"Destiny" Prologue D


Disclaimer: OK, Star Wars still isn't mine. But we are starting to get into my story.


Anakin knelt beside Padme. C3PO and R2D2 had carried her onto her ship while he and Obi-Wan had fought. Tears streamed down his face.

"No, Padme! My angel…"

Anakin wept. His wife – his angel – she was dead. He studied her features, features he knew better than his own. She had captured his heart, and he had sold his soul to save her. But he had failed her. Failed her, and their child. There were no medical facilities near enough to save the child.

'You killed her.' Vader spoke within him. 'It's your fault she's dead.'

"No! I didn't… I couldn't have…"

'We're better off without her. She would never have joined us. She didn't love you. She betrayed you to Obi-Wan.'

"No! I did this for her! For you, Padme! To save you! You can't die! I did all this so you wouldn't die! I did all this so Palpatine would show me how to save you!" His energy spent with this outburst, Anakin fell to the floor.

'Palpatine… Sidious…' The voice of Vader whispered in his mind. 'He lied. He promised she wouldn't die… and now she has.'

"I'll kill him! I'll kill them all! Everyone who lied to me!"

Vader was in control.