24 hours before the trial.

Anakin's POV
I stayed silent as I walked along the halls with Obi-Wan, we were getting no where with this investigation. A part of me wanted to give up.. which isn't like me at all, but I wanted to go back to the room and stay with (y/n) who is still hopefully sleeping. It took me all night to get her to stop shaking and go to sleep. And almost as soon as she finally closed her eyes, I had to get up and come meet Obi-Wan. I have no idea what this nightmare of hers consisted of, but whatever it was, absolutely terrified her.

"You alright Anakin?" Obi-Wan gently placed a hand on my shoulder to stop us from walking, my tired eyes met his concerned ones,"You've been awfully quiet this morning and you don't look well, did you sleep at all?"

Sighing; I shook my head, "No, I was up with (y/n) all night."

He dropped his hand down and raised a brow, "Oh dear Anakin I didn't need to know that."

I chuckled softly with a half-smile, I didn't have much energy to give him a full smile, "No, that's not what I meant," I nudged my head towards the hall to signal to him that I wanted to keep walking, "Don't tell Master Yoda about this, I don't want him worrying right now, at least not until I get a sense of what's really going on."

"Whatever we discuss will stay between us, I promise you." He reassured me.

I nodded slowly, "(y/n) woke me up last night screaming, I'm surprised the entire temple didn't hear her. She swears it was just a nightmare, but even her hallucinations didn't invoke that much pain and fear. She barely fell back asleep around the time I came to meet you." I poured my worries out to him in hopes of him giving me some guidance, "I'm worried about her Obi-Wan, I've never seen her like that before. There's been something going on with her lately." I felt my eyes start to water, but I quickly blinked the tears away.

He hummed for a moment while he looked like he was deep in thought, "This might be a stupid question, but have you tried asking about what's been troubling her?"

I nodded, "Of course I have, but she won't talk to me." I sighed sadly thinking about last night and how I asked her to talk to me over a dozen times; only to be met with silence, "Its like she's purposely hiding something."

"There is something you can do to find out, but it's a huge invasion of privacy and she might kill you if she finds out." He turned to me with a nervous look in his eyes, like he knows his advice is going to be bad, but it might be the only thing to help.

I stopped walking and he stopped with me so he could have my full attention, "What is it?"

He sighed timidly, "You can try going inside of her mind when she's sleeping, then you'll be able to see whatever it is that she's been seeing in these so called nightmares." He gave the only advice he could come up with, and it really was good advice, but also terrible at the same time.

That is definitely a huge invasion of privacy. And even though I'm desperate to see the light in her eyes again, I don't think I can bring myself to invade her mind like that, "No," I sighed sadly, "I can't do that to her."

He nodded in understanding, "Then all we can do is wait until she's ready to talk about it-"

"Oh my force, there you two are, the council is looking for you!" Ahsoka ran up to us behind and gripped our shoulders to spin us around so we could face her.

"What happened?" Obi-Wan asked with knitted brows.

She looked upset when she spoke her next words, "We know who killed Dooku."

My eyes widened, "What; how?"

"She turned herself in, come on." She gestured for us to follow her as we ran down the hallway towards the council chambers.

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To say that I was shocked.. was a fucking understatement.

"Why did you do it?" Mace asked in an almost hurt tone, Shaak Ti was one of his closest friends. I can tell he was having a hard time believing that she could do something like this, and honestly, so was I.

I was disappointed beyond belief that someone like her murdered an unarmed man, even if it was Dooku. It was just so out of character, she was always a good friend and she devoted her life to the order. If the words hadn't rolled off of her tongue right in front of me, then I certainly wouldn't have believed it.

She eyed the room of people, her eyes even landing on me for a moment before shifting to Ahsoka where her gaze lingered; causing me to narrow my eyes slightly. She then sighed as she glanced to the floor in shame, "I wish to make no further comments."

Mace sighed sadly as he leaned his back against his chair, he eyed her with sorrow before speaking his next words reluctantly, "Take her to the detention center," He instructed the clones that were currently standing idly on both sides of her, "The Chancellor has deemed your crimes a republic matter, so your trial will be dealt with by him tomorrow morning." Mace rolled his eyes at the fact that the Chancellor somehow took control of the situation, a situation that truly didn't concern the senate.

But something that also caught my attention was that Shaak Ti's eye twitched slightly at the mention of the Chancellor. Maybe she was just as confused as the rest of us as to why a Jedi matter was taken over by him, "Thank you." She kept her gaze to the floor as she turned around and walked with her hands cuffed in-between the two clones. She stopped momentarily when she was next to me and whispered low enough for only me to hear, "Please take care of Ahsoka." She immediately began walking again and left the chambers before I had time to even process what she said.

I turned on my heels without thinking and followed her, "Anakin!" Obi-Wan shouted in a protest, but I ignored him.

I reached Shaak Ti in the hallways and held up a hand to stop her and the clones, "Hold on," I shooed the clones away so I can have a minute with Ti, they obliged and took a few steps away to give us some privacy, "What did you mean by that?"

She kept her eyes glued to the floor, "I wish to make no further comments." She spoke again almost like it was a rehearsed line.

I placed a hand on her shoulder and her eyes slowly lifted up to meet mine, "Ti it's just me, please tell me what's going on. Why did you kill Dooku? Or did you even kill Dooku?" I asked the second question with confusion in my voice. She wasn't acting like a guilty person, but a scared person.

She glanced behind me and then turned to look behind herself, making sure no one was around, "No one can be trusted," She whispered so low that I would've missed it if she didn't bend forward closer to me, "Especially those in power." Her eyes widened slightly like she was trying to give me a hint, a hint that I wasn't getting. Then her eyes snapped behind me and she stood up straight quickly, "I already told you Skywalker, I wish to make no further comments."

I furrowed my brows in confusion, until I heard a raspy voice come from behind me, "Hello Anakin, are you in charge of escorting the prisoner?"

I spun around to be met face to face with the Chancellor, who was a little too close to me for my liking, so I took a few steps back, "No," I shook my head and came up with a decent lie, "I was just wishing her luck on her trial tomorrow."

He chuckled as he shook his head, "Luck is not something that she needs, she already gave a confession, it's only a matter of what her punishment will be," He looked behind me towards Ti, "Which I promise will be fair and light should you plead guilty right away." He reassured her with a warm smile before meeting my eyes, "And how is (y/n) doing I haven't seen her in a few days."

I didn't like the way he said her name, I might sound paranoid, but the way he says it; feels like there's a certain distaste for the name to him, "She's fine, she just hasn't been feeling very well lately."

I saw the corner of his mouth tug slightly like he wanted to smile bigger, which only made me more suspicious of him, "Well, do tell her to come see me whenever she feels better."

I gave him a fake smile, "Of course, I will."

No the fuck I won't.

"Now if you'll excuse me," He placed a hand on my shoulder and moved me out of the way, rudely, "I will be escorting the prisoner, we have things to discuss." He placed a hand on her shoulder and practically tugged her down the hallway, the clones soon followed.

I watched as they walked away and I sighed in annoyance, I still had questions for her. But I can't ask her any of them with him or anyone else hovering over her. I'll have to wait until she's alone, which annoyingly enough, might not be till after the trial.

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So many thoughts were swarming through my mind as I pressed the button for my bedroom door to open. Things weren't adding up, I didn't want to believe that Ti was the one to kill Dooku, it just didn't make any sense, and what she said about Ahsoka.. why was it necessary unless she was in some kind of danger?

I groaned quietly from the headache I was giving myself as I took my shoes off to join my sleeping fiancé in the bed. I'm glad she hadn't woken up yet, she deserves a little peace from the outside world for awhile, it's a mess out there.

I changed out of my clothes and put in my sweatpants, my heavy eyes were begging for sleep. I crawled into bed as smoothly as I could without disturbing her and laid my head on the pillow with a relieved sigh. I faced her direction and eyed her sleeping features for a moment, remembering the times she used to sleep in her with a pillow wall. I used to move it when I knew she wasn't awake and I'd gently rub my fingers along her cheek, longing to be with her. She caught me once and I remember playing it off with a dumb lie, I think I told her that there was a spider. I chuckled softly at the memory, her cute-self believed me too.

I reached my hand forward and did it again, I softly caressed her and moved her hair away from her face, "You're too precious for this fucked up galaxy, I hope we can find peace together some day." I whispered with a sad sigh as I moved my hand away and closed my eyes to finally get some rest.

But my eyes snapped back open when Obi-Wans words echoed in my mind. I shouldn't invade her privacy like that, it's wrong. But I had this dark feeling lingering in my heart that told me to do it, that I needed to do it.

I reached my hand forward and gently rested it on her head, "I'm sorry baby, but I have to see what you've been seeing." I whispered low as I closed my eyes and began to enter slowly so it wouldn't cause her any type of discomfort.

I wasn't going to go far, I just wanted to see what terrified her last night. I went a little further to get there, like a thread that was inching its way through cracks to find its destination.

I was almost there, but then a I heard a voice, a voice that wasn't hers, "Get out." It growled and I felt a painful shock shoot through my arm.

I pulled my hand away quickly so the pain would go away. I looked back to her in shock and confusion, but those emotions washed away when fear crept in.

Why was I afraid you ask?

Well, when I glanced back at her, I was met with her own open eyes, and she did not look happy.

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Finally got this done ❤️
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Also, why do you think Shaak Ti gave a false confession?
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