Maul awoke and found himself in the Jedi Temple. It felt strange because he went to the Jedi Temple once before with his old master, Darth Sidious, and at those days, he felt the urge to jump in and slay all the Jedi single handily. And yet, he didn't feel that urge now, considering he saw himself in the heart of the temple. In fact, he couldn't even remember much of his time with Sidious, He roamed the temple, wondering what has happened.
"Was everything with Equestria and whatnot just a dream?" Maul thought to himself. He went into one of the temple's many restrooms and looked into a mirror to see what happened, and Maul couldn't believe his eyes with what he saw. His black tattoos were missing, instead replaced with thin wind-like lines streaming across his face. His legs were whole once again, and his robes have transformed from a pitch-black to a light brown. The one thing unsettling Maul the most was his eyes, instead of being a fiery yellow with red veins, he saw a light blue shade with no amount of darkness in any bit of his reflection. Maul then understood what had happened: He had become a Jedi.
Maul left the restroom, hand over his head. He couldn't believe any of what he was seeing, and yet he can. Maul knew he's not really a Jedi, but yet, he couldn't remember what he originally was. His head throbbed with what he just saw. As he roamed, another Jedi, one with a familiar voice, called out behind him.
"Maul, old friend, how have you been?" the familiar voice called out. Maul turned around and recognized the face and voice immediately. It was that of famed Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Maul knew he had a connection with Kenobi, but he couldn't remember what that connection was. Wait, did Maul hear that right? Did Obi-Wan call Maul an "old friend"? Maul's head throbbed once more.
"I take it your last mission didn't do so well?" Obi-Wan asked Maul, comforting his fellow "Jedi". Maul looked at Kenobi and lost track of everything.
"Yeah, I think so." Maul fibbed, trying to blend in with all of this. Maul was followed by two other Jedi, a human male with dark robes, and a female Togruta with an acrobatic style suit.
"You've met Anakin and Ahsoka yet, right?" Obi-Wan asked Maul, catching him up to speed. These questions made Maul's head spin faster and faster.
"Oh, my head," Fluttershy mumbled. The effects of the flower were starting to wear off of her, and her head was throbbing as if she had overslept for three days straight. She saw her friends also passed out from the fumes of the flower. She tended to each and every one of them to get up. Unfortunately, Fluttershy wasn't able to get her friends up from their intoxicated nightmares, but she reckoned they will come to, eventually.
"Fluttershy! Get me out of here!" Pinkie yelled from Maul and Nightmare Moon's hiding spot. She had the gag Maul and Nightmare placed on her removed, and the effects of the flower were wearing off of her too, though she was still tied up. Fluttershy followed Pinkie's cry for help and found Pinkie tied up next to a seizure-induced Maul. Fluttershy squeaked and fluttered a few feet away from the unconscious dark sider.
"Pinkie, what is that?" Fluttershy asked, as she slowly untied Pinkie.
"I don't know. But if we hurry, we might just find out," Pinkie said. As Pinkie was freed from the bonds, she and Fluttershy decided to wake the rest of their friends up and bring Maul in for questioning.
"Did I forget to tell you about the time Maul and I stopped a bunch of pirates from raiding Corellia?" Obi-Wan asked Anakin and Ahsoka as they and Maul through the corridors of the Jedi Temple.
"Oh, do I ever remember that day." Maul chuckled as if it was a very fond memory for both him and Obi-Wan. The four roamed down the halls of the Jedi Temple, and into an elevator to meet with the Jedi Council, where Obi-Wan told their story to Anakin and Ahsoka.
"Remind me, why are we meeting with the Council?" Maul asked. He couldn't recall why they were headed to meet up with the Masters of the Jedi Order.
"I almost forgot to tell you this Maul, but congratulations," Anakin said, confusing Maul even further.
"You passed the Jedi Trials, right?" Ahsoka asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Maul replied, not realizing that he was being given fake memories. The four Jedi made it to the Jedi Council Chambers, not a light to be lit. Maul entered the chamber, not realizing Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka weren't following. As Maul made it to the center, the bright green and blue lightsaber blades of the Jedi Order, with the exception of one purple blade, lit up the room surrounding Maul.
"A knee, you must take," a wise old voice spoke. Maul obeyed and was face to face with a small green Jedi with his lightsaber half the size of the rest of them. Almost instantly, whether by fake memories or real ones, Maul recognized the voice as Master Yoda. As Maul knelled, Yoda hovered his lightsaber over Maul's shoulders.
"By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, Maul, you may rise," Yoda announced. Maul was overjoyed and filled with pride, and yet it didn't feel right. Almost as if all of this was wrong for him.
"I can't, Master," Maul said, speaking his mind. The other Council Members looked at Maul with confusion. Was a Jedi really willing to pass up being knighted? Obi-Wan spectated the knighting and was immediately struck with a sense of fear for his old friend.
"As much as this is an honor to me, I can't be a Jedi, and I never will be," Maul said, sterner than before. Suddenly, the lightsaber blades surrounding Maul were swallowed by shadows. Maul's robes turned pitch black. His legs felt like they were burnt off and immediately replaced with that of a droid's. Tattoos started forming around his face, and his eyes burn into an insidious yellow color. Suddenly, Maul remembered everything and can tell the real memories from the fake. He remembered what he was. He was Sith, and nothing could change that. As Maul saw the entire Council Chamber engulfed with shadows, he thought he was the only one there.
"I'm sorry you figured it out," Obi-Wan said as he placed his hand on Maul's shoulder. Maul felt like grabbing him and throwing him off but decided not to.
"Even if you belong to the Dark Side, just remember I'll be here for you," Obi-Wan said to Maul as he stepped back into the shadows. Maul realized this wouldn't be the last time Maul will see Obi-Wan, in person or in a hallucination.
A small bright door opened, and Maul ran towards it. The former Sith Apprentice realized the effects of the flower Nightmare Moon gave him are wearing off, and didn't hesitate to escape his nightmare. And when he awoke, he expected to get away freely, only to find himself bound by rope to a tree.