"Obi-Wan." The Jedi groaned and buried his head deeper in his elbow. "Obi-Wan, wake up."

"Five more minutes," he pleaded classically.

"Obi-Wan, you're not supposed to be asleep! Wake up."

"Why am I not supposed to be asleep?" Obi-Wan was waking up a bit more now.

"Because it's the middle of the day and you're in Dexter's Diner."

By now, the Jedi was starting to realize who it was who was calling him. "Master?" he murmured, then, like before, changed it to, "Master Jinn. What are you doing here?"

This time, he didn't quite notice the hurt that crossed the older Jedi's face before he said cheerfully, "No need to be that formal with your old master, Obi-Wan."

"Sorry," he muttered, still not quite oriented. Qui-Gon must have noticed this, because he smiled gently and said, "If you're going to fall asleep, a practice of which I approve of, although you don't seem to, you might want to do it at a time when the council hasn't summoned you to a meeting to give you your next assignment."

"Oh no," said Obi-Wan. "I'm probably late."

"Yes you are. Come on, we can still get there on time if we hurry."

"We?" asked Obi-Wan, but his old master didn't answer him, so he asked, "If we're already late, how can we get there on time?"

"I asked Anakin to try to slow them down a little when I realized you were missing. That wasn't to long ago, and he's good at that sort of thing. I only hope he didn't do anything rash."

Obi-Wan smiled. Even to a self-isolated Jedi, Anakin's pranks were legendary. "You're lucky," he commented as the pair hurried out of the diner. "To have an apprentice like that."

"I seem to be lucky with apprentices lately," answered Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan didn't ask what he meant by that.

Getting into Qui-Gon's speeder, the two Jedi managed to make it back to the Temple in less than ten minutes. As they left the vehicle, Obi-Wan felt a slight change in the Force.

"What took you so long?"

"Oh, you know, Master," the boy he had seen three days ago said airily. "I couldn't find a speeder I liked."

"Anakin!" shouted the man, looking at the large object they were about to collide with.

"Open cockpit, right speed capabilities," continued the boy, ignoring his master.

"Anakin, pull up!"

The Padawan laughed manically, pulling up just a split second before crashing.

"Obi-Wan?" asked Qui-Gon, looking concerned. His former apprentice looked up at him, snapping out of his trance. The man had called the boy 'Anakin', he thought. Anakin was Qui-Gon's apprentice, but this man who he called master was definitely not Qui-Gon. There were no other Padawans by the name of Anakin at the Temple, and yet Anakin and his master seemed to exist at relatively the same time Obi-Wan was in. And they did exist, of that he was inexplicably certain.

"Obi-Wan?" repeated his former master, looking even more concerned than ever. "Are you alright?"

"I have to see the council," Obi-Wan muttered distractedly.

"I know," said Qui-Gon, now appearing confused. "That's where we're going."

Obi-Wan nodded and didn't try to explain that he needed to see the council about a different matter. He let the other Jedi pull him along, still pondering the boy and his mysterious master.

"Go to Cardassia, you will. Leave in two days, you will. Any questions, you have?"

"Not about the mission, no," answered Obi-Wan, fidgeting. Master Yoda made him nervous, as did all members of the Jedi Council.

"What is it?" asked Shaak Ti.

Nervously and with many pauses, Obi-Wan told them about his visions. "They appear to take place now, or less than a decade either way, but there was no Jedi by the name of Anakin before the Padawan training with us now, and the boy is too old to have not begun yet," he finished.

"Disturbing, this is," said Yoda.

"Perhaps it is a prophetic vision," suggested Mace Windu. "You say the boy appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen?" Obi-Wan nodded. "Then perhaps this is a future Anakin, five or six years from now."

Obi-Wan barely managed to hide his revulsion at the very idea. "But the boy's master was a man I don't know," he said.

"Perhaps it was one who already is a Jedi, only appearing to be different because they're five or six years in the future," suggested Shaak Ti.

"But Anakin already has a master!" Obi-Wan exclaimed. "Why would he just change masters in the middle of his training?"

The Council members exchanged unreadable looks, but it was Yoda who answered. "Meditate on this, I will," he said. There was a pause.

"Dismissed, you are," he added when Obi-Wan didn't move. The Jedi started to leave, but Windu called him back.

"Obi-Wan," he said. The man turned. "While it would be best if you kept quiet about this," a few of the council members smiled. Obi-Wan wasn't known for his speeches. "I believe Qui-Gon has a right to know. This does concern him, and his Padawan learner."

Obi-Wan nodded, unsure of how he would tell Qui-Gon of this, and left the room. This time nobody stopped him.

Sorry if that was short. I'll try to make them longer in the future. Anyway, poor Obi-Wan's going to keep having these visions of how things really happened for a while, but I'm not entirely certain how long this'll go on before it's resolved. Thanks to the same people as last time for reviewing then and a second time, all three of them. Go you! Also thanks to Blackrosemystic, SWTKD, and Alena Rivendell for your reviews. Reviewing makes me happy, and I write better when I'm happy. Yes, I am bribing you guys, but so what? Anyway, hope you liked it, and don't kill me if I got their real lines wrong.