Chapter 9: The Switch
Anakin and Padmé yearningly fulfilled their deep and undying passions on the shore as gentle waves lapped over them. Padmé reveled in loving bliss until she opened her eyes and gave a loud shout of fright. Anakin looked up to see what was wrong and saw that Padmé was looking at him with immense fear and backing away as fast as she could. "Padmé, what's wrong???" Anakin asked, hurt and confused. Padmé couldn't believe she was seeing what she was seeing. "Where is Anakin?" she whispered softly, her voice quivering at each word. "What are you talking about???" Anakin incredulously exclaimed. "WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY ANI???" she screamed, looking both frightened, yet indignantly determined. Anakin ran towards the water, Padmé following him closely. Anakin looked in to see his face and was taken aback. It wasn't him! But this couldn't be, he was Anakin, he was positive he was Anakin. Padmé looked at him suspiciously for a long, awkward silence before she finally whispered, "What have you done with Anakin?" Anakin tried to explain, but he couldn't explain what he didn't know himself. He WAS Anakin, he loved Padmé, and if that was taken away from him, then he knew nothing at all. 'Who am I?' Anakin asked himself, feeling like a lost little boy in the middle of a desert, with so many questions, but no one there to give him the answers. Anakin looked into Padmé's eyes, feeling so hurt and alone, hoping to see belonging and the real and familiar love he'd felt since the day he laid his eyes on her in those pools of cinnamon. But no, all he saw in those lovely brown eyes were anger and confusion. They were both lost and longing for answers, but who could tell them the truth? What was the truth? What the hell was going on???
Anakin looked back in the water, looking for the truth in their depths. Was he living a lie? Had he ever experienced reality? WHO WAS HE??? He looked at the reflection he saw, refusing to give in to the fact that it was his. How could it be his? He'd seen this face before, but not as his own. How could he be the man he'd known as his master, guidance, and father for all these years? How could he be Obi-wan Kenobi???
"Sabé, this has been one of the most wonderful nights I've ever experienced. I just want you to know how much I care for you, and I hope that we can live the rest of our lives together in complete joy and happiness," Obi-wan softly spoke, wishing to add "and in holy matrimony," but that would have to wait until later.. He took her hand into his, and said, "Sabé, please tell me that I can earn your love and trust again. Please say that you can have faith in me. I promise with all my heart that I will never deceive you, and I hope our everlasting love will mean as much to you as it has to me, and I promise I'll be here for you and I'll wait for as long as it takes to be in your life again. I'll do whatever it takes to be with you." Sabé looked down at their hands joined together, and lifted her head up to look into his eyes again, but when she did, she let out a loud, piercing shriek.
"What, what is it???" Obi-wan asked concernedly. "ANAKIN! What are you doing here??? How.. why.. what." Sabé stuttered with disbelief. "Anakin??? WHAT??? What in the universe are you talking about??? It's me, Obi-wan, you know, THE ONE YOU LOVE?????" Obi-wan exclaimed with alarm. Sabé blinked and stared at him with disbelief. "Look at your reflection," Sabé said softly with a tremble in her voice. Obi-wan slowly took the silver tray she handed him and looked into it, thinking that maybe all of this drama must have gotten to her head or something, OH MY GODS, what in the world was Anakin's face doing in the place where HIS reflection should be??? Obi-wan started hyperventilating and Sabé instinctively gave him instructions to reduce his distress, surprisingly well done since she was in even more of a state of shock than him. Sabé calmed down herself and eyed Obi-wan with faint questioning. "If you were really Obi-wan, then you would know the answer to this question," she whispered, her soft tone cutting through the thick atmosphere of tension.
"Go ahead and ask me," said Anakin with complete confidence. Padmé seemed to become more relieved when she heard the certainty in his voice. "What was the first thing you ever asked me back in Tatooine?" she inquired with a hopeful tone. Anakin laughed and said, "Well, that's easy, it's the only thing I've ever thought of for 10 years. I asked you if you were an angel." Padmé smiled and jumped up to him to embrace him. It WAS him. She KNEW it. She knew it HAD to be him. "Oh, Ani, I knew it was you, I just wanted to be sure. I love you so much, Ani, but I must admit.. this is weird, you know, to hug you like this, when you look like.. when you look like.." she rattled on until Anakin (in Obi-wan's body) pulled her to him and kissed her with all the strength and passion he had in his body, heart, and soul (and it's surprising she didn't crumple down from it all, well maybe because she neutralized all this power with her own). She broke away from this earth (or Naboo)-shattering kiss and looked up into his eyes, disappointed not to see the beautiful blue orbs she'd look into and get lost in, those wonderful blue eyes that she could swim in forever and drown in its infinite splendor. "Ani, we can't do this when you look like.. that.." she said as soothingly as she could. Anakin nodded with understanding and went back towards the yacht to bring them back to the palace dining room to get things back in order.
Anakin and Padmé yearningly fulfilled their deep and undying passions on the shore as gentle waves lapped over them. Padmé reveled in loving bliss until she opened her eyes and gave a loud shout of fright. Anakin looked up to see what was wrong and saw that Padmé was looking at him with immense fear and backing away as fast as she could. "Padmé, what's wrong???" Anakin asked, hurt and confused. Padmé couldn't believe she was seeing what she was seeing. "Where is Anakin?" she whispered softly, her voice quivering at each word. "What are you talking about???" Anakin incredulously exclaimed. "WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY ANI???" she screamed, looking both frightened, yet indignantly determined. Anakin ran towards the water, Padmé following him closely. Anakin looked in to see his face and was taken aback. It wasn't him! But this couldn't be, he was Anakin, he was positive he was Anakin. Padmé looked at him suspiciously for a long, awkward silence before she finally whispered, "What have you done with Anakin?" Anakin tried to explain, but he couldn't explain what he didn't know himself. He WAS Anakin, he loved Padmé, and if that was taken away from him, then he knew nothing at all. 'Who am I?' Anakin asked himself, feeling like a lost little boy in the middle of a desert, with so many questions, but no one there to give him the answers. Anakin looked into Padmé's eyes, feeling so hurt and alone, hoping to see belonging and the real and familiar love he'd felt since the day he laid his eyes on her in those pools of cinnamon. But no, all he saw in those lovely brown eyes were anger and confusion. They were both lost and longing for answers, but who could tell them the truth? What was the truth? What the hell was going on???
Anakin looked back in the water, looking for the truth in their depths. Was he living a lie? Had he ever experienced reality? WHO WAS HE??? He looked at the reflection he saw, refusing to give in to the fact that it was his. How could it be his? He'd seen this face before, but not as his own. How could he be the man he'd known as his master, guidance, and father for all these years? How could he be Obi-wan Kenobi???
"Sabé, this has been one of the most wonderful nights I've ever experienced. I just want you to know how much I care for you, and I hope that we can live the rest of our lives together in complete joy and happiness," Obi-wan softly spoke, wishing to add "and in holy matrimony," but that would have to wait until later.. He took her hand into his, and said, "Sabé, please tell me that I can earn your love and trust again. Please say that you can have faith in me. I promise with all my heart that I will never deceive you, and I hope our everlasting love will mean as much to you as it has to me, and I promise I'll be here for you and I'll wait for as long as it takes to be in your life again. I'll do whatever it takes to be with you." Sabé looked down at their hands joined together, and lifted her head up to look into his eyes again, but when she did, she let out a loud, piercing shriek.
"What, what is it???" Obi-wan asked concernedly. "ANAKIN! What are you doing here??? How.. why.. what." Sabé stuttered with disbelief. "Anakin??? WHAT??? What in the universe are you talking about??? It's me, Obi-wan, you know, THE ONE YOU LOVE?????" Obi-wan exclaimed with alarm. Sabé blinked and stared at him with disbelief. "Look at your reflection," Sabé said softly with a tremble in her voice. Obi-wan slowly took the silver tray she handed him and looked into it, thinking that maybe all of this drama must have gotten to her head or something, OH MY GODS, what in the world was Anakin's face doing in the place where HIS reflection should be??? Obi-wan started hyperventilating and Sabé instinctively gave him instructions to reduce his distress, surprisingly well done since she was in even more of a state of shock than him. Sabé calmed down herself and eyed Obi-wan with faint questioning. "If you were really Obi-wan, then you would know the answer to this question," she whispered, her soft tone cutting through the thick atmosphere of tension.
"Go ahead and ask me," said Anakin with complete confidence. Padmé seemed to become more relieved when she heard the certainty in his voice. "What was the first thing you ever asked me back in Tatooine?" she inquired with a hopeful tone. Anakin laughed and said, "Well, that's easy, it's the only thing I've ever thought of for 10 years. I asked you if you were an angel." Padmé smiled and jumped up to him to embrace him. It WAS him. She KNEW it. She knew it HAD to be him. "Oh, Ani, I knew it was you, I just wanted to be sure. I love you so much, Ani, but I must admit.. this is weird, you know, to hug you like this, when you look like.. when you look like.." she rattled on until Anakin (in Obi-wan's body) pulled her to him and kissed her with all the strength and passion he had in his body, heart, and soul (and it's surprising she didn't crumple down from it all, well maybe because she neutralized all this power with her own). She broke away from this earth (or Naboo)-shattering kiss and looked up into his eyes, disappointed not to see the beautiful blue orbs she'd look into and get lost in, those wonderful blue eyes that she could swim in forever and drown in its infinite splendor. "Ani, we can't do this when you look like.. that.." she said as soothingly as she could. Anakin nodded with understanding and went back towards the yacht to bring them back to the palace dining room to get things back in order.
