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I got this idea of What If after I had watched all the Star Wars movies over break. I thought "What if Anakin didn't go over to the Dark Side?" "What if Padme saved him from going to the Dark Side?"

What will happen with Obi-Wan? Anakin? Padme? What about Luke and Leia?

Previously on Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith:

195 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY

The sleek NABOO SKIFF lands on the Mustafar landing platform near Anakin's GREEN STARFIGHTER. ANAKIN runs up to the SKIFF as the ramp lowers. PADME runs to him.

ANAKIN: Padme, I saw your ship . . .

They embrace.

PADME: Oh, Anakin!

ANAKIN: It's all right, you're safe now. What are you doing out here?

PADME: I was so worried about you. Obi-Wan told me terrible things.

ANAKIN: What things?

PADME: He said you have turned to the dark side . . . that you killed younglings.

ANAKIN: Obi-Wan is trying to turn you against me.

PADME: He cares about us.

ANAKIN: Us??!

PADME: He knows . . . He wants to help you.

ANAKIN: Is Obi-Wan going to protect you? He can't ... he can't help you. He's not strong enough.

PADME: Anakin, all I want is your love.

ANAKIN: Love won't save you, Padme. Only my new powers can do that.

PADME: At what cost? You are a good person. Don't do this.

ANAKIN: I won't lose you the way I lost my mother! I've become more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of and I've done it for you. To protect you.

PADME: Come away with me. Help me raise our child. Leave everything else behind while we still can.

ANAKIN: Don't you see, we don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the Republic. I am more powerful than the Chancellor. I can overthrow him, and together you and I can rule the galaxy. Make things the way we want them to be.

PADME: I don't believe what I'm hearing . . . Obi-Wan was right. You've changed.

ANAKIN: I don't want to hear any more about Obi-Wan. The Jedi turned against me. Don't you turn against me.

PADME: I don't know you anymore. Anakin, you're breaking my heart. I'll never stop loving you, but you are going down a path I can't follow.

ANAKIN: Because of Obi-Wan?

PADME: Because of what you've done . . . what you plan to do. Stop, stop now. Come back! I love you.

ANAKIN: (seeing Obi-Wan) Liar!

PADME turns around and. sees OBI-WAN standing in the doorway of the Naboo Cruiser.

PADME: No!

ANAKIN: You're with him. You've betrayed me! You brought him here to kill me!

PADME: NO! Anakin. I swear ... I ...

ANAKIN reaches out, and PADME grabs her throat as she starts to choke.

OBI-WAN: Let her go, Anakin.

ANAKIN: What have you and she been up to?

OBI-WAN: Let her go!

ANAKIN releases his grip on the unconscious PADME and she crumples to the ground.

ANAKIN: You turned her against me.

OBI-WAN: You have done that yourself.

ANAKIN: You will not take her from me.

ANAKIN throws off his cloak.

OBI-WAN: Your anger and your lust for power have already done that.

OBI-WAN flings off his cloak.

OBI-WAN: (continuing) You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind until now . . . until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.

They circle each other until OBI-WAN is near PADME. He places his hand on her.

ANAKIN: Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, justice, freedom, and security to my new Empire.

OBI-WAN: Your new Empire?

ANAKIN: Don't make me kill you.

OBI-WAN: Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic ... to democracy.

ANAKIN: If you're not with me, you're my enemy.

OBI-WAN: Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.

(ignites his lightsaber)

ANAKIN: You will try.

ANAKIN ignites his lightsaber.

ANAKIN lashes out at OBI-WAN, and they begin a ferocious sword fight. ANAKIN throws CONTAINERS at OBI-WAN using the Force.
They work their way off the landing platform and into the main entry hallway. ANAKIN kicks OBI-WAN, and OBI-WAN drops to a lower level.
ARTOO BEEPS his concern and rushes to the unconscious PADME's aid.

197 INT. MUSTAFAR-PASSAGES TO MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY

ANAKIN and OBI-WAN move their fight toward the main control center. As the laser swords fly, bits of the hallway are cut up. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN jump and use every trick in the Jedi book.

198 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-NABOO CRUISER-DAY

R2-D2, tries to drag PADME on board the Naboo Cruiser. C-3PO pokes his head out of the ship's doorway.

C-3PO: What are you doing? You're going to hurt her. Wait!!

C-3PO starts down the ramp.

LATER:

214 EXT. MUSTAFAR-COLLECTION PANELS-DAY

From their cables, ANAKIN and OBI-WAN both spot something that causes them to stop fighting. The lava river ahead drops off in a tremendous lava fall.

SNAPPING AND METAL GROANS are heard as the main part of the collector starts to break away and move toward the lava fall. OBI-WAN looks around and sees a small floating platform making its way toward the tower.

OBI-WAN does a double hack-flip and lands squarely on the floating platform. He immediately leans to one side and moves away from the tower.

ANAKIN realizes he is doomed as the entire tower heads for the falls. In the distance he sees some CONSTRUCTION DROIDS. He swings back to the tower, climbs up and makes a running leap and miraculously lands on A WORKER DROID. The DROID is confused and chatters to his CO-WORKER. The giant collector goes over the lava flow and disappears in the mist of sparks below.

OBI-WAN heads for the bank of the lava river, but Anakin's DROID is faster. He catches up with his old Master.

OBI-WAN and ANAKIN continue the swordfight. They battle away, balancing on the tiny platform and puzzled DROID. ANAKIN, standing on the Droid, approaches OBI-WAN on the work platform.

OBI-WAN: I have failed you, Anakin. I was never able to teach you to think.

ANAKIN and OBI-WAN confront each other on the lava river.

ANAKIN: I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take over . . .

OBI-WAN: From the Sith!!! Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil.

ANAKIN: From the Jedi point of view! From my point of view, the Jedi are evil.

OBI-WAN: Well, then you are lost!

ANAKIN: This is the end for you, My Master. I wish it were otherwise.

ANAKIN jumps and flips onto OBI- WAN's platform. The fighting continues again until OBI-WAN jumps toward the safety of the black sandy edge of the lava river. He yells at Anakin.

OBI-WAN: It's over, Anakin. I have the high ground.

ANAKIN: You underestimate my power!

OBI-WAN: Don't try it.

ANAKIN follows, and OBI-WAN cuts his young apprentice at the knees, then cuts off his left arm in the blink of an eye. ANAKIN tumbles down the embankment and rolls to a stop near the edge of the lava.

ANAKIN struggles to pull himself up the embankment with his mechanical hand. His thin leather glove has been burned off. He keeps sliding down in the black sand.

OBI-WAN: (continuing) . . . You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would, destroy the Sith, not join them. It was you who would bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness.

OBI-WAN picks up Anakin's light saber and begins to walk away. He stops and looks back.

ANAKIN: I hate you!

OBI-WAN: You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you.

Chapter 1: Changing Back

Anakin's POV:

Obi-Wan is right. He is like a brother to me. He believed in me when no one else did. Could I give all of this up? My training? My place as a Jedi? Padme? Oh My Gosh! Padme! I tried to climb up the embankment with my mechanical hand, but no luck. Obi-Wan looked back at me one more time. But this time, instead of him seeing anger and hatred, he saw the fear in my eyes. "Obi-Wan help me. I'm sorry I betrayed you. My hatred got the better of me. It is Palpatine who is the traitor. He convinced me that the Force would help me if I joined the Dark Side." Obi-Wan climbed down carefully and grabbed my outstretched hand. He pulled me up into his arms. He then used the Force to form a bridge from the rock pieces. I was carried back to the ship and placed inside a medical capsule.

ON THE WAY TO CORUSCANT

"Obi-Wan, I need to see Padme. I need to make sure that she is ok."

"Not right now. We need to get you help first. Padme will be fine. R2-D2 and C3PO are with her." I just groaned because I moved the wrong way and pain shot through my body. "Obi-Wan, I am really sorry for everything that I said. And did. I shouldn't have let the Sith Lord get the better of me."

"It's ok, Anakin. I know you didn't mean any harm to any of the Jedi. The Sith Lord played with your mind and convinced you that the Force would be more powerful on the Dark Side." I know Obi-Wan was trying to comfort me, but it was not working at all. I still felt bad about what I did. "Obi-Wan, I know you are trying to comfort me, but it is not working."

"It was a worth a try though."

LATER IN CORUSCANT- IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER

It seemed like an eternity while the medical bots were working on me. They had to give me a mechanical arm and legs. But other than that, I wasn't too injured. I just wanted to see Padme. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the medical bots were done with my treatment(if that is what you want to call it) and I was finally allowed to go see Padme. I made my way to track down Obi-Wan. I felt better, mostly because I could walk now at least. Obi-Wan must of known that I was coming to find him and he met me outside of where Padme was being monitored in. "Good to see you up and walking there Anakin."

"It feels good to be walking again, even though I walk slower."

"But you can walk, Anakin. The Council is on their way to talk to you. They want to know if you are really going to pledge your allegiance to the Republic."

"Yes I will. But what are we going to do? Sidious should know that I have gone back to the Jedi. What if he decides to come after me? Or Padme?"

"Don't fret Anakin. The Sith Lord has gone into hiding until there is peace again. He knows that it would be dangerous to come out while the Jedi are in control again. When there is peace and the Jedi are not so suspecting of him, he will come out of hiding and search for you."

"Well what do I do Master? I would be in agony if something ever happened to Padme and our child."

"Look, Anakin. Just go see Padme. She been waiting to see you. Ever since we reached Coruscant. She was asking about you ever since you were with the bots." I went in to her room and saw her sitting up on her bed. Seeing her made me think about when I first met her. It was when I was young boy, still a slave to Watto. Qui-Gon Jinn found me. He wanted to train me as a Jedi. Then he died and Obi-Wan took over my training and eventually Padme and I fell in love with each other. We got married(even though it was against the rules) and Padme got pregnant, with my child. "Padme. It's me."

"Oh, Ani. I'm just glad that you're ok."

"How can you not be angry with me? I accused you of turning against me and then choked you because I was angry with you."

"Ani, I could never be angry with you. Obi-Wan told me of what happened to you. Do you have to wear the cloth over your arms all the time?"

"Yeah, if I don't want to hurt you." I climbed onto her bed and sat next to her. By the next morning, when Obi-Wan came to check on us, we were holding a boy and a girl, twins. "Obi-Wan, look at our babies." I was overjoyed. I guess it was a good idea I came back to the Jedi. I have my master back, a beautiful wife, and two beautiful kids. "What are their names?" "The boy is Luke and the girl is Leia. They look so much like their father."

"They do. And they have a wonderful father, Anakin. You will be great one day. Come Anakin. The Council is here. They want to talk to you."

"Why do they want to talk to you Ani?"

"They want to make sure that I will remain loyal to the Republic now." I left and followed Obi-Wan to the room where the Council were sitting at. "Ahhhhh. Anakin. So nice of you to join us. I hope that your stay with the Sith was short."

"It was, Kit Fisto. I learned my lesson and realized that the Dark Side was not for me."

"Obi-Wan, we would like to speak to young Anakin alone. Could you leave?" Obi-Wan left and I just stood there. "You do know that you are going to have a hard time regaining the trust of the other Jedi."

"Yes, I do know that and I accept full responsibility for my actions and as a Jedi, I will work twice as hard to show that I can be a good Jedi."

"Good. What about the rule? You know we could suspend your Jedi training because you are married."

Thanks for reading.

Please read, rate, review, whatever you do. This is my first Star Wars fanfiction and the story line is changing a little after some of the script i used to lead up to my story. Thanks

~*Bess Cullen*~