This story is written for the anniversary over at the Obidala Fan Forum. If you like Obidala, that is definitely the place to be.

The anniversary is in June, the 4th-6th. We would love to see you there!!

Now, onto the story…

They were running. That was all they were doing nowadays. Just running and running, either from the Sith or from the Jedi. Ever since Obi-Wan had decided to leave the Jedi Order to be with her, some of the Jedi had seen it as a threat and started to hunt him. And of course she could not leave him alone in such a situation.

So they were always running together, she and he. It still made her smile to think of them as one. Their love had been tough on them, especially with Anakin tugging on them, trying to get Obi-Wan out of the way and get Padmé for himself.

The sweet little boy from Tatooine was the one hunting them right now, he and some clones. When Obi-Wan had left the Order, his friend and former Padawan had been so angry about it that he had started to hunt him at once and soon Darth Sidious had recruited him as his apprentice instead.

Darth Sidious who had once been her friend.

The universe was against them, the only thing that they could really trust was their strong love for one another.

"Padmé", he panted as they ran up the stairs, back to the open air. "Padmé, you've got to go. You've got to run."

That was what he always said when their chasers were getting closer.

"Obi-Wan, my love, I am not leaving you, I never will", Padmé said sharply. Then he grabbed her and made her look at him.

"You've got to go", he ordered. "I can't let him get to you."

Padmé wrinkled her forehead in surprise. He always gave away when she promised to stay with him until the end.

"Anakin is after you, he wants you, not me", Obi-Wan quickly explained. "That's why you have to go, now. I can hold him off."

"Obi, don't…"

"Go!"

He pushed her through the door that led up to the open air and closed it behind her, so that she would be unable to get back to him. She bent down and listened through the thick material, but only managed to catch the sound of his feet moving away.

The tip of a lightsaber pierced the door some inches away from her head.

"Hey Anakin!" she heard Obi-Wan call as she held back a scream and started to move away from the door. The red blade disappeared and she turned around, ran straight across the field under the starry sky, crying and blaming herself for leaving him behind.

"What are we going to do, sir?" one of the clones asked. Anakin looked at the body at his feet. His old Master was still breathing, though he was weak and unconscious. Still, Anakin thought, Obi-Wan might be the key to where Padmé was hiding.

"Pull him up", he ordered. The two soldiers did as he said and Anakin looked into the pale, bearded face of his previous friend. Then he raised his right hand and hit the man on the side of his head. The head lolled to the other side and Anakin nodded with a thin smile.

"Take him back to the ship. We'll leave immediately."