Star Wars: How I Wish it Was

Chapter 1: The Key

is the key to completely destroying the First Order.” The grey haired main places a crescent shaped metal object into the hands of the young dark haired pilot Poe Dameron. “What about you? What will you do?” Poe urges for the wrinkled man to take action knowing that the First Order could be there at any moment. The man looks up from his lap to meet the stare of Poe with his own. Beaten and ready he whispers. “It’s time for my story to end.” Poe, now frantic to get the old man away from the impending doom forces him to stand up. Poe states to the old man, looking him in the eye as the man’s eyes gaze out of the door into blizzard that is letting in snow. “You are coming with me. You must come with me, the republic needs you.” The man’s gaze shift from the snow then to Poe then back to the snow and finishes it's needless cycle fixed on Poe’s eyes. “Go. Take your droid and go.” The old man persists. “I am ready.” Poe’s face falls to the floor. Realizing he cannot convince this man to come with him he walks to the door and stops. With his gloved hand on the crystal ice wall he looks back and thanks the old man with reassuring nod of the head. The old man lets a smile escape his hairless face. Poe turns to the exit and puts the wraps back around his mouth to shield him from the cold of the world outside. Poe leads the droid out of the hut and into the snow. Poe steps into shin deep snow. Poe looks back at the droid who is already starting to form ice crystals despite not even exiting the hut. “BB8 are you coming” Poe asks screaming so he can be heard through the wraps around his mouth and the wind that howls all around him. The droid uses its spherical body to roll in the opposite direction of Poe. His dome shaped head, staying motionless a top his orange and white body, busts through the ice crystals that formed on the half of the sphere that was facing Poe. “BB8 come on. I’m dying out here.” Poe pleads. BB8 reacts with shivered squeal. “This isn’t the time for your back talk, I’m going to leave you here.” Poe screams still having to break through the wrap and the wind. The little droid beeps once and remains motionless. Poe then forces his frozen arm to raise to wave goodbye at the droid and then leaves the doorway out of sight of the little droid. The droid looks up at the grey haired man who is not Poe and rushes to the doorway. BB8 sees Poe outside and squeals at him. Poe looks back and gestures for him to follow. BB8 beeps once and rolls backwards in perpetration to plow through the snow. Poe waits impatiently as the wind blows a steady amount of ice on to his face. Then a hurried BB8 suddenly emerges from within the doorway and blows through the first bit of snow with ease. Then begins to struggle as the snow thickens. Poe encourages him with another gesture and BB8 surpasses him and darts for their X-Wing that is off in the distance. Poe continues to trudge through the snow just hoping it may cool down when an eerily familiar nose penetrates his ear. His eyes shoot to the sky and he clears his goggles with whichever hand decided to break through it's icy prison that was the frozen jacket he wore. He saw nothing but two small red lights but Poe recognized that sound and suddenly the cold had no effect on him. He ran side by side with the wind in order to make it to his ship before that noise drew closer. Just a few more yards to his ship Poe twists at the hips back towards the small snow engulfed village to see a First Order transport landing in the courtyard in between the huts. The thrusters blew away any snow that would have bothered it's passengers when they were to depart. The citizens of the village all lay eyes upon the silent ship all fearing what is going to come out. De-compressed air blasts out of the underbelly of the ship as the the bay doors begin to open. This causes the citizens to jolt back into the presumed safety of their huts. The door finishes it slow descent with a touch to the frozen ground and stormtroopers barrel out of the ship and down the ramp that the bay door has created. Poe, not trying to be seen rushes to BB8 who was at the ship which was behind a wall of snow that it's own thrusters pushed away. Now over the wall he gestures BB8 towards him in order to stay quiet. Poe loudly whispers “I need you to take this and get outta here. Head south. It will be warmer there and easier to find your way.” BB8, who was not in agreement with leaving Poe behind, argumentatively beeps several times back at Poe, who understandingly responds, “Buddy. I know. I'll be fine. Just go.” Now holding the crescent shaped metal device Poe thrusts his hand toward BB8. “Take it, I'll find you. Just take it.” Poe pleads one last time. A reluctant BB8 opens his multireader door and Poe with his hands shaking drops the device in. Reaching for his blaster from his right side he tells BB8 one last thing. “Whatever you do, don't get caught.” BB8 sadly beeps and roles away from Poe with great haste. Poe then readies his blaster and scales the small snow mountain that has been shielding him from being seen. He can't hear anything that is going on. He can barely even see. He knows that he must get closer. The stormtroopers begin going door to door smashing them down and taking the citizens out of their homes. As the citizens are being forced into the center of the village three more figures emerge from the mouth of the ship. The first of the two was a figure as dark as midnight. The citizens began to shake more now than the cold was making them as this figure made them think of a terrible evil that once was. The second of the two glistened as it strutted out of the mouth of evil. The snow slipped right off of the chrome plated armour that caught the eye of several civilians. The third of the three stood out most of all as he was the most normal. He looked just as the rest of the stormtroopers did. It wasn’t his appearance that made him stand out, it was his demeanor. This stormtrooper was in shock at what he saw as his feet hit the icy ground. With his head panning the entire scene it is like the visuals were making him uncomfortable since he stood frozen once he laid his eyes on the unarmed civilians being held at gunpoint. The dark figure, who seemingly sensed this stormtroopers feelings, turns his snow collecting mask towards the frozen stormtrooper. Noticing the figure looking at him the stormtrooper caught up with the dark figure and the chrome soldier. Now closer to the village Poe can see that all of the civilians have been brought to the center of the village. He cannot make out how many stormtroopers there are because they blend in with the already blinding sleet that cut through the air. He can make out one figure because he stood in great contrast to the white wonderland that surrounded him. The black figure bends down to meet the gaze of the grey haired man that was just forced from his den. “There used to be light in you, Ben.” the grey haired man mumbles as his eyes never leave the dark figures frozen over mask. There is a moment of silence as all eyes shoot towards the dark figure for a response. In a deep distorted and electronic voice the dark figure responds to the old man “I know you have the Key.” Seemingly on two different subjects the old man replies “You had such potential.” Snappily the dark figure responds with an emotionally fueled “I have surpassed my potential.” The dark figure looks away from the old man. The old man responds to the dark figures moment of weakness “You still have much to learn.” The dark figure turns back to the man to meet his gaze once more. One of the civilians lashed out at his captors and the stormtrooper quickly dispatches of the issue. The chrome trooper stares at the stormtrooper who came out with them due to his shocked reaction at what just happened. They both lock glares under their icy helmets before quickly returning their attention to the staring contest between the dark figure and the grey man. In the same deep voice the dark figure speaks once more, this time with control of his emotions. “What did you do with the key to Skywalker?” The grey man looks down at the ground that has completely engulfed his knees in snow. “You’re too late. It is no longer here.” Infuriated and acting nothing but emotion he jerks up from the ground and calls his lightsaber to his hand from his hip. As the sword hits his hand it suddenly ignits. One large beam of blood red light shoots out of the top which is quickly followed by two  smaller beams perpendicular to the larger shooting out of the hilt close to the hand of the dark figure. The immense heat from the blade quickly melts any frost that has formed on the dark mans hand. The dark figure now filled with anger and an intent to use it raises his blade and brings it down across the old man’s torso. The blade fell through the man like wasn’t even there. The body falls in front of the dark figure with the glow of the lightsaber falling across the man’s lifeless face.  Where the two parts of this body were once connect steam rises as every snowflake that falls on his cauterized body quickly evaporates. Poe seeing his once old friend lying dead on the ground quickly being covered with snow acts on the rage that he is now feeling and begins running at the dark figure with his blaster up and ready to fire. He then stops when he reaches the area that snow had been cleared by the thrusters of the dark figures ship. He raises his weapon to his face, not being able to focus with all of the gear on his face he rips the goggles and wrap off. The air is now like knives in his lungs but this does not bother him, he has one goal in mind. He then raises the blaster one last time and focuses the sights on the dark figure. He takes the shot as soon as he can. The blaster bolt leaves the barrel of the gun and slices through the air evaporating any snowflake that may unfortunately lay in its path. Instantly reacting the dark figure with his blade still ignited turns and raises his other hand. The blaster bolt stops mid flight. Poe notices it and has a look of utter awe on his face as he has never seen this power before. Poe then realizes that he, like the blaster bolt in front of him, is stuck in place. He is a statue, no matter how hard he tries he can’t get any part of him to move. The dark figure then gestures to two stormtroopers who were close by to go and retrieve the statue that Poe has become. Where anger once was inside of Poe there is nothing but fear. He hasn’t a clue what the approaching stormtroopers or the dark figure are going to do to him. As they arrive the dark figure lowers his arm and two stormtroopers now by his sides catch him as he falls out of his trance. They then began carrying him to the dark figure as his feet drag the ground. Poe’s eyes quickly begin to dart between the frozen bolt and the dark figure and back as he slowly moves towards the bolt. The bolt is now within arms length of Poe and his eyes remain fixed on it. He feels the heat from the bolt that melts the frost that has built up on his eyebrows and the stormtroopers and for a brief moment gives his lungs a break from the shards of glass he has been breathing. Even as he is past it his head is still fixed on the bolt. He then whips his head to the dark figure which is now only feet away. Poe falls on his knees as the stormtroopers drop him and return to their post of watching the citizens. Shaking, Poe wipes the refrozen frost from his face. He looks at the blaster bolt and then back at the dark figure who is now at his level. Shaking no longer due the cold and rather due to the fear he is feeling because his friend lies lifeless in two parts just inches away from his knees. He looks at the dark figure and meets gazes with his frozen mask. The lightsaber is still ignited and Poe notices. Snarkily Poe says “Who talks first? You talk first? I talk first?” The dark figure withdraws his blade and puts back in its place on his hip. The dark figure then replies “Where is the Key to Skywalker?” Poe still masking his fear with sarcasm quickly confirms “I guess you talk first.” Instantaneously the dark figure rises and towers over Poe. Poe's eyes widen as he is getting flashbacks of his friends slaughter. “I don’t have time for these games.” the dark figures electronic voice shouts as he raises one hand and with an open palm to Poe’s face he demands “Show me where the Key is.” Poe then begins to feel an immense pain has his mind is being penetrated by the dark figure. Poe is both in pain and in shock at how powerful this figure is. He tries to fight it but he forcibly begins to remember what has played out since he has arrived on Jakku. Poe tries to push back but his resistance is only met with more power. The images in his head stop on the memory of him handing the crescent shaped key to BB8. The pain stops as the dark figure lowers his hand and calmly states “I have what I need. The key is in a droid, a BB unit. Put the word out on Jakku and bring him with us, he knows more.” Poe now lying in the snow still recovering from what he just went through is forced up by the chrome stormtrooper. The chrome trooper speaks for the first time “Kill them.” Poe comes to the realization that this towering chrome giant is a woman. He then looks away as the stormtroopers raise their weapons. The stormtrooper who came out with the chrome trooper and the dark figure raises his blaster but does not fire when the others begin to. Instead his armour raises up and down rapidly with every breath he takes as he looks upon the civilians who are now screaming and making every attempt possible to run. Flashes of red light cast over his face as he sees the lifeless bodies dive into the snowy ground. A thought in his mind occurs to defend the civilians but it instantly disappears like the life from the people in front of him as he knows if he tried he would only join them. His shock is overcome by him hearing his name being called from behind by a familiar voice, “FN2187.” He quickly turns around to see the chrome trooper approaching. “Lets go, FN2187” the chrome trooper continued. Broken from his trance he begins to walk toward the ship with the chrome trooper by his side. He doesn’t look back at the aftermath of the abomination that just happened. He can’t look back for it will fill him with the thoughts he should not be thinking. He and the rest of the stormtroopers make the track up the ramp and into the warmth of the ship. They all get back in their ranks and sit on the seats that line the walls of the interior of the ship bay area. They all react as the ship lifts off from the ground and begins its climb to the orbiting star destroyer. BB8 who his struggling to make his way south but has gotten a fair distance away from the village hears the thrusters from the ship and stops in his tracks. He turns his dome shaped back towards the direction of the village. He can’t see the ship that took off but he knows that by the sound of the thrusters it was not Poe’s ship. He sits motionless for no more than ten seconds then reluctantly resumes his southbound track.