AN: I do not own Star Wars or any of its characters. I only own my OC.

Blood is thicker than water

Prologue:

"To the Outer Rim you, Skywalker and his Padawan must. Seen there this mysterious Darth Ombro was. Investigating you shall, report you must!" Yoda, the wise and green Jedi Master said while pointing with his wooden stick at the two men before him.

"If the rumours are true, this Darth Ombro is extremely dangerous and to approach with caution. We expect you to keep your profile low; you're job is to gain as much information as possible,", the bald and dark skinned Mace Windu said seriously, his gaze resting solemnly on Anakin.

"We will be careful," the younger Jedi mumbled and looked everywhere but at Windu.

"Anything else we have to know?" Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi asked, his hand absently stroking through his beard.

"Leading an attack, Ombro is. Allowed to interfere you are not."

"The government of the system made it crystal clear that they do not want the Republic or the Jedi to interfere, but you are allowed to bring your clone units with you," Windu explained further.

"With all due respect, Masters, but why are we forbidden to help?" Ahsoka Tano, who had remained silent up until now, asked.

"A proud folk, not relying on the help of others they are. Fragile their connection to the Republic is, breaking it further, we shouldn't."

"I understand Master!" the young girl nodded.

"The troops will accompany us as a protection then?" Anakin asked.

"They are for our protection, but should the government require our assistance, we will be ready to help."

"You still have to be careful, Master Kenobi," Kit Fisto now joined the conversation. "We don't know what will await us, nor have we any knowledge of the true abilities of the Dark Lord, we do not even know if he is a Dark Lord or simple the apprentice. We may have reports of witnesses, but we cannot fully trust them. A few of the witnesses' reports sounded quite unbelievable and we know that people exaggerate."

"But also true they can be, mysterious ways the force has."

Most council members nodded in agreement. Obi-Wan, Anakin and Ahsoka eventually bowed their heads as a sign of respect and finally left the room, Obi-Wan taking the lead and his two companions trotting after him.

"You seem worried, Master." Anakin eventually broke the silence once they had reached the older Jedi's quarters.

The ginger headed men stopped before the door and started stroking his beard again, a gesture he always did when he was deep in thought.

"I feel uneasy about this Darth Ombro. He seemingly appeared out of nowhere, without any trace or evidence about his heritage and existence and then there are the witnesses, who saw him perform unbelievable things."

"Unbelievable things?" Ahsoka questioned. "Like what?"

"Controlling the living force like no Jedi, or Sith for that matter, has ever done."

"I bet these are just lame tricks," offered Anakin.

"Do not be so sure, Anakin. We have to be extremely careful and we will do exactly as the council said. Just observing, no interfering!" Obi-Wan said and departed with a last nod to prepare for the upcoming departure.

"What is the matter with Master Kenobi?" Ahsoka questioned.

Anakin Skywalker just sighed and motioned his Padawan to follow him, to which she immediately complied.

"The last time we, or rather Obi-Wan, encountered a real Sith, not someone like Dooku, he lost someone very dear to him."

"Who?" Ahsoka asked almost breathless.

"His Master Qui-Gon Jinn. He was the man who found me and brought me to the temple. He and Obi-Wan were very close and during a mission on Naboo, they ran into Darth Maul. He murdered Qui-Gon, but Obi-Wan had been able to defeat the Sith singlehandedly," Anakin explained while they roamed through the corridors.

"He did?" Ahsoka asked in awe. "I knew that he was involved in the fight with the first Sith in a long time, but the he killed him alone."

Anakin nodded in agreement. "He is called the Sith-Killer for a reason!"

Together they entered their own shared chambers.

I hope you like the idea so far. Darth Ombro is my OC and "Ombro" is esperanto for "shadow".

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