I'm so sorry that this took forever for me to crank out, but it is really long, so that should compensate. It does skip from the last chapter, as it would just be repetitive to Revenge of the Sith to state what happened in between the last chapter and this one. So, we're just going to start here, where it changes from the movie. Big thanks to my best friend in the entire Galaxy, you should know who you are, and to Jedi Kay-Kenobi for being the best PM buddy in the Universe. :D And for those of you who hate how emotional I am in these fictions, I actually cry when writing some of these. I'd appreciate that rather than Flaming me, you'd just move on to another fic. It doesn't seem right when I put lots of work into this, just to have some idiot come along and just ruin my day. Just know that if you do it anyway, I will thank you kindly for your review and move on with my life because there are so many things that I could be doing right now rather than writing for you. Tell me how you like the ending. :D

Anakin, now known as Vader, had been on Mustafar because Palpatine had instructed for him to go there and wait for him after fighting the Jedi. The young Jedi Knight had turned to the Dark Side, but was unable to kill anyone but the Separatist leaders. Windu and the other Masters had gotten away from him, and the very thought infuriated him. He was a Sith now. He should have be able to prevent the weak Jedi from escaping, but his mind had been on his Master instead, Lord Sidious. All of that Sith lightning had scarred the older man, but he would survive and live on to train him in his legacy.

'They'll all pay. Once I'm done with them, they'll regret not paying more attention to me. For not saving my Mother. For not helping me prevent what could happen with Padmé. For leaving me,' He paced around in the control room, stepping over the dead bodies of the former leaders. He stared out of the window at the boiling lava, the reflection burning in his golden eyes. 'Especially that Obi-Wan Kenobi.'

-oOo-

On Coruscant, Obi-Wan had just finished his visit to Padmé Amidala and confronted her on Anakin. She had seemed to deny everything about him. It was obvious that the child was Anakin's and that she was scared for him. He knew that she would go to where her love was, knowing that Anakin would have told his secret wife. So he had secretly stowed away on her ship, hopefully on his way to Anakin's location. While hiding in the small compartment two things came to mind—force Anakin to come back or end up killing him. He couldn't stand the thought of either of the two.

'Force, what am I going to do?' He looked up at the top of the crowded container, as if the roof of the ship where gone and he was looking up at the bright stars that were zooming by them in the hum of hyperspace. The thoughts of the hologram he had watched repeated in his mind. Anakin kneeling before the Supreme Chancellor. In front of Darth Sidious.

Suddenly a blue apparition appeared in front of him, forming into the figure of his Former Master, Qui-Gon Jinn. "Obi-Wan."

The Jedi Master jumped, his head hitting the ceiling of his tiny prison. "Oww…. Wait… Qui-Gon? How are you…. You're…."

"Dead?" Qui-Gon helped him find the word, his voice clearly full of amusement as a smile spread across his face at his Former apprentice.

"Yes… Dead." Sorrow filled his voice as he quickly relieved those moments on Naboo. He had lost his Father figure that day, but had gained a Son. Now he was losing the latter. It was almost too much to take, but Obi-Wan pushed the memories and emotions back down into him. Right now, the Republic's well-being was more important than his personal feelings.

"A matter that I will explain in due time." Qui-Gon whispered. "I've heard your thoughts Obi-Wan. And I know about Anakin."

Obi-Wan hung his head in shame. "I failed him, Master. You were wrong, I wasn't the right person to train him. He is my greatest failure."

"Don't doubt yourself, Obi-Wan. THAT was your greatest failure. There is a way to get him back, but you must listen to me very carefully."

-oOo-

The humming sound of Hyperspace had stopped and Obi-Wan heard the sound of the landing equipment hitting ground. He gave it a few minutes, just enough to be sure that Padmé was off the ship, then came out of his hiding spot, stretching out the cracks in his back. But he didn't have time to get comfortable, for time was of the essence. He ran to the loading ramp to see Padmé pleading with her husband.

The young Sith made eye contact with the Jedi. "Padmé, how could you bring him here? How could you betray me?"

"No… I… No… This can't… Anakin…" Padmé stammered, looking from Obi-Wan to Anakin in shock and terror.

Before anything else is said, Obi-Wan takes his lightsaber off of his belt. Vader takes this as a threat and challenge and does the same.

"You've made a mistake of coming here, Obi-Wan. I'm much more powerful." He narrowed his eyes at the older father figure. His exterior showed nothing but pure hate and despise.

Obi-Wan took off his cloak and let it pool around his feet. After doing so, he throws the lightsaber at Anakin kneels down onto his knees, closing his eyes. The scene reminded Vader exactly of how Dooku looked before he murdered him as well. He caught the lightsaber, and looked down at it with confusion. 'Could it be?'

"So you are joining me?" He grinned. He wanted his former friend to pay for his transgressions, but could not wrap his mind around killing him. But to have the older man and his wife ruling at his side would make him more powerful than ever. Why, they could overtake Sidious and rule the galaxy together.

"No, I'm not here to join or fight you. I give up, Anakin. I can't kill you and I can't go to the Dark Side." Obi-Wan stated sadly, his eyes still closed.

The smile was wiped off of Vader's face. "You have to choose. The Dark Side, or Die!" He was already suspicious that this was a trap and kept his guard up.

"Anakin I can't , won't hurt you. I'm disarmed and you can do whatever you want with me. I'm done. You where my hopes and dreams. My friend, soul, heart, and… Son. I can't do anything to you." Obi-Wan's eyes were starting to form tears in their corners, which betrayed him and began falling down his face silently.

As the tears fell down his Former Master's cheeks, Vader felt a shearing pain and a voice in his head told him that he was horrible for hurting Obi-Wan. He tried to push this out of his mind, to get rid of all the guilt and wrong but then he saw Padmé's face. She looked like her heart was shattering into a million pieces.

'Anakin. Please… Come away with me.' The words she had spoken before Obi-Wan came echoed over and over again in his head. He wanted to put his hands on his ears and drown them out with ideals of hate and suffering, to be a true Sith. But he couldn't. He loved her more than anything in the galaxy. He couldn't hold back the feelings and soon felt his own tears on his face. What was going on here? Why did he feel this way? The Dark Side was going to save Padmé. She wasn't going to die in childbirth. He had fixed that already. Sidious was going to help them, he knew how to prevent her death. Why did he feel the opposite all of the sudden?

"Anakin, I can't go to the Dark Side so I guess I pick death. Do what you will, My Son." Obi-Wan whispered, looking up and giving Anakin one last fleeting look, the pain clearly visible with the gaze.

With the pain in Obi-Wan showing through the normally calm façade, Vader's pain increased. How could he kill him? It would be good for the Empire, and Sidious would want this but… but…

"Ani, I… Can't do this either. I love you but I can't. I choose death…" Padmé cried softly, the will to live completely gone in her eyes, exactly like Obi-Wan's. Vader thought of the child that she was carrying, how it had to be feeling the pain as well. Why was it that everything that he loved was hurt by the only decision to save them?

How could he kill them? They were the most special people in his life. If they were gone, how could he love. He couldn't force them to obey. That would be slavery, the one thing that he promised he would destroy. 'Of course, isn't that what Palpatine is doing to you now?' The inner voice in the back of his head asked. 'Isn't he making you do all the 'dirty work' while he forges a new Empire without you, already set on replacing you like he did with Dooku and Maul when they had lost his favor?' At first he had shut out the voice, but then it shone through with the truth like a beacon of light leads a broken ship to harbor. What could he do to reverse this? He had already gone so far… Done so many things. He had almost attacked the Jedi Temple, the one place that he had found solace as a young man! They surely wouldn't let him back now.

"You can go back… let it go…" Qui-Gon's voice came through to him. "Go to the light… Forget the Dark Side."

Slowly, and very painfully, Vader knew what he had to do. He had to fight this, not only for Obi-Wan or Padmé, not even for himself. But for the well being of his children and the Galaxy that they would be raised in. For the future of the Republic.

After a few horrible, breathtaking seconds, Obi-Wan looked up and saw Anakin's hate, suffering, fear, pain, and anger subside. Some pain was still detectable, but it too slowly retreated and was replaced by confusion. His Anakin was coming back.

Anakin slowly and numbly walked over to his former Master and wife. Obi-Wan stood, just as slowly and looked at Anakin with red-rimmed eyes. The tears were still running down their faces, but neither one acknowledged them. Anakin finally made it in front of them and stood there, memorizing their faces before dropping both Lightsabers to the ground in front of them.

Padmé's face soon matched his in confusion, then broke away to reveal a huge smile. Her Ani, the Jedi Knight that she had fallen in love with, was turning away from the cursed Dark Side to be with her. Her tears continued to fall, but this time in love and joy, hugging her love tightly. He wrapped his arms around her, returning the embrace but still mindful of his child.

While Anakin and Padmé were sharing their emotional moment, Obi-Wan stood up silently, picked up his lightsaber and cloak and somberly walked back onto the ship. He sat down in a secluded section, most likely a storage room from all the loose parts around him, and began to meditate. He couldn't hold back his relief and joy from not having to do either of the dreaded options from before, yet he knew that it wasn't up to him to seek out Anakin. The younger man had to figure out what he wanted for himself at the moment.

After a few minutes of burying his head in her brown locks and caressing her skin like a delicate flower, Anakin swooped his wife up into his arms and carried her onto the ship. His smile radiated off of him and turned contagious as she smiled back at him. He gently sat her down in the cockpit, minding her stomach. He sat down in the pilot's seat and, sensing that his former Master was already on board, took off. After setting the flight path and activating hyperspace, he kissed his some-what dozing wife and went to find Obi-Wan.

Anakin didn't even know what he would say to him. What do you say to the man that raised you from a young boy after you almost betrayed him and the entire Jedi order? It wasn't like he could just say that he was sorry and everything would magically be okay again. Ever sense he was a Padawan, he thought Obi-Wan was holding him back and was jealous of him. Now he felt foolish for even letting the thought enter his mind. How could he had listened to Palpatine?

Soon, he found Obi-Wan meditating in one of the storage rooms. It didn't seem like the older man knew he was there, so he turned to leave, discouraged that he couldn't get this burden off his chest. While walking away, he felt himself being pulled back. He felt the power of the Force as Obi-Wan gently sat him down in front of him, his eyes still closed. Anakin sat down in front of him in the crowded space and waited. After a few moments, Obi-Wan opened his eyes and stared at his former Padawan.

"Anakin, I'm glad that you chose to turn away from the dark. I don't think I would have been able to kill you. No, I wouldn't be able to kill you." Obi-Wan's eyes shown, no longer with fear, but with love and pride.

The younger man felt new tears fall. "Master…. Obi-Wan…. I'm so… Sor-"

Obi-Wan embraced Anakin in a tight hug and they held each other for a few minutes, Anakin letting the tears fall down his cheeks, not caring who saw him in this state.

"I'm so, so sorry Father. I… don't know what happened…" Anakin stammered after finding his voice once again.

"Anakin, it's okay. I'm here and you will never be alone. I shouldn't have left you to go on that mission. You were right to want to come with me, but I had thought that you were ready to face things on your own. I won't let the Dark Side influence you ever again. I missed you, My son." Obi-Wan choked out the last few words, a few tears falling down his cheeks, but a smile on his face nonetheless.

"I missed you too, Father. I promise that I'll never do anything this stupid again." Anakin wiped some of his tears with the back of his hand, but they were soon replaced with fresh ones.

They shared a few more comforting words then slowly made their way to the cockpit. Anakin took control of the ship again and few straight for Naboo. While Anakin was flying, Obi-Wan stepped out and contacted Yoda and told him of what happened.

"He's back, Master." Obi-Wan smiled down at the comm. Link.

"Excellent news, this is. Evacuated, the Temple was."

"Is there any way that we could take down Sidious while still being discreet?"

"An idea I have. Come to Coruscant, you should." And with that the comm. cut out.

Obi-Wan put the comm. away and walked back into the cockpit just in time to see something wonderful happen.

"Anakin!" Padmé opened her eyes in shock.

"What's wrong, my love?" Her husband turned to her, panic in his voice.

"Ani, it's time!" Padmé started breathing heavily. Anakin quickly turned the ship back on to autopilot and helped his wife calm down. Obi-Wan ran over and took control of the ship just as they reached Naboo's atmosphere.

"Okay, okay… Calm down. It's all going to be okay. You're going to be fine." Anakin stated for the hundredth time, more to himself then Padmé.

The ship landed and they rushed her to the med bay. As Anakin thought of all those dreams he had had of his Angel dying in childbirth, this one seemed to be different. It felt different, as if his presence was going to save his love. Even thought he was still stressed, he knew that everything would be fine. He followed his wife into the med bay, holding her hand as they rushed her to the delivery room. He would not leave her. Not now, not ever…

-oOo-

While Anakin was with Padmé, Obi-Wan got off the ship and hired another to take him back to Coruscant. He knew that after Padmé delivered, Anakin would join him in battle to defeat Darth Sidious. Yoda was already distracting him and soon Obi-Wan would be there to help.

He paced the cargo bay, trying to think of every situation and every solution that would come. Soon the pilot landed in front of the temple and, after paying his fee, Obi-Wan disembarked and ran inside. Just as Yoda said, it had been evacuated with bodies of clones lying around on the ground. He could feel that He and Yoda's trap had worked and that Sidious was up in the Council room, desperately trying to defeat the green runt. He made his way up there and was able to sneak past the Sith Lord and somewhat surprise him from behind. Soon, he was stuck in the volley of rapid lightsaber strokes. Obi-Wan could already sense that this was going to be a long and tiresome battle. Hopefully Anakin would come sooner if possible. Sadly, he had a bad feeling that he would be late as always.

-oOo-

Back on Naboo, Anakin held his son and daughter in his arms. They were twins! Anakin couldn't be happier. He stood next to his recovering, yet still very much alive, wife. "So what are their names?" He looked down at them lovingly.

"Luke Obi-Wan Skywalker and Leia Shmi Skywalker." Padmé smiled.

"They're adorable." A happy tear fell down his face, not for the first time that day, as he thought about the most important people in his life becoming part of his now bigger family.

But something was wrong. But what? Everything was fine here. Anakin searched through the Force for the treat. Something… someone was in danger… someone was dying… But who?

'Obi-Wan!' Fear rushed through Anakin as he realized that his former Master was in danger on Coruscant and that he was fighting his former Sith Master. How could he be so stupid as to take him on without him?

He carefully set his son and daughter down in his wife's capable hands and promised her that he would be back as soon as he could. He ran to a nearby ship, not caring who's it was, and took off.

"Obi-Wan, you fool, hang on." Anakin shook his head. 'What if I don't make it in time? What if Palpatine kills him? What would I do then? What could I do?'

-oOo-

Yoda and Obi-Wan were losing horribly. Yoda was already slowing down with each blow he issued, being the one to first start the fight while Obi-Wan was the one sustaining more of the blows from Sidious's attacks. If Anakin didn't show up soon, they were going to lose everything they'd been working toward.

Obi-Wan lunged at the Sith's feet while Yoda flipped above him. Sadly, Palpatine expected this, blocking Yoda while kicking Obi-Wan in the face. This sent the Jedi Master through the huge Transparisteel window that overlooked Coruscant. Yoda turned his attention to the falling man and softened his descent, bringing him down to the ground to recover from the kick safely. Just after, Anakin came running into the room.

"Ah, there's my apprentice." Palpatine smiled in relief. "Help me kill this fool."

"Yes, Master." Anakin answered, standing beside the older man and facing Yoda. Without showing Palpatine, Anakin signaled to Yoda that he was on his side, and the Runt nodded to show that he understood, but made it look like he was giving him a fierce stare.

"Believe this, I couldn't. Betrayed the Republic you did." Yoda distracted the Sith so that Anakin could pull his lightsaber.

"You insolent fool; I've been playing you most of all. All of those little chats that we'd been having about the war were just ways that I could find out what you Jedi were hiding from me. They were circling each other now, each man with their saber drawn.

"Sad I am to do this." Yoda shook his head with remorse.

Sidious felt a tremor through the Force as Anakin jumped through the air and sliced his saber towards the madman's head, cutting through the delicate flesh in the neck. The pained expression of betrayal flashed across Palpatine's worn face as it fell to the ground, detached from its body and rolled across the floor. The Sith Lord was finally dead.

"Good Job, Skywalker." A weary Yoda come over to him.

"Thank you Master. I still wish I hadn't… Where's Obi-Wan? I thought he was with you?" Panic set in again.

"Obi-Wan is there." Yoda pointed to the broken window. Anakin's heart sank. He couldn't be…

Anakin ran to the window and looked down to see Obi-Wan, face down on the ground, and looking like he was dead. He had failed to rescue his Master, his father, his best friend. If he had been here a little sooner, Obi-Wan would still be alive.

He felt fresh tears stain his already tear-stained cheeks. If he had forced Obi-Wan to stay on Naboo, on Mustafar, anywhere but here… Anakin jumped out the window and landed beside his former Master, using the Force to land on his feet next to him. Pain, sorrow, loss, and regret coursed through him.

Anakin sat beside Obi-Wan and closed his eyes, trying to calm himself before saying his last good-byes. He pushed back the feelings of the Dark Side because that would be what Obi-Wan would have wanted. As He did this, there was the sound of movement beside him and what sounded like a groan of pain and discomfort.

"Why is it always the face?" Obi-Wan muttered bitterly as he attempted to sit up.

Anakin opened his eyes to look at his 'dead' friend. His breath caught, his heart sped up, his eyes got blurry, and Anakin's face got red.

"Do I… really look that bad?" Obi-Wan coughed.

Anakin hugged him tight, but also careful of his Master's current condition. He was okay… he was alive… Thank the Force! "Let's take you to a Med Bay."

"Oh, Force." Obi-Wan rolled his eyes.

-oOo-

Epilogue: Nine Years Later

Anakin held onto his son's hand and proudly walked him down the hallway of the Jedi Temple to the training room. Today was the day that his son was going to spar one on one with him. Luke had his Lightsaber already in his hand, excitement welling up inside of him like a geyser shooting out water.

With Padmé taking care of her new position as the assistant to Supreme Chancellor Bail Organa and handling their four-year-old son, Samuel, along with training Leia how to be a Senator, Anakin knew that having Luke and all of his energy out of the house would relieve some tension.

"Come on, Lukie." He smiled down at him.

"Okay, dad." Luke was doing twice as many steps to keep up with his father, but still tried to match the footsteps.

They walked into the training room and Luke ignited his lightsaber, ready to go. Anakin laughed and ignited his training saber as well. He ran through a couple of moves and Luke imitated. Finally it was time for their spar. Anakin lined the training lightsaber up so that Luke could hit it. They volleyed back and forth for a couple minutes before Anakin lightly tapped Luke's shoulder with the saber.

Luke's eyes shone with admiration. "Daddy, I want to be just like you when I grow up."

Anakin looked down at his little boy, shocked, remembering the day that Obi-Wan had heard the same thing from his mouth. "You won't be just like me, baby." This made Luke's face fall. Anakin picked him up and set him on his shoulders. "You'll be better."

Luke giggled happily as Anakin ran out of the training room and down the hallway, shouting, "I love my Lukie!"

"I love my daddy!"

Obi-Wan watched them run by and laughed, rolling his eyes at his Son and Grandson.

Everyone in the Temple turned to look as well, but brushed it off after seeing that it was just the Chosen One and his son having fun. As it should be.

The End

Chapter 2 1/2 will come when I have 25 reviews on this story. :)