Chapter 36
This is the final chapter before Episode III! I have been planning and writing this chapter for three days, so I hope it's awesome! I said two chapters last chapter, but I planned on merging the two chapters together. And, sorry for Legends Content in this chapter, but I had no choice
Count Dooku, Unofficial Lord of the Sith and Separatist Leader. He was in his palace, in the planet he rules and where he grew up before being sent to the temple at the age of three. It was called Serenno, there were a lot of towns, under the disguise of the forests. But the Count was sleeping now, but then, a figure of the past came to him.
"I am Revan! Darth Revan!" The figure exclaimed
"Why are you here?" Dooku asked
"Come with me, walk through this door" Revan urged
Dooku was curious, so he followed Revan through the door, to see a man with a little girl
"That is Darth Bane and his apprentice, Darth Zannah they just created the order of the rule of two" Revan identified
"The event that influenced the present, so what?" Dooku asked
"I will show you your mistakes now" Revan told the old man
Revan then transported Dooku to another time, 89 years before the battle of Yavin, when Dooku was chosen by Yoda as his student
"It's not fair! You get chosen by the Grand Master!" One of Dooku's friends, Lorrain Nod, exclaimed
"Well, it seems that I've been a better youngling" Young Dooku heartlessly teased
Dooku saw Lorrain sneak into the Holocron chambers and stealing an important Holocron
"Yes, the Holocron, well he got what he deserved" Dooku noted and smirked
"Your heartless comment was the cause!" Revan exclaimed
"It was true though!" Dooku exclaimed as Lorrain went out of the chambers and reporting to a random Jedi Master that Dooku stole it and he took it back from him
Both young Dooku and Lorrain went to the Council Chambers, where both of them started telling their point of view of the story. Dooku told the truest story, and Lorrain was exiled from the Order until the Council of Reassignment makes a decision.
"I killed him later" Dooku noted
"Now, I will show you another event!" Revan exclaimed
This event was 32 years before the Battle of Yavin, the time where Qui-Gon Jinn died for the first time
"The Invasion of Naboo!" Dooku angrily exclaimed
"The event that almost took away your other apprentice from you" Revan noted
Not So Young Dooku was talking to the recently elected Chancellor Palpatine about Qui-Gon's death
"The Dark Side might help you revive your apprentice" Palpatine hinted
"That means… you're the…" Younger Dooku stuttered
"The Sith Lord, yes! Join me, Dooku!" Sidious exclaimed
"I… I… I will join you" Younger Dooku bowed to his Sith Master
"Good, Good! You will now be Darth… Tyranus!" Sidious exclaimed
Revan disappeared and he said 'A Spirit of the Present' will appear in real time to him. This time, Dooku was greeted by Anakin Skywalker, who was in real life, also sleeping before going to Scipio
"Ah! Hello Anakin!" Dooku pretended to be happy
"Dooku!" Anakin exclaimed
"What's wrong?" Dooku asked
"I don't feel Rush is worthy of the position of the leader of the banks" Anakin seethed
"Honestly, it's not what it seems" Dooku told the young Grey Jedi
"What is it?" Anakin asked
"It's just a plot by Darth Sidious, so he could gain the banks for himself" Dooku answered
"Great! Trying to help the Republic, still getting worth on the Separatists!" Anakin fumed and disappeared
Dooku realised what this could mean for the galaxy, especially for the Empire Stage, horrible things could happen to Skywalker and Kenobi "What have I done?!"
"You have accelerated The Emperor's Plans" A young man came to him
"Who are you?" Dooku asked
"Anteres Kenobi" The young auburn came closer "Son of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Duchess Satine" Then Anteres mumbled "Biological, unlike an alternate Luke Kenobi"
"So, you will show me the future I presume?" Dooku asked
"Yes, come along now, master" Anteres hinted a future thing "If you continue along a dark path, this will happen"
"Will you please help me in the courts?" Future Dooku asked
"No, I only saved you due to honour, but I would've killed you if honour didn't count, I would only help you if you come back to the light" Future Anakin answered, this future Anakin was wearing white robes with gold outlines, which was kind of surprising since Anakin preferred black
"I will never return to the light!" Future Dooku exclaimed, shocking Present Dooku
Time was fast forwarded and the Jedi were executed so was Dooku. Anakin then made efforts for a rebellion, but failed a lots of times due to Separatist Senators knowing that Anakin was part of the events that led to Dooku's execution, worse, Anakin was killed in a battle against Sidious and two inquisitors due to a lack of skill. Then, time was fast forwarded again and Vader killed Obi-Wan, making the Rebellion fall more, and when Luke fell to the Dark Side, nothing could stop the Empire and the entire Galaxy belonged to the Sith
"I would normally like this since I am Sith, but" Dooku stopped
"You are no longer Sith Dooku!" Anteres calmly started, explaining "The one who killed Kenobi is the true apprentice of Sidious as we speak"
Dooku gasped and then got heavily angry "Sidious was my only barrier to the light! But now, since now that I found out that I am no longer his apprentice, I renounce my allegiance in the Force! I realise what I have done and what terror it will cause for the galaxy! I'm done as a Sith!"
The vision faded and Dooku woke up with a new sense of peace, everything looked brighter, and the sun was shining brighter on Serenno than ever.
In Coruscant, the home of the Republic, Anakin woke up, and he turned on the Holonet, he saddened a bit at remembering that Padmé wanted to not see him ever again. But he was groggy from talking to Dooku in his sleep, he was a bit confused at how it happened. Anakin ate his breakfast, Bread with Shuura Fruit Spread, his favourite, but it wasn't as tasty as when Padmé made it. But Anakin thought of eating a pie piece, went to the kitchen and remembered he can't cook without Padmé to help him not burn the oven. Anakin went outside to see many Jedi Masters, Knights and Padawans talking
"Oh, Good Morning Anakin!" Adenan greeted
"Good Morning!" Anakin greeted back and went to a random room, he was in the Jedi Archives, where Yoda just finished reading a story to a group of younglings
"Master Skywalker, what are you doing here?" Yoda asked
"Oh, just looking around the Temple" Anakin answered
"Something in your mind, there is" Yoda noted
"It's nothing" Anakin objected, and saw Yoda making a curious face "Fine. Me and Padmé got into a big argument yesterday, and I'm still not over it!"
"Help you with that, I can't but suggest talking to Ahsoka, I do" Yoda told Anakin
"Nah, but where is she?" Anakin asked
"Sector Fifteen, Jedi Archives" Yoda answered
Anakin went there and saw his Tongruta Padawan, reading a Jedi Scroll
"Oh, Master, hey!" Ahsoka exclaimed, and went back to reading the scroll
"Hey Snips! What's wrong?" Anakin asked
"How did you know?" Ahsoka asked
"You never go back to reading from talking so quickly, you normally wait till I start talking or walk away" Anakin mentioned
"Fine, it's just the fact that Adenan almost left the Order and didn't want to join the Grey Jedi that I had to do a ton of convincing for him to stay, I'm just wondering if he still wants to leave" Ahsoka answered
"I talked to him a few days ago, he seemed kinda… elevated and wanted to stay" Anakin told his Padawan
"Oh! That's good! I thought our friendship would break over this!" Ahsoka cheered
"Shh… Not so loud, were in a, kind of library, aren't we?" Anakin asked
"Sorry!" Ahsoka quietly exclaimed and went back to reading
Anakin left the place and thought about what he just told Ahsoka, now, he needed to apologise to Padmé, he knew what to do, he needed to go to the Chancellor, but there was already a problem on Scipio, Anakin sensed it and ran to where he was going.
Meanwhile, Padmé was actually in trouble, with Dooku raising war on Scipio, Padmé was stuck in war until reinforcements arrive. Now, Padmé was at the mercy of Rush Clovis
"What's going on, Clovis?" Padmé asked
"I didn't want this Padmé" Rush confessed
"Why don't you tell her what you did want, and how you got it" Dooku came along
"Dooku!" Padmé's eyes narrowed
Padmé and Dooku spoke for a while until Padmé got a blaster, and Dooku used the force to make Padmé shoot a Separatist Senator that was beside Dooku, then Anakin came in and the reinforcements came along
"Ah! Anakin!" Dooku greeted
"I'm here to take my wife!" Anakin demanded
"She is a valuable asset to my… master's plans" Dooku honestly said
"Oh, so I see, that our conversation last night redeemed both of us" Anakin activated his lightsaber
"I do not have the time for this!" Dooku exclaimed and broke the windows with his lightsaber, and escaping with his ship
Rush took Padmé and Anakin chased after them to the roof of the building
"Such plans I had, you know, Skywalker, I spent so much of my life misunderstood" Rush told the angry Jedi
"Clovis, you have to turn yourself in!" Padmé interrupted
"No, you all have been deceived!" Rush exclaimed
"Yeah! By you!" Anakin became hundred times more dangerous
But, before they could speak any further, the building shook in vibration of a explosion and they Anakin had to grab onto them both
"Anakin! Help!" Padmé exclaimed
"I will!" Anakin exclaimed
"There are too many people on your hands!" Rush exclaimed and Anakin interrupted
"I have an idea, you both let go!" Anakin urged
"What?! Are you insane?" Padmé asked
"I think I know where he's going" Rush mumbled as he held onto Padmé and threw both him and Padmé falling down
Anakin held them through the force and lifted them both to the top of the building, behind Anakin
"Oh! Anakin! I'm sorry for everything" Padmé apologised, realising that she needed to do that
"It's okay, my wife" Anakin apologised back and they both sat down and hugged each other, with Rush sitting beside them
"I now realise the true meaning of love, and you two are the example of it, I am sorry for getting over my head" Rush tried to apologise
"Aww… It's okay… Rush!" Anakin exclaimed and all three of them saw the battle ships and destroyers
Honestly, I cut out some parts I wanted to write here because I thought it would be better if I wrote those parts for the sequel for this, the chapters after this are wrapping this story up. NEXT CHAPTER: CHANCELLOR KIDNAPPED (REVENGE OF THE SITH!)