Chapter 1
Rey was getting ready for the meet. She had been preparing for this moment for months and months. This was the gymnastics meet that would decide whether or not she would make it onto the World Team. Rey was hoping for her highest scores on vault, which would seal her fate. Her floor and beam were solid and she always struggled on bars. Every gymnast had a weak event and a strong event. For Rey, her strongest even was always floor. She moved with grace and danced like an angel. Her tumbling was powerful and solid, just like she was. She entered a new universe once her music started playing. She always scored her highest on floor. It was the event that got her into gymnastics in the first place.
Rey was incredibly nervous for this meet. She knew she had to do well in order for her dreams to come true. Rey had been an orphan as a child and was bounced around from foster home to foster home. The only real home she'd ever had was her gym. Her coach, Luke, was the closest thing she had ever had to parents. Her teammates were the closest thing she'd ever had to family. Specifically, her counterpart on the men's team, Finn. He was her closest friend. Finn and his boyfriend Poe were the only two people who truly knew and understood Rey. She didn't know where she would be with them, or Luke, or the gym, The Resistance Training Center, or the RTC.
"Rey, are you ready?" she could hear Luke asking from behind her.
Rey took a deep breath and turned and smiled at Luke, "Yes. I think. I know. I'm ready," she said as confidently as she could. She would be competing alongside her 2 other teammates today, Rose and Phasma (who always tried to beat Rey). Rose and Rey had a good relationship. They always cheered each other on and tried to encourage one another. Phasma was all about herself. She didn't care how Rose or Rey did, as long as she did better.
Rey, Rose, Phasma, and Luke walked into the facility and onto the floor, trying to take it all in. Rey looked around. No matter how many times she did this, it always took her breath away. She couldn't believe she was standing here. The three women took the floor and started their warm up routine. Rey always had her eye on everything. She noticed the crowd getting bigger and bigger, she noticed the judges walking in, she noticed the other competitors coming in. Then she saw him, Kylo Ren, the toughest judge on the circuit. She groaned audibly.
"What's up," Rose asked her, hearing her noise.
"It's him," Rey replied, nodding over the where Ren entered.
"Oh no," Rose agreed. Phasma only smiled, knowing they Kylo Ren didn't like Rey or Rose.
"Oh good," said Phasma under her breath.
This was a 3 day competition. Today was only day one. Today all three girls would compete on each event. They would try to qualify for as many event finals as they could on Day 2. On Day 3, the top 5 competitors from Day 1 would compete in an All Around for the 3 spots open on the World Team. Rey was hoping to qualify for 3 events in finals (everything but bars) and the All Around competition.
"WARM UP IS OVER, GYMNASTS, PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR FIRST EVENT," the voice over the intercom announced.