A FateRedone

Summary: What if Obi-Wan got a vision on Qui-Gon's death even before they were sent to Naboo? Follow the race against time as Obi-Wan tries to find a way to stop the future from happening. No pairings, just a strong father/son relationship between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.

Timeline: During TPM

Spoilers: If you haven't seen The Phantom Menance, I do not recommend you to read this fic. See the movie first unless you want to know things before you've seen it.

Ratings: T just in case. Lots of angst and lots of cuddly Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan moments. Not as lovers, can't imagine that, but as a father and son.

I do not own Star Wars. I make no profit for writing this stuff; I do because I want to.

Just so you know, I haven't read many Star Wars books, only heard about them. I have a little background about Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon but expect I'll leave most of that stuff in the shadows so to speak. I may make some things up, so don't be angry on me for that. It follows the movie, mostly, but I will change some things.

Enjoy this fic. Centred on Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon, mostly. Anakin is important as well. Many other figures showing up.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

/Speaking through bond/

Visions

Chapter 1: The Vision of Death and Coming to Naboo

The laser wall was the only thing separating Obi-Wan and his master. The apprentice looked on as his master, Qui-Gon Jinn fought the Sith.

Then it happened. Under one unguarded moment, Qui-Gon's torso was exposed and a second later it was imbedded by a red light-saber.

"Nooo!"

The Jedi master fell on the floor, and Obi-Wan felt a great pain filling his chest. Not his master! As soon as the wall opened, Obi-Wan tried to suppress his rage and hate and turn it into light. He nearly failed, but at the last moment before falling down the shaft he summoned the Force and let Qui-Gon's light-saber being guided to him. In less than a few seconds, the Sith met his death falling down the shaft.

Obi-Wan ran to his master, and gathered the dying man into his arms.

"Master..."

"Obi... Wan.. it's too late..."

"No!" Obi-Wan refused to believe that.

"Promise me... to train the boy.."

"I promise."

Qui-Gon touched his Padawan's cheek and mouthed a final 'I love you, Young One'. Then their bond snapped and Obi-Wan fumbled in darkness.

No one heard the wailing and broken scream of a young man that lost everything with his master, and a man he considered a father.

"Obi-Wan!"

Obi-Wan Kenobi, twenty-five years old Padawan, bolted up with a scream. He whipped around with his head until he became aware of the hands shaking his shoulders. He let out a wail, something between a scream and a sob, and jerked away. He scrambled away, not on the cold metal as in his vision, but on a carpeted floor.

/Obi-Wan!/

Now the young man reacted as he heard his master's voice call on him trough their strong bond. He turned agonised eyes towards the older man and whimpered out:

"Master?"

"Yes, I'm here Obi-Wan", Qui-Gon said and closed in.

He touched his Padawan's shoulders, sighing in relief when the younger did not jerk away. He coaxed the young man to curl up in his arms and he held onto his Padawan tightly. Obi-Wan clutched Qui-Gon's night tunic and his master spoke softly:

"By the Force, you scared me. I heard such an agonised scream trough our bond and found you lying on the floor. What did you see that could make you scream so much in pain?"

Obi-Wan cried softly and did not answer.

"Don't leave me master", he whispered several minutes later.

"I won't leave you", Qui-Gon said. "I'll never leave you, my young Padawan."

He stroke the short hair and tugged a little on the braid.

"How about we get you in bed? We must leave early on our mission tomorrow."

Obi-Wan nodded and felt himself being lift up. His master began to carry him to his own room, but he whimpered and clutched his master harder. He was not a child, he knew this but he did not want to leave Qui-Gon at the moment.

/What did you see?/ Qui-Gon said, worried since Obi-Wan's shields around the vision were still up and stronger than ever.

/Don't leave me/ Obi-Wan whimpered. /Please, let me be with you./

Qui-Gon carried his Padawan to his own bedroom and laid the young man down on the bed. He moved the sheets and laid it over them both. Obi-Wan's tear filled gaze locked with his own and he said:

"What have you seen to make you this frightened?"

"You died", Obi-Wan cried. "I don't want you to die. I don't want you to leave me all alone."

"Obi-Wan, my Obi-Wan I will not leave you", Qui-Gon said. "I will certainly not leave you by dying the way I must have done in your dream."

"Stay with me", the young man said.

Qui-Gon kissed his Padawan's forehead and brought him closer.

"I won't go anywhere", he said. "I promise."

Obi-Wan slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

-

They boarded the star ship that would take them to their mission. They taxed out and left Coruscant. In a matter of minutes they left Coruscant's atmosphere and prepared for hyperspace. Qui-Gon turned to the captain and said:

"How long until we come to Naboo?"

"At least four days", the captain answered. "Ready to go into hyperspace."

Qui-Gon nodded and left the cockpit. He strode down the small space into the little cabin he and Obi-Wan would be in.

Obi-Wan was curled up on one of the sleep couches, yawning. He had woken up his Padawan, as he realized they were going to be late, rather harshly and the young man had not been able to sleep much the night before.

"How are you feeling?" Qui-Gon gently asked.

"I'm tired, but other than that I feel pretty good", Obi-Wan said.

"That dream of yours", Qui-Gon said.

"Just a really nasty bad dream", Obi-Wan said, avoiding to say it had been a vision since he did not want to alarm Qui-Gon.

Qui-Gon smiled and tugged on Obi-Wan's Padawan braid. It was tousled, as the youngster had not had much time to prepare for going.

"You could have let me eat breakfast", Obi-Wan complained.

"You ate breakfast", the Jedi master said.

"A glass of juice", the younger groaned. "And my braid is all messed up."

Qui-Gon carefully unbraided it, being gentle all the time and braided it back with the beads that were entwined in the hair. He finished it and said:

"I'm sure there is some food that I can find for you."

Obi-Wan smiled at his master, and rose up with him as they ventured to find something to eat.

-

Obi-Wan looked out over Coruscant, his whole being was hurt. His master wanted to train a boy instead of him. A child Obi-Wan did not trust. Hate and anger he saw in that child's future. Obi-Wan gripped the railing and calmed his anger. There was no use being angry. Even though his cheek still hurt from where Qui-Gon's palm had hit it.

"Unfair you felt Qui-Gon's decision was?" a voice behind him said.

He turned around and looked at Yoda. The old creature looked at the Padawan as he looked on the floor and said:

"Perhaps a little, master Yoda."

"Ready for the trials you are he says", Yoda said while studying the bruise Qui-Gon had given the young man.

"I'm not", Obi-Wan snapped, catching Yoda with surprise.

"Qui-Gon confident in you abilites he was", Yoda said and walked forward.

To the old Jedi master's surprise, Obi-Wan sank on his knees and shook his head while saying:

"He just wants to train the boy. He doesn't trust my judgment when I said I saw hate and anger in his future."

"Hate and anger?" Yoda repeated. "Sensed something dark about the child, I did."

"I saw something about the child while master spoke in there", Obi-Wan whispered.

"What did you see, young child?"

Yoda had reached him now and placed a small but comforting hand on the Padawan's shoulder. The man was shaking and Yoda silently cursed the older Jedi master to make his own apprentice this sad. He sent out calming waves of the Force to the young man and softly repeated his question with a strong patience. Finally the man answered:

"Betrayal."

Obi-Wan sat up with a start, his heart racing and breath coming out in gasps. He threw the blanket off himself and got down on the floor. His breath was ragged and he bent over to fight the nausea. Qui-Gon was suddenly at his side, leading him to the fresher and the food he had eaten earlier came up with a force. His master held him upright as his knees gave up on him.

"Obi-Wan, what's wrong?"

"Please, no", Obi-Wan whispered and coughed up bile.

Qui-Gon wiped his mouth with a towel and helped his Padawan rinsing out the foul taste in his mouth before reaching out on the bond. To his surprise, a part of Obi-Wan was shielded with strong shields and the Jedi master was unable to break them.

"Don't", Obi-Wan suddenly hissed. "Don't you dare break the shields master."

Qui-Gon got frightened. This would be the first time in a very long time since his Padawan used that tone to him. The younger man got himself free from his master's grasp and staggered away.

"Obi-Wan…"

"Stop it!" Obi-Wan sobbed and held onto his head. "Stop it, I don't want to see!"

Qui-Gon caught his apprentice as the man fell and held onto him tightly.

/Obi-Wan, don't do this to me. Tell me what's wrong./

/Stop it. You don't care, so stop it./

Qui-Gon sent every love for the young man he had along the bond, and Obi-Wan broke down sobbing again.

"Stop lying!" Obi-Wan cried out. "Stop lying to me! Stop it!"

"I'm not lying!" the Jedi master said. "Would I ever lie to you, to my little Obi-Wan?"

The young man looked up at his master and closed his eyes when he felt Qui-Gon kiss his forehead. He was rocked back and forth and he finally calmed down from his vision.

"Don't do it to me", he whispered.

"Don't do what?" Qui-Gon said.

"Don't abandon me", Obi-Wan said.

"Why would I ever abandon you?" Qui-Gon asked in distress. "I would hate myself for that."

"Vision…" Obi-Wan mumbled. "In my vision, you already had…"

Qui-Gon looked at his Padawan in horror.

"I abandoned you?"

"You gave me up and wanted to train a boy that would betray everyone", Obi-Wan whispered. "You hit me when I tried to tell you that. You hit me and it hurt so much."

Qui-Gon held onto his apprentice and said:

"I will never to that. I can't raise a hand against you without feeling disgusted with myself."

"You hit me!" the young man screamed, letting the vision get the better of him again. "I can still feel it on my cheek, and it hurts! It hurts master, but not as much as it hurts in my heart!"

Qui-Gon held the hysterical youngster against his chest, cradling his Padawan's head against his neck and said:

"I won't do it. I rather die than hurt you Obi-Wan."

"R-really…?" Obi-Wan's voice was low and heartbreaking.

"I swear to you", the Jedi master said and wiped away his apprentice's tears. "Where did I hit you in that vision?"

"My right cheek", Obi-Wan answered.

Qui-Gon put his hand on it and softly whispered:

"If I ever hit you, you hit me back. Okay?"

"I can't hit you!" Obi-Wan said.

"You will if I hit you", the older man said and kissed the cheek. "Now, you need sleep. Much sleep."

Obi-Wan was once more lifted up and carried to the sleep couch. He was placed down on it and Qui-Gon spread the blanket over his Padawan.

"Stay with me", the apprentice whimpered.

"I'll always stay with you", Qui-Gon said.

-

The droid on the Federation ship led them to a room and said:

"Please wait here. My master will be with you shortly."

The droid left and the two Jedis took off their hoods. Obi-Wan glanced around the room, glad he did not suffer yet another vision since he had felt strange when entering the ship. Qui-Gon laid a hand on his Padawan's shoulder, calming him down.

"I feel something dark linger", Obi-Wan said.

"Here?"

"No, elsewhere. It's worrying me."

"Focus on here", Qui-Gon said.

"But master Yoda said you should be mindful about the future."

"Yes, I know, but for the moment keep your presence here and now."

"Yes master", Obi-Wan said and looked out in space, towards the planet of Naboo.

-

They were running through the corridors, droids shooting after them. They had come there to negotiate with the Federation on the behalf of the council on Coruscant to make a peaceful solution but to no avail. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan was no on the run on a ship they was not familiar with.

They was currently hiding in a ventilation shaft, waiting. Obi-Wan had his eyes closed, being rather tired from all the running. Qui-Gon was trying to find a way from the ship and soon an escape plan was formed.

"Obi-Wan…", he murmured, catching his Padawan's attention. "Look over there."

The young man silently crept to Qui-Gon and commented:

"Battle droids."

"Many of them", the Jedi master said.

"Looks like preparations for an invasion", Obi-Wan said.

"We hide onboard on two of the ships and meet up later on Naboo."

"I agree."

No droid noticed the two Jedis silently making their way to two different ships.

-

Obi-Wan coughed silently behind his hand as they had landed on Naboo. The forest was thick and humid. Droids were scattered and the young man tried to figure out how he would get away without being seen. He remembered his vision and wondered if it really would happen.

-

10 minutes later, it did happen. Obi-Wan looked at the creature as it said:

"You saved me again!"

"Master, who is this?" Obi-Wan said.

"One of the local creatures."

- (A/N You know all about the meeting with the Gungans in Gungan City and pretty much is the same so skipping some parts 'cause of laziness!)

They slowly started to see the surface and Obi-Wan could not wait until getting in the air. Not that he hated water, but he had a hard time fighting off his nausea and the continuing pressure that he may suffer from a vision and lose control over the small craft.

They reached the surface and Obi-Wan took away the shields, allowing them to breathe normal air again.

"Ooh, this is lovely", Jar Jar said in the seat next to him.

Oh, it was lovely indeed, but wait until the Federation was done.

"Let's get to land", Qui-Gon said.

"Yes master."

They had arrived to Naboo.

Chapter 1 done. Chapter 2 will be named Arrival on Tatooine and the Pod race. Look forward to it!

R&R if you want; it would be appriciated.

Later,

Tiro