Saga - Legends Secrets of the Jedi (post-AotC AU; Siriwan; A/P) **Updated 3/13/12-Epilogue** Complete

They just let the fox in the hen house.

I hope the Jedi are a little more fierce than chickens.

 

What is he thinking? Unless he's just trying to keep the enemy close for observation.

Shame on Anakin for not contacting his wife more to let her know that he's okay.

 

Nice update. That Palps sure is evil.

 

NO! DON'T let him inside the temple. What if he takes his son? I have a bad feeling about this.

Update soon!

 

?I think it was our imagination, Anakin,?

What!? I can't believe this! You mean to tell me he just threw this topic to the wayside! Ugh!

"My Anakin, you certainly have grown since I saw you last.?

In more ways than one, I'm sure he's noticed.

?Do you have any idea where these threats are coming from, Chancellor?,?

Palpy: Why yes, I created this little beauty myself in one of my hidden dungeons. It was so much fu...*coughs* I mean, I have no clue.

?I?m going to recommend that you be allowed temporary haven within the Jedi Temple,?

Oh he's going to enjoy that! I bet that if he happens to leave without incident, he'll do so twicthing the whole way.

At last an update! I still can't wait to see what happens at the tournament, but now I'm anxious to see how Palpy fares in the middle of 'enemy territory'.

Thanks for the PM, Master Jen. Can't wait to read more.

 

Venus_Star2-com as for obi-wan inviting palps....well....obi-wan could have a plan...but that could be a BIG if.....who knows? i don't but you do probably

I certainly do know. He may have a plan and he may not.


zvalarens Oh yes still reading! Wonderful update!

Thanks for the pm!

You're welcome, and thanks.


Kynstar Well at least Obi has his suspicions, better than he had in the original

Much better, me thinks. He's using his head here.

Let Palps reside in the Temple? LOL! That's gonna go over well! If anything perhaps Palps will have a continual upset tummy by being around all that 'goodness'

Maybe he will. I'm sure something interesting will come up.

Thanks for reading.


princess_of_naboo They just let the fox in the hen house.

I hope the Jedi are a little more fierce than chickens.

Oh, they certainly are.


bek What is he thinking? Unless he's just trying to keep the enemy close for observation.

Is he thinking? Like the old saying goes: Kepp your friends close, and your enemies closer.


Darth-Buddy Nice update. That Palps sure is evil.

Thanks. He sure is. I totally agree.


Master_Talek NO! DON'T let him inside the temple. What if he takes his son?

Yes, what if?


AP4EVER At last an update! I still can't wait to see what happens at the tournament, but now I'm anxious to see how Palpy fares in the middle of 'enemy territory'.

Oh, he'll encounter something........

Thanks for reading, and you're welcome for the PM.

 

I'm so glad you decided to continue this! I think I'll go back and read it all over again so I can jump right in with the latest posts!

 

Okay, unless there is an elaborate scheme going on here on Obi-Wan's part this is A VERY BAD IDEA!

 

Thanks for the PM!

Great chapter!

Palpatine? In the Jedi Temple? With Windu? And Yoda? LOL . This is going to be interesting.

 

Please add me to your PM list. This is a very interesting take on how things might have been. Please update soon.

BrightFeather

 

Great post. Can't wait for more.

 

*bumps*

 

VaderLVR64 I'm so glad you decided to continue this!

Me too. I enjoy writing this fic more than any I've done, so it was a joy to get back to it.


jacen20005 Okay, unless there is an elaborate scheme going on here on Obi-Wan's part this is A VERY BAD IDEA!

You never know--maybe he's losing it.


Jadie Great chapter!

Thank you.

Palpatine? In the Jedi Temple? With Windu? And Yoda? LOL . This is going to be interesting.

Interesting is one way to put it.


BrightFeather This is a very interesting take on how things might have been.

Thanks.


Jek_Windu Great post. Can't wait for more.

Thanks, and more is coming very soon.


AngelQueen *bumps*

Thanks for uping the fic.


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Directly below is Chapter 7 of this fic.



Chapter 7

Anakin used every amount of strength that he had to suppress the smile he felt rising to the surface of his face. He cleared his throat and squared his broad shoulders, standing at his full height next to his master.

“Is that really necessary, Master Kenobi?” Palpatine questioned, shock written upon his aging face.

Obi-Wan folded his arms into the sleeves of his robe and nodded once before speaking. “It is, Chancellor. These offices are too exposed. Even with our considerable skills, Anakin and I can’t protect you here, Your Excellency. At least in the Temple there are hundreds of Jedi. You’ll be safe there.”

Palpatine frowned. “What of my duties to the galaxy as its leader? How do you propose I conduct my day to day business from within the Jedi Temple?” he wondered, sounding desperate for an alternative option.

Anakin stepped forward and glanced at Obi-Wan for permission to speak. His look clearly told his master that he understood the plan and had a way to make it work.

Obi-Wan silently gave his young apprentice permission to use his idea for convincing the chancellor to do what they wanted of him.

“Chancellor, I don’t believe that will be a problem,” Anakin began. “I’m sure that Masters Yoda and Windu will make certain that you have the space you need to continue in your duties with little interruption.”

Obi-Wan carefully watched Palpatine’s face for his reaction while Anakin subtly used the Force to read the chancellor. Neither man saw or sensed anything unusual or out of the ordinary in the demeanor of the older man.

“If you’re both certain, I see no reason not to agree,” Palpatine told them. “If you’ll give me two hours to give instructions to my aides of the change in location and to gather some personal belongings, I’ll be ready to depart for the Temple.”

“That will be fine, Chancellor,” Obi-Wan easily replied. “Anakin will remain here while you ready yourself. I’m going to contact Master Yoda and arrange quarters and office space for you.”

Palpatine nodded graciously.

“Anakin, I’d like a word with you please,” Obi-Wan said, motioning him to the far side of the large office.

“Yes Master?” Anakin asked quietly, his eyes drifting to look at Palpatine as he summoned his closest aides into the office.

“Don’t take your eyes off of him, and keep your senses sharp,” Obi-Wan instructed. “Whoever wants him dead could try again at any time.”

Anakin nodded. “Do you have any stun cuffs on you, Master?” he asked out of the blue.

Obi-Wan gave him an odd look. “Yes, what for?” he asked, his tone curious.

Anakin gave him a mischievous grin. “If I end up having to arrest the would-be killer, or Chancellor Palpatine, I’ll need the stun cuffs,” he whispered.

Obi-Wan laughed lightly at the thought of Anakin leading a cuffed Palpatine out of the Senate Hall. He shook his head and reached for his utility belt, handing the stun cuffs to Anakin.

“Be careful, Padawan,” he then instructed quietly. “Remember, just because we can’t sense the dark side, it does not mean that darkness isn’t close. Be mindful of your surroundings.”

Becoming serious again, Anakin responded. “Yes Master.”

“I’ll be in the hall outside speaking with the security officers that are going to be assisting us in the investigation and then with Master Yoda if you need me,” Obi-Wan told the younger man. “May the Force be with you.”

“May the Force be with you as well, Master,” Anakin said as they both went their separate ways.

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Zakk Zhantari-Kenobi, you stand before this council accused of being the Sith Lord Darth Vader,” rang the voice of Jedi Master Teek Kital, leader of the Jedi Council. “You are also accused of the murders of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Padawan Leia Skywalker. How do you plead?”

Jedi Master Anakin Skywalker, who had removed himself temporarily from his position on the Council for this case, leaned forward in his seat. On either side of him, his son, Jedi Padawan Luke Skywalker and his friend Jedi Master Siri Tachi-Kenobi also leaned forward. They were seated among a group of thirty or so Jedi that had come to observe the proceedings in the Judicial Hall of the Jedi Temple.

Siri couldn’t believe that her son, her firstborn child, had become a Sith Lord. The little boy she’d carried and given birth to had become a monster. He’d grown into the very thing she and his father had spent their lives fighting against, pure evil. She wanted to know why.

Anakin waited for the response. He wanted to know how it was possible that the boy the Jedi had believed dead after he was kidnapped from the Temple at age six was actually alive and well seventeen years later. He wanted to know how the sweet, innocent little boy he remembered could possibly have become the evil man he could see now. He wanted to know why Zakk Kenobi had become a killer.

Luke Skywalker wanted to kill Zakk Kenobi, Darth Vader; whoever he was. He didn’t care if the dangerous man he was sitting in the same room with now used to be an innocent little boy the last time the people that cared for him had seen him. Zakk Kenobi had killed his sister and he wanted revenge. His Jedi upbringing didn’t dampen his feelings of hate for the older man accused of his twin sisters’ cold-blooded murder.

With a scowl covering his handsome features, twenty-three year-old Zakk Zhantari-Kenobi looked around the room. In the back of his mind, he had vague memories of some of them. Their faces were familiar, like something out of a dream. His blue-gray eyes landed on the powerful figure of Anakin Skywalker. He remembered Anakin Skywalker, but the memories were hazy at best. He remembered laughter and the sound of his voice.

Since his capture three days before, Zakk had been in the custody of the Jedi Order and they’d begun telling him of his past in the Temple. He’d been shown many holos of himself as a small child. They’d shown him holos of himself with his parents and with a younger sibling, who was an infant in the holo he’d seen. He’d recognized right away that the man that was his father was also the Jedi he’d killed. He’d been told how his parents had risked everything to be together and to have him. He’d repaid them with his fathers’ cold-blooded murder.

“Guilty, Master Kital, I plead guilty to those crimes,” Zakk said in a clear voice. “I am the man known as Darth Vader, Sith Lord, and I did murder my father, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as the Jedi Padawan Leia Skywalker.”

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Yoda’s eyes snapped open. His meditations had revealed little until he’d been granted the vision of the future. He didn’t always put a lot of faith in visions; after all, the future was always in motion. However, deep in his ancient bones, he knew that the Force was telling him that this one was real. The Kenobi boy was in danger. The Jedi Order was in danger.

“Excuse me Master Yoda,” called a young padawan. “Master Kenobi is on the com for you.”

Yoda hobbled to the com-unit and pressed the activation pad followed by his own personal access code. Obi-Wan’s face came into view immediately.

“Master Yoda,” Obi-Wan greeted.

“Help you require, Obi-Wan?” Yoda asked.

Obi-Wan smiled a bit and nodded. “Yes Master. Anakin and I are here at Chancellor Palpatine’s office. I don’t believe that we can protect him adequately here as well as lead the investigation. I’d like to request quarters and office space for him within the Temple until Anakin and I can get the situation under some control.”

Yoda was quiet for a few moments. “Suspects, do you have?” he asked.

Obi-Wan hesitated at first before deciding to inform Yoda of what happened with Anakin sensing darkness around Palpatine.

“We only have very unconfirmed suspicions at this point, Master,” Obi-Wan told the small green Jedi. “That’s why I suggested bringing to the Temple. If he isn’t a Sith Lord and his life truly is in danger, then he’ll be safe within our walls. If it turns out that he is a Sith Lord, then perhaps we can catch him in the act. But Sith or not Master, Chancellor Palpatine is bold enough as well as foolish enough to act in our presence if he thinks we aren’t listening or paying attention to where he goes and what he does.”

Yoda’s vision of the man young Zakk Zhantari had become popped into his mind. “A wise course of action, you feel this is Obi-Wan?” the little master questioned.

Without hesitation, Obi-Wan spoke. “Yes Master. Either way, Chancellor Palpatine must be watched closely.”

Yoda agreed. “To the Temple, escort Chancellor Palpatine. Granted, your request is.”

Obi-Wan thanked him and ended the transmission.

Yoda stepped into the hallway outside the Council chambers and motioned to the young padawan on duty at the reception desk.

“Yes Master?” the young man asked.

“From the crèche get Zakk Zhantari and to me bring him,” Yoda instructed.

“Right away, Master Yoda.”

As the young padawan headed off for the crèche, Yoda went back into the Jedi Council room and began mapping out his plan for the young son of Obi-wan and Siri. He was determined that his vision of the small boy becoming a killer was not going to come to pass.

 

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You've got me on the edge of my seat here with Yoda's vision...

 

Oh that vision was disturbing Poor kid... killing his own father *shudders* then again you did state his youth was a blur of images to him and not much on the ole memory lane so to speak.

Oh dear... I still so can't get the image of Palps being in the Temple! Poor guy is gonna have to continually shield himself let a lone try not to vomit for being around so much light.

Great update You can add me to your PM list. I'm bad about loosing fics I'm following!

 

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Wow... Palpatine in the Temple, surrounded by Jedi. *smirks* He's going to go nuts with that, being surrounded by all that good.

After three days, Palpatine runs screaming from the Temple and into the Senate.

Palpatine: It was me!!! I am the Sith Lord who started this war!!! I surrender! Just keep me away from them!!!!!!! Argh!!

Senate: *blinks collectively*



Excellent job, Jen! I will admit that Yoda's vision disturbed me as much as it did him. Seeing Zakk as Darth Vader, knowing that he'd killed both his father and Anakin's own daughter... *shivers* Let's hope his plans work and that future never comes to pass. Especially given the brief glimpse we got of Luke's anger over the matter. That could very well drive that one to the dark side.

Again, outstanding chapter! I'd love to have PM when you update!

AQ

 

Please don't let that happen. It's to cruel!

 

Please don't let that happen! He's still a little kid!

 

WHY?! Can I borrow Palpatine for a minute? He better not lay a hand on Zakk or I'll... *Takes a deep breath* Okay, I'm good. Maybe Yoda should tell Siri and Obi-Wan about the vision.

Update soon!

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Jaira You've got me on the edge of my seat here with Yoda's vision...


Oooohhhh goodie, I love having people on the edge of their seat.


Kynstar Poor kid... killing his own father *shudders* then again you did state his youth was a blur of images to him and not much on the ole memory lane so to speak.

True, Zakk didn't know until he was captured that Obi-Wan was his father. Let's hope Yoda can prevent that future from coming true.

Oh dear... I still so can't get the image of Palps being in the Temple! Poor guy is gonna have to continually shield himself let a lone try not to vomit for being around so much light.

He sure is. It should be entertaining.


Fat_Bird Please add me to the PM list!!

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AngelQueen Wow... Palpatine in the Temple, surrounded by Jedi. *smirks* He's going to go nuts with that, being surrounded by all that good.

He sure is--how will the old man make it in there?

Excellent job, Jen!

Thank you very much.


Caitiri Please don't let that happen. It's to cruel!

I know--hopefully Yoda will figure out a way to prevent that future.

BrightFeather[/b] Please don't let that happen! He's still a little kid!

I'll try.


Master_Talek Maybe Yoda should tell Siri and Obi-Wan about the vision.

Hmmm, perhaps he should. Maybe Obi and Siri can shield their son from the danger.




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Oh wow... chilling vision! And now Palpatine will be coming to the Temple.

That was well written.

Could you PM me when you update? Thanks!

 

Palpatine frowned. ?What of my duties to the galaxy as its leader? How do you propose I conduct my day to day business from within the Jedi Temple?,? he wondered, sounding desperate for an alternative option.

I wonder why Palpatine seems so reluctant for a stay at the Temple... Cloaking himself from a distance is one thing, but doing that surrounded by hundreds of Jedi may be a bit harder.

As the young padawan headed off for the crèche, Yoda went back into the Jedi Council room and began mapping out his plan for the young son of Obi-wan and Siri. He was determined that his vision of the small boy becoming a killer was not going to come to pass.

He's going to... Obi-Wan... Leia... wow.

I wonder if bringing Palpatine to the Temple has something to do with Zakk's future.

I can't wait to find out.

Wonderul update!

Ani-maniac

 

I am utterly and completely embarressed with myself. I apoligize profusely for my lateness.

But, as they say: Better late than never.

Yeah, but try telling that to your employer.

Anyway...

?Is that really necessary, Master Kenobi?,? Palpatine questioned, shock written upon his aging face.

Oh I'm loving this!

?...How do you propose I conduct my day to day business from within the Jedi Temple?,? he wondered, sounding desperate for an alternative option.

I can harldy imagine why.

?I am the man known as Darth Vader, Sith Lord, and I did murder my father, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as the Jedi Padawan Leia Skywalker.?

Yoda?s eyes snapped open.

Good Lord, what horrible vision...foreshadow? And it's really gotten to Yoda.

Yoda?s vision of the man young Zakk Zhantari had become popped into his mind. ?A wise course of action, you feel this is Obi-Wan?,? the little master questioned.

Now we're all fearing and wondering, will Palpy steal little Zakk from right under everyone's noses? I hope not, but that vision sure isn't reassuring.

?From the crèche get Zakk Zhantari and to me bring him,? Yoda instructed.

Hopefully this will help, but will it be too little too late? Again, I hope not.

Excellent chapter, Master Jen. Once again I apologize. I humblely request that I be placed on your PM list. Can't wait to read more.

 

Author Note

I'm going out of town for the weekend, so the next update will be mid-week next week. Have a great weekend everyone.


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corellian-jedi And now Palpatine will be coming to the Temple.

Yep, gives new meaning to the question "Guess who's coming to dinner?" doesn't it?

That was well written.

Could you PM me when you update? Thanks!

Thank you, and yes I'll PM you when I update again.


Ani-maniac I wonder why Palpatine seems so reluctant for a stay at the Temple... Cloaking himself from a distance is one thing, but doing that surrounded by hundreds of Jedi may be a bit harder.

He's going to need every ounce of power he has to survive the Jedi Temple.

I wonder if bringing Palpatine to the Temple has something to do with Zakk's future.

I can't spoil the surprise.

Wonderul update!

Thanks.


AP4EVER I am utterly and completely embarressed with myself. I apoligize profusely for my lateness.

Apologies accepted. Don't let it happen again. Just kidding.


?Is that really necessary, Master Kenobi?,? Palpatine questioned, shock written upon his aging face.

Oh I'm loving this!

Old Palpy is sounding a bit worried, huh?

Excellent chapter, Master Jen.

Thank you so much.

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You are added. Thanks for reading. More coming soon.