Anakin took a deep breath as they hung over the planet of Dathomir. He glanced at Luke who was sitting in the co-pilots seat, he noticed his son definitely felt some sort of anxiety about being back at the planet. It made him wonder what exactly the Nightsisters did to him to cause such emotions. "Ready son?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," Luke answered with a frown with a slight nod. "Let's get this over with."

"What exactly happened?" Anakin questioned in curiosity. "Or do I really want to know?"

Luke shook his head sadly. "Its best left in the past," he answered honestly. "The Force itself in nature came to my rescue. Otherwise I would've died that day."

"That bad?" Anakin questioned in curiosity. No wonder he was anxious about going back to the Night sisters. "Look, it'll be fine this time around. Do keep your guard up, she can't always be trusted."

"You don't need to tell me twice," Luke answered honestly as he looked down at the planet. "Shall we?"

"We shall," Anakin answered as he pushed the ship down towards the Night Sister's clan where they stayed. He hoped Mother Talzin didn't attempt to attack them, he sensed she was expecting them. Not much got by her. Kind of reminded him of Yoda, nothing much got by him either. He wondered if it had to do with age and experience. Most likely he reasoned with himself as he finished landing the ship.

Luke stood up and gave a quick stretch as Anakin followed behind him as he lowered the ramp of the ship. He noticed Mother Talzin was already waiting at the bottom of the ship.

"I have been expecting you, Master Skywalker and to you Grand Master Skywalker," Mother Talzin spoke with that maddening calm tone of hers. "Come, we have much to discuss. The rivers of time has changed and nothing will be the same."

"You've been expecting us?" Anakin questioned the obvious question. "You know why we're here."

"That I do," Mother Talzin answered easily. "Ventress sent you. Tell me, how is she doing with her new path?"

"She's doing well and was a great help to Senator Amidala and myself," Anakin answered honestly.

"That is good to hear," Mother Talzin sounded pleased with Anakin's answer. "I knew she would do well after her incident with her former master. And please refer to Amidala as Mrs. Skywalker."

"Right, you already know," Anakin muttered under his breath. After trying so hard to hide the relationship, they were in a position where they no longer needed to hide the fact they were married. "Forgive me, Mother. It's still taking some time to drop old habits. We've been hiding the marriage for so long that I need to remind myself, I no longer need to hide that fact."

That earned a sharp look from Luke as realization dawned on his face causing Anakin to raise an eyebrow. "That's how Palpatine got you to fall to the dark side? He said something to you, it must've involved mother."

"Not now, Luke," Anakin hushed him in a fatherly tone. "We can discuss this later."

"Fine, but we will discuss it," Luke snipped easily.

"Like we'll discuss the fact you pushed your nephew into the dark side by attempting to kill him while he was sleeping?" Anakin challenged with a frown.

"How did you know about that?" Luke questioned sounding confused.

"The Force showed me, instead of trying to reason with him you push him over the edge," Anakin challenged with a serious expression. "Why?"

"That's rich coming from you," Luke snapped. "I tried to reason with you and you still turned me over to Palpatine. You died for that mistake, I couldn't reason with you. I sensed the same stubbornness and darkness in Jacen as I did with you."

"Gentlemen please," Mother Talzin interrupted with a frown. "We can have this little spat on your way back to Coruscant. You're here to find an answer on how to send your family back to their time line?"

"That's right," Anakin answered with a defeated sigh. Maybe Luke was holding onto some sort of grudge due to his mistakes in listening to Palpatine. He wondered what else Luke was holding onto. It made him a prime candidate for falling to the dark side. "What do we need to do?"

"Retrace your steps," Mother Talzin answered looking at Luke. "What were you doing before winding up back in time?"

"We were trying to get away from the Yuuzhan Vong block aide around Yavin Four. Leia punched in Hapes Coordinates but we wound up sitting above Coruscant. Leia was scanning what looked like a worm hole of some sort."

"The coordinates from the wormhole changed the coordinates putting you and your sister where you are meant to be," Mother Talzin explained. "When you go back, not everything will be the same as before."

"We already figured that out," Luke muttered under his breath. "Which means my son…"

"Will live again," Mother Talzin pointed out. "Time is not that cruel."

Hope flickered across Luke's face as Anakin knew this must have laid heavily on his son's mind. He really liked his grandson and he hoped the new future allowed him to meet Luke's wife. He was curious about the woman who captured his heart. And he was curious about this smuggler of Leia's. They must be really special to be apart of the Skywalker family. "Luke, we've learned what we can from here. Let's head back."

Luke hesitated for a moment closing his eyes. A minute later he gave a short nod in agreement. He turned his attention to Mother Talzin. "Thank you, we appreciate your insight."

"You are most welcome," Mother Talzin answered with a slight smile.

"Thank you, I appreciate your help," Anakin quickly added in as they headed towards the ship. He could sense the tension between him and Luke and he hated it. He could sense an argument brewing between them.

Leia watched as Mace Windu and Yoda questioned Palpatine. He was a very good liar and she could see why Anakin may have believed anything he would say. If she didn't know better, she would've been fooled too. Padme and Bail had a crack team of splicers working on Palpatine's private computers. The more files they cracked open the more evidence they had against Palpatine to move forward with a trial.

The most daunting evidence they got was when Palpatine attempted to kill Anakin without being provoked in his office. Padme had Palpatine's office rigged without his prior acknowledge. Leia sensed Padme approach her from behind as she kept her eyes on her arch enemy. The one who tore her family apart at the first presented opportunity. She was beginning to understand that Anakin was a victim in all of this. "How is the splicing coming?"

"We have plenty of evidence to move forward with a trial. Palpatine's reign is at an end," Padme answered honestly. "I should've seen it sooner, he was in office far longer then he should've been. He manipulated me and Anakin…"

"And countless others," Leia agreed with a frown. "I'm beginning to think Anakin was nothing more then a victim and played into Palpatine's hands getting him to do his dirty work for him."

Padme gave a short nod in agreement. "I have a feeling things will be different this time. Anakin listened to everything you and your brother had to say and resisted Palpatine this time. I can't help but wonder how that will impact the future and whether your future changes or not."

"We'll find out in a few days," Leia answered with a curious expression. "Padme, how far along are you?"

"I'm eight months and if I'm really carrying twins, they could come at anytime now," Padme answered honestly.

Leia nodded with a warm smile. "Jaina and Jacen came three weeks early. Anakin came on time. I miss my children."

"I'm sure you're anxious to get back to your family," Padme gave a warm smile.

Leia gave a short nod in agreement as Yoda left the room while Mace stayed with Palpatine. If things are different then maybe the war with the Yuuzhan Vong will not happen. If they could find the Rogue planet, they could convince the planet to take the Yuuzhan Vong back. She knew it had to do with them not really having a home and their hives were starting to fail. The sooner they made things right, the sooner their lives can go back to normal.

Anakin sat down beside Luke in the living area of the ship. He didn't like the tension between them all of a sudden, were things that bad between him and Luke? Was there time to resolve anything or was he just stubborn about following Palpatine's wishes? "Luke, I want to talk about what happened earlier. I don't like the tension between us."

"I'm sorry," Luke muttered under his breath. "With Jacen…. I didn't want him to take the same path as you and mess everything up."

"And yet he did," Anakin questioned in curiosity. "What happened to him? To make him turn?"

"I wish I knew," Luke answered honestly. "He was captured by the enemy and he changed. He was no longer the nephew I knew and loved. He became a stranger to me," he paused for a second and tightened his hands. "I've been having visions lately of Jacen killing my wife."

Anakin fell silent as he realized he and Luke were not that different from each other, doing anything to keep our loved ones safe even if that meant doing the unthinkable. "I'm sorry, Luke," he reached for his son's hand noticing they were callused. Luke wasn't a stranger to hard work. "How stubborn was I?"

"On a scale from one to ten?" Luke questioned in curiosity as Anakin nodded. "More like twenty."

"This time I sense things will be different," Anakin pointed out with a hopeful smile as Luke nodded in agreement. "The last thing I want is to end up in that live support armor. It doesn't look comfortable."

"Maybe that's why you were angry all the time?" Luke questioned with a frown.

"That may have played a role," Anakin answered honestly. "The dark side feeds off of anger and fear," he paused for a second. "Would it help if you chewed my head off like your sister did?"ot

"No, it would only make me feel worse," Luke answered honestly. "I'm sorry, dad. I lost control."

"I understand," Anakin muttered sadly. All of those visions he had since Luke and Leia came into his life haunted him. They stopped shortly after putting Palpatine behind bars. He hoped it stayed that way. Luke gave an appreciative smile as Anakin hugged Luke. He couldn't help but wonder if Luke was right. Did Palpatine use Padme in the equation to get him to turn? In the vision it showed him turning on Padme and nearly killing her in the process. He couldn't let that happen. It was a good thing Palpatine was locked up, if not then he would take the first opportunity to kill the man and this time he would not give Bail a live delivery.

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