We're Wizards, Not Warriors
Chapter 28: Requiem
Owl House.
Anakin asked over the purple scroll, "Sam, are you still treating your kids like babies?"
"Yeah…. They only have 2 days until their punishment is over", Sam said with a giggle.
Anakin said, "don't you think you're going overboard just a teeny bit?"
Sam said, "no, why?"
Anakin groaned and whispered, "I'm not sure who to blame for this insanity!"
Sam asked, "what was that Dad?"
Anakin exclaimed, "nothing! Anyway, how are the kids!? Ahsoka, Beru, Marek and everyone?"
"Oh they are doing just fine! my wittle babies! Your grandpa says hello", Sam said to his children.
All of them just said, "hey grandpa", in really ticked off tones.
They were SO ready for this whole thing to wrap up.
Anakin smiled, despite their looks of exhaustion.
"Hi kids", Anakin said with a wave of his hand.
As Sam wasn't looking, Galen quickly wrote a sign that said, "help us", as Marks mouthed the same words.
Anakin looked at the kids with sympathy. He took notice that Aiden was sleeping and Ashoka seemed to be in better spirits then the others.
'Don't worry kids…. I'll find a way to help you', Anakin said through the force.
The teens all gave appreciative looks.
"Well…. We gotta go! Say goodbye babies", Sam said to his children.
The kids all whispered, "help us", before the call ended.
"Poor kids", Anakin said to himself.
He then found his gaze drawn towards a certain picture on the wall.
In that photo was Eda, him, Padme and a fourth person, all much younger.
Anakin and Padme in that photo had not yet become a couple. They were just good friends. And Anakin had feelings for another girl who wasn't available.
Anakin can still remember that person's name.
Raine Whispers.
They had been Eda's bae back then, and was often the subject of jealousy for Anakin.
Anakin could not help but feel jealous whenever he saw Eda and Raine together.
And he had been oblivious to Padme's feelings for him at the time.
But after spending some time with Padme…. He then grew to have feelings for her…. And after everything, Anakin couldn't predict that he and Eda would eventually get together.
"Speaking of which, I better go check up on her", Anakin said to himself.
Anakin made his way upstairs to check on his wife, anf then made it to his and Eda's room.
He entered the room.
"Hello, my love", Anakin said with a smile on his face.
"Hi Ani", Eda said with a sad smile on her face.
Anakin asked, "what's wrong?"
"I tried to use bard magic with my old violin", Eda said.
Anakin sat down next to her and said, "I'm guessing it didn't go so well?"
"Nope…. In a matter of seconds, every object in the air was turning black and almost burned", Eda said with a sigh.
Anakin sighed and hugged her close, saying, "it's okay."
"I just can't believe how much…. The curse is affecting my magic", Eda said sadly.
Anakin said, "I'm sure we can figure this out. I'll be there for you every step of the way."
Eda smiled as she hugged her husband.
Anakin asked, "has something else been bothering you, Eda?"
"I just can't help but feel sad…. I know that one day Luz will go back to her realm and King will leave us to go with his father", Eda said sadly.
Anakin gave a sad smile before he hugged her and said, "you'll always have me and the rest of our family to look out for you."
"I know…. But those two have become part of our family as well", Eda said with a sad smile on her face.
Anakin smiled sadly and said, "you're right about that…. But I'll be there to comfort you when that stuff happens."
Eda smiled.
….
We later see Anakin and Eda at the bar.
Eda was drinking some apple blood, as she looked at her scroll.
Anakin was watching the scroll as well.
It was an old video of when Raine became the head of the Bard coven.
"Uh, I am honored to work with Emperor Belos in preparation for the day of uniby", Raine said a bit shy but then their cheeks turned red.
Anakin couldn't stop snickering at his embarrassment.
"I mean, uh, I mean, unily. I mean, uh, oh no this is going all wrong", Raine said feeling embarrassed.
Eda couldn't help but smile.
"Get me out of here", Raine shouted as they ran off the stage.
"Cut the feed", Darius said.
Anakin chuckled and said, "ah, Raine. They couldn't stop blushing when someone asked them the time of day."
"Yeah…. Raine had a severe case of stage fright", Eda said with a giggle.
The two continued to chuckle at the fond memories.
….
"Hey, back off!"
Anakin and Eda turned to see a wild witch being held by the arms by two Coven guards.
"Don't fret, citizens! We are helping this wild witch find her place in society", Coven guard said.
"No! I don't want to join a coven! Let me go! Someone call the Jedi", the Wild Witch shouted.
Anakin and Eda glanced at one another. Could they really stand by and let this happen?
The two nod their heads as they stood up and went after the guards.
"Let her go", Eda shouted.
The guards and wild witch turned to see Eda and Anakin standing there, with the latter secretly reaching for his lightsaber.
"You two are in so much trouble", Anakin growled.
The first guard mocked, "and what're two pink like you gonna do?"
In a second…. The guard lost his right hand at the hands of Anakin's lightsaber….
He screamed in terror as the other guard just started running as fast as they could away.
Then more guards appeared and then music was heard in the air.
Eda asked, "what's that?"
Anakin turned to see a group of witches with masks on playing some instruments.
Anakin and Eda saw the music was Bard magic as it was forcing the guards to dance.
Era snickered as one guard was forced to do the Macarena and yelled, "NO! I'M A SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM!"
"I'm going to contact the Rogue Coven and a few Jedi to take these guards to face trial", Anakin said as he took out his purple scroll.
Eda nodded as she turned to see who was playing the music.
She saw that it was a few witches wearing masks to cover their eyes.
Eda muttered, "a little creepy…."
….
Later….
Eda and Anakin learned that the group was called BATs and was being led by Raine.
The group consisted of Katya, a witch Eda and Luz rescued prior, and two other witches named Derwin and Amber.
They used Bard magic in order to help others in the Boiling Isles.
"I was still a bit confused when you kept saying those Jedi stuff to me, you two", Raine said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I can still remember", Eda said with a smile.
"I only learned what it meant when I started teaching for the Bard Coven. The emperor prioritized recruitment through force. And anyone who refused to fall in line disappeared. Well, I wasn't going to stand for that. So I took matters into my own hands", Raine said as they clenched their fists.
Anakin said, "well, look at you, Raine. Finally growing courageous against the Emperor! Awesome!"
"Thanks, Anakin. Also, I wanted to say…. I'm sorry for what happened to Padme", Raine said with a sad look on their face.
Anakin took a breath for a moment before giving a bittersweet smile and said, "thank you. That means a lot."
Raine smiled and said, "she was always so nice to me. Encouraging me to stand up for myself."
Anakin and Eda smiled sadly.
Raine asked, "Anakin, is it true? That your son Sam…. Is Belos' child?"
Anakin nodded and said, "only by blood. Other than that, He holds no connection to him."
"Tell us the whole story", Raine said.
Anakin said, well, it all began like this…."
….
One very long explanation later
"And that's the story", Anakin said.
Raine simply said, "woah."
"Sam does not consider Belos his father anymore…. His real father is Anakin and always will be", Eda said as she smiled at her husband.
Anakin sweetly smiled back at his wife, and Raine said, "so, uh…. You two…."
"Yes, we're married", Anakin said as he held Eda's hand.
Eda gave a shy smile and said, "yeah…. A while ago, we began dating, and the rest is history."
"And Eda has been a great mother to Luke and Leia", Anakin said with a smile on his face.
Raine said, "and you had your own children?"
"One son, called Kane", Eda smiled.
Raine smiled and said, "what's he like?"
"He has some of Eda's traits…. He can even detach his limbs like Eda", Anakin said with a chuckle.
Eda said, "but he's just as brave and smart as his father."
Raine asked, "what about Luke and Leia?"
Anakin said, "Eda's done an amazing job to help me raise the kids as if they were her own."
"Leia is like her real mother, Padme", Eda smiled sadly.
Anakin gave a bittersweet smile and said, "so is Luke. He's so sweet, like Padme."
Raine smiled.
….
Meanwhile, at the Scarlet House.
Ahsoka and her siblings were being cuddled by their fathers.
Ahsoka muttered, "make it stop."
Galen said, "just two more days, and it'll all be over."
Sam asked, "what's wrong? Don't you like being cuddled?"
Beru said, "yes, but not like this!"
Hordak asked as he cuddled Marek, "but why?"
Padme said, "because we're utterly sick of this smothering."
"Awww. You don't mean that", Prime said.
The kids all said, "yes, we do."
The father's just cuddled their children even more.
The kids all groaned.
"Oh…. I can still remember when all of you were just wittle babies", Sam squealed in joy.
Marie muttered, "somebody please end this now!"
"So small and adorable", Hordak said with a smile on his face.
Galen made the hanging gesture and whispered, "I can't take much more of this. Six weeks of this!"
"Let's take them out for a stroll again", Prime said to Sam.
Padme whispered, "I'm gonna make a run for it, who's with me?"
Everyone else nods their heads.
Ahsoka used the force to make something fall.
Sam asked, "what was that?"
"RUN", the kids shouted as they all ran from their fathers.
They all quickly dashed out of the house as their house as their dad's yelled, "OUR BABIES!"
"SPLIT UP", Marek shouted to his siblings.
The kids all ran in different directions in order to escape their dad's.
"OUR BABIES! COME BACK!"
The kids could hear their dad's scream.
This only made them run faster. At this point, they were beyond done with this stupid six week babying.
Ahsoka then hid behind a rock.
Marek hid himself up in the tree.
Galen dug a hole in the ground and buried himself with a straw sticking out of the ground and hidden by a bush.
Beru did the same, but she hid underwater in a lake with a straw for air.
Padme disguised herself as a bush.
Aiden pretended to be a statue…. And he was surprisingly good at it.
….
With Sam and his husbands, they were frantically searching for the kids.
"I didn't think they would be capable of doing this", Sam shouted in worry.
Prime said, "I think we pushed them a little too far."
Hordak asked, "you think?"
Prime said, "they ran away when we tried to take them on a walk. Of course we did."
"But they needed to understand why they shouldn't keep secrets from us", Sam said.
Hordak said, "but maybe we did go a bit too far…. And besides, haven't we kept secrets in the past?"
"You are right on that", Sam said with a sigh.
Prime said, "let's just find them before they get hurt, or worse."
The three men then spilt up.
Hordak was searching near a fountain.
The one where Aiden was pretending to be a statue, spraying water out if his mouth.
Hordak walked past him, but then he turned to look at the statue, getting close to examine it.
Aiden could feel himself getting nervous as he slowly stopped spraying water from his mouth…. And when Hordak got close enough, Aiden sprayed water at him!
Aiden then ran off!
Hordak shouted, "Aiden! Wait!"
But Aiden didn't listen and he just kept running! He ran as fast as his legs would carry him.
Prime was in the woods searching for his children.
He exclaimed, "kids? Where are you?"
Prime was walking by a lake and then noticed something in the lake.
The straw!
Prime then kneeled down to where the straw was…. And poked it.
The straw moved around a bit.
Prime began to catch on to what was going on.
Prime said, "okay, which one of you is down there underwater!?"
The water began to ripple and shake.
"What the….", Prime said before…. All of the water was launched into the air like a geyser!
Beru ran out of the water screaming!
Prime yelled, "Beru! Wait a second!"
Beru just kept on running!
Prime sighed as he tried to follow her….
Sam was also in the woods searching for the kids.
Sam shouted, "Kids! Where are you!?"
Sam then came across a odd bush and a strange sight in the dirt.
In the dirt seemed to be a straw.
He raised an eyebrow as he drew closer to the straw and moved the bush aside.
Then Galen and Padme jumped out!
They both ran as fast as they could as Sam yelled, "kids! Wait!"
We then see Ahsoka and Marek.
Ahsoka decided to change her mind and hide in the tree as well.
They were trying to be as quite as possible.
Ahsoka whispered to her brother, "do you think the others have been found?"
Marek shrugged and said, "I'm more worried about them finding us."
"I tried to catch Aiden…. But he ran off!"
Marek and Ahsoka froze as they looked down below…. All three of their dad's were right underneath them.
"Beru did the same as well", Prime said.
"So did Padme and Galen", Sam said in worry.
"That just leaves us to find Marek and Ahsoka", Hordak said.
Prime asked, "where could those two be?"
The other two shrugged.
Marek then felt a leaf fall onto his nose.
He started going, "ah…. Ah…. Ah-"
Ahsoka quickly covered his nose.
"Thanks", Marek whispered.
Ahsoka smiled.
"ACHOOO", Ahsoka sneezed as a leaf fell onto her nose.
Both of them froze as they slowly looked down.
They saw their dad's staring right back up at them!
Marek whispered, "run like children…."
Ahsoka and Marek jumped onto another tree as they slid down!
"Ahsoka! Marek! Wait!"
But they kept running as fast as they could.
Ahsoka and Marek kept running.
Until they crashed into their other siblings!
All six of them sat bolt upright.
"Owww", they all groaned in pain as they rubbed their heads.
Then they all turned to see their parents running towards them.
"Oh, we're dead", Aiden said in fear.
Galen muttered, "so very, very dead."
Marek said, "thank God I wrote my last will and testament."
"I love you guys", Ahsoka said.
"We love you too, sis", Padme said.
"Let's just hug each other", Beru said.
The kids all hugged one another, expecting the huge blow up from their father's.
Sam asked, "our babies! Are you okay?"
And that surprised all of them.
"We were so worried when you all ran away like that", Prime said in worry.
The siblings all glanced at one another in confusion.
Marek asked, "why aren't you…. Talking to us like if were infants?"
Sam sighed as he and his husbands looked guilt ridden and said, "we realize we may have gone a little too far with your punishment."
The kid's eyes went wide.
Ahsoka asked, "really?"
Their father's simply nodded with sorry expressions.
"We're so sorry…. We just wanted to make you kids understand…. That why you shouldn't keep secrets from us", Hordak said as he sighed.
Prime said, "but we took it too far."
"So please forgive us", Sam said with a tear in his eye.
The kids instantly felt bad for worrying their father's like that, and quickly ran into a group hug.
Sam and his husbands quickly hugged their kids back.
It felt as though the sad situation began to melt away.
"We promise that we will never punish you like that ever again", Sam cried tears of joy.
The kids all whispered, "oh thank you God!"
"Come on, let's go home", Hordak said.
The kids nodded as the family made their way back home….
….
Meanwhile….
Things have taken a turn for the worse.
Eda had decided to accompany Raine and their group to a location; she did, however, tell her husband.
The location turned out to be a trap set up by coven leaders Darius and Eberwolf.
Darius had used his magic to transport the rest of the BATs to the conformatorium.
Leaving Eda and Raine on their own.
As soon as Darius and Eberwolf ended up following the false trail, up on a tree branch, Eda and Raine appear having used an Invisibility glyph. Raine is carrying Eda bridal style, and Eda is no longer wearing her boots.
"I am glad I remembered how to do that", Eda said with a smile on her face.
The two get down from the branch.
"Eda, if we get out here, you must inform the Rogue Coven and the Jedi about Belos' plans. He's preparing some big spell for the day of unity", Raine explained with a look of fear on their face.
Eda looked worried.
'But he can't do it without every head witch. If we can take out Darius and Eberwolf….', Raine said in thought.
Eda said with a grin on her face, "say no more, Rainestorm. What's the plan?"
Raine summons their violins.
"You say your curse messes with magic. I think I can make that work in our favor", Raine said with a smile on their face.
Eda smiled and said, "I like the way you think, Raine. I might be able to use my magic in order to put a wrench in their plans."
The two then start playing Eda's Requiem.
Darius notices where the music is coming from.
"There you are", Darius said and he notices too late that the ground is rotting and he's caught in it. At the same time, Eberwolf and their steed are also caught in it.
"It's working. Keep playing", Eda said with a smile on her face.
Raine sees they're being consumed.
"Look. We may not make it out ourselves", Raine said in worry.
Eda said as she kept playing the violin, "but it will stop the emperor, right?"
"Eda…. No…. Think of your family….", Raine said to Eda.
Eda gave a worried and conflicted look as she heard that, thinking of Anakin and the kids.
She wanted to stop Belos' plans…. But at the thought of her family…. She couldn't do it….
She stopped playing the violin and everything returned to normal.
Eda sighed and asked, "what now?"
They're suddenly caught in abomination goo: Darius has found them.
"Found you, songbird", Darius said.
"DON'T TOUCH MY WIFE YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
They all turn, and Darius is kicked in the face by an extremely angry Anakin, wearing his Vader armor.
Raine shouted in surprise, "who is that!?"
Anakin activated his lightsaber and asked, "who do you think?"
Raine said surprised, "Anakin!?"
"Skywalker", Darius growled.
Anakin swung his saber and growled, "you messed with the wrong witches."
"The emperor wants his son back", Darius growled.
Anakin growled, "that ain't gonna happen, shit bird."
Darius stretched his arm towards Anakin.
Anakin jumped over it and he sliced it with his lightsaber.
Darius grabbed the stump and screamed in pure pain from the attack!
Darius then reformed his arm with abomination magic.
"Come on Ani, we have to go", Eda shouted.
Anakin nodded before he dashed over to his wife and friend.
The three were starting to run.
Suddenly Raine was grabbed.
"Raine", Eda shouted.
Anakin then used the force to try and save Raine.
"No, you two run", Raine shouted.
Anakin yelled, "but Raine-"
Raine shouted, "RUN! NOW! THEY CAN'T GET YOU TOO!"
"RAINE! PLEASE NO", Eda shouted.
"GO! I'll handle them", Raine shouted.
Anakin closed his eyes and held back tears as he grabbed Eda's hand and ran as fast as he could.
Once the two were far away, Eda hugged her husband.
Anakin held her close and said, "it's gonna be okay…. We WILL see them again…."
"Raine told me a bit about Belos' plans", Eda said with a few sobs.
Anakin kissed the top of her head and said, "then they've given us a better chance against him…."
Eda smiled a bit.
"Well, let's head back", Anakin said.
"Yeah…. I want to see if Luz won the race", Eda said with a small smile on her face.
Analin chuckled and said, "as do I. Come on, we better hurry."
And with that, the couple ran off as fast as they could.
….
When they got back, the race was over.
Luz ended up in fifth place, and did not win, the one reason she wanted to win was for King to win the prize in which he would be interviewed on video.
But despite that Luz decided to use Eda's purple scroll to stream on her penstagram account, King, so in hope his father is watching the video and will one day find him.
"And now I live with my favorite human and a cranky old witch and her family", King said.
"Hey", Eda yelled.
"But cranky or not, she and her husband are the ones who raised me, which is why I am….", King said with a smile as he pulled out some papers.
"Legally changing my name to King Skywalker Clawthorne! Surprise Eda! Anakin! Now we're connected for life and there's nothing you can do about it", King said with a laugh.
Anakin and Eda were both stunned.
Eda said emotionally as she grabbed the papers, "is that what you wanted to tell us this whole time?"
Anakin asked, "you really changed your last name to ours!?"
King gave a firm nod and said, "well, yeah. You're my family. Of course I did."
"And Dad….", Luke said as he and the rest of the kids approached.
"Mom", Leia and Kane said at the same time with smiles on their faces.
"If you sign here on the paper…. It will be official", Luz said as she held up a pen in her hand.
"Meaning King will be part of our family", Luke said.
Eda and Anakin start to cry.
They both quickly took the pen from Luz and signed their names upon the legal document.
It was official.
King was legally part of the family.
King squealed in joy as he ran to Eda and Anakin.
They both hugged the demon close with warm looks upon their faces.
Luke, Leia and Kane joined in on the hug.
Luz smiled and joined in as well.
….
Meanwhile, Raine had been able to escape and they were hiding until something appeared behind them.
Raine turns around to see Kikimora on top of an Abomaton.
Raine tries to run, but the Abomaton's hand grabs them.
Darius and Eberwolf walk over to them.
"I told you we didn't need help. So get that ugly thing out of my face and tell Alador he's a hack while you're at it", Darius said in anger.
"Emperor Belos was rather upset to learn that you had a hand in the recent raid incidents", Kikimora said as she glared at Raine.
Raine said as they smirked, "guess I can look forward to my own petrification, huh?"
"No. It'd be too much of a hassle to find a replacement", Kikimora said as she activates Raine's coven tattoo, which begins encasing them in a vine cocoon.
"The emperor needs you alive and well on the day of unity. But until then, night night", Kikimora said with an evil look on her face.
Raine grunted in rage as they were encased in vines, and before they were fully encased, they yelled, "when Eda and her friends get their hands on you…. You'll wish Belos had killed you first…."
….
Rogue Isles.
Eda had told the Jedi council more of Belos' plans for the day of Unity.
And it was most concerning for them all.
Shaak Ti said, "a big spell needed for the Day of unity?"
Eda nodded and said, "one that will ensure Belos has the power he needs to take over the realm, once and for all."
Yoda replied, "let him win, we cannot."
"Like Raine said, he needs every head witch for the spell", Anakin said.
Obi Wan said, "then we need to make sure every head witch that isn't allied with Belos is protected from him and his minions."
"Yeah, we can't let Belos win", Eda said.
Luminara said, "agreed. We must contact every ally we have about this."
"We need everyone to be on alert", Aayla said.
Mace Windu said, "we'll warn everyone we can. The people need to know about this."
"What about Raine? We have to find a way to rescue them", Eda said, worried.
Plo Koon said, "Belos seems to need them alive, so we just need to find the right moment to rescue them and anyone else Belos has that he needs for his plans."
"Until then, we all have to be prepared", Kit Fisto said.
The Jedi all nodded in agreement.
….
Back at the Scarlet House.
The kids were all watching a movie with their dads.
Things had finally called down from earlier.
Sam and his husbands felt so bad for how they treated their kids these past few weeks.
They wanted to make things up to them.
Then they heard knocking at the door.
"Hamill, go get it", Sam said to his palismen.
Hamill then ran to the door and opened it.
"Grandpa", the kids cried in joy.
Anakin walked in with a smile on his face.
The kids all ran to hug Anakin.
He embraced them all in a huge bear hug.
Anakin asked, "hello my grandchildren! How are you doing?"
Ahsoka and the others smiled as she said, "much better."
"Our dads finally stopped treating us like babies", Aiden said in joy.
Anakin said, "oh, well, that's good."
Anakin asked, "but what did you kids do to make them stop?"
"We might have sorta…. Ran away from them", Padme said with a shrug.
Anakin looked shocked for a number before he began chuckling and said, "that's my grandkids."
Sam and his husbands walked over to Anakin.
Anakin asked, "so, finally learned your lesson Son?"
Sam simply nodded at the question.
"Good. Just don't ever punish your kids like that again", Anakin said with a chuckle.
Sam and his husbands gave nervous chuckles.
"Don't worry, we won't do that again", Hordak said.
"We learned our lesson", Prime said.
"That's good to know", Anakin said.
Sam asked, "so dad, what did you do today?"
Anakin sighed and simply said, "a lot…."
Sam asked, "what do you mean?"
Anakin knew this was gonna be a long story to tell….
But he decided that Sam and his family should know.
Anakin said, "something that we need to prevent…."
Anakin then told Sam and his family about how he and Eda met up with an old friend of theirs…. And what happened in the process….
Sam comforted his father, saying that they will help rescue Raine from Belos…. And that they would stop whatever he had planned.
The Skywalker family would now need to be on the alert…. For things had only gotten a lot more dangerous….
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