Hey everyone, its Gem again. Umm, this is my attempt at a Star Wars love fanfic. However, this does contain slashy-ness so if you don't like it please do not read. Also, for those of you curious as to why I have not written my other Star Wars story, it is because it is really bad and I decided to stop, so without further adiew( spel) here is my romance story

BTw- I own nothing of Star Wars, I just own my ideas.



Summary: this takes place five years after AOTC. Anakin is a Jedi Knight and the Republic is continuing to fall et cetera. This story will have little real interaction with the actual story line, so if you would like u can call this an AU fic. Also, Padme and Anakin have not seen each other in three years.



1 Chapter I: Nightmares

~A six foot figure stood in a large room wearing black armor, its breath coming out in harsh sounds, this dark silhouette was enhanced by the mocking laughter heard next to the armored figure. This laughter was old, malicious, and held no compassion or love, this was the laugh of Evil itself. ~

That laughter is what awoke Anakin Skywalker from his bed inside the Jedi Temple. It had not been the first night that he had had this particular nightmare, however, it was the first time he woke up in a cold sweat, and felt colder than the lands of Hoth itself.

Anakin had of course told his former Master, and yet still Mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi of his nightmare, but Obi-Wan insisted that it was just a dream, and nothing more.

But the impetious young Jedi could not dismiss it that easily, after all, had it not been that sort of thinking which caused him not to act instantly when his mother was in so much pain that half a decade ago? No. Anakin could not dismiss it, therefore he just kept it in the back of his mind, becoming more and more reclusive as well as more paranoid.

He had good reason to be paranoid. The Republic was in worse shape than it has ever been in its entire one thousand-year history. Also, the Council knew the Dark Side was growing stronger, clouding everything and tainting everything, the Senate especially. This corruption of the Senate was what caused the Jedi Order to remain ever vigilant a voice inside the Senate, after all, someone had to keep the Dark Lords of the Sith in check.

Anakin felt that the Council was being ridiculous. No manipulator of the Dark Side could control the Senate, and more importantly, no Dark Sider could manipulate his other mentor, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. However, he was not blind to the powers of the Dark Side, and he was well aware of its manipulative powers and its deception. That is why he was at ever vigilance working with his fellow Jedi Knights, as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi himself.

It seemed that he had not been home in the longest time that is why he valued this week in the Temple when he was home. It seemed that ever since the Clone Wars had begun, he and his fellow Jedi were always on mission, never resting, and never home. It was amazing that he had kept up with the latest gossip and news of Coruscant.

A matter of fact, he was suppose to go before the Council tomorrow morning to discuss some vital piece of information, but Anakin knew what that mean: he was to go off on another suicide mission. Oh well, Anakin did not mind. For being brave and protecting the innocent was what it meant to be a Jedi. And that is what he was, a Jedi Knight, and Keeper of the Peace.