Lillibet - A Star Wars story

Supreme Leader Kylo

It was late in the evening - if you could call it that. Because in space, it's always night. And the lightning that changes during the late hours is the only thing that helps your brain realize when you should go to sleep. But anyway, a full day was coming to its end. Lillibet was walking back to her room from her flying lessons, when a Stormtrooper approached her.

"Ma'am, your presence is requested in the throne room," he said and left before she could ask him why or where that was.

Her best guess for the first question was that she would meet Kylo Ren. As for the later, she had no idea. She got into an elevator and stopped at almost every level, wandered around, and then repeated the process. As she got higher on the ship, she started seeing more unmasked faces - people with uniforms that resembled the General's and not the Stormtroopers'.

After what seemed like hours of riding the elevator and searching the floors, the door opened to reveal a different scenery. It wasn't grey, or black, with tech and people. It was blood red. She couldn't understand where that intimidating color was coming from; it wasn't paint, nor a light. It really felt like blood was oozing from the walls.

That definitely was the throne room.

In the middle of it there stood something that reminded a lot more of the rest of the ship; with its charcoal grey, metallic parts. The throne. And on top of it, Kylo Ren.

When Lillibet's eyes met his, even though she had never met him before, a feeling of familiarity consumed her. Maybe her friend had shown him to her, back when she was in her own Galaxy. But she didn't pay attention, did she? Now, she was looking at his intense gaze, not knowing whether she should be scared or not.

Besides the outfit, there was nothing that made him look like the Supreme Leader. She would have imagined someone older, more direful. This was just a man. Maybe the scar that stretched across his right cheek and forehead could give some people chills of fright, but all it did to her was show her his vulnerability. His mortality. That didn't stop her from feeling uneasy though.

General Hux was standing beside him, the way he always stands. Looking at him, she realized how different it felt. No matter how tremendous he tried to appear, she was never scared of him. He looked humane. Or perhaps it was the image of him that made it so. Kylo was a powerful man on a throne. But Hux was a simple man who visited her in her room and brought her plants.

The Supreme Leader beckoned her to move closer. Lillibet started drugging her feet all the way down the aisle but stopped with a fair a distance. She didn't feel like getting closer. But Kylo seemed to not like that. His hand moved again, this time dragging her along. Her feet didn't even touch the floor. She just flew to him. And then she was dropped right in front of him. With the corner of her eye, she could she General Hux's face of trouble. He clearly didn't like the view of her being treated like that so much.

"So... This is Lillibet." His voice was deeper than expected. He stood up and extended an arm towards her.

There was nothing touching her, yet her whole head was in great pain. What was that? Just... A feeling covering her mind, trying to invade it. She wanted to resist it, but how can you resist something that you can't even see, can't even apprehend? She clenched her mouth, her eyes...her brain, if that's what it was. Just did everything she could. But it wasn't enough.

There was a new presence in her head, besides her own. It was like a thought, travelling through her memories, her ideas, her feelings. The sense on its own wasn't painful; she was just hurting herself in an attempt to keep it out. Struggling, without even knowing what. It was exhausting her. It was breaking her...

"That's enough."

Who would have thought that a General would command his own ruler like that?