The Prince's Scavenger

New Scavenger

Rey's POV
With Kylo helping me scavenge I'm able to bring more back.

We approach Unkar Plutt. "Let me do the talking." I tell him and he nods.

"Evening Unkar."

"Hello Rey." He smirks and shifts in his seat. "What have you brought me today?"

I unload my bag for him. I carefully hold the bottom of my bag, keeping that one piece he wants. I found another today and gave it to Kylo to impress him.

"What you brought me... is worth..." He contuines examining then looks at Kylo. "Who's this?"

"New scavenger in town." I inform him.

"Came to the right place to sell too."

"Rey told me how great you are." Kylo replies.

Unkar smiles. "Oh did she?" He winks at me. "Well I'll give you a little extra today for being me more business." He puts down the last of the four pieces. "4 silver."

"Excellent." I shake his hand.

he hands over my silver pieces. I move out of the way for Kylo.

"Hello sir."

"Call me Unkar." He nods to Kylo.

Kylo unload his 2 pieces and that one piece. Unkar glances at me and raises an eyebrow.

I eye him. "Did Rey help you scavenge today?" Unkar asks Kylo.

Kylo looks back at me. "Yes." He smiles.

"Well let me guess, Rey told you to get this piece?"

"Yes she did."

Unkar grabs more coins and holds out his large hand to me. I accept it and see two more silver pieces. "Thank you."

He slides a single silver to Kylo. "This other piece is worth one quarter portion." He slips it to Kylo who accepts it.

"Thank you Unkar."

"Pleasure doing business."

I glance at the horizon. "Let's get going." I tell Kylo. "See you soon." I tell Unkar.

Ben's POV
I sit in the window sill while Rey cooks portions for dinner under her small lamp.

"Are those the only clothes you have?" I ask Rey.

"Yes. You?"

"Yes. How much do new clothes cost around here?"

"Depend on the clothing."

"A shirt."

"The best kind cost at least one gold coin." She grabs a plate. "Decent maybe 3 silvers."

"Well I got one." I move the silver piece in my hand.

"It'll probably go to food though." She says and brings me a plate of food over. "Just hope for something with all your heart and it'll happen though. If you want that shirt, imagine the color, the price, and when you hope to have it by."

"Hope?" I question and accept the food. "You just hope for things and get it?"

"I'm built on hope." She smiles and takes a sit.

"You don't have another plate?" I ask seeing her portion in hand.

"No, can't afford it."

"Do you hope for that?"

"No, I'm hoping for something to happen that'll give me the opportunity to change Jakku."

"Change Jakku? What would you change?"

"Taxes, water cleanliness, and our imports and exports."

"Imports and exports? You don't like the variety?"

"All we have our portions or expense fruits which no one can afford, but the royal family."

"How could you change that?"

"Find new trade partners, begin exporting machine parts and importing affordable food variety and animals."

"Animals? Wouldn't that take from the water?"

"Yes, but it'd produce milk, meat, and could be used for transportation. Plus they'd reproduce which would offer more and another export once we reach excess and milk plus meat become common and affordable."

How has no one thought of this.

"That's actually really smart."

"Thanks." She takes a bite.

"What's the last thing you hoped for?"

"A friend." She smiles at me.

I smile back.

Leia's POV
"Han!"

"What?!" He calls out from his office.

"Where is our son hiding?" I ask frustrated. "I haven't been able to find him in a whole day. No one has seen him!"

"He's hiding babe. Why would he tell me where if he knew you would ask me."

"I don't know, cause you're his dad."

"Exactly." He breathes out.

"Han!" I slam my hands down on the table. "We need to find him and marry him off!"

"Ever think that's why he's hiding?" Han raises his voice at me. "Because we are trying to control his life!" He stands. "I hated my parents for that. I hated them for marrying me off to you."

"Why you stuck up, half witted, scruffy looking, nerf herder!" I yell at him as he passes me to leave.

"Whatever." He passes me.

I sit down in front of his desk and sigh.

"What am I going to do?"  I whisper to myself.

I hear Han begin coughing and a thump. "Leia." He groans.

"Han?" I get up worried. I rush into the hallway and see him hunched on the floor. "Han dear. Are you alright?" I rush over to him with my dress flowing behind me.

"Yes, but look." He lifts up his hand and reveals blood. "I'm coughing up blood Leia." His eyes are normally hard and focused, but looking into them now I see a scared, afraid man.