SITH SPY.
He turned to the darkside. Slaughtered younglings. Has executed hundreds of people at the Emperor's order...
... But what if that wasn't true? What if the man the galaxy knew as 'vader' was simply an elaborate cover for the greatest hero the galaxy ever knew?
Begins during 'A New Hope'.
Suitless 'Vader'.
Padme is alive. Along with Master Windu.
Anakin had left Mustafar before Padme arrived, she went into labour and obi-wan took her to Polis Massa.
Luke and Leia were separated and Anakin found Padme after two years.
He didn't know Leia had been taken prisoner on the Deathstar - but knows she is his daughter.
CHAPTER ONE.
"How do I know that this isn't a trap?"
Anakin looked at Obi-wan and rolled his eyes, "I sneaked you onto my personal shuttle, gave you my lightsaber... but somehow, it's a trap?" Closing his eyes, Anakin entered the hyperspace co-ordinates. "You really don't trust me at all, do you?"
"Do you really blame me?"
No, Anakin shook his head. "Jinn and Rue are going to be really excited to meet you," he said, changing the subject.
Obi-wan frowned at him, "who who are Jinn and Rue?"
"Jinn is my son," Anakin grinned, "I named him after master Qui-gon." At four years old, his son looked more like Padme than him. he had his mother's brown hair and brown eyes, even her face - although altered just slightly to make it his own. Jinn had his father's personality though, Anakin smiled, "Rue is my daughter," she had her father's blonde hair and her mother's brown eyes. " Rue looks a little like me, while Jinn looks like padme, but they both act like me."
"Oh dear," Obi-wan whispered, half smiling at the thought.
"Excuse me?" folding his arms, Anakin frowned at Obi-wan, "what is wrong with my son and daughter being like me?"
"Ah, have you ever met you?" Obi-wan asked, slightly surprised by the easy banter.
Chuckling, Anakin smiled. Then he sighed, "what's Luke like?" He knew Obi-wan had raised him, had known that he was on Tatooine; but for Luke - and Obi-wan's safety, he had stayed away.
"he looks a lot like you," Obi-wan said quietly, "but his personality is more like Padme's."
The polar opposite of Jinn, Anakin smiled, "Padme told me about Luke and Leia." he closed his eyes and shrugged, "we both agreed that they would be safer without knowing me."
Obi-wan suddenly went stiff as he remembered what he had told Luke... "Darth vader betrayed and murdered your father"... Wincing, Obi-wan swallowed and closed his eyes, this wasn't good; particularly if Anakin was telling the truth - which seemed more and more likely by the second.
Anakin frowned at him, "what?"
"Ah..." licking his lips, Obi-wan swallowed again. "I may have... said something to Luke_"
Anakin went still, whatever Obi-wan had told his eldest, he had a feeling he wasn't going to like it. "What did you say to him?" Somehow he kept his voice even, controlled, despite the terror flaring within him.
"I..." Obi-wan closed his eyes, "just remember, this was before I knew 'the truth'." He reminded Anakin, taking a deep breath, he let it out slowly. "I told Luke that his father had been murdered by Vader."
Anakin hissed in a sharp breath, "Obi-wan." Pain and anger flashed through him, his own son though he had... Looking at Obi-wan, Anakin shook his head. "Why did you tell him that?"
" I believed that you had been seduced by the dark side of the Force." Obi-wan said in quiet defense, "that you had ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and had became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was my friend was destroyed." Obi-wan shrugged, "So what I told Luke was true... from a certain point of view."
Anakin glared at him, "a certain point of view!" He couldn't believe this, his son was going to hate him.
Obi-wan sighed softly, "Anakin, you should know by now that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."
Anakin was unresponsive, Obi-wan studied him in silence for a moment. "I don't blame you for being angry. If I was wrong in what I did, it certainly wouldn't have been for the first time."
Anakin shook his head, "I'm not angry at you." he could understand why Obi-wan had told Luke what he had, but still, "you really have such a low opinion of me?"
"I thought you had turned to that darkside Anakin," Obi-wan reminded him, "I believed that you were evil_" he broke off as he realised that everything he had just said, had been in past tense. He trusted Anakin now, believed that he was - and always had been - good. "I'm sorry."
"It wasn't entirely your fault," Anakin shook his head, "It's not like you knew any different." looking at him, Anakin smiled thinly, "thank you for looking after Luke." Even if his old friend had - temporarily - turned his son against him, Anakin knew that Obi-wan had watched over his son, had kept Luke safe from the Empire and Palpatine.
xx
"Dad!"
"Dad!"
Obi-wan couldn't help smiling at the two children rushing towards them. A little blonde haired girl around thirteen, and a young, brown haired boy who couldn't have been any older than four. Padme walked behind them, her face shining with joy as she smiled at Anakin.
Anakin paused, crouching as the boy ran towards them with his arms wide, "Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad!" He leaped into his father's arms, whooping as Anakin lifted him up high and spun him around.
Holding his son close, Anakin smiled at him. "Have you been fighting?"
"Yes!" Jinn grinned.
Anakin grinned back at him, "have you been winning?"
Nodding, Jinn's eyes gleamed. "Yes!"
"That's my boy!" Laughing, Anakin snuggled him gently, before putting him down.
Rue reached him and threw her arms around him, "we missed you dad." She said, hugging him tight, "i wish you could just stay here with Jinn and Mom and me."
Anakin nodded, "I do too." But he had to leave, had to stay where he was. Looking at Obi-wan, Anakin grinned. "Rue, Jinn, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi."
Rue's eyes widened, while Jinn let out an excited shriek and leaped into Obi-wan's eyes. "You're Obi-wan?" He asked, then keopt taking before Obi-wan could answer, "Dad's told us so much about you, it's so great to finally meet you. Did you know I'm named after Master Qui-gon Jinn? Dad said he trained you and_"
Laughing, Anakin covered his son's mouth with a hand, "hush Jinn, give Obi-wan a chance to speak."
Obi-wan smiled at the boy in his arms, yes, he could see a lot of Padme in him - but there was also a lot of Anakin as well. "I'm very Pleased to meet you. Jinn," he looked at Rue and smiled, "hello."
Rue grinned, "I'm sorry about Jinn." She ruffled her brother's hair as she stepped forward, "he can be a little excited sometimes." She reached out and shook Obi-wan's had as he repositioned Jinn on his hip, "he is right though, it's great to finally meet you."
Anakin smiled and strode to Padme, pulling her into his arms, Anakin kissed her and closed his eyes. "I have missed you Padme."
Sighing, Padme leaned against him. "You can't stay, can you?"
Shaking his head, Anakin held his wife close. "It won't be long before someone realises I'm gone," he had locked his the door to his rooms and had told everyone that he was going to be meditating, but at the most that would give him a day. "I have to go now, before missed."
Jinn's shoulders drooped, "but you only just got here." The little boy complained, unable to keep the whine out of his voice.
Sighing, Anakin walked over to him and lifted him from Obi-wan's arms. "You know i can't stay," he told Jinn.
Sniffing, Jinn hugged him, "will you come back soon?"
"I'll try, ok." Anakin put him down and knelt in front of his son, "we'll do some training next time, I promise."
Jinn grinned, "really?!"
"But only if you're really good for you Mom," Anakin told him as he straightened. Looking at Obi-wan, Anakin sighed, he wanted to talk to his old friend, wanted to rehash their relationship properly...
But he had to go. Smiling he shrugged, "at least you trust me now."
Obi-wan nodded, "be careful Anakin."
Grinning, Anakin walked backwards towards his shuttle. "You know me Master, I'm always careful."
