Ahsoka cut the hyperspace engine only halfway to her destination on Tatooine. Ever since she had departed from the Alderaan system, she had been feeling a peculiar presence in the force. The recalled how she would sometimes be drawn to different people or locations around the galaxy during the Clone War by sheer intuition and the will of the force. She still had those feelings every now and then but at this moment, it was stronger than she had ever felt it since she left the Jedi order. There was clearly motion in the air and it was urging her to the hazy green planet she found herself near when she left hyperspace.

"The force is strong with this planet," she said to herself, "what's down there?"

"Fear…" Anakin's voice trailed in her head again, "hatred, betrayal," the voice trailed off, but her line of sight through the windscreen of the ship was blocked by a cloudy vision. It started off blurry and dark but quickly took the form of a black mask, almost machine like in appearance. In the background, the deep breathing of a mechanical respirator was growing louder and a bright, crimson lightsaber ignited seemingly inches from her face. Before she could see anymore, she closed her eyes tightly took her hands off the controls in fright.

"I'm not seeing this!" she yelled to herself, "This isn't real!" She opened her eyes again, hoping the vision was gone; when she saw that it was, she regained focus of what she was doing and resumed control of the ship. She could feel her heart pounding in fear as she pitched the ship into the planet's atmosphere and prepared to land.

...

Ahsoka exited her ship, hoping it was only the windscreen that was fogged over from the atmosphere and not the environment itself. "Well this was clearly a mistake," she said to herself. She looked around and at the faint images of trees that she wasn't really sure were there because the mist was so thick. "Even if there was something here, I'd never make it back to the ship." She turned back to the ship and began climbing the ramp to leave the planet.

"Don't turn back now, padawan," she heard a voice say. It was not Anakin's voice this time, but a voice she had never heard before.

"Who are you?" Ahsoka called out, "Show yourself!"

"All in good time, Ahsoka, have patience."

Ahsoka was conflicted; this was not like the illusions or hallucinations of Anakin's voice she was hearing. This voice was very real and she could feel a presence beside her. "I don't know you," she said, "how do you know who I am?"

"Patience…let the force guide you."

"Guide me to what?" Ahsoka challenged, "the only things here are fog and swamp water."

"You've made it this far, padawan, but if you leave now, you will never know."

"Fine, whatever," Ahsoka submitted, "but if I find out that this is some wild bantha chase I will—"

"Do what, padawan?" the unseen man refuted, "I find it difficult to believe that someone who is hearing things and seeing things is in any position to threaten someone she is not even sure is real."

Ahsoka opened her mouth but had nothing to respond with; the mysterious figure she could not see did have a good point. Hoping she wasn't really going crazy, she took the advice she was given. She let go of all judgment and doubt she had, closed her eyes, and began walking.

After taking more steps than she could count, Ahsoka stopped in her tracks as she listened to the constant screeching and howling of wildlife. She tilted her head back, leaving her eyes closed, and yelled up to the sky, "Alright mysterious force guy, I did what you said and I've found nothing!"

Her eyes snapped open suddenly at the sound of yet another voice. This time it was a low, gravely voice, one she could recognize instanlty, "If closed, your eyes are then nothing, you will find."

"Yoda?" she said perplexed and looking around for the little green Jedi that stood next to her.

"Good to see you, it is, Ahsoka."

"It's good to see you too, Master Yoda. What are you doing here?"

"My home, this is," Yoda replied, "Find me, how did you?"

"It's kind of a long story," Ahsoka explained, "I was heading to Tatooine to speak to Master Obi-Wan and I got a little sidetracked."

"Adventure is good. The will of the force, perhaps?"

"Maybe," Ahsoka considered, "I didn't know I would find you here, but since I did, maybe you can help me. I could really use your wisdom right now."

Yoda's eyes widened with intrigue, "Walk with me, padawan," he said, "talk, we will." Yoda turned away from the former Jedi and began slowly waddling, with the help of his cane, to the trees. The fog was lifting slightly, but but still unsure of where the green alien would take her, Ahsoka was hesitant to follow. "Come now, child."

"Yes, Master," Ahsoka said and quickly caught up with the great Jedi master.

"What troubles you, padawan?"

"I have been seeing things, Master, hallucinations, and hearing voices in my head."

"Hallucinations?" Yoda reiterated, "What, in these visions, do you see?"

"Different things," Ahsoka started, "sometimes I see Chancellor Palpatine, except very sinister looking…"

"The Emperor, he is now,"

"And a man in a black mask," Ahsoka continued, "I believe him to be the one they call Darth Vader but I can't be sure."

"Mmmm, disturbing, this is," Yoda said as he bowed his head to the ground, "And the voices?"

"Mostly I hear Master Anakin's voice…but darker, and angrier. He says things to me that I know he would never say. It scares me sometimes."

"The dark side, that is," Yoda assured, "Calls out to you, it does."

"But why? I've never—"

"Unbalanced, the force has become. Surrounds us all, it does, more than ever before. Fear, it feeds on. Get stonger, it does, when afraid you are."

"What should I do?"

"Embrace it."

"What

"Fear is a path to the dark side," Yoda explained, "Face it, you should. Let it control you, do not."

Yoda stopped at a small cave opening that was covered in vines and tree branches. "Why are we stopping, Master?" Ahsoka asked.

"No further do I go," he answered, "My journey, this is not. Go ahead you will."

"What's in there?" Ahsoka asked, "It feels really strong with the force…the dark side of the force."

"Training, padawan."

"If you say so," Ahsoka sighed before taking cautious steps toward the cave entrance.

The cave became dark quickly as the vines seemed to block off the cave entrance instantly. The air that had felt cold and damp became even colder. The moisture in the air became heavy, and the screeches and barks from the various wildlife in the forest faded away. The silence was quickly broken by the sound of deep breathing, the same deep breathing that had been accompanying her hallucinations of Anakin, the Sith lord, Darth Vader and the quick glances of Palpatine. "Not again!" she yelled out.

"I think the chancellor is a Sith lord," she heard the familiar voice of her master say through the darkness.

"He is a traitor!" Another voice yelled in the background; the voice of Mace Windu.

A vision appeared before Ahsoka who only watched in horror as she witnessed her master turn on Windu and cut his arm off.

"What?" she said to herself, "That can't be true."

The image shifted to the surface of a volcanic planet. Ahsoka spun around in place to find herself in between Anakin and Obi-Wan as they glared at each other with great anger.

"You were supposed to be the chosen one!" Obi-Wan yelled. The images of Obi-Wan and Anakin passed through her as if she was nonexistent and they swung their ignited lightsabers at each other.

"Ahsoka," she heard, this time from another figure. Behind her, she noticed a towering person dressed in all black with a machine in its chest and a shiny helmet that looked exactly as she had seen in her dreams and hallucinations before; Darth Vader. "The Jedi are the true evil in the galaxy," he said, "Join me and together we can put an end to the pain they caused you and me."

"I would never join you," Ahsoka responded, "You're evil and corrupt. You killed the Jedi and I will have no part in that. The Jedi order may have betrayed me once but I still believe they stand for a good cause."

"Then you are foolish and weak."

"We'll see."

Darth Vader ignited his lightsaber and Ahsoka ignited hers. Their blades met and crackled several times before Ahsoka was able to disarm her opponent. She stared at the Sith with her lightsaber pointed at his face. "Take off the mask," she said, "I want to know who you are. I want to know who it is that is killing all the Jedi."

Vader reached behind his head, pulling off the helmet on his head before reaching to unhook the face mask from his mechanical collar. The mask was slowly revealed to show her a face she hoped she would never see on the other side. "Anakin!" she said, bewildered. "No. It's not you. It can't be you, this is not real." She began striking at Vader with her lightsaber and swung it at him over and over before it was finally removed from her hands.

When she realized she was no longer holding her lightsaber, she looked around her to see where it had gone. When she turned back to her victim, there was nothing to be found in front of her and no sign of her lightsaber anywhere. She closed her eyes and wiped away a tear with her hand. When she opened her eyes back up she was no longer in a cave, but in a small bed inside Yoda's hut.

"Such anger," he said, shaking his head in sorrow. He was not speaking to Ahsoka, but it was clear she was who he was referring to.

"What happened in the cave," Ahsoka started, "Was that real? Did you see him?"

"Saw no one, I did. Only me and only you. For you only, your experience was. Its reality, for you to decide." The little green Jedi handed Ahsoka her lightsaber. "Leave, you may. Somewhere else the force wishes to lead you, I sense."

"Master, when Order 66 was issued across the galaxy, almost all the Jedi were killed. You and Obi-Wan are the only ones I know that survived," Ahsoka said, "But I have to know, did Anakin make it out okay? Is it possible that he is out there somewhere?"

"Difficult, it is, to know what happened you young Skwalker. In time, become clearer, the truth may."

"No, Yoda!" Ahsoka yelled, feeling a strange rush of anger, "I know you know the truth, just tell me."

"In time, beccome known to you, the truth will. Seek it out for yourself, you must."

"I am seeking it out myself, Master" Ahsoka asserted, "from someone who knows that truth. What happened to Anakin? I know he survived, he was too skilled to let himself be killed."

Yoda placed both hands on the small walking stick in front of him and bowed his head in deep despair, "Fallen to the dark side, young Skywalker has." He admitted, "Of his true fate, only Obi-Wan knows."

"Thank you." Ahsoka replied.

"Go where, now, do you?" Yoda asked as Ahsoka walked away from the hut and back into the forest.

"To go seek the truth."