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Arrival

Poe flew the shuttle down through the clouds and spotted the Millenium Falcon and landed beside it. Chewbaka stepped off the Falcon, aiming at the shuttle as the ramp lowered. Finn stepped into view first and Chewbaka lowered his bow, wailing a greeting.

"Nice to see you too," Finn spoke up as Poe and the two droids left the shuttle.

"Any First Order?" Poe asked and Chewbaka wailed. "Alright. Where are they?"

Chewbaka wailed and pointed up at what looked like chunks of stone on top of the mountain beside them.

"She's up there," Poe stated. "He stays down here because he's guarding the Millenium Falcon and keeping an eye on its sensors. But he said that she will be happy to see you."

Finn glanced at him, seeing his knowing grin and shook his head.

"Let me guess, you're going to guard our hunk of junk?" Finn guessed.

"No," Poe snorted. "But I am going to hang out with Chewy. Tell her I said hi."

Finn rolled his eyes, turning and walking toward the goat trail up the mountain. He began to climb, slowly rising, at one point winding up scaling a cliff when he missed a turn in the trail. He looked down and could see Poe laughing about it. Finally he managed to get back onto a higher part of the trail and carefully followed it to the top where Rey was meditating with the old man Finn had seen in his dream. Around them, stones and rubble floated a few inches off the ground.

"Welcome," the old man, who Finn realized was Luke Skywalker, greeted. "I've been expecting you."

"I figured," Finn stated.

Rey's head whipped around, eyes wide and the stones and debris crashed down. She jumped up, sprinting forward and throwing her arms around him.

"Oh my God, you're here!" Rey gasped as he hugged her. "I thought iit would take longer for you to heal."

"It actually would have been less time but it ended up being a droid rather than the doctors that patched me up," Finn stated.

"What do you mean?" Rey asked.

"It's a bit of a long story," Finn said sheepishly.

"We have time," Luke stated. "And I sense that part of it may be important."

"Alright," Fin said, unsure about why Luke cared about a dream. "It was dark, like the inside of a cloud of smoke. There were stormtroopers slaughtering people but it was too dark to see who they were, or even what species. After a bit, you showed up and fought the stormtroopers. Before you won, though, Kylo Ren showed up and killed you while your back was turned. Then he disappeared and Rey showed up, fighting the rest of the stormtroopers as more arrived. Then, Kylo Ren returned and fought her, ending in her death."

"I see," Luke nodded. "It would seem my suspicians were correct."

"What suspicians?" Rey asked.

"When you told me your friend had fought Kylo Ren and held his own, even if only for a moment, i thought that that was impossible," Luke stated. "After all, no one with no training could stand against a trained sith, especially not one as strong as Kylo Ren. But then I remembered a story my old master, Yoda, had told me about an ancient jedi, and a sith as well, who were both powerful in the Force but only in the aspect of lightsaber abilities."

"Aspect?" Finn asked looking to Rey who shrugged.

"It's an understanding of the Force that is complicated to grasp," Luke explained. "One aspect of the Force, allows a jedi to control the world around them, levitating things, controlling the minds of the weak-willed, and, in some cases, freezing things as Kylo Ren, and I assume Snoke can do. Another aspect is foresight, as all Jedi have, as would Sith if they could be at peace. This is where I believe you recieved your dream. The aspect I believe your power resides, however, is in physical abilities. Namely, natural skill with a lightsaber. I'm not saying that a non Force sansitive can't have skill with a lightsaber. In fact, I know of several throughout history that bested skilled jedi and sith alike. But Force sensitives have a certain knack for it born of hightened reflexes and shortened reaction times. I believe your abilities with the force are primarily centered here. You may yet have some latent abilities with other aspects, with propper training, but your lightsaber abilities will undoubtedly far exceed those of a more balanced Jedi."

"So, you think I saw the future, and that the Force made me really good with a lightsaber?" Finn clarified.

"Basically, yes," Luke nodded.

"So, what does that mean?" Finn asked. "Are you going to train me?"

"Perhaps," Luke mused, looking out from the mountain. "However, that will likely have to wait. We have company."

"First Order?" Finn asked.

"Yes," Luke nodded. "And Kylo Ren."

As he said this, a single First Order shuttle descended from the clouds, heading straight toward them. As it passed overhead, seven people all ddessed in black armor with black masks, an black cloaks landed on the far side of the hill. The one in front was Kylo Ren. To his left, was one holding a large blaster, one holding a staff taller than he was, and one with a large pair of metal gauntlets. To his right was one with a pair of slightly smaller blasters, one with a pair of cirved black swords, and one with what looked like the handle to a lightsaber but with three long, thin spikes extending upward around where the blade would be.

"The Knights of Ren," Luke growled, drawing his lightsaber and extending the blade. "They've been inactive so long I thought perhapse Snoke had disbanded them. It would seem that one has become a sith stalker. That's not good."

"What do we do?" Finn asked.

"Run."


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