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Horizontal line and Italic- Memory dream scene.
Italic- Poe's thoughts.
Italic and Bold - The voices.
Underline- Poe hears BB8 beeping in of his dream :')
*** - Mini breaks/or time jump..
- Is when BB-8 beeps/talks to Poe :D
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BalanceChapter 2
Poe was much more of an innocent yet mischievous little boy when he was younger. When he was younger, he dreamed of flying, of exploring the other worlds he'd only heard of and visiting the places his parents had enthusiastically painted in his imagination through their stories. His dreams were never filled with the horrors back then.
His dreams used to be full of life, innocence and curiosity, now, however, he'd be lucky if he dreamt of good memories or even if his imagination let him wildly dream of the tiniest bit of hope, worst case he'd have nightmares.
He was most thankful when he had a dreamless sleep, if only so he didn't wake up with disappointment or the cold sweat that would drench him. Rarely would he dream of the past, of the innocent, happy memories. Sometimes they would get mixed in with the dreams of the recent years he had.. Often, they would turn into nightmares..
A boy no older than seven, short dark brown hair, ran to his mother and smiled up at her whilst she looked down at him,
"Have a good fun day today Poe?"
The young boy nodded and span in a circle, arms out,
"Are we going flying today mother?" he giggles.
His mother bent down to his height, patted his head and smiled gently.
"I want you to meet someone first."
Poe's mother, stood up, held her hand out which he practically grabbed for straight away, they both giggled as they began walking side by side. After two minutes of walking in the woods close to where they lived, they came up to a stop in front of two familiar people and a boy he had never seen before..
A boy roughly his age, tall and thin, medium black hair, standing just beside his own mother, the Princess and General Leia Organa. Han Solo stood a mere few yards away from them all, giving them space but watching on, arms crossed and leaning against a focused his gaze back to the boy and he noticed how the other boy froze up rigid, that's when Poe had decided something.
Poe took a step forward, arm outstretched and gave the boy a grin.
"I'm Poe, what's your name?" He announced politely.
The boy seemed shocked at to both of their surprise and the joy of their parents, the boy stepped forward, grinning back and shook his hand. Light gleamed in both their brown eyes and the feeling of joy filled both of them, a blanket of loneliness vanishing.
The boy looked straight at Poe.
"I'm Ben."
...
Then everything became silent and still, the world seemed to get darker and the air got thicker, suffocatingly so. Poe let go of Ben's hand quickly, eyes darting around as everyone slowly began to vanish, one by one. Confusion and worry filled him as his mother and Ben were the last to go, he ran after their fading faces calling out their names, eyes darting back and forth in search for any sign of them, fear etched into his small features, they had gone.
Everything around him began to shift and change except for a solitary tree, almost as if this was a dr-. He stopped, crouched and huddled beside the tree, he wrapped his arms around his legs and winced in pain just as voices started echoing around him.
"Poe!"
"Okay, stay calm.. Stay calm.."
"Run!"
"A BB-8 unit."
"I need a pilot."
"Remember Poe that your mother will always love you, she'll be proud of you."
"I'm impressed."
Pain.
"You need to leave."
"I'm Ben."
"You can't blame yourself."
"The T-70 X-wing fighter, Black One, it's yours."
"No one has been able to get out of you what you did with the map."
"'He's.. He's dead.."
"Your mum and dad will be proud."
Pain.
"Poe Dameron? Best resistance pilot?"
"Whe-Where's Rey?"
"We'll be friends forever right?"
"Commander."
"Yet you still believe in the republic."
"I had no idea we had the best pilot in the Resistance on board."
"Because it's the right thing to do."
Suddenly everything came to a stop.
Calm.
Poe's eyes landed on a group of lotus flowers, white and blue, floating in a pond a few yards away and his eyes widened.
Beep beep. Boop boop. Beep boop!?
BB-8?
Glancing down at himself, no longer a child but now an adult, he realized that this was just a dream, no longer a memory but a dream and BB-8 must be trying to wake him up.
He woke up on the floor with BB-8 hovering beside him.
BB-8 whistled a question.
Is Poe ok? BB-8's head slightly rolled to the side.
"Just a bad dream that's all" Poe grumbled out, slowly getting up.
Maybe Poe could talk to friend Finn?
"The dream wasn't that bad,"
Liar.
Poe felt his stomach drop, he had hoped that the voices wouldn't bother him today.
"Anyway, got a busy day buddy. If you want, I can meet you in the mess hall?"
Poe looked at BB-8, smiling as he watched the droid whistle a confirmation and then zoom out of the room. Poe walked over to his dressing table and fished out clean clothes, quickly undressing and putting them fresh clothes on, he glanced in the mirror taking in how bad he looked, way worse than yesterday. Today, a haggard looking face, bloodshot hollow-eyes and disheveled hair peered back at him.
Great.
Without much more effort, he ruffled his hair, trying to at least make it look somewhat presentable, he set off for breakfast.
Maybe Finn will be out of med by now...
He forgot his washing.
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Half an hour later, he finally has it done.
Now, he can finally go for breakfast and-
"Poe" A voice said interrupting his thoughts.
He stopped in his path, turned around and his eyes locked on to General Organa.
"General" Poe says smiling in greeting.
"Poe," She smiles back at him."You all deserve a break, so nothing will be happening today."
That's when Poe realized how bad she looked, looking somewhat strong yet eyes looking sad, bags under eyes, he knew they both felt different though. He wants to ask her about her feelings, how she feels about Han and if she wants someone to talk to but instead he asks, "Missions back on tomorrow?"
General Organa nodded and her smile turned quite sad."Go get some breakfast Poe, I've let your friends and pilots know that today is a break for you all. So, spend the day wisely."
General Organa continued on her journey to the command room and Poe continued on to the mess hall.
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He entered the mess hall and it seems like he's hit the rush time because it was packed with near enough everyone. Grabbing some breakfast, he walked over to the table where he normally sits with his friends and BB-8. His eyes widened and he walked faster as his eyes landed on Finn.
Finn, who was out of med, who was up and about, you could tell that Finn was still recovering and maybe in pain from the posture in his back along with the tense look on his face and shoulders. Poe felt concerned and worried but some of that drained away as Finn smiled right at him just as Poe arrived at the table.
"Glad to finally see you out of med Finn" Smiles Poe.
"Glad to be out" Finn grins back.
They stared at each other until someone from the table coughed and someone desperately tried to hide a snicker.
Poe sat down next to Finn, BB-8 rolling beside him, conversations going on between the group, now and again Finn and BB-8 joined in. Halfway into finishing his breakfast and a hot drink, the conversation built up again.
"We should have a party here in few days time" Snap suggested.
Murmurs of agreement and BB-8 whistled happily, very pleased with the idea.
Poe looked up from his plate,
"We had one after-" He began.
Jessika interrupted him, "We need another one Poe, Finn hasn't been to one yet. Plus, we all deserve another one, we've had a few stressful days already, we're lucky that General Organa gave us the day off, even though we're all pretty much on standby."
Unnoticed by Poe who looked back at his breakfast, Snap winks at Jessika, she grins right back at Snap which causes Finn to frown in confusion. Poe sighs, his hand going through his hair and replies, "Alright."
As he picks up his last piece of toast, Finn speaks,
"What's a party?"
End of chapter 2! Thanks for reading! :D
Sorry that it's kind of being a slow start too, should start picking up pace next chapter and onwards though!
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Just a heads up again~ Poe's and a few characters, their background information will be a little same but different to canon (half canon and the other half not canon).