The fifth and last day before they made it back to the resistance was the worst. They had been living in a bubble for the past four days and now that reality was about to come down around them they were anxious. Kylo knew he had to play his part well, just because the three of them accepted him didn't mean anyone else would. They would play him as the villain he had been. If they could convince others that Kylo had changed then maybe he would be able to be himself. Until then, to protect Rey, and the others, he would be a prisoner.

For once he wasn't with Rey. He needed to be alone to prepare for what was going to happen when they made it back to the rebellion. He didn't exactly know where he was on the ship. When he was younger he avoided this ship like the plague. He never understood why his father had held on to it for so long. It was an old ship that had been falling apart when Han stumbled across the former rebellion. It was ancient now. Kylo was surprised it still flew.

He sighed and closed his eyes. He was starting to associate this ship more with Rey than his father. He was starting to let go of his father. He had been consumed with why killing his father hadn't helped in his quest to the dark side. Now, he no longer cared. The dark side was no longer his goal. He just wanted peace.

"Peace for oneself is always a good goal to have."

"Grandfather?" Kylo's eyes flew open. In front of him was the force ghost of Anakin.

"Yes."

"Why have you not visited me before? I've wished for your guidance multiple times."

"You have not wished for my guidance," Anakin explained.

"I have-" Kylo started.

"No, you've wished for Darth Vader's guidance. At the end I was no longer Darth Vader."

"Why do you come to me now?" Kylo asked.

"To tell you I'm proud that you decided to rid yourself of the dark side. You should have listened to the call to light a while ago before you killed your father."

"It didn't even do what I had wanted it to do." Kylo was feeling a student who had failed at an experiment.

"That's because you were never meant to be a Sith." Anakin paused. "There is someone here who would like to talk to you. Give him a chance and be patient. If you want peace you need to talk to him." Kylo nodded. Anakin faded and in his place appeared Luke.

"Hey, Ben," Luke was hesitant.

"Just say what you've come to say." Kylo couldn't look at his uncle. His betrayal still burned fiercely in Kylo's chest.

"I know I've said this before but maybe now you will listen. I'm sorry. I was a coward that night. I had lost hope. You have no reason to forgive me and I don't expect you to. Just know that I regret my actions that night not because it turned you away from the light but because I hurt the boy I knew as my nephew. Whom I love. I know the boy I betrayed that night is gone so I say this to the man who is now before me, don't do what I did, don't let fear push you to make decisions that you'll regret. I know you look up to your grandfather and so remember he died because he was protecting me. His main goal was always to protect the ones he loved. Protect her and teach her. Together you two will create a galaxy in balance." Kylo finally looked at Luke. He nodded. Luke faded and Kylo was left by himself again.

The fact that his uncle condoned his relationship with Rey made him itch. He revulsion towards his uncle made him want to tear his relationship apart but he knew he couldn't. He was in love with her. Luke had said they would create a galaxy in balance. Kylo recalled the vision he saw when he touched Rey for the first time. The two of them standing side by side. He had thought it was her as a dark queen. He was thinking now that they were neither standing in light nor darkness but in the gray area in between. It was a galaxy he wanted to create. He wanted to create it with her. Protect her, his uncle had said and teach her. Kylo would do just that. He knew she had some training from his uncle but his uncle didn't fully understand the nuances between the light and the dark. He had never been dark and so wouldn't be able to. Kylo, though, knew both sides and if they were going to stand in that gray in between she needed to know it too.

Kylo felt the ship come out of light speed.

"We're here!" He heard Poe call through the ship. Kylo sighed and got up. It was time to play his part.

XxXxX

Rey walked into the cockpit. Poe and Finn were sitting together talking quietly.

"How much longer?" she asked.

"Two hours. Where is Kylo?" Poe responded. Kylo had rarely been without Rey these past few days.

"He needed some time to himself before we got there." Rey told them.

"What does he need to do before we get there?" Finn asked.

"Brood," Rey said. "He has to get into his role of being the enemy again. We've had relative peace these past few days. We all need to prepare for the reality that is coming."

"They wont like us being on good terms with him," Finn stated.

"That is why we decided to 'treat' him as others perceive him. No one needs to know that we have romantic and sexual attachments to him for all of our sakes," Poe explained. "He knows that as well. I've already talked to him about it today."

"Well aren't you being proactive," Rey teased.

"Someone has to." Poe was tense. He didn't like this new situation that they were going to be in. He had just accepted the one they had now.

"I'm just teasing, love." Rey rubbed his shoulder. "I'm glad you talked to him. If it had come from anyone else I don't think he would have accepted it."

"Because I'm his master?"

"No because he respects you. Not that he doesn't to us," Rey explained, "He just has a professional and leadership type of respect for you. You two are more similar than you think."

"I'll be glad to be back but it is also going to suck. A lot has changed in these past like two weeks." Finn rubbed his face.

"That it has but we have each other. I'm glad you two forced me to tell you about Ben. It helps give me strength for what is to come. If we have each other, and Rose hopefully, we should be able to get through this." Rey felt like she just gave a motivational speech.

"This is when I envy Kylo's detachment," Finn said.

"He really isn't that detached. He just pretends to be. He was taught not to show emotion or weakness," Rey said.

"She's right. He'll probably hurt more than all of us combined, after all he is the bait," Poe agreed. Kylo has the bait didn't quite sit well with him. He still wasn't one hundred percent with the dark leader but he didn't want to see him get hurt.

"The galaxy seems to have been turned upside down. We are placing our faith in our enemy and lying to our friends," Finn said. He was placing his trust in someone he had tried to get very far away from. He knew Kylo had changed but he wasn't sure about the situation that they were currently in.

"When the leader of the First Order wants to destroy it and all the power he gets from it, the galaxy has definitely been turned upside down." Though Rey was glad of this, she knew enough by now to know there would be a power vacuum created that the rebellion wouldn't be able to fill. There was no plan for this as of yet. She wanted to talk to Ben and see if he had any ideas.

"He wants to destroy the first order?" Finn questioned. He was surprised.

"I hadn't told you guys that?"

"No," Poe and Finn said.

"Oh, well he does."

"This changes things a little," Finn said.

"Not really," Poe said. "We might feel better for knowing this but if we try to say this to anyone else it will increase the unbelievability of Kylo's reformation."

"I hate that you are right," Rey said. "I think I'm gonna take some time to myself as well." Rey left them in the cockpit and went to her room.

She was anxious. Screw that she was terrified. She knew that the resistance could easily tear him apart. He had been their worst enemy for the longest time. They would want vengeance. That had every reason to. She knew they wouldn't physically harm Ben. They would see that as mistreating a prisoner of war but they would not shy away verbal and emotional harm. They would want him to know their hate for him and all the damage that he has done. Ben was fragile, more fragile than Rey thought he even knew. He would break under too much. She would have give some excuse to make sure his guards were kept at a minimum. Probably something to do with the fact that he can use the force for mind tricks. We don't want people being influenced by him after all. They had no other prisoners so one guard at the entrance to the cells would be enough. A guard that far away would mean Rey could still have sex with the dude. She could make this work.

She shook her head. She would deal with this all later. She wanted to be calm before they made it back. Thankfully Luke had taught her meditation. She crossed her legs and sat on the floor. She hadn't done this since she left to go get Ben. It was long overdue. She settled into her breathing pattern when she felt something nagging at her. She opened her eyes to find the force ghost of Luke standing before her.

"Hello Rey," Luke said.

"Hello," she replied. "You're dead though."

"That I am. I am only an imprint of what I was before. I reside in the force and am able to use it to come and talk to you if I so wish it," he explained.

"Why are you here then?"

"Kylo, no, Ben. I ruined him but you, you can bring him back to the light, well mostly. You know as well as I do, he will have some dark in him forever. He needs your emotional strength and your compassion and your love. He hates hope but that is the one thing he need the most and he will only take it from you. You also need to learn more about the force and how it works. I know you have the books but also use him. He was always the smartest pupil I had. He has more to teach you than I ever could. Give him hope and learn from him, together you two will create a galaxy in balance."

"But how?"

"I was right when I said the Jedi Order needs to die. A new order, one neither dark or light but gray needs to take its place. An order that you and Ben will be the head of and you will create."

"I understand," Rey nodded and Luke faded.

She went back to her mediation and found herself contemplating how to construct a new order for force users.

She was startled out of it when she heard Poe call, "We're here!"