A/N: I played most of "TPL" and a bit of "Jak II", but my knowledge of the games after that I got off the internet and other sources. Feel free to correct me at any point in the story [in a review, hint hint] if I'm wrong about something, or missed it out. Otherwise, enjoy! ~ MH8.

Disclaimer: Naughty Dog owns Jak and Daxter, etc.

Prologue.

The young couple looked up at the great Oracle before them. Exchanging glances and clasping each other's hands tightly, the young woman stepped forward. She was indeed young, no more than twenty-five years of age. Her husband, a little older, remained behind, always cautious, always protective.

"You have come to ask about the child," the Oracle boomed.

Startled, the young woman stepped back again. "Yes."

"Is there anything?" her husband ventured.

There was nothing from the Oracle for several minutes. A chilling wind blew, going straight to the bones of the young couple. The young man in particular did not recall feeling this nervous since before he was, well...would "forcefully made aware of his destiny" suffice? In any case, he hadn't felt like this in a long time.

Finally, the Oracle spoke.

"The child will be in disguise and the path they tread you will have seen before. But mark that only one of you will see this child."

The young man shut his eyes as fear grew like a fetus somewhere in his stomach. He opened them again and found them gazing straight into his wife's.

Only one of you will see this child.

It was the one utterance of the Oracle he had feared since they had started a family. Since the coup that resulted in Ashelin's death and the eradication of the majority of her allies, Haven had once again collapsed into a dangerously oppressive dictatorship ruled by Archduchess Roah and her husband, Archduke Zainen. The young couple were breaking multiple laws simply by consulting the Oracle. The young man was one of the few anti-Roahnites openly proclaiming himself to be so, and therefore he constantly put himself and everyone he loved in danger.

He was brought back to the real world by his wife.

"Let's go home. I've a feeling our son needs us." She slipped her hand into his and he felt an immense calm fall over him. Everything's going to be fine, he thought. Still, he could not shake off the Oracle's warning.

Only one of you will see this child.