Hello! Welcome to the newest of my star wars stories. It is an AU that manipulates and changes (and maybe even erases) some of the events of the star wars universe to achieve a different ending. This story starts after a diffferent version of the Battle of Mandalore, in this story Obi Wan and some of his men went with Ahsoka to Mandalore instead of going to Utapau. Order 66 has been postponed and moved to a different point in the timeline. So please bear with me enjoy the story and let me know what you guys think.

Darkness, something horrible surrounded him, suddenly he could see though he wished he couldn't. He stood in a ruined Jedi temple, bodies of clones and jedi alike surrounded him. As he walked through the halls he recognized some of the bodies, the younglings Ahsoka had taken to retrieve their crystals, several of the Jedi knights who had stood before him in the council chamber, and a few Jedi masters who had sat with him on the council, Ki Adi, Kit Fisto, and Saesee Tin. Slowly he made his way to the council chamber, the door was slightly ajar held open by debri. He walked closer and looked into the chamber a cloaked figure stood surrounded by the bodies of younglings all who bored the marks of a lightsaber. The figure turned sensing him and the hood of the cloak slipped off his head. Horror filled him as he recognized the face that looked back at him, eyes yellow from dark side corruption.

"Anakin?"

Obi Wan's eyes flew open, he was in one of the meditation chambers in the Jedi temple, there was no smoke, no destruction, he sensed nothing but peace. Sighing he stood up, this wasn't the first time he had had that vision, it came more and more as the war progressed and he felt his ability to change its outcome slipping away. Anymore anything and everything surrounding the war seemed clouded and unreadable.

He exited the meditation chamber and made his way to the council chamber. The members were gathering to discuss the war and the outcome of the battle of mandalore. They had succeeded, captured Maul and freed the planet and yet the cost was so high, so many lives lost. Ahsoka and Captain Rex, caught in an explosion, neither of their bodies had been found though the Bo Katan had promised to look for them and keep the Jedi updated.

Obi Wan entered the chamber and saw that all the other masters had gathered, he took his place and waited for the talks to begin.

"Maul has been uncooperative so far. We have learned nothing from him." Master Windu said finally.

"Unsurprising that is, afraid Darth Maul has become." Obi Wan turned to Yoda as he spoke. "A darkness threatens him, his fear of it greater than his fear of us."

"We don't know much of what happened on Mandalore after I left and before Ahsoka and her men arrived." Several of the masters looked down at the mention of the young togruta woman. They had sent her to Mandalore and failed to protect her, again.

"Ahsoka knew the risks she took when she agreed to help us on Mandalore, and she aided us greatly. Without her we wouldn't have defeated Maul and Mandalore would still be under his control. She and Captain Rex made the ultimate sacrifice in order to save Mandalore." Obi Wan said.

Even as he said it the words felt wrong and bitter on his tongue. Ahsoka should not have died for them, especially not so close to victory. The bomb that went off as she returned from the fight should have been caught as the sweeped the streets on their way to face Maul and yet it had slipped past their scanners. And to lose Captain Rex to was a blow, the 501st seemed different without their captain, and no one had moved to fill his place.

"We must decide what to do with Maul." Windu said. "As long as he remains free of judgment Ahsoka and Captain Rex's sacrifice is for not."

"I disagree," Obi Wan said. "Even if Maul were to escape tomorrow, Ahsoka and Rex still freed Mandalore. To say that Maul's lack of judgment negates that is to disparage their memory."

Windu looked at him for a moment and then nodded. "Of course, but we still must decide what is to be done with him. So far he has refused to talk to anyone, and no trial has been discussed."

"Spoken to the chancellor I have, wishes for us to try Maul he does."

"Then we must decide a date and begin reviewing evidence. It would be much easier if Maul would cooperate." Windu said.

The council sat in silence thinking, contemplating. Obi Wan took a deep breath and closed his eyes, willing the force to show him how to move forward, what to do next.

Not yet Obi Wan the warrior must return first.

Obi Wan opened his eyes and saw the council was looking at him.

"Show you something, the force did?" Yoda asked.

"I'm afraid not Master, the force is silent."

Yoda gave him a knowing look but let go of the subject. "Saying we were that with Maul more luck you may have."

"Me? Maul hates me, why would he be compelled to talk to me?"

"We think you may be able to provoke him, his hatred of you may make him talk, even if it is just to gloat." Windu said.

He could feel the force buzz around him, it was excited, eager, he sighed. "Very well, I will speak to Maul."

The zabrakian warrior glared out from across the cell, he couldn't see outside it but he must have sensed their arrival. Obi Wan watched him patiently, he and Maul had a history and it wasn't a good one.

"We'll be right out here Obi Wan, if anything goes awry." Windu assured while Kit Fisto gave a reassuring smile.

Obi Wan nodded, he unclipped his lightsaber from his belt and handed it to his old friend, he couldn't risk Maul getting ahold of it and attacking him or using it on himself. He nodded to the temple guards who deactivated the shield and walked in.

Immediately Maul's poster changed, he perked up interested. "Well look who finally came to see me." He said.

"Only to inform you that a trial has been discussed and a date decided," Obi Wan said.

Maul looked slightly alarmed, but recovered quickly. "So you've found Lady Tano and her captain then?" The smirk on his face suggested that he believed he had found victory.

"Yes, they're both recovering on Mandalore at the moment but as soon as they're well they'll rejoin us on Coruscant."

Maul looked surprised. "Then they are alive…"

The force surged around Obi Wan and the room vanished. He was on Mandalore, he could see Ahsoka and her men leading Maul back to headquarters. Rex was next to her, suddenly she stopped. He watched as she gathered the force around her and threw her men and Maul forward. Rex hadn't been caught in her wave but he must have realized what was happening as he moved toward her and tackled her to the ground just as the bomb went off. The ground fell away beneath them and they vanished, swallowed by the city's levels.

He blinked and he was back in the cell with Maul, who watched him curiously.

"Your trial will be conducted by the Jedi order, not the senate. The chancellor wanted nothing to do with you." He said, trying to breeze past the fact that he must have blanked out for several moments.

"Of course that fool wouldn't want to do it, he wouldn't risk it."

"What?" Obi Wan asked.

"Nothing, nothing at all. Give Lady Tano my regards, I certainly thought she was dead so she has managed to prove me wrong yet again."

"Why wouldn't the Chancellor want to risk giving you a public trail Maul?"

"Oh probably because he's afraid of what I might do or say. Safety of your precious Republic comes first doesn't it?"

"You're not making sense."

"And neither are you Kenobi, Tano and her captain shouldn't have survived that blast and yet you claim they are alive."

"They are."

"You're not certain of that, I saw that explosion. It would have taken a miracle to have survived it."

"Did you know that bomb was there?"

"Possibly…." Maul said a bitter smirk, twisting his face."

"You knew and you still let them take that street?"

"It wouldn't have mattered what street we took, there would have been a bomb either way."

"It wasn't meant for them. It was meant for you, in case you lost. Someone was trying to kill you…"

Maul sat there silently.

"Who tried to kill you Maul?"

Maul laughed cruelly. "An old friend."

"Your old master? The one who sent you against us on Tatooine, the one who sent you to your death on Naboo."

"Yes, that one."

"Who is it Maul? Who is Sidious?"

This time Maul's laugh was different, he was amused, and he laughed for several minutes before regaining control of himself. "I would never tell you. You, and your jedi, and this whole republic will fall, and I will have the satisfaction of knowing how and why."

"Why are you still loyal to a Master who has left you for dead and then tried to kill you when he found out you were alive?"

"You don't understand!" Maul said slamming his hands into the table. "He is more powerful than you, or your council, or even the entire order, he has been playing you all as fools. You should have listened to Offee, she knew, she figured it out, but you let them have her, and now she can never tell you what she knew."

Obi Wan felt the force stir in anger and he took a deep breath to rein in his own irritation.

"Your trial will be three days from now. You will be tried for your crimes and a punishment befitting them will be decided on." Obi Wan said then turned and motioned for the guards to let down the shield again.

"I do hope Lady Tano is well enough to attend, I want to see her once more before you take my head!" Maul shouted at him as he walked away, the other jedi coming up to walk beside him. Mace Windu handed back his lightsaber and he clipped it on his belt relishing the familiar weight of the weapon.

"We should go inform the council of what we have learned." Kit Fisto said.

"And what have we learned Obi Wan?" WIndu asked.

Obi Wan sighed. "Not much, just that the bomb was placed after Ahsoka and her men arrived to face Maul, and that it was meant for him not them."

"Then someone expected him to lose." Fisto said.

"Yes his old master Sidious."

"That means he is the on Maul fears, this is news Sidious is becoming more and more bold. It is only a matter of time until he comes out into the public eye, don't you agree Obi Wan?"

Obi Wan didn't answer, the force was being infuriatingly mysterious though it was partially his fault for neglecting it for so long.

"Obi Wan?" Windu asked again.

"Hmmmm, oh I don't know what to think anymore Mace. If you feel what we've learned is that enlightening feel free to share it with the council. I'm going to meditate by the pools."

Both Mace Windu and Kit Fisto looked surprised.

"You've been meditating a lot lately Obi Wan, what are you trying to achieve?" Fisto asked.

He sighed, "I wish I knew." With that he turned away from them and headed towards the pools. With any luck the Force would be a more willing participant this time.