Derek couldn't remember how many students were at Luke's Academy. At first it was just him, Leia, Jaqen, Sahlu, and Zashta. After that Luke found a few other force sensatives and began training them. Derek and the first group graduated, though Leia left shortly after her training was completed. More students came and Luke tasked them with training them. Things went well until Ben came. Around 70% of those at the academy were dead after his rampage.
Most of those who escaped, like Hawk's group, hid in abandoned Jedi temples and similar places but some tried hiding in plain sight. Those who did ended up dead, with the younglings under their care abandoned or captured, like what had happened with Rey and Finn. Derek had insisted Finn should stay with his group, but Asher had inisted they would be safe.
Two Jedi, Victor and Megan, took Rey and went to hide somewhere the First Order would never look, but were ambushed on the way there. They escaped, but not after the two of them were identified. They went to Jakku and left her, leading the First Order away from her and on a wild goose chase before they were captured. Derek didn't know what happened to them after that, and neither the Grey Jedi, or First Order could find her until Poe went to Jakku. Even so, Hawk knew it was a blessing in disguise, as she was the one the First Order was looking for.
The other lost younglings, Zheela, Krev, Carshotta, Riao, Valentine, Ruth, Hannah, and Morgan had left with other survivors and had been attacked by the Order. The last four were stolen by the First Order and trained as first four however, were harder to find, as nonhumans were ignored or killed by the First Order. He was saddened at the thought of them, children wandering the Galaxy alone with no one to protect them.
Luckily most of the Lost Younglings were alive, though he did not know where most were. Zheela and Riao, two of the nonhumans, had found their way into the resistance, though like Rey and Finn they did not recall their past. The other two were alive, but could not be found. The ones who were stolen and trained as Stormtroopers, however, were a different story. At different points they, like Finn, rebelled. Unfortunately, one of them, Hannah, had died in her attempted rebellion. According to intercepted First Order data, she had been shot by her own squad for "treasonous activity." Her body had been left to rot with the civilians they had been ordered to slaughter. Derek had sensed it, first guilt, then betrayal then a burning pain in his chest. The other three younglings, however, were successful. Valentine had faked his death after letting some civilians escape and ran away when the First Order left. Morgan and Ruth, who according to files were in the same squadron, dropped their weapons and refused to fire, while the rest of their group followed their example. The files did not state where they were, as they still were in the process of decrypting them, but they would try to send a transmission if possible.
"Master Hawk, we're ready for our training!" said Rey, breaking him out of his train of thought.
"Good. Start at the entrance and work your way to the Droid Sector where the Queen and her son are hiding. Remember, you need to work together in order to succeed."
"Yes Master!" They said simultaneously.
The two of them were doing well, and both growing stronger in the Force. Finn was growing more confident in his abilities and was now Rey's equal in combat. Rey was doing better focusing her abilities. At first she would use her power erratically and without considering collateral damage, but she did listen and respond well to his instruction.
Rey's kyber crystal had also changed from white to yellow, indicating she was now dedicated to becoming a Jedi. Finn came back with a purple lightsaber, representing his unwavering moral code, but when Rey brought back a white crystal Derek was surprised. White Lightsabers usually meant the user was unaligned with Sith or Jedi, and Rey seemed so intent on becoming a Jedi and was doing well in her training. When he searched her feelings at the time, he sensed she was filled with self doubt and fear. Kylo Ren, as expected, had been a source of it, but Luke had also contributed to her feelings as well. His refusal to teach Rey had affected her more than she cared to admit, and there was little room in the Jedi order for self doubt. It was hindering at worst and dangerous at best. Still, yellow was a good color for her, as it showed her persistence and determination.
Still, like the Masters dreams being filled with visions of Darkness and laughter, hers were filled with Kylo Ren, and the day she was left on Jakku. The DarkSider had been attempting to infiltrate her dreams since before she got to Ossus, but he had only been successful a few times and Rey never gave up anything. Recently he had been successful in gaining entry in her dreams more often than not, causing Hawk and a few of the others to take turns helping her force him out. His ability to resist their safeguards regarding her was explained away by some of the others as both being from a family of powerful force users, but Hawk suspected something more insidious. They were cousins, yes, but Kylo Ren's focus on her was unsettling at best. She and Leia were the last Family he had, but choosing to torment a girl he just found out survived was rather… intimate. When driving him out the most recent time, Hawk sensed feelings of lust coming from him. While this disgusted him, he also sensed something else. The other Knights of Ren felt fractured, most doubted Kylo, planned on userping him, or both. The moment Kylo showed any weakness, he was a dead man. Derek was surprised none of them had attacked him yet.
Derek looked back at Finn and Rey. They were halfway to the Princess and her heirs when everything stopped. The same laughter from his dreams filled the air. Darth Sideus had returned.