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Author's Notes: Just something I came up with. Obvious spoiler for those who have not seen Revenge of the Sith. Told from Obi-Wan's point of view. Will probably be revised as it is a little jumbled.
Poison
"You are either with me or you are my enemy."
Anakin had never spoken to me in that tone before. True, he had always been a little reckless, but he had always respected me. He had not always liked my decisions and let me know, but he never spoke to me like that. I knew he looked up to me, and in some ways, I looked up to him. But he had turned to the Dark Side. He had turned on me … and the one he loved most, Padmé.
He was very different that day. Contempt was in his eyes as he glared at me, telling me that I had taken Padmé from him. He blamed it all on me, I could tell. It was all my fault, he had convinced himself. I was in the wrong, not him.
Anakin was beyond hearing that day - beyond my reach. I could not coax him away from the Dark Side. Palpatine had offered him something that he wanted and it had seduced him to the Dark Side.
But he had hurt Padmé even. Something I hadn't believed he was capable of. He had gone against the Jedi, secretly marrying her, but in the end, he had destroyed her. She had lost the will to live, leaving behind reminders of their love - two children.
Children that will be kept, at all costs, away from the Dark Side.
Tears roll down my face as I turn away from the happy family in front of me. Little Luke cooing up happily, blissfully unaware. No dark memories plague his innocent mind. He will not have to live with the fact that his apprentice murdered younglings. He will not wonder about 'what if I had done this? Would it have changed anything?' He will not need to wonder what he had done wrong.
Anakin was supposed to be the Chosen One, the One who would destroy the Sith, not join them. He was not to have been poisoned by Palpatine. Confusion was plaguing him. I should have done something. His dreams had worried him and he had seen no other way - because I wasn't there. He turned to Palpatine because I wasn't there.
I failed you, Anakin. I allowed the poison to destroy you.