a.n. Well, I finally got around to writing some more on this story. It only took me about 2 weeks or so. ehh..Anyways, I actually got two chapters written. I was writing and couldn't stop and I thought this would be better posted as 2 chapters rather than one so I went ahead and did it. I'm working on the third as well so that should be up soon (i hope). Also, since I always forget to put this, i'll do it now. I do not own anything Star Wars. Plot, characters, places, similar dialogue, etc. all belong to George Lucas and LucasFilm Ltd. I'm just playing with them.

Chapter 1: Awakening

Now...go, my son. Leave me.

No. You're coming with me. I can't leave you here. I've got to save you.

You already have, Luke. You were right about me. Tell your sister...you were right.

With those final words, a troubled soul, who lived so long in despair and darkness, passed into the next world to find peace and serenity. A man that never seemed to find completion, fulfillment, in life, transitioned from the harsh, often difficult plane of reality, to the contentment that the afterlife offered. The man formerly known as Darth Vader finally redeemed himself and became, once again, Anakin Skywalker and prepared for one last challenge in his life after death: judgment…

A white light pounded his senses from all directions and a growing feeling of weightlessness gave him a sense of comfort as he slowly opened his eyes. The pale light assaulted his sight and he quickly shut his eyes to block out the harshness. Once again he opened his eyes and blinked several times as they became accustomed to the light. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, as if woken from a deep sleep, when he was startled by a voice from somewhere in the white fog surrounding him.

"Sleeping in, as usual. You're going to make me late again too, I suppose. You haven't changed, Anakin."

Anakin whipped his head to his left in shocked surprise as his eyes rested on a shimmering figure before him. For a moment, Anakin stared at the ghostly figure in disbelief as he tried to make sense of what he was seeing. After a few seconds of silence, Anakin managed, somewhat, to regain his ability to speak.

"O…Obi-Wan? I…Is that really you?"

Obi-Wan smiled warmly at the man before him, a man who used to be his apprentice, friend, and brother before he was claimed by darkness.

"It is I, my old Padawan, in the flesh. Well, not really." Obi-Wan joked and was pleased to see a smile form upon Anakin's face.

"Where am I?" Anakin questioned, the smile being replaced by confusion as he took in the eternal white surrounding him.

"Between realms, you are," a cracked voice answered him and Anakin turned to see another familiar figure standing beside Obi-Wan.

"Master Yoda?"

Smaller in stature, but no less commanding in voice as Obi-Wan, a small grin tugged at the corners of Yoda's wrinkled mouth and he let out a small chuckle at Anakin's apparent bewilderment.

"Hurr hurr hurr. Deceive you your eyes do not, young Skywalker. Before you, I am. Brought you here the Force has, so that we may talk to you about what is to come."

Once again, Anakin's face adopted a confused, yet curious expression.

"What do you mean? What more is there?"

"Anakin," Obi-Wan's voice responded, "we don't know why the Force does what it does. What has passed, has occurred by the will of the Force. The future is always in motion and only the Force knows what will happen when the time comes. But sometimes, the Force's will has taken a wrong course and must be back on the correct path. That is why we are here before you."

"Anakin," Obi-Wan's voice adopted the serious tone that Anakin remembered from his Padawan days, "the Force has revealed to us an unheard of possibility, a way to correct what must be corrected, to fix what has occurred. This is the only time that we have ever heard of where the Force has granted such a possibility and we believe that it is a critical opportunity for us to make everything right."

"Obi-Wan," Anakin stated, his voice full of confusion, "what exactly are you trying to tell me? What does the Force want us to correct?"

"A rare opportunity, we are being given," Yoda answered him, "and wants us to take it, the Force does. A small window, we will have, to do so. A small chance of hope, this is. A way to correct everything, it is."

Yoda glanced knowingly at Obi-Wan before giving Anakin a stern, serious look.

"A chance to undo what has been done, to right what has been wronged. Shown us, the Force has, a rift in that place between time and space. Occur there, many impossible things can. A conundrum, this place is. Mysterious, dangerous, it is to travel there. Yet, sure of the Force's intent I am. Found a way to alter history, we have, to change the fate of many. A chance, it is, we feel we must take. A chance that must be taken by the one who has been wronged most, the one on whom everything rests."

Yoda's thoughtful expression studied Anakin's bewildered one as the young man turned towards his former Master.

"I still don't get it, Obi-Wan. What is Master Yoda trying to tell me?"

Obi-Wan released a large breath he had been holding as he answered Anakin with a sympathetic expression on his face.

"The Force has shown us a place, a small, nearly undetectable tear in the line that separates time and space. No one knows how it got there and it has never been discovered before. It is at this spot where it is possible to do that which we thought was once impossible." Obi-Wan stopped and took a deep breath in preparation for what he had to say next.

"What is it Obi-Wan? What is it that can be done?"

"It is now possible, Anakin, at this very point, the only one we have seen so far, to rewrite history. In other words, to travel back in time."