disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot
"Welcome to the Jedi council Master Skywalker."
"Thank you," said Anakin with a smile, "but I do wonder, what would have happened if I had turned?"
"I can answer that." Then, out of nowhere, the spirit of Qui Gon Jinn appeared in the center of the council room right next to Anakin.
"Master Jinn!" said Anakin.
"Hello Anakin, I'm so glad to see that you've been made a master, my former apprentice did a very good job indeed."
"Qui Gon!" exclaimed Obi Wan, "How.. how did you get here...?"
"That's not important, I came here to inform you about what would have happened if Anakin had turned."
"You can tell us?" asked Mace.
"No I can't just tell you, you have to see it for yourselves." And suddenly, they were at the Senate building, in the former Chancellor Palpatine's office. Mace and Obi Wan were already unconscious.
"Anakin, please, join me together we can save Padme!" said Sidious. Anakin paused, he seemed to have been deep in thought."
"I pledge myself to your teachings, to the Sith. Just please, give me the power to stop death, to save Padme's life, I can't live without her." said Anakin kneeling at Sidious's feet.
"Good," said Sidious, "You will become a powerful Sith, a strong Sith, from now on you will be known as Darth Vader."
"Thank you my master," said Anakin
"Rise Lord Vader." said Sidious.
Sidious walked over to his desk, "from now on, every single Jedi including your friend Obi Wan Kenobi is now an enemy, understand?" asked Sidious.
"I understand master," said Darth Vader.
"The Jedi must be destroyed, go to the Jedi temple and catch them off balance. Do what must be done, do not hesitate, show no mercy. Only then will you be strong enough with the darkside to save Padme. Once you have done that, kill Vicery Gunray and the other Separatist leaders. The Sith will once more rule the galaxy!"
"Yes my master," said Darth Vader and he walked out of the office to the Jedi temple.
The council then saw Sidious contact Commander Cody, "Commander Cody," said Sidious "The time has come, execute order sixty six."
The scene then shifted to where Ki Adi Mundi was leading the charge. The clones stopped and shot down and killed all of the Jedi. The scene shifted again and the Jedi saw the Clones kill AAyla Secura. The council saw the clones kill every single Jedi scattered around the galaxy, they were left absolutely speechless.
The setting changed again and they where outside the Jedi temple, watching Darth Vader lead an attack on it. They saw him slaughtering innocent younglings, ones that had looked up to him, and thought so highly of him.
So that was it, there was only three Jedi left in the entire galaxy, Yoda Obi Wan and Mace.
The scene changed once again the council saw Anakin and Padme standing on the landing platform on Mustafar.
"I don't know you anymore. Anakin, you're breaking my heart. I'll never stop loving you, but you are going down a path I can't follow, stop, stop now. Come back! I love you." they heard Padme say.
"LIAR!" yelled Darth Vader, Obi Wan was emerging from Padme's ship. Darth Vader grabbed Padme's throat choking her.
"Let her go!" said Obi Wan.
"You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind until now . . . until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy." said Obi Wan.
"If you're not with me, you're my enemy." said Darth Vader.
"Only a Sith deals in absolutes, I will do what I must."
"You will try." said Darth Vader.
The two them then ignited their lightsabers and began to fight. They worked their way off of the landing platform and into the main entry hallway. They then moved toward the main control center, they were using every trick in the Jedi book.The door to the outside was thrust open and they continued battling out onto the balcony. The pair were now walking across a pipe still fighting violently. Eventually, they had made their way to the big lava river, still fighting, they made their way down it.
"I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take over " said Darth Vader.
"Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil." said Obi Wan
"From my point of view, the Jedi are evil." said Darth Vader
"Well, then you are lost!" Obi Wan cried.
"This is the end for you, My Master." said Darth Vader evilly.
Obi Wan suddenly jumped onto the safety of the black edge of the lava river.
"It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!" he yelled.
"You underestimate my power!" yelled Darth Vader, his voice filled with confidence.
"Don't try it," Obi Wan begged. Darth Vader tried to flip over Obi Wan, but Obi Wan cut off his former apprentice's legs off and the knees followed by his left arm. Anakin slid down to the edge of the river.
"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would, destroy the Sith, not join them. It was you who would bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness." cried Obi Wan with tears in his eyes. You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you." he continued, the tears falling down his cheeks.
"I hate you!" Darth Vader screamed. Suddenly, Darth Vader burst into flames from the heat. He let out a heart breaking shriek as his body was reduced to charred ruin. Obi Wan picked up Anakin's lightsaber and walked away from the sorry sight, unable to watch his former apprentice and friend be engulfed in the flames.
The Council was then at a hospital, Padme was giving birth. She had given birth to twins. She was very tired and seemed to have to life left in her. But she somehow mustered enough strength to whisper to Obi Wan,
"Obi Wan, I know there's still good in him. I know that there is." then she took her last breath and died.
The council saw the twins being split up, Padme's funeral and Darth Vader being pit into a terribe black suit, keeping him alive, making an awful breathing sound. They saw the construction of the Death Star, and Darth Vader killing many innocent people in order to build a mighty empire. Suddenly, the entire council was back at the temple, in the council chambers and there was a big awkward silence, Anakin looked as though he was going to be sick.
"So you see what a terrible tragedy it would have been had you turned Anakin." Anakin didn't speak, he looked as though he had seen a ghost.
"What don't you sit down," said Mace. Anakin walked to his seat, sat down and looked at the ground but still did not speak. After a few moments, he finally said,
"I don't deserve to be here, look at what I could have done, I could have destroyed the Republic, the Jedi." he said his voice shaking.
"Anakin, you prevented those things, you saved the Republic from a terrible fate!" said Obi Wan. He just wanted to and give Anakin a hug, to comfort him, but now was the inappropriate time.
"Anakin, don't beat yourself up over it, you saved all of us." said Mace.
"You used the force to guide you Anakin," said Qui Gon, "the force is strong in you, you truely are "THE Chosen One"." And with that, he disappeared.
"Anakin, please don't feel guilty," said Mace, "You've done many great things, the force is now balanced thanks to you, now go and be with your wife." he said. This made Anakin feel a little bit better, perhaps Padme would make him feel a bit better.
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Anakin walked into Padme's apartment and found her napping on her large bed. He smiled as he knelt down beside his slumbering wife ad brushed a lock of her chocolate hair out of her eyes. Padme's eyes fluttered open and a wide smile spread across her beautiful face.
"Ani!" she exclaimed "Oh, Thank God you're all right! Obi Wan came by earlier and told me you were doing better, I tried to come see you but I wasn't in the right condition."
"It's alright" said Anakin " theres the baby to think about." Then Anakin remembered that they were having twins. He was very excited about this, two babies instead of one! He decided that he wouldn't tell Padme, it would be his secret. Padme would be surprised and plus it was fun knowing something that she didn't. Anakin's temporary happiness dissolved and he remembered the vision in the council room, he had seen Padme dying, but the twins had survived. Anakin had to tell Padme what he had seen, he couldn't keep it from her, she had to know what her husband could have done, and how it would have effected the entire Republic.
"Padme," he began sitting down next to his wife on the bed, "I need to tell you something." And then, Anakin told her what the council had seen in the vision, how he had almost become a heartless monster. "I understand if you don't want to be with me anymore," he said after he had finished.
"Oh Ani, of course I still want to be with you, I love you. You prevented all of that, you saved the Republic, you saved me! I would die if I ever lost you."
"I love you too." said Anakin and bent down and deeply kissed Padme.
"Ani, did you tell the council about us?" asked Padme.
'Yes," said Anakin.
"Well, what did they do?"
"They're letting me stay with you, and remain a Jedi."
"Really? That fantastic!"
"That's not all" said Anakin, "They made me a master and put me on the council." he said
"Oh congratulations Ani!"
They spent the rest of the day talking to each other, stopping occasionally to kiss each other. It was now quite late and the two lovers were now peacefully asleep. Suddenly, Padme's eyes snapped open.
"Anakin, Ani wake up!"
"S'matter?" he asked sleepily.
"Anakin, the baby is coming!" Suddenly, Anakin was fully awake.
"What... what do we do?"Anakin asked, having no clue about how to handle this.
'Anakin, calm down, there's a bag at the foot of the bed that I packed a few weeks ago, get that and get me to a hospital."
"Right." said Anakin. The two of them got into a speeder and Anakin drove them to the hospital.
Nearly an hour later, Padme lay in a hospital bed, screaming as another contraction pulsed through her. As the contraction subsided, a women healer came in and said,
"everything seems to be fine, your perfectly healthy, the babies should be born within a few hours." she said.
"Babies?" asked Padme confused.
"Yes, Padme you're carrying twins." she said, Anakin smiled. Seeing Anakin's amusement Padme said,
"You knew about this and you didn't tell me?" ask asked.
"Yes." said Anakin chuckling.
"How could you do that?"
"I wanted it to be a surprise." he admitted.
Padme took a deep breath and said,
"Shouldn't you call Obi Wan and tell him the babies are coming coming?"she asked.
"Yeah, I'll let him know, I'll be back soon." Padme watched her husband leave the room, she loved him so much, especially was he was all frazzled like he was now. A few hours later a healer in formed them that it was time. Padme was placed into a wheelchair and wheeled into a delivery room.
"Padme, push," the healer instructed. Letting out a painful cry, Padme did so.
"I can see the head," she said "Anakin, would you like to come over and see?" she asked Anakin who was at Padme's side. Anakin quickly got up and went to see his children being born.
"It's coming" the healer said gently "keep pushing." And with that, the first baby was born. "It's a boy," said the healer.
"Luke" whispered Padme. Fifteen long minutes later, the second baby was born.
"It's a girl." said the healer.
"Leia." said Padme softly.
"We'll have them cleaned up and checked out and we'll have them right back to you." said the healer kindly. Anakin smiled as she walked away with the small children.
"Do you feel alright?" Anakin asked Padme.
"A little tired," said Padme breathlessly, "but I'm fine, really there's nothing to worry about Ani." she said with a smile.
"I love you so much," said Anakin brushing a damp lock of hair out of the face.
Padme smiled,"what do our babies look like?" she asked.
"Beautififul. Just like their mother." he said smiling. Then the healer came back cradling the infants in her arms.
"Here you go." she said kindly. The two new parents smiled as they took their children in their arms.
Just then, Obi Wan walked in.
"Hi!" he said. Then his eyes opened wide seeing the small children. "You had twins?"
Anakin and Padme looked at each other and smiled. "Yes," they said. "A boy Luke and a girl Leia."
"Congratulations." said Obi Wan with a smile.
Anakin looked down at his tiny son in his arms, his bright blue eyes reminded him so much like his own. He was so happy, everything seemed absolutely perfect. He was so happy, he didn't even notice the pain that was creeping up in his left shoulder.