Disclaimer and Author's Note: I don't own Star Wars, I'm just obsessed with it. Chapters 1 to 15 have been edited and corrected to fall in line with Episode Three. So enjoy and please review!

Chapter Two:

Vader quickly turned around. He had no inkling that someone else was in the room. He knew exactly whose voice it was, but to see Jedi Master Yoda standing in one of the Emperor's palaces was shocking.

"Thoughts of old self have you." Yoda said pointing his walking cane at Vader.

"No…no I don't!" Vader stammered out.

Yoda chuckled to himself, then moved closer to Vader. "Forward you are not. Nor truthful."

Vader had the perfect chance to kill the old Jedi Master, but for some reason he wasn't going to. He had a few questions to ask Yoda.

"Want out of that suit, you do. Do anything to get that, hmmm..." Yoda said continuing.

If Vader's mouth could had fallen onto the floor it would had. "How did you know that?"

"Your thoughts I felt."

Vader knelt down so he could be at Yoda's height, as the Jedi Master continued to lecture him. And what Yoda was about to tell him, would shock him.

"Help you I can."

Vader didn't know what to think. "But how can you help me? We're in a palace of the Emperor," he said in almost a whisper. He wasn't sure if the Stormtroopers were aware of the presence to Yoda.

"They do not." Yoda replied in response to Vader's mental questions about the guards. Then he went on to answer his other question. "Help you return to the Light, I can."

Obi-Wan Kenobi sat by a bedside and watched quietly. He was watching over the sleeping figure of Padmé Naberrie Amidala-Skywalker, who was almost eight months pregnant. And it had been a long month first Anakin turned to the Dark side, joined forces with the new Emperor Palpatine, then fought Obi-Wan on Mustafar. And all of this led to the creation of Darth Vader. And the entire time, Anakin had only wanted to protect his wife and his unborn child, instead of almost killing them.

Lying in the bed, Padmé moaned gently. She was still recovering from the beating that she had taken at the hands of her husband, as he took out his anger on her instead of on Obi-Wan.

Ever since Obi-Wan knocked Anakin into the lava on Mustafar, he had been racked with guilt. Guilt of letting Qui-Gon down. But not guilt for leaving Anakin in the lava.

I'm sorry Master. I let you down. I didn't train Anakin well enough…Obi-Wan said into the Force. And much to his surprise, he got a response.

You didn't let me down Obi-Wan.

Master?

In front of him, the spirit of the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn appeared. Obi-Wan sat shocked for a second, but then followed the image out into the living room. Qui-Gon sat down on a couch and Obi-Wan sat down across from his former master's spirit.

"Master?" Obi-Wan asked aloud.

"Yes Obi-Wan," the spirit replied. "You didn't fail me Obi-Wan. Nor did you fail Anakin."

"Yes I did Master! I failed you both!" Obi-Wan said standing up quickly.

"I just came here to tell you that the tide is changing. Things will soon be different."

"What do you mean Master?" Obi-Wan asked, confused.

"Just that." Qui-Gon said as his spirit began to fade away.

Obi-Wan just stood there and watched. He hoped that Qui-Gon was right.

Vader hadn't slept any that night. He just sat in his pressurized chamber and stared at the wall, all night long. Stared at the scarred figure in front of him, reflecting off the white walls. He closed his eyes and let the images of the past few hours flow back through him.

"Help you return to the light, I can." Yoda said.

"How? I can never return to that."

"Your heart is saying otherwise." Yoda said tapping his cane against Vader's suit.

Vader looked down at the floor. He knew what the Jedi Master was saying was true. He did want out of this suit, even if it meant going back to the Light side of the Force.

Yoda sighed at Vader's silence. "Think about it you will. If offer you take, go back to Emperor and request more time. Then on Endor, meet me."

"But won't the Emperor know?"

"Suspect nothing he will. Pawn of his you are."

Vader quickly departed from his transport, then made his way towards the speeder that was waiting to take him to see the Emperor.

"Ahh Lord Vader," Emperor Palpatine said as he descended the stairs in his palace. "Returned so soon?"

Vader knelt before his Master, then stood back up. "Yes Master. I came back to ask your permission to search the galaxy for more Jedi. I have felt that there are more of them out there to be found, especially Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan."

"Permission granted, Lord Vader. What supplies will you need?"

"My transport. I will go this alone. It is best that way."

"That is fine. Report back to me on your findings."

"Yes my Master," he said bowing, then turned to leave. But searching for Jedi was the last thing on Vader's mind.