Star Wars fic: "Queen's Gambit" (10: Dig Two Graves)

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Queen's Gambit (99422 words) by bedlamsbard
Chapters: 11/?
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Dooku (Star Wars), Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Mace Windu, Yoda, Bail Organa
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Parallel Universes
Series: Part 2 of Ouroboros
Summary:

Civil war threatens the galaxy. Hundreds of star systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic and form a Confederacy of Independent Systems.

In the hopes of securing a quick peace, the Jedi Council has dispatched two Jedi to capture or kill the leaders of the separatist movement, Queen Amidala of Naboo and her lover, the former Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Into this period of conflict have come four refugees from another universe, fleeing a devastating massacre triggered by the death of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith lord Darth Sidious, at the hands of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker…

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“They say you’re a traitor.”

Obi-Wan Kenobi had been doing pull-ups on the bar in the corner of the cell, but at this he dropped lightly to the ground and turned toward the ray shield, picking up one of his discarded tunics to wipe sweat from his face.

Ahsoka studied him. She had seen him on the HoloNews, of course, everyone had, but she had expected him to be different in person. Darker. More evil. Like one of the Dark Jedi from her history holos, cunning and vicious and cruel. Instead he just seemed like another Jedi Knight, one of the thousands that passed through the Temple between missions. She thought that was unfair; he should at least have felt like something other than a Jedi in the Force. The argument during the holoconference had caused a greater disturbance in the Force than his presence did, which was just wrong.

Kenobi considered her for a moment, then said, “That depends on your point of view.”

“You sound like my master,” Ahsoka said.