Anakin now had a problem. He had been summoned to the Chancellor's office for some reason; Palpatine had been cryptic as to the reason he wanted to see Anakin. Yet, he couldn't shake the feeling that he should follow the Lost One's advice. He stood there for a few minutes in uncharacteristic indecision. Finally, after running his hand through his hair he commed the Chancellor and postponed the meeting claiming personal reasons. The Chancellor was understanding, but concerned.

Anakin then arrived at the Jedi Temple and headed for a meditation chamber and ran into Obi-Wan.

"Anakin! What are you doing here, I thought the Chancellor wanted to see you this morning," Obi-Wan said to his former student.

Anakin sighed, and turned to his friend and said, "Yes, he did, Master, but I haven't been sleeping well and I thought I could benefit from some meditation."

"You, wanting to meditate? Has Coruscant slipped its orbit?" Obi-Wan teased.

"Hey, I meditate, just once a decade, I'm due now," Anakin responded, enjoying the game.

"I understand, my friend, I hope it helps you as much as it helps me," Obi-Wan said.

"I only wish I could meditate as well as you Master," Anakin said.

"Well, at least there's one thing I can still teach you. I'll leave you to your task then," Obi-Wan said placing his hand on Anakin's shoulder.

Anakin laughed, nodded and said, "I'll see you later Obi-Wan."

Anakin then entered the meditation chamber and sat cross-legged on the cushion, closed his eyes and attempted to clear his mind. His mind refused to clear, images of his dream kept appearing, distracting him, the more he tried to dismiss them the more persistent they became. He was becoming frustrated and soon he lost the images of the dream and his eyes opened. Who am I kidding with this? Anakin thought. He then closed his eyes and tried again, and once again when he tried to clear his mind, the dream came back. Anakin was starting to get angry with himself and the dream left and his eyes popped open again.

What am I doing wrong? I'm doing everything Obi-Wan has taught me…Anakin thought. He closed his eyes once more, and tried to clear his mind, and right on, cue the dream came back. The realization hit him like a bolt of lightning. I AM doing this right, there's something about the dream. Anakin was buoyed at this thought. He closed his eyes once more, cleared his mind and the dream came, this time instead of trying to dismiss the disturbing images he tried to look past them, it wasn't long of attempting this that the entire dreamscape shattered and shrank, and it seemed to take a place on a tree like structure. Anakin suddenly understood what Master Yoda meant when he talked about how difficult the future was to see, only because he was so familiar with the images from his dream was he able to keep up with it. He reached up with his hand to try to pull an image closer and was shocked at what he saw. His hand looked raw, red and bleeding. It reminded him of someone who had been caught in a sandstorm on Tattoine.

The shock of seeing his hand so damaged nearly tore him out of his meditation, but then something happened, the black of the future-scape was replaced with something more familiar, something downright pleasant. The villa where he and Padmé were married, he looked out on to the lake and it started to rain, but it wasn't rain. It was golden light every place it touched him he felt it soothe him, he looked at his hand and the abrasions were being healed by the golden drops. Anakin fell to his knees and wept as the healing rain permeated every fiber of his soul. Anakin didn't know how long the rain lasted, but as it washed the last of his spiritual pain away, he saw a mirror in front of him. He saw himself, as he was, only with the braid of a padawan. At first, he was confused, then he saw a pod race lap counter, the first went dark, then the second. Anakin waited for the third to go out. It never did. Anakin remembered the Lost One's words about not even Master Yoda being infallible. He then saw a planet. A planet he knew all too well.

Anakin's eyes opened. It was night already he looked at the chronometer. He had been meditating for nearly eighteen hours. However, he knew what he had to do now. He left the meditation chamber, left the temple and headed to his wife.