Hi hi! I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and a super HAPPY NEW YEAR! Sorry for the delay I did make rather merry. ~^_^~ Firstly I want to thank each and every person for their awesome reviews, follows, and favorites. I am so happy you guys like this story. I'll be honest I am shipping this couple so hard already and we haven't even gotten to the good parts! I wanted to send shout outs to all of my reviewer! Some of you guys actually made me tear up with your kind reviews. So thank you so much to silverfox1611,Kylo Ren Emily Skywalker, Smurficorn, TheReal Tayler13, Angel029, Crimson Rose333, Katie00980, , TheMarvelousPen, Toxie doxie (thank you so much you actually made me tear up), WhitskersOnKittens, and to the awesome guests who reviewed as well THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! (if there was anyone I left out that reviewed my deepest apologies, thank you so much and I offer you a hug and cookies.)

Katie0098: To answer your question, Ben is his real name and Kylo Ren is a name he took. It is actually a title similar to Darth Vader. Kylo Ren is a member of the knights if Ren so he took the name as he left behind his life as Ben as Anakin did in becoming Darth Vader.

A quick note about this chapter. It is not the dark chapter I foretold of in the last chapter. Originally I was going to spread the darkness over the course of two chapters. But as this one ran longer I decided to move all of the darkness to the next chapter...BUT in place of it I am giving something a bit different I hope you like! Please let me know what you think!


Several hours after his meeting with Snoke, Kylo Ren sat silently in his quarters mulling over their conversation. He wasn't sure why he had withheld information about her knowing him as a child, nor why he had actually lied to his master in saying there was no history between them. Atleast he had spoken truthfully in saying he didnt remember. But he knew if he had revealed as much Snoke might have decided against allowing him to continue to have charge of her, or worse given her into the care of her brother General Hux. Now that was something he simply refused to allow. The arrogance of the man believing himself to be entitled to her whether he was her brother or not was simply infuriating. Now Kylo had to wait for Snoke to decide whether or not he would allow him to take her on his mission so that he could continue his interogation of her. Time was not on his side as his ship was already being prepped to in search of Skywalker. He wasn't sure what he would do if Snoke decided to keep her. The thought of it made his anger surge and caused him to grip the arm rests of his chair as he fought not to break something.

Suddenly he felt it..a disturbance in the force. He closed his eyes searching out what was wrong. A moment later his eyes flashed open as a cold feeling of dread over took him. It was her. He was instantly off of his chair and across the room. Lifting his hand he used the force to slam open the mechanical door so fast it caused the officer standing on the other side to nearly jump out of his skin. The man looked as if he would rather be facing down an angry rathtar than where he was standing at the moment.

"WELL?!" Kylo demanded causing him to cringe.

"S-sir the girl has escaped." He said as quickly as he could with sweat dripping from his face. "We are not yet sure how she escaped...But we do know that so far she has killed five stormtroopers."

Kylo stared long and hard at the officer before him. So much so that the officer began to think he had escaped the wrath of Kylo Ren. But then it happened, with a loud roar accompanied by Kylo's lightsaber buzzing to life, he turned around and began a viscous attack in his quarters. Bits of furniture, sparks, and feathers flew everywhere as he destroyed everything within his reach. Finally he stopped and turned to look at the officer over his shoulder who was frozen in fear.

"Anything else?" he asked in a dangerous voice.

The officer looked ready to turn his own weapon upon himself.

"B-because she has taken lives aboard the Supreme Leader's ship..." He stammered. "He has commanded that all blasters be changed from stun to lethal. The Supreme leader has commanded she be brought to him alive...or dead.."

In a flash Kylo Ren seemed to teleport across the room and grabbed the officer. His gripped tightened around the man's throat as he lifted him off the ground in his anger.

"You listen to me..." He growled from behind his mask. "Shut..down this ship..We are floating in the middle of space no where near any planets that she can escape to. The only way she can get away is by sneaking onto an outgoing ship. Shut down every bay, do not let any ships land or take off...Search the entire ship, and if you find her...do not open fire...notify me immediately...do you understand?"

The man nodded so vigorously that for a moment he thought he broke his neck. Then Kylo Ren released him and shoved him hard to the side nearly sending him to the floor as he passed by. Kylo hardly felt his feet moving beneath him as he tore through the corridor. He was furious with everything. He was furious with her for attempting to escape. He was furious with Hux because he knew that should he find her in time Hux would attempt to use this as an excuse for her to be placed in his charge. He was furious with Snoke for commanding the stormtroopers to use lethal weapons on her and thus jeopardize their chance to find the resistance and Luke Skywalker before it was to late. But most of all he was furious with himself. First for not going to back to check on her, second for being so affected by her and her memories, and most of all he was furious with himself for worrying about her at all. She was a prisoner with information he needed, end of story. If he were able to find her before it was too late there would be no more talk of her being changed to an ally. He was going to rip the information he needed out of her and then have her executed...and that was IF his anger didn't get the best of him and he destroyed her himself before presenting her body to Snoke.


Isla was in a panic as she jumped into a tiny alcove hid among the shadows just as a squad of stormtroopers jogged around the corner. She was lucky they weren't very aware of their surroundings. She took that moment to breath and to try to figure out what was going on and what she was to do next. She had to find a way to a hanger to steal a ship. But whomever helped her escape seemed to be driving her on a specific path that was not the same one she wanted. From the time she made it out of the interrogation room. Someone had been directing her every move.

Every time she had made it to an access door that lead closer to a hanger it would refuse to open. Then a second later another leading in a different direction would open to her. Part of her was worried that she was being lead directly into danger. But then something strange had happened. A door had opened for her to find two stormtroopers laying on the ground as the ones outside the interrogation room were. Then not long after she had rounded a corner to find another face down in the hallway.

The first time it had happened she grabbed one of their blasters to take with her. She made sure it was set to stun. She detested killing even if it was an enemy. She was not a killer. She did not even wish death on the man who had hurt her the most. She closed her eyes to center herself. She needed to find a way out of here. She turned to glance out in the hallway to make sure that no one was coming. Then she took off around the corner. Ahead of her she saw two access doors and another hallway. She quickly ran to the first door. It refused to open. She turned to look at a small screen that would give information on where she was. This door lead directly to hanger seven. But as usual it was locked.

"Come on please," She begged turning to look around. "I have to get OUT!" she cried as she ran a hand through her wild spiral curls. "Who are you and where are you leading me?"

Then she had a thought. Maybe she could rewire the door to open for her. She quickly reached up to rip the control panel from its place in the wall. Then she heard the sound of the other access door opening. Not what she was hoping for but it would do. She had to keep moving. She gave a huff and ran from the door around the corner to see where the other door lead. Suddenly a blaster shot whizzed by her head barely missing her. She found herself staring into an entire squadron of stormtroopers coming through the door.

She turned and ran down the hallway as fast as her legs would carry her. So much for whomever was helping her. They were actually leading her to her death. SHE WAS GOING TO DIE, she thought to herself as she continued to run dodging blasts that zoomed all around her. She could see a dead end ahead of her. This was it...She was going to have to turn and fight. She stopped and whipped around firing her own blaster as quickly as she could. She saw two of the soldiers in the front hit the ground only to be stepped over by five more all aiming their weapons at her. She closed her eyes and fired again as they pulled their triggers. She waited for the blasts to hit her and end this horrid nightmare.


"Isla hurry up and get inside! We have to get down into the cellar!" Her mother cried from the door of the inn where they lived as her small seven year old daughter struggled to pick up the large basket of food they had bought at the market earlier.

As usual the great storm had come seemingly out of no where. One moment what seemed to be a distant cluster of clouds would cover the sky in darkness the next. Homes and lives were constantly lost during these dangerous storms. Lightning flashed across the skies and powerful winds ripped through the village as the little girl continued to struggle with her burden. She had to get it inside or the landlord would be angry with her grandmother. He was a mean man constantly asking so much of her family. So while her mother cleaned the inn, and her grandmother cooked the food for the patrons of the inn, Isla had made it her own job to take care of the food and make sure everything was stocked and fresh...even though she did sometimes steal a bite of the delicious fruits. She tried to help as much as she could. Suddenly the royal blue scarf that covered her head blew off releasing her long fiery curls into the wind.

"Oh NO!" Isla cried as she turned to chase it.

The scarf had been a welcome home gift from her grandmother when they first came to live in the inn. She had always treasured it and wore it every day to cover her hair as the landlord didn't like the color. He said it was a bad omen. Isla raced after the scarf as the wind carried it out of the inn yard towards the villagers scrambled to lock down their belongings outside. A land speeder pulled up near the inn. Luke Skywalker and his apprentice a tall gangly twelve year old Ben quickly disembarked and set about tethering the craft to the ground and covering it.

"Do not stress yourself over it Ben." Luke said looking at his frustrated apprentice. "Using the force to control object is difficult but you will learn. You need to let go of your anger and frustration because it will not aid you. You can control an object...not the force...Now come we need to take shelter.."

"ISLA!"

The woman's voice caught the attention of the two men and caused them to turn around to see the little girl bring her foot down on the scarf at the base of a large tree. Just as she leaned down to pick it up a crackling explosion hit above her as lighting struck the tree. A loud groaning sound began as the large tree began to topple over. Ben's eyes widened as he watched the tree began to come down right where she was standing frozen in terror. He took off as fast as his long legs could carry him towards her. She was his little shadow always following him around and asking him about his training or to read to her or even to share snacks she had stolen. Sometimes she could be annoying because she couldn't always keep up..nor would she go away. But he had still grown quite fond of her. Fear gripped as he ran pushing him onwards. He felt like he was moving in slow motion as he watched the tree come down. He had to do something. Suddenly his hand shot out towards the tree and he focused all of his energy on using the force.

Isla couldn't move. She felt like she couldn't feel her feet had stopped working as she watched the tree coming closer and closer. She knew she should run but she couldn't. So instead she closed her eyes and covered her face. Suddenly she felt herself lifted off the ground and her eyes shot open. Just above her the tree seemed to be hanging frozen in mid air. Then it came crashing down sending her and Ben rolling across the ground. Ben wrapped his arms around her and positioned himself so that he hit the ground first. A moment later she was pulled out of his arms by his master who leaned down and pulled him up by the arm and pushed him towards the inn.

"That was exemplary Ben...you did it!" He cried as they ran together with him holding Isla to his side.

"Oh thank you THANK YOU LUKE! Thank you for saving her!" Isla's mother cried as they entered the inn and slammed the door shut before making their way to the cellar where everyone else was.

Ben stomped over to a corner to sit by himself on a bench. He was furious. Why did she thank his master? HE had been the one to save her daughter...He watched as everyone fussed over the girl and his master to make sure they were alright. Typical everyone always looked up to his master the hero...no one ever noticed him...not even his parents. It was always 'listen to uncle Luke.', 'Ask uncle Luke.', 'What do you think uncle Luke would have done?' It pissed him off. Who wanted to be like uncle Luke? Not him...if he had to be like someone...he wanted to be like his grandfather. It was the one thing he and his uncle agreed on. They both admired Darth Vader. Whenever his uncle spoke of him he always said how strong and powerful he was. The entire galaxy feared him. Ben wanted to be like that. There was always a hint of awe in Luke's voice as he spoke of his father.

Suddenly Ben felt as if he were being watched. He turned to see a pair of deep blue eyes staring at him from the other side of the bench. Ben wasn't in the mood to talk or tell stories. So he turned his back on the little girl. Isla crawled beneath the bench. Ben turned to glance over his shoulder to see she had disappeared. He looked around the room for her before he turned back to see her standing inches from him making him jump. He glared at her and turned back around to present her his back.

"Go away Isla," he growled. "I don't wanna play right now..."

Isla stuck out her lip in a pout and almost turned around to leave. Then she had a thought and climbed up to stand on the bench and wrapped her arms around his back leaning as far as she could over his shoulder to kiss his cheek.

"Thank you for saving me...you're my hero!" She said in her sweet little voice.

She released him and turned around to jump off the bench. Ben turned bright red an put his hand to his cheek where she had kissed him. A small grin played at his lips as he watched her scamper away around the cellar to cause mischief. Several hours later when the storm had finally ended, Luke Skywalker walked over to see the two children snuggled together in the corner soundly sleeping. Isla was tucked up to Ben's side beneath his arm with her head resting on his shoulder while his chin rested on her head. Luke gave a smile to the pair. That little girl was something else. It was hard not to adore her. He wondered if his own daughter were anything like the little fireball before him.


Suddenly Isla felt something grab her arm and pull her through a door she hadn't noticed in her desperation to escape. She opened her eyes to see the blast shots frozen in the air right where her body had been a second before. Then the door closed and she heard the blasts hit the wall on the other side. She turned to see who had pulled her out of the way and her eyes widened as she stared into the mask of Kylo Ren. She released a scream and attempted to raise her blaster only to have him activate his lightsaber and slice the gun from her hand. He used the force to slam her back against the wall like a rag doll before he stepped up to her putting on hand over her shoulder by her head and the other holding his lightsaber so that the blade was pointed inches from her face.

"Did you really think I would let you escape me?" He asked in a low robotic growl.

Isla's eyes were wide as she shrank away from the lightsaber. She could feel his anger rolling off of him in waves. She was terrified but she refused to let her fear fuel his anger. She swallowed her fear and put on a mask of cool confidence, and surrounded herself with a calming aura to keep control of her own emotions.

"Did you really think I wouldn't take the chance to escape if it was given to me?" She asked glaring up at him.

Kylo Ren gripped his lightsaber harder as he leaned in until their heads were inches apart and she could feel the cool metal of his mask close to her lips. Though as he leaned in so did his lightsaber to the point she could feel the heat crackling against the tiny hairs on her neck. Kylo glared at her through his mask, fighting to remain furious at her. But even then as he stared down at her he could feel his anger slowly dieing away. He couldn't deny that a rush of relief had hit him when he had stomped through the door to see her on the other side. But then he saw blasts whizzing past her and her close her eyes. He instantly reacted. When he did it had triggered a memory somewhere deep within his mind that he had long since forgotten. A memory of the time before he was Kylo Ren. A memory of a little girl chasing a scarf in a storm...he did remember her...

"Do not think that because you have some sort of power of emotions that you have ANY amount of control over me.." He growled. "I am Kylo Ren, master of the nights of Ren and soon to be a master of the force itself...I am not some boy you had some crush on as a child...That person is dead...He was too weak to survive... I am no hero..."

Suddenly a different emotion washed over him like a cool breeze. He could see her stubbornness change into something else. Her eyes seemed to change from a stormy ocean that could drown a man to a lighter blue like a sky that brings the rain . She was sad.

"You were to me..." she whispered quietly.

Her words caught him off guard and made him pause from the slew of angry threats that were about to pour from his mouth. He took a step back and looked at her as if he had never seen her before, even tilting his head. But then suddenly a new voice spoke interrupting them.

"Well well well," General Hux said coming up the hallway behind them with a squadron of stomtroopers at his back. "It seems to have happened to you again...All of the girls you find just keep...running away..." He said with an evil grin before his eyes turned towards Isla. "So this is the girl I've heard so much about...my "sister" He said looking her up and down. "She does look the part I must say..."

Kylo Ren's anger surged back to life inside of him and he turned around to face Hux pulling his lightsaber away from her and held it at the ready down by his side.

"What was that you said general? I don't think I heard you properly." He growled in a threatening voice.

Hux whom had been staring at the girl turned his eyes back to Kylo and puffed up his chest.

"Stand down Ren...I am under orders to bring the prisoner to the Supreme Leader immediately."


A/N

Soooooo I hope you enjoyed! I LOVE LOVE LOVED writing the flashback. I really wanted to have Kylo have his first remembering of her happen before everything goes to hell. It will make it that much more intense. I also love writing for Hux...he is such a conivng ass and I love it! He alwaysncomea in at the worst times. I really enjoyed writing Ben's inner thoughts as a child to give kind of my interpretation of what he might of felt as a child especially in regards to Luke. Also yes I was making a reference to Rey. I personally believe she is his daughter. It may be true it may not be..but either way that's how it is in my fic...thats my story and I'm sticking to it. (Runs for the hills)

Next chapter we will see Isla and Snoke meet for the first time as well as her interaction with her brother. We will also see what happened to her in the past and what Snoke's judgment is on her future. I know I've said this before...but next chapter will be Really REALLY dark so be warned. Please let me know what you thought of this chapter!