Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Characters created by Lucusfilm, however I do own the plot. However I do own Drew, Zoe, Anna Lise and Bennet.
Note: My friend requested that I make Poe gay... so in this chapter that may happen or maybe the next.
The couple looked up to see the old Jedi sitting in front of him. He was calm and composed despite the worrisome Young Jedi is that sat in front of him on old stone bench.
" I have come to reassure you… And apologize… Ben when I sent such great power and you I was scared, I didn't attempt whatsoever to help you. I was a coward, but your different, you don't back away when the going gets tough, never have. I assure you, that when you train these new Jedi's you I'll succeed. I have my faith in you" The old Jedi says to them his pure blue eyes settled on the both of them. They trust the old Jedi's words and leave. The Jedi sits there on the bench, still.
" I know you're over there" he says staring strait ahead. Something about this man special, he possesses a certain sense of power. The kind of power that would make one obey him and want to listen to them. Drew comes out of his hiding place in the shadows. Silent, he knows he's in trouble, even though the man is just a ghost.
" I know you intend to do, there's one thing you should know, their love is the reason that we won the war, I suggest you go research the legend of the two stars" Luke says not even looking at the boy once, Drew gives a curt nod before he turns a swiftly walks away from the mysterious man.
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Poe Dameron lay under his X-wing, BB-8 rolled in circles at his feet only stopping to hand him the tools he requested.
"Wrench" Poe commands and the small droid push's over a wrench. The man has been working on his ship for hours only breaking when he needs some water or BB-8 demands attention for some random reason.
BB-8 makes a couple chirping noises informing Poe that Finn was standing above him. Poe is startled by the information lifting his head sharply resustling in him banging it on the ship. He has been avoiding Finn lately, he really doesn't know why through. Poe scoots out from under the ship to see the darker man standing there in the battle scared jacket.
" you good" Finn asks nervously as he watches the pilot rub his forehead in pain. Poe nods ignoring the burning sensation radiating through his brain.
"I was wondering if you know where Rey is" Finn continues twiddling his thumbs. He hasn't seen her, not today at least.
"You should go ask Leia she may know" Poe offers up to the darker man standing in front of him. Finn nods and turns to leave. BB-8 makes a couple beeps and bleeps, Poe reddens. He know regrets telling his droid everything.
"No BB-8 I don't like Finn... I just... Oh force what's happening" Poe sighs tousling his hair. BB-8 bloops answering his masters question. Poe's face turns a rare shade of scarlet.
"Fine, you win" says the pilot going back to work on his X-wing. Maybe he did like Finn maybe he didn't, but one thing was for sure he'd never tell BB-8 anything about a subject like that again.
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"I don't know where to start, do we make a lesson plan or what do we do" Rey asks Ben looking up at him confused. Neither of them really know where to start.
"We should do everyone one at a time, one on one" Ben suggests taking a seat on a stone bench by the wall of a hut. They've already decided where they'd do their teaching. Up on the mountain in the wilderness by a stream. A calm place where there is no-one else to bother the fledging force users.
Leia had given them a note telling who posses the force on the base. Rey takes the sealed envelope out of her satchel and turns it in her hand, three peoples names lay inside the crisp paper sealed with a red wax stamp. She hands it to Ben to open, he does so pulling out a numbered list.
Annalise Brownwin (45)
Finn (30)
Bennett Acosta (9)
First name Rey notices is Finn's, she partially knew her friend would be on the list. Sometimes the darker man would know things one could only acquire from the force. He would since that things would happen before they happened and so on so forth. She would teach him.
"They boy's 9 Rey, is he even ready for this" Ben asks the small female with the three buns. Rey nods if Leia listed him then she trusts the generals judgement.
"I'm sure he'll be fine after all it was probably his parents decision" Rey states hopefully worry growing in her stomach, somehow she knows that she's wrong and the boy doesn't have parents. She sighs laying her head on Ben's shoulder.
'I hope when I have kids they'll be able to have their parents' She thinks immediately turning red in the face at that thought. She looks up at a confused Ben.
"Something wrong" he asks raising a eyebrow. She shakes her head face burning even redder.
'Your acting like a little girl' she scolds herself for being so immature. It's not that embarrassing... to think about that stuff is it? She decides not and quickly composes herself, straitening her posture. Luckily he dismiss her odd behavior and goes on to ask another question.
"When will we start teaching them" Ben asks her moving his hand to hers and holding onto it. She doesn't know, preferably soon, but then again she is scared to do so. Ben senses her fear through the force and reaches out to comfort her. It doesn't work and she turns away tears beading in her eyes, she's scared. Ben could just search her mind easily and see what's wrong but he doesn't.
"Rey what's wrong" he asks a caring expression set open his face. She's scared of many things at the moment, she knows better then to show it so anybody but him.
"I don't want to fail them, like Luke failed you, he said you'd do fine but he said nothing about me... Ben, they don't know about the threat the dark side is" She whimpers into his chest. He wants to resume her that she'll be just fine but he doesn't know how. She'll only believe the old Jedi, he knows that, not that she doesn't trust him. But she wants to hear the truth from her teacher not necessarily Ben even though she loves him.
He knows she wont believe him but he says it anyway.
"You won't"
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Bennet Acosta sits in the little carved out tree/den he calls home. He lived on the planet before the resistance came, barely surviving. When the resistance came and found him they fed him and gave him a new set of cloths. He has been working with them as a little messenger boy ever since. He sits his red har flopping over his face. The young boy begins to mash up a concoction of native leaves in oil taking all the percussions to get the right mix. As good as all the rebel medics are, sometimes technology can't stand up to good old herbal remedies.
He doesn't remember his parents or when the left him but he does remember the old man that would bring him food as a baby and toddler. The old man died a year ago, he buried him back underneath the swaying branches of the weeping willow. Bennet still visits him there every Saturday morning.
He brings the herb concoction to the medical bay where the doctors take it and spread it across a injured mans back. Pain reliever that's what it is, numbs the area in pain so the patient can't feel the surgery.
"Thank you sweetheart, you know once your older we could train you in medicine and you could be a doctor here" says the head nurse putting a hand on his small shoulder.
"I'd rather not" Bennet says, he never had a liked that one lesson a doctor gave him on open cuts and lacerations. The nurse nods dismissing the red headed boy only after handing him a note to be delivered to Leia.
Bennet runs along the corridors, crystal blue eyes scanning the halls for General Leia's cabin. He finds it and knocks on the door waiting for someone to open it. Master Han hopefully , he always though Master Han was the coolest person in leadership. His best friend the wookie Chewie would throw the boy around on his shoulders when Bennet would ever have to deliver a message to the old pilot. He liked Chewie too.
No one answers. He knows not to eavesdrop but he hears his name from inside.
'It can't be much of eavesdropping if their conversation is about me can't it' He thinks pressing his ear too the door.
"Leia are you sure the boy is ready for this" Jedi Rey asks her shadow strait holding that metal staff she always carries with her at a lean. He sees the shadow that is Leia give a nodd returning to her work on the table.
"How do you know he's Force sensitive" Jedi Ben asks Leia, she doesn't reply.
"He will be temped by the darkness at such a young age" Jedi Ben continues. Making a motion The is unrecognizable by the boy. It's the Sith's sign the battle movement they make to identify themselves. Jedi Rey decides this is a good time to intervene.
"Ben the darkness is gone how do you even know there's any left" Jedi Rey asks the tall shadow. He looks down at her.
"They are not here in physical form, the darkness will be looking for someone to rebuild the Order and the Sith, I'm scared they might find little Bennet as their window" Jedi Ben says to the short shadow of a woman.
"Well then we will make sure he won't be" Jedi Rey states confidently. Bennet knocks on the door again and this time he's noticed. They open the door and see him faces falling.
"Did you hear all of that" Jedi Ben asks in disappointment, Bennet nods. Instead of saying yes he answers with a question.
"What's the dark side" the nine year old boy asks innocently.
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They explain, leaving out no details. At the end of the little chat Leia hands the boy a box.
"This was your great grandfathers" she says giving him a nod. He opens it and sees a silver cylinder weapon like the ones Jedi Ben and Jedi Rey carry. It's a light saber. He nods carrying the box away to his little tree den. Once he arrives he places the lightsaber on his little table and just looks at it.
The boys scared to touch it but does. Darkness clouds his eyes and then he's somewhere else, he's on top of the mountain, he knows this place. He sees himself floating, on a cliff his eyes are closed and his legs are crossed and rocks levitate around him. It's peaceful, but soon that changes.
A dark robed figure towers over the boy reaching for him. He fights against it but it's stronger. Then he sees a mountain overlooking a stormy sea. The darkness is there too. He runs through a grassy field but is soon swallowed up by darkness. And now he's standing at the shore of a tranquil lake looking at three little red headed girls, he knows them as his children. Their swimming, looking down at the water he catches a eye on his reflection. He's older, has a Greta red beard and is wearing Jedi Master robes. Looking up again he sees two older people. Force spirts, somehow he knows who they are but he doesn't call them. Jedi Rey and Jedi Ben like he had before, they are just Rey and Ben, Ben his cousin. The red headed man turns his head and see's another Force spirit. His grandfather.
Obi Wan Kenobi.