Star Wars: Anakin Si c5 (Patreon)

Anakin took a shuttle with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi.

They arrived at a citadel with four towers. From the looks of it, the space around this citadel is a no-fly zone, as there are vehicles around it.

“For Monks who are supposed to practise force, this place is the worst to practise that.” The boy casually commented as they walked into the temple of the Jedi.

“This place has been home to Jedi for hundreds of years.” Obi-Wan decided to defend his Order and their choices.

“More precisely five thousand years ago after the battle of Coruscant, in a war known as the Great Hyperspace War.”

The Padawan coughed for a second when he heard that! What the hell! How can he pull that info like that!!!

“Interesting, that very long time ago.”

“Yeah, it's the greatest mistake the Republic ever made. Their purge caused the rise of the second Sith Empire with the Emperor, who lived for over a thousand years.”

“!!!”

“Never heard this before. What kind of purge?”

“Genocide of Sith species.” Anakin casually mentioned that.

“... ’Sith species’? There were such species before?” Obi-Wan got sucked in as he wanted to know more since it was such a relevant topic; even Qui-Gon Jinn paid extra attention.

“Why do you think you Jedi call them ‘Sith Lords’? And they call themselves ‘Dark Lord of the Sith?’ followed by a title with ‘Darth’?

Because they used to rule people who called themselves ‘Sith’, they were red-skinned humanoids from the planet Korriban in Outer Rim. I think that place now is called Unknown Regions.”

“...I see, so that's why they have such a hatred towards Jedi? But it was Republic who purged them.” Obi-Wan frowned now.

“It's more than that. Anyway, I think we arrived.” Anakin frowned himself as he sensed what was behind these doors. The light there almost blinds him, especially when he is so attuned to the Force.

When someone is so ‘bright’, they become ignorant of what is hiding in the shadows of such a bright light.

“Anakin is right, let's go.”

~~~

Jedi Master Mace Windu looked at the boy, who was standing next to Qui-Gon Jinn.

“Let me hear this straight. This boy you think is Chosen One? The same Chosen One which is supposed to bring The Force back to balance by destroying the Sith?”

“Yes, and he proved himself by revealing Dark Lord, by the name Sheev Palpatine, the Senator of Naboo.”

The Remaining Jedi Council members started to talk to each other. Some of them had already left to try to hunt down this Sith. So, the council was much smaller now than it usually is.

“Hmm…”

“Very Powerful in force you are. What do you think?” Grand Master Yoda asked while looking at the boy with an interested gaze. He can sense Nexus of the light side and dark side in this boy.

It's simply astounding.

“I think that prophecy is absurd.” Anakin scoffed at how Jedi had described this prophecy.

“Oh? Why so?” Shaak Ti, a Togruta Jedi Master, asked curiously.

“Because the brighter the sun, the stronger shadow it casts. The balance in the force has been heavily towards Light for over a thousand years.”

“!!!”

All of the Jedi who gathered in the room turned stiff. Their reactions were priceless.

“So, Master Qui-Gon Jinn, do you still want me to bring the Balance?” Anakin joked.

“...”

“For now, we delay this conversation. We shall.” Yoda was the first to get over it and instead pressed on a different question.

“You have uncovered a Sith Lord. How did you do it?” Mace Windu asked.

“What Darth Sidious used is a ‘Sith Mask’. It's a Sith technique developed by Sith, who follows Darth Bane's rule of two. It was created as a means to infiltrate the Republic and manipulate democracy in their favour. They have been doing that for over a thousand years. By this point, they are so deep in the republic’s economy that it's hard to remove them.”

While alarmed by what they heard, one thing stood out the most.

“Versed in Sith arts, you are. Lead to the dark side they do.”

*Scoff*

“I already have fallen to the Dark side and Light side.” He lifted both of his hands and created two sets of lightning. One is gold, and the other one is blue.

“I have achieved ‘Balance’ of the old. You may have heard of this from the ancient text of Je’daii.”

“...Hmm…”

Anakin’s words have greatly shocked several Jedi—especially the historians. Many wondered where this knowledge was coming from.

But others, like Mace Windu, want the means to cancel this ‘Sith Mask’.

“For now. Tells us how to cancel the Sith Mask.”

*Snort*

“Fair enough. Since you are so demanding, this is my last ‘freebie’.”

“?”

The group were curious as they sensed Force starting to ‘sing’. It was intense. The councillors realised just how strong the boy was with the force. It's on an entirely different plateau.

“Let me show you the ‘Master’.”

Everyone felt a ‘Yank’ as Anakin pulled the group from their bodies and travelled swiftly towards a location in the Coruscant!

They ended up in a dark room where a pair of dark orange eyes opened and ‘looked’ at them.

“Darth Plagueis.”

“Helping the Jedi, young man? You should join me, and together, we would rule the galaxy for eternity.” The Dark Lord said with a sickly sweet voice.

“I would have to pass the offer; There is no challenge in that.”

“Pity, regardless, we will meet again.” With a hand motion, the Dark Lord undid the Force Projection.

Everyone in the council room gasped as they felt the sheer power of that Dark Lord! That being was a real Sith! It's as real as it gets!

The first one to react was Mace Windu as he got from his seat.

“We must apprehend that Dark Lord as quickly as we can.”

“No use it is left that dark lord has,” Yoda sighed.

“An escape plan such a person has.” The Grandmaster explained some more. Making his nod stifflymmand stiffly nod.

“For now, we must discuss Young Skywalker's potential.”

Everyone looked at him, some with weary looks, others with curiosity.

“Then tell me what Grandmaster Yoda wishes to say,” Anakin replied, waiting for what the oldest living Jedi was about to say.

“Hmm, Very strong in the force you are. Very strong. My question is why you decided to come to us. When you know so much and are strong enough to create an Order of your own?”

His question made everyone look back at the boy; if Yoda said that the boy was that strong, the rest ceased to be relaxed and got serious, just in case.

Whatever it could do, living in peace for that long made everyone extremely rusty.

“The answer is very simple: when two fight, they forget that the third one is the house, watching and raiding the fridge while watching how those two end up each other.”

“Such a straightforward answer. So you want us to fight Sith.” Mace Windu understood the intentions of this boy.

“Giving a chance, Master Windu, if I didn't lift the veil, Senator Palpatine would have ended as Chancellor. You would have had weekly meetings with a Lord of the Sith for a few years until he declared himself Emperor of the Galaxy.” Anakin joked for a bit, remembering Revenge of the Sith.

“...I doubt it would have ended like this.” The second strongest Jedi in the temple tried to sound like he was assuring himself and not the people around him.

“Oh, I have no doubt you are firm with your unique lightsaber form, but this is politics, and he had all those cards in play for a long time.

If you haven't realised, the Naboo incident wasn't something random. The Sith slowly sank their claws into the galaxy while the Jedi waited for the Sith Empire to emerge.”

“...”

“...”

~~~

Anakin smiled as he left the Jedi shaken. Qui-Gon Jinn tried to stop him, but he told the Jedi Master to watch over the Queen of Naboo as the Sith had plans for her. Well, it's more like Sidious has an unnatural hatred towards his home planet.

In the meantime, the Young Chosen One ended up in Padme's residence. In a way, it's amusing to make people walk where he wants them to go.

The Jedi are chasing a pair of Sith, Qui Gon Jinn is running after The Queen, and Darth Sidious and his Master are running away from the Capital World.

While everyone was running around, he was eating an apple!

“Agh!!!”

A red-dressed girl exclaimed as Anakin’s thoughts halted for a bit.

He looked at the side and saw a teen girl dressed as a handmaiden.

“Sabe, was it? What can I do for you?” With a leisurely voice, he asked the handmaiden.

“...Do for me!? You invaded the Queen of Naboo's residence! ”

“Invaded? How? Last time I checked, this is partially mine since Padme is to be my wife at some point in future.”

“W-What are you talking about!?” There was genuine panic in her voice.

“Oh, it appears Padme didn't tell you? There is a price for using such an expensive starship and then crashing in a desert world.

You could say I bought the Queen’s hand in marriage.”

“...You! How could you do such a thing!?”

“How? I already saved her life at least two times now. Naboo has been chosen as a target by the Sith. That senator of yours had bad intentions. You saw what he looks like.”

“...”

“Nothing to say about that, hmm?” Anakin teased her.

“The Jedi Master would have protected her.”

“Oh, no doubt about that, but their death would be on her consciousness.”

“Death?”

“Of course, Sith Order is their ancient enemy; they have been sharpening their weapons for a thousand years; if it weren't for me, Sheev Palpatine would have sweet-talked your queen to cast a no-confidence vote. He then would have declared his candidacy for Chancellor’s office.

A war would follow next; well, war is coming either way.” Anakin shrugged at her stupefied look. For a Naboo resident, a war? They haven't seen a war for a thousand years.

“Why?”

“Come now. Not everyone likes peace. It's the natural course of events. First, they rot away the republic, then they turn it against each other and rise through fame until they rule it; once they lead it, they can change it any way they want.

That's what these Sith

Regardless, I should stop terrifying you.”

He awkwardly smiled, seeing that he had spooked her. Seeing pale Jedi is different from cute girls.

“Anyway, you should prepare for your Queen’s return; she will be in a bad mood.”

*Sigh*

She sighed upon hearing that.

“Should I ask?”

“Padme learned how ineffective the system is,” Anakin explained to her as another apple floated to his hand. With a finger touch, it has split into equal slices.

“...So republic won't help!?”

“Oh, they are helping, but such an event like a blockade in a mid-rim planet never happened before. They don't have rapid channels to solve it.

A committee will be created which will go and investigate the blockade.”

“But if they do that, the people of Naboo will starve! It will take time!” The Handmaiden realise how bad the situation is.

“Indeed. Remember what I said about sharpening their weapons? This situation is one of them. The blockade is simply a show. The Sith don't care about the people of your world. This act is merely the first step. The next step is separation—the rise of separatists.

And the War.”

Once again, she paled.

“Yeah, sorry about that.” He teased her some more. She realised that he sucked her in with his ‘predictions’.

“...You…” This time, she blushed from embarrassment.

“Come now, your queen is just around the corner.” Anakin pointed at the door.

The Handmaiden rolled her eyes. As if that—

The doors opened, and Queen with a couple of handmaidens walked in.

Sabe stopped in her tracks, looking at the boy with horror.

Now she wonders if he said the truth!?