When Light Meets Dark - A Reylo Romance

The Throne Room

 " It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both".

~ Niccolo Machiavelli

Kylo

I stormed through the corridors, sensing the fear of every stormtrooper that I passed. I could feel my cloak dragging on the polished floors and the heaviness of my mask as is it rested on my neck guard.

I approached Snoke's throne room and paused at the doors, ignoring the two guards on duty. Why did he want me? Perhaps he had heard news about the Resistance. Perhaps he was finally ready to make a move and crush their feeble efforts once and for all. I was ready.

The doors opened and I stepped into a place I had seen far too often in my nightmares. Was I afraid of Snoke? No. I was afraid that one day he would find me lacking and dismiss me from the first Order. I was afraid I'd lose my place in history, and live as meaningless a life as my father had. My father.

"My apprentice." Snoke's words slipped off his tongue like poison. "It is time."

"We have located the rebels?" I asked expectantly, as I bowed. He must've already spoken to Hux.

"No. That is not why I summoned you." he answered, giving me no clue as to what he was going to say next. "I feel something...a presence in the Force."

"I feel it too Supreme Leader. It is the girl". My mind went briefly back to StarKiller Base, before it had exploded. I remember the bitter cold that cut through my clothes and the red glow of my lightsaber as it collided with hers, again and again. That was a battle that should've ended quickly. She was clearly untrained and unbalanced, driven only by her anger and hatred for me. But she was strong. Strong enough to last in a fight against me, a Sith Lord. Perhaps Snoke thought she could be of help to us.

"Yes...the girl." Snoke continued, "She has a power within her unlike any I've ever seen before. And because of that, we will not kill her."

I felt myself sigh with relief. Why was I relieved? I questioned myself. Perhaps I was just thankful not to have to shed anymore blood than I already had.

I looked up at Snoke. "What would you have me do Supreme Leader?"

"I know that the two of you have a force connection, I have seen it in your thoughts." I cringed under my mask. The thought of Snoke searching the deepest recesses of my mind, seeing everything that I saw, made my skin crawl. "I want you to find her...and bring her to me. Her destiny lies with ours, on the Dark Side."

His words echoed through my mind, reminding me of things he had once told me when I became his apprentice. He talked so often of the things I was destined to achieve, The unimaginable power I could yield, but only if I gave myself up completely to the Dark Side. Killing Han had been my final task, and I had succeeded. But at what cost?

"Yes Supreme Leader." I bowed again, "I will find her."

"You must not fail me...again."

I stepped out of the throne room overflowing with so many emotions and questions. I was confused, conflicted, afraid. Would I ever fulfil this destiny that Snoke spoke of? Would I be able to control the dark powers inside me that made me do such...unspeakable things. Would I be able to find the girl and convince her to join us, join me, in my journey to do so?

I suppressed all these feelings and reminded myself of my singular task. I turned to the nearest stormtrooper patrolling the corridor.

"Prepare my ship."