A Galaxy Far, Far, Away... (Star Wars One-Shots)

Running from the Darkness (Kylo Ren)

"Kylo Ren." Barked Supreme Leader Snoke. "You have failed me yet again."

"That girl," replied Kylo Ren. "is strong with the Force! She needed no training and yet was able to display incredible control of the Force!"

"Yet you have had training, and fell to the girl!" Said Snoke, ignoring his excuse. "This is why I have decided to take on another apprentice."

Kylo Ren fumed under his mask, watching a small, cloaked figure stepped forward out of the darkness.

"Either you prove yourself worthy of training with my wisdom, or my new apprentice will gladly take your place." With that, his hologram shimmered, fading away.

Kylo Ren continued to stare at where the hologram previously was, breathing heavily. Then he stalked toward the figure, as it continued to watch him. He stopped in front of it, before speaking.

"You are small. I will crush you!"

The figure continued to stare at him in silence for a moment longer before calmly removing its hood. It was a young woman who was breathtakingly beautiful. However, he could tell by her ice-cold eyes that she had suffered. Kylo was thrown off by the reveal, suddenly glad he had a mask to cover his face.

Despite her being shorter than him, she still managed to maintain an aire that suggested she looked down upon him. When she spoke, her voice was so alluring he almost became dizzy.

"I can sense your strong emotion. It shall be your downfall." She stepped closer, lowering her voice to  a whisper. "Stay out of my way, and you may make it through this unscathed. I'd suggest that you don't challenge me. You don't want to find out how powerful I am." The mysterious apprentice glided away, leaving an awestruck Kylo Ren.

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Kylo Ren was continuously practicing attacks on a dummy in a private training room. He continuously slashed at the dummy again and again until it was nothing but a heap of smoking foam material. Suddenly he heard the door to the room open and slam shut.

Kylo looked up as the other apprentice stalked into the room, her footsteps echoing throughout the high-ceilinged room. He was about to turn to another dummy, but noticed she was weaponless.

"Where is your lightsaber?" He asked.

The girl remained emotionless as she answered, "I don't need one."

He laughed mockingly. "You are a fool! Even the most powerful Sith in existence - Darth Vader - needed a lightsaber." Suddenly he stopped laughing as he noticed a dummy float through the air past him. However, he was still amused. "Really? That's it? That's all you can-"

Suddenly his voice hitched as the dummy's limbs were suddenly ripped from its torso, dropping to the ground. The limbless dummy continued to hang in the air for a second, before its head ripped off too. The entire thing dropped to the ground, and the head rolled to Kylo's feet. Kylo's mouth hung open in shock. The girl merely smirked, before ignoring him once again.

Kylo gulped, before silently minding his own business.

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It went on like this every day. The mysterious girl ignored him, and Kylo tried to ignore her. But one day, his curiosity overwhelmed him.

This time, he waited to start training until she got there. When she walked in the room, he intently stared at her until she became annoyed. "What?" She asked.

Kylo continued to stare at her. "What is your name?"

"What?"

"I said, what is your name? Snoke never told me, and you didn't either."