Au: So it is coming to an end. I shall post the Epilogue tomorrow and this story will be done. I have decided and came up with an idea thought for a sequel, so expect that here shortly.
Padme wakes up and opens her eyes to find she is in a medical wing, the same one they put her in before she gave birth to the twins. She looks over and sees Obi-wan is sitting next to her. He looks at her with a sad smile.
"Well you look better than the last time I saw you." she smirks before sitting herself up slowly.
"I could say the same about you." he tells her.
"What have I missed?"
"Quite a bit in the day you have been asleep." she hears a voice say.
She looks at the doorway to see Bail standing there.
"With Palpatine dying, the attack on Coruscant never happened. We are slowly reforming the republic with the remaining Senators. It will be long process, but I think we can hopefully make it the republic we were trying to make under Palpatine's rule." He scowls.
"Are they going to select a new Chancellor?" she asks.
"They haven't decided. Everyone keeps saying they want it to be, but I don't know if I can handle that."
"The republic would be lucky to have you. Don't doubt yourself." she smiles. She looks around noticing there is one person missing. "Where is Anakin? He didn't leave did he?". She asks worried he left before she could stop him.
They both give her sad looks. "After the announcement of Palpatine's death, word got around pretty quickly of Anakin's involvement." Obi-Wan starts to says.
"The remaining Senate wants to put him on trial for treason." Bail adds on.
Padme gasp. "But they can't. Don't they know he is the one who defeated Palpatine and stopped all this."
"He is also the one who slaughtered countless Jedi and many Separatist leaders." Bails says.
She opens her mouth to say something, but can't seem to find the words. They are right. If she was still apart of the Senate this is what they would do with anyone.
"There is one more things, Padme." Obi-wan says. "For your involvement, they want to put you on trial as well."
She sighed. "Very well." Even after everything, I will never be able to out run everything I have done.
They both apologize and leave her.
She closes her eyes and falls back asleep growing tired of everything.
She is awaken sometime later by somebody shaking her. She opens her eyes and jumps up startled. She sees Obi-Wan standing above.
"What are you doing?" She asks him confused.
"There isn't much time, Padme." He says and she noticed a bit of worriedness in his voice. He quickly starts to unhook her from all the machines. "I wanted to wait until you were a lot it healthier, but I just found out they will be arriving shortly to take Anakin back to Coruscant."
She jumps out of the bed and loose her balance for a second before regaining it. She looks at him confused. "I don't understand."
"Come on I will tell you on our way." He looks out her door making sure no one is around. He walks out and Padme follows.
"I didn't believe you when we first arrived on the ship and you said he has changed. It was to be believed that no one could come back from the dark side." He stops her as to guards walk by. Seeing that the ghost is clear, he continues leading her to the holding cells.
"After interrogating him and talking to him, I see he really has changed and that Palpatine took advance of him. Also that the Jedi and myself didn't do much to help. We all knew something was off, but with the Clone Wars just chose to ignore it, sadly." he continues says, as he punches in a code to gain access to the door.
"I told you he changed." She smiled.
"I may regret this lately, but I don't believe it is fair for him or you to be put on trial. With you working in the Senate, you know as well as me they would not let either of you live." He opens the door to the holding cells.
"Wait. You are helping us escape." she ask shockingly.
"I will be if you would hurry up, we do not have much time."
They arrive to the cell that is holding Anakin. He jumps up when he sees Padme and runs to the ray shields that are keeping him in.
"You're okay?" he asks her with a smile on his face.
"I'm okay." she smiles looking up at the man she loves.
"This is a very sweet reunion, but like I have been telling you we need to go. They have probably already figured out you are gone." He says looking at Padme.
Obi-wan quickly turns off the ray shields and Anakin embraces Padme in a quickly hug.
"We need to hurry, if we are to grab the babies and make it to a ship." he starts to go before looking back and seeing they haven't moved.
"You-you are letting us take Luke and Leia. You said they would be better off without either of us." Padme says holding back tears thinking maybe she heard him wrong.
Obi-wan sighs. "A part of me still partially believes that, but I think you both have proven you have changed and they need you." he looks out the door and seeing if anyone is coming. He tells them to stop when he senses someone coming.
Padme looks at Anakin smiling, but when she looks at his face all she sees is fear.
"Ani, are you alright?" she asks him quietly.
"Are you sure this is what you want? I'll leave Padme if you really want you can raise the kids. They might be better off." he tells her.
"How can you say that." She grabs his hand. "This-this is what I've always wanted. She smiles and kisses him.
"Okay we can go now." Obi-wan says leading them to the room, they have been keeping Luke and Leia.
Obi-wan unlocks the door and shuts off the droids before Anakin and Padme walk in so they aren't detected.
Padme walks over to the two cribs and smiles down at her two beautiful babies. She turns around and sees Anakin staying back. She grabs his hands and takes him over to the cribs. He was hesitant to look at them, but once he did a smile emerged on his face.
"No matter what happens, just remember we did two things right." She smiles at Anakin as he looks down happily at his children.
An alarm starts to go off, Padme heads shoots up and she looks around.
"We need to hurry. They must have found out Anakin is gone. This will be one of the first place's they look." Obi-wan tells them.
Padme and Anakin quickly each grab a child and try to calm them down as the noise it upsetting them. As they turn the corner they bump in Bail. He looks at them all in surprise.
None of them sure what to say, they just stare at him knowing it is over. He will alert the guards and they will take this all away from her.
Bail sighs before saying, "Make a left at the end of the hallway. It will be quicker to get to a ship that way."
It takes them a minute to leave before Obi-Wan makes the first move and they go the way he tells.
Padme turns around and runs back to Bail.
"Padme you need to leave." he tells her urgently.
"Thank you. You are going to make a great Chancellor." She smiles and catches up with the others.
"Not if they find out about this." She hears him says chuckling to herself.
They arrive into a room with many ships. Obi-wan stops them.
"Okay I need to stop here. Take the ship on the far right. The tracking beam should be off and everything should be started. Go somewhere far away, some place they wouldn't think of looking." He looks at Anakin. "That means for once, please dont try and attract unwanted attention to yourself." he rolls his eyes.
Anakin smirks. "Like I would ever, Master."
They turn and make way for the ship.
"Obi-wan?" Anakin turns around and says.
"Yes Anakin?" he shakes his head frustrated.
"May the force be with you." he says before turning around and joining Padme at the ship.
She watched as Obi-wan shakes his head again and laughs before turning the corner so no one sees him. She looks over and sees the guard starts to run and shoot at them. Anakin starts up the ship and they fall off.
Once out of the atmosphere, they look at each other and laugh.
Who would have guest a Senator and Jedi on the run?
"Where do you supposed we should go, Milady?" he smirks.
"I haven't thought that far. I always said when I was done with the Senate I would go back to Naboo, but clearly that can't happen." She frowns slightly.
"I think I have an idea." Anakin says after thinking for a bit. "Going to many people for war I have definitely grown to know what planets are good and not." He says punching in their destination.
She smiles at him, looking so happy. She smiles at her children, after thinking she was never going to see them again. She smiles at the life she never thought she could have thanks to Palpatine.
Even thought they were going to be wanted for while and probably on the run for the rest of their life, she has never been this happy. She looks around and smiles as they make their way to their new home.