UNCHANGEABLE DESTINY.
Anakin never turned. When Order 66 was executed, he was taken prisoner while trying to defend the younglings... 19 years later, he escapes, fleeing to Tatooine; Obi-wan, padme and Luke are in for the shock of their lives.
PROLOGUE.
"Master Skywalker, there are too many of them." The blonde haired Youngling stared at him fearfully, "What are we going to do?"
Anakin stared at the group of younglings, he had to get them out of the Temple and off coruscant... But how? The clones were already at the Temple, if he'd been alone he could have made it, but with the younglings? Taking a deep breath, Anakin masked his own fear. "Stay close, and follow me." If they were fast, and if they were very lucky, they would be able to sneak through the clones unnoticed.
Luck was not on their side... As he turned to leave, at least twenty clones poured through the door. Igniting his lightsaber, Anakin stood defensively in front of the younglings. "Leave now," he told them, "I don't want to fight you." This wasn't the clones' fault, it wasn't their doing.
Three of the clones in front fired, Anakin gasped as the stun blasts hit him, falling to his knees. As the clones aimed their blasters at the younglings, Anakin surged to his feet. He stumbled as he blocked the seven blasts that would have killed them.
Another stun blast hit him as the clones fired at the younglings again. His vision swarmed as he got up again to block the blasts. As he tried to fight off the stun blasts effects, the fifth stun blast brought him to his knees once more. Looking at the clones as his vision blurred in and out, he noticed that they had stopped firing and were waiting for him to go down completely.
The younglings looked on in horror as the Knight shakily got to his feet but collapsed. Another clone fired the sixth stun blast, hitting Anakin square in the chest. He toppled sideways, crumpling to the ground. As his vision faded to black, he watched in horror as the other clones fired on the terrified younglings.
x
Groaning, Anakin blinked and sat up - at least he tried to. The moment he moved, he was pushed back down and held to the floor with the Force. Palpatine stood over him, smiling evilly. "Anakin, before you bear witness to the end of the republic, I am going to offer you a choice."
Breathing heavily, Anakin glared at Palpatine. "What choice?" He asked, although he already had a feeling he knew.
"You can either join me," Palpatine said with a smile as Anakin scowled, "or you can spend the rest of your life as my prisoner."
"I will never join you!"
His eyes flashing with fury, Palpatine snarled. "So be it!" Lightning exploded from his fingers, Palpatine smiled again as Anakin screamed in pain, he watched the young Jedi writhe on the floor, screaming, howling in agony, before he finally succumed to unconsciousness.
xxx
"Not even the younglings survived," Obi-wan stood frozen beside Yoda, his eyes wide with horror as he stared at the bodies of the younglings.
His gaze went to a lightsaber on the floor near the door, reaching out, Obi-wan used the Force to lift it to his hand. "Anakin." As Yoda looked at him, Obi-wan swallowed. "This is Anakin's lightsaber," he had been here... but he wasn't among the dead younglings.
"Here now, he is not."
Closing his eyes, Obi-wan shook his head. "Then where is he?" Turning, Obi-wan strode to the Main Control Center with Yoda and headed for the hologram area. Moving to a panel, he flips some switches.
A hologram of Anakin appeared. his eyes wide, Obi-wan watched as Anakin defended the younglings, cringing as he saw Anakin hit repeatedly with stun blasts. Then the younglings were killed. Obi-wan stiffened as the clones dragged Anakin away, "Why would Palpatine have Anakin taken alive?"
Yoda frowned, "Wants Skywalker to join him, possible it is."
xx
Padme stared at Bail in shock, unable to believe what he had told her. "It can't be true."
"It is true Padme," Bail shook his head, "Palpatine is a Sith Lord, he's ordered the clones to kill the Jedi, they've already attacked the Temple."
"What!" her face ashen, Padme fought to breathe. Anakin had returned to the Temple... "What about, Anakin?"
"Master Yoda and Obi-wan haven't found anyone alive," Bail said softly, "but as far as I know, they haven't found Skywalker."
"What are we going to do?"
"We'll have to leave," Bail said simply, "with Palpatine controlling the Senate, anyone siding with the Jedi will be seen as a threat."
x
"I can't believe we're leaving." Padme's voice was a hoarse whisper as she stared out the cockpit, watching the city grow smaller. They were leaving, without Anakin. As she looked at Obi-wan, she blanched at the devastated look on his face. "We can't help him, can we?"
"Until we know where he is being held, no." Obi-wan shook his head. "There's nothing we can do."
"Not now," Bail looked at them, "but as long as we're free, we can work on a plan to free him."
"Come back for Skywalker we will."
Padme felt a glimmer of hope, they weren't abandoning him, they would return and they would save him. It was just a matter of time.
xxx
"Hey mom! Look at what I can do!" The young boy shouted out. Padme and Obi-wan both looked as he lifted a toy using the force. Padme smiled at him.
"That's great Luke."
"Keep it up, and you'll be just as powerful as your father one day." said Obi-wan.
Luke was beaming at the praise he received. He continued onto playing around as Padme turned to Obi-wan. "Is there any sign of him yet? Any at all?" Padme's eyes were pleading him to say yes.
Sadly, that wasn't the case as Obi-wan shook his head. "None of our spies have seen anything yet." Padme lowered her eyes to the ground. "But Padme... that does not mean we are giving up on him." Obi-wan smiled at her gently when she looked back up and nodded. "We will get Anakin back, sooner or later."
Anakin gasped as he came to, the vision still fresh in his mind. Padme had survived, padme and Obi-wan... And his... son... He had a son. Luke, his name was, Luke.
Looking around his surroundings, he noticed he was in a cell. He pulled on the chains that held him to the ceiling, but they would not budge. However, the vision caused him to find an inner peace. His family was safe... for now. And he would find a way to escape... He would be with them again.