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A/N: I thought I'd get some answers to your reviews here, in old-fashioned style (oh god did that sound old to you?). Enjoy the story!
- CrazyBlueOwl: I actually feel honoured? Like, am I seriously your first Star Wars fanfic ever? Like why? I - thank you?
- uru94: I'm glad you like it! ^^
- ellebrodie: So glad you enjoyed my Unorthodox au! And I'm interested to know how you meant by awkward, for my Lovelight au. Personally, I've seen a few good fics about fem!Obi Wan with an Anakin falling for her. I hope it's not my writing style that puts you off from this au ^^;
- Zeivira: SQUEE! (I'm sorry I love fem!Obiwan too!) I'm better at oneshots and scenarios actually; I get to flex my vocab and grammar more when I'm not writing a novel lol. So I might head in that direction, though I do want to see if I can cope with a good chaptered fic. As to what happens to them...I am notoriously known for my love for writing angst bwahahahaha! I should actually update the description, haha, but since I've listed all my planned AUs on my tumblr (dustybunnyplots) I didn't actually see the point. But hey, you like Sith!Obiwan too! He's a less kinder, and more pained Obiwan in this au...for reasons to be discovered soon...(I like angst, remember that).
- Brievel: Obi Wan and Anakin are friends in Unorthodox yes! Question is...for how long? Muahahaha~
Anakin Skywalker, the Hero with no Fear. Respected Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order. Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Negotiator (or Silver Tongue). Feared Sith Warrior of the New Sith Line. Both are the unorthodox members of their own groups. Their paths cross when they are sent on a mission together to the frontlines of the Clone Wars.
Sagacious was not a name he'd put together with the face of a Sith Lord, but then who knew when it came to the Sith. Especially those of the Pureblood line.
Mace watched as the cloaked figure stepped out of the ship, with an Acolyte at either side of her. The neutral territory on Coruscant, where Sith and Jedi agreed to meet, throbbed heavily with the Force as Light mingled with Dark. Tyranus awaited at the bottom of the boarding ramp, with Serpentus lingering behind. The two Lords bowed low as the figure reached them, then joined her entourage as they made their way towards the gathered Jedi.
Skywalker fidgeted as they approached, glancing suspiciously at the group every now and then. When his eyes met Serpentus', Mace noted, he had calmed down significantly.
Yoda's own entourage consisted of himself, Knight Skywalker, Master Plo Koon and Knight Asharadd. They met the group with a hard glare, and the other party faced them with mutual disgust.
The Sith Lord under the cloak pulled her hood down, wrinkled crimson skin showing. A bony hand clutched tightly onto a long walking staff, thick brown wood thudding heavily on the ground. The other one was stroking the right tendril of her face, with a thoughtful look in her golden eyes.
The grin she had on her face bared yellowed fangs. "I won't lie Jedi; I dislike being here."
Yoda, the sagely Master of their group, nodded. "Like this as well, I do not. But happen, certain things must."
"Yes...it seems like they must." She gestured to the present group. "Leave us. This is a discussion for the old ones."
Tyranus frowned but said nothing; Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey gave similar expressions of disdain.
Mace and Plo shared a look; to leave Yoda alone with the Sith Lord...
"Fine it will be." Yoda assured his companions. "Much there is to speak of. Much there is to learn."
The two old masters walked off then, their wooden sticks the only sounds of their departure from the area.
•x•x•
"Careful Master Jedi Yoda..." Sagacious began as they walked out of earshot from their groups. "I sense darkness in your supposed Chosen One."
"Clouded yes, his future is." Yoda agreed. "Not lost yet either, is he."
"Yet." Sagacious echoed. "And yet there he was; coiled and connected with the darkness."
"Lose him, we will not." His stick banged firmly onto the ground. "Lose another Jedi to the Dark Side, we will not."
"Like your dear Dooku?" Sagacious smiled wickedly. "Or your precious Obi Wan Kenobi?"
Yoda did not rise to the bait. "Chosen their paths they have; guide them, the Force still do. Dark it may be, but hope still there is."
Sagacious gave no comment on his optimism. "You've called us here, when there are worlds out there to conquer; or liberate as you say."
The bustling of the City Planet felt like lightyears away when they were here. Master Yoda could almost lose himself here, with the Force beating so strongly and significantly around him. "Asking once again, I am. Of why doing this, you are."
"Is the hatred for the Banite Traitors not enough?" Sagacious hissed.
"Two there always was, a Master and an Apprentice. No more, no less." Yoda recited. "Now more have come; under your grasp, they are. Teach them the ways of the Sith, you have. And yet…"
"We are not true Sith, you believe." This was amusing to her. "The path is fogged and you not who to trust. And what is a true Sith, Master Jedi?"
"Slaves of the Dark Side, they are. Only power they seek."
"In the barest of form; yes. We do seek power. But no...not slaves. Never always slaves. That would make you, Master Jedi a slave to the Light."
"Not like the Sith, we are."
"I beg to differ. You search for peace, we look for power. Our methods are different, but we endeavour to find the same thing: satisfaction."
Yoda was quiet as he pondered over this. Satisfaction was...a word to describe their ways, yes. He was no fool, he knew what the Sith meant. And he understood what she was telling him. Admit it though? Not yet, at least.
"But to answer your question." Sagacious looked towards the darkening evening. "There was a time when the Sith were noble; savages and cruel, yes, but noble. We had an Empire! An Empire to uphold, to cultivate and expand. Protect even."
"Do this for the Republic, you are now."
"Not for them; Force knows how many of those politicians are more of a snake than we are. Our goal is simple: to crush the Banite Sith."
"And after?" The future is misty, where the Light could not penetrate; and the Jedi Master worried of what might come next if they lose this war.
Or win it.
Sagacious, High Lord of the New Sith Line, titled Darth Neoera and Grand Master to Tyrannus and Serpentus...grimaced. For her Darkness too could not penetrate the mist.
"We shall see."
