AN: I Decided that because I was so cruel in making you guys wait so long, that I would be nice and give you all two chapters tonight. Also Thank you to all two of my reviewers! It is you who keeps me motivated to continue my story. Well Anyways, I believe I should continue the story...
"The House of Raun was an ancient faction of Force Users that was consistently overthrown for centuries, long before the Old Republic existed. I Had only heard about them through legends and old poems. Many believed that they were a complete myth, although the few that do believe that they existed thought that they were older than even the Sith and Jedi, many even place them as having existed before space travel. How did you find this?" He asked in shock.
"I can't tell you for fear that I may accidentally reveal my location," Rey responded quickly while looking around the room.
"Well then, I suppose that I cannot tell you the story that these carvings tell then..."
"Wait!" She exclaimed before taking a deep breath and looking at him, "The elders of the village that I was staying in told me the poem that was told in their village, given to them by Jedi who searched for the ancient building. All that I had done was try and investigate it myself."
"Well, that will be difficult for you to do," Kylo stated as he looked at the writing in the room, noting the craftsmanship for him to practice his calligraphy later with. He gave a slight smile as he realized that if the carvings were accurate, Rey was going to need to work with him, albeit briefly.
"Why?" She asked while glaring at him slightly.
"This temple was built for a master and an apprentice to navigate, not just one man. It will be practically impossible to enter on your own and leave unscathed. If you look at the pictures on the wall it tells the story of how hubris brought death to any man who entered the temple alone, and while that might be metaphorical it might be best if we take it literally," He stated with a grin. This will be fun, he thought to himself.
"Well then, Before we continue on I do believe that you owe me the story," She stated as she looked around the ancient room at the various carvings.
"Curious as always," He stated with a smirk, "According to these carvings this is one of many temples like it all around the galaxy, and this was the last temple built...
"What shall we do your majesty, the newest factions of the Force are surrounding us, we have no means of escape."
"We will need to wait and use our final weapon. We also need to evacuate all of the outer temples and head back to the center world, although make sure to order the scholars and artists to quickly write down our stories so someday someone might find our great society and rebuild it from the ashes if we fail."
"Is that really necessary your majesty?"
"Yes, for while these new factions believe that they hold all of the wisdom and knowledge on one end, and emotions and passion on the other, they fail to see balance. If they gain control with no chance at rebuilding our current society the galaxy shall fall into an eternity of war."
"How shall they get to the central temple, Lord Raun?"
"We shall leave all of the keys they need in well trapped places, so only the most wise and passionate of all can rebuild if we fail."
"Alright then your majesty, I shall order it of them."
"... so they left some instructions here for how to gain those keys they left behind," He finished after he had read through the most recent history, for all of the ancient history was faded and impossible to understand.
"Alright then, so which way will we need to go?" Rey asked him bluntly.
"Down the main hall, although it does warn on the front for there to be two people when exploring the temple," He stated softly while marveling at the craftsmanship of the temple.
"Fine!" She said with an angry glare, "However if you fade at any point I'm still going to explore," She said.
"Alright, it will do no harm to me," He said with a light shrug, trying to hide the fact that he was internalizing this threat.
He went to the door and read the Rozzum script, "Place the ring in the pedestal and have the lantern shine on the white kyber crystal to get through the main doors in front of us."
Rey swiftly went and placed the items where needed. The doors slowly opened, revealing a long and short hallway lit only by small spaces between the rocks, letting in light from the outside world unintentionally. She quickly went and grabbed both the ring and the lantern before making her way through the door. Once she was safely through Kylo followed, cautiously placing his attention behind him in case of a threat.
"Here it states there are many traps, we'll need to be careful." Kylo said with a frown as they continued forwards.
He soon gained more confidence that thes traps were all dead when he stepped on a stone that dropped lower, like a button. Rey pulled him forwards quickly, with him just barely missing getting hit with a blade hat swung on a pendulum.
"I thought you said that we'd have to be careful?" She lightly quipped as she continued forwards with her light feet.
In front of them a light appeared, at first small, although now it was quite large. They soon entered a room with three things on a pedestal in front of them, a book, a blue kyber crystal, and an ancient dagger. Kylo knelt down to the bottom of the pedestal and said to her, "It states that if you wish to take the three treasures you must leave behind something equal in weight."
She cautiously moved to step beside him at the pedestal. "You grab the items and I'll place these down," She said while guestering towards the lantern and the ring.
"That looks too lightweight." He said while hoping she knew what she was getting them into.
"If I add this rock we should be fine," She said while kneeling down and grabbing said rock off the marble floor.
"If you say so..." He cautiously added.
When she was in position he quickly grabbed the three items while she quickly place her three down. The two stared at the pedestal for a moment before she let out a sigh of relief and he let out a chuckle. Their faces quickly paled when they heard the sound of stone sliding against stone and realized that the pedestal was falling. They looked at each other briefly before starting to run towards the exit. The ceiling started to collapse in on itself as darts came out of holes in the wall, poisoned probably. A large chunk of the hallway started falling and Rey managed to leap across before it all fell.
"Toss them to me! She shouted as he proceeded to toss her all of the treasures that they had stolen. Her eyes widened a bit in fear as she realized that the door they had entered had begun slowly closing. She ran out of the door and out of view, accidentally dropping her sword on the way. Kylo tried to leap across but he realized that he was too short, and grabbed at a metal wire that was exposed. He quickly climbed his way from the ravine only to roll under the falling door at the last minute quickly reaching under and grabbing the sword as an afterthought before continuing forward. He noticed a skeleton behind ancient cobwebs before he turned around and found Rey waiting for him.
"Nice of you to leave me there!" He shouted as they resumed their path outside of the collapsing building.
"You aren't actually here, remember. You would have been fine, me on the other hand, not so much," She stated.
They looked behind them quickly as they heard something start to roll. Realizing it was a boulder they both took off down the new, twisting hallway at full speed to avoid being crushed, before leaping out of the exit at the last minute. Once they were both certain that they were safe he said, "Funny, I can't see your surroundings any more. There must have been something special about that place."
"Must have," She agreed as she caught her breath. She opened the book only to find it was written in what appeared to be the same text written under the carvings, which is to say that she couldn't read it.
"Here," She stated as she tossed the book at him, "I'm not sure if you can take it back with you, but if you can this is for your help."
The book flew through the air before gracelessly landing on the ground next to Kylo.
"Thanks," He said, as he knelt to pick it off the ground, his eyes falling from her face to focus on the book, "And I believe this is yours," he stated as he gave her back her sword.
When he looked up to Thank her again, he realized she was gone, and that he was alone in his room on The Finalizer.
Second AN: Tell me if you enjoyed the reference, because if you did I might try and slip more in where they fit. Thanks!