Okay...this is my first AU Star Wars, so bear with me...here goes nothing...

The Silent Watch

An AU Star Wars Fic by J.E. Max

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars. However, Malak, Quinlan, Daro, Shirin, and Louis were all created by me. Starting with the next chapter, you will see quotes from the Snow Patrol song "Chasing Cars" on the top. The song basically inspired this story and many of these chapters were written listening to it. The reason this is in the disclaimer is because I don't own the song.

Prologue

So I hear you're looking for a good story. Well, if that's the case, then I can tell you one hell of a story. It is a long story, twenty-seven years in the making, a story filled with romance and passion, friendship and cutting betrayal, struggle and peace, life and death, and good and evil, a story told through these ever-vigilant, silently watching eyes of mine.

Perhaps I should begin by introducing myself. I'm known by many names, really- "That Crazy Spacer" (For those of you not familiar with the term, "spacer" is an almost derogatory term for "deep space pilot".), "The Escape Artist", "Lady Killer", and, to one person we will be meeting in the immediate future, I'm known simply as "Bastard". But you will call me Daro. That is my real name, after all- Daro Jacen Revan, deep space pilot and military academy escapee.

Now, something you should know from the very beginning is that I am Vih'Torr. Being Vih'Torr is not common – there is literally a one-in-a-million chance that someone would end up being Vih'Torr. But occasionally, it does happen, and when it does, you spend your life having to deal with everyone either pitying you or being afraid of you. And the unfortunate thing is that most people end up being afraid of you, thanks to all the off-world lore that makes the Vih'Torr seem like demonic magicians who are abominations to the human race.

But let's not get off on the wrong foot here. I am just as human as you are- I look, talk, act, and feel one hundred percent human. I cry. I laugh. I get jealous. I lie. I get mad. I don't need to waste time convincing you of that- if you're skeptical, those things will all be proven to you throughout the course of the story. I can assure you of that.

As intelligent as I am, I can infer that you are probably asking yourself 'Okay, this whole pleasantries thing is great, but can he just hurry up and tell me what it is that makes him so special?' Well, here's your answer- those who are Vih'Torr, like Jedi, have visionary powers. However, unlike the Jedi, our visions are always nonfictional, and whether they occur in the past, present, or future, we never know. Said visions are always seen as if they are happening right before our eyes, and one can never fully know when a vision is coming on. They can be of things on our mind or of things hanging over us, and sometimes they can even be like torturous daydreams, haunting and tormenting us by showing us something that we do not under any circumstances want to see. And if you're thinking, 'How cool is that?! The guy can see anything he could ever want to! I totally wish I could be like him!' you will soon learn that being born with this power is more of a curse than a blessing.

But enough about me- this is all you need to know, at least for now. This is not my story, after all. It is mine to tell, but it is not the story of me. This is the long, winding, darkly-consoling story of a family and their epic struggle- and my occasional intervention with each member.

And now I invite you to journey onward from this point with me. I can guarantee you moments of surprise, shock, sadness, laughing, and even slight disturbance. I can guarantee you a story that you will most certainly never forget.

So you want a story, huh? I'll give you a story. Prepare yourself now for the story of the Kenobi family- Malak, Shirin, and Obi-Wan.