A Love That Turned Evil
Chapter Six
The Unexpected
Anakin stood in a room.
He saw a boy
And an evil looking man
Anakin felt some sort of attachment to this boy
But he was stretching out his arm
And fighting with him
Anger surged through him-
Anakin woke with a start, sitting upright in his bed. Padme rolled over. "What is it, Anakin? It's the middle of the night!"
"I had the strangest dream."
"Tell me about it in the morning, Ani. We're leaving tomorrow!" Padme turned back onto her side and went back to sleep.
Anakin looked at her. She was beautiful even in the dark, her brown hair loose and free from its nets and regal hairstyles.
Anakin thought about his dream for a little while, and then fell back asleep and forgot about it.
Yoda woke from his bed.
"Tremors in the force, there is. Anger, hate, danger…"
Lord Sidious, also known as Chancellor Palpatine, sat back in his chair. Sith Lords did not need to sleep.
The corners of his mouth turned upward underneath the black hood of his robe.
"Anakin. Anakin, hurry!"
Padme stood, yet again, in front of the mirror. They had been back from Coruscant for two weeks.
"Padme? What's the matter?"
She ran her hand over her stomach, which was slightly rounded. She thought back on the nights she and Anakin had shared…
"Ani, look."
He gazed at her in disbelief, a million thoughts swirling around his head. One of them was, Won't Bail Organa be pleased.
"Ani. Ani!" Padme was saying. "I think I need to get to a doctor."
"R-right away dear." Anakin went and got his speeder, putting the roof over the top. Panicking, he went and helped Padme in, not wanting her to hurt herself, and tried not to go to fast on their way to the doctor's building in Theed.
"Well, Senator." The doctor said. "You are expecting."
"Expecting what?" Anakin blurted out, hiding himself in the corner of the room. Padme glanced at him from her reclining position on the bed and then turned her attention back to the doctor.
"Expecting twins, in fact." Padme gasped with pleasure, and Anakin's stomach turned over.
"Anakin," Padme said with a concerned look on her face, "are you alright? You look a bit nauseated."
"N-no, I'm just fine." Anakin pulled Padme out the door by the elbow, the doctor watching them with an amused look on his face.
Padme stopped to sit on one of the stone walls surrounding the trees. "Ani, sit." She patted the brick beside her. He sat and began wringing his hands and tapping his feet.
"Oh Ani, isn't it wonderful!" Padme gushed, ignoring his nervous behavior. "Twins! Two joys of our own to raise and to love and to-"
"Smack."
"Ani! It will be wonderful!"
"Yes, wonderful." Anakin looked into his lap. "But, will this make things…different? Between us?"
"Oh Ani, things will be different but-" Padme leaned close to his ear. "Having these babies will make me love and want you even more. I promise." She swung her legs into his lap and kissed him passionately. "See, silly?" She said.
Anakin tried to smile, and succeeded. "I love you."
"I love you too."