"You don't know where you're heading!" Rey jumps out of bed, breathing hard. Only a dream, it's just a dream, she reminds herself, as Ben stirs next to her, not awake yet, but she knows that he senses her nightmares. Their two month old daughter is sleeping soundly in her crib, and Rey turns over, trying to go back to sleep. Not long after she's finally started to drift off, a cry pierces the room's silence, waking her, and Ben. "I'll get her, sweetheart. You should get more rest." Ben gets up to comfort their crying daughter,, but the vivid dream still haunts her, replaying every time she closes her eyes. Ben comes back over and sits, Lia falling asleep in his arms. "Rey, tell me what's bothering you." "I'm fine.", Rey says. "No you're not. Do your dreams have anything to do with why you've been so restless?" Rey sighs, letting her head fall on his shoulder. " I've been having dreams of her being ripped away from us, forced to find her way alone, without anyone. It might be a vision, but I'm not sure anymore." She can't stop the tears from freely flowing, and Ben gently wipes them away. "Sweetheart, it's what you're afraid of for her. You and I were both robbed of a happy childhood. She won't be. Visions are often our deepest fears manifested, and trying to fight them only makes things worse."
Rey tries to focus, calming her inner self, focusing on her connection with Ben. He's in a meeting, and she listens in, curious. "If these-creatures are as dangerous as you say, prove it", the official snorts. " I tried to search one of their minds for more information, but they were completely resilient to any mind probing. The alarming thing is that none of these creatures are force users. This could be dangerous." 'What?', Rey thinks. I never learned about any force resistant creatures. Why didn't he tell me? A knock sounds outside the door, and she goes to answer. "Rey, are you there?" Leave it to Rose to show up at times like these "Yeah. I'm coming." Rey says, as she opens the door for Rose and her one year old daughter Flora. "Play nice.", Rose instructs her daughter, as she playfully grabs Rey's hand and drags her onto the balcony to talk in peace. "Rey, what's going on? You've been far more quiet than usual lately. Even though you usually aren't too talkative, still, this doesn't seem like you." Rey smiles, trying to hide that she feels the opposite inside, and says, "No, just a lot on my mind. Any news on Poe and Connixs' mission on Naboo?" Rose rolls her eyes. "No, but knowing them,they probably got sidetracked, especially since that Festival of Lights is going on right now. Knowing Poe, he most likely got into a fistfight in a bar, or a bet on who has the faster ship. He'll be fine." "I just hope they get back here in one piece, without someone hot on their tail." A moment of quiet ensues, until it's broken by a shrill cry of "MAMA!" "That's my cue" , Rose says, getting up to sooth her crying daughter. " But Rey, anytime you have something that you're worried about, come talk. My door's always open. "With that, Rey embraces her friend, and continues watching the ships flying over the city of Coruscant, sighing. "if only things could be that simple,' she thinks.
Blue light frames the small, unremarkable ship as it makes its way down to the planet below, over a dusty plain and a single curious black cube, floating over the planet's surface. "We will be landing shortly, My Lady." "Very good." My name has been forgotten in the galaxy, she thinks. But the one I follow will live on, through my followers and what they have built. Right on cue, the ship touches the landing pad, and the safety ramp slides down, revealing the ink black figure. Four aliens gather, two on each side to greet her, their faces covered by other living creatures, shaped like starfish, which move ever so slightly with their host's breathing. She nods at their welcome, spoken in a tongue she knows, albeit not as well as she would like, and calmly follows them into the tall, elaborate meeting hall before her.
Hullo. This is b88isgreat. I reread this chapter after updating, and even though it is a bit old and not amazing, I still don't have time to rewrite it. So please give this story a chance. If you aren't a fan of this story, then you don't have to read it, But just remember that this is the first chapter in the story, and I was still figuring out what the heck I was going to do with all the characters and where I wanted character arcs to go and all of that fun stuff.