An: howdy hey my friends this is my third in progress reylo fic! and its allll about plot ... with some fluff to make your teeth ache! I also am looking for a beta! so if any poor soul would do that for me it'd be great :D

Heat brushes her skin as she sleeps. The night outside is muggy and painted a dark blue . Rey is in her at-at tucked away inside the bowels of the old armored transport, her eyes flutter with tiny motions of sleep. Sleep is precious to her. It comes rarely and is gone almost as quick as it came. Tonight it's the same old dream, an island and all around it a glittering, churning ocean, it calls to her, it always does. Even in her dreams she can sense the immense power on this little dot of land. Its tangible in the sense she can feel it coating everything, like a thin layer of some strong stretchy fabric that moves alongside everything, mirroring its exact movements but also not letting anything get to out of hand.


"Look how old you've become" Kylo ren announces, looking at the dilapidated war hero with masked disgust.

"Something far worse has happened to you." Lor replies , testing him. He is remembering the dead boy, Ben. The one who no longer existed. There is only Ren now. A tang of impatience settles itself upon the knights tongue before he responds./p

"You know what I came for." He says, the demand unspoken but clear in his tone. Out of the corner of his eye he spots one of his troopers with a caked handprint across his helmet. He could sense the wariness rolling off of him in waves but ignored it as the old man spoke./p

" I know where you come from. Before you called yourself 'Kylo ren'."

Scoffing down a snarl he continues his conquest. Unyielding to the dead boys name. It was not his after all. There was not another person before he became Kylo ren. Without further thought in mind he sends out the harsh demand to the foolish old man

" The map to Skywalker. We know you've found it, and now you're going to give it to the first order"

"He said, the unnecessary respirator clipped his words for him , making them harsh and sharp. Just then a face from hi- no not his youth, a face from Ben's youth appears. Poe dameron. Interesting enough to find him here on this waste of a planet but for now Ren is not finished with Lor./p

"The first order arose from the darkside. You did not" Using a portion of his will Ren forced himself not to strangle the old man right then. Instead , under a thick voice he warned./p

""I'll show you the darkside"

" You may try, but you cannot deny the truth that is your family." Lor says. A dead mans words spoken from the corpses mouth. Ren shifts his finger over the ignition on his saber before the deadly red beam scores through the darkness. "You're so right." He says, delivering the message with a plunge through the old fools chest. So right indeed./p

"Then bolts are being fired at him. Poe. He stops them with a quick thought and immobilizes the young pilot with blaster in hand. With hushed orders to one of his subordinates Poe is taken aboard the ship


After her dream plays out Rey is left with hours of rem. Thick waves of energy pile off of her during her sleep. Miasmic fingers stroke the scorched sands of Jakku. They touch the greasy metal that she sleeps among , they observe the sleeping species's rolling along the sand. They reach the seeking mind of Kylo ren who at the moment is not far from Nimma outpost.


Buzzes of adrenaline still hang , thick in the mans mind. The kill always exhilarates but never pleases him. Unnecessary death was not what the first order aimed for but sometimes he was just pushed towards it , an unfortunate loss of life on his part. Soon the smell of burnt ozone cleared out of his respirator only to replaced with something curious. The breeze wavered as if it could tell the realization he was coming about and was trying to hide her presence from him. Another force- sensitive was not far from here, he could taste the power . It was cold and metallic like a greasy coin .. or that was just how he perceived it.

"The forces tendrils directed him to her, a beacon that another force sensitive (almost his equal) is sleeping among the sand , visions of an island dancing in her thoughts. A potential apprentice to share his knowledge with. An opportunity not to be quite alone in his dark, dark reverie. A friend.

"He could not waste this chance.

Murmuring something to phasma he began to push forward, following the force and letting it guide him to her. In his mind the signature felt feminine and lonely. So very lonely. Her isolation mingled with his own emotional exile in a feeling that only drew him to her more./p

It was so kriffing hot on this damned planet. The thought stayed with him letting him tell himself the obvious until he was forced by circumstance to shed his helmet which he now clung to in a death grip by his side. Also removed now were the thick scarf and robe. That was all he allowed, weakness could only push him so far to relive himself.

It seemed like years before he reached the old armored transport vehicle. It was the source of the pooling amount force on this forsaken planet. Tentatively he marched towards the giant decrepit skeleton, sending feelers out for life. Only one soul was there. His apprentice. Disregarding formality due to the fact she was asleep , he began poking around the metal hull. What his eyes saw next surprised him. And that didnt happen often.

"What confused him was the sheer smallness of the frame before him. Rey, the girl (he picked out her name roaming among her thoughts) was extremely malnourished. And on top of that almost stark -kriffing-naked . But he couldnt say he blamed her , it wasnt her fault this damned planet could serve as an oven.

He wasnt going to waste this oppurtunity with formalities . Ever so gently he scooped her up. Kriff he loathed physical contact from strangers. The girls weight was nothing . But what he could feel by his grip on her calves the gir- Rey was all muscle. Lean and sinewy like a sloth-rabbit but he suspected she wasnt as idle. Nonetheless it was doing no good for her to be here so he began the trek back to the finalizers docking port.

During the walk back he picked at the girls brain. She was a scavenger, a typical position for those lucky enough to be caught on this dry planet. She was lonely. But he already knew that. What he wanted to know is how in the hell this tiny thing held the amassed power he knew her to have. Oh how Ren couldnt wait to have a conversation with her.

After arriving at the port he caught strange glances from some unimportant people. Kriff. The helmet he hadn't thought to put it back on. His hair hung around his face freely wisps of it drew into his eyes as he glared and returned the helmet to its proper place. This girl was already beginning to distract him too much and she hadnt even awoken.


Rey dreaming stopped abrubtly as she tried to squirm but in turn rolled herself onto the floor , shocking herself awake. With curious eyes , she glanced around and found herself face to face with an obsidian skull. No. Not a skull, a mask? It didnt matter, she jumped up into a defensive position , prepared to fight if need be. Her preparations were met by an amused sort of chuckle and the click of the mask taken off of its wearer. She felt her eyes widen as she took in the face before her. Two dark eyes peered into her hazels with an abundance of curiosity.

"You're awake" He announced, clearly pleased.

"you need not worry, rey. I'm not going to hurt you" The deep baritone said , dark eyes sparkling with amusement. She relaxed her pose but kept her arms out reached. "Who are you ?" She croaked, her voice still ladden with sleep induced scratchiness. "How do you know my name?" She said. All the while a mental interrogation of this man was going on in her mind. Her powers. He could have captured her for her powers. (Rey was almost certain nobody else could move things with their mind so she assumed she was given powers)

"Im Kylo Ren, leader of the knights of ren" He rumbles."your new teacher".

"teacher?" She mouths before a pulse of energy knocks her kriffing lights out.

He does nothing but looks at rey for the next thirty or so minutes. He does not want to do anything else. He put her into a deep force sleep because he sensed something so unusual taking nest in his mind and wanted to test out his theories.

"Rey" He called out into the presumed bond.

"nhhmmm" Came her disgruntled response.

"Im sorry I did that . I had to… try something out. Are you okay?"

She doesnt answer. Although he searches her mind and finds her to be uninjured.

"Look, I know this is all confusing and such but you have a great power." He rambles, not sure how much about the force she knows but presuming it to me a small amount he continues cautiously. "I , and few others share that power. However I dont think you know that much about it, scavenger. Long story short, I want to teach you. Will you allow me?"

"He said and braced himself for her response.

" Y-you know about my powers?" She says , tripping over her words but using a loud and sure tone.

" Yes, Rey . I know and I want to teach you how to use them" He said , trying to use some swagger to persuade her.

"will you allow me to do that?" He asked.

Moments went by before her silent agreement came.

"What of my home" She asked , worry evident in her voice.


""You'll aboard the ship with me" The man, kylo said. This was not going to work out with her. She couldnt leave, they could be back at any minute! She prepared to withdraw her agreement, as much as she wanted to know about why she could do these things she couldnt exactly stay onboard with this scary "Ren" . Not while her parents could be on their way right now to get her. She couldnt risk it.

"No. I cant" She said bracing herself for a sure explosion of temper that she had the mind to know he had.

"We'll see about that" The cryptic reply came. Something akin to sadness in his voice. This was getting more and more confusing by the moment.

"I SAID NO" She shouted through this strange. creepy and scary bond he had forged.

""I DONT KNOW WHY YOU ARE IN MY MIND I WANT YOU TO GET OUT!" she yelled, now scared at the prospect of him taking her away from her home.

"Rey, listen" He started , trying to diffuse the sitiuation. " you will be able to visit jakku at times . Whoever you are waiting for will be notified you are with me"

"And who exactly are you?!" She said with resignation hanging in her voice.

"I . I am Kylo Ren. Now will you let me teach you or not" She noticed he wasnt really offering her a choice, so for now , for her safety she said

"Okay"

He clearly was pleased with her answer because she felt herself slipping once again into a deep sleep. And with her sleep she dreamt of an ocean.