This might be a short chapter but I'll try to make it as long as possible but we will get to see into the bad guys point of view before we get to the main point of this chapter. So, yeah, and thank you to the 5 people who reviewed the last chapter. You guys are great. Also, italics means no one's perspective as well as specific places and thoughts. Also, 'this' means speaking through bonds and "this" is someone speaking through a comlink or a Force ghost speaking.

2.

In Everything but Blood

The Conference Room, the Invisible Hand...

Darth Tyranus, better known to everyone as Count Dooku of Serenno, leader of the Separatists movement, was feeling as apprehensive as the Force. The tangible wariness surrounded him on all sides and yet he couldn't seem to figure out what was causing the apprehensive. The Force throbbed with warning and yet Dooku couldn't begin to understand what the Force was trying to warn him about.

"You have sensed it as well, Lord Tyranus, yes?" Darth Sidious's hologram said from where he was flickering in front of the leader of the Separatists.

"Yes and I can't figure out the location of the disturbance," Dooku said irritably. He hated being kept in the dark and it seemed the Force, itself, was doing just that.

Sidious sounded equally frustrated as he said, "I cannot either. It must be important. I am sure that it is but I do not know what it is," he growled. "I also think it is likely that if we have sensed this disturbance then the Jedi have as well. And it is also possible that they are just as in the dark as we are."

Dooku nodded. "There must be something that we can do to figure out the cause of this disturbance but I cannot think of anything."

"Neither can I," Sidious said angrily. "I will see what I can do about finding the source of this disturbance. You are to continue with the attack."

"Yes my lord."

Sidious's hologram disappeared and Dooku turned his gaze to the viewports within the conference room before examining the battle that was currently occurring outside. However, he found that he couldn't focus on the battle; his thoughts were too occupied by the disturbance and what it could possibly mean.

Let's hope Lord Sidious will be able to figure it out, Dooku thought making his way out of the conference room and heading toward the bridge of the Invisible Hand.

Room of a Thousand Fountains, Jedi Temple...

Ahsoka sat cross-legged on the ground before closing her eyes. She reached out into the Force before sinking into a meditative trance. Even with the disturbance that was still distorting the Force, Ahsoka was able to meditate. However, the apprehension in the air made it nigh on impossible to stay in a meditative trance for too long.

Pulling herself from her meditation, Ahsoka sighed. What could have caused this disturbance? She wondered silently as she uncoiled her legs before standing up and stretching. She spotted Barriss walking into the room at that moment and made her way over to join her friend.

"Hello Ahsoka," Barriss greeted her.

"Barriss," Ahsoka replied with a faint smile. "I was trying to meditate but I can't with how distorted the Force is 'cause of this disturbance. Do you want to spar?"

Barriss nodded. "I could use the exercise and Master Luminara is busy," she said. "She's probably thinking about the disturbance."

"I'm pretty sure everyone is thinking about the disturbance considering the Force, itself, seems apprehensive."

"It's odd. I've never felt anything like this before."

"Neither have I. I don't think any of the masters except, maybe, Master Yoda have felt anything like this before."

"I don't even think Master Yoda's felt this kind of disturbance before."

Ahsoka smiled. "It's possible," she said. "Come on, let's go spar. Maybe it will take our mind off of this. It worked a little yesterday when I was sparring with my master."

Barriss nodded. "I still think it's odd that we can still fill apprehension even though the disturbance likely occurred yesterday," she said.

"Yes. I've never heard of a disturbance lasting for two days."

"I don't think anyone has."

The two of them, still talking about the disturbance in the Force and how odd it was, left the Room of a Thousand Fountains before making their way to the nearest empty training room.

Obi-Wan Kenobi's Quarters, the Jedi Temple...

Obi-Wan sat down on the form couch in his apartment with a cup of tea in his hand as he waited for Anakin to join him. His former apprentice was pacing the length of the apartment looking deep in thought as if he was attempting to come up with a way to phrase the question he wanted to ask to the Jedi Master.

Obi-Wan waited patiently. It was obvious what Anakin was about to ask was important to him and yet something that was not an easy subject to broach. Whether it had something to do with the Jedi Code or not, Obi-Wan did not know. He was patient though because he knew his former apprentice would open up on his own time.

Anakin sighed before walking to the form couch and sinking into it beside Obi-Wan. He gazed at the windows that lay across from where they were seated while Obi-Wan sipped at his tea. Anakin was silent; eyes thoughtful and yet as apprehensive as the way the Force has been feeling since the day before.

"Obi-Wan, you said you would never lie to me," Anakin began finally. "Would you lie to me if it meant…if it meant you would have to break the Jedi Code to tell me the truth?"

Obi-Wan felt more worried than ever. What was Anakin getting at? He didn't know. "Anakin," he said, "I don't understand…"

Anakin glanced up at him. "I don't know how to explain it, Master," he said. "But, in my nightmare when I saw the future, I saw you and I fighting. We were fighting on Mustafar and you were winning. You beat me and, if I remember what happened correctly, left me for dead. But, just before you left, you told me I was your brother."

Obi-Wan was surprised and pained that he actually left Anakin for dead in his nightmare but the last words caught him by surprise. Anakin fell silent as Obi-Wan thought about what his former apprentice just told him. He called Anakin his brother in Anakin's nightmare, something he only ever called Anakin in the safe confines of his mind. He suddenly understood where Anakin was getting at when he asked him if he would lie to him if it meant breaking the Jedi Code by telling him the truth. Attachments were forbidden and Obi-Wan had formed an attachment with Anakin, who had grown to become his little brother in everything but blood.

"That's why I want to know if you would lie to me to avoid breaking the Jedi Code by telling me the truth," Anakin said. "Or if, perhaps, you never meant what you said to me in my nightmare."

Obi-Wan felt torn; on one side was his commitment to the Jedi Order and the Jedi Code that forbid attachments of all kinds and, on the other side, was the love he felt for his former apprentice who had become his brother. He would never have admitted it out loud but it was the truth; he really did care about Anakin like a brother.

And now Anakin was asking him if the truth he heard in his vision was a lie.

Obi-Wan closed his eyes. "I would never lie to you," he said finally coming to a decision firmly in his mind, "even if it means breaking the Jedi Code by admitting the truth to you."

Anakin opened his mouth to respond but, before he could, Obi-Wan turned his gaze to the window, took a sip of his tea and went on.

"I didn't want to get close to you, Anakin," he said finally. "I wanted to train you to become a Jedi Knight to satisfy Qui-Gon's last wish. The main reason why I didn't want to get close to you is because, honestly, it was because I was afraid I was going to lose you like I lost Qui-Gon. I formed an attachment with Qui-Gon, I saw him as the father I never knew and I loved him like a father. When I lost him, it hurt and I decided to never grow attached to another living being again."

Obi-Wan fell silent eyes closed. "But when I began training you, we grew so close to the point that you called me the closest thing you had to a father. You told me you loved me that day in the club when we were searching for Senator Amidala's assassin and I realized that I had formed an attachment even when I was trying not to."

"I realized you were more than just an apprentice and a friend to me. What I told you in your vision is correct, Anakin. You are my brother and I do love you."

Anakin's eyes filled with tears and he quickly wiped them away before laughing. "I never thought I'd get sentimental over this," he said.

Obi-Wan chuckled before he patted his apprentice's shoulder before he fell silent. "Did I really leave you for dead in your nightmare?" he asked.

Anakin nodded slowly. "Yes master," he said before he rested his head on the back of the form couch.

Obi-Wan kept his hand on his brother's shoulder. "I would never do such a thing unless I was forced to do so," he said.

"I know, master. Like I said, we were dueling in that part of the nightmare. I didn't give you much choice. You gave me a chance to stop but I didn't listen to you, which forced you to do what you had to do to stop me."

"Stop you?"

"I was a Sith Lord if my eyes in that nightmare were any indication."

Obi-Wan gripped Anakin's shoulder firmly but gently. "What I can't figure out is what caused you to turn in your nightmare?" he said.

Anakin shook his head. "I don't know. All I know is that the Sith Lord we are looking for was the one that turned me to the dark side," he said.

"Do you know who the Sith Lord is?"

Anakin swallowed before looking down and Obi-Wan had a sickening feeling Anakin did know the identity of the Sith Lord. "Anakin, do you know who the Sith Lord is?"

Anakin continued to look down. "It was odd," he said softly. "Last night's nightmare showed me what Father erased on Mortis but it also gave me the name of the Sith Lord and the name felt new and I realized that I never learned the name of the Sith Lord the first time around."

"But you learned it last night?"

"Yes. And, since I am positive last night's nightmare is a vision, I am positive the part of my vision where I was given the name of the Sith Lord is sincere as well."

"Who is the Sith Lord, Anakin?"

Anakin closed his eyes. "I trusted him," he said quietly. "He was my mentor and a good friend. And yet it seems as though he was playing me from the very beginning, ever since we met on Coruscant when I was nine-years-old. He was also so kind to me and he became like a grandfather to me. How could I have been so stupid as to fall for it when it was all an act? I trusted him with my life!" Angry tears slid down Anakin's face as he pressed his face into his real and mechanical hands.

Obi-Wan's eyes went wide as the weight of what Anakin just said bore down on him and he incredulously asked, "Palpatine?"

Anakin nodded. "That's the name that was whispered to me when I was watching the horrible crimes I would commit because I chose to follow the Sith Lord we've been looking for," he said. He sighed before lifting his head to gaze out the window. "To make matters worse, the Force was sincere. It wasn't lying to me, I could sense that it wasn't lying to me. How could I have been so blind and stupid to actually trust him when he's been using me from the start?"

"Anakin, you are not stupid," Obi-Wan said watching as tears slid down Anakin's face. He almost self-consciously put an arm around his brother's shoulders and, seemingly self-consciously as well, Anakin turned before pressing his face into Obi-Wan's shoulder.

"He deceived us all, Anakin," Obi-Wan said. "He became the ruler of the Republic because the dark side clouded our senses so much that we didn't sense who he was. He must have hid himself very well also so that we couldn't sense him when we were in his presence."

"He wanted me from the very beginning too," Anakin said softly lifting his head slightly before lowering it again and resting it on Obi-Wan's shoulder. "He must have been attempting to plant seeds in my mind that would eventually make me join him. But what I don't understand is why?"

"You are an extremely powerful Jedi, the most powerful Jedi in the history of the Jedi Order, Anakin, and you are the Chosen One," Obi-Wan said softly. "That is reason enough."

"I wish I wasn't the Chosen One! I just wish I could be a normal Jedi," Anakin whispered.

"I know, Anakin, but you aren't. At least now you know Palpatine is the one behind the vision you have seen."

"But what if it's too late?"

Obi-Wan found his hand self-consciously carding through his brother's hair. "I don't think it is. If it was too late then I doubt you would trust me at all, let alone enough to tell me all this," he said.

Anakin looked away although he did keep his head on Obi-Wan's shoulder and Obi-Wan could feel a brief flash of guilt surge through their brotherly bond before it was gone. "Anakin?" Obi-Wan said concerned.

Anakin closed his eyes. "I don't, didn't, trust you, Master," he said quietly. "I…I've been keeping something from you since the war began. Palpatine told me that I couldn't trust you with this secret because you would just turn me over to the Jedi Council if I told you. I believed him."

Obi-Wan had a good idea as to what his brother was referring to but he couldn't be sure and he felt a tad hurt that Anakin would think he would betray him like that. "Was I really such a bad master that you would think I would betray you like that?" he wondered not realizing he had said those words out loud until Anakin glanced sharply at him.

"You're a wonderful master, Obi-Wan," he protested. "It's just…Palpatine…" he broke off before looking down.

"He convinced you that I would betray your trust in me," Obi-Wan guessed.

Anakin nodded mutely.

"I won't, Anakin. Whatever you have to tell me, trust that I will not tell the Jedi Council."

Anakin kept his gaze fixed on the ground. "Once I tell you then you probably will tell the council."

Obi-Wan frowned. "What did you do that makes you think that?" he asked.

Anakin took a deep breath before looking up at Obi-Wan. "You remember Senator Amidala right?"

Obi-Wan nodded his suspicions returning full force.

"Well, after the Battle of Geonosis, she and I…we got married." Anakin looked down as if expecting to see disappointment or something like that in Obi-Wan's eyes.

Obi-Wan simply gazed at his apprentice. "I figured as much," he said.

Anakin glanced up sharply at his former master confusion and surprise n his eyes. "W…What?" he stammered out.

Obi-Wan simply gazed at him calmly. "It wasn't hard to put two and two together, Anakin," he said. "The way you two always looked at each other, the kiss she gave you after our duel with Dooku, the way you always looked forward to returning to Coruscant, the times you snuck out of the Jedi Temple. It all pointed to the same thing. I was only suspicious though; I didn't have enough proof to truly prove my suspicions though."

He fell silent before he looked at the window. "I meant what I said, Anakin. I will not tell the Jedi Council."

Anakin's eyes went wide. "Y…You won't?" he stammered out.

"No, Anakin. I would be a hypocrite if I revealed your attachment, the romantic love you feel for Senator Amidala, and yet kept my attachment, the brotherly love I feel for you, a secret," Obi-Wan replied.

Anakin closed his eyes before resting his head on his brother's shoulder. "Thank you, brother," he whispered.

"You're welcome, brother."

Anakin lifted his head before smiling. "I told Padmé I would visit her today for dinner. Do you want to come with?"

"That's all right..."

"Come on, Master. I'm going to tell her you know as it is and Threepio's not a bad cook. I'm so glad I programmed that into him," Anakin said with a faint smile.

"Well, I suppose I could go for some dinner," Obi-Wan said.

"Great. I'll go find Ahsoka and she can come with."

Obi-Wan's eyebrows rose beyond the hairline. "Ahsoka?" he echoed.

"She figured it out on her own," Anakin admitted. "She's pretty good at putting two and two together and I just confirmed it for her when she asked. She took it surprisingly well and promised to not tell the council too."

"Am I the only one who didn't know for sure?"

"Pretty much. Sorry about that. Palpatine convinced me that I couldn't trust you with this secret. Ahsoka was another matter only because she confronted me with it as soon as she put two and two together," Anakin said.

Obi-Wan's eyes narrowed thoughtfully. "Hmm, perhaps I should have confronted you as I wanted to do," he said. "Although you would have probably denied it."

"Maybe, maybe not. I guess we'll never know."

"Yes, I guess so.

Senator Padmé Amidala's Apartment, 500 Republica...

Padmé Amidala Skywalker walked to the door as the door chime rang before glancing into the kitchen of her apartment. "Threepio, is dinner almost ready?" she called.

"Almost, Mistress Padmé, but we're going to have a lot of leftovers," Threepio replied.

"Considering how much Anakin eats, I very much doubt that," Padmé said pressing the door release button to reveal Anakin at the other end with Ahsoka and, surprisingly, Obi-Wan just behind him.

"I heard that," Anakin said stepping into the apartment before he wrapped his arms around her.

Padmé stiffened with a quick glance at Obi-Wan. "Anakin…" she began.

"Don't worry, Padmé. He already knows."

Padmé glanced at him. "You told him?" she asked.

Anakin nodded. "I did and to think he put two and two together like Ahsoka did but, unlike Ahsoka, he didn't confront me with his suspicions," he said gently pressing his lips to Padmé.

"Do you mind?" Ahsoka asked. "I would rather not have my appetite spoiled."

Anakin rolled his eyes. "You've seen people kiss before, Snips," he said.

"Yes and I still don't like it."

Padmé chuckled before wiggling out of Anakin's grip to look at Obi-Wan briefly before glancing at Anakin. "It's a good thing Threepio made enough for all of us," she said.

"I probably should have warned you Obi-Wan was coming," Anakin admitted.

"Yes, yes you should have."

"We didn't exactly have time. It took us half an hour just to get out of the Temple without making anyone suspicious."

"How do you always manage to do that?"

"Not easy. Ahsoka's had to cover for me a few times."

Obi-Wan snorted. "I had to cover for you a few times, Anakin," he said, "and I wasn't even in on the secret."

Padmé chuckled again. "Why don't we go into the kitchen while Threepio finishes. I'm so glad you programmed Threepio to do that, Anakin," she said glancing at Anakin.

Anakin shrugged. "I can't cook to save my life and you…er…never have any time," he said quickly amending whatever it was he was about to say

Padmé's raised her eyebrows. "Considering all the time I've spent in the Senate, that is true," she admitted before she led the way into the kitchen with Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka just behind her.

The disturbance in the Force startled everyone who was Force sensitive. Count Dooku, who was meeting with his master in the Works, and Darth Sidious were startled by how powerful the disturbance was and how it seemed to become tangible in the air around them

In Senator Amidala's apartment, everyone but Threepio felt the disturbance, which was a surprise in and of itself because Padmé wasn't Force sensitive. It was odd how powerful and strange the disturbance was. It felt as if two things had just merged together and everything trembled as a result.

The Jedi Temple swayed before standing still but no one who was not Force sensitive noticed anything out of the ordinary. The only thing that was extremely odd was that the disturbance affected all of Coruscant and the entire galaxy and, to the sudden surprise of the six people unaffected, everything, including time itself, came to a standstill.

The Works...

Dooku gazed around with confusion before looking at Sidious who seemed just as confused, which was odd in and of itself. Throughout all the years that Dooku has been apprentice to Sidious has he ever seen Sidious as stunned as he was.

"This is very disturbing," Sidious said slowly. "It's as if all life on Coruscant, but us, has come to a standstill."

Dooku nodded in agreement before glancing at the glowing bright light that was beginning to surround them. "And this is even more disturbing," he said eyeing the light warily.

Sidious glowered. "What the blazes is going on?" he growled.

"I do not know, my lord, but the light doesn't seem to be hurting us."

"It is still very odd."

"Indeed."

"Hello Sidious, Tyranus."

Sidious and Dooku whirled around to find Force ghost floating in front of them. Sidious's eyes went wide with shock then anger and he curled his lips into a snarl. "I killed you!"

"Yes you did," the Force ghost said. "I am here to give you information that you will need for the place you are going."

"What place?" Dooku asked just as Sidious snarled, "I need no information from you, my former master!"

Dooku glanced at the ghost again. So this was Darth Plagueis, he thought.

"This place is a different reality, Sidious, Tyranus," Plagueis's ghost said. "The Force and something known as old magic have merged and, thus, has resulted in the merging of two completely different realities. However, the merging has forced the reality you live in into a standstill. No one, including time, but six beings will move until either the light or the darkness is victorious in the other reality."

Dooku's brow furrowed in confusion and even Sidious looked confused.

"So what do we have to know?" Sidious asked coolly.

Plagueis floated closer as the light grew brighter and brighter around them. "There is much you need to know but I shall start with the basics..."

Senator Amidala's Apartment, 500 Republica…

"What the blazes is going on?" Ahsoka exclaimed gazing around with wide eyes as the light that surrounded them grew brighter and brighter. Threepio seemed to be frozen in mid-motion with one dish hanging in his hand above the sink. Padmé gazed around in confusion and Obi-Wan and Anakin were exchanging glances.

"This is strange," Obi-Wan said stroking his beard eyes narrowed. "That disturbance, it's unlike anything I've ever felt before."

"And I think it's what caused this," Anakin gestured to Threepio, "to happen."

"But that doesn't make any sense," Ahsoka protested. "If it really was a disturbance in the Force that caused this then why is Padmé still moving around."

Padmé looked just as confused as everyone else. "I don't know," she said.

"There is a lot you do not know," a new voice sounded and the four of them whirled around to find the Force ghost of an older man with long light brown hair and sharp blue eyes floating behind them.

"Qui-Gon!" Obi-Wan gasped eyes going wide with shock.

Ahsoka also gazed at the Jedi Master who trained Obi-Wan Kenobi.

"Hello Obi-Wan, Anakin, Senator Amidala, young Ahsoka," Qui-Gon Jinn greeted them all.

"How'd you know me?" asked Ahsoka.

"I know much about you, Ahsoka. I have been watching all four of you for a long time."

"What's going on?" Padmé asked confused.

"The Force and what is known as old magic have merged and, as a result, two realities completely different from each other have merged as well. The result forced your reality into a standstill where you four, plus two others, are the only ones that can move, not even time can move, until either the light or the darkness is victorious in the other reality."

"I don't understand," Obi-Wan said.

"Neither do I," Anakin agreed eyes glittering with confusion.

"It is rather confusing," Qui-Gon admitted, "but there is a lot more that you need to know if you are to survive in the new reality."

"You mean, we're going to the new reality?"

"Yes, you must or your reality will forever remain at a standstill."

The three Jedi and one senator exchanged glances with each other.

"So what do we need to know?" Ahsoka asked.

"There is much you need to know," Qui-Gon said, "but I will start with the basics..."

A/n what do you think?

Blaze: in the next chapter is when the Wizarding world is introduced. Oh and I'm wondering; should the Jedi get wands? I'm leaning towards 'yes' but I want your opinion

Darth: I think they should but they don't have magic

Blaze: they have the Force. I could always make it that if you have the Force within you then you have magic within you

Darth: sounds far-fetched

Blaze: yeah, I know but I like the idea

Darth: I like the idea too. Maybe you can figure something out

Blaze: yeah, maybe so please review and I will post chapter 3 as soon as I possibly can but I doubt it'll be anytime soon