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Obi-Wan had finally made it Tatoonie where Anakin was to 'capture' him and bring the master Jedi back to Palpatine where he would be held as a prisoner until the time came when he and Anakin would make their move and take out the Sith Lord and self proclaimed ruler of the galaxy for good. Since he had arrived early, Obi-Wan had decided that he was going to walk for a while since he would be able to feel his former students presence once he arrived on the desert planet. As he walked though, there was this pull as if someone or something wanted to show him something important. Even though he had no clue as to where he was going he kept on walking anyways and with every step he took he just knew he was doing what he should even if he may not completely understand it all at this particular moment in time.

Eventually he made it to a deserted camp and it took him a moment to realize it used to be a Tuskan Raiders camp. Decaying remains were scattered everywhere and the smell of rotting corpses turned his stomach. This is where Anakin's mother had died; he could feel the lingering emotions left behind from Anakin and they were a mix between rage and a pain so intense he wanted to fall to his knees or curl up in the fetal position. He had not known how much his former apprentice had suffered from the loss of his mother. He realized the reason he had not understood was because he had no memories of his mother or any of his family for that matter. Unlike most Jedi, Anakin hadn't been taken as a baby to start his training and because he had grown up with his mother in his life he of course had an emotional attachment to her. Why hadn't the older man hadn't seen it before? He had seen his own mentor die and it was like losing the only family he'd had at the time and so in a way he should have known what it was like to lose someone you care about. Maybe Anakin turning to the dark side was partly his fault because he had never shown the younger male much emotion when it came to certain things and for that reason Anakin had not felt as if he could trust him.

Obi-Wan had no idea how long he had been standing there, but it must have been a few ours considering the sky had darkened a bit indicating the day was soon to be over and night would take its place. The only reason he had even noticed was because Anakin's approach snapped him from his thoughts. With a sigh he turned around and set his left hand on his belt right above his lightsaber just in case he would need it. Yoda and Padme may have complete trust in him, but the master Jedi did not feel the same. He would admit that Anakin wasn't as lost as he had believed, but it did not mean he could be trusted completely; there would always be a darkness in the 'chosen one' that nobody else would ever understand. He may not be evil, yet he would always be a loose canon since he had a great goodness in him along with a great darkness. Anakin would always be teetering on the edge and who knew what could tip him over to the side of the Sith permanently?

"I held her while she died, did you know that?" The former Jedi took slow steps towards Obi-Wan and with each step he took, the pain of losing his mother came barreling back at him. "Her body was broken and covered in scars and fresh wounds those animals gave her when they tortured her. Do you know what they did to her? The beatings were nothing compared to some of the other things they had done to her. I'll just say that human woman are not compatible with the males of this species. The worst part had to be the fact I could feel her pain and yet there was nothing I could do to take that pain away. I had to watch her life, her inner light, die. If only I had gone earlier, I could have saved her. The Jedi were supposed to have all these great abilities, but for everything you had taught me, none of it mattered because in the end it had not saved her."

"The Jedi do not claim to be gods Anakin." Obi-Wan glanced over at him while he continued speaking. "We are not masters of death and anyone who claims to have that power is a lie. I realize losing a loved one is painful, believe it or not, but when Qui-Gon died, I felt lost and broken; he had been like my father and even though I may not have acted as such, I was filled with rage and sadness. For a long time I blamed myself because I thought that if I had done something different he would still be alive. Anakin, your mothers death was not your fault. Nothing you could have done would have saved her if it was her time. You may not want to believe this, but you gave your mother her last wish. All she wanted was to see you one last time, I believe that is the reason you had dreams about her; it wasn't because you could save her, but rather so you had the chance to say goodbye and grant her last wish. You ended her pain by giving her a moment of complete happiness, you should take comfort in that."

"When I had those dreams of Padme dying, all I could think of was my mother and I couldn't lose her. I knew you would never understand our marriage because you have always been good at keeping your emotions in check, but I wasn't like you Obi-Wan. I did not have the strength to bury my feelings and more importantly, I did not want to bury them. I thought that if we kept it a secret everything would be fine; I suppose I was naive in that way." Anakin sighed not wanting to talk about this anymore and so he decided now was the time to change the subject and get on with business. "We should probably get going before someone spots us; Palpatine has spies everywhere. Oh, i am going to have to cuff you in order to make it seem all real."

For the first tim in a while Obi-Wan chuckled lightly as he placed his hands behind his back so that Anakin could cuff him. "You are enjoying this aren't you?"

Padme's husband smirked. "Maybe a little bit; it kind of reminds me of all times. If history is anything to go by, I am going to end save you from getting eaten or chopped to pieces. Ah, those were some good times."

TBC...

AN: Sorry about the short chapter, but I found out my friends mother died today and I had this written and did not want to write more after I found out, but I decided to post what I had so you all would have something even though it is short.

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