Anakin was confused.

Here he was, in the Chancellors' office. Mace Windu was currently deflecting some sort of...force judgment*?

"I told you, Anakin! The Jedi are taking over!"

Everything was a blur at this point.

He was in limbo. He walked a fine line between light and dark.

He knew, whatever his decision was, it would change someone's life.

Why was time going so slowly?

"Search your feelings, Anakin. Remember, this is a Sith Lord." An unidentified voice said.

Anakin closed his eyes...

...And was suddenly on a lava planet. It was hot, terribly hot, and the awful smell of sulfur wafted up to his nose. He was frozen in place, watching himself.

All of the sudden, he saw Padme's ship.

His vision-self ran to Padme and hugged for a moment.

"Padme, I saw your ship. What are you doing out here?" He asked, worriedly.

Her eyes were red; she had obviously been crying. "I was so worried about you. Obi-Wan told me terrible things."

He felt his own alarm grow through the force. "What things?"

"He said you have turned to the dark side . . . that you killed younglings."

I would never...He has to be lying! It's a cruel, sick joke. I don't want to see this vision.

"Obi-Wan is trying to turn you against me." His other-self replied, his tone hard as durasteel.

"He cares about us." Padme half-whispered.

Anakin felt his other-self getting angrier by the minute. "Us?!"

"He knows . . . He wants to help you." She said, her grip on Other Anakin tightening.

"Anakin, all I want is your love."

"Love won't save you, Padme. Only my new powers can do that."

Padme looked worried. "At what cost? You are a good person. Don't do this."

"I won't lose you the way I lost my mother!" Hissed Other Anakin. "I've become more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of and I've done it for you. To protect you." He added.

Anakin could feel Padme's fear rise. "Come away with me. Help me raise our child. Leave everything else behind while we still can." She begged.

Anakin's other self had a crazy look in his eyes. His eyes were flashing between yellow and blue. "Don't you see, we don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the Republic. I am more powerful than the Chancellor. I can overthrow him, and together you and I can rule the galaxy. Make things the way we want them to be."

Anakin himself was shocked of his other self's words, and so was Padme. "I don't believe what I'm hearing...Obi-Wan was right. You've changed!"

"I don't want to hear any more about Obi-Wan. The Jedi turned against me. Don't you turn against me!" Other Anakin warned.

"I don't know you anymore," Padme said, taking a few steps back. "Anakin, you're breaking my heart. You're going down a path I can't follow."

Other Anakin was suddenly interested in something above Padme. "Because of Obi-Wan?"

"Because of what you've done, what you plan to do. I love you."

Anakin saw Obi-Wan Kenobi in the doorway of Padme's ship.

"Liar!" Other Anakin screamed.

Stop! I don't want to see anymore! Anakin yelled.

His protests were ignored, it seemed.

Padme turned around and sees Obi-Wan standing in the doorway of the Naboo Cruiser.

"You're with him! You brought him here to kill me!" Other Anakin yelled angrily.

"NO! Anakin. I swear ... I ..."

He was once again in the Chancellor's office.

And he knew what he needed to do.

*Force Judgment is basically lightning. It's yellowish and less powerful than Dark Side Lightning.

That was chapter one! hope u liked. R&R! :D