"Anna, be careful with that thing! You'll poke your eye out!"
"This, from the girl who brought it home."
Anna smirked mischievously at her sister, brandishing her Lightsaber in front of the mirror silently. Rey had visited their housing after she and Elsa had done their trading. Rey had gotten a little less than yesterday, and Elsa somehow got more despite not having sold the lightsaber. Perhaps luck was on her side this day.
"Oh, don't you dare side with her…" The blonde woman narrowed her eyes and checked on the frying meat before looking towards them again. "She'll think she can play with any dangerous object."
Her sister sent her a playfully offended look.
"I don't care if you're 18. Still too young to lose an eye." Elsa said, a laugh easing into her sentence.
"Hey Anna, mind if I see that?" Rey extended her hand towards the lightsaber, and was gladly given the weapon. Rey stood up her seat and put on the biggest frown in existence. "I am Rey; the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy!"
"Maybe you should change your name to: 'Light Rey'. A little pun for your enemies to enjoy, huh?" Elsa quipped.
"Enough terrible puns…" The Brunette jokingly pointed a finger at her. "Or Elsa have to silence you…"
"..."
"..."
"...Elsa! You know, like 'else I'? Really? You don't get it?"
Rey was sitting just outside of their house, arm resting atop one propped up knee. Her gaze was centered out on the horizon before her, and on the distant blazing light she knew was a fire. Or multiple fires in the same area, she wasn't really quite sure to begin with. Then she looked upwards slowly, at the other blazing lights. In her mind, any one of those lights could be a ship coming to get her. It never happened before, but maybe...just maybe. Rey noticed Elsa walking out, and she slowly joined her in sitting and gazing.
"Looks like there was a fire."
"Accidental probably."
"Hmm." Elsa glanced at her from the corner of her vision. "Yknow, I'm surprised we never tried talking before."
"Yeah...I guess I liked living alone or something."
"So… You don't know anyone else?" When there was no response, Elsa quickly added: "Sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
"No, that's okay." Rey shrugged a little. "I just don't like being the center of a pity party."
"A little pity never killed anyone…"
Rey reached back with one hand, combing back strands of hair with a hand. "...I came here when I was younger, probably five or six. I can't really remember. I do remember my parents leaving in a ship to go somewhere...I just need to wait for them to come back."
Elsa listened carefully, raising an eyebrow at her. "What kind of job would they have that keeps them away that long?"
"...I have no idea."
Before any response could be made, there was a distant sound of distress just behind them. Hesitantly, the two got and began to walk behind Elsa's home and up the sand dome in order to find the source of the ever growing noise. Once at the top they spotted a familiar green skinned scavenger atop a luggabeast, with a spherical droid struggling to get out of it's net.
"Hey! Let it go!" Elsa shouted rather awkwardly and started down. She wasn't quite sure of the droid's gender, if it had one.
"Let go of him!" Rey somehow sped past her with a great speed, and skidded to a halt next to the glaring scavenger. "You can't just kidnap it, Teedo!"
'Teedo' growled out some words in his language, something Elsa wished she was fluent in. Luckily, Rey appeared to be fluent in it.
"Because it's a droid! Droids are sentient!" She tugged off the net and briefly watched the droid zoom out and rush behind Elsa's calves worriedly. "How would you like it if I captured you and sold you off?"
Teedo rolled his eyes, at least Elsa thought he did, and made a loud sound. The Luggabeast bellowed loudly and began to slowly amble off. With that problem solved, Elsa looked behind herself and down at the droid. It looked kind of like a orange and white ball that children played with, only with a dome head and camera eyes. "Okay, he's gone now…"
The droid rolled out cautiously, and then started speaking in beeping noises."®[€×|]¢]€[€¶`∆`]¢¶€=¥°¡"
"Yes, Yes. You're welcome." Rey's lips formed a thin line, and she placed her hands on her hips. "What are you doing out here?"
"#+%:$($+=( )\." The droid chirped rather gormlessly.
"A safe place huh?" Elsa's brow furrowed. "Well, I guess you can find some refuge over in east...or was it the west?"
"I thought it was the south." Rey curiously told her. "I heard that was the place where they had the weapons."
"¿\[®¶|[¥×ΠΠΠΠ¢℅€¶`∆¶¶¶$'$+$+#."
"Stay with us?!" Elsa exclaimed, and Rey shared her look of disagreement. "That's not going to work out, uh...what was your name again?"
"Dndh$:$-$:#. €[¢=|[|¶¢=¢{`¶¢]®."
"Because, BB-8, We can't just… We...uh….Tell him, Rey!"
After giving Elsa a nasty look, the brunette opened her mouth to speak to the droid...then closed it. She opened her mouth again, but quickly closed it. "...I can't think of any reason to not take him with us."
"I was afraid you'd say that." Elsa looked down at the expectant droid, knowing just how noisy it would be when she tried to sleep. "Alright...Come along."
"€[€℅€=¢[€×€÷`¶`[!"
"Mmm… Wha…?"
When Elsa awoke, she peered through her barely opened eyes at her sibling, who was smiling nervously and shaking her softly. The blonde sat up in bed and ran a hand through her scruffy bed hair before looking straight at Anna. "Anna...please don't tell me you woke me up for something small."
Anna shook her head.
"Good. " Elsa stretched in a very unladylike fashion, hearing several bones popping when she did so. "Now, what do you want?"
Nervously, the young woman shrugged and gestured to her sibling's scavenging bag and then to the door and finally to herself and her sister. Elsa raised an eyebrow as she thought about what Anna was trying to say to her, before it suddenly dawned on her and her eyes widened. "You want to come with Rey and I on a scavenging trip?"
Anna did that cute little thing where she looked extremely happy and nodded. From what seemed like nowhere, BB-8 squeaked and rolled to a stop beside Anna.
"And BB-8 wants to come too? That's a little odd for a droid." Elsa deadpanned immediately.
Anna informed her in her way that he was going to see if he master was near the scavenging sites or the trading areas. She then explained that she wanted to see what her only family member was doing for a living, and that she wouldnt get in the way of their work. Anna finished by holding out her pinky to Elsa, who skeptically sighed. And yet, she still grasped her sister's pinky with her own.
"Fine, if you pinky promise not to mess anything up, then you can come."
The day wasn't nearly as interesting as Elsa would have liked it to be. She didn't find many items out in the ship ruins of value, only a few laser weapons. Rey managed to find some kind of helmet amidst the dusty chaos and brought it back with her own weapons. BB and Anna provided little help, pointing out a few objects that caught their eyes here and there. Still, the enthusiasm was greatly appreciated from. Elsa felt a pang of sadness from BB-8 not being able to find his master anywhere, unsure of where the small thing would go to if they couldn't find him. She also felt a pang of annoyance with the cheapskate who sang the same tune as yesterday.
"Three half quarters."
Elsa grimaced at him, and knew that trying to reason for a higher reward would be stupid. She was about to reach up for her earnings, when the trader coughed to stop her. She, as well as Rey, gave him a confused stare.
"There's a deal today." He informed, and reached behind himself. He slapped a huge pile of silver pieces onto the counter, all of them glinting in the sunlight. "Ninety half pieces can all be yours..."
Elsa's eyes widened and took in the sight of the pile of earnings with a dropped jaw. If she hadn't closed it, she might have drooled.
"...If you just hand over the droid."
That's when she broke out of her trance and finally blinked. The chance at a better lifestyle was right at her fingertips, showing her glimpses of Anna having a great life ahead of her. In her brief thoughts, her gaze had fallen on BB-8, who was hiding behind Rey's calves with a completely worried expression. Ironically, Rey herself had the same look on her face. Elsa sighed sadly at the both of them, and then turned to face the trader, her face completely stoic.
"...He's not for sale."
And with that simple statement, the woman reached up and snatched three pieces out of the whole pile, and left the line completely. Rey, seemingly forgetting her own trade, followed and didn't notice her jaw had dropped until she finally blinked. Then she only opened her mouth again. "You didn't sell him!"
"No, No I did not."
"I'm glad you didn't do it but...why exactly...?"
"Because if his master just so happens to be found by us, or vice versa, I don't think he'd like me very much knowing that I sold his...companion." Elsa responded bluntly, and delivered the tiniest of smirks. "Besides, Anna would kill me if I sold him off, no matter how much I got for it."
She flinched when BB-8 nuzzled her leg affectionately, making a series of high pitched noises at her. "Alright, Alright! No need to be all nice, BB."
Rey giggled softly at the droid, glancing around the sandy trading area and placing her hands in her hips. "...Speaking of her, where IS Anna? Wasn't she bored in line and looking around after a while?"
"Uh...Yes?" Elsa wasn't too sure about it, and looked around as well. She discovered Anna a bit far off and standing near a metal parts shop, holding a gear with some level of fascination. Suddenly, two scavengers approached her from behind, and the first one immediately grabbing her attention with some kind of sentence. The other was just behind Anna, and seemed to be reaching around her, his hand rising past her chest to get her necklace. Elsa was skidding to a halt by the time she saw his fingers try and get the pendant. "HEY! What do you think you're doing?!"
The second guy shrank back sharply, onlybto end up bumping into a Rey. Elsa wasn't wuitebsure how the woman was able to sneak into that spot, and she made a mental note to ask later.
"What? We can't have a nice conversation now?" The first guy tried to sound nonchalant, not she cared too much.
"Just don't touch my sister!" She glared daggers at him and threateningly pushed him away from Anna's side. He glared back at her, and she briefly worried that hr might attack. A Zygerrian was one thing to fight. A thief with a partner was another thing.
"Be careful who you push around..." Elsa flinched when he growled at her. "I'd really hate to mess that face more than it already-"
He didn't finish, courtesy of a swift fist to the throat. While he choked, Anna whirled around and kicked the other guy rather hard in the place that must not be named, causing him to double over and leave him open for for a punch to the nose. Then she pushed him inti the first partner, and they both ended up in a pile of pain and groaning.
For the second time in one day, Rey's jaw dropped and Elsa's eyes grew as wide as moons. BB-8 chirped loudly, as if giving the pigtailed young woman some kind of enthusiastic cheer. Anna merely crossed her arms and stared down at the groaning thieves.
"Anna..." Elsa finally spoke, never able to tear her gaze away from the crooks or her sister. "You just...You just took down two...and...how di-...?"
The woman replied in the form of a stare, as if to say to Elsa: Nobody threatens my sister.
"Wow...Just Wow. Remind me not to get on your bad side." Rey said as a joke, but Elsa knew that underneath the voice, there was a slight hint of fear. Perhaps Anna had gotten her intimidating stature from her sibling.
"!#%&( %(#^ (&$^ #%!)!" BB-8 frantically spoke, and everyone looked in the direction the droid had specified. Far from their position was a dark skinned man with short black hair and a kind of timid stance, staring at them with curiosity. The moment Rey started to move towards him, he frantically bolted in the opposite direction. Elsa sped past Rey as fast as her legs could carry her, following the man who dodged various scavengers passing by and under tables. Just as she was about get close enough to him, he was smacked backwards by a certain staff belonging to a certain neighbor. How Rey managed to get in front of him so fast was beyond Elsa's reasoning.
When the man fell back from the blow, BB-8 rushed up and tasered him while he was on the ground. "OOOW!"
Rey glared daggers at him as Anna caught up. "That jacket: The droid says you stole it!"
"What?!" The man asked incredulously, only to be shocked again. " OOW! WOULD YOU STOP THAT?!"
"That was his master's jacket!" Elsa chimed in threateningly. "You stole it from him!"
"I didn't steal any..." His face softened as if he'd realized something, and the man looked at the droid. "Wait. Poe Dameron was your master?"
"...%$*#(."
"I...I was helping him escape The First Order." The man spoke, and everyone else bristled. They'd heard of the tyrannical group...just not very much of it. "We'd made it out in one of their scout pods...But our ship was shot down. I-I didn't see any sign of Poe when I woke up...I-I'm sorry."
BB-8 hung his head low in sadness and slowly wheeled himself away, followed a worried Anna. Rey and Elsa exchanged glances themselves, before Rey held out a hand to the man. Once he hesitantly took it, she pulled him and gazed up at him. "You say you helped him escape...Are you with the resistance?"
"...Uh, Of course! yeah." It was hard to be sure, but it looked like the man was blushing. "Of course I'm with the resistance! hey, I am WITH the resistance. Yep, I'm part of the resistance."
Rey gave him a respectful look and held out her hand for him to nervously shake." Hmm. Well, I'm Rey. This is Elsa."
The woman referred to nodded at him. "And what do they call you in the resistance?"
"Eh, they call me a lot of names." he shrugged nonchalantly. " But I like to go by Finn."
Well Guys, There's another chapter for ya! Hope you enjoy. There's a hint of Rey/Finn if you look closely enough, and I may pair Poe Dameron with Elsa...very slowly. I can imagine him being the jokester that annoys her to no end, so of course it'll be slow. Kristoff will be in this eventually. Not sure about Hans or Olaf...WE'LL SEE.
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