"We are completely surrounded by meteoroids, aren't we?" Rey didn't wait for an answer. "I'll get us out of this."

"Have you ever flown a ship through a meteoroid stream before?"

"No, but there's a first time for everything."

"And a last time if we get killed."

"I won't get us killed."

"You're still learning how to use the force, and how to fly. Let me get us out of this."

"Hands off, Solo!"

To say their trip didn't start off well would be an understatement. After a lengthy argument over who would fly the Corellian corvette, in which Rey won, the hyperdrive started to act fickly. When they finally got it to work, they found themselves surrounded by massive chunks of rock. Rey was having a hard time concentrating with Ben wanting to take control and she could feel her aggravation continue to rise. A scraping sound on the left side of the ship jolted her upright. BB-8 beeped nervously. His master would not be pleased.

"Rey, if I could…"

"No! I've got to learn. This wouldn't be so hard if you didn't keep bugging me."

"If you knew how to use the force, you could block all of that out and concentrate…"

"Stop it! Your dad was impressed with my ship knowledge and was even willing to give me a job. He trusted me, why can't you? I…"

Bang! Another meteoroid clanked loudly on the right side of the ship. BB-8 gave another worried beep. Ben was right though, she had to trust the force more or she would get them all killed. Closing her eyes, she took in some deep breaths to calm herself down and forge a connect with the force. She could do this, it was just the matter of relaxing and blocking everything around her out.

Her mind began to close, and an image appeared. Like seeing the solution to a maze, Rey followed her instincts and moved the ship carefully between the giant space rocks. The silence surrounding her kept her focused until she was finally able to clear the ship away from the meteoroids. She opened her eyes, relieved to see the path ahead was clear.

"There. I told you I could do it." BB-8 gave some pleased sounding beeps. "We got you covered, BB-8." Ben chose not to respond, which in Rey's opinion was a smart choice.

Ever since Rey had encountered Luke's former lightsaber, it never really felt like hers. It was true the lightsaber had called out to her, and it had been loyal to her throughout her endeavors. However, there was so much history tied to it, so many good and bad events the lightsaber had witnessed, she didn't feel right keeping it. It was now time to create one of her own.

While poking through one of the Jedi texts, she found information on kyber crystals, one of the key components to a lightsaber. Intrigued, Rey dove in, educating herself on everything the books had to offer on these mysterious crystals. They were rare, and on the unlikely chances you could find them on the black market, outrageously expensive. Most Jedi would either harvest their own crystals or use synthetic ones. Rey wanted to take on the challenge of finding a real one. The most famous location for the crystals was in the crystal cave on Illum. Since the planet didn't exist anymore, she figured why not venture to one of Illum's two moons to see if there was something similar there?

It wasn't hard talking Ben into going. He never had a crystal of his own, either. The one in his prior lightsaber was synthetic, and it broke in one of his many rage-induced temper tantrums. A real kyber crystal would be much stronger, and they only responded to the light side anyway. She was excited that the two of them would be going on this epic adventure together, but now she wanted nothing more than to do this alone.

"Well, here's our first moon," Rey said, as they entered the moon's atmosphere. "Hopefully there are some kyber crystals here." Ben leaned towards Rey, who angrily attempted to block him out by focusing on navigating.

"It's not that I don't trust you. The first time I flew into a meteoroid stream with my Dad in the Falcon, he yelled at me the whole time. Every time he shouted, I'd freak out and bang the ship into a passing meteoroid. When we arrived home, the ship was completely battered up on all sides. With my dad's flying, I'm sure that wasn't the first time the ship had been abused, but there was no telling him that. That was the last time he ever let me fly the Falcon. We…didn't really have a good relationship."

"I kind of gathered you two didn't, but… woah." As their ship got closer to the surface, Rey could see an assortment of grays in every hue, arranged in various shapes. Then amongst the grays, shades of brown appeared, then a spackling of more dull colors.

This moon was a dumping ground.

It was littered with ships from all across the galaxy, unloading their rubbish onto already dense heaps of waste. Rey could see scraps of metal, pieces of ships and equipment, old furniture…pretty much anything someone could throw away. As a scavenger, it might have look like a dream; so many parts for so many credits! But if this moon had kyber crystals, where would they even begin?

"It's a garbage port," said Ben. "This moon had no life, so the galaxy has used its surface to dump their waste."

"Maybe the other moon would be more promising?"

Ben shook his head. "It's probably just a twin of this one. And it looks like we're being hailed."

Sure enough, Rey saw a blinking red light over her head. She pushed the button to answer the hail.

"Are you dumping or buying?" said a gruff voice.

Rey looked at Ben who shrugged his shoulders. "I guess buying?" he whispered.

"Buying?" said the voice. "Then you need to get out of the dumping zone and go to the market port. Just park wherever there's a free space." The hail ended.

"There's a market here?"

"Makes sense. Other scavengers like you make a living sorting through other's junk."

"I can't tell if this is better or worse than Jakuu," Rey muttered, as she flew the ship towards the market. "How do we even know if there are crystals here?"

"They're here," said Ben. "When you land the ship, I'll show you."

The corvette looked out of place as she landed it next to some ships that had seen some pretty tough times. She would have been surprised if they were even functional.

"Before we go, I want you to close your eyes."

"And connect with the force," Rey said as she shut her eyes.

"It's more than a connection. You read about the kyber crystals, correct?"

"Everything I could."

"Then you know there's one crystal that will call specifically to you. You're not going to just connect with it. You're going to see it. Feel it. Hear it. Relax your mind like you did when we were in the meteoroid stream. If you hear a humming, that's your crystal."

Rey found that taking in slow deep breaths was the most effective way to shut herself off from her surroundings.

She was sitting in darkness. There was a mystifying presence of something nearby, but she couldn't tell what direction it was coming from. It seemed to be reaching out to her from every angle, giving off a gentle warmness that felt like being hugged by a blanket during a bitter cold night on Jakuu.

She let herself sink in further. Now she could make a better sense of its location. She turned to the direction of the entity, and as soon as she did, a tiny, blueish white glow broke through the darkness. The kyber crystal. The glowing proceeded as the crystal began to hum, letting out a sweet melody that only Rey's ears were allowed to hear. She tried reaching out towards it, knowing it wasn't really there, but desperately wanting to touch it, to let it sweep her away…

Rey opened her eyes. Her crystal was definitely on this moon! Her earlier frustrations had melted away into excitement as she turned towards Ben, who had been watching her. She felt herself blush as she cleared her throat. "How do you know so much about the crystals?"

"Luke told me. It's not just in those old books." He laughed; it was the first time Rey had ever heard him laugh. "Now come on, let's go find our crystals."