Anakin reached up and grasped her hands. "I'm so sorry..." he said. "I'm a monster!"
"You were a monster Ani, but now you aren't. I love you and I will make sure everyone sees that Darth Vader is a thing of the past. You are still my husband and I am still your wife. I completely forgive you," She said, moving to face him and kneeling down. She stared into his eyes so he could see she wasn't lying.
"Thank you... But I don't deserve you Padmé," he said.
Padmé leaned in and kissed him. She broke off after a few seconds. "My love for you has remained strong through all of this Ani... And yes, you probably don't deserve me, but everyone deserves a second chance. Now be strong, and forget about the past 5 years," she said.
Anakin smiled at her. He knew he had been right about her- she truly was an angel, his savior and true love. He felt so guilty about what he had done over the past five years. Anakin stood up as though facing his former self. He would right the wrongs he had committed over the past years.
~*~
Changing Times: Part 2: Chapter 5
"I'll do it," he said, grim determination filling his voice. "I have done so many things wrong over the past years, and I know I don't deserve to be alive, but I will try to fix as many of them as I can," he wiped the tears that had been starting to form away.
Padmé hugged him, happy that he was back. "I will help you fix them, Ani,"
Obi- Wan finally managed to sit up, and from sitting up, he uneasily stood up. "I will too, Anakin," he said, his right arm falling limply at his side. He moved over to Mara, hovering over her.
"Is she okay?" asked Padmé.
"She is alive... Nothing appears to be broken... She's just unconscious right now," said Obi- Wan, though just as he said it, Mara's eyes flickered open.
Without even thinking about it, she forced herself up to a sitting position. "What happened?"
"I- I knocked you out," said Anakin timidly, still hugging Padmé.
"We won, Mara," said Obi- Wan. "Now we just have to get out of here,"
"We won?" asked Mara, eyeing Anakin.
"Yes," said Obi- Wan, smiling at her.
~*~
5-year-old Luke Lars (or at least that is whom he was told he was) stared out at the barren landscape of Tatooine. Luke couldn't explain it, but somehow he knew something big was about to happen to him. He had never felt quite at ease on Tatooine, though as his "father", Owen, had told him once, he didn't belong here. Luke had an incredible ability of predicting what would happen, or if the tuskins were about to attack. He couldn't explain it, and whenever he would ask his father, he would always just say that it was just coincidental. If Luke asked his "mother", Beru, why he was this way, she would always smile and say under her breath so only he could hear "it is only fate,"
Luke thought of the dreams that he often had. Many times he would see a beautiful young woman with long black hair and dark brown eyes. She would always smile at him wistfully. He felt strangely attached to her, he loved her, and he somehow knew that she loved him. Luke also thought of a girl around his age in his dreams. She had brown hair with pearls braided into it. She seemed very friendly and he had become attached to her as well. Then Luke thought of the dreams, which he had most often of all. It wasn't really a dream though... it was a nightmare.
In his nightmares, Luke would always see a tall dark figure. Though he couldn't see it's face, it would always glare at him it seemed. It was always angry. Just last night, he had had a fearful nightmare of this figure, though this one had ended very different than usual. The figure had been attacking the beautiful young women he dreamed of. On the ground he could see 2 others. It looked as though the dark figure had knocked them down. But then, he saw the figure's darkness melt away, and he instead saw a man with golden blonde hair who looked older than he was. Light seemed to burst around the man, as though it escaped its dark quarters, and Luke was no longer afraid.
Luke somehow knew that this dream he had had the previous night would somehow affect him... maybe today.
~*~
After much discussion, everyone except Anakin had agreed that it would be best if Anakin acted as though he were still Vader, and Padmé, Obi- Wan, and Mara wore storm trooper outfits. Then they could leave the star destroyer.
Anakin looked disgustedly at the helmet he would have to wear once more. Padmé put a hand on his arm. "Just because you wear the outfit doesn't mean you're him," she said.
Anakin, who since he didn't have access to any other clothes was still wearing his 'uniform' minus the helmet, sighed. "I know," He bent down and picked up the helmet. "Its just that I don't even wan to think of.... Vader,"
He put the helmet onto his head. "Now for the storm troopers," he said. He punched a code in on the door and it opened, and just as he did so, a whole squad of troopers was walking past the corridor.
"You three," he said to the last 3 in line. "I need your assistance,"
"Yes lord Vader," said the 3 troopers as the walked into the corridor.
Anakin shut the door quickly behind him. He and Obi- Wan struck at the same time, shoving the troopers into a corridor wall.
For what seemed like the billionth time that day, Obi- Wan, Mara, and Padmé each put on a storm trooper uniform over their normal clothes.
Anakin opened the door to the hallway. "Follow me," he said.
Anakin led the group through the star destroyer to a small, rarely used, docking bay. He led them to a fairly large transport. He typed in a clearance code to board the ship and entered. Padmé, Mara, and Obi- Wan followed. He shut the door behind them. Anakin pulled Vader's helmet off his head. Padmé, Mara, and Obi- Wan followed suit.
"Lets get out of here," said Obi- Wan.
Anakin nodded. "I had best pilot it out of the docking bay. Where are we going?" he asked. "Courescant?"
"Tatooine," said Padmé without hesitation.
"Tatooine? Why there of all places? Shouldn't we go to Corescant?" asked Anakin.
Padmé shrugged and looked at Obi- Wan for help, as he knew the real reason she wanted to go to Tatooine.
"We told Owen and Beru that if we ever succeeded in getting you back, that we would tell them first," he covered.
"I don't think that's why, but okay," said Anakin, skeptically. He could sense that Obi- Wan had lied.
Anakin walked into the cockpit and sat down in the pilot seat, Obi- Wan sitting in the co- pilot seat, and Padmé and Mara sitting behind them.
~*~
Not long after that, their ship, Alpha 1, had left the docking bay and was blasting through hyperspace. Anakin, Padmé, and Obi- Wan were all in the cockpit, and Mara was sleeping on a small pull out bed in the passenger area.
Anakin stared out one of the view ports into space. "How did I ever let myself get that far?" he said abruptly.
Neither Padmé nor Obi- Wan knew what to say.
"What happens to each of us is only the will of the force. You fulfilled the prophecy Anakin. You did bring balance to the force," said Obi- Wan.
Anakin clenched his fist. "No I didn't! Palpatine is strong, and unless there are hundreds of Jedi I don't know about, he has already won!"
"Palpatine? What do you mean Palpatine? He died 5 years ago..." Padmé trailed off.
"No he didn't," said Anakin. He sighed. "It was he who turned me to the dark side, he was my Master all this time. He faked his death. A sith lord controlled the Senate for quite a long time,"
"Why didn't the Jedi sense it?" asked Obi- Wan. "Does he have some shield we don't know about?"
Anakin nodded. "He can... block others from knowing he has any power with the force at all... Like a void you might say... That is why we didn't sense Eryl's power... Palpatine taught him to act like a void too... He taught me to do it as well..."
"Everything makes sense now," said Obi- Wan.
Anakin sighed. "A lot of other happenings will make sense once I explain."
~*~
Alpha 1 neared the orange ball that was tatooine. Padmé punched in some coordinates that were nowhere near any landing bay.
"The landing bays are far from those coordinates," said Anakin.
Padmé only nodded. "I know that,"
Obi- Wan looked at Padmé a moment. "Are you sure you want to do this today? You could do this tomorrow or the day after..."
"I'm sure," said Padmé with much conviction in her voice.
"Why do we have to see Owen and Beru today? I'm sure neither of them missed me that much," said Anakin.
"We're going to see them today," she said, and both Anakin and Obi- Wan knew it would be the end of it
Obi- Wan brought the ship down to the coordinates Padmé had entered, and as he did so, Mara awoke and came in to the cockpit.
"Wow! Everything is sand!" said Mara, looking out the window.
"Its not as great as it seems," said Anakin. "Tatooine is harsh and rough... I don't like it... Especially the tuskins that live there..."
"Lets go," Padmé interrupted as soon as she felt the ship touch the ground. She extended the exit ramp and left the ship before anyone had time to argue.
"Master, why was she in such a hurry to get off?" asked Mara.
"You'll soon see, Mara," said Obi- Wan. "You will too Anakin,"
Anakin shook his head and got off the ship. As soon as he did so he felt a familiar yet unfamiliar presence. He didn't know who it was.
Anakin jogged to catch up with Padmé. Obi- Wan and Mara weren't far behind.
"Why are we really here?" asked Anakin.
"What do you mean?" asked Padmé, unsure as to what he would do if he knew...
"I can read your mind you know. We aren't here to see Owen and Beru. We can't be... Besides I sense a familiar presence... And I know it isn't Owen or Beru's..."
"You're imagining things," said Padmé, smiling at him.
"I hope not," he said, cringing.
Padmé reached over and grasped his hand in her own. "The past is over. Don't even think about it,"
"I know," said Anakin.
~*~
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"You were a monster Ani, but now you aren't. I love you and I will make sure everyone sees that Darth Vader is a thing of the past. You are still my husband and I am still your wife. I completely forgive you," She said, moving to face him and kneeling down. She stared into his eyes so he could see she wasn't lying.
"Thank you... But I don't deserve you Padmé," he said.
Padmé leaned in and kissed him. She broke off after a few seconds. "My love for you has remained strong through all of this Ani... And yes, you probably don't deserve me, but everyone deserves a second chance. Now be strong, and forget about the past 5 years," she said.
Anakin smiled at her. He knew he had been right about her- she truly was an angel, his savior and true love. He felt so guilty about what he had done over the past five years. Anakin stood up as though facing his former self. He would right the wrongs he had committed over the past years.
~*~
Changing Times: Part 2: Chapter 5
"I'll do it," he said, grim determination filling his voice. "I have done so many things wrong over the past years, and I know I don't deserve to be alive, but I will try to fix as many of them as I can," he wiped the tears that had been starting to form away.
Padmé hugged him, happy that he was back. "I will help you fix them, Ani,"
Obi- Wan finally managed to sit up, and from sitting up, he uneasily stood up. "I will too, Anakin," he said, his right arm falling limply at his side. He moved over to Mara, hovering over her.
"Is she okay?" asked Padmé.
"She is alive... Nothing appears to be broken... She's just unconscious right now," said Obi- Wan, though just as he said it, Mara's eyes flickered open.
Without even thinking about it, she forced herself up to a sitting position. "What happened?"
"I- I knocked you out," said Anakin timidly, still hugging Padmé.
"We won, Mara," said Obi- Wan. "Now we just have to get out of here,"
"We won?" asked Mara, eyeing Anakin.
"Yes," said Obi- Wan, smiling at her.
~*~
5-year-old Luke Lars (or at least that is whom he was told he was) stared out at the barren landscape of Tatooine. Luke couldn't explain it, but somehow he knew something big was about to happen to him. He had never felt quite at ease on Tatooine, though as his "father", Owen, had told him once, he didn't belong here. Luke had an incredible ability of predicting what would happen, or if the tuskins were about to attack. He couldn't explain it, and whenever he would ask his father, he would always just say that it was just coincidental. If Luke asked his "mother", Beru, why he was this way, she would always smile and say under her breath so only he could hear "it is only fate,"
Luke thought of the dreams that he often had. Many times he would see a beautiful young woman with long black hair and dark brown eyes. She would always smile at him wistfully. He felt strangely attached to her, he loved her, and he somehow knew that she loved him. Luke also thought of a girl around his age in his dreams. She had brown hair with pearls braided into it. She seemed very friendly and he had become attached to her as well. Then Luke thought of the dreams, which he had most often of all. It wasn't really a dream though... it was a nightmare.
In his nightmares, Luke would always see a tall dark figure. Though he couldn't see it's face, it would always glare at him it seemed. It was always angry. Just last night, he had had a fearful nightmare of this figure, though this one had ended very different than usual. The figure had been attacking the beautiful young women he dreamed of. On the ground he could see 2 others. It looked as though the dark figure had knocked them down. But then, he saw the figure's darkness melt away, and he instead saw a man with golden blonde hair who looked older than he was. Light seemed to burst around the man, as though it escaped its dark quarters, and Luke was no longer afraid.
Luke somehow knew that this dream he had had the previous night would somehow affect him... maybe today.
~*~
After much discussion, everyone except Anakin had agreed that it would be best if Anakin acted as though he were still Vader, and Padmé, Obi- Wan, and Mara wore storm trooper outfits. Then they could leave the star destroyer.
Anakin looked disgustedly at the helmet he would have to wear once more. Padmé put a hand on his arm. "Just because you wear the outfit doesn't mean you're him," she said.
Anakin, who since he didn't have access to any other clothes was still wearing his 'uniform' minus the helmet, sighed. "I know," He bent down and picked up the helmet. "Its just that I don't even wan to think of.... Vader,"
He put the helmet onto his head. "Now for the storm troopers," he said. He punched a code in on the door and it opened, and just as he did so, a whole squad of troopers was walking past the corridor.
"You three," he said to the last 3 in line. "I need your assistance,"
"Yes lord Vader," said the 3 troopers as the walked into the corridor.
Anakin shut the door quickly behind him. He and Obi- Wan struck at the same time, shoving the troopers into a corridor wall.
For what seemed like the billionth time that day, Obi- Wan, Mara, and Padmé each put on a storm trooper uniform over their normal clothes.
Anakin opened the door to the hallway. "Follow me," he said.
Anakin led the group through the star destroyer to a small, rarely used, docking bay. He led them to a fairly large transport. He typed in a clearance code to board the ship and entered. Padmé, Mara, and Obi- Wan followed. He shut the door behind them. Anakin pulled Vader's helmet off his head. Padmé, Mara, and Obi- Wan followed suit.
"Lets get out of here," said Obi- Wan.
Anakin nodded. "I had best pilot it out of the docking bay. Where are we going?" he asked. "Courescant?"
"Tatooine," said Padmé without hesitation.
"Tatooine? Why there of all places? Shouldn't we go to Corescant?" asked Anakin.
Padmé shrugged and looked at Obi- Wan for help, as he knew the real reason she wanted to go to Tatooine.
"We told Owen and Beru that if we ever succeeded in getting you back, that we would tell them first," he covered.
"I don't think that's why, but okay," said Anakin, skeptically. He could sense that Obi- Wan had lied.
Anakin walked into the cockpit and sat down in the pilot seat, Obi- Wan sitting in the co- pilot seat, and Padmé and Mara sitting behind them.
~*~
Not long after that, their ship, Alpha 1, had left the docking bay and was blasting through hyperspace. Anakin, Padmé, and Obi- Wan were all in the cockpit, and Mara was sleeping on a small pull out bed in the passenger area.
Anakin stared out one of the view ports into space. "How did I ever let myself get that far?" he said abruptly.
Neither Padmé nor Obi- Wan knew what to say.
"What happens to each of us is only the will of the force. You fulfilled the prophecy Anakin. You did bring balance to the force," said Obi- Wan.
Anakin clenched his fist. "No I didn't! Palpatine is strong, and unless there are hundreds of Jedi I don't know about, he has already won!"
"Palpatine? What do you mean Palpatine? He died 5 years ago..." Padmé trailed off.
"No he didn't," said Anakin. He sighed. "It was he who turned me to the dark side, he was my Master all this time. He faked his death. A sith lord controlled the Senate for quite a long time,"
"Why didn't the Jedi sense it?" asked Obi- Wan. "Does he have some shield we don't know about?"
Anakin nodded. "He can... block others from knowing he has any power with the force at all... Like a void you might say... That is why we didn't sense Eryl's power... Palpatine taught him to act like a void too... He taught me to do it as well..."
"Everything makes sense now," said Obi- Wan.
Anakin sighed. "A lot of other happenings will make sense once I explain."
~*~
Alpha 1 neared the orange ball that was tatooine. Padmé punched in some coordinates that were nowhere near any landing bay.
"The landing bays are far from those coordinates," said Anakin.
Padmé only nodded. "I know that,"
Obi- Wan looked at Padmé a moment. "Are you sure you want to do this today? You could do this tomorrow or the day after..."
"I'm sure," said Padmé with much conviction in her voice.
"Why do we have to see Owen and Beru today? I'm sure neither of them missed me that much," said Anakin.
"We're going to see them today," she said, and both Anakin and Obi- Wan knew it would be the end of it
Obi- Wan brought the ship down to the coordinates Padmé had entered, and as he did so, Mara awoke and came in to the cockpit.
"Wow! Everything is sand!" said Mara, looking out the window.
"Its not as great as it seems," said Anakin. "Tatooine is harsh and rough... I don't like it... Especially the tuskins that live there..."
"Lets go," Padmé interrupted as soon as she felt the ship touch the ground. She extended the exit ramp and left the ship before anyone had time to argue.
"Master, why was she in such a hurry to get off?" asked Mara.
"You'll soon see, Mara," said Obi- Wan. "You will too Anakin,"
Anakin shook his head and got off the ship. As soon as he did so he felt a familiar yet unfamiliar presence. He didn't know who it was.
Anakin jogged to catch up with Padmé. Obi- Wan and Mara weren't far behind.
"Why are we really here?" asked Anakin.
"What do you mean?" asked Padmé, unsure as to what he would do if he knew...
"I can read your mind you know. We aren't here to see Owen and Beru. We can't be... Besides I sense a familiar presence... And I know it isn't Owen or Beru's..."
"You're imagining things," said Padmé, smiling at him.
"I hope not," he said, cringing.
Padmé reached over and grasped his hand in her own. "The past is over. Don't even think about it,"
"I know," said Anakin.
~*~
End Part 2: Chapter 5
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