be something...