Star Wars~ The Last Jedi Fanfiction! Reylo!

True Potential

Rey's POV (Point of view)

The dark side, the light side, they swirl around inside of me. They make me who I am, yet I still don't know my purpose. I need to find my place in all of this. Leia wants me to take a break from fighting after this ordeal, so I train in an empty room near the front of the ship. I swing around my staff, narrowly missing the wall every time I do so. I practice fighting and kicking, I practice being myself. 

It used to be an old cabin for one of the pilots that fought for the resistance. Ever since he died in battle, it's been empty. The room is all white, decorated with nothing more than the symbol of the resistance in the wall. I stop training and stare at it for a couple of seconds, knowing very well this is where I should stay. Yet whenever I put this idea in my head that this is the right side for me, there is always an annoying little voice in the back of my head telling me it's not. 

"Rey, I know you are conflicted," I hear a voice say. 

I quickly turn around and kick him in the gut, knocking Ben to the ground. I hold my staff over him and put my boot on his chest, his face unmoving and calculated, poised and ready. 

"How did you get in here?" I ask.

"Join me," Is all he says.

"How did you get in here?!" I say, my voice stern, almost angry.

He laughs slightly, "It originally was one of those things where we could just see each other but then I was really here. It was as if I teleported, yet I am also still simultaneously where I was and here at the same time."

He force pushes me off of him, slamming me against the wall. Even though my back ached I stood up quickly, grabbing my staff, making sure I was ready to fight if he were to attack me.

"Any normal person would've broken there bones from that," He says, a partial smirk splaying upon his lips, "But we both know we aren't normal."

"What do you want from me, Ben?! Why are you here?!" I ask almost tentatively but loudly.

"If we worked together, we could control the entire galaxy," He says wistfully.

I shake my head, "I don't want to rule over a galaxy while everyone runs in terror of me, it's not right! I am on the good side! The light side where I will stay!" I shout.

Now he shakes his head, "Yes, the good side that sacrificed hundreds of its own people by sending them on suicide missions where they would most likely die,"

"They would never do that if they knew the true threat," 

"Really? Because they have, and they have killed many great fighters, many great opponents against the first order, people like Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor, on suicide missions, even if they knew they would still die," 

I felt it, the pull of the dark side inside of me. The voice inside my head, the light side, they were telling me to not believe what he is saying. The dark side of me knew he wasn't lying, and that maybe the resistance is just as bad as The First Order. My mind fought against itself, while Ben just watched me fight. No, it can't be true. Yes, it sounds like something they would risk. Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yessssssss, nooooooo. Ugh. Why does this have to be so hard? Why am I like this? Why in the world do I have this power in me? Why?

"If you joined me, you could have anything your heart desires," Ben says and starts to circle around me, like a predator trying to seize up his pray.

"I don't want anything," I say defensively. 

Ben stops walking and stands in front of me. He puts his hand out, and at first I think he is going to force choke me, but instead, he tries to get into my mind. I hold fast, clenching my teeth as I try to keep from exploring my brain. I try to push his grip on the force out of my mind, but he is as strong as I am, and we both lose and win too our own degrees. After a minute or two, I think he might give up, his power starts to fade from my brain. Then suddenly with a blast of power, he reaches inside and grabs what he wants. He grabs some of my memories, some of my thoughts and ideas. Then he pulls his hand away. He starts to circle me once again, and I know I have lost.

"Are you sure you don't want a family? Someone that would do anything you tell them to do, your own army? You don't want to feel loved and appreciated?" He smirks for a second, then his face goes blank once again.

I start to feel ill inside. I feel the darkness creep about within me. It would be nice to have a family and be loved and appreciated. But am I kidding myself? He can't give me those things, he's too evil to even want those things. Though he's a handsome devil, and although there is darkness within me, I cannot let myself be seduced by the dark side.

"N-n-n-no, n-no," I stutter.

"I could give you everything your heart desires," He says.

"NO" I yell and he disappears back to wherever he is right now.