Yo! I have been seeing a lot of fanfics about Reylo and all and I thought, what happened if he had already trained someone earlier in his life? I don't know whether he ever managed to become a Jedi Knight before all hell went loose, but hey, this is fan fiction!

This story has an OC who becomes his apprentice a year or so before shit happened (You will know if you watched the Last Jedi so technically this might have spoilers). Hope this works!

I don't own the characters except the OC.

I sat in the waiting area, my foot tapping on the ground as I stared at it. My hands were wrapped together in a prayer as I thought to myself what was going to happen to me. There were so few of us left already in the Jedi order and now my master was gone… all because I failed on one single mission and freaked out the last minute. I wouldn't be surprised if I was expelled from the order. I was one useless Jedi who couldn't even bear to bring someone down when they brought down my master…

"Come in, Skyla," Grandmaster Luke called from inside and I walked into his office. It was lined with shelves with texts of the Jedi and he sat in the middle of the room on a round couch, his legs crossed as though he had just finished his meditation. I sat across him without waiting for an invitation, wanting to get over this. I felt so wrong to be here, I should have died back there instead of my Master, the person who trained me to where I am now…

"Skyla, it wasn't your fault and it isn't your burden to bear," the Grandmaster said as I clenched my fists. "It was. If I hadn't chickened out, Master Miran would still be alive. He's dead because I failed to act swiftly and because I was too scared to kill someone," I whispered as I tried to stop the tears from showing. Being a Jedi was knowing when to control our emotions but my Master had just died so crying would be acceptable right?

"Let your feelings out, Skyla. Its okay for you to cry in this time of sadness," Grandmaster Luke said as he clasped a hand onto mine. I looked up at him, my eyes shining with tears as he held onto me, petting my back as I sobbed. I never expected the Grandmaster to take care of someone like me, a failed Padawan of the new Jedi Order. I was always so bad in training, not knowing what to do and making the teachers mad. Then I was assigned to Master Miran and he managed to teach me the ways of the Force in a way I never thought possible. Now he was gone….

""Shhh," Grandmaster Luke whispered as he channeled some of the Force into me, calming my nerves. I managed to relax a little, hiccupping as I scrubbed at my face. I felt slightly more relieved then but there was a sinking feeling of regret in my stomach that I couldn't get rid off. I think I'll never be free of this pain anyway.

"I called you here today to tell you of your new assignment," he said as my ears perked up. "What?" I muttered as he nodded, crossing his arms together. "With the passing of Master Miran, you have been assigned to a new Master to complete your training. He should be okay in handling you," he said as he turned around, "Hey, Ben. Stop lurking in the shadows and come meet your new apprentice."

At his words, something moved from behind and I nearly shrieked in fright that there had a person standing there the entire time watching me cry my heart out. To think that I would get a new master so soon but this one… as the guy named Ben walked out of the shadows, I felt my heart skip a beat as I recognized the nephew of the Grandmaster and the future heir of the Jedi Order. The man who reached the level of Jedi Knight in just five years and was now a fully fledged Jedi at the young age of eighteen, only three years my senior. I felt like an idiot standing here in front of the prodigy everyone talks about and fears. I heard he had quite a reputation with his fiery temper.

"Come on, Ben. Say something to your new apprentice," the Grandmaster said as the man, no, a boy actually, huffed behind him. "I didn't ask for an apprentice, Uncle, so why are you giving me one?" he asked. "You have reached the level of knight so its about time you get an apprentice as well. There aren't many teachers to spare and she's just lost hers so I think you two will be fine together."

"Is that so? Then don't blame me if she doesn't learn anything from me," he said as he stuffed his hands into his pockets and leaned against the wall. "Ben, if you must know I am one really bad student so I possibly can't get any worse right?" I snapped as he looked at me. I gulped as his brown eyes bore into my green ones, searching through me as though he was reading my mind like an open book.

"Hmmm, I can imagine that," he said as I tried to stand up. "Enough, both of you," the Grandmaster snapped as I sat back down. I can't believe I got the most hot tempered person in the whole galaxy as a master. "I expect both of you to complete the ritual as soon as possible. Ben, try to control your anger with her. She's just lost someone dear to her so she could use some sympathy," he said as he got up.

"This meeting had been adjourned. Ben, if you would do the honours," Grandmaster Luke said as he led us out and slammed the door in our faces. For a moment, we just stood there wondering what the heck had just happened as Ben started to walk away. As he walked, he turned around, scowling when he saw me still rooted at my spot.

"Well what are you waiting for? I don't have all day," he said as he allowed me to catch up. Wondering what was his problem, I followed him through the temple, earning stares from fellow Jedi Padawans as they wondered what business did I have with him. "Ignore them. It will get normal soon," he said. "I wonder," I muttered and I thought I heard him chuckle under his breath a little.

He led us into a meditation room. He used the Force to snatch up two chairs and placed them in the darkest corner of the room. I wondered why all the seclusion with the darkness when he sat down in it. "Be my guest," he said as he pointed at the seat in front of him. I wanted to ask him why was he so sarcastic as I sat across him, scowling a little as he sighed. "I didn't sign up for this so if you want to blame Uncle Luke, go ahead," he said as he closed his eyes to begin the ritual.

I remembered how Master Miran had conducted our own ritual. He had sat across me in a similar fashion, all light as he let himself connect with me. Ben was the absolute opposite, all dark and composed as he meditated. I wondered how he could even meditate when his mind only had ideas of tossing me out of the window for a moment. "Are you concentrating, Skyla?" his voice growled through my mind as I yelped.

"Fine," I muttered as I closed my eyes, reaching out for him with the Force. Everywhere was bright as I felt for him, my new Master who lurked somewhere in here. Then I felt him moving in front of me, a small figure in this vast universe as I grabbed onto him. Then I felt it. A memory surging in my mind of a young boy, curled up in bed playing with his toys, all alone in the darkness as he cried himself to sleep. The same boy staring at pictures on his bedside table, wishing that his parents would talk to him.

I felt myself connect to Ben Solo and I was knocked back into my own body, breathing a little harder than I should have as I heard one chair scraping back. Ben had gotten up and was walking towards the window as though he wanted to get some fresh air. "Ben?" I asked as I clamped a hand over my mouth. Shit, he was my Master now. I cannot address him so casually like I just did a while back.

"The bond has been sealed. We'll meet tomorrow for meditation. You know where that is," he said as he turned to leave. Wait, no celebratory dinner or whatever? Master Miran had done one when we first became Master and Apprentice but I guess I couldn't count on Grumpy Ben to do anything like that. I grinned to myself as the nickname surfaced in my mind. "If you need anything, you are more than welcomed to come to my hut to talk," he said as he walked out of the room, leaving me alone to sit and ponder what my situation was like now.

Hope this was alright as a first chapter. Since I'm on holiday, I might be posting on a daily basis so stay tuned!