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The Emperor sat atop a throne made entirely of bones; a short staircase was an elegant wave leading to the horror, crafted from the finest white marble.

Armitage Hux, the ruler of every known region and beyond, contemplated the figure before him at the base of the stairs.

A disheveled Rey. Wary, but never having lost her fire. Still ready to battle everything in the room, tool and nail. Hux somewhat admired her in that respect. Fortitude was amiss in many.

“You’ll never find them...” Rey’s voice was dry and cracked, but filled with triumph.

The creature in that throne that called itself Emperor, smiled; and it made certain to show her all of its teeth.

Rey burned with hatred. Most would have cowered at the sight. But not she. Things were nothing more than glorified leeches, trying to lord over all.

“They’re beyond even you, now.” Tears threatened, but Rey held them back. Poe and Finn would be alright. They had to be. 

Hux leaned forward. “Nothing is beyond me, I assure you.”

Kylo was anxious for more slaughter, and Hux noticed the slight tensing of his muscles. He calmed the Knight with a glance. Soon. Patience is needed.

Rey had sent her friends to an uncharted world, one hidden among a multitude of others with no life or simply undiscovered populations. A primitive civilization, but that could be their salvation. No advanced technology meant no signals or activity around the planet.

Such a green world, with vast oceans. Finn and Poe had been filled with hopeful joy; begging her to stay.

But she had to throw the Order off their scent. She had promised them she would return. Someday. But it looked like it that meeting would have to be in another life.

(SFW) Continuing that post Kylo Ren & amnesiac Reader- he’s rather protective of you outside of his harsh training sessions. You’re surprised, but you assume it’s normal. After 3 months, you fight in a battle with him. “You’ve done this before, & you’ve always impressed me. Do it again,” Kylo says. When you both leave the battlefield, Kylo removes his helmet & yours, staring at you intensely. “Master, were we, like… a couple before I lost my memories?” He’ll be in trouble if memory recovers(2/2)

Ren hesitates for a moment, his mind working in overtime.

It had been months and your memory had not returned, butthere was no guarantee that it wouldn’t. He had found you knocked unconsciousafter a raid but your entire village had been destroyed. What if you had had afamily, or worse, what if he had been the one to kill your family? There hadbeen so many bodies; one could have mistaken them for rocks or mounds in thesand in the dim light.

If he told you what he wanted now, there was always thepossibility that he would lose you later on. Ren had a reputation for being impetuous,but he could not risk you.

“What do you remember?” He would do the thing he alwaysdid, the safe thing, turning the questions around so that he was responsiblefor very little. Could a lie still be considered a lie if he chose not to voiceit?

“Between us?” you hesitate, wetting your lower lip as yousearch your memory. “Nothing concrete. It’s just that, well…” Your voice trailsoff as you raise your shoulders and let them drop by your side. “You feelfamiliar. That’s all.”

Familiar. Hecould work with that.

“What you’re sensing is the Force,” Ren says, adopting amore formal tone. “The Force-”

“You’ve told me about the Force already,” you insist. “Throughyour teachings, I have learned the Force, and this isn’t that. This isdifferent.” Your expression softens as you hesitate to ask your next question.For all his recklessness and violent swings of mood, Ren could be surprisinglyshy, if approached in the right way. He was more child than man, but perhapsthat was why you had grown to care for him in such a way.

“Does the past really mean that much to you?” Ren asks,and you can tell by his answer that there’s something that he doesn’t want totell you. Judging by the way he had refused to discuss your memories or yourpast life, you had sensed that there was something that he was hiding from you,something he didn’t want you to know…

…or maybe he didn’t know himself. Maybe he had found yousomewhere and had decided that you were worth protecting, worth training. Maybethat was why he had been so harsh with you during your training but so gentlewith you after.

Perhaps these were feelings that he also was not used to entertaininghimself.

“The past doesn’t mean as much to me as you do.”

Ren looked stunned for a moment, as if this was not an answer that hehad expected to hear. Slowly, nervously, you take a step towards him, pleasedwhen he doesn’t pull away. He lets your face draw closer and closer to his ownuntil you eventually press your lips against his, red and chapped from thecold. He hesitates for a moment before he returns the kiss, placing his hand onyour shoulder as if to prevent you from pulling away.

You relax into him, placing a hand on his chest and suppressing the urgeto run your hand through his thick hair. Maybe that could come at another time,when more trust had built between you and Ren was sure that you were someonethat he could trust with anything, even with matters concerning your own past.

Honestly, though, did the past truly matter all that much? The past wasjust information, cold and objective. Even if you had been enemies with him before,did that really change things with him now? While Ren’s volatile emotions couldshift from one minute to the next, yours had been slowly building. Would anythingthat he had to tell you about your past really change what you felt now?

You hoped not, but perhaps ignorance was bliss.

Kylo Ren: Werewolf. Brutal, relentless, and cold. Capable of shredding any opponent. Hot tempered, but nevertheless calculating and one step ahead. Leader of an elite pack selected for their skills and viciousness on the battlefield. Kylo is rumored to be capable of eating metal.

Dragon Finn: Dislikes hot weather, extremely competent soldier (former member of a vicious dragon army) lost his family, but found a new one. Can hold his own with the best of them.

Rey greeted the sunrise with a fan of her wings; catching every last drop of light. She stood surveying her little domain; the small slice of this desolate world she could call home. With a flurry of deft claws, she secured her pack to her waist. No more carrying it on her back. An awful crash landing the previous week was just the lesson she needed. If anything came loose, it wouldn’t potentially stab her in a sensitive wing joint.

Yawning and cracking her spine, Rey trotted to the edge; gracefully diving into the oncoming updraft of warm air. Her pearl and light gold scales shone in the sun like newly forged metal; despite damage and scar tissue buildup. But off in the distance, her sharp ears picked up a distressed chirruping. Honing in on the commotion, she spotted an orange and white dragon; a truly tiny, writhing thing completely at the mercy of Teedo.

With a snarl, Rey dove at the pair, whacking Teedo with her tail and sending him sprawling. A short blast of flame sent the alien scrambling onto his hulking ride, cursing the dragon with all of his might. He may have been a nasty soul, but he knew enough to avoid Rey’s full wrath.

When Rey was certain Teedo was out of sight, she knelt down to bite at the heavy rope net covering the tiny dragon. 

“I see you’ve met Teedo....never seen you in these parts before...where are you from?” she removed the rest of the net, and the orange and white dragon stumbled upright.

He chirruped and chattered, a bundle of nerves working himself up into a frenzy. 

“You have a human master?” Rey was a bit taken aback, but chose to refrain from commenting on the matter. It was really none of her damn business after all. 

“I’d like to help you find your master, but i have my hands full as it is.” with a talon, Rey pointed to a space between the monumental sand dunes.

“Town’s that way-” the little dragon bounced up and down, small wings fluttering as he hugged one leg; trembling. The poor thing had been walking for days. His species was incapable of full flight, and his feet had been cute badly by the harsh ground. Rey sighed and grumbled.