And sing to me, about the end of the world
End of these hammers and needles for you
We'll cry tonight, but in the morning we are new
Stand in the sun, we'll dry your eyes
Arise - Flyleaf
As soon as they were into open space Ben plugged the wayfinder into the ship's navigation system. A blinking light appeared on the glassy surface as it fed information into the ship's navigational system.
"Umm, Ben, I don't think that thing is working." Rey said as she watched the feed come through on her screen.
"Why is that?" he asked, his chest suddenly tight as Rey's distress filtered through the bond.
"Because it says we're already there." Rey responded, still studying the holochart.
"What? how is that......" Ben heard himself taper off as a large object filled the duraglass viewscreen of the ship. An object that looked suspiciously like a gigantic version of the wayfinder.
"Ben." Rey was breathless with excitement. "It didn't lead us to Mortis, it led Mortis to us!"
The object began to open along its center, light pouring out of it, blinding the two Force sensitives before everything went dark as the object swallowed them up as though they were its dinner.
They awoke to find themselves still in the Dark Star hovering over a deciduous forest, an impressive range of mountains in front of them.
How long had they been out?
Rey checked the chronometer on her wrist comm but it was frozen at 19:07, the time before the object had swallowed them up. She pulled up the ship's chronometer on her screen, but it too was frozen at 19:07.
"What happened?" she asked Ben.
"We must have blacked out, but apparently one of us put the ship in hover mode before it happened." Ben answered grimly.
"It looks like there may have been some kind of electrical surge. None of the chronometers are working." Rey informed him.
Ben fiddled with a number of switches and dials finally stopping after a few minutes.
"Autopilot and navigation systems are down as well, but everything else is working," he pronounced.
Rey looked down again at the lovely autumn landscape below them. Wait, autumn? Wasn't it just summer down there? And weren't they inside something? How was the sky so blue?
Ben moved the ship out of the hover gear, accelerating slowly forward. "Scanners aren't picking up any buildings so I guess we're just going to fly around until we find what we're looking for." Ben explained.
"Anakin said it was on a mountain." Rey reminded him despite knowing there was no need. Surely he remembered, she just felt she ought to say something.
After an hour of flying over an ever changing landscape they finally found the sanctuary sitting atop one of the many peaks of grey stone.
It consisted of two triangular spires of polished dark stone that converged near the top, as a mounting place for a huge chunk of crystal that sent fractured beams of light into every direction in the noonday sun. Beautiful carvings were inlaid into every inch of the facade depicting both the Light and Dark. The shape of the spires was familiar but she couldn't place where she'd seen it before.
On either side of the mountain were two similarly shaped structures though they did not appear to be inhabited. In fact the whole thing looked deserted. There did not appear to be any sort of landing pad for a ship.
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Fanfiction"When I offer you my hand again, you'll take it." What if Kylo Ren had been right? What if Rey had taken Kylo Ren's hand when he offered it the second time, deciding her best chance at defeating Palpatine and saving the galaxy was with him? But can...
