Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 64

Amar went through the portal with ease, both of her hands tugging the little ones that grasped hers tightly. Amar closed her eyes as she went through and felt out with the force, she was taking a major risk, she was relying solely on the force for guidance to bring Ben back to her and her Daughters.

Amar knew she had gone through the portal, she didn't open her eyes just yet. She kept them closed and felt Tana and Iris's hands still in hers. The air around her was cold, but not uncomfortable. Amar could hear absolutely nothing, but everything at the same time. There were whispers surrounding them, but nothing she could make out. Amar finally opened her eyes and was fully consumed with the vast black that surrounded her and her Daughters.

As she looked down it was like Amar was walking on glass, it reflected the black atmosphere back up at them. Amar looked down at Tana and Iris to find them with the most serious of looks adorned on their faces. The force was strong in this portal, it connected them all together and to everything.

Amar knew in an instant, that her Father Ezra and Rey had joined them through the frosted mirror. Amar didn't hear their presence, rather felt them in the force. What was a vast blackness, turned into what looked like space, but instead of stars, there were white guiding lines. There were many pathway to take it seemed, leading to different points in time and space. Amar was puzzled, how was she going to know which portal to walk up to ,that would lead her to Ben? Amar assumed by going into that doorway, Ben would be waiting here for her or at least take her to the time and place he was last alive.

Amar turned around to her Father, still holding the twins hands tightly.

"What do we do now, Father?" Amar asked Ezra but her voice came across in an echo as it reverberated throughout the WBW.

"We must find the right time and place. We will walk up to a portal and it will play for us. If it is the right one, then we must act fast." Ezra replied as he motioned for Amar to guide them to a portal to start.

Rey came up to Amar and nodded in reassurance that they are all in this together. Amar walked down the glassy ramp to a hexagon shape at the end, that was lined with the white guide lines. Amar and the twins stood in front of the shape as it started to materialize a scene in front of them.

The image remained dark, but had a crimson haze throughout the scenery. It appeared to be on some kind of ship or battle station? First Order, by the looks of it. Rey stepped towards the image before her.

"I've seen this before, I've been here. This is Starkiller base." Rey claimed in a way that was only a mere whisper.

Amar became enthralled, she knew what became of that base. Amar and Rey looked at each other like they knew what was going to show before them. In an instant, the image was that of a bridge that held two figures. One a man that was aging with grey hair and the other was that of a recognizable black cladded figure. Rey knew exactly what this was, she had witnessed it first hand. Amar could feel the grief instantly from Rey and figured it out, this was one of the most painful moments Ben had gone through.

If Amar could pull Ben out before this moment happened, what would that mean? Could Amar save Ben from killing his own Father? Amar wanted to save Ben, but if she could also save him from one of the biggest regrets he had, why wouldn't she try?

Amar stepped closer to the portal and reached out her hand.

"Wait!" Ezra grabbed Amar's hand as he shouted at her.

Amar turned around with shock on her face.

"You cannot control all of the future like that, if you were to pull Ben that far back, you would most likely change majority of the future. It would be messy, we should look for a different doorway." Ezra explained to Amar and Rey.

Rey looked to Amar and they seemed to have a silent conversation within their heads. They understood that if they could change Han's death they would, but Ezra was right. Changing events that far back could gravely upset the force. Before the devastated fate displayed before them, Amar pulled her Daughters to the next doorway. One day, she would let Ben fully explain what had happened, but now she was going to protect them from seeing their Father do such an act.

Down another long glassy walkway, there was a round shaped portal. The five of them stood in front and waited for the scene to materialize. Lightning scattered the scene, it was hard to see the surroundings, but when the lightning struck you could see soaring structures.

"Exegol."

Both Rey and Amar said in unison. This was it, this was the time and place they could pull Ben from. This was the last place Ben had been and never left. They all stepped a little closer to get a better look at the portal. In the portal, Rey appeared to be on the ground laying on her back. You could barely make out the words she was repeating over and over again, but they were there.

Amar looked to Rey standing besides her.

"I called the Jedi before me. They gave me the strength to defeat Palpatine." Rey said to Amar without actually looking at her. Time stopped in the portal, almost like it was giving them a chance to catch up and figure out their plan.

Amar knew she needed to go into this time and do what she needed to do in order to save Ben. She had zero idea what to expect, let alone how she would appear in this time. Would it be like Amar plopped in at that time zone or would they even be able to see her? Amar had no idea, but it didn't matter, she needed to go through.

Amar with Tana and Iris's hands still her own went through the doorway. It felt just like going through a normal door, nothing special or significant. Amar looked to find Rey laying still in that same position on the ground looking up to the sky above her. She could finally make out what she was saying.

"Be with me. Be with me. Be with me."

Rey chanted that over and over, waiting for the fallen Jedi to give her the strength to continue.

Amar felt Rey and her Father come through the doorway to join them in this time. They were not the only ones to join them though, as Amar looked around, blue hued ghost started to appear before her. Amar had never seen majority of the ones before her, but that didn't matter. Amar could feel through the force the connection to all of these beings, they were there to help Rey.

Amar could also feel a familiar connection, but only faint. Ben was here, she just didn't know where. Had he arrived after this? Amar didn't know the exact timeline of the events, but she knew that Rey was the one that defeated their Grandfather. Amar knew she needed to still make sure that those events followed through.

Amar turned to Rey on the ground, she knelt down beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder. That Rey did not flinch, making Amar believe that she was not visible to the people of this time. Amar closed her eyes and felt out through the force to give this Rey the power to fill her soul. Amar could feel the surrounding beings do the exact same thing and fulfilling Rey with every ounce of power left from the Jedi.

Rey rose from the ground once she had the strength to do so, she held up Luke's lightsaber as Palpatine coursed his lightning at her. The kickback from his power was strong, but Rey was stronger. Rey reached out behind her and Leia's lightsaber flew up to her hand from the ground and Rey ignited it and brought it up to connect with the other and the lightning. The pulse from the extra force pushed the lightning back at Palpatine, causing it to electrocute himself. Rey had found a way to defeat Palpatine with what seemed like by herself, but if only she had known how many people were standing by her side. All of the past Jedi surrounded her as they watched her finally take down the remaining Sith.

The blue hued figures instantly disappeared after that as Rey watched Exegol come crashing down around her. Amar could see that Rey lost all her strength and fell to the ground. Amar rushed to look over her figure, all the force she had used to defeat Palpatine caused her to fully deplete. Rey was dead.

Amar knew this was what happened, but seeing it play out was a different story. The sacrifice was real and Amar knew now why Ben had made his decision in saving her. That familiar tugging in her heart went off. Amar looked over in the distance to the fallen ruble, that familiar structure of the man she loved and raven hair was limping his way to the fallen body of Rey. Tears pricked Amar's eyes, there he was, a changed man, a redeemed man, Ben Solo.