So I came up with this story after I thought I'd lost 'A Father's Heart'; it was 'accidentally' deleted by a now former friend, I thought I'd lost the entire story!

However, thanks to Mcpetra107, I have managed to recover it. So for those who are waiting for the next update, hopefully it will be soon - after I repost all the chapters, and possible give it a revamp... But enough from me, here's the new story :) Hope you all enjoy :D

A CHILD'S FAITH

Ten years after Vader's rise to power, the surviving Jedi make a terrible discovery... Anakin never turned to the darkside! He is Palpatine's slave, controlled by the Emperor's power. In the end, it will be a child's faith in his father, that gives Anakin the strength to fight back.

PROLOGUE - Part One - Discovery.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

The Jedi and his children were kneeling on the ground, Vader stood in front of them; his red lightsaber ignited, yellow eyes staring into the Jedi's fear-filled green.

He said nothing as he stepped forward, but his lips curled into a sinister smile as the youngest of the boys began to cry.

The captured jedi glared at Vader, "you're a traitor!"

The boys screamed as the lightsaber came down, stabbing deep into their Father's

Inside his mind, Anakin was screaming; horror raging through him as he watched the scene unfold before him.

'I'm sorry!' Anakin wanted the dying Jedi to know that it wasn't him, that he wasn't responsible for this. There was nothing he could do to, all he could do was watch as the red lightsaber was ripped from the Jedi's chest...

The oldest boy boy was next, Vader was silent as he moved to stand in front of him...

Anakin screamed in denial, as the lightsaber was raised, ready to strike; it was like watching the younglings at the temple all over again.

The boy's face was filled with terror, but he made no sound.

Vader's lightsaber swung down, cleaving through the boy's chest with ease; as his body fell, the youngest boy screamed, tears streaming down his cheeks.

Vader paused in front of the youngest, his yellow eyes lingering on the child.

Anakin was staring at the boy too; he was about nine, possibly ten years old - the same age as his child would have been...

Vader lowered his lightsaber, his head cocked thoughtfully. "Join me..." he said, speaking for the first time, "... Join me, and i will let you live."

The boy's face screwed up with anger and disgust, "I'll never join you!"

"Then you will die!" Vader growled, lifting his lightsaber a final time. The boy sobbed, his eyes wide with fear...

'No!' Anakin howled, trying to fight back, trying desperately to take control_

As the lightsaber was thrust through his tiny body, Anakin felt his grief and guilt surging like a wave. 'I'm so sorry!'

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Across the galaxy, deep in deep in Wild Space, Obi-wan froze as the voice reached him; It was a voice he hadn't heard in years, a voice he could never forget.

The voice that had once belonged to Anakin, that now belonged to a monster...

A monster who was screaming in denial, apologising for the deaths of the Jedi and children, that had been broadcast live on the holonet.

his eyes flicked to Ahsoka, and without his asking she nodded; she had heard him too.

"What does this mean?" Ahsoka asked, her voice shaking slightly, from the force of the emotions in her former Master's voice.

"Unheard of this is," Yoda said, his brow creased in a deep frown.

Master Windu was also frowning, "If Vader had felt remorse for his actions, he would have stopped..." And yet the voice they had heard, had been filled with remorse and guilt.

Obi-wan closed his eyes, taking a deep breath as he focused on the voice; it hadn't just sounded like Anakin, it had felt like him as well, with no trace of the darkside; which was impossible, because the last time he had faced 'Anakin' on Mustafar, the darkside had been overwhelming - there had been no remorse or guilt in his actions when he had tried to kill him...

Obi-wan frowned as he felt a slight tremor in the Force, and then he was seeing his confrontation with Vader again; except this time, he was seeing the fight from Vader's point of view.

"You will not take her from me!" Vader roared, throwing off his cloak.

Obi-wan shook his head, "Your anger and your lust for power have already done that." He said, flinging off his cloak. "You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind until now... Until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy."

Obi-wan sucked in a shocked breath, as he heard a second string of thoughts, hidden and nearly smothered by the darkside.

'It's not me!' it was Anakin's voice, screaming through the Force. 'Palpatine's controlling me! It's not my fault!'

They circled each other, until Obi-wan was beside Padme, he bent down, placing his hand on her, to make sure she was alive.

"Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan." Vader growled, "I see through the lies of the Jedi." His head was raised high, "I do not fear the dark side as you do..." His back was to Obi-wan now, "I have brought peace, justice, freedom, and security to my new Empire."

Obi-wan stared at him, stunned by what he heard. "Your new Empire?"

"Don't make me kill you."

Obi-wan shook his head, "Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic..." he said, trying to make his friend listen. "... To democracy!"

Vader's arms were folded, his voice a low growl. "If you're not with me, you're my enemy."

Anakin's voice reached him again, a desperate plea, 'Obi-wan... Please... You have to hear me... You have to know this isn't me!'

"Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes, I will do what I must." He said, igniting his lightsaber.

"You will try," vader ignited his lightsaber, and leaped towards him...!

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Obi-wan Obi-wan watched as Vader struggled to pull himself up the embankment with his mechanical hand. His thin leather glove has been burned off, and he kept sliding down in the black sand.

"You were the Chosen One!" Obi-wan screamed, "It was said that you would, destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness!" Obi-wan picked up Vader's lightsaber and began to walk away, he paused and and looked back.

Vader glared at him, "I hate you!"

Obi-wan stared down at him, his voice breaking. "You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you."

Anakin's voice was heartbroken, as he reached out one last time. 'Obi-wan... I'm sorry!'

Obi-wan gaped in shock, his eyes flying open. "No..." it was too horrible to imagine.

"Obi-wan, what is it?" Master Windu asked, "What's wrong?"

Staring at Master Windu, Yoda and Ahsoka, Obi-wan shook his head. "Anakin never turned to the darkside..." his breath shook as his voice broke, "... Palpatine has been controlling him the entire time!"

They stared at him in shock, their faces filling with horror as they understood what that meant; Anakin had been forced to watch every foul deed committed by Vader.

He was a slave to Palpatine's will...

A prisoner in his own mind.