The Lucky One (a Star Wars fanfic)

Chapter 30

Anakin's pov

"Master? Are you in here?" I ask in a loud, anxious tone as I step into his room.

"I am," Obi-Wan says as he comes towards the door.

Once he looks at my face that must be filled with fear, in a worried tone, he asks, "Anakin, is something wrong?"

"Rider is gone," I say as I sit down on his bed, burying my head in my hands, still finding it hard to believe that Rider really left. He could have at least said goodbye to his best friend.

"Gone?" Obi-Wan asks while sitting beside me, sounding a little confused.

"Zeba and Shawn told me that he left The Temple this morning," I say quietly, wishing with all my heart that I could have kept him from leaving.

"Did he leave to join the Sith?" Obi-Wan asks surprising me. Did everyone but me know that Rider was going to leave?

"How do you know that?" I ask after a few seconds of wondering why Rider would mention leaving to Obi-Wan and not me.

"Last night, I went to check on Rider. He had just woken up from a nightmare. I asked him if it involved him joining a Sith due to what Shawn said, and Rider said yes. He assured me that he would never do that, and I believed him. I should never have trusted a Sith."

I am about to argue that Rider isn't a Sith, so used to defending him, but I realize I can't say that anyone. He really is a Sith now, and there is nothing I can do about it.

"He didn't join them by choice. He had three dreams, in all of them he and I were both captured by a Sith. The Sith killed me in front of Rider because he refused to become the Sith's apprentice. He joined the Sith with the intention of saving me, even if I wasn't in any real danger," I say sadly, wishing that he would have talked to me. Being the chosen one, I can keep myself safe, making what Rider did unnecessary.

"We should have turned him over to The Council when we had the chance," Obi-Wan says quietly, making me frustrated. What makes me even more frustrated is that a part of me agrees with him.

I say nothing in response, not wanting to admit out loud that I think my best friend deserves to spend time in a cell.

After a minute of silence, I reach into the force for Rider's presence. It takes about thirty seconds to find that his presence is filled with both terror and pain, making me worry about what Sidious might be doing to him.

"What are we going to do now? We can't leave him alone to face Sidious," I say with a sigh as I curl my hands into fists, feeling extremely upset that all this is happening right now. I should be there with Rider. He has to be strong in order to survive the pull of dark side for this long, but I doubt that he is strong enough to survive Sidious.

"Did you say Sidious?" Obi-wan asks in a shocked voice, making me realize that I accidently mentioned his name much sooner than I had planned on.

"Yes, the Sith Lord that The Council has been trying to find is the same person who wants Rider as an apprentice," I say with a sick feeling in my stomach, knowing that Rider is going to have to endure so much pain from Sidious.

"If we find Rider, then we will find Sidious. We can take down two Sith at the same time. Do you have any idea where Rider might have gone?" Obi-Wan asks after a minute of thinking.

"Sidious will probably go to a planet far away so that we can't sense him. The safest place for him is somewhere in the Outer Rim. We could try looking there first," I say with a sigh, knowing that this is pointless. By the time we finally find Sidious, he will have turned Rider into a monster.

Obi-Wan puts hand on my shoulder and gives me a kind smile while saying, "I am sure that this is hard on you, Anakin, losing Rider this way. We will find them both, I just don't know when."

"That is what I am afraid of! By the time we find Rider, he will have become the perfect tool for Sidious to use. By the time we find Rider, my best friend will be gone, a ruthless Sith in his place! I bet that he is already changing, the dark side stealing everything about him that I love," I say in a raised voice, unable to keep my pain and frustration hidden any longer.

"Anakin," Obi-Wan says gently. "He has resisted the dark side for six years, I doubt that it will consume him in the few hours that he has been gone."

"I know that you are right, Master, but I can't stop worrying about him. For the past three years, he has been there for me through every problem I have faced," I say while looking down at the floor, feeling like I have let Rider down. He has always helped me without question and now that he needs me desperately, I have left him to die alone with Sidious.

"Don't worry, Anakin, we will find him," Obi-Wan says as he takes his hand off my shoulder, then stands up.

"Thanks, Master," I say with a smile that is fake. I probably won't be able to smile for real until Rider is safe again.

"I need to tell The Council about this, after that we start searching," Obi-Wan says as he walks towards the door.

"See you then, Master," I say while looking at the floor.

A few seconds later the door closes, leaving me alone.

I fall back onto the bed with a heavy sigh, wishing that this wasn't happening.

"Why did you have to leave, Rider," I whisper as I close my eyes, hoping that all of this is a horrible nightmare that I will wake up from at any second.

After a few minutes of nothing changing, I come to the terrible conclusion that this is really happening. Rider really is gone. Once again I have lost my best friend, but sadly, this time he is gone for good.

I reach out into the force once again, feeling sick when I feel that Rider is in more pain than before.

What is Sidious doing to him?

A/N: Chapter 30 is done! I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and I will see you all on Sunday in the next one. Bye :)