Author note: Hi guys! I'm really sorry I took so long to write this but I have been so busy recently. However, I have submitted the next two chapters for you to kind of make up for it. I hope they are worth it.
Enjoy!
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Luke was eagerly pointing out the bodies of the clones he had killed to Padme as he charged along, holding her hand.
Anakin was walking a little way behind with Obi-Wan and Yoda who was riding on his armoured shoulder. Every now and then, Luke would point out another body and Padme would say "Good Job!" or "Well Done!" or "Keep that up and you'll soon rival your father as a swordsman!" Then Luke would puff out his chest with pride and Anakin would laugh at his son's antics.
"So where's Leia?" Obi-Wan asked at last, noticing his padawan was no-where to be seen.
"Luke broke her lightsaber, so she's at home trying to fix it," Anakin sighed. Leia may have his temper and his attitude, but she certainly didn't have his mechanical skills. Obi-Wan sensed his thoughts and patted his free shoulder lightly.
"She'll learn eventually. Padme did."
This was true. Padme had never been very good at fixing anything mechanical before, but now thanks to her patience and Yoda's guidance, she could build a lightsaber with her eyes closed.
As he watched the two of them up ahead now, he felt so happy and proud of them. If he were to lose any of his family again, he was sure it would detroy him.
"Neat job, your padawan did," Yoda observed, looking down at one of the clones. Anakin wondered how Yoda could tell,seeing as he was riding over two meters above the body.
"Take a look, may I?" the little green Master asked anakin's ear, so Anakin knelt down, hearing the mechanisms in his knees working.
Yoda hopped off his shoulder and hobled over to the body, rolling it over with his stick. Anakin reached out a gloved hand to trace the marking on his chest plate, but as soon as his finger connected with the white metal, everything went dark.
Then a figure advanced towards him out of the darkness, a blue saber held firmly in their hand. At first, Anakin couldn't believe it. He was seeing himself!
Then as the other Anakin got nearer, he transformed slightly into what Anakin guessed was a grown up Luke. Luke came to a halt infront of his father and beckoned for him to follow. Anakin did, stooping low to get through a doorway.
They came out onto a desert and Anakin knew, from the twin suns, that they must be on Tatooine. Then the colours completely distorted his image and he felt dizzy. He fell to the floor and watched as a blurred Luke came back towards him, raising his saber above his head and laughing cruelly. The saber plunged through Anakin's heart...and he jerked awake.
"Dad? Dad? Dad? Dad?" Luke was kneeling beside Anakin and each time he said his father's name, he poked him in the chest.
"Get off!" Anakin groaned, pulling himself up. It was only then that he realised he was lying on the ground and Yoda, Obi-Wan and Padme were also looking down at him worriedly.
"What happened?" Obi-Wan asked, holding out a hand to pull him up. Luke, convinced that his father was alright now, grabbed Padme's hand and carried on dragging her back to the air taxi. However, she kept glancing over her shoulder every few minutes, clearly worried about what had just happened.
Anakin kneeled again, allowing Yoda to hop back on his shoulder. As he waited, he ran one hand through his long hair and found that he was dripping with sweat which was now mixing with the dust to create a kind of sticky mess in his hair.
"I...I had a vision," he admitted finally as he stood back up. "About Luke. He...he killed me...on Tatooine."
"Good, this is not," Yoda commented as they began walking again, the little green Master swaying slightly on Anakin's broad shoulder.
Anakin nodded in agreement and Obi-Wan stroked his beard thoughtfully.
(-o-o-)
They arrived back at the taxi to find Luke staring up at the busy traffic above, obviously trying to spot people he knew, whilst Padme was pacing up and down outside, knitting her fingers together anxiously and twiddling her thumbs.
When she saw Anakin, she ran over to him.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I'll tell you later," Anakin promised, well aware that Luke was secretly listening whilst pretending to watch the traffic.
They all climbed back into the taxi without another word and set off back to the appartment where Han and Leia were no doubt tearing each other apart.
