Title: White Lie
Category: Movies ยป Star Wars
Author: Ziggurat Rolsovitch
Language: English
Rating: M

A/N: I would imagine this theory has been done about a dozen or more times, but I wanted to do my own take on it. I am officially going to label this as an AU only because I am sure that the next episode will probably blow my plot ideas out of the water entirely.

Prologue:

The background noise was the only thing that kept this lack of words from becoming uncomfortable as Rey held out the famed blade towards the iconic man before her. The blade that had both committed various atrocities and also did it's part to save the galaxy. It seemed surreal, neither of them saying a word as if this were some sort of dream that she was going to wake up from at any minute. She was left standing there with enough time to wonder if their last hope was going to turn around and deny her presence. If he would turn his back on the galaxy.

His expression seemed to say so many things all at once. A mixture of shock, a tinge of horror and... further more... a spark of recognition all at once... and then his lips parted as if he were about to speak, needed to speak, but the words seemed not to come and still she continued to wait desperately for something to grasp onto and reminder her this was reality and not just a dream... and finally like an answered prayer Luke Skywalker uttered one. Single. Word.

"Rey..." The hero's voice cracked just slightly from disuse as he spoke her name. It startled her back into reality. He took a step forward and then another and finally he grabbed the lightsaber. It brought her such relief that the weight of the galaxy would be out of her hands, but... he suddenly pushed it back towards her.

"...What are you doing? I've come to get you... to bring you back..." Rey began, utterly terrified by that feeling she suddenly had, because she knew from the look in his eyes even before he spoke the words. No. She didn't want that responsibility. "You have to stop The First Order... the Republic's capital is gone."

"I know. I sensed it the moment it happened, but The Force tells me that my duty now is as my master's before me. To train you." Luke's tone was so full of conviction.

"I can't... I can't do it. It's too much. It's too big. I can't possibly do what you did. I'm not as strong as you." It was terrifying to think that she had been chosen for something she wasn't sure she could do... something she wasn't sure she wanted to do.

"The Force has chosen you and will help you. You don't need to be afraid." Luke's hands lowered and gently held hers over the lightsaber as he met her eyes. "To see you again... has given me so much hope. I had thought that you had perished all those years ago."

"See me again? What are you talking about?" Confusion pilled on top of her anxiety and fear at this newfound responsibility. "You... knew me?"

It was Luke's turn for confusion to overtake his face. His eyes searched hers carefully, but when he realized she truly did not know him he dropped his hands to his sides.

"You were one of my students, Rey..." Luke's answer was not the one she expected... not exactly the one she wanted either.

"Your student? None of that... sounds familiar... are you sure... are you sure I'm who you think I am?"

"How could I possibly forget your face? Or that warrior hairstyle, hmm?" He almost smiled, but painful memories got in the way and the faint tilt of his lips faltered and fell downwards into a frown instead.

"If it's true... can you help me remember?" Rey questioned, tightening her hands around the lightsaber as if it was the only thing grounding her to this newfound reality.

"I can, but it will take time... and you may not like what you see."

"...I... was told... that my parents wouldn't come back for me, but that... there was someone that still could... it was you?"

Luke seemed to be taking time to calculate what she was telling him, thinking it through thoroughly.

"It is possible, but I have in mind a more likely candidate." Luke then took a step back and waved a hand for her to follow along with him. "Come. We have much to discuss. I think it would be better if we discussed it somewhere more comfortable."

For a moment she was stunned, still standing rooted in place and trying to... to put the pieces together and somehow work through this confusion until she managed to snap herself out of it and quickly hurried after him as he headed towards a rocky shelter and then past a cloth covered door and inside.

There outside she hesitated. It was her big chance to find out the truth of her past and her parents. Who she really was. She wanted to know. She did, but at the same time... she wasn't all that sure she wanted to know. She was afraid to know. She was afraid of finding out these things, because she feared they might be so terrible she would be unable to live with knowing them.

Either way it went she knew that her life was never going to be the same.

Taking a deep breath she stepped inside and was met with the old master's living quarter's. A small hut that was designed in a way that would be unnoticeable so long as nobody took the time to really look at it. Of course he knew how to play it smart. He had battled the Empire for a long time. One had to be clever to rebel against such evil powers.

"Please sit and make yourself comfortable... you're my guest." Luke stated and Rey halted all but for a moment, but Luke took notice of her discomfort. "Is something wrong?"

"The last time I heard those last few words they weren't exactly from the best host." She answered and Luke nodded in understanding. "I was captured by Kylo Ren... he used those words."

"Please... do not use that name here." Luke requested and this time it was her turn to give a brief nod to say that she understood. "My nephew... do you remember him?"

"I knew him before?" She suddenly asked, astonished that she wouldn't remember such a face, but then a brief memory hit her of their fight. 'it is you'.

"Even he remembered... why am I the last to know?"

"Because someone does not want you to know. Your memories have been taken from you by someone." Luke glanced down a moment. "Did you fight with Ben?"

"Yes... he hurt my friends... and I returned the favor." She saw Luke's discomfort with her statement. "You... think he can come back like Leia does? But he's a monster... I saw what he was... what he did... to my friends... he even killed his own father."

"I believe that whoever is meant to be in your life will always gravitate back towards you, regardless of how far they've wandered." Luke knew that she did not understand, but he had watched his father come back and now that he knew Rey was still alive he was sure redemption was possible for Ben.

"You think he's meant to be in mine?" She didn't take the comment too lightly and despite her intentions it came out as a near snarl.

"Yes." He seemed entirely unphased by her tone, but he was the uncle of Kylo Ren after all so she suspected this was quite ordinary to him. "I believe it is in your blood to bridge a gap that was made long ago."

"My blood...?" She was silent then for a moment or two. So then Luke Skywalker did indeed know who they were. "Please... tell me about my parents..."

Luke nodded and thought for a moment where to begin, but just before he could Rey cried out and wrapped her arms around herself, doubling over from pain. He could sense the terror come over her.

"Rey!?" Luke grabbed her by the shoulders, trying to understand what was happening.

"I... can't... breathe..." Rey choked out. "...water... under water... like ice... can't... break out..."

"Rey! Rey, please, you must relax..." He urged, clutching her close and trying his best to comfort her and calm her down, but it seemed that this was of no help as Rey struggled harder, gasping for air until finally she went limp in his arms. "Rey?"

Luke carefully checked her over in an attempt to understand what had just taken place, but physically there was nothing wrong with her. This was something else. He lifted Rey carefully and laid her down more comfortably on his bed before he made his way over to a box in the corner of the room. His hands went to it, but he hesitated a moment and let out a sigh. There was no choice.

He lifted the lid and pulled out a small device and set it up on top of the box before putting the pieces back together and finally hitting the button in the center. There was silence all but for a moment when suddenly the call was answered.

"Luke? Luke is that really you?"

"Leia... there has been an incident... it's Rey..."

~TBC~