Author's Disclaimers:

1) Spoilers for TFA

2) I'm really bad at commas, please forgive me

3) Just my ideas for what could/would be nice to happen after TFA. Some of the theories I employ are widely discussed and not original (and some are)

4) I'm not deeply versed in SW canon but I've tried to do thorough research where required, so please let me know if I've made any major errors. All comments are good comments!

'Is this some sort of Jedi mind trick?' Rey thought to herself, her arm aching from the weight of the lightsaber, waiting to see how Master Skywalker would react.

With each step towards to the top of the cliff she had felt her heart thumping, her head pounding, and The Force crashing through her cells like the ocean on the rocks below. Images had flashed through her mind that were both strange and familiar at the same time. She couldn't remember being a young girl practicing her Force skills with other Padawans, but somehow she knew that it was her memory. It was the same experience she had felt when Kylo Ren had first accessed her mind. Suddenly there were new things she could do that she couldn't remember learning. When had she learned to control others with her mind? Who taught her to use The Force to summon the lightsaber to her hand? She still had a million questions, but some things were starting to make sense. General Organa seemed to know, but had insisted that Rey should seek out the famed Jedi Luke Skywalker to get her answers. Rey knew The Force was strong within herself, but why would Leia send a strange teenager to recover the savior of the galaxy? Now she knew. She had been here before, many years ago, and Luke Skywalker once was her Jedi Master.

"I was wondering if I would see you again in this lifetime," he finally spoke, a slight smirk betraying his otherwise serious disposition. In an instant the saber flew from her grip and landed neatly into his hand. He examined it with the fondness of a long lost friend.

"You didn't exactly make it easy to find you," she replied strongly, unsure of what he expected from her, but not willing to let down her guard with a stranger.

"I told R2 to reveal the map only to you, and only when you were ready," he confessed. "I see you have made that difficult choice."

"I'm not even sure what choice that is," Rey admitted. "But something told me I had to return here."

"So you remember?" Luke asked, curious, but wanting her to tell it in her own voice.

"I suddenly have many memories," she said as she surveyed their surroundings, as if looking for additional clues. It was like a deja vu. Everything looked familiar, but she couldn't determine if it was because she had been here once long ago, or because The Force had shown it to her. "Some are my own, but some are not. There are still many gaps"

"The Force is communicating to you," he explained, knowing it would probably sound crazy to someone who had lived most her life thinking that The Force was just a legend. "If you are able to distinguish between Force memories and your own, you must already have great control of your mind. I'm impressed."

"I had a lot of time by myself to think," she couldn't block out the anger caused by all those years of loneliness.

"As have I," he responded calmly. Up until that moment they had both remained in their positions, squared against each other from a distance. Now the old Jedi approached to examine Rey more closely. "Would you care to show me how your training has progressed?"

"My training?!" She couldn't help but to laugh. "Fifteen years alone in a desert hell, scavenging to survive, waiting for you to return for me, but not knowing that it was you I was waiting for. Five planets annihilated, your best friend murdered by your nephew, yet the renowned Jedi Luke Skywalker would rather listen to the waves crash and worry about my training than to bring peace to the galaxy." Rey figured he'd be able to sense her feelings anyway, so she might as well just be upfront with it. The look of compassion that spread across his face caused her to instantly regret the tone she had taken.

Luke placed the lightsaber back in her hand. "We'll worry about the training another day. Today we'll just talk." He gestured towards a path that wrapped around the side of the cliff. "Will you walk with me?"

Rey forced her breathing to calm and fell into pace beside her long-lost master.