Star Wars Rebels Prompt: The Tale That We Tell
Inspired by InkHeart
In a small, suburban town, lived the Jarrus-Syndulla Family, your average every-day family. Hera and Kanan were a young married couple, raising their young son together.
Kanan owned a Bar/Restaurant, Hera ran the local library while Jacen attended the town elementary school. From a young age, Jacen developed a love for stories, he enjoyed reading the books in his mothers library.
Every night, the boy would ask his parents to read him a bedtime story, but for some strange reason, his Dad always refused and his Mom would read to him instead. Something Jacen never questioned.
One evening, while his parents were working late, Jacen decided to read his favorite stories to himself.
The Darksaber, a tale of a warrior who fights for her kingdom with a powerful sword, The Legends of Lasan, a book about a kingdom of Lasats fighting a war against an Empire, and Arabian Nights, the story of a street rat from a distant land that stumbles across a magic lamp.
That evening, when the family all went to sleep, something magical happened. From each book that Jacen had read aloud, the heroes of the stories appeared in the family’s home.
Garazeb Orrelios, Captain of the Honor Guard of Lasan, who had just been defending his people from invaders. Sabine Wren, Protector of Mandalore, who had found the Darksaber, the only thing that could save her kingdom. Ezra Bridger, a street rat from the kingdom of Lothal, who had been trapped in the Cave of Wonders upon retrieving a Magic Lamp.
It was that evening that Kanan revealed a secret he had kept hidden for years; Kanan was born with the power of a SilverTongue, meaning he had the power to read people and objects out of books. Now, Jacen had that ability as well.
Now, Kanan and Hera have to figure out a way to send the three travelers back into their stories, while keeping them and Jacens’ power a secret.
Meanwhile, many miles away, a villain from another story dwells in the darkness. The villain had been trapped in the mortal world ever since Kanan read him out of his book decades ago.
Now that he finally found the SilverTongue, he can finally unleash his dastardly vengeance upon the human realm.