a few of you wanted some obi content so here!!! i deliver!!!

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Since the death of your best friend, Padme, life had been hard.

You'd been forced to live on your own. Your three best friends were gone: Padme. Anakin. Obi-Wan.

One dead, among the stars.

One not dead, but not here. It pained you to think of Anakin in that soulless black uniform, his once kind face covered as if he was some type of monster.

And then your Obi-Wan, the forbidden love of your life. You had never gotten the chance to tell him all that he meant to you. Perhaps he already knew, but it did not matter. You were Jedi, and love was forbidden.

And you were glad you did not act on your feelings, because you often thought of Padme and Anakin, and how she passed away seconds after delivering her precious twins, and how Anakin lie burning at the bottom of a cliff, with a broken Obi-Wan forced to watch.

Before Obi-Wan had disappeared on Tatooine to watch over the child, you held him as he sobbed. That was the last memory you had with him.

A little over nineteen years later, you were much older. Your hair was barely beginning to grey. And you had come out of hiding because you were called to guide Princess Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker through their quest to end the Empire once and for all.

"You knew my father," Luke said, following you around his ship.

"Correct," you said, pulling down your hood. "And your Master."

Luke was amazed. "You're the Jedi woman that fought beside him! He spoke of you often."

"Did he?" you asked, lips twitching. "Hard to imagine that."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

You turned to look at him. "To hear of your experiences with my old friend, after we've been apart for so long. I can't even imagine what he must've looked like when he met you. He must've looked different..."

"He looks much older than you do, I'll give you that much," Luke said, and you laughed.

"He was ten years older than me," you explained. Your face fell. "I guess I should have always known that I would be without them all one day."

"Master Kenobi speaks to me often," Luke said.

"He guides you, young Skywalker," you said, and in his eyes, you saw the reflection of his father. "As will I. Come. We must face the Emperor before it is too late."

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By the grace of the Force, Luke was not afraid. His father brought both you and him to the Emperor. You did not speak. You did not look at Anakin.

But you saw the glances he was stealing towards you, and you felt his tormented soul. He wanted to turn.

But he would not allow it.

Before the Emperor's throne, you stood. Beside your student. Beside your old friend.

"Master," Anakin said, and he bowed.

"Ah, you have brought me two great prizes," Palpatine praised. "One, I expected. One, I did not."

"I decided it was time to surprise you," you said, "and show you that I am very much alive still."

"Yes," he said, drawing out his s, his tongue poking out of his teeth. He reminded you of a serpent, and you were repulsed. "Here you are. Master Skywalker. And Master ___."

He smiled wide.

"You won't be needing those any longer," he said, and Luke's cuffs fell from his wrists. Yours remained on. "I look forward to completing your training."

"My training is complete," Luke said. His father gave away his lightsaber. "Master ___ has completed what Master Kenobi and Master Yoda did not."

"Oh, yes..." His eyes shifted back to you. "What will we do with you?"

"You will try to kill me, as you will Luke. And you will fail." Your face didn't change. "I have seen it in a vision."

"Fail, will I?" he asked, standing slowly. "And how exactly will I fail?"

"Anakin will turn on you," you said. "When the time comes, he will turn. And he will kill you himself."

Darth Sideous dropped his head back and laughed. His hands raised and you saw sparks of blue come out of his fingers as he shouted, "Then let us test the theory, shall we?"

Suddenly, the Force lightning was thrust upon you, and your cuffs shattered around your wrists. You flew backwards, colliding with the wall before hitting the ground.

"Release her at once!" Luke shouted.

The Emperor only laughed as you screamed and thrashed.

Luke, desperate, turned towards his father. "Father, please!"

Anakin was silent where he stood.

You forced your eyes open and turned your head. "Be a slave... no longer, Anakin."

Pained, Luke ran to your side. He dropped down but did not touch you until the lightning vanished.

You looked at him.

"Luke," you whispered.

"Master," he said, clutching your hand.

You smiled. "I have only known you a handful of days, young Skywalker, but I feel like I have known you a lifetime. You have the same eyes as your father."

"You have to get up," Luke said. "We are meant to stop the Empire together."

"No," you said. "You are meant to stop it with your father. I am merely the push he needed to get to the Light. Let my death guide him. Let Darth Vader perish in guilt and anguish and let Anakin Skywalker rise out of those ashes."

Luke's eyes widened with surprise, and he gripped your hand tight. "Oh, Master, I---"

"Quick, we don't have much time, Luke," you whispered, and with a shaking hand, you pulled your lightsaber from your robes. You pressed it against his chest, which was leaning so close to you. "Use it. Save him."

"You can't go," he whispered. "I've lost so much."

You smiled. "I will not be far," you breathed. Your eyes shifted from his face, which now blurred, to the ceiling.

And you smiled.

At peace.

"Be with me," you said, the three words slipping out of your lips like a breath. "Be with me."

I am with you.

Your eyelids fluttered closed, and your hand left Luke's.

When they opened again, you were amongst the stars, not so far away. And your hand was in another's.

"Obi-Wan," you said, not surprised but overwhelmingly pleased.

He was standing in front of you, his hair long and auburn again, his eyes young. He was smiling at you, and you at him.

"Look at you," you said, shaking your head. "It is like nineteen years apart never happened."

"And look at you," he said. "You are just as beautiful as the day I left."

"I wish you were with me all of those years," you said. "We could have had the life we could only dream quietly of."

He shook his head. "I never left you. My dear friend."

His fingers intertwined with yours and you took a step closer. Your forehead touched his and you shut your eyes.

"We have forever now," he said.

"Oh---" You tore yourself away and looked down. Far below, you saw Luke, fighting his father, your lightsaber in his grip. "He needs us."

"Not yet," Obi-Wan said, taking your hand again. "When the time comes, he will call for us. For now, he has his father. Darth Vader will fall. Anakin will return."

"And then?" you asked.

He squeezed your hand. "There will be another who will call on us. Another hope."

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ik this was strange but i couldn't get this idea out of my head alllll night