Anakin and Padmé sat along the coast of the beach in the warm, white grains of sand as they watched to sun set together.
"Padmé, there's no where and no one I'd rather be with right now." Anakin said, looking at his beautiful wife.
Padmé looked back at Anakin. "And there's no where and no one I'd rather be with now than you,' she replied, taking his hand.
Anakin held her hand and leaned against her. Just then a large wave swooped beneath them, soaking their feet and legs.
"Well, nothing better to do now.."
Anakin was in mid sentence when he jumped from his seat and dove into the water, taking his robe of as he went.
She laughed and shook her head, but waded in after him.
"This water is freezing!"
"Is not!" Anakin shouted, splashing he as he swam farther out.
Padmé dove underwater and pulled Anakin down. She came up and smiled.
"Is so," she insisted.
She swam after him and collapsed on the shore.
"I told you," she said, grinning.
Anakin lay beside Padmé back in the sand farther away from the water line. Together they lay motionless, letting the last of the sun dry them off.
She looked over at him. "This was a wonderful day...thank you, Anakin."
"I know...what do you think is going to happen tomorrow?"
She rolls over onto her stomach.
Anakin does the same, as he does so, his eyes meet hers. He leans in towards her and wraps one arm around her. He then kisses her. She kisses him back. The sun slowly began to set. They slowly broke apart and she looked at the sunset.
"It's beautiful..."
"well, we better get home before it gets too dark." Anakin said, getting up and heading toward his racer.
She followed him, taking his hand in hers.
Together, they climbed into his racer and sped home, enjoying the last few hours of sunlight.
Padmé watched Anakin on the way home. Everything was so perfect, but she had the feeling it wouldn't stay that way.
The racer came to a stop as they pulled up to the home Padmé had rented for them. Anakin turned to Padmé to help her down from the racer.
"How long do we have this place for?" Anakin asked.
"Another day. We can rent it for longer though, the owners don't care."
She stepped out of the racer and they walked back to their room.
Anakin followed Padmé into the room where they both stopped in their tracks to see Obi Wan, Mace Windu and Master Yoda in their dining room.
Padmé glanced quickly at Anakin, wondering what would happen. She shifted her gaze back to Obi Wan, Master Windu, and Master Yoda.
"Anakin, they heard about your marriage.." Obi Wan started.
Master Windu stood fro his seat on the couch and offered it to both Anakin and Padmé.
"Yes, we need to speak with you two." He said.
"Indeed we must." Finished Yoda.
Padmé bit her lip nervously and walked over to the couch. She sat down, getting the feeling that she didn't want to hear this conversation.
Anakin followed Padmé, his hand still in hers as they walked slowly to the couch. He felt as if every pair of eyes in the galaxy were staring at him. Once they were seated, Windu continued.
"Not only is it against the Jedi rule to let your emotions get in the way of your duty, but what about Padmé? What do you think you've done to her? Anakin, we are very disappointed in you. You have ruined her job as a senator. The whole planet will find her irresponsible this way. And you, what have you done to yourself?" Windu paused, controlling his temper. "You're a Jedi, not a civilian, you can't afford to love. Not this seriously." Master Windu turned away and stared blankly at the wall.
"Forbidden from Padmé you are, as long as a Jedi are you, Anakin." Yoda finished.
"Forbidden from each other? Master Windu, Master Yoda, don't you think that's a bit much? They do love each other, that doesn't mean it will effect the production habits." Obi Wan stated, uneasily.
Windu turned around to face Obi Wan. He looked from the couple on the couch, back over to Obi wan and then to Yoda.
"It's discipline Obi Wan, they have to learn to control their emotions." Padmé looked from Anakin to Yoda and Mace. She tried to say something, but her voice failed.
"There's no other options?" Obi Wan asked.
"Options, no. A way out there is not from this situation." Yoda stated, calmly.
"Unless.." Mace added
Padmé looked at Mace. "Unless what?" She took Anakin's hand.
Anakin turned to face Padmé, managing a small smile, still hoping for an alternative. He held her hand tightly.
"Never mind, it would never happen. It's unrealistic thinking." Mace said before turning back to the wall.
"Please tell us..." Padmé said with desperation.
Anakin nodded his head in agreement.
"Yes master Windu, please."
Windu turned around once again to face them.
"It's ridiculous, but the only other option is leaving the Jedi. First of all, you can not become a slave again, with your powers, it's beyond our policy to let a Jedi go freely still able to control the force. Meaning, you would have to join the Sith. Like I said, it was uncalled for, I'm sorry Anakin, but you'll be forbidden from Padmé."
The room was silent as one looked from another. Anakin looked up.
"There's got to be some other way, we love each other! We're married, I'm not going to give up, and nothing, not even you're stupid force will keep me away from her." He shouted.
"Anakin, unless you-" Obi wan started, but paused when he met Anakin's eyes. Anakin seemed to have a smirk on his face, not noticeable, but it stood out like a sore thumb to Obi wan. "No Anakin. You can't-" Obi wan began again.
"Well, you can only forbid me from one thing, legally, if they link to each other." Anakin continued, with a calmer tone to his voice.
"You can't see Padmé again Anakin if it's going to be that way-" Obi wan seemed startled as he continued. "Anakin, that look on your face, you're not thinking-" Obi wan stopped, and rose forward from the chair he had been seated in.
Padmé looked at Anakin's expression, wondering what his plan was. She turned to Mace.
"I can't stop seeing Anakin, I love him."
Mace Looked over at Padmé. "I'm sorry senator, but there's no other way."
"Yes there is." Anakin said, interrupting him. Anakin took the light saber, along with his robe and placed it on the floor before him.
"You said so yourself. Here, take these." He said, kicking the objects towards Mace. "Since I'm no longer a Jedi, I won't be needing those, and that also means a Jedi council has no reason to be in a civilians' home. I give you permission to take leave of my wife and I." Anakin finished, as he sat back down beside Padmé.. She looked at Anakin, not knowing what to say.
The three from the Jedi council stood in awe as the rose from their seats.
"If that's what you choose Skywalker, then we best be on our way." Mace said, bowing before Anakin and walking out the door.
"Sure he is." Yoda said. "I can tell. Anakin's fate it is."
"Anakin, are you sure? there's no turning back. You will be forced to join the Sith. What about Padmé, how does she feel? You requested our leave, so I won't keep you."
Obi Wan said, picking up Anakin's things and leaving along side Yoda. Obi wan stopped in the door way. With out turning, he said
"Then, goodbye Anakin, and good luck."
Having said this, they were gone and the door was shut behind them. Anakin got up and walked over to the bedroom. Padmé remained in her seat, looking down at the floor. She didn't really know what to think of this.
While in the bedroom, Anakin searched for him transmitter.
"Here we go."
It looked like an old part that had been torn from a droid. Before speaking into it, a hologram appeared before him.
"Hello Anakin, I see you have chosen to join us, the Sith." It had been Darth Sidious who had appeared before him.
"Yes Master Sidious." Anakin replied.
"Excellent, we shall have a racer sent out to pick you up first thing in the morning. You need not bring anything with you." Sidious replied. Having said this, his hologram disappeared.
Padmé stood in the doorway, watching him. "You're joining the Sith's?" she asked, looking at him. She walked over and sat on the bed.
Anakin sat next to her on the bed and faced her.
"Padmé, you know it's the only way. I'd rather work for them, then never see you again." Anakin looked down and continued. "It's for the best Padmé, I love you, I need to be able to see you."
Padmé nodded. "I guess you're right. But,.. I don't know, it's probably just because I was raised in the republic that this doesn't seem right." She lifted Anakin's chin to face him again. "You're right, it's for the best, I guess." She managed a weak smile and walked away to get changed. Anakin, too, got changed and lay down in the large bed. Padmé shortly joined him.
"I love you" Anakin said, facing Padmé and kissing her gently on the forehead.
"I know you do." Padmé replied, with little expression in her voice. She turned away. "Get rest Anakin, it's going to be a big day tomorrow." Having said this, the two fell asleep.
"Padmé, there's no where and no one I'd rather be with right now." Anakin said, looking at his beautiful wife.
Padmé looked back at Anakin. "And there's no where and no one I'd rather be with now than you,' she replied, taking his hand.
Anakin held her hand and leaned against her. Just then a large wave swooped beneath them, soaking their feet and legs.
"Well, nothing better to do now.."
Anakin was in mid sentence when he jumped from his seat and dove into the water, taking his robe of as he went.
She laughed and shook her head, but waded in after him.
"This water is freezing!"
"Is not!" Anakin shouted, splashing he as he swam farther out.
Padmé dove underwater and pulled Anakin down. She came up and smiled.
"Is so," she insisted.
She swam after him and collapsed on the shore.
"I told you," she said, grinning.
Anakin lay beside Padmé back in the sand farther away from the water line. Together they lay motionless, letting the last of the sun dry them off.
She looked over at him. "This was a wonderful day...thank you, Anakin."
"I know...what do you think is going to happen tomorrow?"
She rolls over onto her stomach.
Anakin does the same, as he does so, his eyes meet hers. He leans in towards her and wraps one arm around her. He then kisses her. She kisses him back. The sun slowly began to set. They slowly broke apart and she looked at the sunset.
"It's beautiful..."
"well, we better get home before it gets too dark." Anakin said, getting up and heading toward his racer.
She followed him, taking his hand in hers.
Together, they climbed into his racer and sped home, enjoying the last few hours of sunlight.
Padmé watched Anakin on the way home. Everything was so perfect, but she had the feeling it wouldn't stay that way.
The racer came to a stop as they pulled up to the home Padmé had rented for them. Anakin turned to Padmé to help her down from the racer.
"How long do we have this place for?" Anakin asked.
"Another day. We can rent it for longer though, the owners don't care."
She stepped out of the racer and they walked back to their room.
Anakin followed Padmé into the room where they both stopped in their tracks to see Obi Wan, Mace Windu and Master Yoda in their dining room.
Padmé glanced quickly at Anakin, wondering what would happen. She shifted her gaze back to Obi Wan, Master Windu, and Master Yoda.
"Anakin, they heard about your marriage.." Obi Wan started.
Master Windu stood fro his seat on the couch and offered it to both Anakin and Padmé.
"Yes, we need to speak with you two." He said.
"Indeed we must." Finished Yoda.
Padmé bit her lip nervously and walked over to the couch. She sat down, getting the feeling that she didn't want to hear this conversation.
Anakin followed Padmé, his hand still in hers as they walked slowly to the couch. He felt as if every pair of eyes in the galaxy were staring at him. Once they were seated, Windu continued.
"Not only is it against the Jedi rule to let your emotions get in the way of your duty, but what about Padmé? What do you think you've done to her? Anakin, we are very disappointed in you. You have ruined her job as a senator. The whole planet will find her irresponsible this way. And you, what have you done to yourself?" Windu paused, controlling his temper. "You're a Jedi, not a civilian, you can't afford to love. Not this seriously." Master Windu turned away and stared blankly at the wall.
"Forbidden from Padmé you are, as long as a Jedi are you, Anakin." Yoda finished.
"Forbidden from each other? Master Windu, Master Yoda, don't you think that's a bit much? They do love each other, that doesn't mean it will effect the production habits." Obi Wan stated, uneasily.
Windu turned around to face Obi Wan. He looked from the couple on the couch, back over to Obi wan and then to Yoda.
"It's discipline Obi Wan, they have to learn to control their emotions." Padmé looked from Anakin to Yoda and Mace. She tried to say something, but her voice failed.
"There's no other options?" Obi Wan asked.
"Options, no. A way out there is not from this situation." Yoda stated, calmly.
"Unless.." Mace added
Padmé looked at Mace. "Unless what?" She took Anakin's hand.
Anakin turned to face Padmé, managing a small smile, still hoping for an alternative. He held her hand tightly.
"Never mind, it would never happen. It's unrealistic thinking." Mace said before turning back to the wall.
"Please tell us..." Padmé said with desperation.
Anakin nodded his head in agreement.
"Yes master Windu, please."
Windu turned around once again to face them.
"It's ridiculous, but the only other option is leaving the Jedi. First of all, you can not become a slave again, with your powers, it's beyond our policy to let a Jedi go freely still able to control the force. Meaning, you would have to join the Sith. Like I said, it was uncalled for, I'm sorry Anakin, but you'll be forbidden from Padmé."
The room was silent as one looked from another. Anakin looked up.
"There's got to be some other way, we love each other! We're married, I'm not going to give up, and nothing, not even you're stupid force will keep me away from her." He shouted.
"Anakin, unless you-" Obi wan started, but paused when he met Anakin's eyes. Anakin seemed to have a smirk on his face, not noticeable, but it stood out like a sore thumb to Obi wan. "No Anakin. You can't-" Obi wan began again.
"Well, you can only forbid me from one thing, legally, if they link to each other." Anakin continued, with a calmer tone to his voice.
"You can't see Padmé again Anakin if it's going to be that way-" Obi wan seemed startled as he continued. "Anakin, that look on your face, you're not thinking-" Obi wan stopped, and rose forward from the chair he had been seated in.
Padmé looked at Anakin's expression, wondering what his plan was. She turned to Mace.
"I can't stop seeing Anakin, I love him."
Mace Looked over at Padmé. "I'm sorry senator, but there's no other way."
"Yes there is." Anakin said, interrupting him. Anakin took the light saber, along with his robe and placed it on the floor before him.
"You said so yourself. Here, take these." He said, kicking the objects towards Mace. "Since I'm no longer a Jedi, I won't be needing those, and that also means a Jedi council has no reason to be in a civilians' home. I give you permission to take leave of my wife and I." Anakin finished, as he sat back down beside Padmé.. She looked at Anakin, not knowing what to say.
The three from the Jedi council stood in awe as the rose from their seats.
"If that's what you choose Skywalker, then we best be on our way." Mace said, bowing before Anakin and walking out the door.
"Sure he is." Yoda said. "I can tell. Anakin's fate it is."
"Anakin, are you sure? there's no turning back. You will be forced to join the Sith. What about Padmé, how does she feel? You requested our leave, so I won't keep you."
Obi Wan said, picking up Anakin's things and leaving along side Yoda. Obi wan stopped in the door way. With out turning, he said
"Then, goodbye Anakin, and good luck."
Having said this, they were gone and the door was shut behind them. Anakin got up and walked over to the bedroom. Padmé remained in her seat, looking down at the floor. She didn't really know what to think of this.
While in the bedroom, Anakin searched for him transmitter.
"Here we go."
It looked like an old part that had been torn from a droid. Before speaking into it, a hologram appeared before him.
"Hello Anakin, I see you have chosen to join us, the Sith." It had been Darth Sidious who had appeared before him.
"Yes Master Sidious." Anakin replied.
"Excellent, we shall have a racer sent out to pick you up first thing in the morning. You need not bring anything with you." Sidious replied. Having said this, his hologram disappeared.
Padmé stood in the doorway, watching him. "You're joining the Sith's?" she asked, looking at him. She walked over and sat on the bed.
Anakin sat next to her on the bed and faced her.
"Padmé, you know it's the only way. I'd rather work for them, then never see you again." Anakin looked down and continued. "It's for the best Padmé, I love you, I need to be able to see you."
Padmé nodded. "I guess you're right. But,.. I don't know, it's probably just because I was raised in the republic that this doesn't seem right." She lifted Anakin's chin to face him again. "You're right, it's for the best, I guess." She managed a weak smile and walked away to get changed. Anakin, too, got changed and lay down in the large bed. Padmé shortly joined him.
"I love you" Anakin said, facing Padmé and kissing her gently on the forehead.
"I know you do." Padmé replied, with little expression in her voice. She turned away. "Get rest Anakin, it's going to be a big day tomorrow." Having said this, the two fell asleep.
