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Post by Sw on Feb 23, 2005 16:41:36 GMT -5
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Obi-wan, Sabe, and Padme stood by the double doors. Forced to watch Vader and the Emperor dueling but we’re to far away to hear what they were saying.
Obi-wan really looked at Sabe her clothes had burned spots on them. But she looked fine. "Sabe how?" is all Obi-wan could asks. He didn't have a clue to as how she was alive. That force lighting should have killed her. Some Jedi's it had been told could withstand it for a short time but for a non-Jedi it would mean death. But here she was standing next to him. She was alive breathing walking around even. "Vader saved me" Sabe said as she looked at Padme. She could see her friend was upset and worried about her husband's fate.
‘Vader saved her how?’ Obi-wan thought and then why would Vader save Sabe? That and why did he yell NO too when Sabe was hit? There were lots of questions but no answers.
"How did he save you?" Obi-wan asked his love.
"He healed me Obi-wan" Sabe stated knowing it sounded unbelievable that a Sith Lord would heal someone. She really didn't know how the force worked but Sabe did know Vader had saved her with it.
"Padme" Obi-wan said she turned her eyes away from Anakin and the duel he was in to look at Obi-wan.
Obi-wan looked at her. Sabe had told him about seeing Padme kissing Vader. Obi-wan had to know who was under that mask and Padme was the only one who knew other then what he would guess would the two dueling at the moment.
"Padme, who is Vader?" Obi-wan asked
Padme didn't know what to do she had promise Anakin she would never tell anyone it was him. But he had come back he wouldn't mind now. But he probably wanted to tell Obi-wan himself. "I can’t tell you I promised him I wouldn’t." Padme said. She then turned and watched her husband as he battled against the Emperor.
Obi-wan just shook his head and turned to watch the duel himself.
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Anakin was holding his own very well. Palpatine was trying to bait him by calling him a slave to Kenobi and the Jedi. But the Emperor wasn't a fool and saw that it wasn't working. Anakin would not use his anger to fight him.
Anakin took two steps closer to Palpatine which made the Emperor take two steps back.
Palpatine could see that he wasn't going to win this fight. If Anakin kept fighting the way he was. He needed to try to get the boy's mind off the fight on to something or someone else.
"You would have nothing without me Skywalker" Palpatine told the boy.
Anakin just stroke Palpatine's blade again. He wanted to see where the Old man was going with this.
"What wouldn't I have Palpa?" Anakin asked. As he moved up one more step and watched the Emperor retreat another.
Palpatine could see this wasn't working either but it was too good to pass up at the very least he could rub it in a little.
"You wouldn't have the Queen my dear boy do you think she would have ever married a Jedi?" Palpatine smile with a proud smile across his face.
That just made Anakin laugh poor dear Palpatine he really thought the Galaxy moved around him.
"I hate to break it to you Palpa but the Queen did marry a Jedi. We were married before you took control of me." Anakin informed his former Master with a smile of his own.
Palpatine didn't like that news at all. If the boy had kept that from him what else had he?
Anakin just smiled more as he saw the doubt across Palpatine's face. As Vader, Anakin had been trapped. Once and a while he got out but even trapped he made sure Vader never killed anyone. The Emperor had thought he had killed many. But that was all a lie.
"You lie Skywalker the Queen would never marry a Padawan." Palpatine said hoping to get a raise out of the boy.
Anakin knew what he was doing and wasn't going to let the Emperor bait him...
"Aw But she did" Anakin said as he cut left with his lightsaber the Emperor hadn't seen that coming and at the last second was barely able to block it.
Anakin knew the fight couldn't go on much longer with the way Palpatine was fighting the old man was out of shape compared to Anakin.
"You can't take a Jedi on can you Palpa? You have always had your apprentices fight for you" Anakin said now he was the one trying to bait Palpatine.
Palpatine didn't reply he was having a hard time just staying alive as it was. He didn't need to add talking to it.
"And you see how well your Apprentice's stood against the Jedi didn't you?" Anakin asked he knew that the Emperor couldn't let that one slip away.
"Aw but my dear boy didn't you kill over 20 Jedi. And you’re still alive." Palpatine said smirking. If he could get the boy to feel guilty he might have a chance to either beat the boy or make a run for it.
Anakin looked at him this was the moment he was wanting for. Once he told the Emperor the truth it was time to make his move.
"Palpa did you really think I would kill my own Kind? Your dumber then I thought. There all alive and well thanks to you. So are the 50 Jedi children because of you there will be a future with Jedi in it." Anakin said then he made his move. He made a move he had heard his Master Obi-wan tell him about with great sadness many times.
It seemed only fitting that Palpatine be killed the same way Qui-Gon Jinn had been. As he ran his lightsaber threw the middle of Palpatine he saw the defeat in the man's eyes.
Palpatine's lightsaber dropped from his hand and hit the floor. Once on the floor Anakin used the force and turned it off. Palpatine fell to the floor Anakin stood over him. Ready to block the dark side of the force that would come out of Palpatine the second he died.
When he felted all life left Palpatine and the dark side was gone. Anakin let the shield down and turned to walk towards his wife and Master.
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Post by Sw on Feb 24, 2005 11:49:53 GMT -5
Part 26 _______________________________
As soon as the Emperor fell to the ground Padme wanted to ran to Ani. But Obi-wan had stopped her telling her that a wave of the dark side would follow Palpatine's death.
Not wanting to hurt the twins she waited till she saw Anakin walking back then run to him. Anakin seeing his wife running towards him opened his arms and then pulled her into a huge.
"You did it" Padme said.
Anakin was smiling under his mask. Yes he had finally balanced the force and at the age young age of 22. Now what would he do with the rest of his life? Anakin just smiled again as he thought ‘I'm going to be a father that should keep me pretty busy for the next twenty two years.’<br> Obi-wan and Sabe walked up to the pair that we’re still hugging. "I must say thank you Vader" Obi-wan said. Padme and Anakin pulled apart.
"No thanks needed." Vader replied.
Sabe looked at the Queen she looked the happiest she had been since Anakin's death.
"Vader would you mind taking off the mask?" Obi-wan asked.
Anakin wanted to do nothing else but he couldn't right this second.
"I will but there is something I have to do first" Vader said as he walked back towards the late Emperor's throne. Obi-wan had no idea what he was going to do. He just hoped what ever it was wouldn't hurt any of them.
Anakin find what he was looking for. He hit the comlink and the holovid feed then began his speech.
"People of Coruscant and the Galaxy Emperor Palpatine has died. I will be leading the Republic until a new Supreme Chancellor can be chosen. The new Chancellor will be chosen by the Senators of the Galaxy" With that said he ended the feed.
Obi-wan shocked by what Vader just said. He would be acting Chancellor until a new one was chosen? He didn’t want to be an Emperor then, yet still it wasn’t wise to give someone who is or was using the dark side of the force that much power. What if the power got to him? But there wasn't anything Obi-wan could do about it this second.
Vader was walking back towards them. He looked at Padme she looked a little pale.
Sabe noticed the Queen looked pale as well. "Are you okay?" Sabe asked her Queen. Padme tried to shake her head yes but couldn't.
She heard Vader's Voice say "Padme" then everything went black.
Anakin barely got to Padme before she pass out she now lay in his arms. He reached out with the force to make sure her and the twin's were alright. Anakin was relieved to feel they were all fine. It just must have been all the excitement that got to her.
Sabe was next to Vader on the floor looking at the Queen. Obi-wan just stood back in watched the others tin to her. He knew nothing had hit Queen Amidala so what was wrong with her?
Sabe ask Vader "The twins?" She hoped against hope that nothing was wrong with them. If something happened to them she didn't think Padme would want to live.
"There fine and so is she. It just must have been all the excitement of today got to her." Vader answered.
Sabe was relieved to hear that the twins and Padme were going to be okay.
Sabe turned to find a very confused Obi-wan looking at them. ‘He probably wants answers’ she thought.
Obi-wan thought he heard Sabe say twins and then thought he heard Vader say there all fine. But he couldn't have he had to have been hearing thing right?
Could the Queen of Naboo be pregnant with Darth Vader's children? And why would Sabe keep that from him didn't she trust him?
He saw Sabe turn and look at him. She smiled a little smile she had picked that up from Ani. He thought any time Anakin got catch doing something he wasn't supposed to he would smile like that. Anakin how he missed that boy maybe it was better he was gone. It would have killed him to find out the Queen was going to have a baby with a monster like Vader.
But truth be told Vader wasn't really a monster. He had just saved them all and it wasn't his fault Ani was dead. ‘No that belongs to me’ Obi-wan thought.
Padme opened her eyes to see Vader's mask. She smiled she didn't remember Anakin being close enough to catch her. But then again this was Ani he could do almost anything hadn’t he just proved that by stopping Palpatine’s Empire and bring back the Republic.
"Are you ever going to take that mask off?" Padme asked her husband.
Anakin smiled under his mask. "Yes but first. I think Obi-wan has some questions he wants answered." Vader stated then turned to his Master.
Obi-wan thought ‘am I that easy to read?’ But yes there was a lot of questions he wanted answered. One of which was who was under that mask of Vader's but since Vader said he would take the mask off after he asks his question that one would have to wait.
"Padme how far along are you?" Obi-wan asked Sabe didn't like the way Obi-wan said that. Padme took a few seconds to think it wasn’t like she could keep just how far along she was a secret then replied "Five and a half months"
Obi-wan's eyes grew wide with that answer. If she was that far along why couldn't he feel the twins through the force? And that meant Vader wasn't the twins’ father. If Vader wasn't who was? And then it hit him when he had went to her about Ani's death she had been pregnant. And all this time he felt guilty thinking she was mourning for Ani. But she was probably mourning for who ever fathered her twins.
Anakin felted Obi-wan's anger at the Queen. This wasn't going as he had planed at all. He thought they would all have a good laugh. ‘Yeah right’ Anakin thought the truth was he thought maybe in ten years from now they would all have a good laugh about this. No his Master wasn’t going to take the news that his Padawan got married and now had a pregnant wife well.
"Who's the father?" Obi-wan demanded. If she was a little over five months then that meant the father had to be on Aldreaan. Anakin had got to Naboo at that time but the Queen wasn't there she was on Aldreaan for some type of meeting.
Padme looked at Anakin she was wanted him to stop blocking the twins. So Obi-wan could feel them then he would know who had fathered them as he put it.
Anakin reading her thoughts did want she wanted. Obi-wan's mouth dropped open as he felt the twins. They were very strong in the force.
Padme took a deep breath then looked at Anakin and smiled and said. "There father is uh" She stopped as her eyes we’re locked with Obi-wan's. He was really mad at her. She turned to Sabe but could see her friend wasn’t going to help her out of this one then thought she would just have to say it really fasted. "Anakin the Father" there she had said it.
Sabe was proud of her she knew Obi-was was mad to. But Padme had stood her ground and told him.
Obi-wan couldn't believe what he was hearing Anakin was the father? How could that be? No she had to be lying his Padawan would never have kept a secret like this from him would he have? Obi-wan just shook his head no.
"That's not possibly you were on Aldreaan five and a half months ago. And Anakin was no where near there. In fact he was on Naboo." Obi-wan said. He wasn't going to buy this lie even if Sabe and Vader did.
"How dare you say she lying?" Anakin yelled behind his Mask.
Obi-wan just looked at Vader. They had all got it wrong the Queen had Vader wrapped around her finger.
"I wasn't on Aldreaan" Padme said looking at Obi-wan she wanted to get this out so Obi-wan would believe her and so Anakin wouldn't punch his Master that wasn’t going to help the case of what type of punishment Anakin would receive for getting married.
"Yes you were I saw the holo news" Obi-wan stated. He wasn't going to believe her. But at the back of his mind he thought the twins are very strong in the force. The only other person that strong was Anakin.
"No the Queen was on Aldreaan. I was not" Padme replied she then looked at Sabe.
"She telling the truth I went to Aldreaan as the Queen." Sabe said to Obi-wan she just hoped he could forgive her for not telling him about the twins sooner.
Obi-wan looked at Sabe like she was a stranger and not the woman he had asked a few days ago to marry him. Sabe's heart was breaking. Obi-wan didn't love her anymore.
"Why would you do that" Obi-wan asked Padme.
Padme looked to Vader who hadn't said a word since he yelled at Obi-wan defining her.
"To get to spend time with Ani he told me he was coming. And that you couldn't know. So I came up with the whole Sabe go as the Queen to Aldreaan it was to fool you." She said. Obi-wan was shocked Anakin had done such a thing. No there was no way he would have done such a thing. Padme was lying.
Anakin could feel Obi-wan feelings. And knew that he wouldn't believe Padme no in his mind Anakin had become some time of perfect being. Well he was just going to have to break that being apart.
"My Padawan would never do such a thing." Obi-wan said.
"I'm afraid Master Kenobi your Padawan would." Vader said as he started to take his mask off "You see Master Kenobi Anakin Skywalker is the father of Padme children." he said as he push the mask apart.
"And how would you know?" Obi-wan asked the now dismasting Vader.
The reply came in two different voices the first was Vader's the second one was one Obi-wan would never forget.
"Because as you can see" then Vader pulled the mask away "I'm Anakin Skywalker and I know I'm their Father." Anakin said as the mask hit the floor.
Both Obi-wan and Sabe mouths fell open as Padme and Anakin just smiled at each other. This was going to be a long day.
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Post by Sw on Feb 25, 2005 20:05:43 GMT -5
Part 27 _________________________________
Obi-wan looked at Sabe she was just as shock about Vader really being Anakin as he was. So that meant she knew about the twins but not this.
At this second Obi-wan didn't care he ran over to Anakin and grabbed him into a hug. Obi-wan had thought he had lost him.
"Please Master let go I can't breathe" Anakin said laughing. Now this was how Anakin hoped his Master would take the news.
Padme walked over to Sabe and hugged her friend knowing that in the past few minutes she had lost the trust Obi-wan had put in her and perhaps their relationship as well.
"How?" was all Obi-wan could get out.
Anakin smiled at his Master. He had missed him so much.
"Palpatine found me he cut off our bond somehow. And held me here on Coruscant." Anakin stated sadly.
Obi-wan for the first time could feel Anakin's presents. As Vader he had been blocking it. He could feel Anakin mood change to one of sadness.
Anakin pulled away and looked at the throne of the late Emperor. "As punishment for me not joining him Palpatine destroyed the Jedi Temple." Anakin told them.
When Padme heard this she left Sabe’s side to return to Anakin. He had tears felling from his blue eyes. While she could believe that Palpatine was willing to do anything to get what he wanted to know he destroyed so many people and children just to punish Anakin showed just how evil the man truly had been. And if Anakin hadn’t joined him up until that point why did he after that?
Hearing her thoughts and knowing the others were thinking along the same line of thoughts. Anakin answered "When the temple was destroyed I like any other Jedi close by cry out through the force. Palpatine felted my sadness and tried to use it to make me go to the dark side. But I wouldn't let him" He stop to see if they were following him.
"Then why did you turn?" Obi-wan asked. He was still happy Anakin was alive but he needed to know why Anakin became Darth Vader if he was going to continue to train Anakin in the future.
"Because the Force told me to let go it told me that this was the only way for me to bring balance." Anakin said looking Padme in the eyes he hoped she would understand. After all very few if any non Jedi could understand the force and how it worked. Or that the Jedi were just merely a tool to do the force’s will.
Obi-wan understood if the force wanted Anakin to do it then he had to. As a Jedi you learned to do what the Force wanted. Even though the Council might not agree with the force’s will for one as powerful as Anakin the call of the force would be unstoppable. But he just wished it hadn't come at the cost of some many Jedi.
Padme looked at Anakin he had let himself became Darth Vader because the force willed it. She found herself upset how could the force ask that of Anakin? How could it make him a cold blood murder?
Sabe was still in shock that Vader was Anakin. Vader had tried to kill her but her friend Anakin would never hurt her.
"You did what you had to Anakin" Obi-wan said to his apprentice.
"Do you think the Jedi Council will agree and still let me be a Jedi Knight, Master" Anakin asked just like a child would ask a parent a question that he truly believe the parent held the answer too.
Obi-wan smiled Anakin was still very much a child. Who soon would have children of his own. Now that was something no matter how much Obi-wan wanted the Council to overlook he knew they never would if there had still been a council that was.
"Anakin the Jedi Council are all dead. You as Vader killed the only ones that didn't die in the temple fires" Obi-wan said he didn't want to bring that up but he felted he had to.
Anakin looked his Master in the eyes Obi-wan thought he saw innocence in these eyes.
"That's not true Master I never killed anyone as Darth Vader" Anakin said.
Obi-wan looked at Anakin he had to be lying. If he didn't kill the Jedi where were they?
Anakin looked at Padme she would believe him wouldn't she? He saw doubt in her eyes Sabe was just now getting over discovering the truth about him being Vader.
"Well it's hard for us to believe you Anakin after you almost killed me as Vader" Sabe said she really did want to believe him.
Anakin looked at her he was really sorry about that. He never would have let himself as Vader kill her but that did little good now.
"I never was going to let him or me kill you Sabe you have to know that." Anakin said he was so confused. Darth Vader was him but it also wasn't him. It was all his dark feelings but he could still stop his dark self from doing certain wrongs. Mostly killing he had stopped Vader from killing.
"I do believe you Ani" Sabe said after all if it wasn't for Anakin she would be dead now. On the other hand if it wasn't for him she wouldn't have almost died to begin with. But Sabe wasn't going to be mad Anakin was back.
"Anakin if you didn't kill the Jedi where are they?" Obi-wan asked.
Obi-wan looked Anakin in the face and saw a look he knew well. He wouldn't have sent them there would he?
"Please tell me you didn't Ani?" Obi-wan said halfway begging.
Anakin just shook his head yes "Master I had to The Emperor had to think them dead."
Obi-wan eyed him yes Anakin was right. It was the only place a Jedi could hide and not be found that was for sure. Because no Jedi in there right mind would go there. That meant Ani had to have used a mind trick on them to get them there.
And Anakin had got many a punishment from the Council for him using mind tricks on them. Obi-wan didn't want to think about what kind of punishment Anakin was going to get for this. And let’s not forget his getting married as well the Council just for that should expel Anakin from the order.
Padme looked at Anakin then Obi-wan where in the galaxy were the remaining Jedi Council members at?
Sabe looked at them too. She wished that she could read minds so she would know what was going on.
Anakin looked at the two women Obi-wan turned and looked at them as well.
"Master I think they want to know where the Council is." Anakin said pointing at the women both men loved.
"You can tell them then" Obi-wan said it felted good to have his apprentice back. Or was it just good to have Anakin back to boss around as the boy had told him that’s what he did most of the time.
Both women look at Ani waiting for answers.
"You see I sent the Jedi Council and the 50 Jedi children to the planet of Myrkr" Anakin said as if that would explain everything. Both women just shrugged ‘Oh yeah they aren't Jedi’ Anakin thought ‘they don't know about Myrkr.’
"See on Myrkr you can't use the force there are these things called Ysalamiri and they push the force back. So you can see how the Jedi would hate this planet." Anakin stated matter of fact. The two women looked at Anakin with their mouths wide open.
"Why have we never heard about this Planet before?" Padme asked.
Obi-wan looked at her she was still a little pale.
"Because your Highness the Jedi don't want there enemies to learn of the Ysalamiri. They could be moved off the planet and used against us." Obi-wan told them both women nodded their head yes in understanding.
"Anakin will be in a lot of trouble when the Council finds out what he has done." Obi-wan warned. He wasn't sure what would get him in more trouble being Vader or using a mind trick on them or the all important fact Anakin had broken the Jedi code and gotten married.
They would probably let him off as Vader because it was the will of the force. But Anakin using a mind trick on them even to save their lives he would be punished for. His marriage would be the one thing Obi-wan didn’t know how the Council would handle that.
"So what now?" Sabe asked.
Anakin picked up his mask and looked at his family. "Well I will have to keep up the Vader acted for a little while longer. And make sure the Senate votes for a new Supreme Chancellor. Then I guess we can all go home to Naboo" Anakin said insured that once the Jedi Council returned he would be expel from the order he had done to many things for them to just over look and let him become a full Jedi Knight.
Padme just looked at her husband and smiled hopefully they could return to Naboo before the twins were born. Padme knew that the Senate voting could take some time.
Obi-wan noticed Padme's smile he was happy for them. But he didn't know what was going to happen with him and Sabe. He just hoped they end up happy with or without each other. Now that the Jedi were returning could he go through with his plans of marrying Sabe?
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Post by Sw on Feb 28, 2005 16:18:03 GMT -5
Author Note: I'm not feeling well today I just hope I'm not coming down with the flu that's been going around. I will try to get a updated up as soon as I feel better.
And for those of you reading this story please let me know what you think so far or let me know of any error in grammer.
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Post by Sw on Mar 3, 2005 14:39:01 GMT -5
A/N: Sorry about not posting more sooner. But on top of not feeling well I ran into the first of my rewrites with this story. So for those of you that had read this before if this sounds different that because it is. Also it's not that long. I hope to get more up next week I'm going to be very busy this weekend so I won't have time to beta or write anything.
Sw
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Part 28
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Bail Antilles Senator of Aldreaan was in shock like the rested of the galaxy. He had just heard the holo news. Darth Vader was the new Emperor only he didn't seem to want the job.
The holo news said Vader was going to let the Senate pick a new Supreme Chancellor.
So that meant he had to get to Coruscant right away.
He just hoped that this was all on the up and up. And that Vader didn't want to rule whoever won the race for Supreme Chancellor. That seemed highly unlikely since he was giving the throne up willingly.
He wondered if Queen Amidala would stay married to Darth Vader now. Would the Sith Lord let her go Bail got the feeling that, that wasn't going to happen. Bail had the feeling that just by the way the Queen had looked at Vader that she might have some feelings towards him.
The only other time he saw her look at someone like that was at a Jedi Padawan. He was just a boy but Bail knew that the boy held the Queen's heart.
He tried to talk the boy away from the Queen but he knew it wouldn't work. No nothing could stop love. It was a real shame the boy had died. He would have like it a lot better if he lost Queen Amidala to him. Then he would have at least have known she was with someone that loved her.
"It's time" Bail's aid told him. Time to leave for Coruscant and face Vader once more.
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Obi-wan walked into what used to be Emperor Palpatine throne room. Anakin had the mask on and was doing a good job of acting like Vader. But Obi-wan could feel the difference threw the force. Anakin was full of light now Vader had been not completely darkness but very close to it.
"Master" Anakin said given his full attention to Obi-wan.
"Anakin do you feel it’s safe for the Jedi to return to Coruscant or is there a reason to wait?" Obi-wan asked his Padawan who at the moment was running the Republic something that if he sat down and thought about for while might have made him laugh.
"Master” Anakin paused using the force quick to check that they were indeed alone once he was sure Anakin removed his helmet and looked his master in the eyes “Obi-wan I feel it’s best if the Council doesn’t return until after a new Supreme Chancellor is chosen.”<br> “Why do you feel that is best Anakin?” Obi-wan asked waiting to make sure his Padawan just wasn’t hoping to keep his punishment from coming sooner then later.
“I can’t really explain it only that” Anakin took a breath and held the helmet that he hated so that the front of it was facing Obi-wan. “the Republic it self needs to be reinstated. And the Jedi themselves need to do that same.”<br> Anakin stop making sure that Obi-wan was comprehending what was saying then continued on. “If the Council were to return now or before the election we both know that the Senators as well as the rest of the galaxy would look to the Jedi for council onto who should be elect as the next Chancellor.”<br> “Just how do the Jedi need to reinstate them Anakin and why would the Jedi helping pick a new Chancellor be wrong?” Obi-wan asked needing the reasoning behind his Padawan's thoughts.
“It’s not are job to lead the Republic Obi-wan. The Force keeps whispering to me that we have forgotten what the Jedi truly are for. And before we can help others we must first help ourselves follow the true will of the Force.”<br> Obi-wan found him self lost as he looked at his young friend the same way he did when Master Yoda would talk of things that only one in tune completely with the Force would understand.
Anakin could see he had overstepped the understanding of his Master and took pity on him by saying.
“If the Jedi Council or any Jedi for the matter were doing the Forces will truly then Palpatine wouldn’t have came into power. It saddens me Obi-wan to know that the Force used Palpatine and his Empire to teach the Jedi where we've got wrong.”<br> A blow to the stomach or head would have hurt less was Obi-wan’s thought as he heard Anakin’s words and their meaning started sinking in. Qui-gon had been right to listen to living Force something that the Jedi had of late stop doing. Obi-wan didn’t need to hear anymore of what Anakin had been saying to know what Anakin had been talking of now.
The Jedi Council and the Knights had stopped doing what was willed of the Force along the way to do either what was order of them by the Council or what their code told them. Qui-gon had been right sometimes that the code wasn’t as important as the mission the Force it’s self willed.
Anakin being the Chosen one of course knew this it was most likely screaming from inside of him.
“As soon as the election is over and the new Supreme Chancellor is in office the Jedi should be recalled.” Anakin said as he lifts the mask of Vader onto his head and hiding behind it as he took his seat on what was Palpatine’s throne. He hated setting there but in order to be taken serious they had all agreed he had to keep the throne in one piece until after he handed over power.
"And when will that be?" Obi-wan asked almost dreading the answer. The sooner the Council returned the sooner Anakin had to tell them what he himself had heard this afternoon. That Palpatine was just a tool the Force used to punish them for not listen to its will.
"Two weeks an aid from one of the Senators informed me this morning. It seems a few Senators left and went home a few weeks ago. We have to wait for them to return. Once the vote is done and there is a new Supreme Chancellor we can go on the holo news and tell the Jedi they are being recalled" Anakin said the later sadly.
"Are you sure you want to go on with me?" Obi-wan asked knowing that it might be easier for everyone if he did the recall notice alone.
"Yes Master" Anakin said. He had to do this he had to makeup for what Vader had done.
"Okay then so after that what will we do?" Obi-wan asked and found him self for a moment wondering who out of them were Master, and Padawan. It seemed more and more he was coming to Anakin for what came next then the other way around.
"I don't know about you Master but I have a beautiful young lady who loves me to go home to." Anakin replied he knew something was wrong with Sabe and Obi-wan and he wanted to help fix it. Anakin felt he was most likely to blame for what ever mess those two were in now.
Obi-wan just smiled at his Padawan. But the whole affair with Sabe was something he didn't want to talk about with anyone right now.
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Post by Sw on Mar 14, 2005 15:37:55 GMT -5
AN: I'm going to try to get at least two more parts up ths week.
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Ob-wan stood in the Jedi Council chamber. Palpatine had fixed the whole building. He had meant for it to stand as a shell. But instead the Jedi temple was full of energy. Soon the Jedi would be back here learning and growing.
Tomorrow was the day the Senate would vote for a new Supreme Chancellor.
Everyone knew that Bail Antilles of Aldreaan was most likely to be the new Supreme Chancellor but they still had to vote.
Obi-wan felt at home here again this had always been his home. But a small part of him felt alone.
He hadn't talked to Sabe since the day they found out about Anakin being alive. He didn't know if he could trust her any longer.
Another part of him screamed of course you can trust her she loves you.
But if he loved her would he doubt her like he was? Did he wrong her when he asked her to marry him?
He knew she was in love with him. Sabe had almost been killed for loving him. But did he love her? At the time he asked her to marry him the answer was yes.
But at that time he had thought he was going to die. Is that why he asked her would he have ever asked her if none of this ever had happened? Obi-wan knew that answer to that question was No.
The Jedi need him now but he also knew Sabe need him too. But the question he couldn't answer was did he need her?
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Bail Antilles walked into what was going to be his new office. It was formerly Emperor Palpatine's throne room.
As he walked through the doors Bail saw Darth Vader who in a few moments would step down and return power back to the Republic with his lightsaber drew.
Anakin felted Bail's presents and smiled ‘Good Bail should be here for this’ he thought. Then Anakin started to destroy the throne itself. This seat had nothing of good in it. And it's destroying it would only bring nothing but good. Never again would the Republic have someone who held so much power that he declared himself Emperor.
Bail couldn't believe his eyes. But didn't say a word the rumors must have been true. Darth Vader really must have killed Palpatine. Bail had thought that a lie. He had believed Jedi Knight Obi-wan Kenobi had killed the Evil Man.
But seeing Vader now he could see he had been mistaken.
As the lasted of the throne was cut to pieces Vader turned to look the new Supreme Chancellor in the face.
The man didn't look scared of him at all. And that made Ani happy. If as Vader, Bail wasn't scared of him then when the truth came out about him really being Anakin Skywalker Bail won't be afraid of him then either.
"What did he do to you?" Bail asked Vader. For the first time since Obi-wan told Bail that Palpatine had used Vader he really believed it.
"Too many things to say but one was as punishment to feel as my friends and people that grew to be family died" Anakin said. Tears were running down his face. Anakin was glad the mask was on at this second.
Bail felt great sadness for Vader. Obi-wan had told him how Palpatine had used a mind trick on him. And that soon Vader would unmask.
Bail was glad that the Jedi policed there own. Because there was no way he could have let this man be held guilty for any crime done by Vader.
"I know you won't be like Palpatine was" Anakin said Bail smiled that was true he was nothing like Palpatine.
"Your new desk and chair should be here any second." Anakin told the new Chancellor.
Bail smiled again he was going to like being Chancellor.
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Padme watched as her husband and the now Chancellor Antilles talked.
Only a few moments ago Anakin had stepped down. And Bail took his place as the new Supreme Chancellor.
In a few hours the mask would come off. And Obi-wan and Anakin would ask the other Jedi to return home.
Padme could only hope things would go well. She couldn't wait to get back home but would stay with Anakin here until everything was done. But she hoped that would be before the twin's were due. They had three more months to go. She was getting so big now that you could see her stomach pushing out of her clothes. The rumor's had already started the she was pregnant with a little Vader.
She didn't care about the rumors she wasn't ashamed to be carrier her husband's children.
She saw as Anakin waved to her and waved back. Padme really did love him. Now if Obi-wan would just grow up and get over that Sabe hadn't told him about the twins’ everything would be fine. Anakin had told her he was going to have a nice long talk with Obi-wan about it soon.
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Chancellor Antilles was walking back to his office with Darth Vader, Queen Amidala and Jedi Knight Kenobi. They said there was something he needed to know.
As soon as the doors were closed and locked Bail walked over to his new desk and sat down.
Knight Kenobi spoke "Chancellor Antilles there is something we must tell you. Vader is going to go on the holo news with me to ask the Jedi to return home."
Chancellor Antilles nodded his head yes that made since to him. Make sure that the Jedi knew Vader was on there side now and wasn’t an enemy any longer.
"But you see Chancellor Vader will be going on unmasked" Padme said.
Bail looked at Queen Amidala she did look bigger if the rumors were true then she was pregnant with Vader's child. And would be all for putting this behind them as soon as possible.
"Oh" The Chancellor replied not sure what he could actually reply to Amidala’s statement.
"Well we felted that you should be the first to find out who I really am." Vader told Bail.
Bail was about to see the biggest and best kept secret in the galaxy.
Anakin slowing took the mask off. Then like he had with Obi-wan and Sabe he let it drop to the floor happy to have the blaster thing off his face.
Chancellor Antilles couldn't believe his eyes. Under Vader's mask was Anakin Skywalker Jedi Padawan.
"Skywalker" was all the Chancellor could get out. Padme and the others could see he was in shock.
Bail got up off his chair and walked up to the 22 year old and said the first thing that came to his mind "Looks like you did get her" As soon as the words came out of his mouth Bail realized his error and was about to apology when Anakin started laughing soon Bail joined in followed by the rest of the room.
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Sabe was watching as Obi-wan and Anakin were talking about what they were going to say on the holo news.
It hurt her that Obi-wan hadn't spoke to her since they find out about Anakin. It was like since he had Anakin back he didn't need or want her any more.
Sabe still loved him and wanted to marry him. But obviously Obi-wan didn't felt the same.
Had he ever really love her? Or was she just something to take his mind off what was going on at the time?
Sabe really didn't know anymore. She just hoped that he would wake up and see that he loved her. Or at the very least talk to her and let her know what was going on in that mind of his.
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Post by Sw on Mar 16, 2005 14:30:49 GMT -5
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Obi-wan looked like he was talking to Anakin. But he was really looking at Sabe he couldn't take his eyes off her.
She looked beautiful as always but she was giving off waves of sadness. It hurt him to know it was his fault she was sad.
She loved him and he was hurting her Obi-wan still didn't know if he loved her enough that he could take the risk of having to leave the Jedi order because of it.
Anakin was trying not to laugh as he looked at his Master. The man had the look of someone madly in love but he just didn't know it yet.
Why was it so hard for his Master to just let himself be in love?
Anakin had promised his wife he would talk to Obi-wan about Sabe. Why not just do it now.
"Master" Obi-wan turned his eyes to Anakin when he heard the word.
"Yes Padawan" Obi-wan said.
"Is there something going on between you in Sabe?" Anakin asked. There that wasn't too hard to ask.
Obi-wan looked at Anakin was he that easy to read?
"Yes there is but I don't want to talk to you about it. This has nothing to do with you. It's about me and Sabe." Obi-wan told his apprentice in the tone he always used when Anakin would get a lecture from him.
"Your right Master but you should talk about this with Sabe. Can't you see how this is hurting her what did she do to you? All I see she did was almost die because she loves you. So she kept a secret from you. It wasn't her's to tell now go talk to her." Anakin told his Master feeling like now he was the one giving a lecture.
Obi-wan knew that Anakin was right Sabe wasn’t keeping things from him. She had given her word and couldn’t break it. After the holo news was over Obi-wan told himself he would go and have a nice long talk to Sabe and hopefully be able to work out whatever it was they had between them.
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As the holo news crew setup Anakin was hiding. He didn't like the feeling of all eyes on him.
Anakin heard Obi-wan call through the force it was show time.
"The Republic has return and now is the time for the Jedi to return as well" Obi-wan began then turned to face his apprentice as he joined him. The whole holo crew's mouths dropped opened.
Anakin just went and stood by his Master.
"The Galaxy needs us it time to return. It's safe now Palpatine is gone" Anakin said. He didn't say the word Vader at all. He knew the Jedi would wonder were Vader was but he didn't feel like telling the whole Galaxy he had been Darth Vader right now. His Master looked at him and smiled.
"The Jedi temple has been repaired. We will wait there for your return Jedi Kenobi and Padawan Skywalker out." Obi-wan stated.
The message was clear come home the danger is over. He just hoped the Jedi would return soon.
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Sabe looked out the window at the city that was Coruscant. She was in the Jedi Council Chamber.
Obi-wan had asked her to meet him here. She hoped that he wanted to talk about getting married. But she feared that he didn't want to marry her anymore.
Sabe turned as she heard the door open. In walked Obi-wan he looked handsome as always.
"Sabe" Obi-wan said he could see she was afraid of what he was about to say.
"Obi-wan" Sabe replied. Should she just come out and ask him? Are should she wait to see what he wanted to say??
"Sabe we need to talk about our relationship" Obi-wan stated
Good Sabe thought at least he is calling it a relationship and not a friendship.
"Okay" Sabe said leaving the start of this conversation to begin with Obi-wan.
"Sabe I meant every word I said on the trip here to Coruscant at the time" Obi-wan started he had no idea where he was going with this only that he had to tell her this.
"That's good to know because I meant all I told you. I love you Obi-wan and if you don't love me just tell me?" Sabe pleaded. If he didn't want her she just needed to hear him say it.
Obi-wan looked at Sabe. She still loved him even after what he had put her through these last few weeks.
Her love for him was pure but the question she asked. Was the same question he kept asking him self.
Did he love her Obi-wan needed a few moments to think about it. Could he live with out her? The answer was yes he could live without her. But would he be happy living without her? The answer to that question was No. He needed to see her to feel her presents but was that love?
Sabe could see that Obi-wan didn't have an answer for her. He needed time to think. But she couldn't give him anymore time. He had the last two weeks to think. If he didn't know by now he would never know. And Sabe wasn’t going to live in this limbo any longer.
She walked passed Obi-wan. She was heading to the door when Sabe felted his hand on her arm pulling her back.
Obi-wan saw her leaving. He couldn't let her go she was a part of him even if he didn't want her to be.
He caught her arm and pulled her back. Sabe turned around and looked at him. That's when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her with such passion it took her breath away.
Maybe she could give him a few more days. He needed time to figure out he loved her. And with a kiss like this waiting for her once he did Sabe figured she could give him time to think.
Sabe pulled away from him.
"Obi-wan I'm giving you two days. In two days I'm going to ask you again if you love me. And by then I want an answer." Sabe said as she opened the door and left Obi-wan in shock behind her. He watched as the woman he was starting to think he loved walked out the door. Sabe had given him two days. He had two days to answer the question that had been unanswerable for the past two weeks. Could he do it if he wanted Sabe he could.
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Post by Sw on Mar 18, 2005 19:12:51 GMT -5
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Everyone's eyes turned to look at Queen Amidala as she walked into the ball room on the arm of Anakin Skywalker.
They had all thought she would be coming with her husband Darth Vader.
The ball was in honor of the new Supreme Chancellor Bail Antilles.
Bail came up to them "I would be honor if you would sat with me at my table" He said to the young couple.
Anakin smiled and accepted. He knew people were expecting Darth Vader to be here. But once that mask had come off in Chancellor Antilles office he hadn't put it back on. Anakin had plans for that mask all involving fire dancing around it.
As they took there seats Obi-wan came and sat next to them. Anakin smiled at his Master. He knew that if Obi-wan had his way all the people in this room would soon know who Vader had been. Obi-wan felt the sooner it was revealed the sooner they all could go on with business as usually.
Obi-wan looked at them and then asked "Where is Sabe didn't she come with you?"
He then watched Anakin and his wife looked at each other. Both had a smile on their faces Padme told Obi-wan "She said that she couldn't make it and that you would understand." Padme tried not to smile as she seen Obi-wan's face turn down. Why couldn't he see he was in love with Sabe it was so clear on his face?
"Oh of course it's a shame she is missing this party" Obi-wan said trying to change the subject before either one of them ask why she wouldn't come.
Anakin saw his Master was trying to wigging his way out. And he wasn't going to have that "Master it is a shame maybe if you went and asks her to come she would"
Obi-wan's face turned a bright red when he heard that. A part of him thought that was the best idea ever. But another part was mad at Anakin for saying such a thing.
"Well Ani I think it's time you tell the galaxy where you've been the last few months" Obi-wan stated instead of commenting on Anakin’s words from moments before.
Anakin looked at Padme he really didn't want to do this. But if Padme wanted him to he would.
Padme looked her husband in the eyes. She knew that if he didn't do this now he never would. And that Vader would haunt them for the rest of there lives.
Chancellor Antilles looked at Anakin ‘so he was in on this too’ Anakin thought. Yes he knew he had to do this but he just wished that he could have a few more days to do it.
Anakin looked at his Master then his Wife. If this is what they thought was best he would do it.
Chancellor Antilles took the look on Anakin face to be a yes. And stood up and said to the very full ball room.
"Jedi Padawan Skywalker has something important to say, Anakin" Chancellor Antilles said then sat back down as Anakin stood up. Anakin hated crowds he took a deep breath then looked at his wife for support. All he saw in her eyes was love.
"People of Coruscant, Senators, and friends" Anakin began good he hadn't left anyone out. This was really going to take a lot of courage something Anakin felt at the moment had fled him.
All eyes were glued to him. He took another deep breath and looked at his Master this time. He saw love in his eyes as well the kind a Father has for a Son. That's all that mattered. If the galaxy hated him it didn't matter as long as his family loved him. And that's what Padme and Obi-wan were.
"I feel I must inform you of where and what I've been doing these last few months." Anakin eyed the room they all seem clear headed. He just hoped they didn't want to kill him when they learn he had been Vader.
"I was with Emperor Palpatine" Anakin said than he heard someone in the crowd yell out. "Why were you with him?" ‘Okay this is where I tell them’ Anakin thought.
"Because he used me he took control over me. He was a very powerful Sith Lord" Anakin said. He hadn't planed on telling them he was used but the look on there faces told him he need them to feel sorry for him. Because if they didn't he might not make it out of this Ball room unhurt.
"Sith Lord like Vader?" The same person as before asked.
Anakin took a look at his Master he was pleading for help. But he saw that his Master wasn't going to help.
"Yes like Vader but truly evil" Anakin replied.
This time the man who was asking the questions stood up and asked "And Vader wasn't truly evil?"
Anakin looked at him Padme looked at her husband. He looked like a child she felt bad for him. But he had to do this and he had to do this on his own. Anakin couldn't hide behind her or Obi-wan. He had to face this so he could go on with his life and put this behind him.
"Vader wasn't evil he was tricked into being a Sith Lord. The Emperor used him Vader wanted no part of Emperor Palpatine's empire proving by him given control back to the Republic" Anakin said. He was defining himself but it felt like he was really defining someone else. Because to Anakin him self he never truly was Vader.
"And you would know this how??" the Man asked. This time Anakin knew who this man was. It was one of the many Senators here tonight.
It was time he had to just say it. "Two reasons one Vader give up the throne if he wanted power why would he do that" The senator didn't reply to that. So Anakin went on "The second reason I know this is because I was used and trapped in my own body as I saw and heard myself doing things I would never do. Palpatine did that do me. You see behind Darth Vader's mask was me."
Anakin heard a few glasses drop to the ball room floor and break into what he would guess be a million pieces. If he thought all eyes were glued to him before they really were now.
"Are you saying Padawan Skywalker that you were Darth Vader?" The Senator asked wanting to get his information correct.
Anakin shook his head yes as well as said the word "Yes"
"Guards" The Senator yelled.
Chancellor Antilles knew what the Senator wanted done. But instead said "There is no need for guards as you can see Anakin Skywalker is himself once more. And beside that we can't police the Jedi. They have their own rules for things such as this. Now will everyone please return to their seats so the waiters can start serving dinner"
Anakin turned and smiled at his new best friend Chancellor Antilles. He had a feeling he was going to need his help allot in the coming months.
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Post by Sw on Mar 22, 2005 11:01:58 GMT -5
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Anakin was thankful the rest of the night went well. They had all ate and talked a little small talk but nothing of importance happened after that.
Anakin and Padme had just gotten back to there apartment. Anakin was glad Padme had been there by his side tonight.
Padme was setting in one of the many chairs in the living room. Anakin looked at her with his big blue eyes. Padme got up which now at days was getting harder to do. And walked over to where he was setting.
Anakin pulled her down so she was setting on his lap. She was getting a bit heavier but he didn't care. Anakin just needed to be close to her.
"I promise you would think the twins thought they would win a prize for kicking so much" Padme said as she put Anakin's hand on her stomach so he could feel his children kicking.
Anakin smile at that he was so happy at this second. He had his wife and soon they would have their children nothing could be better then that.
That's when the thought hit him. What will the people of Naboo think when they hear about me having been Vader? Will they take the throne from Padme? And how would they react to the news coming from the holo vid's instead of their Queen?
Padme felt Anakin tense up "What's wrong Ani??" she asked him.
"Oh everything because of me you might lose you throne. I don't think the people of Naboo will like to have heard about me being Vader from the holo news" Anakin stated safe hate clear in his voice underneath his hand the twins where still kicking. Padme was right did they ever stop? Anakin could almost already see that when they we’re born they were going to be a handful.
"You don't have to worry about that Anakin. I tape a holovid for them earlier today. And when you told everyone here Sabe sent it to them" Padme said she could feel the relief flowing off Anakin she smiled at him he could still be a little boy at times.
She hoped that there little boy looked like him.
"You did what did you say to them?" Anakin asked he should have known his Wife wouldn't be unprepared she was a Queen after all allot of thing didn’t catch her off guard.
"Just that when you broke the control that Palpatine had over you and also broke the control Palpatine had on the Galaxy as well" She said with a smile. Padme had turned him back into a hero. And she was sure the Naboo would listen and take Anakin back as their hero.
After all Palpatine had been one of their own. And they would feel that they should support the man that killed him.
"Hey why didn't you tell me that? I could have used that with the crowd tonight" Anakin said with a smirk on his face.
"Because my dear husband we couldn't say the same thing. That would look like we plan it that way." Padme said as she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah well your speech wasn't in front of a live crowd that half of wanted to kill you or at the very least hit you" Anakin said. But as he looked down he saw the Padme had falling to sleep. She had just done that to win. Oh well he thought as he lifted her to their bedroom. He was alive and it looked like he was going to stay that way so all went well.
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Obi-wan was standing at Sabe's apartment door. He didn't know why he was here but the need to see her was just too much so he had given in.
He knocked on the door and waited patiently for Sabe to answer.
When she didn't answer right away he was afraid that she had left. Or maybe she had gone on a date or something.
She was beautiful and it wasn't impossible that someone else had noticed. What if at this very second she was on a date with someone else. Someone who wouldn't be afraid to fall in love, someone who would tell her that he loved her.
What had he done? Why didn't he tell her how he felted earlier today when she asked? Why couldn't he see earlier today that he was in love with her?
Obi-wan knocked one more time. Still no answer he turned and started to walk away. When he heard the door open behind him "Obi-wan" he heard Sabe say.
At that moment he was so full of happiness that it wasn't too late for them that he pulled Sabe into his arms and kissed her.
Sabe for her part had no idea what can over him. But she liked what ever it was. She had been in the shower and heard the knocking and barley got out in time to catch Obi-wan at her door. She had a robe on and her hair was wet.
As they pulled apart Obi-wan noticed what Sabe was wearing. He had to laugh at himself. He had pictured her out on the town and here she had been in the shower. Her robe was tightly around her. And her hair looked like a drowned rat. But she still looked beautiful to him.
"Would you like to come in?" Sabe asked him "I would love to" Obi-wan replied.
"How long were you at the door knocking?" Sabe asked as she walked to her bedroom to get some clothes on leaving Obi-wan alone in her living room.
"Not long" Obi-wan said as he took a seat. He would wait for her to get dressed. He was just happy to be near her. He had a lot to make up for. And he knew that he would enjoy every second of making it up to her.
As Sabe walked out of her bedroom Obi-wan couldn't take his eyes off her. She had on a simple handmaiden outfit but she was a knockout in it.
Sabe couldn't help but to smile at Obi-wan. Here he was after telling her this afternoon that he really didn't know if he loved her or not. He looked like he had made up his mind.
She took a seat next to him "What brings you here Obi-wan?" Sabe asked.
Obi-wan turned and looked her in the eyes. "I've come here to ask you to forgive me" Obi-wan pleaded.
Sabe smiled ‘okay if he just wanted forgiveness he wouldn't have kissed me like that’ she thought. Beside if he didn't want her for a wife she still wanted to be part of his life.
"I forgive you Obi-wan. You had a lot to dealing with founding out Anakin is alive must have been a shock. And to find out that Padme is having Anakin's twins well anyone would have been shocked. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about the twins but I gave my word to Padme and I couldn't break it. But I was thinking about it so see you’re not the only one who needs to ask for forgiveness." Sabe said all in one very long breath.
Obi-wan was amazed at this woman who had stole his heart away.
"No you had every right to keep your word to Padme. I was acting like a spoiled brat." Obi-wan said. Then he got off the chair and step in front of Sabe's seat. Once he was right in front of her he got down on one knee.
Sabe couldn't believe what she was seeing. Was he going to ask her to marry him again?
"Sabe I've been blind you've always been there for me. And yet I could never let myself see that I could never let my heart free. I always had something more important to do then fall in love." Obi-wan paused to look into her eyes. This was right he felted at peace with the force. "But I see now that you have always had my heart. For the first time I looked at you. Please forgive me for being stupid. And do me the honor of letting me be your Husband. Marry me Sabe?" Obi-wan asked on one knee.
Tears ran down her face Sabe looked into Obi-wan's eyes and saw tears there as well.
"Yes I will marry you" Sabe answered and this time she knew Obi-wan wasn't going to ran away.
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