An alternative fate

An alternative fate

Later on that night in bed Anakin and Obi-wan lay a wake too wired to sleep, after the day they had just had. Anakin snuggled closer to Obi-wan as Obi-wan began to speak as he placed gentle kisses on the side of Anakin’s jaw and neck.

“Ani you know about what Master Yoda and Windu mentioned today during the meeting, you know about us bonding and marrying?” Anakin nodded and waited for him to continue.

“Well, I was wondering if you would like to have Yoda perform the ceremony before we leave at the end of the week for Tatooine. I know we’ve only been together for less then three months. But we didn’t exactly plan on you getting pregnant so soon, we didn’t even know it was actually physically possible until today.

Look I’m going to be honest with you here, I don’t feel comfortable knowing there is a possibility that the quadruplets could be born out of wedlock.

I don’t want to pressure you, but the fact we are Jedi is going to raise more then a few eyebrows outside of the temple, plus even those who are not Jedi are judged when they have children without marrying first.”

Anakin replied “I know, and I feel the same way. I don’t want people or some stuck up senate judging our children just because their parents were not married before hand.

I want to also see about arranging for you to have legal rights to Luke and Leia, besides it was one of Padme’s last wishes that you would legally adopt Luke and Leia. So who am I to deny her, to deny her, her last wish?

In less you’re not up to becoming a father to six instead of just four, and then I understand. So yes I agree if you want to have the ceremony performed before we leave then I’m all for it. So all you’ve got to do is ask me.”

Obi-wan grinned and replied “of course I would love to adopt Luke and Leia, they’ve always felt like they were mine, I was after all present at their birth. And I was giving permission from Padme. So yeah what’s two more, let’s make it legal.”

He added by asking “So will you Anakin Skywalker do me the utter most pleasure of marrying me and becoming my life mate and husband for always and eternity?” Anakin sighed happily and replied “Yes Obi-wan Kenobi I will marry you and bond with you, I couldn’t think of anything I would rather do more.”

Obi-wan sighed in pure bliss and cupped Anakin’s face and passionately and lovingly kissed his soon to be life mate and husband. They made loved until they couldn’t stand it anymore and they were sated.

The next day after Anakin and Obi-wan had informed the council of their intentions to marry the next day, the day before they left for Tatooine. Obi-wan went into Courscant with Sirius while Anakin stayed at the temple and taught Luke his next lesson in the way of the force.

And later he would head over to the senate and ask for them to draw up some adoption papers, for him and Obi-wan to sign, making Obi-wan Luke and Leia’s other father and legal guardian.

Obi-wan had gone to choose his and Anakin’s wedding and bonding bands. He chose Celtic love knots for both bands. The wedding bands were a golden love knot. While the bonding bands were less thick and wide in appearance and more delicate looking.

Each had a purple stone in the centre of the band; the stone had calming and protective properties and helped the flow of the bond between the couple who wore them. Both bands would be placed on the left hand ring finger. The wedding band would go on first, then the bonding band on top, just like a woman’s engagement ring would have.

Obi-wan sighed, he was nervous but he hadn’t been more sure or wanting of anything so much in his entire life. Sirius looked up at his master and grinned “wow master you’re getting married and bonded, are you excited and nervous?” Obi-wan laughed at his extremely inquisitive Padawan.

His high speed inquisitiveness never failed to amuse and entertain the older master. He was amazed at the four year olds range of questioning. Luke was the same but not so much so as Sirius. It drove Anakin insane when Luke would have one of his overly inquisitive half hours.

Obi-wan chuckled to himself as he remember a few months back not long after he and Anakin had gotten together, that both four year old padawan’s had corned their masters, he and Anakin and tortured them with every question under the sun, some surprising for two four year olds. Anakin had looked ready to scream blue murder or cry and beg for mercy or perhaps even both.

It was the following afternoon and Anakin and Obi-wan were on the opposite sides of the temple getting ready, each had their padawan’s with them. Obi-wan, was using the bathroom chambers of one of his friends and fellow council members.

He and Anakin had just come back from the senate offices. They had just finished signing the adoption papers; the new supreme chancellor had bared witness to the signing.

The new supreme chancellor was a former queen and senator. She had been the previous queen of Naboo, before she had become a senator and Padme had taken over as queen.

Liana Langue was a very pretty woman in her late forties; she had fiery red hair and green eyes. Who’s morels and believes and attitude and no messing policy mirrored Padme’s almost perfectly. She detested the, sith and the trade federation, and pledged to put a stop to their dealings and vile exploits.

Obi-wan currently stood in front of the mirror. He studied his reflection in the mirror and fingered his beard and hummed thoughtfully. Should he or should he not shave off his beard? It was after all the start of something new, the beginning of a new era. Perhaps it was high time he shaved it off. He nodded and with that decided he picked up his razor and proceeded to shave off the beard he had spent the last eleven years growing.

Fifteen minutes later when he was done, obi-wan was stunned at the sight of his own reflection. He amazingly and much to his delight looked to be a good fifteen years younger without the beard covering his youthful face, even in his early forties.

He was gorgeous, not that he was aware of this of course. He looked like he was twenty seven years old again, he looked to be as old as Anakin if not slightly more mature because of the few white hairs scattered in the front of his hair.

The years had obviously been very kind to Obi-wan; he did not have a single wrinkle in sight. And instead of making him look old, the white hairs actually added to his beauty.

Obi-wan grinned and left the bathroom and headed into the chambers his friend was allowing him to use to get dressed into his best formal Jedi robes and tunics. He had combed and re-arranged his hair in a soft wind swept kind of style. He turned when he heard a knock on the door; he called out “enter.”

Sirius entered already dressed in his best formal Padawan robes and tunics in a similar style to his masters. He had for once been forced to comb his hair much to his distaste.

Sirius’s eyes widened in wonder and surprise at the sight of his master. “Wow you look different master” he told him excitedly. “Your beard has disappeared.” Obi-wan chuckled amused “oh Sirius my beard has not disappeared I’ve just shaved it off is all.”

Half an hour later Obi-wan and Sirius left for the main council chambers where they would meet up with Anakin and Luke, Leia, Sabe and Dorme and Moira. The friend of Obi-wan’s who had borrowed him his quarters, had to practically lift his jaw off the floor. He let out low whistle and jested.

“Whoa Kenobi I honestly had no idea you were hiding that youthfulness behind that golden red bush smothered around your mouth and cheeks and chin. Force you look as old as he you’re bonded and husband to be. Dam I think I might heave, not even those extremely few white hairs you’re sporting is enough to overshadow your youthfulness. If anything it makes you look distinctive instead of old.”

He added “because of the power of the force you’ll start to age as fast as you’re bonded. And because of the fact your bonded to be is only twenty seven; you’ve just tacked and extra ten to fifteen years onto your life. You won’t die until he does because of the bond.

Why do you think these bonds are not entered lightly, once your bonded there’s no going back or reversing it? You’re joined in every way imaginable that includes your life forces as well. You, you lucky swine, I can’t see getting anymore white hairs for at least another six or twelve years at the most.”

Obi-wan looked smug and grinned happily and commented “shall we be off? Lets go and get me married and bonded and tack on those extra glorious fifteen years shall we?” His friend mumbled something that was not all that clear under his breath. Naturally Obi-wan knew all to well that whatever his friend had said was definitely obscene, without the words being all the clear.

When they reached the council chambers Sabe and Dorme’s jaw felt open and their eyes glazed over in wonder at the gorgeous specimen in front of them. Even Moira was hard pressed to not pant like a dog on heat.

Anakin wondered what had made the normally unflappable handmaidens and healer’s jaws drop. And in the process, making them practically drool.

Anakin turned and audibly gasp at the sight before him, he felt him self getting hard at the mere sight of him. He was stunned he could hardly believe this was his lover and soon to be husband and bonded.

His forty something lover who at that moment looked as old as he did without his beard he was gorgeous. He looked incredible without his beard.

Sure Anakin had thought he’d looked good with the beard, but it left much to be desired against his smooth regularly shaven face. But without the beard he was beautiful.

Anakin beamed and informed his lover over their bond ~whoa Obi-wan you look gorgeous what did you do. ~ Obi-wan blushed with pleasure over hearing the huskiness he could hear through their bond.

Anakin had a hungry gleam of lust in his eye that clearly stated he couldn’t wait for the ceremony to be over so he could pounce on what was rightfully his.

They all turned to see Sirius eyeing Luke in an unidentified kind of way. Luke was returning the look. They didn’t even realise they had an audience. They all headed into the chambers when Luke and Sirius looked away.

Unknown to everyone, all except Yoda, who had felt the entire exchange take place, from inside the chambers. Luke and Sirius had unknowingly forged a bond between themselves, a bond that would not reveal its self until later on in their teens. It was the beginning of the team of Skywalker and Delacour, just like Skywalker and Kenobi.

Once inside Yoda went through the formalities before he began “the will of the force it is, that Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi joined in this union you are meant to be. Do you Anakin Skywalker, take Obi-wan Kenobi and promise to love cherish and protect him as your husband and life bonded?”

Anakin replied with a small smile on his face “I promise to do so always.” Anakin placed the wedding band on Obi-wan’s left ring finger, followed by his bonding band on top.

Yoda turned to Obi-wan “and you Obi-wan Kenobi do you take Anakin Skywalker, do you promise to love cherish and protect him as your husband and life bonded?”
Obi-wan smiled gently and replied “I promise to do so always.” He then placed the wedding band on Anakin’s left ring finger, followed by the bonding band on top.
Yoda nodded “good, very good. Let no one put asunder what path the will of the force it has put before you. Connected you are within life's journey for eternity, Two hearts do Beat as one Two souls divided, they Marry in perfect harmony Forever connected you shall be. “
He turned to the two Jedi master and concluded the ceremony “may the force be with you Skywalker and Kenobi. Pronounce you husband and life bonded mates I do.”
Anakin and Obi-wan smiled thankfully and appreciative at the age old wise green Jedi master, before turning to face each other lovingly as they leaned forward and shared a gentle and loving kiss, their first kiss as husband and life bonded mates.
After the ceremony Yoda and Windu stood to one side while the Jedi masters of the council gave Anakin and Obi-wan their well wishes and congratulations on their new marriage and bonding. Mace saw the thoughtful expression on the wise old master face. He asked “what is it? What do you sense master Yoda?”
Yoda made a low humming sound as if he had finally decided on whatever he was thinking about “sense a new forged bond I did, between younglings Skywalker and Delacour. Sense a repeat of Skywalker and Kenobi I do.”
Mace raised an eyebrow and commented “but their merely younglings master.” Yoda nodded “indeed younglings they are, younglings remain they won’t. This bond reveals it’s self in teen years it shall. Great and wonderful things I feel they accomplish.”
Mace asked “you say there will be a repeat of what happened between Masters Skywalker and Kenobi? Do you mean youngling padawan Skywalker will also conceive in the future to come?” Yoda nodded “offspring of chosen one he is, conceive I sense he will.”
Anakin and Obi-wan mean while had taken Luke, Leia and Sirius to one side. Anakin bent so he was eye level with Luke and Obi-wan returned the gesture with Leia. Anakin told them “Luke, Leia as of this afternoon, Obi-wan has legally become your other father. So now you have two parents. What do you think of that?”
Luke and Leia merely proved the term actions speak louder then words, by almost knocking Obi-wan over by charging at him and flinging their arms around him, Obi-wan was stunned, he had no idea the twins would take it so well. Leia asked “so are you really gonna be our other daddy now?” Obi-wan chuckled and replied “yes I am.” Luke and Leia grinned in delight.
Anakin beamed at the sight of his husband cuddling their son and daughter. Anakin bent down and chuckled as soon as Luke jumped on him. The four of them made a beautiful sight. They truly looked like a real family should. They were happy, and felt elated over the fact their numbers would soon increase by four, giving them a huge family of eight.