Rey felt pain ravaging her body. The last thing she remembered was flying in Luke's X-wing through the unknown region looking for Jedi and Sith relics. She felt the she was laying on cold earth, a scratchy blanket covering her, she could smell the ground, the grass, and the dew that surrounded her. She also could smell burning wood. Peeking her eyes open she saw a fire burning not too far away and shadows of someone moving around. Where was she? Who was the shadow? Friend? Foe? She needed to find her ship and get away. All her life had been fight or flight, and she would always fly before she would fight. It was the Jedi way after all.

Looking at her surroundings as well as she could without causing attention she struggled to see as much as the light would touch from the fire. She could see trees surrounding them. She could hear night creatures singing their songs. Closing her eyes she reached out further with the force. She felt the growth beneath her, the life that surrounded her, the man that was the shadow that sat on the ground. She felt animals large and small surrounding her. She felt a pack of wolves closing in on them, then she heard them howl. Her eyes popping open and pain surging through her head.

"They are not going to bother us, and if they do I'll take care of them." A deep voice said.

This did not give Rey any reassurance from the shadow. She knew there was a pack of them, more than one man could take care of by himself even though the silhouette did look quite large. Rey wasn't sure how hurt she was, if she could even fight if she needed to. She sat up with a groan, pain shooting through her body. She moved her legs and felt the light saber attached to her belt shift. She was relieved that if she did need to fight she would at least have her weapon. "Where am I?" She asked.

"Velen."

Rey had never heard of Velen, "What system?"

There was silence from the shadow, but not the wolves, she could still hear their cries. It made her shiver.

"You are pretty hurt lady. You should sleep." The deep voice said.

Rey couldn't even think of sleep. She needed to get back to her ship alive. She didn't think she would have to worry to much of the company that she was keeping, but the wolves she worried about. She didn't know the planet Velen or what kind of wolves that inhabited it. It wasn't long before she found out though. She saw their eyes gleam from the fire light. First there was one pair, then another, and another thought the trees that hid them in the darkness. She counted 6 pair, but could feel there were more. She also felt the air change around her from the shadow.

"Stay by the fire." He said standing up.

If she thought he was large sitting her thoughts would surely be an understatement. He was large, probably as large as Ben had been.

The thought of Ben sent a pang through her heart. As awkward as it seemed she missed him.

Then she saw a blur jump out of the woods towards the shadow. She jumped to her feet still feeling the pain in her body but the adrenaline coursing through her veins of the attack. She saw a gleam of a blade that was unsheathed from his back, and with one quick and cruel stroke the animal fell to the ground with a yelp. She felt a small flash of sorrow for the beast but before she could processes the feelings they were gone as three more of the animals leaped out of the woods towards them. Two flanking the man, and one towards her. Unlatching her saber from her belt and igniting the light from the yellow blade showed more wolves than she originally thought were surrounding them and getting ready to pounce. She saw the man turn his head towards her, the blades light surprising him, Rey watched as one of the beasts saw a chance to take down the larger pray. Rey outstretched her hand throwing the animal into a tree with a yelp with the force. She then lashed out towards the wolf that was coming toward her with her saber, decapitating the animal. The remaining wolves paced looking at their fallen pack. Rey wondered if they were thinking twice of trying to make them their meal. Her thoughts were then interrupted by a piercing scream of an animal behind her.

"Roach!" The man yelled as he ran past her.

She saw the animal that he called roach, it was a Pulga, and it was being threatened by the wolves. The man swung his sword at the closest animal, the sword hit nothing but air. The animals growling and snarling at the man letting him know of their frustration, the pulga still uneasy with the wolves so near.

"Get out of here!" the man yelled at them. The wolves still pacing wondering if they should attack or not. Rey watched the scene still keeping her eyes on the wolves that were on the other side of the fire. Her body was screaming at her but she didn't want to die.

Gathering her strength she sent a push with the force, the fire almost going out from the force, but the wolves also being pushed back into the woods with yelps. She then heard them run away, looking toward the man and pulga she noticed that the other wolves too had retreated.

She watched as the man started calming the pulga, whispering to it and stroking it's large head. Walking over to the man she saw that the pulga was indeed calming down. The man checking the animal for injuries, she noticed that the pulga called a roach was bleeding from it's flank. She slowly walked to the man and animal, the closer she got the more she could smell the blood. The man was already wiping the animal with a cloth, cleaning the wound as best he could and she knew she had to heal the roach.

"Please, let me help." Rey said stepping up to the wounded pulga. She could tell that the animal was still scared and in pain. The whites of it's eyes showing in the light of the saber. She put her hand on the animals neck, running it down it's body so it knew she wasn't out to hurt it and extinguished her saber. The man moved out of her way, she could tell he was watching her closely but let her pet his roach.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you." She told the pulga trying to comfort it. She pet it and soothed it until she reached the area that was wounded. It was a large injury, four claws dug deeply in the pulga's meat. She placed her hand on the wound that blood was running quickly from. She closed her eyes and called to the force, light filling her. She flooded the healing force from herself to the pulga, she could see the wound melding together in her mind as the animals flesh healed.

Rey smiled when the pulga was healed. She was in pain and exhausted, but pleased with using the force to heal the animal. Her revelry was quickly broken though when the man whipped her around and looked straight into her eyes. "Who are you?" He asked.

Rey's smile quickly faded, she could see his eyes, yellow and evil. The last time she had seen eyes like that had been the Emperor. She jerked away from the man and started to run. She could hear him behind her, his steps gaining quickly. She was deeper in the woods, there was no light except from the moon that wasn't shining very brightly to begin with. She felt a large object collide with her back knocking her to the ground, knocking the breath out of her. The little light she saw surrounding her from the moon was turning black quickly as she passed out though she thought she heard the man say "I'm not going to hurt you sorceress." As she did.