Leaving Tattooine
"Anakin, I think it's best if you come on inside."
"I tried to contact the Jedi Council just like you said, but my beacon doesn't seem to be working." Obi-Wan shook his head and tried to remember, what was Anakin talking about. He knew that if Anakin was using his beacon it wouldn't work, there was no Jedi Council to speak of. Master Yoda and he were the last of the Jedi Council, for Obi-Wan didn't really count Vader, he had turned on the Council and had no right to be considered a part of the Council.
"These are dark times, Anakin," Anakin. He hadn't said that name aloud since he had dropped of little Luke with Anakin's stepbrother and explained about Luke's parents death's. He had told them of Leia though and Luke's force potential. That had gone over real well, he thought. Lost in memory he didn't here Anakin until he began using the Force to throw things at him. "Anakin, you must not use the Force for personal gain," he stated a little sharper than he meant to. Instantly, the impish grin fell from Anakin face and he looked down at his Jedi boots. Obi-Wan instantly regretted it. "I'm not saying any of this to be mean, Anakin. You must understand the repricrotions of your actions. If a Jedi were to fall it could have dire consequences on the entire Galaxy."
"I'm just a kid, Obi-Wan."
"No. You are the Chosen One." He had said it, but he wondered if he still believed it. Hadn't he and Yoda decided that Luke was their last hope. Was Anakin still the Chosen One after all that he had done. "Like I said these are Dark Times. The Old Republic has been swept under the rug, their fire has gone out of the universe. The Jedi were annihilated."
"No one can annihilate the Jedi, Master. There's too many of us. There's no way."
"The Sith won, Anakin."
"But Master, you destroyed the Sith." Had he? Had Obi-Wan destroyed the Sith. True, he was one of the only Jedi to stand up against three different Sith and live to tell the tale. The first one he had lost his master. The second one he had been unconscious during, and the third one, had taken his apprentice and stolen a piece of his soul.
"Only the apprentice. The master was still out there. He orchestrated what became known as the Clone Wars."
"Did I fight in them? I bet, oh I just bet I did. I was a great General, wasn't I? I had an army under me. And they respected me. I had a dream that I was a great Jedi Knight and I had an army under me and I came back here and freed the slaves. I freed my mother," the smile slipped from his face, "But then when I reached for her she vanished into thin air. I didn't save anyone did I?"
"Anakin you did become a General of the Republic Army. You were very well respected and liked. You saved many people. You gave hope to those who had had none." Obi-Wan sighed that was true, but what Vader had done...had erased everything Anakin had done. He didn't understand how the Hero had become the Conquerer, the savior had become the Killer. The Warrior had become the Monster. Perhaps, Anakin could find out. But he couldn't put him in danger. He had to get back to his time, or else Luke and Leia would never be born. Not once did Obi-Wan consider destroying Anakin right then and there so that the Jedi Order might survive. He loved Anakin, even after all that he had done. If Anakin had come to him he would have given him anything, anything that he had to give, except his soul. Obi-Wan was a Jedi. And he would stand by his beliefs no matter what.
"If I was so great, why are the Jedi no more."
"It's complicated, Anakin."
"Complicated is just another word for you don't want to tell me."
"Tell you what, Anakin. Let's leave this dustbowl and go find Master Yoda."
"Okay. Yipee!"
Obi-Wan smiled faintly an the exubrance of this child and he muttered something with relish, for it had been awhile since he had been able to say it, "Always on the move," in no time at all Anakin had Obi-Wan's stuff packed and Obi-Wan went to find the lightsaber. Anakin was a little short but the lightsaber should recognize him. "I have something for you. Your lightsaber. A civilized weapon from a more civilized time." In no time Anakin clipped it to his belt and smiled brightly as his master, his eyes more beautiful than the lakes of Naboo. "Come along, Anakin, we must get us some transport."
"What about the droids?"
"What did the Princess tell you?"
" To get Artoo to you. There was this Princess, she said her name was Leia but she looks like Padme."
"Well, then we must find Luke and bring him with us in he had Three-pio. You..." he started to tell him to wait here but he knew better. "Why don't you secure us a transport and I'll find Luke."
"Okay!" Anakin started running and Obi-Wan let out a gentle chuckle.