POV: Anakin

They came to get me as soon as the doctor released me. Literally, when everyone got to the lobby of the hospital there were two Naboo Royal Guards waiting for me.

"Anakin Skywalker," one of them said, "You are the Jedi traitor known as Darth Vader?"

"If you have to ask, you're in trouble," I said with a smile.

"Anakin," said Obi-Wan, "do try not to make this worse."

"Wait," said Padme, "What is going on?"

"Be careful ma'am," said the guard. "You are standing beside a Sith Lord."

"His name is General Anakin Skywalker," said Rex before drawing his gun. "Now, what exactly do you boys want with the General?"

"We have a warrant for his arrest signed by Chancellor Valorum," said the leader pulling out a data tablet.

"Give me that!" screeched my wife snatching the data tablet away from the officer. She scrolled through the document with her keen eyes. "This says he has to go to Coruscant to stand trial for treason!"

"What?!" came everyone. Obi-Wan reached for the tablet, and she handed it to him.

"Huh," I said. "The jedi aren't gonna have their revenge, the senate will. Even though that part was really Palpatine's idea. I was just going along with it becau-"

"Shut up, Anakin. I'm trying to read this," said Obi-Wan.

"Ani," said my mom. "What are they doing to you? What's happening?"

Qui-Gon placed his hand on her shoulder and kissed her forehead. "It will be alright my dear. The senate is scared and is not sure what to make of Anakin. We have to prove he is a Jedi Knight and on our side, and once we do that we they will let him go. It will take patience but we can do that, right?" He said smiling at her. She returned the smile and took a deep breath.

"Alright," said Obi-Wan, "to sum up, Qui-Gon is right. They do not really know what to make of you. You were considered the chosen one and you fought so hard in the clone wars, then you killed all the Jedi and took over, then you gave all the power to Palpatine, then you killed Palpatine, then you died. They are not sure if you are a good guy or a bad guy, so they put a warrant out for your arrest. I think the best thing to do is to go without a fight, and let us mount you a defense."

"Whats my defense? I was a horrible person, but I am good now so your welcome?" I asked.

"You may need to explain why you were a horrible person, Ani," Padme said.

"Yeah Skyguy" said Ashoka. "What made you change?"

"I thought I was going to lose my family," I said.

"Okay," said Padme. "We can make that I good defense. You turned to the darkside for the power to save people. They will forgive that."

They took me to Coruscant with in binders with a force inhibitor collar around my neck. When we landed, they led me into a facility that I learned was for high security prisoners. They forced me to change in front of them into a brown tunic and brown a pair of leggings. Then they released me into the yard. There were all types of scum here, some serving life for what they did to the republic. Some had force inhibitor collars on their necks, and some did not.

So this was what hell was like. A lifetime of never dying, knowing I would never get to touch Padme again. A lifetime of not being there to protect her from suffering. Not being their to kiss her, wake up next to her, or make love to her ever again. She would have to find somebody else, someone who could make her happy. I wanted her to have the chance to raise children, even if it wasn't with me.

I shook my head of my thoughts. I was focusing on the negative, as Obi-Wan would say. There was no way my family would let me stay here forever, I thought. Now was the time to focus on not getting beaten up before my trial. With years of practice I could have a threatening quality, so no one really messed with me.

"Hey you," came someone beside me.

I turned to see a man walking towards me. "Your new here," he said.

"Yeah, what's it to you?" I asked.

"Always check out the fresh meat. What did they nab you for?"

I thought a minute. I wanted something that would not get me beaten to death but that would scare people off. Finally I said, "I killed a man."

"We all did. That's all you got."

Several aliens from different planets were looking at us. Slowly they were walking towards us like they were ready to start the fight. I thought quickly.

"Well, he was an important man. Jedi and all."

That got their attention. By now we had a circle around us of people either looking for a fight or interested in the conversation.

"A Jedi? How did you kill him?"

"Well I am a Sith, so it was pretty easy. I was angry and I wanted to kill him so…"

"You got angry and I killed him."

The man huffed. "That's not so tough," and he turned to walk away.

I breathed in deep, and drew in every connection I still had to the dark side. Suddenly, the man was on his knees gasping for air, and the others were around him. By the time he was on his feet ready for a fight, I was walking away.