Star Wars: A dyad in the Force 「A Reylo FanFiction」

Act 78: EPILOGUE::The Twins Kira and Zen

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Warning: Major Spoilers of TRoS.

Note: This is a Reylo FanFiction (slow-burn)

「EPILOGUE」

「Act 78: The Twins Kira and Zen」

Tatooine, 38 ABY

The Falcon touched down on an empty desert plain. The twin suns of Tatooine had yet to show their faces, but early-morning light washed the land in pink and white. Rey and Ben descended the ramp and squinted against the reflected brightness. It's been a week after their wedding, and they finally had reached their destination: Tatooine.

Tatooine was a sparsely inhabited circumbinary desert planet located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. It had been the homeworld of Anakin and Luke Skywalker, who would go on to shape galactic history. Part of a binary star system, the planet was oppressed by scorching suns, resulting in the world lacking the necessary surface water to sustain large populations.

Long ago, Tatooine was covered in oceans and rainforests, but it became a hot desert world for unknown reasons. Rey would love the green, but she could withstand the sand. She grew up in Jakku, and the desert, honestly, didn't scare her. On the other hand, Ben only lived for a year in Jakku; he hated sand. But he didn't complain, he would start a new life now with Rey, and a family, and even if it were on a lava planet, he would accept the challenge.

Tatooine orbited twin suns, Tatoo I and Tatoo II. The whole planet was covered in harsh deserts, and only a small part of its northern hemisphere could sustain intelligent life. The place was so stark, the ground so bleached, it was almost like the salt flats of Hiila Basin back on Jakku. Rey stepped forward, toward a domed adobe building jutting from the sand.

Only Ben accompanied her.

Their friends had offered to come with them, but Poe had insisted they stay behind. He understood that they needed to do this alone. They carried four lightsabers with them, Their own, of which two were hooked to their belt and the other two in Rey's haversack. They found the building, forgotten into time and sand, where Luke grew up; it was there where their new adventure would begin.

The project was already set, and the new academy would be built; it would take them years, but they had all the time they needed. Their friends would always be there to aid them, as now a new era was beginning, and with it, the past could find rest. The adobe building had an arched doorway, but years of wind and sand had half-buried it. There'd be no accessing the Lars homestead that way.

At her feet lay a tower panel from one of the fallen evaporators, slightly curved, large enough for one person to sit. She yanked it aside, turned it around, and aimed. Ben watched her as she sat with ease against the panel, pushed off, and Ben followed her. Tatooine was linked with his family's history, not a pleasant past, but a record nonetheless.

So many memories here. Ben, as well as her, could feel the -yearning, loss, worry, desperation, love- and not just Luke's. Two generations of Skywalkers had visited this place. And now the third was brought in the same place, what an irony. It was more overwhelming; he knew Luke's and Anakin's connection with the site, his grandfather, and uncle, and now he.

She wandered around for a few more minutes and discovered what used to be a speeder garage. Other rooms remained inaccessible to them, their entrances buried in drifts. Rey stood in the center for a while, taking it all in. Ben remained next to her, gazing at the open desert in front of them. Maybe this place, after all, seemed fair enough to live and raise a family.