Hey guys! I hope you're still with me! I'm sooo sorry! I haven't updated in awhile, I know! My dog chewed my laptop charger so I couldn't really write with a dead laptop, and soooo here you go! Sorry for it being a short chapter, I added this one before the one I already wrote :p Hope you like!

Luke and Leia could not find words; the pain they felt in their hearts was almost too much to bear. They both knew that their father was going to forget them but it had come on too soon. They had learned nothing. Just as they had started to bond, as they had started to love, he was taken away from them. He didn't know who they were, they were nothing to him. It didn't seem fair, but there was nothing they could do about it… except prevent their parents' terrible future.

After a few minutes of awkward silence between Luke, Leia, and Anakin; as each were lost in their own thoughts. The past few days felt like a dream to Anakin, a dream he could hardly remember. I can't remember…. This is so strange. I usually have a good memory. Luke and Leia…. And Han. Why did I forget their names? This feels very uncomfortable… maybe because I going insane. I need Padme. Oh no… Anakin's mind froze, Padme. They know about Padme and me. They know about our marriage. Why did I tell about our marriage in front of them? I have to do something. They can't tell. Anakin slowly cleared his throat causing Leia and Luke to turn and look in his direction near the counter.

Anakin's face became very serious as he looked at the twins, " I am very sorry for everything, I guess I am just tried, but there is something we need to talk about."

"Padme?" Leia asked noticing her father's face.

Anakin nodded wondering how to explain the situation in a way that the twins would understand, "Yes… Padme…. you have to understand that…"

"Say no more." Luke interrupted smiling, "We understand."

"You do?" Anakin asked raising an eyebrow.

Luke nodded happily, "Yes. You don't have to worry, my sister and I will not tell a soul. We understand that your marriage is a secret and that if the secret was told, it would mean bad news for both of you."

"So feel free to act like a married couple in front of us!" Leia added a little too eagerly hoping that she could finally see how their parents acted around each other.

Luke bumped his sister's arm hoping that their father wouldn't notice. He smiled at this confused father trying to explain his sister's words, "What my sister means is that there is no need to hide anything from us. You have given us a home and protection, it is the least we ca do. It is your house anyways, we would hate for you to…." Luke paused breathing in awkwardly not wanting to say the words he thought, "…enjoy your wife while you were on leave from war."

Ignoring Luke's choice of words, Anakin nodded, the Jedi understood what Luke was trying to say even though the young man was not choosing his words correctly. However, it did mean a lot to Anakin and for some reason, he knew he could trust him.

"That means a lot, thank you."

Luke smiled, "I would just hope that someone would do the same if I was in your position."

Anakin frowned shaking his head, "I hope you… or anyone… is never in my position."

Leia saw the pain that crossed her father's face and asked kindly, "Is it that bad?"

Anakin smiled painfully at the silly question, "It's worse! I could never explain what I go through everyday. No one should ever have to hide his or her love. No one should have to live a lie."

Leia nodded feeling pity for her parents, she began thinking about everything her father and mother must have gone through during their secret years of being married. Holding a secret, especially a secret as big as marriage from the universe would be hard for anyone. Even harder for two people who were followed by the HoloNet every moment of their lives.

"I'm sorry… No one should ever have to go through that." Luke responded softly.

The Jedi shrugged regaining himself, "We have to do, what we have to do."

The sound of footsteps walking down the hallway caused the group to turn around. A wide smile appeared on Padme's face as she entered the room, but the twins could tell that her smile was all for their father. It seemed that the twins did not have to tell their mother that they were not going to tell her marriage secret because there was no worry on her face as she embraced her husband. Padme did not care if the twins told, all she cared about is that they knew and she did not need to hide it anymore. Anakin's arm softly wrapped around Padme's waist as he placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

Leia smiled admiring the love her parent's shared. They love each other so much.

Luke grabbed onto his sister's hand pulling her gently, "Let's go."

Leia resisted her brother's pull, wanting to see more of her parents. She pulled away from Luke's hand making an accidental loud protest, "No!" Leia's eyes grew big realizing she had drawn her parent's attention. She quickly apologized, "Oh… I'm sorry."

Padme smiled, revealing to her children the new youthful glow that appeared on her features, "It's perfectly alright, I'm sorry that we were gone so long."

"It is alright, we hardly noticed." Luke lied.

Thankfully for Luke, Padme nodded accepting the lie, "Since we have been terrible hosts, is there anything you need? Food? HoloNet? "

"Of course not! You two need to eat! You must be starved!" Leia urged.

"We know Anakin is." Luke added with a laugh.

Padme smiled as she turned to her husband, "I'm afraid Anakin is always hungry. The rest of the galaxy would need to starve if Anakin's stomach was filled."

"I don't eat much when on missions, I stalk up when I can." Anakin argued knowing his statement was true. He was lucky to get a meal during a mission and if he did he didn't have the time or it wasn't edible… at least by his standards.

"Nevertheless," Padme joked, "I always have to refill my kitchen after a visit from you."

Luke and Leia watched as their parents began to argue about food. Two people, who seemed like true adults a few hours before, now seemed like two children. Luke noticed that his parent's argument was not going to end soon so he politely interrupted, "Do you mind if I turn on the HoloNet?"

Padme put her hand over Anakin's mouth before turning to Luke, "Of course! Go right ahead!"

Luke nodded allowing his mother to return yelling at his father. He turned to his sister, "Come on."

The twins left their arguing parents alone in the kitchen as they walked down the hall towards the living area. The two silently took their seats on one of the couches in the room. Leia was the first to speak as she let out a small cry, "He forgot us."

Luke nodded sadly moving his hand to his face, wiping the forming tears from his eyes, "I know."

"What are we going to do?"

Luke shrugged, "The only thing we can do. We have to stay with them. We need to find answers. Most of all… we need to prevent our future."

Leia nodded as the tears started to pour down her face. She knew what their future meant. It meant death, suffering, and pain…. But it also meant much more to her. It also meant Alderaan, Bail Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and everything else she had come to love.

Luke hugged his sister understanding what she was thinking, "I know… but we have to think about how much better it will all be."

Leia nodded, pressing her face into Luke's chest, "I know. It will all be better."

Luke and Leia separated, turning towards the sound of footsteps in the hall. Luke grabbed the remote that laid next to him quickly switching on the screen in front of him. A bright light and loud sounds of engines filled the room. Luke leaned towards Leia, "We will have to talk later."

"Podracing! Who's winning!?"

Luke turned from his sister to his father who had just entered the room. Podracing? Glancing between his father and the Holo playing in front of him Luke understood his father's question. When he had hit the remote, the channel it had been on was podracing, something his father apparently liked. Luke smiled at his father, "I have no idea." He paused before adding a lie, "I hardly understand this kind of racing anyways."

"Oh what are you doing!?" Anakin yelled not paying attention to whatever Luke was trying to say. Padme ran into the room as Anakin took his seat on another couch in the room; "Was someone yelling?"

The twins both pointed to the oblivious Jedi in the room. Padme glanced from Anakin to the podrace before smiling, "Well that would explain it."

"Does he like podraces?" Luke asked as his mother took a seat on the couch.

"He loves them." Padme laughed lost in a memory, "He use to race in them."

"He use to race in podraces!?" Luke yelled in amazement. Even as a child Luke loved to watch the races, he knew that many humans raced and survived. There was only one human that ever won in the Boonta Eve Classic but Luke never knew who.

Padme nodded, "Yes, he raced them when he was younger and lived on Tatooine. He was very good."

"Good?" Anakin laughed joining the conversation, " I started racing when I was like six years old and I was fantastic! The only human that raced and won!"

"You won a race?" Luke asked excitedly.

Anakin nodded, "Yeah… technically I won a few. I entered a few street races when I snuck out of the Jedi Temple but my first race I won was when I was ten in the Boonta Eve Classic."

That was it. Luke's mouth dropped to the floor causing everyone in the room to laugh.

Ignoring her brother, confusion was still across Leia's face; "Did you say you were ten years old?"

"When I won." Anakin corrected, "I was maybe six years old when I started."

"Why?" Leia yelled. Although she did sound angry, Luke could hint the protectiveness in his sister's voice. She couldn't imagine allowing a six year old to race a pod, "Why would your mother make you do that!?"

"She didn't, she would have preferred if I would have stayed home."

"Then why?"

The Jedi took in a small breath, "I was a slave. My Master, Watto made me race pods for him."

"A slave?" Luke and Leia both asked in amazement.

Their father nodded.

"But you're a Jedi!" Luke protested. He had always heard his father was a Jedi… or a Sith, but never a slave.

"I am a Jedi." Anakin agreed.

"Then how were you a slave?"

Anakin paused thinking, but politely turned back to Luke, "I was a slave when a Jedi Master Qui-Gon found me. That's also when I met P…."

"BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS!"

Forgetting about his story, Anakin, Padme, Luke, and Leia turned towards the new sound echoing from the Holo. The picture was no longer of a pod race but of a special news broadcast. The room became silent as everyone listened to what the man had to say.

"This is truly a tragedy for the Republic. A surprise attack against many legions including the 501st has left many clones, as well as civilians dead. Count Dooku's flagship was seen near by, leaving the Separatists as the only lead."

The green man turned to a human man sitting next to him, "Dan, the 501st is the Republic's best, how could they allow a sneak attack to wipe out so many of our numbers?"

"Well Sreek, there is only one answer in my mind."

"What is that?"

"Anakin Skywalker."

"What about him, Dan?"

The human nodded gesturing to Holos that were now playing behind him. Pictures fire, explosions, weapons, death, and war flashed across the screen. "Look at all this Sreek, this is all just the past few days. You know who as been missing the past few days?"

Sreek nodded, "Jedi General Anakin Skywalker."

Dan nodded, "When the Jedi need something to get done they send Skywalker. Say what you want about him, but he is the key to winning the war."

"Now wait a minute Dan," Sreek interrupted, "Skywalker is a huge key, but don't forget about Jedi General Kenobi. He has also done a lot for this war."

Dan shook his head, "He has, but not like Skywalker. Hero Without Fear and The Negotiator. Kenobi just negotiates; Skywalker is the one that get thinks done. They are a team but one is gone. Think about it, Skywalker has been gone for a few days and everything goes insane. We need him."

"I see your point." Sreek agreed.

"Exactly, if Skywalker is gone any longer we can kiss our universe goodbye. If you ask my opinion these deaths are all on him and…"

*click*

Luke and Leia turned to see their mother holding the remote. Padme was looking at Anakin, the Jedi that continued to stare at the blank spot where the screen had disappeared. Padme rushed to her husband's side placing a hand on his shoulder, "Don't listen to him Anakin, Dan Sranko is the scum of Coruscant. He doesn't know a thing."

Despite Padme's kind, loving words, Anakin did not move. He just continued to stare blankly, ignoring the world. Padme tried time and time again to have Anakin acknowledge her presence, but continued to fail. Padme gave the twins a sad look, as they both stood concerned in the corner of the room, "He should be fine. You two should go get rest, he just needs time."

Luke nodded, gently pulling his sister out of the room. Neither of them wanted to leave, both of them knew something was about to go wrong. It wasn't five minutes after that the twins heard yelling echoing through the halls. Phrases like 'You don't understand' or 'what do you want me to do' were the most obvious to the twins, but both ran out of the room as they heard their mother cry, "Anakin! No! Please don't go!"

The twins sprinted to the living area to see their mother holding a pillow crying.

"What's wrong?" Leia asked grabbing onto her mother.

"He's leaving!" Padme cried gripping onto the pillow tighter.

"What?!"

"This is Jedi General Anakin Skywalker reporting back into duty. Leaving Naboo now in Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor and heading to my flagship."

Luke, Leia, and Padme turned to watch Anakin descend from the staircase talking to a clone soldier that projected from a small device in his hand. He was wearing his back Jedi tunic with his lightsaber hanging from his belt. The sight of her husband back in his Jedi attire going back to war made Padme cry harder. He was really leaving her.

The soldier nodded before disappearing, "Yes General Skywalker, I will tell Rex right away."

Padme grabbed onto Anakin's tunic crying, "Please don't go! Ani, please!"

Anakin ignored his wife that held onto his tunic as he turned to the droid that rolled into the room, "R2, get my starfighter ready, we are headed to my fleet."

R2 did not move as he took in the scene in front of him, moving his head up and down. He beeped a response, which made Anakin's anger boil, "I said now, R2!"

Not wanting to push his master any further, R2 slowly rolled out of the room in the direction of Anakin's starfighter.

Anakin helped his crying wife up and over to the couch before looking at the twins, "Once I'm gone, the Jedi Council will send a padawan to stay with you three here. You two will probably be under extra watch since Han is gone."

Luke nodded, not knowing what else to say. He couldn't beg his father to stay but he also couldn't believe what he was seeing. How could he be leaving? Leia however, was not like her brother, she did find words; "How could you be leaving?'

"Not you too."

"Yes me too! You can't leave!"

"Actually I can." Anakin argued but paused letting out a loud sigh before he turned back to his wife, "Padme, where is my robe?"

"I don't know."

Annoyed, Anakin began looking around the room; "Padme seriously."

"I don't know!" Padme cried.

Seeing how hurt Padme was and not wanting to leave under bad terms, he hugged his wife; "I'll be back. I always come back."

A sudden fit of anger filled Padme as she pushed her husband off of her, "No! You always say that, but you don't understand! You leave me alone! I never know anything!"

Anakin frowned, "I leave you for war, because I have to. I understand."

"You have to? You understand?" Padme yelled angrily, "You don't have to leave now! The Jedi Council did not call you back into action, you are doing it yourself! If you understood, you wouldn't leave!"

"I'm doing the right thing! My duty!" Anakin argued, "My men are dying, they need me. I'm trying to keep the universe safe for you, I have to go back!"

Luke and Leia watched silently as their parents continued to argue. They weren't really sure what was happening in front of them and they didn't know how to react, but they did know that it frightened them.

"No you don't!" Padme argued.

"Yes, I do!"

"Then go! Since you want to so badly!" Padme yelled.

"Padme…"

"No!" Padme yelled before hitting Anakin square in the stomach, "Leave!"

"Fine, find my robe and I'll be out of your hair!" Anakin yelled back.

"I don't know where it is!" Padme yelled trying to reach up to Anakin's level and failing, "And even if I did, I wouldn't give it to you!"

"Fine Padme!" Anakin yelled in defeat turning his back.

"Good leave, you…you nurf herder!"

Anakin responded angrily in Huttese knowing that no one would understand him.

"Yeah same to you! In a civilized language!" Padme screamed following Anakin out the door.

The twins listened to her mother screaming at her father as he walked out of the house. They didn't blame her; they weren't sure what had happened when they went back to their room. They didn't want him to leave either, but now all insanity had broken loose. Without another word Anakin got into his starfighter and disappeared into the sky. The second Anakin's starfighter was gone Padme's face turned from pissed to broken as she fell to the ground, "No, Anakin… come back…."

Well guys what do you think? Sorry that took so long, but yay new charger! It was literally killing me not being able to write this! As always, please please please write a review! I love hearing from you! I promise next chapter will be up soon!