The dark wilderness echoed with the sounds of bugs and rushing water. The smaller crickets were chirping from their posts beneath the leaves of the forest floor while a wooden creaking sound could be heard in the distance, probably from those giant predatory bugs that the locals protected themselves from. The moss beneath her feet ensured that she sounded silent as she walked across the forest floor. The dying light of the red sun could be seen illuminating the top of the canopy in a brilliant pinkish-orange colour.
The force whirled around her like the powerful sandstorms of Jakku, pulling her towards her goal with all of the chaos and confusion in the world. She could sense something was not quite right with the forest around her, for the swirling energy told her that something was amiss. She looked to the sky to see if she could notice anything wrong, like tie fighters or Star Destroyers, that might cause this sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.
She soon realized the two causes of her dread, the first being her fear of what she might find at The House of Raun, and the second being the scattered feeling of the force. While on Ach-To all aspects of the force were separate, much like the parts of a ship, the dark separated from the light, small pockets of a balanced energy existing in clearly defined lines; here it was different, with the light merging into dark and varying degrees of balance tearing each other apart inside of her. The Force felt like the stormy oceans of Ach-to and the whirling sandstorms of Jakku at the same time on this rock.
Once she had found the strange pattern of the Force in this forest she held her blade out in front of her with both hands, tying the lantern to her belt, to ensure that she would not be caught off guard by and beast. She continued on in a straight line, moving further into the exponentially increasing chaos of the forest with nothing but her lantern and sight to show her the way, all other senses feeling too overwhelmed to help her. Her weary feet told her that she had been travelling for hours, yet to her it felt like minutes. Shadows leaped around her with the ferocity of an angry dog yet the harmlessness of an ant, doing nothing but distract her tired mind from its goal.
As the chaos around her only grew more and more with each step she was certain she was nearing her goal until it just, stopped.
Rey looked around her and realized that the grey skies of dawn were lighting a large stone temple in the middle of a clearing that only allowed the most beautiful of wildflowers and greenest of grasses to enter. She slowly walked towards the white building that stood towering above her and wondered how this colossal building could remain hidden from the village, for it towered above even the tallest of trees that she had seen and took note of during her journey.
A door made of stone with no apparent way to open it stood in her path, denying her entrance to the ancient building. Beside the door detailed carvings were inscribed with writing beneath them in some sort of ancient language. The carvings showed some people looking eastwards as the sun rose, and showed the light of the sun hitting some sort of circle, opening the door. She quickly realized that it was instructions for any travelers that may arrive long after the society had died.
She turned towards the way which she came from and watched as the red horizon slowly crawled further up the sky. She blinked her eyes rapidly and turned away when the white light of the sun had risen above the tree line to the giant red stone at the top of the door. With a groan the doors slowly opened, allowing for the bright light of early morning to illuminate the main hall of the ancient building. She gasped in wonder before pulling her face into a glare when she felt a presence appear to her left.
"Judging by the previous look on your face you have probably just discovered something beautiful, haven't you?" He asked.
"How can you tell?" She aggressively asked as she turned her head to glare at him.
"Because I can see your surroundings," He responded as he looked around the room.
She raised her eyebrows in shock as she started to state, "But that hasn't happened since-"
"I know."
"But I can't see your surroundings..." She trailed off as she frowned at the marble floor, "Unless-"
"No, I am not on... whatever planet it is that the Resistance has taken you to."
She sighed in relief before stating, "Good."
She watched Kylo wearily for a moment as she went to find out what she was supposed to do from the wall carvings that decorated the hall, much like they did the outside of the building.
Kylo frowned for a moment before stepping forwards and carefully examining the ancient text beneath the carved images.
"House of Raun?" He said quietly to himself in confusion before realization crossed his face.
"What is it?" Rey asked.