A/N: Thanks so much Blue Angel, happinessismusic, and Fan of Demon and everyone else for reviewing! It means a lot! And yes, Hux is going to be quite obnoxious to Ren for a while ;) Reviews are always much loved!

Also, this story so far is Pre-Force Awakens. I will soon be catching up with the time line of the movie here soon. Also be warned that since there is so many unanswered questions I have about the background and history of many characters and events, I will be making them up as I go.

And one last big thing, I will be changing one thing or so of the movie to fit my story to my own liking. I apologize if you don't like the change, but I can't help but change a little bit of the story of Force Awakens. I hope you bear with me and enjoy!

A Demon's Light

"It makes me feel nervous.

You have that look in your eyes.

Oh it takes over. What is it that holds you tight?

You can tear it up. No one tears it up like you."

-BANNERS 'Half-Light'

Chapter Six: The Force Weapon

The next day, their training session proved much more productive in increasing Josie's use of the Force. She successfully probed through Kylo's mind, successfully blocked when he tried to probe hers, and even managed to project a false memory to hide the real ones. It was all tedious and needed much focus, but Josie found a little bit of meditation right before helped a long ways.

They were both intently concentrating on her training. The last couple sessions had proven almost going nowhere, so they had to make sure they stayed focused.

Kylo especially was concerned about her training. He began training her with the simple, soft Force powers, but the more quickly she learned that stuff within a mere few hours, the more he was concerned about showing her the Dark powers of the Force. Within a single week he would run out of showing anything that wasn't Dark if she kept up this fast pace of learning.

It amazed him and terrified him all at once.

He was supposed to want to teach her these things. She could be by his side for the rest of all the galaxy's existence if she came to Snoke…

But the thought of her anywhere near Snoke or even her hearing his name made Kylo feel dirty.

"Focus on the object," Kylo said through gritted teeth. "Feel the Force wrap around the object and bring it to you." He walked up behind her, waiting to see her bring the small book sitting on the floor across the room and into her hands.

Josie focused and felt the Force through her and around her surroundings. She eyed the object, willing it to come to her. It shook, but didn't do much more than that. It still sat across the room mocking her petty attempt.

She reached a hand out, calming herself with the Force and putting all thoughts out of her head except for the object a mere few feet away.

The book shook again and then shot up three feet in the air. It floated gracefully to her and she grabbed it, a wide smile on her face as she turned to him. "Can you believe it, Ben? I have learned so much today because of you! You're an amazing teacher!"

Kylo flinched at her saying his birth name, but was too shocked by her giddy, tight embrace around his waist to say anything about it.

"Can I ask you something that really makes my cheeks burn?" she asked looking up at him. Yes, her cheeks were tinted a bright pink.

He nodded slowly.

"Can you do what you did yesterday? The thing where your lips touched mine?"

Kylo stood aback. There was a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach that he knew he shouldn't be feeling as a Force-user in training. Not to mention they weren't supposed to feel any emotions such as the one he felt right then. It was a weakness and distracted one from the Dark Side.

But still, that didn't matter; what should be, what was supposed to be. None of that mattered because he felt something for her despite.

He took her head in his hands gentle, bent down and kissed her with much more passion than before. If he was going to go down this dangerous path, he was going to make sure he could take as much as she would allow. And Maker forbid Snoke finding out.

No. He would make sure to keep this between no one but her and him.

This would be their best kept secret.

She loved the way he felt and tasted. These feelings were brand new and exciting to her. She felt like she could stay there with him forever. Josie felt her whole body heat up and her heart rate was fast enough that she was sure it would explode.

They both pulled away, trying to ease their heavy breathing. He rested his forehead on hers, not letting his hands fall from her face.

Josie still had her arms wrapped around his waist, subtly feeling every tense muscle. She felt the darkness of the Force he harbored drift further away. Of course, it quickly came back when he tried composing himself and focus on the training once again.

"I think a break is needed from the Force. You should start physically training your body for intense runs and lifting."

"Intense runs and lifting?" she asked as he moved out of her embrace. "Why do you always shut me out every time something good comes around?"

As much as he loved her bluntness, it was hard for him to admire it now that he simply wanted to avoid any and all talk of kissing her. Not because he felt bad about it, but because he didn't want to wholly acknowledge how she was changing him. If he dared said anything aloud it would be more real true than it already was.

But he didn't want to leave her lost and confused.

"I am not shutting you out. We must focus now on training. More kissing later," he said, letting a small smile slip to his mouth.

Josie grinned. "Is that what it's called? Well then. Do you promise?"

"I promise. Now you will have to change into proper training gear in order to move properly." Kylo opened up a wardrobe in the training room, tossing her black leggings and a thin-strapped shirt.

He took off his robes and switched his shirt from his own formal gear to that of the training suits in the closet. Josie had to look away. When he was finished, he turned to her. "Are you going to change? I will turn around and you let me know when you are done."

The gesture was so innocent, but she blushed anyway. He turned away from her and she began to strip out of her homemade dress. She put on her new leggings and shirt. They were a lot snugger around her curves than anything she'd ever worn. It made her feel naked.

"Must I wear this. I feel exposed."

He chuckled. "It's convenient for training. You need to be able to move flexibly without anything in the way." Sensing that she was done, Kylo turned back to her, walking past her and picking up a few weights off in the corner.

Walking back to her, he handed them to her. She nearly dropped them, her back lurching down from the heaviness of the weights. "You want me to do what with these?"

Kylo bent down nonchalantly and placed his hands on her thigh to set it apart from her other leg. He fixed her stance, then stood back up.

"You will be squatting down and lifting the weights with each squat. When you stand you can place your arms and the weights to your side."

She nodded and watched him demonstrate while she mimicked his moves. Easy for him though, she thought with a scoff, these weights were heavy. With every squat, her legs and biceps began to burn. When he relieved her of the weights after many sets later, she fell to the ground wanting to get off her burning thighs. She was sweating.

"I think I like the mind stuff more," Josie said, letting out a laugh.

"The physical part of training is just as important as the Force part of it. You will have to fight some day and fighting doesn't just involve the mind but also the body." He walked over to her, staring down at her.

"Maybe I won't have to build any muscle," Josie began. "I could always surprise my enemy." She lifted her leg and knocked Kylo's feet out from under him so he landed on his back right next to her.

She giggled madly, her stomach clenching and tears falling down her cheeks. Ben laughed with her, hearing her laugh was like music to his ears.

Josie rolled over to her side to look at him. She rested her head on her hand, proper herself up with her elbow. "So, teacher, you think I'll be able to improve much within the month deadline that I have given you?"

His smile slowly faded away. He nodded however. "You are a fast learner. I might not have much more to teach you after a few more days."

"Hmm." She thought for a moment then grinned widely. "I think that means we can have a couple days away from training, yes? We could go on an adventure! Can we do that? I want to see another planet. I've never been to another planet in all my years on Takodana."

Kylo frowned at that. He felt like she was now his possession - yes, that was the proper term for it. He hated how she was raised in such isolation and loneliness. He should have killed Luke while he had the chance, but he was weak. If it wasn't for Luke's crazy obsession with the Light side, Josie would not have been so alone and hungry for attention and adventure. But if Luke and Maz weren't going to give that to her, he would make sure it was him who did.

For Ren, Luke and Maz made it all too easy to make the Dark look like the right side versus the constraints and weaknesses of the Light.

"Where would you like to go?" he asked evenly, being sure not to betray any emotions.

As she thought about the places she has heard of as she looked lovingly at every part of his face. She realized she knew of very little.

"I want to go where you were born."

Kylo now held a grave expression. "We do not go there. It is a planet full of traitors and murderers. I cannot take you there, it will put your life at risk."

Josie frowned. "Well, where can we go then? Anywhere would make me happy."

"I will surprise you. We will take my ship tomorrow and I will make a day of it. But right now, let's get back to training."

Josie gave a playful groan. "I don't have to use weights again, do I?"

He chuckled, already handing her the weights. "Yes, you do."

xxx

After training, Kylo went back to his duties while she went back to her room to shower and clean herself of the sweat. It was nearing dinner and she recalled quite clearly that she would be expecting Hux to knock any time soon now.

She had to now forget about her own clothing and wear the uniform tunic and leggings in the closet. They fitted quite nicely, though. Looking in the mirror, she actually didn't mind the dark color. It fit her just right.

It was much like the training gear she wore earlier, but fortunately it covered her much better.

Immediately after tugging at the collar to give her more breathing room, there was a knock on the door. She almost jumped from surprise.

When she opened the door, she managed to make her smile big with welcome. Hux, who stood there in his usual uniform and stern expression, raised a concerned brow at her eager happiness. It was strange to him and he began questioning what she was doing outside of a prison cell.

"Well, I must say Kylo Ren did not treat you any less than a friend…" Hux said quietly through his teeth. "Shall we walk to my chambers? I don't doubt the child has given you anything as sophisticated as grape juice. So my chambers, yes?"

Josie half-frowned at the way he talked about Kylo, but she nodded anyway, walking with him down more hallways and corridors to the more exquisite chambers. They were similar to hers and Kylo's but they seemed a lot more grand. Josie didn't think the room they'd given her was less luxurious than anything, but these rooms put her own to shame.

She didn't mind, however. It made her admire Ben all the more at his modesty for chambers.

Hux led her to his grand kitchen topped with a dining table fit for at least twelve people. She had never seen any table so wide and long. Everything there was like her own room but shinier and new by a thousand times. Josie didn't need any of it, she knew, but that didn't mean she wasn't in awe of how pretty and neat and clean it looked.

He offered his elbow again. Taking it, she was led to a bar stool placed in front of a counter in the kitchen. He walked around and opened the cabinet for two glasses and took out a bottle from a small fridge below the counter she sat at.

"Have you ever had wine before, Josie?" he asked, pouring the red liquid into the crystal glasses. She had never seen anything sparkle - except of course the crystals in that cave were much more so, but a glass sparkling? It was so pretty to look at. She almost didn't want to press her lips against it in fear of ruining the glass.

"Can't say I have." He handed her the glass and she sipped it. It was a sweet but with a certain kind of tang to it that she could only describe as stronger than any drink. Of course, she really only had water in her lifetime. "But I do like the taste. It's very different than anything I've had."

Hux smirked. "I'm glad to have given you the service of letting you taste something new."

"Well, I will admit that I have tried the unfortunate sludge in the fridge that was in my room. Mind you, I have no idea what it was but when I tried it, it wasn't anything I've ever seen or tried. What is that stuff?"

"Ah, that would be processed food which can last for months without going bad. I can imagine your stomach isn't used to anything but the freshest foods. I will be sure to make sure your fridge is constantly stocked with fresh foods."

Josie was taken aback. "Oh no! No. You are much too kind, but I wouldn't want to burden you with such a silly task. You have a whole ship to command. That's plenty. I've managed. No need to worry about me."

"Don't worry about it, Josie. It will be my pleasure. Besides, it isn't every day Supreme Leader Snoke has a special guest from the Light wandering our halls so freely. He must trust you greatly."

"I don't believe I know who that is."

"You will in due time. For now, we can enjoy the peacefulness of a quiet room and a glass of wine." He raised his glass and almost on instinct, she raised hers too, making their glasses clink.

Josie couldn't wipe the smile off her face even if she wanted to. "So. Tell me about the First Order and all its wondrous glory that I keep hearing about."

Hux sat down on the stool next to her now. He nearly drank the rest of what was in his glass and poured another. "Yes. Well, I don't know if you have heard of the Empire but some thirty years ago they fell after trying to bring Order back to the galaxy. We rose from the defeat of the Empire to bring back order in this galaxy of Jedi and chaos. We have been able to successfully bring Order back to most of the parts of the galaxy but there are still a few who resist us and won't stop trying to take us down until they are eradicated."

Josie thought about this for a moment. It was interesting to see how passionate and sure he was in his speech; however, FN was much the same but on the opposite spectrum of the subject. The question was: who is right? She had yet to know for sure yet. Both sides seemed so sure and so chaotic all the while both sides seemed right and wrong.

"Why not make peace? Maybe even a compromise?"

"The Resistance cannot be negotiated with. They are too vulgar and sure in their ways of taking us all down. And you will soon have a target on your back because of your association with us. But I admire your bravery in staying with us despite."

Josie didn't know that she would have someone out to get her simply by being here. At the same time, she couldn't wholly believe everything he was saying. Were there such cruel people to judge and kill her for simply making friends with others that decided to side with a group who called themselves The First Order? It seemed silly.

"Come over here." Hux took her hand and led her to the couch in front of a projection screen. He pressed some buttons on a remote, making the screen light up with images. "This is all the accomplishments of the Empire." One of the images was of a large spherical ship that was unlike any size she could comprehend. "It was unfortunately destroyed along with millions of lives. The Empire tried to replicate the death star, but of course it was destroyed once again by the Rebels killing many more. However, this time we have two weapons now and there isn't any way the Resistance will be able to stop us."

As much as she didn't like to hear of the death, she also didn't like hearing about the weapons to fight back either. "Your ray of light will fight them?"

He chuckled. "Our super weapon, yes. And you. You will be able to do so much for us once fully trained by Snoke. You may even be more powerful than he, I am told. There will be nothing the Resistance can do then."

Josie frowned. "I don't like the idea of destroying or killing anything."

"Sometimes people have to go to extremes for the greater good." Hux put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, but she wasn't comforted by his logic of destroying and killing for the greater good.

She didn't see the greater good out of that.

He flipped through some more images until he got to the First Order base. There was a large army of white-armored troops gathered in neat rows. They were facing a very large red flag with a symbol on it.

Another image showed some of the staff working on their technical screens. Each image showed the hard work of every single person...working on the greater good.

She liked the idea of everyone working so efficiently together for one thing, but what good was it if that one thing was the destruction of lives?

No matter what she thought of the First Order, from what she knew the Resistance wasn't any better.

She quickly drank the rest of her wine and requested more without moving her gaze from the screen. He poured obligingly.

Unexpectedly, she felt something very powerful inside her. It was an emotion she could only describe as fury, but it was intense and not coming from her own being. That scared her.

Where are you?

The voice in her head made her almost spill what was left in her glass after that second round of wine. It was menacing, but familiar just the same. What was she to do? Talk back in her head? That seemed so odd.

She did so anyway. Why - how can you speak inside my head?

Kylo poured his anger into her through the Force. It scared her. a sort through and didn't know which ones were her own or which ones were his.

I'm sorry, but I thought you said I wasn't a prisoner. The way she said it made her surprised at her own self. She said it with such harshness. Never before had she been so hostile with the way she spoke to someone, but she felt like her freedom was diminishing the longer she stayed on this ship, and he had reassured her not long ago that she wasn't a prisoner and could go where she pleased.

Tell me you are not with Hux and I will let you alone for now.

For now? What is so wrong with Hux?

Somehow, she felt his presence leave her mind at once; however, she didn't feel as relieved about that as she thought she should be.

"Are you alright?" she finally heard Hux say after coming out of her own mind.

"Oh, sorry, yes. What were you saying?"

"I was just about to ask you if you would like to finish that tour that was interrupted so rudely last time."

Josie nodded, not really thinking about the words he was saying. Kylo had spoken to her through her mind. How was such a thing possible? And if he could do such a thing, why now and why not tell her before?

Hux put away the glasses and wine. When he was finished, he held out his arm, but she was most hesitant taking it now. It made her feel guilty and afraid now somehow. None of those feelings made sense when she was fine with Hux before.

Kylo destroyed the happiness she felt in making another friend on the ship.

Josie sighed internally, but smiled at Hux. "I thank you for being so nice, but I think I should go back to my rooms -"

"If you are afraid of trouble, I can assure you that I will keep you safe. You are aboard my ship, Josie. There is no need to be afraid of anything," he said interrupting her.

There was a rising anger in her that scared her most of all because she knew it was coming from her. She wasn't angry at Hux or his assurance or anything that had much to do with him. No, she was angry at Kylo.

The anger went up a notch when there was the sound of the doors sliding open with a dark, unwelcomed figure appearing inside the room. Kylo stood before Hux and Josie, his rage could be felt by even Hux who was not Force-sensitive by any means.

For the first time, she saw fear in Hux's eyes.

"I think the proper thing would be to knock, Kylo," Josie said, feeling her own anger rise once more. This wasn't her.

"Hux, I believe you belong with the rest of your crew."

Hux cleared his throat, regaining his composure and his disgusted expression. "You shall not tell me where my place is, Ren. Might I remind you that you are currently in my chambers which you so rudely barged into."

Kylo walked up to the general, lowering himself down to get on the same level as Hux's face. "I will warn you one last time, General. Shall you distract my apprentice one more time, there will be a new captain of this ship."

Hux only swallowed, not able to find any words to use as a jab at the Force-user threatening him.

"If I am not a prisoner, I should be able to talk to whomever I please, Kylo Ren," Josie said, using his full Dark name.

"You should be off to your chambers. We will rise early for another training session." With that, he walked out of Hux's residence.

At first, Josie stood there in shock not understanding what had just happened. Not long after, however, she bid Hux a quick goodbye and found herself running to catch up to Kylo.

She was still angry.

"What was that about? You said I wasn't a prisoner. Why do I have to ask permission to leave my room?"

Kylo gritted his teeth. "You don't," he said, his voice noticeably softer even through the voice-distorting helmet. "But you will not associate with certain people on this ship."

"Like Hux? Why?"

"Because they will only do harm."

"Hux has told me more and is kinder than you sometimes are. You are so beautiful one moment, but then another and you are so harsh. Why?"

His strides grew longer and she had to almost jog to keep up with her short stature. He stopped immediately to look at her.

It wasn't him stopping or him turning to her or the aura of fury that finally left him that made her feel bad about what she said… No, it was her words alone that made her feel gross. She wanted to take them back, but it was too late. They were already out having been ingrained in his brain.

She felt tears prick her eyes. No, even in his anger he was still somehow the most beautiful person to her, and she couldn't imagine herself without seeing him every day.

Kylo on the other hand actually felt slightly more relaxed at her touch, but he was still angry at seeing her with Hux. The way she looked up at him with watery eyes, he was sure he had done it this time and she was going to request firmly that she go back to Takodana.

But to his surprise, she grabbed his gloved hand. "Come on. I think there are some weights and sabers in the training room calling to the both of us."

Josie immediately dragged him to the room, anxious to get there. When they did, she took her saber and gestured to get out his.

That's what shocked him the most.

If he was angry, she wanted him to let it out, even if it meant she had to see the ugliest part of him.

But she saw every single part of him as beautiful, and that was something she hoped he would one day truly see.