Wait! I Wrote That?

Story Twenty-Nine - Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (My Version)

Song: "Andromeda" - BrunuhVille

Genre (s): Fanfiction/Science Fiction

Written When? Sophomore Year of College

Chapter 1

The Mysterious Ruins

        Luke Skywalker. Rey could not find the words to describe him. She thought he was just a myth, but no. Why was he looking at her like that, though? It was as if he sensed something in her that she didn't.

A gust of warm, Ahch-To air ruffled the Jedi's hair, as she continued to hold his lightsaber out to him. A few minutes later, Rey controlled the many different emotions she felt, and she shakily told the elder Jedi, "I-I believe this is yours."

Luke stared hauntingly at her for a few more minutes, but then he finally spoke. His voice was gruff, with a touch of bewilderment in it, but for the most part, kind. "Who had it?"

"Maz Kanata. She told me in her castle's basement, 'That lightsaber was Luke's and his father's before him.'" Rey thought about telling the Jedi Master what Maz Kanata had said next, "And now it calls to you," but she backed out at the last second. Taking a step closer to the Jedi, she nervously set the saber down in his aging hands

Luke examined it. "Why is your hand shaking?" he asked.

"I don't know," Rey replied. And she didn't. Why did she feel so petrified all of a sudden?

Both hers and Luke's hands gripped the lightsaber, like when Kyle Ren and Han Solo held onto Ren's lightsaber, but Luke was not going to kill the mysterious girl.

He peered into her hazel brown eyes and calmly said, "'Breathe. Just breathe.' Let the fear flush itself out of your body. Close your eyes."

Rey nodded and did as she was told.

Luke, too, closed his eyes. "Inhale and exhale. 'What do you see?'"

An image of a rising sun on a mysterious planet found its way into Rey's mind. "'Light,'" she spoke, as her body started to relax. Next, the image pushed the setting sun out of the scene, and the planet turned dark. "'Darkness.'"

Silence fell between the two people, and then Luke finally admitted, "You are strong with the Force, young lady. Do you feel calm now?"

"I do."

"Then how about we start over?"

Luke and Rey opened their eyes.

The young woman let go of the Jedi Master's lightsaber and took a deep breath.

In his kind voice, he asked her, "Who are you?"

"I'm just a scavenger from Jakku," Rey calmly explained. "You can call me Rey."

"Rey?" As if he knew her from somewhere, Luke's eyes widened. "And how old are you, Rey?"

"Nineteen."

"How did you get here?"

"I flew."

"Flew? You must be exhausted! Come. Follow me to my home." Rey watched as Luke passed her and started down the mountain. He gripped his lightsaber tightly in his hand.