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CrazyAni Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 8/5/06 4:57am Subject: Underneath - RotS AU - Anakin and Obi-Wan switch bodies - PAUSED - explanatory A/N 1.08.07 - Date Edited: 7/31/07 5:08am (16 edits total) Edited By: CrazyAni
	Disclaimer: The usual. Timeframe: RotS-ish Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme, Palpatine and others Note: Another time-travel fic from me if you want to call it so. Keywords: Bodies switch, time-travel Genre: Drama/Angst, General, feeble attempts at weird humour... Summary: Few days after feroscious duel on Mustafar, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader are given the chance to go back and change their fates. But it's even more complicated as it sounds - first, Anakin doesn't remember anything about his turn, and then Anakin and Obi-Wan switch bodies... Prologue The giant spaceship floated in dark space. The eternal night embraced the ship, making it look painfully small and insignificant against the pressing power of the night. It drifted alone midst the darkness. One more object that was lost to its magnificent power. The dull clang of his heavy feet echoed loudly in the deserted corridor. Thud. Thud. Thud. Fabric as dark as night billowed behind him. On the outside, he strode calmly, but deep inside he wanted to run away. From darkness. From himself. From everything. But there was no running away, no escaping. The sneering darkness would always be with him. Nothing more. Thud. Thud. Thud. The hall looked empty and lifeless, bathed in eerie red light. Ominous shadows crept from every corner, taunting him. In his past life, he was afraid of the shadows, but the sense of fear had long abandoned him. He didn’t fear, he was feared. People were scared at the tiniest glimpse of his black mask, cold chills ran down their spines at the sound of his mechanical breathing, and they nearly fainted whenever they heard the booming of his mechanical voice. He was feared, but not loved. People followed his orders, but they despised him. He clenched his fist. It was not a hand of flesh, only a set of wires… He wanted to rip them away with his teeth, to hurt himself. To feel pain. To feel anything beside the cold emptiness. But he didn’t do it. The Dark Lord paused at a large window. Space lay before him. It was cold and lifeless, yet he couldn’t resist its tempting calls. Stars flickered merrily, inviting him to see all their wonders. He had once wanted to see them all, but his old desires had long ago turned into the ashes. The transparent image of a black mask stared back at him. A blank shield with sharp edges, devoid of any trace of humanity. It was the face that haunted people in their most horrible nightmares. That was his reflection now, and for the rest of his life. He looked at himself, but saw only a machine. A killing, cold and calculating machine. He wanted to scream, but no one would hear him. No one cared for him. No one looked at him and saw the person he had once been. A boy with curious blue eyes slept deeply beneath the black suit. He slept, he did not die. Because a person who slept might wake. Sometimes he turned around quickly enough he believed to have caught a glimpse of that boy. But each time it was only another shadow. One of many to come. Did he want that boy to wake? Did he want to see his blue eyes again? The boy would be revolted by the things he had done. No, the Dark Lord did not want to see this boy ever again. The boy who had wanted to bring so much good to the galaxy… He had had everything only to lose it all. People he loved. His soul. His body. His freedom. There was nothing left, only memories. Intangible, distant memories. If he closed his eyes tightly enough, he could still feel wet, emerald grass under his bare feet. He could still feel the gentle kisses of the sun on his skin. He could still remember the soft breeze of wind dishevelling his hair. He could still see her genuine smile, her melodic laughter. His burned lips still stretched into the shadow of smile at the memory of her vain attempts to smooth his hair. If he tried hard enough, he could still hear the phantom voice whispering “I love you” in his ear. Those were words he would never hear again. The coldness in him hissed that he didn’t need it, but at that moment he didn’t believe it. The woman he had loved beyond anything had drifted into eternal sleep, and now her soul danced on the ever-green meadows, where they had fallen in love with each other. A single tear welled up in his eyes. He gritted his teeth to stop it from falling, but it run down his scarred cheek nonetheless. He was absolute darkness personified, he didn’t cry… But the salty feeling on his lips continued to taunt him. Another tear formed in the corners of his eyes…What colour were his eyes now? Were they azure blue or savage yellow? He didn’t want to know. He didn’t want to know what she would think of the creature he had become. Would she look at him with contempt and say that she didn’t love him any longer? Or would she run away from him screaming, flee to the other side of the galaxy? He would never find out. His angel was dead, and nothing could bring her back. Nothing could bring back his child either. Had it been a girl, as beautiful as her mother? Or was she right that it had been a boy? But, not even his new powers could change the past. Thud. Thud. Thud. The echo of his heavy metallic feet resounded fearfully in the deserted corridor, the shy gleams of feeble light avoiding him in blind panic. Everything that he touched withered and died. It had always been like this, but only now did he realise it. Thud. Thud. Thud. No escaping, no running away, because it was impossible… He couldn’t flee the frigid prison of his suit, he couldn’t abandon the darkness within him. He couldn’t save himself from the eternal cold. The galaxy lied at his feet. He had ultimate power. He had become the true Hero With No Fear. He was Darth Vader, the Dark Lord. He was always alone. He was always cold. It was a feeling he had never known before. In the days before the darkness, he felt warm. Either on Tatooine with his mother, or with his wife on Coruscant, or … with his former Master during missions. It was not the heat of the sun that had warmed him, it was a glow of mutual love. The cold had spread its icy claws on him ever since he was engulfed in flames on Mustafar. Even as the hungry lava of the volcano planet had eaten at his body, he had felt cold. Empty. Bitter. Obi-Wan. The name left a sour after-taste in his mouth. Obi-Wan. His former Master…his brother…his killer. Vader clenched his right fist, the only reminder of his old life. In this brief moment of weakness, he ached to go see Obi-Wan again. Not to make him pay for what he had done to him, but just to be with him. Like in the old days. But these old days had sunk into nothingness. *** The wind moaned restlessly outside, throwing black sand at the window of his humble hut. Night had fallen down on the desert planet. A black, impenetrable shroud of darkness. He moved closer to the fire, rubbing his hands to warm them, but it didn’t work. It was cold. It was not the physical cold that tortured him. He had been a Jedi once, and he could easily adjust to all conditions. It was the cold emptiness in his soul that choked him. The small fire burned merrily in the small hut. But Obi-Wan hated fire. Whenever he looked at flames, he remembered the savage lava rivers on Mustafar and the ferocious duel he’d had with the one he had loved as a brother. His life was a living nightmare, and there was no waking from it, no escape. Only death…He would cease to exist after that and join all who had died at the hand of his brother. But, in a way, he was already dead. The crumpled shell of the man that sat by the fire held no life in it, no joy. Gone was the sparkle from his grey eyes, his smile was forever wiped away by the darkness. He had been swallowed and eaten by it. He had nothing more left, only memories. Memories of his old Master Qui-Gon… Memories of the calm serenity of the Temple. But the giant halls had been turned into burning ruins, and the light of the Force had burned with it. At times, Obi-Wan hated himself for his ability to sense the Force, to see the darkness polluting it. He cursed himself for hearing the phantom screams of pain of those who were dying or of those who had already died. His dried lips stretched into a bitter smile. People thought that he was a crazy old hermit, and he had started to believe them. What had he been doing the entire time? Waiting. Only waiting. But what was he waiting for? For some of his friends to return? But they all were dead… Deep inside, he wanted him to seek him out. He ached to see his blue eyes again, to see him smile, even to let him tease him. But his best friend was dead. Worse than dead. The last memory he had of him was the reflection of lava in his cruel, yellow eyes. And then he had struck him down…After that everything became a blur, a nightmare in a nightmare. Rivers of fire…the stench of burning flesh…a cry of hatred….the inhuman yell of pain of the man who was burning alive. And Obi-Wan had burned with him. Who was sitting in the hut now, listening to the drawn-our howls of the wind? It was just an empty shell, a shadow of the mighty man he had once been. Loneliness was his only companion. There was a tiny flicker of hope out there, over the dune sea. But the hope was so feeble that he didn’t notice its presence. His wounds were too deep, too fresh to be able to see the future with bright eyes. The future was hidden somewhere over the ocean of sand, as yellow and harsh as the endless desert. The past seemed like a sweet dream to him, and at times he couldn’t believe that once there had been no sand, no loneliness, no cold. But the past sunk into nothingness, and his present was only a sand. And he craved for it to disappear. Jedi never thought of what-ifs, they lived in present. But there was no life on Tatooine, only a miserable imitation if it. There could be no life without him. Besides, he wasn’t a Jedi any longer. Yet, he pleaded to the Force nonetheless to give him a chance to change the things even if he knew that it was impossible. He ached to see Anakin again, just to talk to him like in the old days. But the old days disappeared, burned away by lava and wiped out by sand. * There was an explosion in the Force. A blinding flash of light erupted somewhere beyond, and the silver threads of reality broke. A vortex appeared out of nowhere. Another flash of light, and two figures were sucked into it – one looking like a black hybrid between a machine and a man, and the other a lustreless hermit. A blur of colours…mad twisting and silent screams of the two men…and then everything became still. * Anakin woke, gasping for air. The sheets were covered in sweat, and his breathing was ragged. Images of his nightmare flashed in his mind. A black mask…cold, mechanical breathing…eternal cold and blackness of space. He sat up and rested his face in his hands. What did it mean? Was it another vision, another warning? Would something happen to him? But that was not important as long as Padmé wouldn’t die in childbirth. Lost in thought, he scratched his chin with his right hand. It felt different… He looked down at his hand. It was flesh, not his spider-like prosthesis. A feeling of deja-vu flooded over him, and Anakin touched his chin again. He felt not smooth skin, but harsh hair. A beard… He didn’t have a beard… *** Obi-Wan opened his eyes. The comfortable feeling of silky sheets felt strange after the harsh fabric of his bed on Tatooine. He sat up in his bed, too dizzy to take in his surroundings. What had happened? The last thing he remembered was aching for Anakin, then….twisting and stretching…a blur of colours. He was not on Tatooine any longer, he was sure of it. Had the Force granted his desire? He ran his hands through his hair. The hair felt soft and wavy under his fingers, and the strange feeling of cold metal against the skin on his head screamed at him. His right hand was not real, it was a prosthesis… Something stirred at his right. Too shocked to draw any conclusions, Obi-Wan just glanced at his right. A woman was sleeping peacefully next to him, her magnificent hair sprawled out on the pillow. It was Padmé. He was lying in the bed next to Padmé… Does anyone want it to be continued? It may take a long while, though. Thank you so much for reading! -----signature----- Currently chased away from the boards by the Writers' Block Cage of Lies - post RotS A/P - Padme is presumed to be dead http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25632570/p1/ HELP!!!Where is my muse?
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palpyisgod2 Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 8/5/06 5:55am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Anakin and Obi-Wan could go back after Mustafar?
	Neep! first post! wow...this is sooo good. I personally don't think it need betaing, but if you want, I'll do it. this is a fantastic, angsty beginning. GO ON!! And add me to the pm list. thanks Palps2 -----signature----- "Oh, Janette...I didn't know you could do that... I think I feel an election coming on..." -John Howard "Keating" - The Musical We Had To Have
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bibphile Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 8/5/06 6:43am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Anakin and Obi-Wan could go back after Mustafar?
	Very interesting. I'd love to see what happens next.
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HandmaidenVeme Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 8/5/06 7:28am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Anakin and Obi-Wan could go back after Mustafar?
	I'd love to see what happens next -----signature----- Angel #1 the "Mischievous" one "Anakin Skywalker's Towel Girl" Team Edward!
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VISOR_APPRENTICE Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 8/5/06 9:47am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Anakin and Obi-Wan could go back after Mustafar?
	CrazyAni posted: ...His brother...his killer Was this an allusion to L. Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat?" If so, terrific work. If not, the story still looks very promising. I shall watch its progression with great interest. -----signature----- "He said it was just a rumor started by some retard.." -S. Garcia
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sdhfs Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 8/5/06 9:55am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Anakin and Obi-Wan could go back after Mustafar?
	great great great , pm me when the enxt chapter is up. -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/16229314/?30 Up is obidala at it's best love chooses you you don 't choose it. Death is but death why are you afraid of it ?
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anakin_luver Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 8/5/06 11:04am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Anakin and Obi-Wan could go back after Mustafar?
	oh wow. and here i had been happy that Anakin had woken up and it was just a dream! when it got to the beard part, i thought Anakin had - i don't know...fallen asleep through years of his life or something...like after Mustafar he had been in the hospital for years... don't ask. this is a wonderful start! i loved both descriptions of Ben and Vader's emotions. and man! nice twist, i really want to know what happens next! if you decide to continue this (which you most definitely should) then please PM me! wonderful job.
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Darth_Father-in-law Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 8/5/06 12:03pm Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Anakin and Obi-Wan could go back after Mustafar?
	Oh, I love this already! You have wonderful idea here, though I have to agree with luver, I was first like - what? Why Anakin has a beard? Well, then I realized your skilfully made twist. I loved your Vader and Ben-angst. Just great. This has the potential to be one of the best stories in the boards. And this isn't just talking. If you would know me better, you would agree that I never say things that I don't mean. I hope you will continue this. If/when you do, don't forget to PM me! Awesome job, my friend! -----signature----- “Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.” - Paulo Coelho
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___Sithspawn___ Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 8/5/06 4:22pm Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Obi-Wan had had the chance to go back after Mustafar? - Date Edited: 8/5/06 4:23pm (1 edits total) Edited By: ___Sithspawn___
	Wow, what an interesting twist! Great angst and imagery, too...PM me when you update; I have to see how this turns out. -----signature----- I am severely DRL-afflicted. See profile for (old) fics. "As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields." -- Leo Tolstoy
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Ani-maniac Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 8/6/06 2:27am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Obi-Wan had had the chance to go back after Mustafar? - Date Edited: 8/6/06 2:28am (1 edits total) Edited By: Ani-maniac
	Wow... my apprentice, you have outdone yourself! I wanted to quote everything, lol, because your descriptions are so wonderful, but I'll settle for the ones I picked : In his past life, he had been afraid of the shadows, but the sense of fear had long abandoned him. He didn’t fear, he was feared. People were scared at the tiniest glimpse of his black mask, cold chills ran down their spines at the sound of his mechanical breathing, and they nearly fainted whenever they heard the booming of his mechanical voice. He was feared, but not loved. People followed his orders, but they despised him. This is such an amazing look at Vader, and so true. He clenched his fist. It was not a hand of flesh, only a set of wires… He wanted to rip them away with his teeth, to hurt himself. To feel pain. To feel anything beside the cold emptiness. So very eerie... Stars flickered merrily, inviting him to see all their wonders. He had once wanted to see them all, but his old desires had long turned into the ashes. Again, beautifully put. Did he want this boy to wake up? Did he want to see his blue eyes again? The boy would be revolted at the things he had done. The Dark Lord did not want to see this boy ever again. Wow... I love that thought, it is so very poignant. Who was sitting in the hut, listening to the drawn-our howls of the wind? It was just an empty shell, a shadow of the mighty man he had once been. You handled Obi-Wan perfectly as well, how he would feel in one of his darkest moments. And that is such a great twist at the end... Incredible, incredible work! I can't wait to see where you take this! bows deeply Ani-maniac -----signature----- "I can't exactly use, 'Well, I was locked up in a secret government facility,' as my alibi." -- Alec, Dark Angel. "There is no better place to be than in God's will, unless it's in His presence." -- Last Flight Out Jesus is Lord.
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JediArym Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 8/6/06 9:53am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - Anakin and Obi-Wan switch bodies [time-travel?] Drama/Angst
	Please do continue! I would like to read more. Please add me to your PM list. Thanks. -----signature----- The Pad-Ani Fanfic Archive - home of completed A/P, V/P, Vader, Anakin, and Padmé fanfiction http://www.padanifanfic.com/ Welcome to NY Johnny... Where winning happens more than every 86 years!
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Valairy_Scot Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 8/7/06 10:28am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Obi-Wan had had the chance to go back after Mustafar? [body switc
	This is wonderful...please continue. This is totally intriguing and the descriptions are so vivid. -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/25405090/p3/?52 Prolific Author thread: list & links there. Muse fueled by coffee. Often AWOL despite frequent sipping. Writes on inspiration, not a schedule. 2007-2008 the quality years
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CrazyAni Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 8/9/06 10:54am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Obi-Wan had had the chance to go back after Mustafar? [body switc
	palpyisgod2: Thank you so much! Thanks for your kind offer to beta - but I already have a beta, she just didn't have the time to beta yet. Of course, I'd be glad to add you to the PM list! bibphile: Thanks! HandmaidenVeme: Thank you very much! VISOR_APPRENTICE: No, I haven't read that book, that sentence came from my crazy mind...What is it about? Thank you so much for reading! sdhf : Thank you very much for reading! Sure, you're on the list! anakin_luver: Thank you so much for reading! Sorry for leading you into confusion - it wasn't my intention! I'd be happy to add you to the PM list. Darth_Father-in-law: Welcome, my friend! You're flattering me. Thank you so much for your kind words, and of course I'd love to add you to the PM list! _Sithspawn_: Thank you so much for your kind words! Sure, I'd love to PM you. Ani-maniac: Hello, my Master! bows Your words of appreciation mean more to me than I can put into words. This story surelt has some twists , and I'd be happy to see you on this thread again! Thank you so much for reading! JediArym: Thanks! And you're on the list! Valairy_Scot: Thank you so much! Note: My exams are approaching, and therefore I'm forced to study the entire time. So, my writing time is cut very short. But I promise to update within this month as soon as I can! I know what will happen further, I just don't have the time to write it down... Thank you all again so much for reading and for your kind feedback! CrazyAni -----signature----- Currently chased away from the boards by the Writers' Block Cage of Lies - post RotS A/P - Padme is presumed to be dead http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25632570/p1/ HELP!!!Where is my muse?
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Veloz Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 8/11/06 10:39am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Obi-Wan had had the chance to go back after Mustafar? [body switc
	Well well here i am again hooked on another of CrazyAni's fics Fantastic start and as usual, i love how u write the characters ... im very curious as to how things go with the "switch". Plz add me to ur pm list for this one aswell! -----signature----- "Hello there!" "Remember the Force will be with you..always" - Obi Wan Kenobi, ANH "Who's the more foolish...the fool or the fool who follows him?"- Obi Wan Kenobi, ANH
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mixza Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 8/11/06 10:50am Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - What if Obi-Wan had had the chance to go back after Mustafar? [body switc
	Woah, woah... Anakin is Obi-Wan? Obi-Wan is Anakin? HAHA! I love it! -----signature----- "Does that mean there is a woman to be discovered in even Master Obi-Wan's past? Tall, I imagine, and dark-haired. Pathetically desperate to have anyone at all, THAT much goes without saying..." - Anakin Skywalker, Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
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Ascal_Elessar Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 8/11/06 12:57pm Subject: RE: Underneath - RotS AU - Anakin and Obi-Wan switch bodies, time-travel from post-Mustafar era
	Sounds intriguing, I'm looking forward to reading more. Please put me on the PM list if you have one. -----signature----- "HELLO THERE!" Member of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Fan Club "He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever, he burns at the centre of time and he can see the turn of the universe."
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