Blaze: this is the epilogue for book I

Darth: that's cool

Blaze: yeah

Tigerstar: short author's note?

A Burning Palpypie: HELP!

Tigerstar: (glances at Blaze)

Blaze: that time, it wasn't me

Anakin: (puts away flamethrower) hahahaha

Blaze: nice, here's the epilogue and I hope that you like it, reviews are once again most appreciated.

Epilogue

After the transports entered lightspeed, Anakin finally had a chance to see his children. They had been transferred to Ackbar's Mon Calamari cruiser when they had dropped out of lightspeed briefly to plot their destination.

When Anakin entered the room Ackbar had given him and Padmé, he was welcomed by an enthusiastic Luke as the little infant ran at Anakin and threw himself at him, Leia soon followed her brother and between the two of them, they managed to knock Anakin off of his feet.

Anakin laughed as he gazed at the infants that were sitting on his stomach. "Do you two mind?" he complained.

"They've been waiting for you to come back since we were moved here," Sillia said walking over to join them.

"I can see that," Anakin said smiling.

The door slide open and Padmé walked into the room, followed by Obi-Wan. Padmé stopped before frowning. "Ani, why are Luke and Leia using you as a chair?" she asked.

"Don't ask me, I don't know why they do anything sometimes," Anakin replied smiling as he stood up and managed to get Luke and Leia off of him.

Luke gazed up at him with huge blue eyes before he whimpered and tugged at Anakin's sleeve. Anakin glanced at him. "What is it, little one?" he asked. Luke gazed at him before stretching out his small arms. Anakin gently lifted the infant boy into his arms before doing the same with Leia who had whimpered in protest to her brother getting attention.

"We won the battle," Padmé commented.

"Yes, we did," Anakin agreed smiling slightly.

Luke and Leia gazed up at their father before smiling at him and burying their small faces into his chest. Anakin gently stroked his son and his daughter's hair before glancing up at Padmé and Obi-Wan.

"I wonder what is in store for us next," he wondered out loud.

"I do not know," Obi-Wan admitted. "With the Jedi all but gone and Palpatine holding the galaxy in his iron grip, we know that something is bound to happen."

Anakin gazed at Luke and Leia's bright little faces as they gazed up at him. "Master, do you think there will ever be peace in the galaxy?" he asked.

Obi-Wan smiled. "Yes, I do believe that, Anakin. It will take time for us to defeat Palpatine and Ira but when we do, we will bring peace back to the galaxy. You just have to have a bit of patience."

Anakin knew that his former master believed what he was saying but he, on the other hand, wasn't so sure. Part of him agreed with Obi-Wan's reasoning but another part of him began to wonder what would happen afterwards.

What Anakin wanted to know was what the cost of bringing peace back to the galaxy was going to be.

"So he is afraid to lose his children?" Palpatine asked coolly.

"Yes, my Master," Ira replied lowering his head.

Palpatine smirked slightly beneath the hood of the cloak he wore. I knew there was something he was afraid of and now I can use this to my advantage, he thought. "Very good, Lord Ira," he said out loud. "Anakin's fear shall be used to our advantage. For now, I want you to return to Coruscant. We must continue to work toward bringing the entire galaxy beneath my rule. Once that is done, we can turn our attention to prevent the dreaded Jedi prophecy from ever being completed."

"And how shall we do that, master?" Ira asked, lifting his yellow flecked dark brown gaze to Palpatine.

Palpatine smiled. "Simple," he replied. "Turn the Chosen One of the Prophecy to the dark side of the Force and the prophecy shall be turned in favor of the darkness. Everything relies on the Chosen One; the Jedi need the Chosen One to bring balance to the Force and we need the Chosen One to turn the Force in favor of the dark side."

"And how shall we do that, master?"

Palpatine smiled as he leaned back on his throne. "All in good time, Lord Ira," he said coolly. "All in good time."

"And what of the remaining Jedi?"

"We shall find them all and destroy them. The Jedi Order will be completely obliterated by this time next year," Palpatine said smirking cruelly. And once the Jedi Order is destroyed, I shall continue to work on breaking the Jedi Prophecy. As the holographic image of his apprentice disappeared, Palpatine let out a chilling laugh that echoed throughout the newly completed throne room.

The dark side now flourished strongly in the once peaceful galaxy as the Galactic Civil War officially began.

-The End-

A/n what do you think?

Blaze: that was the last chapter of Exile

Darth: beware of anger, it leads to the dark side. And I'm getting angry 'cause I lost my cappuccino

Blaze: you always lose your cappuccino

Darth: no I drink it, except when Palpypie steals it from me, where is that idiot?

Palpypie: I didn't do it this time

Darth: prove it to me, go get me another cappuccino

Palpypie: (scowls, stabs Kronos and stalks off)

Kronos: what did I do?

Blaze: please review and I will post the sequel as soon as I possibly can. The sequel is entitled, Keeping Faith, Book II: Allies and it shall come out in a week, perhaps two, it depends on how long it takes for me to type the first chapter on the library's computer. Here is a summary of the second book in my Keeping Faith series.

Keeping Faith

Book II: Allies

Five years have passed by since the Galactic Civil War began and Emperor Palpatine, along with his right hand enforcer Darth Ira, have nearly obliterated the Jedi Order. A group of Jedi, led by Padawan Ahsoka Tano, find refuge on the planet Ziost. As darkness rises in all places, Anakin, along with his children, his wife and his former master, find themselves on a mission that will lead to the discovery of unlikely allies...

Blaze: this series is planned out to being a ten book series, spanning from RotS to RotJ but it is completely AU, meaning many of the events that happen in the original trilogy do not happen here. Please review and I will post the next book as soon as I possibly but I doubt it will be anytime soon and sorry for repeating myself.