They explored the island for the rest of the morning. Rey figured it was probably night time on her island. With Finn's limited time on this planet, neither of them wanted to call it a day and sleep.

As they walked and explored, Rey asked Finn about Chewie, Poe, General Leia, and BB-8.

Finn assured her that they were all doing fine. In truth they were still recovering emotionally from what had happened that fateful day, but Finn left that part out, not wanting her to worry.

She never asked about the war, or the advancements of the Resistance, or anything like that. Finn understood why, and so he told her funny stories. Like how Chewie had spent a whole day cleaning the Falcon, only to have BB-8 track mud through it, and about the one time he and Poe arm wrestled, only to have it end by BB-8 shocking him in the leg, making Poe the arguable winner, and how he is undefeated at sabacc, and only let's Chewbacca win because he likes the idea of arms. She listened to him intently for hours as they walked.


Later in the day, the two walked along the shore until they came to an open field. A small herd of six-legged hooved animals were grazing. They were about six feet tall with short fur and four long twisted horns crowning their heads. Rey and Finn hid behind a fallen tree and watched them in amazement; they looked magnificent and powerful. They wondered if this species had even been discovered yet. They stood up slowly and crept toward them to get a closer look. Suddenly, Finn cracked a loud branch under his foot. They froze as all of the large horned creatures looked up at them. The biggest ones lowered their heads, pointing their horns at the tiny humans. They stomped and swung their heads before breaking into a charge.

Finn let out a yell and both of them spun around doubling back as fast as they could to the ship. They could hear and feel the thunder of the massive beasts behind them.

"So, did the force teach you anything about how to handle a situation like this!?" Finn yelled to Rey. Rey looked back at the stampede for a second before answering.

"Run faster!"

Finn rolled his eyes. "Oh OK!"

The two ran right into the side of ship and began climbing up into the cockpit. They knew there wasn't enough time to take off so they braced for the impending impact. After a second, the front of the herd crashed into the side of the ship, the ones in the back dodging and running around it. Rey and Finn held on to the sides as the impacts shook the small vessel.

After the whole herd ran passed the ship, Rey and Finn sighed in relief. They looked at each other and snickered. That was definitely an interesting way to end the day. Rey got out to survey the damage: nothing but a few dents. That was some armor.

The pilots started up the ship and took off back to Rey and Luke's island. As much as Rey didn't want this day to end, she knew her master would be expecting them now.

It took them a few hours to make it back to their island. They timed it just right; it was mid morning on this side of the planet. They landed the ship and climbed out.

The adrenaline had wore off; Rey and Finn realized how exhausted and hungry they were. Rey lead the way to her and Luke's lean-to camp. It was in a small valley at the base of some trees. The lean-to overlooked a misty mountain range. Master Luke was waiting for them holding a wooden spear next to a fire. Rey groaned. She knew her master would make them catch their own food.

"I expect you two are hungry." Master Luke said with a smirk. He handed the spear to his padawan.

"Good morning, master." Rey said flatly as she took the crude tool. She turned to Finn "We're going fishing." She quipped.

The two made their way down to a small bay near the lean-to. The fish that inhabited this part of the planet were edible, but a bit hard to catch because they could turn themselves invisible.

"I'm not seeing any fish." Finn said looking at the water.

"The fish here can camouflage themselves. The only way to catch them is to sense them."

Rey closed her eyes and concentrated on the water. She steadied her breathing and stood very still. After a few long seconds Rey caught the aura of one swimming slowly past her. Rey struck the spear through the fish as fast as a snake. The fish slowly materialized under the spear. It was about a foot long and black.

Finn stood behind Rey mouth agape. "That was so cool!" Finn said excitedly. It was amazing what Rey had learned in six months.

Rey smiled at him and threw him the fish off her spear teasingly. He caught it awkwardly and laughed. Rey caught two more fish that way. They staked all three of them on the spear and headed back to the lean-to.

All three of them sat around the small fire and ate the fish. Rey and Finn told Luke about everything that had happened. Luke listened intently.

While he listened, he also thought about his decision to not turn Finn away. Though it was risky for Finn to come here, seeing Rey this spirited assured him it was worth it. He understood how much pressure she was under, and he knew he asked too much of her. She had to drop her new found friends and leave them to live in exile, so she could be taught the ways of the force and how to take down the First Order and the dark side. She didn't ask for this, but she had been selfless and brave enough to accept her destiny.