The Force's Secret - A Reylo Fan Fiction

Need You Now

Author's Note: Part 2 of 4 - quadruple update!!! Don't forget to read the next 2 parts and to comment and vote! Oh, and smut warning ;)

*inspired by 'Need You Now' by Lady Antebellum*

~ Six Months after the events of The Last Jedi ~

Rey entered her room in the Resistance bunker. She had been living here for a month. She had just gotten used to living aboard the Falcon when her world was turned upside down once again. Everyone was still slowly moving into the dorms. She supposed it had something to do with their last base being destroyed by the First Order. The Resistance was cautious, and for good reason. They didn't want a repeat of last time.

General Organa had assured everyone that this time would be different. Winding hallways and various rooms lay several hundred feet below the stately house the Senate had once occupied before transitioning to what was ultimately their final destination - the Hosnian system. The base had originally been designed as a safe house should the Senate leaders be attacked while holding court. Rey had to admit the thick steel and concrete walls of the bunker seemed safe, but whether they would continue to be safe here remained to be seen.

Outside, a grassy hill disguised the hangar entrance. Beyond the hangar, a series of plots were marked with metal stakes, indicating where gardens would be planted to supply the Resistance with a variety of foods. Of course, several carefully calculated trips to nearby trade planets would still be in order to stock up on seeds, tools, food, clothing, and ammunition. Everything one would need to supply a small army.

Rey sat down at the desk that furnished her room. It was a modest room. An oil lamp sat on the desk. There was a bedside table with a drawer that harbored the still shattered pieces of her lightsaber. A bed. A wardrobe. The basics, really.

She pulled a leather bound notebook of parchment across the desk top towards her. She reached into a tin mug that sat next to the lamp and pulled out a piece of charcoal. She paused as she mulled over what she wanted to log in her journal for that day.

Tonight, she had plenty to write about. Out of the blue, an older woman had appeared at the house today. The Resistance, being on high alert, had taken the woman to meet with the General. It wasn't until Rey was called to meet with General as well that Rey found out why the woman was here.

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"You wanted to see me?" Rey asked General Organa as she poked her head inside her office.

"Please Rey, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Leia?" Leia said with a smile, welcoming her into the office. Rey went red.

"Sit down Rey." Leia said to her, indicating a faded purple armchair. Leia sat in an identical chair across from her.

"Rey. The woman who arrived today came to see you." Leia said, getting straight to the point.

Rey frowned, her eyes filled with concern.

"Me? But.... Why?.... How?"

Leia shook her head.

"I don't know how, but I do know why." Leia reached over and took her by the hand.

"She has come seeking your guidance with the Force."

Rey looked confused.

"Guidance?"

"Yes Rey. This woman, she too has the Force."

Rey looked doubtfully at the General.

"Are you sure?" Rey asked Leia. Leia lightly laughed.