"You've been avoiding me."

Rey jerked to a halt, closing her eyes at Luke's words. It was undeniably true; she hadn't returned to the village after her dive into the Force, and her encounter after leaving it. She'd paced around the island for hours, keeping away from any place she'd seen Luke visit, and was only returning now the sun was setting, a chilly wind rising.

"What happened?" Luke asked, his voice surprisingly mild as she turned to face him.

She told him about how she'd gone into the Force, about how she'd gone much deeper than she'd expected to.

When she fell silent, he nodded, seeming unsurprised.

"Anger," he said. "It's a strong emotion. An easy way to the Dark side, and a powerful connection to the Force." He made no comment on the source of her anger. "What's important is that you got yourself out again. And now you know what your anger can allow you to do. Think how much damage it could cause. There's a reason why the Jedi learnt to control their emotions."

"I... I felt a presence, when I was in there," Rey said. "Kylo Ren."

Luke looked up at her quickly. "Did he follow you? Does he know where we are?"

"No," Rey said quickly. "But..." She hesitated, trying to reconcile the monster who'd killed his own father with such lack of remorse, and the man who pulled her out of the drowning, swirling hell she'd nearly lost herself in.

"What happened to him? Why did he turn?"

Luke was silent for a moment, staring out over the cliffs.

"I had been training Ben, and several other potential children. One evening, I went to confront him about the darkness I'd felt growing inside him. He turned on me, brought the whole building down on us both. I was knocked unconscious, he must have thought I was dead. When I came to, he was gone, with a few of my other students. He'd killed the rest, and the temple was burning."

There was silence, except for the distant sound of the constant waves, and occasional bird call.

Luke shook his head, pulling himself out of the memory. "I failed him. Leia believed it was Snoke's influence, but even if that's true, I still failed him. I shouldn't have let Snoke live."

"You didn't fail Kylo. Kylo failed you," Rey said, standing up and walking away, leaving Luke alone with a dark sky.

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Rey was up early the next day, expecting her final lesson, but apparently not early enough. The huts were cold and empty, with no sign of Luke. Feeling off balance, she made her way slowly down to the coast, and the rowing boat moored there. From this side of the island, she could just about see the mainland in the distance, blurred by the light rain. She couldn't quite believe that she'd rowed all that way alone.

Staring across the water, Rey thought of the others. Finn, Leia, all the resistance fighters who were counting on her. The First Order legions were out there too, working their way across the land, crushing anyone who stood against them. The Resistance were the only ones still fighting. The last spark of hope. Rey's spark was fading. At the moment, all she was hoping was that the rebels were staying ahead of the First Order, never mind fighting back.

Rey turned away, intending to go and find Luke, and found her path blocked.

This time, he looked just as surprised as she did. He looked around, frowning.

"How is this happening?" Kylo Ren asked. "I shouldn't be able to see you outside of the Force like this. Can you see my surroundings? I can't see yours."

"Go away," Rey said, stepping past him.

"I'm not doing this," he said, turning slowly to keep facing her. "This is something... else."

"Just leave me alone!" Rey said, rounding on him. "You're too late. You lost. I found Luke Skywalker."

"I see." Ren seemed to be considering her. "Did he tell you what happened the night I destroyed his temple?"

"Yes!"

"No," he said, frowning slightly as he stared at her.

"Yes, he did. He told me everything. I know everything I need to know about you."

"You do?" He paused, the intensity of his gaze increasing. "Ah, you do. You have that look in your eyes, from the forest. When you called me a monster."

"You are a monster."

His gaze slipped away from her. "Yes, I am."

"So why..." She bit the question off, but his focus had returned.

"Why what?"

She hesitated, but the question broke from her in a rush. "Why did you pull me out?"

He shook his head. "Why were you even that deep to start with? And alone."

"I was just doing what—" Rey bit her tongue again.

"What Skywalker told you to do?" He snorted, looking away. "He never was much of a teacher."

"As if you could do better!" Rey snapped.

Kylo's eyes bored into hers. Rey regretted her words at once.

"I already said I could teach you," Kylo said.

'You need a teacher! I can show you the ways of the Force.'

A forest, blue and red, flashing and clashing. Han Solo falling.

"The offer stands," Kylo said.

They stared at each other for another moment.

Rey couldn't take it anymore. She wanted him gone.

And then he was.

Rey spun on the spot, shocked. Had he really gone? Coincidence, or had she shut him out? There was something... a sort of smothering feeling on her wrist. Or maybe in her chest.

Shaking her head, she turned away and began the walk back towards the village.

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"What was that?" Hux snapped, releasing a small arm and rubbing his temples. This 'surfing', as he thought of it, made his head hurt worse every time. The power was worth it though.

A dismissive wave of Snoke's hand and there was a patter of small feet retreating.

"He didn't do anything, didn't hurt her, didn't even try to weaken her at all!" Hux continued.

"Quiet!" Snoke growled, raising a threatening finger. "There is a larger plan at work here. The girl is with Skywalker. Ren can use her to find him, and then we'll deal with the girl afterwards. He is making progress with her."

Sitting back in his chair, Snoke considered his General. The lengths he had to go to in order to calm Hux's inane desire to access the Force was ridiculous, but the man had his uses.

"Tell me about how your plan is coming," he prompted, turning the General's attention away from Kylo Ren.

A smile spread across Hux's face. "Everything is coming together. We are closing in on the rebels. It's only a matter of time. We have them tied on the end of a string."

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Really getting into the fusion, so hope it's not too jarring... There's going to be bits here and there — plots, dialogue, character, etc, from both movies. Going to move quite fast, looking at approx 13 chapters from the plan, but that will probably fluctuate.
This is my first time writing third person. Let me know if I'm doing okay! Con-crit always welcome!