My Brothers Empire

Disclaimer: All credit goes to the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas.

Summary: Darth Vader rules the galaxy with his master, Darth Sidious. His brother, Anakin Skywalker, lives with him against his will.

Chapter 24

Medical droids.

Ahsoka hated medical droids.

She could sense one nearby before she opened her eyes, it's mechanical voice worse than Vader's had ever , Ahsoka wondered where she was. Vader without his suit on would be Anakin's equal and if Anakin was dead, and Vader was alive, and she was in a medical ward... that would mean she was back on Vader's flagship, the Exactor. Except this didn't feel like the Exactor, she could sense no dark presences anywhere nearby. In fact, she could sense a very light presence right next to her.

Anakin.

Opening her eyes, Ahsoka looked over at Anakin and was shocked to see that his head was bandaged, along with his right arm and left wrist. His eyes were open too, and he smiled at Ahsoka when her gaze locked with his. He looked exhausted, judging from the bags under his eyes, but seemed to be regaining his energy rather quickly. There was something different about him, it was his eye. Just beside his right eye was a scar, that looked as though it had just had some stitching removed and the wound had healed, leaving only that scar; it made him look as though he was a few years older than he actually was, which was a little unsettling.

"How you feeling, Snips?" He asked light heartedly, showing that he had not changed one bit.

Ahsoka shrugged, her side caused her the slightest bit of pain because of it but she decided - after looking down to make sure she wasn't bleeding - that it was nothing. "Like I was thrown through a wall," She replied. "Which I was."

Anakin lifted his head off of his pillow. "You were?" He asked. "By who? Dooku?"

"No," Ahsoka responded. "I killed him, and Ventress, it was Vader."

Nodding once, Anakin put his head back onto his pillow. "I killed him," He said. "Sort of."

"What happened?"

"I pushed his lightsaber towards a pressurised, metal container with lava inside so that he would have to stop himself and I could have a few seconds to recover, but he wasn't paying attention and we both got blown up. I'm not sure, but I think he was killed by the lava."

"What about Sidious and Starkiller?"

"Dead and dead." Anakin said simply. "Sidious was cut in half, though he managed to hit me with force lightning just before he died, and Starkiller I stabbed in the chest."

"How'd you hurt your head?"

"Vader slammed into it with the hilt of his saber."

"Is that why you have that scar over your eye, too?" Ahsoka asked, unable to help herself.

Anakin frowned. "I don't think so," He said slowly. "That must have happened after I passed out."

"I passed out too." Ahsoka admitted.

The medical droid hovered over to them and Ahsoka had to avert her gaze, medical droids were just so... Shaking her head slightly, Ahsoka shifted into a more comfortable position and forced herself to stomach her fear of medical droids so that she could listen to what it was saying.

"Master Skywalker," It began, making Ahsoka frown. "You have broken your arm in five places, a twisted wrist and a serious wound on your head that we have bandaged."

"Master Skywalker?" Anakin asked, confused. "What are you on about?"

"You are Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker."

Anakin gawped at him. "No, I'm not." He said slowly, more confused than before.

"Yes you are, sir." The droid continued. "You were made a Jedi knight by the Jedi council four and a half days ago."

"Four and a half days?" Ahsoka asked.

"Knight?" Anakin asked, not bothered about the amount of time they were unconscious. "Wait, no, I can't be a Jedi. That's against the code -"

"Oh, master, will you just lay back and accept something for once?" Ahsoka cut across him.

"Don't call me master," Anakin said, though it was not as certain as before.

"Why not? That's how its supposed to be."

"Yes, but -"

"What injuries do I have?" Ahsoka asked the medical droid, not allowing Anakin to continue.

"Broken and fractured ribs, a twisted ankle, a small cut on your forehead and your shoulder was nearly dislocated, though we have rectified it." The medical droid said.

"So more serious than mine, then?" Anakin questioned.

"Not necessarily, your head injury was very serious, but your padawan has broken and fractured six ribs all together."

"You should have been more careful, Ahsoka."

"Me? I'm not the one with the head injury!"

"At least I didn't get thrown through a wall!"

"Ah, awake I see." A familiar voice said, causing their argument to end and their heads to turn to the doorway, where Obi-Wan stood looking amused – the Jedi council was behind him.

"You're not on Polis Massa then," Anakin said; Ahsoka can tell that he was wanting to leave the Jedi master behind so that they wouldn't be lectured every ten seconds.

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes as he and the rest of the council – including Master Yoda - walked into the room. They all either had bandages on some part of their body or had scars from where their injuries had healed, this made Ahsoka feel slightly guilty that she was not awake when they were freed. Their Jedi tunics looked new, which Ahsoka did not blame them for getting, and many looked as though they had been asleep for a few days, though not as long as she and Anakin had been.

"What happened?" Anakin asked. "After we passed out, I mean."

"We freed ourselves with the key card in the emperors robes," Master Windu explained. "Then we went looking for you. We did not expect the two of you to have passed out, or that you would cause an explosion."

"It was supposed to be a distraction so I could have a few seconds to recover," Anakin informed. "But Vader wasn't paying any attention."

"He was killed by the lava shortly after the explosion."

"Ouch, so what happened after that?"

"Well..."

Celebration Day, Outside The Jedi Temple, Ahsoka Tano POV

I've never been to a celebration, there hasn't been much to celebrate, but I know that this one will last for a few weeks at least.

Every citizen from every planet that was under the empires control is out celebrating today, and for days to come. Anakin, my master, took control of the empire as the soul air to the throne and turned it back into the republic before stepping down and giving all the power to the senate - democracy was reinstated. He's now known as 'The Hero With No Fear' and has another title too, 'The Kind Royal' which he hasn't shut up about since the HoloNet announced it.

On the bright side, I'm known as 'The Jedi Of Hope' still, which I find is a much better title than any that Anakin has.

All of the Jedi that went back to their families are here with us as we're celebrating, and they've only been gone for a week. I've never been thanked so much in my life - though I suppose the time I stopped Anakin from blowing up the Exactor comes close to it - and the only thing I can hear is music blasting, people cheering and singing and Anakin, who is right beside me now.

"Come on Snips!" He calls over the noise of the crowd that is everywhere. "There's some people I want you to meet!"

He's done nothing but hang around with Senator Amidala for most of the day, so I have a pretty good idea of who I'm going to be seeing. Hopeless, he redefined the word. It took a good shove from me to get him to kiss her, and it's all over the HoloNet now. You should have seen Obi-Wan's face when he found out that they were in love, he can't have been taking a word I've said about her and Anakin seriously because I have never seen his jaw drop that quickly in my life.

Anakin grabs my hand and leads me out from the middle of a crowd, mostly containing boys who want me to go out with them... yuck!

Owen Larrs is alive, as it turned out, and the council found him in a cage in the emperors throne room. When Anakin heard that he was alive I thought he was going to pass out again, the only time I've seen him hug someone that tightly was when he hugged me, I got lost for a few days on Gallinore and found my way back to where he was staying. Owen and Anakin have never been closer, and Owen's even got a fiance now, her names Beru.

I would bet a hundred credits that Anakin is going to propose to Padme at some point, it's not as if love is forbbiden in the Jedi order anymore. And Anakin has a scar beside his eye that he got from the shrapnel of the explosion, people say that it's a reminder of what he did and how he destroyed the sith and fulfilled the prophecy of the chosen one. I don't think I've ever seen Master Yoda so happy, or any of the council members for that matter, the order has been waiting for the chosen one for thousands of years so it was no surprise when Anakin was patted on the back by about a thousand Jedi.

He leads me into a quieter area and I can see two people who seem strangely familiar standing nearby, a male and female togruta couple to be exact.

Frowning, I look up at Anakin and back to them before my brain begins to make sense of everything. They couldn't be... could they?

"Ahsoka," The woman says, smiling at me.

I don't dare to hope, but I just have to ask. "Mum?"

They both smile at me.

"Dad?" I ask, looking at the man now before looking back up at Anakin. "How...?"

"You didn't expect me not to get into contact with them, did you?" He asks, arching an eyebrow. "I mean, I am your guardian."

In the next few seconds, I am in the arms of my parents. It does not surprise me that they are happy to see me alive and well, I am happy to see them too. I can't imagine what it was like for them, thinking that I was dead for so long and only hearing reports about me from the HoloNet. Happily, I remember that I have the best master in the world, he did raise me after all.

My name is Ahsoka Tano. I'm a legendary Jedi and the padawan of the chosen one.