Prophecy of the Force: Part 7

Part 7

The next day, Anakin was still awake from the past night thinking of what to do when his most trusted friend arrived. He sat up and looked at Obi-Wan, seeing the disappointment in his friend’s eyes. He knew that Master Kenobi had been called back to deal with him.

“Anakin, you are my friend, and I love you like a brother. I…I just don’t know what to say.” He paused for a few moments before starting again. “What you have done, you’ll be expelled. How could you let something like this happen? You knew the consequences of this and you still went ahead and disobeyed the rules anyways!” By this time, Obi-Wan was yelling at Anakin. He still couldn’t believe that his former apprentice, not to mention the most powerful Jedi he had ever known, would do something like this.

“Please, stop. Do think I’m stupid? I knew what I was getting myself into. But I didn’t care. I love her. She is more important to me than anything else in this universe!” At that moment, Master Yoda came in to the center to discuss Anakin’s deeds.

“Disappointed in you, I am.” But he was not talking to Anakin. He looked up at Master Kenobi with a glaring stare. “A relationship between them, you knew of, but inform me, you did not.” Obi-Wan was stunned at what Master Yoda had just said. “Feeling better, are you, young Skywalker?” Anakin, still surprised at Yoda’s outburst at his former master, nodded an approval at Yoda’s inquiry. “Then to the Council chambers, we will go.”

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When the three Jedis arrived at the chambers, all of the surviving Council members were already seated. Yoda and Obi-Wan took their seats while Anakin took his place in the center of the circle. A few moments later, the council doors opened and Senator Amidala was being escorted in.

“Into the center, with young Skywalker, please.” Padmé joined her husband in the center of the court and looked at him with a saddened expression. She knew things in the chamber that day would not go well.

Master Windu was the first to speak up. “Senator, do you admit to being married to Anakin Skywalker?”

“Yes, I do.” Feeling ashamed, her voice started to trail at the end, but she regained her composure, realizing that she had to speak up for herself. “Yes, we are married. I know your rules, and you laws, but I did what I thought was right. I don’t care what you threaten us with, because it won’t matter. I’m pregnant, and this child is more important to us than your Jedi ways.” Anakin was shocked at his wife’s outburst. She was always the one who wanted to keep things secret, to protect them. He looked at her with awe and realized that no matter what happened here, today, they would be okay.