Yes, here is another chapter. A little serious, this one. A lot of shouting goes on.

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Chapter 9

"Obi-Wan Kenobi?"

Leia turned to look at Han, who seemed quite shocked.

"That's right."

"I thought he was killed during the Jedi purges!"

Leia smirked slightly.

"Well, of course everyone was supposed to think that. He couldn't be undercover if everyone knew he was alive, could he?"

Han shook his head.

"I can't believe it."

Luke was looking at Anakin.

Anakin was looking pale.

"What is it?"

Anakin put a hand to his head.

"That was Obi-Wan?"

Luke nodded.

"Yes. Why?"

"He was… is- my best friend."

Han looked at him, furiously.

"He is NOT! Will you STOP this!"

Anakin stood up, angrily.

"Why don't you just LISTEN to me!? I AM a Jedi, I AM Obi-Wan Kenobi's best friend and I AM about to start fighting in the Clone Wars! You're all too wrapped up on your own delusions to SEE it!"

"Will you two calm down!" Leia said, forcefully. She put a hand on Anakin's shoulder, pushing him back on his seat. Han and Anakin glared daggers at each other. A think blanket of tension covered the room.

"Um-"

"WHAT?" Han shouted. Luke recoiled.

"Sorry, Luke." Han breathed, waving a hand. Luke nodded.

"Um, sorry, I just wanted to ask… Anakin, do you have a wife?"

Anakin jumped, and looked at him suspiciously.

"How do you know?

"Sorry, it was just that-"

"Well, that proves it!"

Han stood up, grinning.

"You've slipped up!"

Anakin frowned at him.

"Slipped up?"

"Jedi aren't allowed to form attachments."

Anakin sighed.

"I know. That's why I was asking Luke how he knew."

Luke looked at the floor.

"Um, I was just wondering."

Anakin gave him a quizzical look.

"Why?"

Luke shrugged, eyes still on the floor.

"Just wondering."

"Anyway." Leia said suddenly, standing up from where she'd taken a seat on the floor. "I believe we will be there soon. I will be speaking with Mon Mothma when we arrive, so I expect you all to stand quietly, without scowling, while I have an intelligent conversation with her. I've been missing them."

Everyone scowled at her.

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The four of them, Leia in the lead, stepped into yet another freezing cold room. Han had been complaining about the temperature since their arrival. Anakin had simply raised his eyebrows and said 'Hoth?', and Luke had been very quiet.

But all of them looked up when a stately looking woman walked towards them. Leia walked up to her, smiling.

"Mon."

Mon Mothma hugged her back.

"Leia. I am terribly sorry I couldn't see you after your ordeal on the Death Star." she said, stepping back, with her hands on Leia's shoulders.

"That is quite alright. I know you were busy." Leia replied.

"I am very glad to be able to arrange to meet with you now. I trust your rooms here are to your liking?"

Han and Anakin snorted. They had been put in an icy dorm full of smelly rebels.

"They are fine. I know it must be difficult to accommodate everybody on such a desolate planet." Leia replied, smiling. She had been given a private room.

"It certainly was. I am glad everyone is being understanding of that fact." Mothma said, eyes twinkling.

She looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Leia, General Dodonna mentioned something about you picking up a… well, to use his crude term; idiot."

Anakin let out a bizarre wail of outrage. Everyone looked at him, including Mothma for what seemed to be the first time. Her eyes widened.

"Anakin?"

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"Wait, you meant Senator Mon Mothma!?" Anakin exclaimed, looking at her for what, again, seemed to be the first time.

"Not any more." Mothma and Leia said automatically.

Leia looked surprised, but Mon Mothma still seemed to be in a state of shock. Han also had widened eyes, but Luke still stared at the floor.

"You know him?"

Mon Mothma turned to look at Han incredulously.

"Don't you?"

"Uh-"

"This man is a hero of the Clone Wars!"

"He's not actua-"

"You don't look a day older!" she exclaimed. She studied his face carefully. "You look younger." She picked up his padawan braid. "Y-you're still a padawan!"

"Wait, you know this kid personally?" Han put in.

Mon Mothma smiled.

"We shared a close friend."

"Who?" asked Leia.

"Anakin?"

Anakin smiled, his whole face brightening up.

"You're talking about Padmé?"

End Chapter Nine

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I think Only one person really took notice of Anakin knowing Obi-Wan. And he isn't going to say anything. For a little bit.

But right now, I only wanted to confirm Anakin being from The Past. Suddenly.

The Padme thing is also not going to go anywhere for a little bit. Just to warn you :D

But it will tie together eventually. Promise.