Chapter 25: Filling Ahsoka In

"Master, why are we at the Senate Apartment Complex?" Ahsoka asked.

"We need to speak with Senator Amidala, plus she'll be helping you with learning about politics, so I should probably introduce you to her," Anakin replied.

Ahsoka nodded. "Master," Anakin bowed to Obi-Wan.

He then turned his attention to Padmé Amidala. "Padmé, this is my Padawan, Ahsoka Tano," Anakin said. "Ahsoka, this is Padmé—don't call her Senator unless she's working, she's really picky about that."

Padmé glared and Anakin flinched.

Then Padmé smiled and said, "Why don't you sit down, Ahsoka?"

Ahsoka quickly obeyed. "Ahsoka, what we are about to reveal to you is not to leave this room," Padmé said firmly. "You can't tell anyone. Promise?"

Ahsoka nodded worriedly and said, "I promise, Padmé."

"Do you remember the Battle of Geonosis?" Obi-Wan began.

Ahsoka nodded, confused. "Anakin and I had attempted to go to Geonosis to retrieve Obi-Wan when we were caught in a time vortex, sending us about twenty-two years into the future," Padmé stated. "And we didn't like what we had seen there."

"Where were Master Kenobi and I?" Ahsoka asked.

Anakin took a deep breath. "Obi-Wan was supposed to be killed at the hands of Darth Vader, I prevented that," Anakin stated. "No one knew what had become of you. As far as I know, Luke and Leia Skywalker are looking for you in that future—to get a new teacher and officially make you a Jedi Knight and possibly make you their surrogate older sister."

"Why would they make me their surrogate older sister? Who are they anyway?" Ahsoka asked.

"Well, after the Battle of Geonosis, I attended a wedding," Obi-Wan revealed. "It was the wedding of Anakin and Padmé Skywalker. Luke and Leia are their twin children."

Ahsoka's eyes widened. "But what about my second question?" Ahsoka wondered.

"It's probably because you're one of the last links to their parents that the twins will have," Anakin said. "Leia will ask you not to teach her how to be a Jedi but rather to tell her about me and Padmé. It'll probably be the same thing with Luke."

"Where are the two of you?" Ahsoka asked.

Anakin flinched and Padmé slid her hand into his. "We died, at two different points in the twins' lives," Padmé replied. "I died when their lives began and Anakin died at the end of the Empire, run by Palpatine."

"Why not call for a vote of no confidence?" Ahsoka asked.

"I can't," Padmé sulked. "I got him into office and now we have to pretend to go with his plans, but we'll stop him."