Rey hurried from her room aboard the Millennium Falcon, to the council room where Princess Leia met with leaders of the Resistance, and the Queen of Naboo, Queen Natalia. She had to tell them about Ben, otherwise he would never make it to the council room alive, and they would need the help of the Resistance, this was not something they could do alone.

"Your majesty," she said to Queen Natalia, as she entered the council room. She looked at Leia and nodded. "Your highness."

Leia was about to object the formal greeting, but this was a formal gathering.

"I have important news," said Rey.

Queen Natalia gestured to an empty seat. "Please join us," she told the young Jedi.

Rey sat down, in the most proper way she knew how. Then she turned to Leia and Queen Natalia. "Leia, there is something that I have been wanting to tell you," she addressed her in a personal way, because this was a very personal matter.

Leia looked at her, ready to listen.

"I have a connection to Ben through the Force," she said, gently.

Leia looked at her in surprise.

"I am bound to him, and he is bound to me. Sometimes I see him," she continued. "I saw him just now."

"Kylo Ren is evil," said one of the council members.

Rey nodded. "Kylo Ren is evil, but Ben Solo is good," she said as she looked at Leia. "He killed Snoke to save me."

The room was suddenly bustling with surprised voices.

"He did?" Poe asked, surprised. He had been very surprised when General Organa asked him to accompany her to the council meeting.

Rey nodded. "But now he has discovered a greater evil. He has agreed to help us stop this evil, if we will let him."

The council members exchanged glances. They were quiet for a moment, but then they all began talking at once. Arguing over rather or not they should trust the grandson of Darth Vader or not.

"We can't trust him, he is Vader's heir!" said one of the council members.

Leia stood. "He is not only Darth Vader's heir, but also Queen Amadala's. Was she not your most beloved queen? And he is also my heir, my son."

Everyone was silent, suddenly regretting their words.

"Darth Vader was redeemed, he saved my brother's life," she said.

There was a gasp from the assembly. Many of them had never heard this side of the story.

"And I believe that my son can be saved too," she continued.

"But what if he betrays us?" asked one of the council members.

"Then I will take the consequences myself," said Leia.

"As will I," Rey agreed. "If he turns on us, I will bring him back to the light if I can, but I will defeat him if I must."

Again the councilors exchanged glances, none of them knowing what to say.

"I think we should give him a chance," said Poe.

Rey and Leia turned to him surprised.

"He killed Snoke to save you, right?" Poe asked.

Rey nodded.

"Then there must be some good in him. I have never met Snoke, but I know that he is strong with the Force. If he realized that Kylo Ren was trying to save you, he would have killed him," said Poe. "Rey you're my friend, and if he risked his life to save you, the least I could do is give him a second chance. You are the only one strong enough to stop him, so why would he kill his master to save you if there was no good in him at all?" He looked at Leia. "I love you like a mother, and I know how strong your love for a son is. So I will give him a second chance for you, I know how much you want him to come home, and I will not take that from you."

The other council members nodded. They were willing to give him a second chance.

"But we must be prepared, in case this is some kind of trick," said one of the council members.

Just then a tie silencer landed just outside of the council building.

A guard rushed into the council room. "Kylo Ren is here!" he said.

"And the First Order?" asked one of the council members.

"No," the guard answered. "He came alone."