Watched the latest Rebels episode last night and it prompted me to finally finish this chapter. Sorry for the late updates college is rough and finals are a week away so don't expect an update till I get on spring break. This is where the story starts to conjoin with events in the Revenge of the Sith, then there will eventually be some canon divergence. Enjoy!

Chapter 3: The Creeping Shadows

Ahsoka couldn't lie. She simply couldn't when it came to Lux. The past couple of days with him had been some of the best of her life. Despite her tense reunion with Anakin and the awkward meeting with the Chancellor.

Lux took her mind off all the things they should be worrying about as they took day trips around Coruscant while the Senate was out of session. She saw so many beautiful things she did not even know existed on the planet.

Even their day to day activities were fun. Simply spending time together and living together made her happy. Ahsoka knew right away the feelings she had for him were beginning to surface, but this time she could act upon them.

The feeling of freedom was unknown to her but not unwelcome. It was the sixth day on Coruscant when they ended up in a market all too familiar to her. It was the same one from the photo in her room.

She sighed and smiled with a heavy heart. Lux seemed to notice her reaction to the surroundings and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Yet when his hand fell to the side she reached for it and he did not pull away.

Ahsoka laughed at herself, almost felt a little ashamed at how childish it all was. Yet Ahsoka new that she was still a child when it came to her emotions and not only that but acting upon them.

"Are you enjoying yourself?" He asked her breaking a little bit of the tension.

"Yes I am." She gave him a warmhearted smile.

"Good, I recognized the market from the picture in your room."

Ahsoka looked up in shock and immediately let go of his hands. Why was he in her room? Distrust swirled around her. Lux held his hands up in defense.

"The maid was sick one day so I did the laundry and I was bringing fresh towels to your bathroom and I saw the picture. You looked so happy and I recognized the place, and I thought... Well I thought you'd like to go again... With me."

Ahsoka's distrustful look softened and nodded her head.

"I appreciate the sentiment, but those days have long past. I do not need to look into the past to find happiness but go on new adventures with new people."

Lux looked at her and nodded as they continued through the colorful to rows. But he stopped suddenly alerting Ahsoka.

"What? Why did you stop?"

"General Skywalker, how nice to see you." There was a bit of hesitance in Lux's voice, almost as if he were nervous and that was not often.

Ahsoka turned to see Anakin appear from almost nowhere. She was unsettled by this, not because she didn't want to see Anakin, but because it was so unexpected.

"Nice to finally meet you." Anakin appraised him the same way a father appraised a daughter's boyfriend. Ahsoka could feel the power of the force radiating off of Anakin as she watched dumbfounded.

"I am sorry we will not get to talk further but-" He raised his right hand and waved it before Lux's face, "you need to go to your home here on Coruscant. Say goodbye to Ahsoka."

And that was that.

"I'm going to go back to my home now, goodbye Ahsoka." And surprisingly Lux kissed Ahsoka on the cheek. Stunned by the action she froze, preventing her anger to rise and lash out at Anakin. Lux then left Ahsoka and Anakin alone. Eventually she snapped out of her stupor and turned to Anakin.

"What do you think you are doing?" She screamed near to the top of her lungs

"I needed to speak to you privately." He said grabbing her by the arm and moving her roughly through the crowds.

"And you couldn't just call and ask to meet!"

"It was urgent Snips!"

The nickname quelled her anger, and like candy quelled a petulant child. Ahsoka had no doubt in her mind Anakin knew it would calm her and a little bit of anger rose in response but not nearly like before. Anakin could have always used the force upon her but he didn't need too. He only had to say the right things.

Eventually he let his iron grip go and led her to a secluded sky deck. As they walked in Anakin used his lightsabers to disable the surveillance monitors, stating it would be at least an hour before security woke up from their naps to realize the video feed was down. 113 floors away from civilization Anakin clearly felt at piece.

"Master what is going on?" She said exasperatingly as Anakin moved toward the balcony.

"I'm sorry. I know you want your time alone from the order and I trust that you meant we would speak again but I could not wait any longer."

"Master..." Ahsoka placed a comforting hand upon his shoulder. "What's wrong?"

"The Jedi order has been corrupted Ahsoka." She held her breath in unable to exhale.

"Ever since you left it has become more and more obvious. I believe the Jedi Order is planning a coup."

"Master Yoda would never." Ahsoka said finally able to release some air.

"He wouldn't, but Windu would. He has the support of many Jedi in the temple. The jedi have been overstepping their bounds. We were supposed to be peacekeepers not generals in a war we perpetuate by fighting in."

Ahsoka tried to remember to breathe as she absorbed everything he was saying.

"What does Master Obi-Wan say about all of this?"

"I care deeply for Obi-Wan, he is the closest thing I've ever had to a father but I dare not speak a word since I do not know where his loyalties lie. You and I, we fight for the Republic, they do not."

There was silence as Ahsoka tried to find a response to that, but she could not deny that Anakin was right. Her loyalties laid with Lux and thusly the Republic, something she did not have much qualms over after years of fighting in the Clone Wars alongside many Republic soldiers. And her loyalties laid with Anakin, he was a wise man and teacher whose opinion he trusted highly. So to hear him speak like this, placed serious doubts within her head as to what she thought she knew about the Jedi order.

"Ahsoka, are you happy?" His voice was low and sad.

"That's a complicated question, Master." She said as she leaned against the railing and looked out a cross cloudy Coruscant.

"Lux, does he treat you kindly?"

She laughed softly and a warm smile graced his lips.

"Yes, he is a gentleman."

"You love him... Don't you?"

Her head snapped up in shock, and she looked away immediately as she blushed intensely. Anakin only laughed in response.

"Ah so you do."

"How do you know if even I don't know."

"Well the way you look at him, it's the same way I look at Padme every day."

Ahsoka turned her attention to Anakin.

"Ahsoka, I think you should know. Padme and I are married."

Ahsoka felt that she should have been surprised but she honestly wasn't.

"I know."

No it was Anakin's turn to be surprised.

"I never said anything, because I always found that to be a stupid rule that was forced unnecessarily. As a jedi we are taught to be compassionate but not to form attachments and honestly that makes no kind of sense to me. If they did not want us to make attachments, they should not set up a mentor program."

Anakin smiled at Ahsoka as if it was exactly what she wanted to hear.

"Ahsoka, I hope you know that Padme and I. We have always seen you as like a daughter to us. We both tried to teach you everything we know about our society and the jedi way."

"I appreciate that, greatly. You were the parents I never had, for that I am deeply grateful." He embraced her suddenly, a hug warmer than ever before.

"There is another thing, Ahsoka," He said as they pulled away, "Padme is pregnant."

Ahsoka was speechless as she looked at Anakin. She stepped back in shock allowing her to process.

"We were hoping you wouldn't mind acting as their older sister and guardian."

Ahsoka was silent for a moment before looking up at Anakin and dropping to one knee.

"You have my word, that I will do everything within my power to keep the young ones safe."

He hugged her again and she could feel the warmth of the force enveloping her but she could feel the dark side there. Creeping in corners almost as if she were waiting for it to spring at any moment, and she was scared.

Suddenly there was a beeping, and Anakin stepped away to answer it. He looked back at Ahsoka with shock and worry.

"Get back to Lux, stay with him till you know it's safe. The jedi have attacked the chancellor, and they may be coming after members of the senate!"

Panic filled her lungs as thoughts of everything that could go wrong went through her mind.

"I should come with you!"

"No! Go to Lux! Keep him safe! Remember Ahsoka, family comes first and he is now a part of this family! Promise me, Ahsoka, that you will remember that!"

"I promise!" She yelled and he left the balcony in a hurry.

Ahsoka did not know why she could not move. Her feet felt permanently stuck to the ground and she looked out in the distance

towards the Senate. She could not see anything and no one would know that one of the greatest coup's in history was underway. That was if she even believed in that. She had a hard time believing the Jedi Council would do something so radical but she did not know that they would kick her out of the temple under false pretend either. Nonetheless she trusted Anakin's judgment more than anyone and being so far from the order she did not know what might have occurred in her time gone. Ahsoka knew more than anyone that a lot can change in very little time.

Finally, she felt movement restored to her feet as Lux came into her mind. She fled the building and found the fastest way to their apartment. She arrived finding the door still intact and no sign of forced entry.

Lux sat on the couch looking confused as to how he got there or why he was there. Ahsoka did not care that instant to explain as she placed the apartment in lockdown mode. A nice little security measures all permanent apartments for senators enjoyed

"Ahsoka- What...? How did I get-"

Ahsoka tuned him out as she lit her lightsabers and held them up defensively as she waited for the worst. Noticing she was blocking him Lux raised his voice.

"Ahsoka!" He shouted.

"The jedi have attacked the Chancellors office. We have no clue if he is dead or not or if any other jedi have orders to take out any Senator. Therefore, we are not going to leave this room till I feel that it is safe to do so."

Lux was speechless for a moment.

"This is ridiculous!" He yelled.

"This is reality!" Ahsoka knew that if Anakin were here he would snicker then tell them to get over their lover's quarrel.

"If they are coming blast doors won't stop them." He said pointing to the thick metal plates.

"That's why I am here." She said waving a lightsaber around in one hand.

"And what are you going to do? Not sleep?!"

She didn't that night. After hours of standing in the living room poised to fight, Lux convinced her to lie down in her bed with him. Convincing her by convincing her that she would be close to her if something were to happen and that she could lay there with her lightsabers in her hands if she wanted to.

Ahsoka supposed that Lux thought that when she hit the bed next to him she would pass out but she did not. A feeling of dread and fear for Lux, Anakin, Padme, and the babies filled her. Ironically she looked across the open hall door and into her own and at the angle she could see the picture frame which only helped her wakefulness.

That night was horrible as she laid awake exhausted but not nearly as horrible as the sun began to rise. She only knew it was morning by the time on the clock but as morning began so did the screaming. She heard it, rippling through the force. She had never heard a more agonizing noise in her entire life. It scared her and the shrieks lasted for hours before they began to dull and eventually there was silence once again.

After that excruciating ordeal, Ahsoka realized that whatever was going on outside the apartment probably wasn't coming for Lux. They would not have waited this long and she feared for Anakin's safety. She awoke Lux much to his chagrin and they departed together ready to fight whatever mess was before them.