"The disturbance in the Force," Luke says to his sister. "Now I know what it is."
"The child?" Leia asks.
"Think about it, Leia. Snoke's got a veritable—he thinks this child is the answer to his problems with continually training Force users, only to have them disappoint or wear out their use. If he takes the child and raises him, or her—the child will have the blood of Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, Leia Organa, Han Solo... Snoke was obsessed with Ben because of his heritage. Think how obsessed he must be with this child."
It's like Ben all over again, Leia thinks. When she was pregnant, she knew. She knew Snoke was after Ben, and for all her attempts to protect him, she failed.
"The child's even more perfect than Ben was," Luke whispers. "The bloodline... Snoke wants to create a grey Jedi, Leia. Because he still thinks they can exist. He doesn't understand that the Dark Side refuses to coexist with the Light. The Light can acknowledge the Dark, but can't work with it."
So the child is destined to fail, too, Leia realizes.
No. She will not let it happen. Not to her grandchild. She's seen the suffering wrought upon her son, and it's too much.
"I spoke to many ghosts in the temple," Luke confesses. "All of whom told me what they could, which is limited. They prefer to let me figure things out."
"Well, that's worked well," Leia says sarcastically.
"Yes, but they did reveal that Snoke is obsessed with mastering the Force. Conquering it. He himself is so consumed by the Dark Side that he's weakened. He needed Ben, until he found out Rey existed. I suspect his whole plan was to pit them against each other and see which one was stronger, but when he realized Rey helped guide Ben back to the Light, he realized it was her and wanted her... but I don't know why he wanted Ben back, then."
"To kill him," Leia supplies. "Snoke doesn't want his trainee living free."
Luke nods. "My guess is he plans to use Rey until the child is old enough to be powerful on their own..."
He'll probably have the child kill Rey, Leia thinks in disgust.
No. Maz will help them find Rey. And Leia's grandchild.
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•LEGACY - A Reylo Story•
Fanfiction*WRITTEN PRE-TROS, POST TLJ* When a ship crashes near the Resistance base, Finn and Poe are shocked to discover Kylo Ren. What does he want? And where is Rey? And as for Kylo, he must decide how much he can trust them with what he knows about Snoke...
