[ STARDUST: REY&REN ]
The Resistance had managed to mount a desperate escape from The Battle of Crait a year ago, with the help of the jedi apprentice Rey and managed to hide beneath the endless forests of a jungle moon of Ajan Kloss. They're the last spark left to light the fire of freedom across the galaxy and General Leia Organa is determined not to give up on her fight against The Order, for Han, for Luke and for Ben Solo.
Rey's hopes of turning Ben to the light is far from relinquished but she is well aware the death of Snoke will cause her aim to be harder to achieve. Because now, Ben isn't the lost boy torn between the light and darkness, who she had bonded with on Ahch-To but someone who had fully internalised the darkness within him, her enemy himself, The Supreme Leader of The First Order, Master of The Knights of Ren, Kylo Ren.
Only the action of sitting on a throne alone is worth sacrificing a life time for some people, General Hux would proudly accept the fact that he is inneed one of those people. Not fully believing the story Ren had told of Snoke's death is the truth, Hux is ready to do everything he can do to adaunt The Knights of Ren and their revenant master alongside the rest of The First Order. Maybe this internal war within The First Order shall give The Resistance, the advantage, the miracle they longingly need.
"Here we are, right back at the start," He spoke through the force, "It seems like the force ironically tries to remind me how the history repeats itself." He had no clue what he was expecting to see when he finally picked his glaze up to look at her but her reaction definietly wasn't it. She didn't look at him with hatred yet there wasn't the compassion her eyes beared as usual either, she was suprisingly and honestly irritatingly calm.
"You are the one who took a step forward and decided to take ten back," Rey stated, "But some things never go back to the starting point."
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❝He didn't say anything, just stared. A malicious glint came to his eyes. "Rey, I did not think you could be this foolish. I am years older than you, physically and mentally. How could I ever fall for a Jedi? I am stronger that that." This was what he reiterated in his head every day, every second he thought about her. But she was right indeed. He did like her. It seemed like an understatement almost. He needed her. Every second that Rey wasn't with him felt like torture. He couldn't let her know that. He also desperately clung to the darkness. His darkness was what fueled him and what kept him going. He couldn't possibly give that up.
The girl was a conundrum.
"Liar," Rey whispered. She crossed the distance between them. Now, they were only a few inches apart, separated by the bars of the cell.
"You're right," he smiled. Yet again, it didn't reach his eyes. Rey was right. He could barely stand to be someone he wasn't. But his past called for him. "I am a liar. A manipulative beast." He reached out and tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear. "You would do well to stay away."
She stepped back. She had felt a jolt of something when he touched her. Like she was being set on fire, but she loved it.
"St- Stay away from me," she stuttered. Never in her life had she been terrified of herself this much.
He frowned. "You don't like this, little padawan?"
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