Chapter 3: Premonitions, Premonitions

The old Jedi temple was half rebuilt. The whole eastern side was and construction was currently being handled by droids on the western side. The council tower was up and running now and everything in it, including the holoprojectors embedded in the chairs were in working order. Anakin felt a strong sense of guilt when he walked through the halls of the Jedi temple, stepping over a few small remains of dead Jedi and clone troopers. He headed for the turbo lift of the council tower and rode it all they way up.

When he exited he came into a short waiting room but there was no need to use it. The council door was open and he could already see Yoda and Qui-gon conversing in their red cushioned seats. They turned to Anakin.

"Greetings Lord Skywalker, troubles you something does, tell us and help you we can."

Anakin sat down next to Qui-gon and Yoda in his seat. He would just as soon leave it, he did not deserve it whatsoever and he would always remain somewhat of a Sith Lord, never a Jedi though his goal would be to destroy the remnants of the Empire, not the Jedi.

"It's a dream I had last night. About the future." Anakin said.

"Premonitions, dangerous things they can be to Jedi."

"I am not a Jedi!" Anakin fought not to say. "I know, Padmé saw it too."

"That's not surprising, a bond usually forms between master and apprentice, but when both are married I suspect the bond gets even stronger. Its no surprise that she saw this too, now tell us what troubles you."

Anakin sat back in his uncomfortable chair, it was definitely to old Ki-Adi-Mundi's seat because it was far to thin for him to sit on. Qui-gon and Yoda gave troubled looks on the parts where Anakin described the formation of the bones, muscles clothing, and skin. They were more surprised when he told them the woman stood up, activated a lightsaber and said who she was, Darth Traya. At the end of the tale Qui-gon and Yoda exchanged troubled glances.

"A strange premonition you had, and troubling." Yoda said "Rare, but not unheard of is it of people returning from the dead, but never by themselves. Most cases cult are involved, special this case is and odd. Returned to the dead herself Darth Traya did."

"Even more troubling is we do not know how she did it." Qui-gon said. "And we do not know who this Darth Traya is, the closet thing mentioned in ancient holochrons about a powerful Sith woman was the Lady of Betrayal. We have no idea who she is."

"Worry about it so much we should not." Yoda insisted. "Likely it is that this will not come to pass, after all impossible it is."

"Alright, maybe we shouldn't discuss it then." Anakin said though he and the two Jedi were disturbed by it still.

"There is a more important matter for you Anakin." Qui-gon said, breaking a momentary silence. "Has Padmé left for Naboo to have the children?"

"Yes, she's…" Anakin strained to remember. "She's going to the lake country with her friend Sabé, I am going to go there as soon as I can leave Piett in charge of the fleet."

"Excellent. In the meantime we need to find a mentor for Mara Jade." Qui-gon said.

"A difficult matter this is, are we sure Anakin could not take her?" Yoda asked.

"No." Qui-gon and Anakin said in unison.

"Master Yoda, I am busy enough with my military duties and I am going to be a father."

"He was a Sith Lord, he is not an appropriate teacher."

"I still am a Sith Lord."

Yoda glared at him. "Helping matters you are not Anakin, by staying a Sith Lord."

"I told you master I have nothing against Jedi, I am a Sith Lord and I will stay that way."

"No longer Lord Vader are you, Anakin Skywalker you are!"

"It doesn't matter that I dropped my Sith title master Yoda, it was given to me by the Emperor and I do not wear it anymore because it was a symbol of his oppression!"

"Enough!" Qui-gon snapped. "Anakin's being a Sith Lord doesn't matter master Yoda, he is willing to help the Jedi. That is a rare thing the Sith and Jedi on one side. Surely you know that."

"Rare, and unnatural it is." Yoda said. "Help us he may until we are back on our feet, after stay of Jedi affairs he will."

Anakin's eyes flared yellow and he fought the urge to zap Yoda with Force lightning.

"I think this meeting is adjourned." He hissed and stormed out of the room, leaving Qui-gon glaring at Yoda, and Yoda glaring at him.

Anakin stepped into the turbo lift but shouted out before it began its descent.

"You two should really try to convince Mon Mothma to destroy the four star destroyers in the black hole cluster by Kessel."

He heard neither Qui-gon's nor Yoda's answer as the turbo lift snapped shut and began a short descent.

Next Chapter: The Graveyard World pt. 2

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