The Force's Secret - A Reylo Fan Fiction

A Beacon Of Hope

Author's Note: Hello everyone and welcome to my new Reylo fan fiction! A bit of a warning, it's not 100% Reylo, but it plays into the story. As it goes on you will see why. I hope you love this story all the same. ENJOY!!! ♡

*artwork used does not belong to me*

It had been a long five years since the fateful day Rey had left Jakku behind. Well, five years, six months, three days to be exact. She was always good with keeping track of time. Though instead of tallying days gone by on the walls of her room, she now logged the days in a journal of parchment.

She hastily scratched a number in the upper corner of the notebook with a piece of charcoal. She smoothed the page with a hand and sighed. One of the drawbacks of being so good with keeping count was that she knew exactly when the anniversaries of certain events would come about. Both the good and the bad. Today, for example, was a bad day.

Rey slammed the notebook shut and set it back down on the wooden desk in her room. Children's laughter echoed outside in the hall and several pairs of feet ran by. She looked at the chronometer on her bedside table. She needed to get going or she'd be late.

'All for the better.' She thought to herself as she stood up from her desk chair. A busy day would be just the thing to get her mind off of... Well, she wasn't going to think about it anymore. Nope. Not today.

She opened the door and another two children raced by.

"Morning Miss Rey!" They called, waving back at her as they ran down the hall.

"Slow down!" She yelled after them The children just laughed.

Rey made her way down the dim hallway of the Resistance bunker towards the cafeteria. The clattering of plates and utensils echoed as she reached her destination.

The cafeteria was filled many of the people and species who called the Resistance base their home. Some were in uniform. Others in normal clothes. She received nods of acknowledgment from various familiar faces as she made her way towards a table where a raucous group of children were seated.

"Good morning padawans." She said to the children at the table.

"Good morning Miss Rey." The table replied in unison. She ruffled the heads of some of the children and they playfully swatted her hand away in return.

"What have I said about running in the halls?" She reminded the children.

"Sorry Miss Rey." half the table answered. The other half just laughed at the others.

"See you in lessons." She told them with a smile.

A chorus of 'yes ma'am' and 'yes Miss Rey' was issued as she made her way to grab breakfast.

She sat down not far from the padawans and was soon joined by an older woman with gray tinged blonde hair.

"Good morning Rey." The woman said to Rey. Rey smiled as the woman took a seat at her table.

"Good morning Moira." Rey replied. Moira smiled back, tilting her head ever so slightly at her.

"Are you all right this morning?" Moira asked. "You look tired. Did you not sleep well?"

Rey smiled again and breathed a soft laugh.

"Nothing gets past you, does it Moira?" She asked.

"I pride myself with knowing how to read people. Just one of the many perks of having the Force I suppose." Moira replied.