Chapter One
"I thought we were going home?"
"I did too." came the terse reply from the man wearing the bowtie on the other side of the TARDIS console, "You know how she can get, River. The Tardis likes to do her own thing."
"Then where are we?"
"I think she took us to a later point in time with the Jedi. Coruscant, not sure when. Her time meter isn't helping."
River Song frowned and looked at the door, "Guess we can do it your usual way? Wing it?"
"Wouldn't have it any other way." the Doctor smiled and halfway to the door he spun around, "Look, I know that we could save a lot of people if we stepped in and ousted the Chancellor, but there are certain things that have to happen. You know this and we still have to tread carefully."
"I know, Sweetie." River smiled, "Let's find out where we are at least."
The Doctor cracked the door open and peaked out, "Yeah, we're dropping in on the council again."
She rolled her eyes at his whisper and shoved him through the narrow crack in the door. He stumbled out and gave a weak greeting while she took her spot next to the Tardis door, leaning casually against it.
"Again you arrive at a dangerous time, Doctor."
"Have we?" the Doctor looked around and noticed that there were only a couple sitting in the room, Kenobi and Windu.
"Dark and dangerous events have occurred. We weren't able to foresee it and the Darkside clouds everything." Windu continued, "Your obvious timing is a scar in the Force that has no doubt alerted even the Sith."
"Oh, I have no doubt that he knows we're here. He's still probably pissed at me for our last visit."
"Know you do, the identity of our Sith adversary?"
"We know, Master Yoda, but we cannot help in revealing his identity. If we were to do that, time and space could unravel. There are points in time that cannot change to the degree that you're asking." River answered.
"Explain will you? These points in time." Yoda asked.
"She's talking about certain events that have to happen in order to preserve time. Something that changes so drastically could erase events that should happen. People might never be born, deaths might never happen as you put it, the will of the Force." the Doctor tried to explain, "If I told you who the Sith Master was, would you not go and arrest him as soon as possible? Preventing no doubt the deaths of billions, but with the change in the galaxy with his reveal, there are unforeseen consequences. What if there were children that were to be born and become saviors of the Jedi to defeat the Sith? Or the revealed Master of the Sith was not the true enemy and there was another or another that wouldn't be found except for the following of events that have to take place?"
"Children to be born?" Kenobi asked, "That's an even that has to happen, isn't it. You were certainly specific about that."
"Is there nothing to say, Doctor, that will aide us?" Yoda asked, sullenly.
He glanced back at River who nodded, "Trust Anakin. Get him to confide in the Jedi. Restore his faith that the good the Jedi have done and will do is not a plot to destroy the Republic. Windu, don't let your jealousy get in the way and trust him. Kenobi, you're...confess to him your attachment to him as a brother and don't wait until it's too late.
"Master Yoda, look into the restrictions of the Jedi and cut away some of the legalistic codes you all hold your noses to."
"Much you have said. Meditate on this, I will." Yoda said, "A strong bond between you and Skywalker, you have always had, Kenobi. Not an attachment, as the Doctor says. Windu, look down on the chosen one, always you have for his arrival to the Jedi. Rules to change, I will decide."
Kenobi stood and looked at the Doctor, "You wouldn't happen to be able to take me to my Padawan on Naboo, would you?"
"We'd love to." "I'm sorry we can't."
River glared at the Doctor, "I'm sure that Kenobi would enjoy being with his Padawan right now."
"River, I don't know if that would be a good idea." he answered, "If he took a slower way, that would..."
The three Jedi were staring at both time travelers with curiosity, "Doing something, Skywalker should not?"
"What if they knew?" River whispered, "Them knowing could be just a nudge and wouldn't change too much, would it?"
"If we took you," the Doctor turned to the three Masters, "You have to swear to keep secret what you would see. So much relies on the secrecy of the events that are unfolding right now."
"A secret, keep it, we will."
"If Skywalker is breaking the code..." Mace began.
"Preserve the timeline we must. If remain a Jedi he does, his own choice will it be. Must be given a chance, Skywalker does, if the Chosen one he is." Yoda interrupted.
"That's another thing," River stepped in, "He either is or he isn't the Chosen one. You can't treat him like he's special one second and then like dirt the next. Did it ever occur that the Chosen one might not adhere to all of your rules? All of the code of the Jedi? The prophecy refers to him bringing balance to the Force. How can the Force be balanced if it is just light sided?"
The three Jedi were silent on the question and the Doctor grimaced, "Look, just don't rush into this. I'll take the three of you to Naboo to witness something so powerful that it could destroy the galaxy if not handled correctly."
Kenobi stepped over to the Doctor, "I'm ready."
Staring into Obi-Wan's eyes for another second the Doctor nodded, "I believe you are. Windu? Yoda?"
"I will keep an open mind as you suggest, Doctor." Windu answered cautiously, "I can only promise that what I see will remain secret unless Master Yoda orders otherwise."
"A secret, young Skywalker's actions will remain." Yoda nodded.
"Then come aboard the Tardis." the Doctor grinned and snapped his finger to open the door. River stood aside for Kenobi to enter who immediately stepped out and jostled Windu, "Impossible."
"Go ahead and say it, Kenobi."
"It's bigger on the inside."
"I'd try and explain it, but maybe in my next life." the Doctor grinned as both Windu and Yoda entered and remained blocking the door, "If you could enter a little further I can get to the console and we can get to Naboo in seconds."
They allowed both River and the Doctor space to access the panel and River set the internal dampeners for a smoother ride, knowing that their arrival could ruin the event they were trying to witness.