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In this fic, Obi Wan returned to Coruscant from Utapua safely. I hope that won't be confusing... Enjoy!

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Days and nights came and left, came and left and went circling around her, just like the wind. And just like the wind, she gave no heed to them. Days she spent by departing from home. Anywhere, as long as she wouldn't have the chance to be in the same room with her husband. But nights scared her even more. They brought the same dream to Padme and she was forced to wake up so early. As she opened her eyes reluctantly, she found that nothing had altered from the day Anakin came home. This and all of it made her wonder if the world was really turning, because nothing had changed, even the view of the empty pillow beside her, whereas there was supposed to be her husband, who had returned home, lying next to her. So, one day, she got up, took a bath, did her hair, and put on her dress, just like she had done the day before and the days before that day. When she roamed around the house, Anakin was still nowhere to be found. It was as if he had never been home that night. She sat down in the dark and stayed there for hours. It had already been her habit for these past months: sitting on the couch, gazing out of the curtain of the window she didn't open, and thought her thoughts. Really, nothing had been changed.

She was used to the silence and the darkness so much that there were times when she didn't even recognize sounds anymore. Thus, it already passed noon when suddenly a voice from the distance broke her meditation and startled her. Anakin must have been home for some time now, but she didn't hear him came, and he probably couldn't see her prior to the darkness encircling her.

She approached the drawing room where the voice was heard. As she was getting nearer, the voice was getting more and more distinct. And then it occurred to her: there were two voices. Padme was able to distinguish the first one as Anakin's, but the other one confused her senses for it felt so familiar; yet, she had never heard such deep and cunning voice.

She stepped closer to them, closer and closer until she came into view. Anakin and his guest were there, she could see them, but as seconds passed, she realised suddenly, they can't see her. And what stranger was that she wasn't in her house anymore; she was in Palpatine's office.

The mystery man questioned Anakin something; his loyalty. Anakin had tears in his eyes, yet after hearing the question, he promptly pledged to stay faithful to him, he whom he called as his 'Master'.

"Obi Wan?" Padme thought. If so, then Anakin would never turn to the Dark Side after all. A certain light of hope passed in her eyes, but the glow was immediately removed.

The man wasn't satisfied with Anakin's answer; he wanted a proof. Something inside her sent shivers on the back of her neck. Cold sweat started running down her forehead when she heard queer footsteps came in. She identified them quickly for there was only one creature owned that kind of footsteps: The Representative of Naboo in the Senate, Jar Jar.

"Kill him!" the man spoke in his deep tone.

Padme refused to witness what happened next. She only heard a swing of lightsaber and something heavy dropped onto the ground. She couldn't even cover her mouth to stop her from shrieking a frightened cry.

She screamed.

She woke up and found herself still in her bedroom.

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Obi Wan was just coming home, in one piece, after the mission in Upatua. He had succeeded to eliminate General Grievous and it could only mean one thing: The wars were finally over. He should be celebrating right now, but other conflicts entered his mind and he succumbed to them. First of all there were still other Jedi, including Yoda, who struggled for their lives in different planets. And then, there was Padme.

Yoda sensed something special was going to come out of her pregnancy. Something so special that it could be the answer to the tumult they were dealing with now. He even had had a secret plan of dispatching the mother-to-be to a secret place where she, and the baby, could be protected. Yoda wanted it to be done soon. But, how 'soon' was 'soon', he couldn't reckon.

He was still reflecting on the particular subject when he reached his chamber. The view in front of the door surprised him and compelled him to stop thinking. The droids C-3PO and R2-D2 were there. He did not need to guess twice to find out who was inside.

The door opened him a sight of Padme Amidala Skywalker. She was sitting at the centre of the room with her face facing the window at the left wall, and by doing so, took no notice of Obi Wan's coming. He sat next to her to alarm her of his presence, but what he beheld perplexed his mind. Padme was panting hard. Her breath was short and quick, as if she was running out of air.

"M'Lady?" Obi Wan called.

She kept staring to the wall. But, as Obi Wan observed deeper, she wasn't actually staring at anything at all. Her eyes were the same as he had last seen them: watery. He sought for a trace of tears on her cheek, but saw none.

"My Lady?" She still did not respond.

Her shoulders were moving up and down as the cause of her fast breathing. He touched her and called,

"Padme?"

His voice –and touch- shocked her so that she jumped out of the couch. Only then she became conscious of Obi Wan, now also standing, before her. She may have looked so much distressed and shocked, but what happened afterwards sent Obi Wan to the same state she was in. On seeing him right in front of her, Padme flew to Obi Wan's arms and held him so strongly, and kept gasping, she said,

"Dream - Anakin - murderer – Jar Jar!"

It was the only sentences she could let out of her mouth, but Obi Wan understood her.

A sound like hard metals being blown outside parted them. "It's him!" she sighed hopelessly.

He knew then that 'soon' was actually 'now'.

There was no time for explanation. They had to run; Obi Wan and Padme. Padme was still clueless of what was the Jedi going to do with her. She wanted to ask Obi Wan, but he quietened her and refused to answer. He knew that the Sith were everywhere and he wouldn't want to take the risk of someone knowing this secret plan. When they arrived at the hangar, they quickly jumped in Padme's ship.

That was when they viewed Bail Organa. He ran madly to them, shouting at them that he saw the troops of clones had turned against the Jedi and killed all of them. Obi Wan urged him to come to the ship with them. And then he sighted Padme. This time, she was not as ready to cover her pregnancy as before. Therefore, it was normal when Organa's eyes were instantly directed from her pallid face to her blooming stomach. And finally, he knew the truth.

Obi Wan would have explained all to him if he -and Padme- hadn't sensed the presence of Anakin near them. So, without longer hold-ups, Obi Wan led them inside the ship and quickly took the position of the pilot.

Anakin was passing the hangar when the door of the ship was slowly closed. Yet, before it was completely shut, Padme, who was standing right at it, was able to see him passed. When he halted for a while, somehow sensing someone watching over him, he turned to look at the ship near to him, but it had already flown away.