Rey went inside the domed house to meditate in order to avoid interruptions. She sat cross-legged on the sand in the center of the circular space and closed her eyes.

"I'm ready, Luke," she spoke into the Force. "What did you need to tell me?"

Almost immediately, she felt his presence, and then Leia's. She opened her eyes to see them sitting before her, and couldn't help but smile to see them so at peace.

"The path the Force has set you on is a daunting one," Leia began. "You are the only one who can carry on the legacy of the Jedi. But there is much you have to understand before you will be prepared to begin."

Rey nodded, eager for more.

Then Luke spoke. "During your time here, many Jedi that have passed into the Force will visit you to share what they know. They will pass on their knowledge and their perspective to help you find the right path."

Rey's eyes widened in amazement. "I'd be honored to learn from them, Master Luke."

Leia smiled at her, eyes twinkling. "You're not alone in this, Rey. You never have been." She reached over and touched Rey's hand reassuringly. "We will be with you every step of the way."

"Thank you, Leia," Rey replied, tears gathering in her eyes.

"When you are ready, Master Yoda will come to you. He had a hand in training nearly every Jedi in the last days of the Old Republic, and he lived to see its fall. He knows more about the Jedi Order than anyone."

"Thank you," Rey said as the two began to fade away. "I won't fail you."

Left alone, Rey took a shaky breath. It all came down to her to resurrect an ancient order of peace-keeping warriors, something Luke himself had tried and failed to do. Her chest felt heavy with overwhelming responsibility, and more than anything, she longed to have Ben by her side to sort this through with. For a moment, she considered reaching out to him to see if he would let her back in, but she crushed the thought. I can wait as long as he can.

So she shut her eyes again and reattuned herself to the Force, awaiting Yoda's arrival. She couldn't afford to waste time and energy wondering about Ben; there were more important things to do. She sensed a presence unlike any she had sensed before, wizened and ancient, but mischievous and clever, too. Powerful in the Force, but small in stature, which she realized the moment she opened her eyes.

He was tiny, green, and wrinkled, with massive, pointy ears protruding out from the sides of his head. His green eyes felt as though they could see straight through her, but there was no malice in them.

"At last we meet, Rey Skywalker." His voice came from the back of his throat, rough and almost...knobbly-sounding.

"It's an honor, Master Yoda. I've heard much about you." She inclined her head.

"From Luke Skywalker have you heard?" Yoda shook his head. "Very little did Skywalker manage to learn from me." But there was a purse to his lips, a twinkle to his eye, that told her he wasn't entirely serious.

"Luke said you could tell me about the Jedi Order under the Old Republic."

Yoda chuckled, a delightful sound. "So quick to reach the point, you are. Your adopted family, chosen well you have."

"I can't afford to wait, Master Yoda."

"But wait you must. Not ready are you to begin this journey."

"Wait for what, Master Yoda? Wait until another tyrant conquers the galaxy? The galaxy needs the Jedi back to protect it."

"So sure of that, are you?"

"Well I don't see anyone else stepping in to do it."

Yoda sighed and looked down, the first time she had seen him wholly serious. "Misunderstood, the Jedi Order is. Meant to be more, it was. A better one, you must create."

Rey stared at him, totally nonplussed. "Master Yoda, how can I even begin to do that?"

"Fallen, this Jedi Order has. But countless others before it fell. Rebuild, its survivors did. Now you must do the same. Show you the path, the Force will."

"Master Yoda, I don't think I can do this."

He stabbed his knotted stick at her. "And that is why you will fail."

Her brow furrowed. "If I'm destined to fail, why try at all?"

"Fail many times you will, before you succeed," Yoda replied. "Persevere, you must. Discouraged, you must not be. Not easy is the path you walk, but necessary it is. The greatest teacher, failure is."

She nodded and lifted her chin, beginning to shoulder the burden that lay before her. "Then tell me what I need to know about the Jedi Order."

Yoda's spark seemed to return, and he chuckled again. "Still impatient, are you? Answers to your questions you will receive. Speak to many others, you must. Tell you of the Jedi Order, they can. No more words have I for you." And then he was gone.

Her mind spinning, Rey stood to pace. Not ready are you. A better one, you must create. One thing was certain: she had to understand the Jedi Order before she could even begin to plan a better one. She had come face-to-face with just how little she knew of it. She only knew what Luke had told her, and he only knew what others had told him. Her task was a daunting one, but she had to start somewhere.

Steeling herself for the long journey ahead, she sat once more, shut her eyes, and slowed her breathing, slipping beneath the Force's waves. Whatever her next visitor had to say, she was ready to hear it.