Chapter 4

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by LadyArwenEvenStar

by LadyArwenEvenStar

Rey pulled Ben away from the village, with Luke following closely behind. She led them to her home, a fallen AT-AT.

Sand began to blow as she lead Luke and Ben into the AT-AT that served as her home. Ben was so tall that he had to stoop to enter.

Ben and Luke looked around at her simple home. They could see the simple homemade furniture. Ben smiled as he noticed the dried flowers on the small table.

"I want to show you something," Rey told Ben. She took his hand and pulled him to the other end of the room. She took a pilot doll that she had made from a shelf and handed it to Ben. "This is my toy pilot," she said.

"Did you make this?" Ben asked, impressed.

She nodded. "I'm a pilot."

"You are?" he asked surprised.

She nodded. "I can fly almost anything."

"So can I," Ben replied.

Rey smiled. "Stay here."

Ben nodded as she went to get something.

She came back with a helmet from the rebellion. "This is my helmet," she said, handing it to Ben.

Ben looked at the helmet, it was old and scuffed, but he could see the rebellion symbol on the top of helmet clearly. Then he noticed some words written on the side. He turned the helmet to read it. He could see the word "Ræh" written clearly.

"Ræh?" he asked pointing to the letters on the helmet.

She smiled. "That's where I got my name from."

"Rey is a beautiful name," said Ben.

She nodded. "I like it," she said. Then she put the helmet on.

"Now you look like pilot," Ben said smiling.

"One day I'm going to fly away from here and visit other planets," she said.

Ben glanced at his uncle. "I know you will," he said looking into her eyes. "I promise." Then he looked behind her to see a wall with lines etched on it. "What's that?" he asked, pointing it out.

Rey looked back at the wall.

Ben stood and walked over to the wall examining the lines etched there.

"Those are all of the days I've spent alone, since my parents left me," she explained.

"You're not going to be alone anymore, Rey, I promise," he said.

"Thank you." Rey answered.