He had been shocked. Oh, yes, he had most definitely been shocked. Yet he wasn't surprised. He didn't even know if there was a difference between shocked and surprised, but he had somehow managed to find it. Their relationship was not surprising, but a marriage and a baby was shocking.

He had been told everything. He had listened, nodded, and not said a word. After all, how could he? He was stunned speechless.

"Anakin, you're going to catch a cold,"

"I can't go in, Master. I love the rain."

He had then listened to the vision. It was vague, as most visions were. It was frightening, as his visions always were.

"Do remember that we have an early start to the morning tomorrow. You can't be getting sick now of all times."

"I'll be fine for tomorrow. You should be the one worrying."

"I am worrying."

He had consoled him. He had told him everything would be fine. He had told him they would figure it out. But he had also told him that they needed to tell the Council as soon as the immediate issue was taken care of.

He had said he would be there for him.

"Does this look good?"

"Oh, Master, you look great. Stop freaking out."

"Didn't you freak out?"

"A little, I guess. But I didn't care."

"That's not surprising."

The Sith Lord had been found. He had made himself known. And the boy had remembered his words of comfort.

He had come to him.

"You don't have to spend the night here, you know. Go be with Padmé."

"Nah, I know you need me right now. Besides, I don't want to be over there tomorrow morning. It'll be insane."

They had told the Council, together. His seat on the Council had been taken away, but that was more of a relief to him than anything else.

But he had also defeated the Sith Lord behind it all. They couldn't throw him out.

"I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow."

"Relax, Master. Even if it is raining, remember what happens when white clothes get wet."

"Anakin!"

He had been so proud of him.

The next day was sunny, much to Obi-Wan's relief. He straightened his dress robes, leaving Anakin smirking. "Oh, be quiet,"

"You look fine," Anakin said. "Stop fussing. By the way, she looks beautiful, too."

Obi-Wan smiled and looked at his left hand. Anakin looked at it too.

The moment was interrupted when Padmé walked over. "Anakin, where are they? They're hiding somewhere with you."

Anakin put on an innocent face. "How would I know? You've been with them all night, not me."

Padmé narrowed her eyes warningly.

Anakin yielded. "Okay, okay. Luke, Leia, come out."

Two pairs of eyes, one chocolate brown and one ocean blue, appeared from underneath one of the tables set up in the garden inside the Jedi Temple. "Daddy!"

"Hey, when your mother gives me that look, you know I can't defend you," Anakin shrugged as the five-year-old twins crawled out.

"You're going to get grass stains on your clothes," Padmé sighed.

"Like we did on Naboo?" Anakin smirked.

"That was for a different reason, Anakin,"

"I think I'll be going now," Obi-Wan quickly said.

"Oh, no you don't," Anakin grabbed Obi-Wan's arm. "You have a wife to greet."

"She's just over there, Anakin,"

"Obi-Wan," Anakin said reproachfully. "She's been your wife less than an hour and you're already abandoning her to the guests?"

"I am not abandoning her!"

"Then go over there," Anakin nudged Obi-Wan lightly, laughing as the Jedi stumbled to the center of the garden.

Padmé wrapped an arm around Anakin as the two watched Obi-Wan greet his wife, Siri Kenobi, and then talk with the other Council members.

"I thought you were talking to Senator Mothma," Anakin noted.

"Oh, I was, but then she was preoccupied with Chancellor Organa," Padmé shrugged. "Besides, I wanted to make sure Luke and Leia weren't getting into trouble."

"What are you talking about?" Anakin looked at the twins, who had both perfected Anakin's innocent-as-an-angel expression. "They haven't done anything."

As the couple stood there and began to start a conversation, Luke and Leia noticed two familiar figures and took off. Luke ran to an enormous Wookiee who was a friend of Master Yoda's. The Wookiee noticed Luke and immediately picked him up, twirling him around to his delight.

"Hi Chewie!" Luke shouted happily. Chewbacca greeted him warmly in Shyriiwook.

Meanwhile, Leia was more preoccupied with a family that was standing by the waterfall. The teenage son seemed unusually entranced by the garden before noticing Leia watching him.

"Hey Leia," Han shouted with a wave. "Where's your mom? My folks want to thank her for inviting us."

Leia stomped her foot and crossed her arms. "You didn't bow."

"What?" Han gave a funny look.

"You were supposed to bow during the wedding when the bride and groom bow!" Leia explained. "You didn't bow!"

"Wha—oh, come on, you little princess," Han rolled his eyes in exasperation. "I didn't know; I'm not used to this whole Force Jedi hokey thing."

"It's not hokey!" Overhearing Han's statement, Luke ran over in his sister's defense.

"Sure thing," Han shrugged. "Just go find your parents!"

"No need, Solo," Anakin said as he and Padmé approached. "We're right here."

Han jumped and then ran back to his parents, making Luke and Leia laugh before running off to play with the other younglings. Anakin and Padmé then resumed their conversation as Han continually poked his parents to let them know the Skywalkers were there.

"So how did you manage to convince Obi-Wan to finally go through with it, Anakin?" Padmé shook her head. "I still haven't gotten it out of you."

"The same way I convinced the Council that maybe allowing some attachment isn't such a bad thing?" Anakin smirked. "I can be very persuasive."

Padmé quirked an eyebrow. "I'm still skeptical. Are you sure it wasn't Obi-Wan who prevented the Council from grilling your hide?"

Anakin gave a hurt expression. "You're a cruel woman, you know that?"

Padmé laughed and the two shared a tender kiss.

Off in the corner of the happy scene, two figures stood in the shadows.

"Is this what you were expecting when you started this whole mess?" the older voice asked, a touch of exasperation in it.

The younger voice barked out a laugh. "Uh, no. Hey, it wasn't my fault they did this!"

"But you were hoping for it."

"I think the bride and groom look good together."

"You would,"

The younger voice laughed and then sighed. "So… what does this mean for us?"

The older figure faced the younger one. "It means we don't exist anymore."

The younger one sounded startled. "What?"

"Time has changed, Anakin,"

"But Master—"

"Don't even try to argue, Anakin. This whole mess was your doing."

"I just wanted them to see it." Anakin pouted. "We're… we're going to…?"

"Disappear?" Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow. "Well, yes and no. We're technically going to turn into them."

Anakin looked back at the other Obi-Wan and laughed again. "I can't wait for that; I'll get to make fun of you actually getting married! But… oh… I suppose we won't remember any of this, will we?"

At that, Obi-Wan looked uncertain. "I really don't know, Anakin."

Anakin stared at Obi-Wan for a moment and then threw his arms around the man. "I'm sorry, Obi-Wan, I'm so sorry—"

"Anakin," Obi-Wan cut into the younger man's frantic apologies. "I already know you're sorry; you were sorry before you even died. You don't have to try to give me an eternity's worth of apologies just because things are about to change."

"But I won't remember being Darth Vader," Anakin said.

"You'll have never been Darth Vader," Obi-Wan smiled, brushing a stray hair out of Anakin's face. "Now let's go enjoy the wedding."

The two Jedi faced the scene once more. Padmé and Siri were talking while their husbands chatted happily. The two ghosts began to fade.

"Are you scared?" Anakin asked, his voice revealing that he himself was.

"Not really," Obi-Wan smirked. "After all, it's just another adventure."

The two ghosts faded.

Fin

Well, that's all folks! :) Okay, okay, yes, it seems... well, maybe a bit sudden, but maybe a bit disappointing that you didn't get to see a big epic battle against Palpatine? There are plenty of stories that show one million different ways of killing Palpatine, so I just decided to skip that entirely (besides, I'm planning a sequel and it will have the details in there). Not to mention the story was intended to follow Luke and the others, and since they technically 'vanished' from all existence, it was quickly turning into my other Anakin-and-Obi-kick-some-butt stories. XD If the italicized words were a little too vague, be assured, Palpatine is quite dead. :)

Okay, I'd like to thank my lovely readers! Special thanks to:

Jedi Master Misty Sman-Esay

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Pearl Maiden

Thank you all so much! And thank you to all my amazing reviewers; reviews always keep me excited and ready to write more for my stories. Know that your comments are not falling on deaf ears!

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