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Chapter 30:

Kylo never imagined that another Kyber crystal would call to him. Especially not one that seemed to reflected him so well. The of the crystal symbolized the light and the dark that resided in him but the amber core was all about his physical strength. He'd never felt that his blue lightsaber fit his personality which was part of the reason he'd been willing to bleed it instead of working with a synthetic crystal like most Sith and Dark Jedi.

He had been leaning near the entrance to Crystal Cave when he first felt it, like something calling to his soul. Then he was suddenly putting his blade through his father's heart all over again. The pain of it was almost maddening with Rey's light permeating his soul. Then suddenly the body of the end of his lightsaber was Leia, then Luke and finally Rey.

"No," Kylo screamed and dropped to his knees.

He knew this wasn't real but it felt like it was. He'd had the opportunity to kill his mother and Luke but hadn't been able to do it. And Rey…Gods he could never hurt her. He'd rather take his own life than cause her anymore pain. He pushed the image away. Suddenly Snoke and Hux appeared before him.

"Look at him, he's so weak he can't even handle a few illusions. He thinks they love him. He thinks he has friends. He thinks he is worthy of being loved," Snoke chuckled darkly. "You thought he was worthy of being your apprentice but he can't even pretend to kill his loved ones. I've told you time and again that he is no Darth Vader. He is weak," Hux hissed with a smug look on his face.

Kylo found himself getting angry even though he knew they were both just illusions put in his head by the vergences in the cave. Kylo stood to his full height and punch Hux squarely on the nose, effectively knocking the ginger out. He turned to Snoke next.

"You call me weak but you are nothing. You took advantage of a child because no one else would willingly come to you. You thought that by killing my own father I would kill the light inside of me. The same light you called weakness. But it didn't kill the light, it made it stronger. It made me stronger. I am more powerful that you will ever be, Snoke," Kylo said. "Foolish boy," was all Snoke said before the whole scene faded away.

Next thing he knew he was standing over Snoke's body with Rey, Han, Leia and Luke at his side and he was holding his lightsaber only the blade was purple instead of crimson. He'd never felt happier in his life. He threw his arms around his parents and uncle before he turned to kiss Rey. Suddenly he was once again standing in the temple with Rey looking up at him.

"I don't even remember walking inside," he said with awe in his voice. "I guess the Force decided it was time for you to get a new blade," Rey said with a bright smile. "I guess so."

Kylo held the crystal in his hand. It was warm and almost vibrating with energy. Rey opened her palm to show him the gold crystal with the purple center. He looked around. Gear was working on a double bladed lightsaber with a crystal was that a deep emerald green with a black core. Taliki was working on a lightsaber whip with a crystal that was completely white. Asera was working on a forked lightsaber with a crystal that was orange with a black core. Not that any of them were close to completion, he just recognized the components each of them were using from his time studying lightsabers.

"Did your time in the cave provide you with a design," Kylo asked, pulling Rey closer to him. "Yup," she said with a smile and showed him the lightsaber she wielded in her head. Then she asked, "What about you?" "If it's not broke don't fix it," he said showing her the purple and amber blade that he had defeated Snoke with.

Kylo showed Rey all the different pieces needed to make a lightsaber work. He even told her all of the parts she would absolutely need to make the blade work and which ones she could discount. Rey watched as he picked out his own components. He didn't feel the need to deviate from his original cross guard design and picked a hilt similar to his old one except the color of the metal was closer to silver than the black he was used to.

Rey was more than excited to pick her own the hilt, control and any other modifications she wanted to add to it. She chose a silver hilt made out of durasteel that had three silver rings on each end to hold emitters but could come a part to form two separate lightsabers, a control that was Force activated and she added a nob to each end that would allow her to manipulate the size of her blades. He was impressed that she could pick all of the parts out so easily but then again, she was a technical genius, so he shouldn't have been surprised.

"Okay now what," she asked practically bouncing with anticipation. "Now you meditate on the pieces and use the Force to will it into being. With your mind for machines it shouldn't be too hard for you to complete," Kylo said with a smile. "So, it shouldn't take you any time at all since you are just copying the same design," Rey teased. "It works and it's intimidating as hell," he said.

Which was true, Kylo'd had many enemies flee at the sight of his blade.

"I like the cross guard because it is an excellent deterrent. My enemy would never try to pick up my blade to use against me as the untrained are very likely to remove a finger or even a whole hand by mishandling the hilt," Kylo said. "I was able to use it just fine," Rey said sitting against the wall next to Kylo. "With the Force guiding you and some of my knowledge leaking through our bond," Kylo said.

Rey stared at the black cross guard laid on the ground between them. He could feel that she wasn't afraid of his blade and went on to tell her that no weapon was evil or malicious on its own. It was the wielder that dictated the personality of the weapon.

"When I first put this blade together I was angry and hurt and the design reflects that. It's rough and unpleasant to look at. I want this one to be different," Kylo said. "It will be. You aren't that person any more Kylo. Every day I look at you and see the person you are becoming and soon you will come to a point where you are no longer Kylo Ren or Ben Solo but someone in between," Rey said and laid her hand over his. "And it's all because of you," Kylo said.

He took her hand in his and they began meditating together. The components for their lightsabers began to float and move in the air in front of them. Eshreal, Cade and Zer-o stopped what they were doing to watch the two as their crystals began to glow brightly. The pieces of their lightsabers began to move and orbit the crystal faster and faster.

As Kylo concentrated he could feel Rey pouring her love for him, the need to protect her friends and all of their people, and the peace she'd found in the Force into her lightsaber and did the same. He could even feel Han and Luke in the Force around them.

Please forgive me father, Kylo pled, unsure if his father could even hear him.

In that moment Kylo made a promise to himself and his father and uncle that he would try to make things right with his mother. Forgiveness was something he wasn't used to accepting or giving but he knew that if something happened to her before he told her he loved her, his sanity might not survive. Sometimes living in the light had its draw backs.

Two days later Kylo and Rey came out of their meditative states to find their finished weapons on the ground before them. Eshreal, Cade and Zer-o had fallen asleep huddled together for warmth. Taliki, Gear, and Asera were still working on their lightsabers. Rey had a huge grin on her face as she picked up the shining hilt.

She ran her fingers over the curved metal on the ends and the blade length adjusters. Then she took it in both hands and activated it with the force. Eshreal, Zer, and Cade came awake as the gold blades sprung from the ends. The pale purple in the middle created at eerie glow around the room. She swung it a couple times before extinguishing the blades.

"Wow, Rey. I've never seen a lightsaber that color," Essie said. "Me either," Rey said. "The Gold color represents your strength with the light side of the Force while the purple core represents your moral ambiguity which probably is my fault," he said with a slight smile. "So what color is yours," Cade asked.

Kylo hit the switch and the blade blazed to life. The amber core showed more in the vents on the side than the main blade. The energy vibrated loudly. The weight of the blade sat happily in his hand. He extinguished the blade and ran his fingers over the three deadly spikes at the bottom and the two at the top. This lightsaber was much more deadly than his old one.

"I'm not surprised at the purple but what about the color of the core," Zer asked. "Bronze or amber represents physical strength," Kylo said. "How much longer are they going to be at it," Zer asked nodding toward the others. "I don't know. I'm guessing not too much longer," Kylo said. "What were you guys doing while we were constructing our lightsabers," Rey asked. "I've been keeping an eye out for the First Order. So far the coast is still clear," Essie said. Rey nodded and Kylo asked, "Did those two men show back up?" "No. So far we've been left alone," Eshreal answered. "And we were working on Cade new lightsaber blaster rifle," Zer-o said and Cade held the completed weapon up.

It was almost as long as his blade was but Kylo could easily tell where the saber went into the gun. The design was similar to Zer-o's blaster pistol. The way Cade held it proved that the weapon had been incomplete before.

"Have you tested it yet," Rey asked. "I just fired off a couple shots, nothing too major," Cade said. "Wanna try it against me," Rey asked. "Sure," Cade said and they headed outside where there was more room. Eshreal came over to Kylo and asked, "You don't want to test your new blade?" "There's no need. It's weighted exactly like the old one. If I can't fight with it after all these years I should probably find a different weapon," he responded. "I feel the same way," Eshreal said running her fingers over the ring of her lightsaber.

Kylo walked over to one of the fallen bookshelves and began looking through

the old, moldy books and was shocked to see a holocron among them. He picked it up and showed it to Eshreal and Zer-o.

"Do either of you know what this is," Kylo asked. "Yeah, it's a holocron. Cade has a bunch of them in his room on the Starfall," Zer-o said. "We had a couple in our temple on Quycury. I never even thought to check here since it had been ransacked by the time we arrived plus being in here would have gotten me killed quickly. The Stormtroopers used to patrol the temple multiple times a day," Essie explained.

Kylo used the Force to open the holocron and Anakin Skywalker appeared. The hologram began spouting information about Anakin before he became Darth Vader and Kylo could see so much of himself in his grandfather, like his lack of emotional control and his need to protect the ones he loved even if it meant killing, that it was no wonder he had fallen to the dark side just like him.

He wished he had known more about his natural grandfather when he was growing up. Maybe if he knew his grandfather's struggles and mistakes he wouldn't have been prone to making the same ones. Not that he could blame Leia or even Luke. Neither of them even grew up with their father and only knew him as the sith lord Darth Vader. Their mother had died in child birth, so she couldn't tell the twins about Anakin and as far as Obi Wan knew, Anakin Skywalker died after falling into the lava the day Darth Vader was born.

"What is it," Rey asked coming back in from outside. "It's a holocron of my grandfather before he was Darth Vader," Kylo said holding it up so she could see the projection. "Is this your first time seeing him," Cade asked. "Yeah," Kylo said. "You look like him," Rey said putting her arms around his waist. "Do I," he asked looking at the image.

The other's nodded. Kylo closed the holocron and put it in his pocket. He would take it back for his mother. He wanted her to see it too.

"We should take some of this stuff back with us. I'm sure we can learn a lot from it," Rey said. "Did one of you remember to restock the Starfall with food," Gear asked suddenly coming to. "I did. Even though I don't eat food I'm still the only one who remembers to restock the ship," Eshreal said.

They turned to see him, Asera and Taliki all standing holding their lightsabers. Now that they were all armed Kylo felt a little better.

He stepped up to Taliki first, "Taliki the light whip is one of the deadliest and most difficult weapons to master but I believe it'll be easy for you. The white color of your kyber crystal signifies your obedience and service to a larger cause. Asera the forked staff is a unique and powerful weapon which fits your personality as well as your need to put distance between yourself and your enemy. The orange color of your kyber crystal signifies your preference for stealth and ingenuity over combat. And lastly Gear, though the double bladed lightsaber is one of the most common designs it is one of the most useful. The green of your Kyber crystal signifies your preference of negotiation and meditation over combat but you also have strong Force abilities. The black cores represent self-obsession and I would advise you all to be careful that your self-obsession doesn't drag you down into the darkness. All of you are now armed the way Force users are supposed to be armed. Now we are starting to look like a real force to be reckoned with," Kylo said with smile.

The group couldn't help feeling giddy but there was something nagging at Kylo that he just couldn't put his finger on it.

"I'd suggest you all pair up and practice with your new weapons. The sooner you are familiar with the weight and balance of them, the better," Kylo suggested. "Are you gonna be my partner," Rey asked. "Always," Kylo said calling his new blade to his hand.

He ignited it and it cast a purple glow that seemed red with the amber core. Rey ignited hers, the purple core making the gold seem closer to silver. As they began to spar Kylo felt darkness creep into the back of his mind.

If you really believe you can keep them safe then you are more foolish than you look Ben Solo, came a voice from the darkness…

Just when you thought things were looking up the darkness always appears.

Tune in next week Friday for the epic conclusion to part one of the Reylo Trilogy!