Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars, despite trying to use the dark-side of the Force to steal it away, but unsuccessfully of course... Oh well. George Lucas owns Star Wars until I can find a better way to use the Force to steal it...
To Give Up the Order
Anakin's head was still pounding when he finally found Master Windu, Agen Kolar, Kit Fisto and Saesee Tiin in one of the hangars preparing to board a Jedi Gunship.
"Master Windu, I must talk to you." Anakin said, running up to the Jedi Master to whom Anakin had known since he was nine-years-old.
"What is it, Skywalker? We are in a hurry. We have just received word that Obi-Wan has destroyed General Grievous. We are on our way to make sure the Chancellor returns emergency powers back to the Senate." Master Mace Windu growled at the boy.
"He won't give up his power. I've just learned a terrible truth. I have come to believe that Chancellor Palpatine is a Sith Lord." Anakin said in a sad, despairing voice. Anakin still could barely believe it. Chancellor Palpatine had always been a caring, loving man.
"A Sith Lord?" Master Mace Windu asked in a shocked voice. The other Jedi were whispering eagerly to one-another.
"Yes. The one we have been looking for, I believe." Anakin said, still attempting to catch his breath; all of this running was going to drive him to an early grave...
"How do you know this?" Master Windu asked in an almost-believing manner.
"He knows the ways of the Force. He has been trained to use the dark side." Anakin replied, not mentioning the prophecy or Mathius; that old dirt-bag would suspect Anakin of being a mad-man if he mentioned that little boy and his prophecy, and Mace Windu had been looking for some way to get rid of Anakin from the very beginning...
"Are you sure?" Master Windu asked of the boy.
"Absolutely." Anakin said with a curt nod of his head, his brown, raggedy curls falling in front of his face.
"Then our worst fears have been realized. We must move quickly if the Jedi Order is to survive." Mace Windu said, walking towards the ship.
"Master, the Chancellor is very powerful. You will need my help if you are going to arrest him!" Anakin said in a flustered voice; sure, he had promised Mathius that he wouldn't get involved, but he also didn't want master Windu to die, though he didn't much care for the old Jedi...
"For your own good, stay out of this affair. I sense a great deal of confusion in you, young Skywalker. There is much fear that clouds your judgment." Master Windu said in a threatening voice.
Yes, my wife might die and my only chance of saving her rests in a thirteen-year-old padawan; of course I'm afraid! Anakin thought bitterly to himself.
"I must go, Master!" Anakin insisted one more time.
"No. If what you told me is true, you will have gained my trust, but for now, remain here." Master Windu said with sheer finality.
Well, I won't go and save your arse, old man, but I'm not staying here... Anakin thought to himself.
"Yes, Master." Anakin answered the Jedi, though his thoughts spoke very differently.
"We'll be off then." Windu said to Anakin in an almost kind voice, "And may the Force be with you..."
With those words, all of the Jedi but Anakin ran towards the ship and Anakin could only imagine that one of his last chances to save his Padme would soon be dead...
"No, she will live..." Anakin assured himself, beginning to walk off to find this room the padawan named Mathius spoke of.
"I must know why you are trying to help me..." Anakin said to young Mathius. They both sat in a vacant room, in the same kind of chairs the Jedi-Council sat in. "You wouldn't help me just because you think it's the right thing to do, now would you?"
"No, you are right," Mathius said to Anakin, shaking his head with a sigh, "I need your help just as much as you need mine. No, we need your help!"
"Who are we?" Anakin asked, rather confused. "What did you mean?"
"You must help us escape." Mathius said to him in a low voice, as though he thought someone might be listening. "There will be a great war and the Jedi's will become extinct if you don't help us escape."
"But who is this we you speak of, Mathius?" Anakin asked impatiently.
"The younglings. The ex-padawans!" Mathius said to him with a self-important nod. Mathius would have indeed been a well-fit apprentice to Anakin, in a different time, but the wars were raging now. One thing was true though, this Mathius was too over-confident.
"You see, once the Sith take over, many Jedi's will be killed, so a group of my friends have decided that we will not allow the Jedi-Order to be defeated. We will stow-away to some barren place and train until we can over-throw Palpatine and the rest of the Federation." Mathius explained to Anakin in a business-like manner.
"But what does this have to do with me?" Anakin asked the child, though Mathius' plan was well understood and Anakin did agree that it was helpful...
"I need to show you something, but you won't believe it, alright?" Mathius asked, walking over to a control panel.
"Yes, I'm ready." Anakin nodded, walking over to the screen.
Anakin watched as an image of himself showed up. He was entering the Jedi-Temple and standing next to the Jedi Shaak Ti. Anakin watched on in horror as his own image lifted up a lightsaber and stabbed the Jedi right through his heart.
"Is this true?" Anakin asked in utter horror.
"Shush." Mathius said to him, putting his finger to his lips and then to the screen, indicating to watch.
Next, Anakin watched as he entered another part of the temple. He saw himself standing before a group of younglings, the youngest one being only about four, the oldest one being a thirteen-year-old boy; Mathius...
"Master Skywalker, there are too many of them. What are we going to do?" a seven-year-old boy asked the screen image of Anakin.
The real Anakin waited for his image to say reassuring words, maybe tell the younglings that Shaak Ti was a traitor or something like that. Instead, his image ignited his lightsaber...
"Enemies of the Republic," Anakin listened to his image saying, "Under the orders of Emperor Darth Sidious, I condemn you to death."
The real Anakin watched in horror as the image of Mathius stepped forward and spoke in a normal, almost calm tone, "You may kill us, Master Skywalker, but we as true Jedi's will not fear you. You may kill us, but we will never give you the pleasure of our fear..."
"Fool!" Anakin's image said in an angered tone, "You shall die!" Anakin almost let out a whimper as he watched his image bring his lightsaber through Mathius's chest. He closed his eyes so he would not have to watch himself kill the others...
Author's Note: I think this is the most review I have ever gotten for one story. I know there are complaints about not enough detail, too much mushy-gushy stuff on its way and maybe a bit too much of Mathius seeming far greater than Anakin. I hope that this chapter will make you see that Mathius is just a kid and that if it weren't for him and his convincing Anakin against the dark-side, he would never have been able to have survived anyway, so in no way am I going to make Mathius greater than Anakin.
...: Yeah, I hated how Anakin turned evil. Sure, he's overly confident, but still...
Demon-In-Me: Action isn't my thing, even though I am going to try to pull of some lightsaber, Force-use scenes, it won't be a mumbo-jumbo-bad action deal and it won't be a big-time romance thing either, even though I have to have some between Padme and Anakin, but it won't over-shadow the plot, which should be good. Oh, and by the way, May the Force Be With You. Now, you can laugh at me.
John Black: Thanks for the criticism. I know I have a lot of facts wrong. Here is my explanation: Mathius had another Master, but his Master was killed in one of the Clone Wars, so Anakin was going to be his replacement, but the Council couldn't immediately assign him because the wars were going on. Also, the only reason Anakin is being so agreeable is because this is his only chance to save Padme and he knows it, and don't worry, Anakin will be taking charge very soon. This chapter is one of the longest I've ever written (I'm known for notoriously short chapters, by the way,) but I'll try to keep up with the long chappies. Thanks for reviewing and may the Force (and all the other awesomeness of George Lucas,) be with you.
MistressRosaelea: Thank you very much for calling my story a work of art. I hope you continue to review my story.
ISHAEWOK: Yeah, I noticed the whole dialogue thing and will try and work on making it better. Thanks much for reviewing.
Jazzy Uchiha: Lol, I like your screen name very much, and thanks for liking my story and reviewing!
MionePotter1392: Yeah, I had hoped greatly that Star Wars would turn out differently too, but oh well, at least I can toy with the idea of Star Wars at my own expense!
Danielle: Lol, alright, here ya go.
SamSamHP: I haven't seen the third movie yet (which is killing me,) but I've read the script, luckily enough.
Dani3: Yeah, prophecies are my friends (clings on to ancient scripts.)
Gimmeabreak: Well, I'm glad that I'm excused. Yeah, but Padme will indeed live on.
Fath8252: Arigato! I mean, thank you!
JONH117: Yet another arigato! I will certainly continue it!
DivineRoseKeeper: Thank ye! I can't wait until I can see Episode 3...