A LOST HERO
SUMMARY: After revealing the identity of the Sith, Anakin is sent on a mission by the Jedi Council so he wouldn't be there when Palpatine's taken care of. But he goes MIA and comes back after 15 years. What will change during this time?
Hey! It's my first attempt on writing a fanfiction :D I've got this idea in my head for quite some time and I had to share it. Any criticism is welcomed, just as pointing out grammar and punctuation mistakes. English is not my mother tongue and I'm still learning, so... you know :D Read and then review if you feel like it ;) It's highly appreciated :D
Star Wars © by George Lucas. Not me.
Padmé was sitting on a comfortable couch in her apartment on Coruscant. The streams of the setting sun laid on her face, brightening her brown smiling eyes. As always in the evenings of her pregnancy, she was eating a big strawberry dessert with ice cream, and she was watching the news about the war. She placed her hand on her beautifully rounded belly, feeling the kicks and movements of the baby. She smiled and wandered with her thoughts to her husband, Anakin. He was away on a very important mission and she was awaiting his return any moment now. She was hoping that he would be there when the baby came.
The Twi'lek reporter on the HoloNet was reviewing the senator from the banking clan who had declared neutrality in the war and halted giving any loans, either to the Separatist or the Republic.
"That is good news," Padmé thought. No loans, meant no more droids and no more clones, ergo no more forces to fight this ridiculous war. The Galaxy had suffered enough.
It was only a day ago when the Jedi revealed the identity of the very person who had been pulling strings on both sides of this war. It came a shock to everybody. But fortunately, the chancellor Palpatine's reign had been stopped then and there. Permanently. And had it not been for Anakin's information about the Sith's identity, who knows what would have happened.
The situation was slowly settling down, and the Republic and its people were going back to their normal, peaceful life.
Suddenly Padmé's thoughts were disturbed by a loud noise coming from the kitchen.
"Dormé, please! I'm trying to listen!" Padmé whined and put another spoon of ice cream into her mouth.
"My Lady, you've heard it at least dozen of times! Everything will be fine, the war is over. Don't worry!" Dormé said as she sat down next to Padmé.
"I'm a politician, so I need to keep up with the latest events."
"Nah, all you have to worry about is yourself and the baby. The career can wait."
"I guess so. But listening won't hurt, now will it?"
"Fair enough." Dormé agreed and turned her eyes to the HoloNet.
Suddenly the transmission stopped and in the place of the senator from the banking clan, Padmé and Dormé saw a human reporter who was standing on a bridge of some big republic vessel. The view behind him presented the wreck of a small smuggling ship, probably destroyed by the storms of the nearby planet, Malachor V.
"What…" Dormé started, but was immediately shushed.
"I apologise for disrupting the usual program, but I have the most sad news to announce. What you see behind me, are the remains of the ship Twilight…"
"No…" Padmé said.
"… that belonged once to our great Hero With No Fear. Let's honour his memory…"
The next moment, Padmé was hysterically crying and screaming Anakin's name. Dormé was trying to calm her down, with a little success, when suddenly her mistress cries became painful. She was touching her belly.
"3PO! Call the doctor. The baby's coming!" Dormé shouted, instructing Padmé to breath.
C3PO for the first time did as he was told without a single word and immediately called the doctor.