Ahsoka POV

I bit back tears as I walked down the stairs of the Jedi Temple, to the sunset. I could almost feel the pained stare of my old master on my back as I left.

I kept asking myself. Was I doing the right thing? I knew deep in my heart that Anakin was extremely sad and lonely about it, as from the Force, I could sense sadness radiating off from him in ten miles.

My footsteps were heavy, and I shook my head to clear my thoughts. I had chosen this path. Perhaps I could seek out my other path besides the Jedi path. It would be okay. Yeah it would be okay…

Suddenly, there was this strange tugging sensation in the pit of my mind, almost as if something was trying to pull me towards a source. It was a work of the Force. I stopped immediately, my fingers flying to my belt where my lightsaber and shoto were clipped trying to fight the source of the Force… Who on earth did that?

There was a blinding flash of white light, hot wind blasted all over me like a blizzard and I fell to the ground, shouting, while raising my hand to shield myself from the sheer force.

Thankfully, the force died away. I removed my hand from my face, and tried to register out of astonishment what just happened to me. I blinked once or twice, and tried to look around me.

Yep, I was on the floor, but what I didn't expect was… I was in a huge metal cabin, and the floor was ice cold. The second thing that nearly scared the heck out of me was that someone was pointing a lightsaber at me.

A red lightsaber.

No way! I was just outside of the Jedi Temple like seconds ago, and now I was transferred into some sort of metal cabin thing with a Sith pointing a red lightsaber at me. How could that be? I knew the Force brought me into this doom, but I was so confused. The Force never did anything wrong. The Force would only do things that are correct, or associated to the Light Side. What was so good about sending me into some sort of metal cabin with a Sith? I had no time to think of the reasons I got here because the Sith was threatening to stab me.

I screamed and backed away with my hands by crawling. My eyes quickly darted upwards to identify the Sith. Grievous? No way! Grievous didn't look that! Instead; there was a gigantic black robot thing. It was huge, towering all over me menacingly. The robot had a black helmet with a triangular vent, and full metal body armor completed with a intriguing cape. A cyborg!

' Who are you?' The thing demanded. It had an artificial robotic voice that sounded metallic, but I could still make out of the furious and murderous edge to it.

I raised my voice daringly, unclipping both my lightsaber and shoto, ' I am a Jedi Padawan, and I will duel you to death, Sith.'

I knew I stood no chance to the Sith lord. But at least I could try to defend myself. Anakin and I had tried dueling against each other before at the Temple; I hoped it would be of some use. Perhaps. I still had no idea why on earth I ended up in this random place, but I pressed the ignition button.

My lightsaber and shoto flared up in brilliant green and yellow colours. The Sith seemed taken back, and it demanded again, ' Jedi Padawan? B-but, I killed them all! I destroyed the Temple during Order 66! All the younglings and Padawan! You could not be a Jedi Padawan.'

I stared at the robot, too stunned, ' What on earth is Order 66? You are delusional. I just walked out of the Jedi Temple, excuse me. All of the Jedi seemed well to me. Master Windu, Master Obi-wan, Master Yoda and Master Skywalker!'

' THERE IS NO SKYWALKER!' The thing screamed and raised its red lightsaber to attack me. I quickly raised my own, and our sabers clashed. I could sense that the Sith was so powerful, ad I hardly stood a chance against him. But I had hopes. I gritted my teeth and continued fighting and slashing against him.

' THERE IS SKYWALKER!' I yelled at the Sith to infuriate it further. ' I just saw him! That is so stupid!'

' I KILLED HIM,' The Sith seethed. ' Anakin Skywalker is dead! He is no more but a weak and gullible fool.' The robot's fighting style was so familiar, but slightly foreign. Oh, the irony. But you get my point. I was trying to reach out to the Force to identify the cyborg as I fought crazily, desperately trying to seek out whoever the Sith was. The Force signature… I could feel it. It radiated darkness, fear, hurt and anger, but at the same time… Remorse? And guilt? Even small bits of light? How could that be? That made no sense.

' Excuse me?' I twirled and brought my shoto against his saber. ' I saw him like a couple minutes ago. For your information, he seems alive and well. And also, my master is not a weak fool! He loves me and cares for me a lot! I knew he was very heartbroken when I decided to leave the Jedi order so I must not disappoint him further.' I said it. I still called him my master. But this was the point that I snapped. How dare the Sith say my master is weak? He is the hero with no fear!

' Master,' the Sith repeated in horror, and our lightsaber clashed again. But the Sith withdrew his weapon and backflipped to a few feet away from me.

The next thing happening surprised me thoroughly. It extinguished its saber and it dropped to the ground with a clatter. I didn't extinguish mine yet, because I was afraid that it was trying to let down my guard. I raised it in a defensive position, ' Who are you?'

' Hey, Snips,' The Sith said in some sort of troublemaking voice, but it couldn't mask the guilt and remorse behind the voice.

My lightsaber and shoto fell to the ground as well. A horrible shock expanded from my heart, and escaped from my throat in the form of a cry.

Vader's POV

My day started off terribly. I had a meeting with Piett, and I yelled myself hoarse at the idiotic admiral for his stupid decisions. Then the next thing when I returned to my cabin for a rest until meeting with my master, a female Togruta was sitting on my floor.

I was so shocked that for a moment, I hesitated to bring up my lightsaber. How on earth did a Togruta appear in my bedroom, one of the most protected places? Where did she come from?

Bitterness seized me as I realized how she reminded me of my former Padawan, Ahsoka Tano. Yes, I was angry at her. She had left me in the middle of the disgusting Jedi, and rendered me helpless when I needed her. But at the same time, guilt gripped me when I thought of the past…

The Togruta had white and blue striped lekku, orange skin and the wide blue eyes. Clipped at her weapon's belt, were a lightsaber and a shoto. Huh.

I immediately went back to my Vader mode and ignited my lightsaber to point it at her. That was when she started to moan and stir.

She screamed when she saw my lightsaber and backed away. ' Who are you?' I boomed.

I gave time for the Togruta to stand up and unhook her lightsaber. She said daringly, ' I am a Jedi Padawan, and I will duel you to death, Sith.'

I blanched. Jedi Padawan? How on earth there was a Jedi Padawan? I had killed all of them during the purges, younglings, masters and all. Probably except Yoda, Obi-wan and now, my son Luke Skywalker. Agony gripped me as I remembered the hate in my son's eyes when he fought him

The Togruta ignited her shoto and lightsaber which flared up in yellow and green. A pair. ' Jedi Padawan? B-but, I killed them all! I destroyed the Temple during Order 66! All the younglings and Padawan! You could not be a Jedi Padawan,' I growled truthfully, not hiding the truth from my mind.

We began circling each other.

' What on earth is Order 66? You are delusional. I just walked out of the Jedi Temple, excuse me. All of the Jedi seemed well to me. Master Windu, Master Obi-wan, Master Yoda and Master Skywalker!' She screamed at me in disgust.

Jedi Temple. Master Skywalker. What?!

I roared at her, unable to embrace the truth that I used to be a Jedi. The Jedi had betrayed me, left me with nothing. My Angel was dead. My Padawan was gone because of them. Even my most beloved master turned against me and turned me into this cyborg monstrosity, limited to a suit. ' THERE IS NO SKYWALKER!' I screamed and lashed out at her.

She blocked my blow dutifully with great skill, ' THERE IS SKYWALKER!' We continued to parry at each other. The moves, the skill, the determined look… All of them led to one person. No. She was dead. She should not have escaped Order 66.

Rage filled me once more, ' I KILLED HIM! Anakin Skywalker is dead! He is no more but a weak and gullible fool!' Not only was that an angry scream at the Togruta, I yelled it from the bottom of my heart. The man I was is a weak fool. He had let his mother die, his beloved wife die, and let his former Padawan leave him and be killed in the Order 66. Everyone he loved had died. Solely because of him.

The Togruta seemed outraged and continued panting as she fought against my strikes, ' Excuse me? I saw him like a couple minutes ago. For your information, he seems alive and well. And also, my master is not a weak fool. I knew he was very heartbroken when I decided to leave the Jedi order so I must not disappoint him further.'

Master. It rang in my ears for a long time. Everything began to make sense and piece together in my mind.

Flashback

' Ahsoka wait!' I shouted, trying to run up to my Padawan. She didn't stop and continued to walk briskly. ' I need to talk to you!'

She stopped right outside of the Temple entrance and turned around.

' Why are you doing this?' I panted.

She looked at me with sadness, ' The Council didn't trust me. So how am I supposed to trust myself?'

' What about me? I trusted you, I stood by you!' I said, getting angry and agitated.

She said, ' I know you believe in me, Anakin. I am grateful for that. But this is not about you.' My heart dropped to my stomach.

' I can't stay here any longer. Not now,' She continued.

I pleaded her in pain, ' The Jedi order is your life! You can't just throw it away like this! You are making a mistake.'

' Maybe,' She said, half to herself, turning away from me. ' I need to sort this out on my own. Without the Council, and… Without you.'

What she said was a large punch to my stomach, and I was fighting hard not to cry. ' I understand more than you realize. I understand wanting to walk away from the Order,' I said, looking at my boots.

' I know,' She said softly, and began to walk away. I watched in complete helplessness and hurt as my former Padawan, my friend and my sister, walked away from the Temple into the sunlight.

I dropped my lightsaber to the ground. The Togruta… It all made sense. Somehow she was Ahsoka and she somehow appeared in my room. I knew how heartbroken she would be if she knew I had turned to the Sith.

' Hey, Snips,' I said, hoping my voice to be as neutral as possible, but it definitely betrayed a tone of hurt.

I watched as her eyes widened to the size of saucers and her lightsaber fell to the ground as well…

Ahsoka POV

' No,' I whispered. ' No. Not true… That's impossible!'

The hurt and the burden of revelation hit me like a wrecking ball. The pain… Was overwhelming.

' You know, that is exactly what my son said,' The Sith – Anakin said wryly.

' Son?!' I goggled. ' You don't have a son, Anakin. Last I checked you were a Jedi. And you don't have a son. Aren't Jedi not supposed to marry?'

' Sure, Snips,' Anakin said behind the mask bitterly. ' I believe you may have travelled years into the future by the Force.' His voice was no longer the warm and caring voice I knew for so many years. Instead it was metallic and robotic. What happened to him?

' Future? That is ludicrous,' I shook my head.

' Yeah? Then have you heard of Palpatine being the emperor in your time?'

' What? Chancellor Palpatine?' I gasped. ' There is no emperor!'

' See? You have travelled years into the future, Ahsoka. A lot of things are different. The Jedi are destroyed, I have a son and my name is Darth Vader.'

' No… No…' I shook my head. ' You will never go to the dark side. The Anakin I know will never go to the dark side. He taught me how to fight for the Jedi and… Never go to the dark side.'

' A lot of things are different!' Anakin screamed in agony.

' Why did you change then?' I shouted. ' What made you do that? Why are you in this cyborg suit!'

' That traitorous Obi-wan did that!' Anakin seethed.

' Obi-wan is your brother, Anakin!' I said, shocked. ' You used to be his Padawan. You always speak of him highly.'

' Told you so. A lot of things are different.'

' What happened, Skyguy?' I said, starting to get annoyed.

It seemed like the name Skyguy woke some part of goodness inside him, and then he said, ' I'm going to tell you the story.'

After he finished his tale, I stood there in stunned silence. He married Senator Amidala without us knowing. Then Senator Amidala was pregnant. Afterwards, he had nightmares of her dying from childbirth. He was so afraid that the Sith Lord (which turned out to be Palpatine) managed to manipulate his fears. He told him that the Dark powers could save the Senator. He believed it, and turned to the Dark side in order to save the Senator. He helped wipe out the Jedi order, killed Separatist leaders, killed Master Windu and even dueled Master Obi-wan to death in Mustafar, the lava planet. He somehow lost the duel, sustained severe injuries, and had to be put in the cyborg suit to live. Palpatine lied to him that he had killed Senator Amidala out of rage, while in fact Master Kenobi safely brought her to a birthing centre. But the revelation that her husband had turned had caused her to lose the will to live. After giving birth to a kid, she died. Anakin continued to work for Palpatine as Darth Vader, while his kids grew up separated. It was a few weeks ago he learnt that he was lied to and his son survived.

I didn't know what to be more terrified of. The fact the Chancellor was a Sith lord, or the fact my master had married Senator Amidala, my friend, without anyone knowing.

' That… You believed Palpatine?' I said, horrified. ' Everyone knew that necromancy doesn't exist! You do, Anakin!'

' I was too desperate at that time, Ahsoka!' Anakin said in pain. ' I… I wanted to save Padme with my powers. I love her, Ahoska.'

' Why hadn't you talked with Master Kenobi? He would give you the best advice! He was your friend and brother at the time, no matter how much you loathe him now!' I argued.

' Um. He was at a mission, so… I had no one to talk to.'

' Why not Padme?'

' I didn't want to make her alarmed. I guess the fact that I had no one else to confer to that I cracked under all the pressure,' Anakin said.

My throat was dry. He had no one to talk to. That was one of the reasons he turned.

If I had stayed with him till the end, he wouldn't have turned. I could have talked some sense into him, and he would not believe Palpatine… And… He would not have felt so lonely.

' I am sorry, Skyguy,' I said, tears running down my cheek. ' I… Shouldn't have left the Order. I should have stuck to you till the end.'

' That's alright, Snips. The damage has been done, and now my son hates me and is in league with a rebellion against the Empire,' Anakin sighed to himself.

Suddenly, there was a glorious stroke of inspiration. ' Wait! The Force has sent me here to the future so I could witness the consequences of my rash decision! I could change the future!' I grinned.

' What?' Anakin said cautiously.

' Gah, don't you understand? In my original timeline, I was just walking down the stairs of the Temple! I haven't left yet! Not much damage. I could just go back and accept my rank again! I could stick with you!' I said, determined to save my Master.

' Ahsoka…' Anakin started to say.

' I am sure it will work, Master. I am sorry that I had left. If I hadn't, you would never had suffered like that. When I get back, I will try to end your pain. Your life will be so different. You can get promoted to the rank of Jedi Master, maybe even live with Luke. How is that, Master? There will be no Vader,' I pleaded him.

' Y-you called me Master,' He said, dumbfounded.

' Yeah, I did, Master,' I said cheekily. ' I have decided to join the Jedi Order again. Your life will be so different, now I know.'

' Thank you, Snips,' He said quietly.

The familiar Force tugging was back again. I knew I would go soon, back to my timeline. ' I must get going,' I said. ' I will not fail you, my Master.'

' May the Force be with you, Snips. Good luck, I trust you,' Anakin said, standing up, confident.

I was thrown to the ground by the hot wind. This time, it was back onto the stony ground of the temple. I stood up, and inspected my surroundings. Yep. The Temple was still intact, not like what the Dark Side Anakin had described to me. It wasn't in ruins, so hopefully, I was back.

Shaking my head of its thoughts, I started to break into a sprint back to the Jedi Temple, in hopes that I hadn't done too much damage. I ran like wind through the halls, back into the shade, and to the Council chamber.

All the Jedi masters were seated around the Council table, all wearing the same troubled and concerned expressions. Master Kenobi was slouching, his left cheek resting on his elbow, appearing to be deep in thought. Master Windu seemed to look extremely guilty, his fingers were drumming on the table. Master Yoda seemed fidgety at the silence. Master Ki-Adi-Mundi was looking ill at ease.

Time to break the silence.

' Excuse me, Masters,' I said, slicing through the awkward silence in the Jedi Council chamber. All the Jedi masters looked up at once and were extremely surprised.

Obi-wan said, looking shocked, ' Ahsoka, um, have you left something? Uh… Here…'

' No, Masters,' I announced. ' I… I have decided to reconsider my decision. I am joining the Jedi order again, if you will take me.'

The Jedi masters looked at each other, relieved and satisfied smiles appearing on their faces.

' Back to the Order, you will come!' Master Yoda beamed.

Master Windu said, ' That's great, Ahsoka. Thankfully, one of the most promising Jedi has come back. I hope you are not angry with us, we are extremely sorry about it. Skywalker will be so delighted. Speaking of which… Where is he?'

' Last I saw him, he stormed out of the Council chamber moodily, he was so sad back then,' Obi-wan said, stroking his beard thoughtfully. ' You will have to find him immediately to get your Padawan braid back, Ahsoka. He will be so happy.'

Uh oh. He must have been really upset.

' Find Anakin Skywalker for your braid, you should,' Master Yoda said. ' Very happy, he will be.'

I nodded and excused myself from the Chamber. I closed my eyes to sense for my master's force signature… Where…

Aha. The archives. He probably went there to calm himself down. I tried my best to mask down my Force signature, in case he sensed that I was present. I had a surprise for him.

I ran as fast as my feet could carry to the archives, stopping right outside the large room. I walked in, still in awe with the vast collection of books it had. But hey! I had no time to admire them.

I walked over a few shelves, and aha! I saw him, leaning against a bookshelf gloomily. Thankfully, he still looked like himself. Not the cyborg Vader.

He was holding my Padawan bead in one hand, rolling it between his fingers, looking downcast and extremely lonely. Even miles away, I could sense his hurt and loneliness. I felt extremely bad, but it didn't stop my great plan.

Right. Start.

' Hello, Anakin,' I stepped out from behind the bookshelves.

' Ah! What?' He nearly fell down when he saw me. Out of his moment of stupor, I quietly force-took the Padawan braid. He was oblivious about that. The braid secretly zoomed into my left hand and I hid the hand behind my back.

' Ahsoka you are back,' he said with hope.

' Actually, I have left something here, so I am looking for it, just coming over to say a last goodbye to you,' I said in the most apologetic tone I could muster.

' Oh,' He said sadly, evidently disappointed and hurt, dropping back to his mourning state. ' Okay. Bye.'

I stifled a giggle and started to walk away.

' Hey!' He noticed. ' Where is the braid? It was here just now! Oh no!'

I broke into guffaws. He stared at me incredulously. I held the braid between my fingers, and I clipped it back to my head, ' I left the Padawan braid. I have reconsidered. I am coming back to the Jedi Order.'

For a moment, he looked so stunned but then he was so happy that he leapt towards me for a hug that nearly suffocated me.

' Thank you! Thank you!' He murmured, nearly weeping in happiness and relief. ' What made you reconsider?'

' Horrific visions,' I said seriously.

' Um, what?' He said, not sure what to say next.

' Whatever, Master,' I shrugged, and draped an arm around him, still remembering what Vader told me, ' you will not be lonely anymore now I am back.'