Complete 11/13/2019
Post TLJ - Rey is now part of the Resistance and Kylo Ren is the Supreme Leader of the First Order. Will their paths cross anew? Will the Force once again be able to unite these two beings for whom everything seems opposed?
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16 days after the Battle of Crait-Base Rebel of Arbra:
Rey was finishing packing her stuff. They were scheduled to depart for Hoth in one hour. She let out a sigh of disappointment as she thought about her friends and their mission on Endor's moon. She would have liked to meet Leman Drill to ask him all the questions that had been bothering her since she'd left Jakku. Her father's brooch was resting on her bookshelf by the bed, and Maz's words went back and forth in her head.
This emblem belonged to the Naboo Royal Council.
Ever since her conversation with the small, orange-skinned woman, Rey's mind had been turning at full speed, thinking about different scenarios. Were her parents really from Naboo? Were they part of the aristocracy, or even of the nobility? No, it was stupid ... The most likely explanation was the one she gave Maz that day: her parents had found that object while rummaging through the wreckage of a crashed ship somewhere. In the time of the Empire, many battles had taken place between Imperial Forces and the Naboo. Or maybe her parents had simply stolen it? Ridiculous: Naboo high dignitaries were always escorted by a slew of armed guards, even in the seediest spaceports in the galaxy. Perhaps a bet? A payment in exchange for spare parts? Here again, she couldn't imagine a Naboo aristocrat compromising himself with a couple of scavengers and trading a splendid royal jewel for some pieces of durasteel. The more time passed, the more curiosity devoured her, and her assumptions became increasingly far-fetched.
Shortly after her return from Jakku, before revealing the truth to Finn, Rey had consulted Resistance databases looking for all available information on the various governments that had followed one another in the city of Theed for the past hundred standard years. She had learned that cohabitation between the Naboo and Gungan people had been complicated at first. Some colonized the surface while the others built bubble cities beneath the surface of Lake Paongah.
Many of the archives contained illustrations showing the broad cobblestone streets, domes, columns, flowered balconies, statues and canals crisscrossing the capital city of Theed. The palace was built on the edge of majestic waterfalls. It was the seat of the Royal Council, composed of a sovereign elected by the people, a governor and a cabinet of six members. At each transfer of power, the entire Council was renewed.
Rey had compiled hundreds of files, memorized dates, scanned dozens of family trees, and observed dozens of photos in detail. She had gone back in time and discovered the destiny of these extraordinary women who had ruled the planet for centuries: Sosha Soruna, Neeyutnée, Jamillia... And in each picture where the queens posed with their family members, Rey had noticed that even their parents wore royal insignia.
Another lead to pursue ...
Among all the queens she'd discovered, the one that caught her attention was Padmé Amidala, the youngest daughter of a modest Naboo family, and wife of Anakin Skywalker. Rey had been fascinated by the story of this young woman, beloved by her people, gone tragically all too soon. Anakin had fallen to the Dark Side and killed his pregnant wife. The babies, Luke and Leia, had been saved but were separated at birth.
