Ch 1

Ben

I opened my eyes and everything around was dark. It was an endless pitch black world. I tried hard to remember what happened before being knocked unconscious. Yet every time I tried to recall it, a huge headache hit me. It felt like my head was being pounded by a hammer on the inside.

I got up and decided to walk to shake off the pain, deciding that might help.

However, I soon realized that there was no where I could go. There was nothing, no light, no path, nothing. And endless amount of nothing.

The thought began to bring a new wave of panic to me. The darkness suddenly feeling like it would suffocate me. I began to hyperventilate and I collapsed to the ground.

I tried to reach out to the Force around me and it came like the ocean. It was overwhelming really, I hadn't experienced this much of it... ever.

"Yea it's not much is it? Well, hopefully you won't have to be here for long son." Said a voice behind me. I quickly sat up and turned to see a glowing blue figure.

It was a tall man, with long blond hair, blue eyes and a dark tunic. A scar ran from his brow to his cheek.

"Who are you?" I asked, somewhat terrified, somewhat curious.

"I'm not surprised you don't recognize me without the mask. I'm your grandfather, Anakin Skywalker. I'm here to help" he said as he reached out his hand to me.

I grabbed it and got up, suddenly realizing the weight of his words.

"My... my grandfather...? You look much younger than I would think..."

"Well, when you're brought back to the light, I guess you become who you were before redemption, right Ben?"

He emphasized that name, one I hadn't been called in a long time, except by—

There was the headache again.

"The headache is merely temporary, it'll go away after a while. It takes some time to remember your life right before it ended, the quicker we get through this, the quicker you may be able to return"

He said as he walked past me with grace.

"Wait... are you saying I'm dead?!" Why couldn't I remember anything? Was this all a dream? And what did he mean by redeemed?

"Well... not entirely, you've become one with the Force, you were redeemed and brought back to the light right before it happened, but your journey isn't over like it is for so many of us. I came back after I suffered the loss of myself, my children and my angel..." he said the last word with remorse and guilt in his eyes, his pain was massive. It was overwhelming.

"We have to leave now, the longer we take, the more difficult it will be for you to get home to your...life" He said as he continued to walk and I followed him, knowing I had no choice in the matter.

"Where exactly are you taking me, uh, grandfather... I'm sorry but there's nothing here ``I said gesturing all around me at the black that surrounded us.

"We have to go back to you before you were Kylo Ren, you may be redeemed, but the Force has a lesson to teach you. There's one waiting for you in life, she needs you, but you cannot go back until the Force sees fit"

She. My head began to pound again. Who was she?

"But first, I'll take you to my life, before I was Vader, you'll see the person you worshipped was not everything you imagine"

And in the distance I saw it, a light, so bright it seemed that all the darkness around us had disappeared.

My grandfather stepped through the light and followed, unsure but curious of what we would encounter on the other side.