Chapter I

First story I'm writing due to a suggestion! As it said, this story is suggested by the Grinning Psychopath. Honestly, I wouldn't have thought of a fan fiction that has anything to do with the Original Trilogy, not counting Fall of the Chosen One or my future Resurrection of the Father sequel The White Knight, since those start in the Prequels, not the Originals.

There were many times when Darth Vader wondered how things would be if he never turned, and now, he was trying to shut off those thoughts, as he was trying to blast down the pilot in front of his who was strong in the Force.

He suspected that this was the same boy he briefly saw when he killed his old Jedi Master and former brother, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

"He's almost as strong in the Force as I… no! Don't think about it!" Vader exclaimed in his head.

Then, apparently, his left wingman was shot from the right. Vader got distracted and surprised by that move.

"What?" Vader asked himself, tone showing said surprised, as he looked up and right, he saw a Coreillian freighter ship floating in space.

"Look out!" His right wingman exclaimed, neutrally, as he got distracted and spun left by accident.

The right wingman hit Vader's right wing as the right wingman's ship exploded as the Dark Lord was spun out of the trench.

Vader tried to balance his ship, which was very hard since he was uncontrollably spinning. If this spinning was controlled by him, it would have stopped a long time ago. The ship swung for a bit until it went still in space.

He saw the explosion of the Death Star briefly from the corner of his eye, as then, he saw a very bright shade of red, blocking everything from his view, which Vader guessed would be white if he didn't have this helmet on. That was the last guess he made in this time period…

Qui-Gon Jinn was on the Nubian ship of Queen Amidala, they were headed for Tatooine, a desert planet ruled by the alien Hutts, and the only planet in near vicinity which the Trade Federation, who they running away from, didn't watch over or didn't have any operations in… personally, if he could, he'd choose a better planet, like Chameta for example.

He sensed something through the Force. This disturbance was heavy on him, as he clutched his belly in pain, luckily, he was in one of the ship's quarters.

He knew this type of disturbance, the last one occurred 10 years before, Mace Windu was extra gloomy and Yoda was extra giddy that for reasons even they didn't know. Qui-Gon, he felt happy and elated that day for reasons he didn't know.

Qui-Gon went outside, to find a sweating Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan was his Jedi Padawan and student. Obi-Wan was almost at the point of knighting, Qui-Gon knew, unless someone else decided to take Obi-Wan as their student.

"Master…" Obi-Wan breathed, in tiredness and pain, the disturbance in the force, obviously

"What is it, Obi-Wan?" Qui-Gon asked, despite he knew the cause of Obi-Wan's tiredness, in concern

"I felt a disturbance in the Force, have you?" Obi-Wan asked back, softly

"I have. And, unlike the last one, this one has darkness in it" Qui-Gon confessed.

The two Jedi thought about this disturbance in the Force, as Vader woke up. He saw himself in the barren deserts. And he would recognise this desert anywhere. It was Tatooine!

Vader put his hand up on his forehead, and didn't feel the same as it did for the past nineteen years. He ran his hand up his hair… wait… hair?

He saw a dusty shattered mirror on the ground. He ran up to the mirror and picked it up, it was dusty. He shook the mirror and most of the dust came off. He wiped a circle into the mirror, and saw… himself

He was not in any life support suit, he was exactly like he was before Kenobi burned him in the planet Mustafar, the planet where Obi-Wan burned him, the same planet where the Rebellion gained traction, in short, every bad thing to him happened on that planet, all by Jedi.

Vader noticed he was wearing different clothing than he never actually wore, he wasn't even sure if he owned the clothing he was wearing, his clothing was still black, but his gloves were yellow and he was wearing golden shoulder pads. He felt that the clothing was machine-made, and kind of like the material on his Darth Vader suit, but lighter and cooler.

Vader now felt elated, since he didn't have to wear that damned suit anymore, if he could breathe without his respirator. He touched his utility belt and felt a comm. link. He went to hold the small device, but then he noticed a ship come down, a Nubian ship.

Vader was confused now. First, he could survive without his life-support suit, and he was sure that a Nubian monarch, judging by the colour of the ship, would not come to Tatooine.

"The last time it happened was when Padmé and Master Jinn came here" Vader thought, he was too tired to try to stop the thought.

"What do you mean, you will go alone?" Panaka, Amidala's royal guard, asked, disbelieving

"Only for now, someone possibly dangerous is outside the ship, I'll deal with that" Qui-Gon answered, calmly and serenely as possible

"Who could it be Master?" Obi-Wan asked, muttering

"I don't know… I really don't know" Qui-Gon softly answered, as he went out.

He stepped down the ramp to the sandy deserts, as he sensed a dark presence, well, not really dark, it was light mixed with dark. As if it was a dark Grey Jedi. He looked right, to see a man very similar to himself, but instead with different facial features.

Vader was stunned at seeing his old unofficial Master, Qui-Gon Jinn. Vader frowned, as he instinctively activated his lightsaber, which was still red. Vader thought that this was a trick by a Jedi

"The Jedi you chose to disguise as is dead" Vader coldly told Qui-Gon, who activated his green lightsaber

"Who are you?" Qui-Gon asked, confused

"Don't tell me you don't know me, Jedi" Vader laughed, as he did every time a Jedi asked him that who he was

"I don't" Qui-Gon replied, as he took two steps at Vader

"I am Darth Vader, Sith Apprentice to the Emperor!" Vader introduced himself, Qui-Gon was very confused now "And the Emperor tells me to kill all Jedi I see"

"There is no Sith 'Emperor'. Though the Dark Side clouds everything, if he was Emperor, there would have been evidence!" Qui-Gon outstretched one of his palms and then went into a battle stance

"Yes there is! The Imperial Empire has control of all former Republic worlds! How could you not know about that?" Vader exclaimed back.

Both duelists circled each other, as the charged at each other. They both were confused and trying to get information out of each other. A fast, but brief duel started

"But… The Republic's still a functional government" Qui-Gon wheezed, as they crossed 'sabers

"Emperor Palpatine reorganised the Republic into the Empire when the Jedi turned against him" Vader coldly explained

"Palpatine… He's not 'Emperor' Palpatine, rather, Senator Palpatine of Naboo" Qui-Gon calmly told Vader, then he realised two statements that had been told by Vader "Wait… Palpatine's the Sith Lord?", as he did a vertical spin with his weapon

Not listening to Qui-Gon's question, Vader exclaimed in shock "Impossible! The Emperor hasn't been Senator since the Blockade of Naboo!"

Both of them deactivated their lightsabers, as both were too confused to duel. They both looked each other in the eyes. Qui-Gon saw a lot of himself in Vader, yet Vader was his own person. While Vader saw a lot of himself in Qui-Gon. Vader realised that he must be related to the guy in some way.

"By 'Blockade of Naboo', do you mean the Blockade caused by the Trade Federation?" Qui-Gon asked, trying to make sense in all this

"Yes. It happened 32 years ago, did it not?" Vader asked back

"32 years? It's occurring right now!" Qui-Gon explained, surprised

"Right now? You're not dead?" Vader asked, becoming more confused by the second

"Why would I be? We're duelling" Qui-Gon told Vader, in a teasing tone which sounded like like something Anakin Skywalker would say

"What's the year?" Vader finally asked, tone getting softer

"968 YASW" Qui-Gon answered, using a date system created after the Sith Wars

Vader responded with "Impossible! It's 1000 YASW!"

"There's only one explanation for this" Qui-Gon mumbled coherently

"Time Travel" Vader and Qui-Gon both said calmly, in unison

"You need an alias, in case you bump into your past self, and the fact that 'Darth Vader', isn't a good name" Qui-Gon reminded, Vader laughed, a genuine laugh after 19 years

"I think I'll keep my last name Vader, since my original name 'Skywalker', isn't common and would be suspicious… Jinn Vader?" Qui-Gon laughed again, at the ridiculousness of the name

"It's best you don't take my name" Qui-Gon told Vader

"Anakin Vader definitely won't work, since there is already one Anakin Skywalker on this planet" Vader told Qui-Gon

"And there's my friend, Talimer Skywalker" Qui-Gon recalled

"Yeah… my uncle…" Vader hadn't thought about his uncle since he became a Jedi Padawan, so the word 'uncle' seemed foreign to him, he then told the first thing that came into his mind "Luke… Luke Vader" Vader somehow knew that he sensed the name 'Luke' when he was trying to shoot down that Force-strong pilot in the trenches of the Death Star

"Luke Vader" Qui-Gon tested the name on his lips, then he exclaimed "I like it!"

"Now, let's stick to the previous timeline, Jar Jar, Padmé and Artoo are supposed to go with you to… never mind" Vader shook his head

"What?" Qui-Gon asked, concerned for his new… acquaintance?

"I'm not telling you… Jedi" Vader hissed angrily

"I'm going to guess here, but my plans to get out of here is what happens in the previous timeline" Qui-Gon went up the ramp, and left Vader to think

Vader wondered if he should let his younger self become a Jedi, he didn't know what to do. If he let his younger self become a Jedi, he will be manipulated by Palpatine and the Empire would be created again, but the good thing would be that many lives saved by himself would be saved again.

But if Anakin didn't become a Jedi, then those lives possibly won't be saved, but then, Anakin would not get the pressure from the Jedi that Vader did. Anakin wouldn't marry Padmé either and not know true love, but if he didn't know true love, then he wouldn't face the loss Vader did.

Life was confusing sometimes, like now, with all the conflict in Vader's soul.

There are many references in this chapter to my other stories. Especially Yoda's Reformations. All the references will be told next chapter