I do not own Star Wars or any of the characters associated with it. This fic is based on the song Edelweiss. You know the one that Mr. Von trap (did I misspell that?) sings in The Sound of Music.
"Edelweiss, edelweiss,
Every morning you greet me.
Small and white, pure and bright,
You look happy to see me.
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever.
Edelweiss, edelweiss,
Bless my homeland forever.
-Old Austrian folk song
Tell me how you like this story. To be clear I do not think this happened in between the movies. It's a 'this is what would have happened if these ppl were put in this situation.'
: )
~Rey~
I wake in the dark of night with a strange feeling that I am not alone. I strain to hear anything, but only the soft chirp of crickets meets my ears.
Then as my senses strengthen, I catch the rhythmic thud of the sentries pacing perimeter. I sit up.
That's when I see him, lying on the stone ledge at the end of the bunker below the window. My hand darts to my side grasping for the small dagger secreted there. I slip my legs over the edge of the cot with bated breath. The ancient springs creek loudly.
I freeze as Kylo stirs. I have to count to 1000 before I trust myself to stand.The 8 feet from my cot to the window never felt this long before. It seems to take hours to reach the ledge on which he lies.
But when I raise the blade above his chest, ready to end his life, I find myself replaying that memory he showed me of Luke.
I hesitate, and it only takes that moment for me to remember how it felt stand back to back as we fought off the Elite Praetorian guards. I sheath the knife and study the young man before me. He almost looks peaceful, almost. Even in sleep his muscles are drawn taunt. The moonlight casts a pale glow on his sharp features. And the thin scar that reaches from his temple down under his collar contrasts badly with the rest of his face.
Kylo is a strange sight, with his dark hair falling over his cheeks and a few white edelweiss blossoms from the tree outside the window nestled here and there around him. Strange enough to bring a flashback from my childhood to the forefront of my mind.
I lie on my stomach and a soft bed, a woman, who I know instinctively to be my mother, sits on the edge. She massages a circular pattern on my back gently while singing a soft lullaby. There is an edelweiss flower in her dark hair. As she rubs my back she sings softly,
"Edelweiss, edelweiss,
Every morning you greet me.
Small and white, pure and bright,
You look happy to see me..."
I begin by mouthing the words along with her but soon l can not help myself,
"Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever." I sink down onto the cool stone. I feel the ghosts of those hands rubbing my back again.
"Edelweiss, edelweiss,
Bless my homeland forever." Lost in the beautiful memory I absentmindedly trace the familiar pattern onto Kylo's back.
"Edelweiss, edelweiss,
Every morning you greet me,
Soft and white, pure and bright.
You look happy to greet me."A frigid breeze wafts through the open window. The cold jolts me out of my trance. I glance down and the song dies in my throat. For the first time I realize what I've been doing, but it's too late now, Kylo's dark brown eyes are gazing up at me. I am frozen, unsure of what to do, attack or run.
"Sing, please." He murmurs as his eyes close, "Only in dreams there is peace."
Without my bidding my slides hand down his back and continues loosening the tight muscles.
"Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever..."
My head snaps up so fast I knock it on the wall. My hand reaches for the dagger at my hip as I search for the cause disturbance.
BB-8.
The droid rolls back a foot. {It's high time you woke up.}
"Yes. What time is it?" I ask groggly.
{09:06 hours. Why did you sleep by the window? There's a bed in the corner.}
"I must have sleepwalked." I answer and I force myself to relax as I remember with a burning face what had really happened. I had had the perfect opportunity to end the life of Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, instead I had sung him to sleep! I swear silently to myself that it will never happen again. I can only hope he doesn't remember, or if he does, that he thinks it was all a dream.
~Kylo~
I open my eyes reluctantly. The dream had been so real. I glance at the clock on the table.
07:04.
I wish I slept so well every night. A full 8 hours of peaceful sleep is a rare occurrence. Actually, no. I haven't slept 8 hours straight since before Luke tried to murder me.
I run a calloused hand over my face. I can't put the day off any longer. No matter what I wish, she shut me out on Crait and last night was a...
...My fingers catch on something cool and silky. I pick it from my hair, a wilted white flower.
An edelweiss blossom to be exact.
I start up, half expecting to be in the stone hut from my... dream.
Perhaps not so much of a dream. Carefully I pick the small flowers from my hair and blanket. "Why didn't you kill me while I slept?"
I roll my shoulders, they are loose and easy. Of course they are.
I gather the petals together and set them on my bedside table. Gazing at them brings back the haunting melody she sang,
"...Soft and white, pure and bright...
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
...forever.
Edelweiss, edelweiss..."
I would never have thought she could sing. I close my eyes to shut the flowers out. To clamp down on the memories. "You mean nothing to me!" I growl.
As though I'm trying to convince myself.
I don't.
I have at least one more already written. Don't know how many chapters I will add. This one will be loosely tied to the next chapter.
References to Edelweiss.
Maybe this will be a story not a collection. I don't know. And now I'm rambling and you have on idea what I'm going to do.
Till next time,
thereisaredeemer.