I know that I'm so late but it's been so hectic with NANOWRIMO but I'm starting to get caught up. Some of you may have noticed that I have released a new chapter of the Knights of Rey but I can just promise the chapter that will be on 11/30 will be well worth the wait!

Anyway here's Rey's chapter

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or any of the amazing characters!

Chapter 11:

Rey

The compound as Kylo and the others referred to it was really a castle out of a children's story or something out of a history book.

There were eight solid, square towers built on various tactical spots for an ideal defense and were connected by lower solid walls made of gray stone. Stylish windows were scattered generously around the walls in symmetrical patterns along with same sized holes for archers and artillery. A moderate gate with tall metal doors, a regular bridge and various artillery equipment offer a well-fortified compound capable of outlasting invasions and it was the only way in, at least without taking out the force field generators at the top of the towers and the castle walls. A handful of waterfalls flow into various small rivers and provide the precious farm fields within the walls with needed water.

This castle had clearly stood the test of time. The rocks of the walls are aged. There were vines and plants that grew in the cracks. Rey could tell that the castle would last for ages to come.

Rey stared up with her mouth open as they walked into the entrance hall. The walls were painted a maroon red. There were paintings in silver and gold frames. Animal pelts decorated every piece of furniture. Expensive rugs covered the stone floors.

Falbell and Nikhoah led Rey and the others to their sleeping quarters that turned out to be rooms bigger than the hut Rey shared with Kylo. Phasma, Datoo nor Kylo were phased by the opulence of the spaces that they were being shown. Once they were alone Rey couldn't help but express how out of place she felt here.

The large, rectangular bedroom had matching wooden furniture. The floor was stone like the rest of the castle and the walls were painted a warm gold color with a paneled dado. Gas lamps provided light. The room was done in warm earth tones and overall had a quirky look. Among the first things she noticed walking in was the expensive drapery covering the windows.

"You grow used to it," Kylo said pulling back the fur throws that acted as the blankets for the giant bed they would be sleeping in.

"Yeah, maybe if we lived here for the rest of our lives," she said climbing in next to him.

"Don't get so hung up on it. Most of this stuff was here when the Hutts left," he said as he slipped his arm around her waist. "Besides we are just visiting for a while," he said and laid gentle kisses along her neck and shoulders.

"I do like this bed," she said. "Maybe I could replicate the design when we get back home," Rey said as she began to fall asleep.

"It wouldn't even fit into the hut, sweetheart," she heard Kylo chuckle.

"We can make it bigger," she said with a smile.

"Sleep tight," he said kissing her cheek.

...

When Rey awoke the next morning, she immediately began to panic. She didn't recognize her surroundings at all and Kylo was nowhere to be found. She began searching down the line of the bond for him.

Suddenly the large wooden door opened and Kylo came through it looking frantic. He looked around the room for an enemy to fight with his lightsaber ignited and held at the ready. After a few seconds of looking around, he was sure there was no one in the room with Rey, he extinguished the blade and put it back on his hip.

Rey threw herself into his arms.

"Are you okay? I thought we were being attacked or something," he said, placing a kiss on the top of her head.

"I'm sorry I worried you. I really forgot where we were for a moment and it didn't help that you were gone," she explained.

"I woke up early so that I could scope out the living quarters," he said.

"I thought you trusted Falbell and Nikhoah," Rey said.

"I do but this was a First Order stronghold. I needed to make sure that Snoke and Hux hadn't had someone plant listening devices and the like. I didn't find anything so it should be safe here," he said.

"That's good," she said and then her stomach rumbled loud enough for Kylo to hear.

He laughed.

"Breakfast is ready," he said.

"Good because I am starving," she said breaking their embrace so that she could change out of her sleep clothes.

Kylo led the way through the twisting hallways of the castle until they came to a large kitchen area. It was bigger than the mess hall back at the Olara Base. Three massive stoves that could easily cook up meals for a starving army up against the back wall and there was enough counter space to prep 30 different dishes.

Kylo led her through there to a dining hall that was large enough to accommodate an army. Instead of an army there were only four people sitting at a table that was on a raised dais. They all looked up as Rey and Kylo approached the table.

"Everything okay," Datoo asked.

"I told you nothing here would ever hurt any of you," Nikhoah said.

Rey opened her mouth to respond but found herself speechless.

Rey almost didn't recognize Nikhoah without all of her fancy armor and she certainly wasn't what Rey was expecting at all. It had been too dark when they first arrived for Rey to have clearly seen what she looked like even after Falbell had removed her helm but now Rey had a clear look at her face.

Nikhoah had waist length hair that was a rich brown, which held red highlights, and her bright green eyes appeared to sparkle. Her skin was a little darker than in the memory Kylo had showed Rey but it would have been impossible not to recognize her. She had the same diamond shaped face, a slightly sloped forehead with shaped brows, a perfectly straight button nose, high cheekbones and full rosebud lips. Needless to say, she was beautiful.

Not what you were expecting, Kylo asked.

Not at all, Rey admitted.

If Rey hadn't been so sure that Kylo really loved her, she might have been a little intimidated by Nikhoah's beauty.

"Don't let the face fool you Rey, my Nikki one of the most dangerous women I've ever met," Falbell said drawing Rey's attention to him.

He was not what Rey had imagined either.

Falbell's hair was cut only a few inches from his scalp but stuck up in all directions as though he'd been struck by lightning. His skin, like Nikhoah's, was a little darker than it had been when he was younger. His face was wolfish with a wide forehead, thick bushy eyebrows, a rather large flat nose that looked as if it had been broken a few times, sharp cheekbones and a wide slash of a mouth.

Where Nikhoah was undeniably beautiful, Falbell was noticeably unattractive. They made for a very odd couple. If you'd told Rey that they were the same kids from that vision, she might not have believed you had she not been able to feel their presences signatures in the Force.

"Are you trying to be threatening or reassuring? Normally I wouldn't ask but I really can't tell this time," Nik said with a straight face.

Rey looked up at Kylo who just shrugged.

"This is how they are all the time," he said with a smile.

"Kylo Ren smiles," Falbell asked.

Rey sat at the table next to Phasma. The tall woman had let her blonde hair grow out and it now reached passed her shoulders. She nodded to Rey, then went back to eating her food and doing her best to ignore Kylo and the others. Datoo was enjoying watching Kylo interact with the others so humanly. Rey had never seen him this open with anyone other than herself.

It was amusing to watch.

"Rey, why don't I show you around while Kylo and Falbell catch up," Nikhoah offered.

Kylo looked down at Rey.

You don't have to go if you don't want to, Kylo said like he was hoping she wanted to see it.

It's fine. I would like to see it even if it is a little much, she said and smiled.

I'm sure it's just the entrance hall and royal sleeping quarters, he said with a grin that said just maybe the rest of the castle would be just as bad as what she'd already seen.

"Sure, let's go," Rey said aloud, finishing the rest of her breakfast.

"Phasma, I want you to go with them," Kylo said as the two women got up from the table.

"What? Why? The compound grounds are probably safer than the Resistance base and I am not her bodyguard," Phasma argued.

"Because I said so and because I want you to watch over them both. We know that Hux is going to send someone after Nik and Bell. It would be better if you were with them," Kylo said.

"Fine, let's go ladies," Phasma said getting to her feet.

"This won't take too long but I think you should be familiar with the grounds," Nikhoah said as though they would be spending more time here than she'd thought.

Rey shot Kylo an inquisitive look. He simply smiled and all but shooed her and the others out of the door. Later they would definitely have a talk about that. She could practically feel that he was hiding something from her and she didn't like it.

Nikhoah led them out of the dining hall and back through the front entrance.

"For the few years we've been here, Falbell and I have been working to learn how to grow every sort of fruit and vegetables from all over the galaxy in this dreadful soil that we have here. Our Vodran farmers are raising different kinds of bovine, sheep, swine and poultry. The fishermen bring in the freshest fish daily," Nik said as they walked down a long path that took them directly to the farms.

Rey looked over what seemed like acres and acres of fruit trees, numerous vines, and roots. She could smell the animals and while it was a slightly unpleasant smell it still made her think of life. It was something that was missing on the Olaran base.

"We also have state of the art training facilities here," Nikhoah said leading them to a dome like building near the rear wall. "It has simulations for training other Force sensitives which Kylo tells me you seem to have just come across and are now calling them the Knights of Rey," Nik asked.

"Yes, that's right. They all managed to escape the clutches of the First Order during the Great Jedi Purge and only recently found their way to the Resistance after the events of Crait," Rey explained. "They all look to me to be their leader even though I don't know half as much Kylo does," she said.

"Our training facility would be great for getting you all up to speed," Nik said with a smile. "The other half of the facility is used as a shooting range, a fencing area, as well as a workout area."

The walked passed the facility to a large seemingly empty field that was marked off with a line of red cement.

"Beyond this line are the bay doors to our hanger. It stretches under most of the castle and is large enough to hold a star cruiser should the need arise," Nik said. "We have every tool you would need to fix any kind of mechanism from ships to microchips."

"This is all lovely but why are you really showing and telling me all this," Rey asked.

"Well, uh, Kylo mentioned that your base on Olara may be compromised and your group may need somewhere safe to hide out," she said but couldn't look Rey in the eye.

Rey couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"And you all think we would be safer here? On a planet that is controlled by the First Order? Are you both fucking crazy," Rey exclaimed.

Phasma's eyebrows shot up at the word leaving Rey's mouth. She'd never heard her curse before. She laughed at the expression on Rey's face.

Rey knew she must have looked as pissed as she felt. This was not something Kylo should have been keeping from everyone, especially not from her and his mother. She opened the bond wide.

I am going to kill you Kylo Ren and no one can stop me, she said.

Before Nikhoah could respond Rey turned around and ran for castle entrance. Kylo met her on the steps. Phasma grabbed Nikhoah's arm keeping her from interfering with what was about to happen.

Sweetheart let me explain, Kylo plead into her mind.

He didn't want everyone to hear this.

Why does that woman think that the base on Olara is compromised, she hissed.

Because it probably is. When we fled the First Order, I didn't have time to wipe or grab my personal datapad. If Hux and the First Order have been able to crack it then they would no doubt be on their way to Olara. I would rather have a secure place for us to go if we have to, he said trying to go to her but she pushed him away with the Force.

How could this place be secure, Kylo? Stormtroopers could show up here any day, or worse: Hux and Zoroyais could show up. If he's making Force sensitive clones don't you think he would be interested in two fully trained dark Jedi, Rey asked. It's only a matter of time before they come here, Kylo. And if they do know where the Resistance is hiding wouldn't it be a perfect time for them to attack with all of the force users away doing other things!

She was yelling and she didn't even care. He sighed. She could feel that he knew she had a right to be mad even though he was trying to do the right thing. They were supposed to trust each other.

I want to go home, now, Rey said and crossed her arms over her chest.

We can call back to the base but we can't go just yet. We haven't talked to them about why we came here, he said.

But you had enough time to tell them that the Resistance might need a place to move to again! You had enough time to cook up this little scheme to get Nikhoah to show me around the compound so that I can see how great it is and not care that we may have to explain to your mother why we are fleeing to a First Order controlled planet in the middle of Hutt space, she screamed at him.

I'm sorry Rey! I wasn't thinking about how mad you would be that I'd kept this from you, I was just trying to make sure I could make up for the bigger mistake. There is no way I shouldn't have purged all of the data I'd gathered on the Resistance the moment I realized I could no longer go after my mother and her people. How could I live with myself if we were forced to flee somewhere as great as Olara and not be able to provide a safe haven for you after I asked you to be my wife, Kylo said and her heart broke for a second.

She knew he was just trying to help but he went about it the total wrong way, which wasn't uncommon for him. Rey took a deep breath. She couldn't decide if she wanted to kiss him or hit him over the back of his head.

"If we are going to be married, we have to stop keeping things from each other," she said and hung her head. "How long have you known that it's a possibly of the base being compromised," she asked.

"Since Luke mentioned that Hux would be sending someone after the Knights of Ren. I thought that the data pad had been destroyed on my shuttle but I was the only one besides Snoke who knew where Nikhoah and Falbell were stationed and I kept the location on that pad. Stupid I know, but I never thought I'd be parted with it either," he explained.

"So that datapad had the locations of the Resistance and this place, what else is on there? And why do you seem to think that this would be a good place for the Resistance," she asked.

"Besides those two things there wasn't anything that could hurt us now. And why not here, Hux would never think to look for us here especially if Nik and Bell denounce anything to do with me or the First Order. Bell and I were going over my plan before you threatened to kill me," Kylo said pulling his fingers through his hair.

"Well I want to be included on this plan from the beginning otherwise I may have to follow through on that threat," Rey said.

Kylo waved to Phasma and Nikhoah.

"It's safe now. No one is going to be killed. Let's head back inside so we can finish our talk," Kylo said taking Rey's hand, leading her back to the dining hall.