A New Force

Chapter IV: A Walk Down Memory Lane

A/N: Peep the new cover... again ;)

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Rey awoke to a knock on her door.  She had slept more deeply that night, knowing for certain that the other half of her dyad connection was safe.

"Rey, did you change the coordinates?" It was Poe.

"Yes, last night."

She shook the sleep off, heading to her closet to exchange her sleeping attire for her regular garb.  Rey left her hair down, not bothering with pulling it back this time.  Stepping out of her bed chambers, Poe met her eyes with confusion.

"Where are we?"  He followed her to the cockpit, where the rest of the crew was.  She wasn't keen on sleeping in, but she felt incredibly rested.

"I... I'm not entirely sure." 

"What do you mean you're not sure?" Finn asked quizzically from the co-pilot's chair.  Chewie echoed his confusion from the pilot's seat. 

Rey could feel her face turning red, as though she was about to expose a secret.  "Ben... he was here last night."  Like it was planned, the three of them turned to look at you, and BB-8 let out a string of robotic noises.

"I told you, our Force bond is strong.  Somehow, he was able to find me.  He re-directed the course to where he believes we can find the next step to where he is." 

Poe groaned, "Oh great, so we have to trust your cosmic boyfriend that he didn't lead us into a trap!"

Rey sputtered at Poe's description of Ben, and Finn noticed your nervous reaction.  Throwing himself into a seat like a grumpy teenager, Poe said, "Look, if you're trusting him, then I have to trust him.  But if we all end up getting our heads blown off, that's on you." 

With a short laugh, she nodded.  "That's fair.  I do trust him.  Chewie, initiate landing." 

Once the Falcon touched down, she could feel her nerves spike.  What if, somehow, the Ben that came to her last night was still Kylo Ren?  Maybe she had been wrong about him... and she was, in fact, leading herself and her closest friends into a trap. 

Annoyed with herself, she shook the thoughts away and continued packing her small bag.  She had to trust Ben completely, or this wouldn't work.

She met her crew at the loading doors, a confident smile on her face. 

"Guys... thank you, again." 

They all met her smile, albeit a little nervously, and Chewie let out a confident roar.  Together, they descended into this unknown world.  Rey had no idea what to expect.  What relics of Ben Solo's childhood she would find, or what imprints of Kylo Ren's birth he left behind.  Her brain racked with emotions, she stepped foot on solid ground, and took her surroundings in.

It wasn't a spectacular planet.  There was a vast forest, with a clearing up a small hill.  As far as she knew, there were no oceans or lakes.  Rey liked water.

Chewie charged ahead towards the grade, and she began to notice what he had seen first.

"What's that?"  Finn yelled to Poe, they were a few steps ahead of you and Chewie. 

Once Rey caught up to the boys, it finally came into view.  On top of the hill laid the ruins of Luke Skywalker's temple.

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Ben Solo fell from his meditation, the breath taken out of him.

He had just visited Rey in the Falcon.  She was really coming.  He had put his trust in her, and she was proving to be trusted.  A weird feeling swelled in his chest; it felt good. Warm.  Someone was coming for him.  Someone cared enough to look.