A Dark Past
A/N: Chapter dedicated to 1luVbacon who has been blowing up my Wattpad for DAYS!
Also credit to whoever did this amazing cosplay and photo up top.
Palbi's POV
"Ren, all troops have loaded. We have left one Tie Fighter for you to escape in." Mitaka informs me. "The fighter is hidden out behind the old shield generator."
"Thank you. I shall see you again on Geonosis, General."
We nod goodbye to another and he walks down the hallway to board the Finalizer.
I knock on Yerha's door.
"Hello Master, everything alright?" She answers.
"Yes, my apprentice, I was just thinking that you don't actually have your own lightsaber do you?"
"No, I was thinking I would just use the one from the bottom of the training chest."
"How about this?" I ask and pull out a stunning lightsaber.
"What is that?" She asks.
"This was an inquisitor lightsaber." I inform her and ignite for her to get a quick glance at it.
"Inquisitor? I've heard stories about them. They worked for Darth Vader." She says excitedly, as I close it.
"Yes." I say through my mask. "Now be prepared for them to arrive. I'll let you know when I begin sensing them."
"You can feel them? Like all of them?"
"Every living thing as a force signature. The force moves through every living thing, it surrounds us. You can feel it and it will guide you."
"Close your eyes. Feel it." The woman tells me.
"The saber. Take it."
I stare at her, debating her words.
"It's Ben." An unknown voice tells me, as I go to stand.
"I'm never touching that thing again. I don't want any part of this."
Any part of what? Was that the Skywalker saber?
"Palbi, are you alright?" Yerha asks drawing me back to reality.
"Yeah, go practice with your new saber. Nothing fancy." I turn and leave.
Ben's POV
I walk out to the ship and give a nod to Poe who is saying goodbye to Finn.
Although this is said to be a safe mission, some are having there doubts.
At least half the base is being sent to Hoth. Should be an easy take over, apparently the base looks deserted from a recent report.
I see Chewie take the last box of supply we were told to take to Hoth. We have some food, ammo, and clothing being transported over.
I head up the ramp and into the pilot seat. Chewbacca joins me moments later and says that everyone is now on board. Everyone being Chewbacca, myself, Finn, uncle Luke, R2, C3P0, and my mom.
We begin take off sequence and my mom and Finn join us in the cockpit strapping in.
"Where's Uncle Luke?" I ask my mom, lifting the Falcon of the ground.
"In the back taking a nap." I hear the annoyance in her voice.
Chewbacca roars that the others are shooting into lightspeed, so I pull the level sending us as well.
I set the auto pilot seeing as we have a little ways.
"What are you doing?" My mom asks as I leave the cockpit.
"Going to relax." I reply.
I walk over to a cargo box and sit on it, staring at a napping Luke on the couch. Finn walks over and joins me.
"You okay?" He asks.
"Yeah." I say half heartedly.
"Thinking of Rey?" I nod. "I want her back too." He says softly.
We sit in silence for a minute.
"What if we kidnap her?" I suggest.
"She's too smart to fall for that." He defends her.
"Yeah, but it's worth a shot." I say. "We could knock her out. I've done it before." I offer up.
He smiles, but shakes his head. "We need Rey back, not Palbi."
"Yeah. Something needs to trigger her memories."
"Her memories can be triggered? I thought he stole her memories?"
"He thinks he did, but I taught her how to keep them safe, so they must be buried under the new ones."
"Well what memories have been triggered?"
"She remembers one night on the Finalizer with me, me being Kylo Ren, and Sassy said she remembered you and I talking once, just before Endor."
"She remembers me?" Finn smiles.
"Yeah, she remembers us." I crack a small smile.
"I miss her." Finn says.
"I miss her too." I reply.
"Rey is gone. Consumed by Palbi Ren." My mom says walking in. "You both should let her go."
"Why are you being like this mom?" I ask. "One minute you wanted us to get married, the next apparently all hope is lost. Why is that?"
"It's in the past Ben."
"Tell me."
Finn gets up and leaves sensing the rising tension in the room.
"No, it's in the past and I'm surprised I didn't realize it until it was too late. I'm sorry Ben." She walks over and caresses my face. "Rey isn't Rey anymore. Snoke has gotten his claws in her too far."
"He had his claws in me too mom. I know I can bring her back." I plead and she removes her hand.
"Rey wasn't born into the light son. You were."
"What do you know of her past?" I stand. "What have you kept from her?"
She sighs. "Look I didn't know, I didn't realize it until she became Palbi."
"What? Didn't realize what?"
"Her bloodline." She says. "You were Kylo, a mixture of Skywalker and Solo. She is Palbi, mixture of Kenobi and Palpatine."
"Lord Palpatine?" I asked stunned.
"Yes, I meet her parents at one point. Her mother was kind, always had a brave face, she was a Kenobi. Her father was a Palpatine."
"What was he like?" I ask intrigued.
"He had a dark sense to him, he wasn't exactly a family man, but he did care for them."
"Where are they now?"
"Gone." She replies softly.
"What happened to them?" I ask. "Did the First Order kill them? Was it Snoke? Did they leave her on Jakku?"
"Ben, it's in the past. I believe Snoke has already told her, which is why it's too late for her."
I stare at the floor in thought. It wasn't too late for me, because my family was on the light. My mom, my dad, Uncle Luke, even my Grandfather Anakin was redeemed. Why is it different for her?
"She was born into the Dark Side wasn't she?" No anwser. "She takes after her grandfather like me, doesn't she?"
"I'm sorry." Is all she says.
Luke begins waking up. He yawns and stretches. "Are we there yet?"
"No." I say and turn walking away.
Palbi's POV
I sit meditating in my room, when I feel a shift in the force. I open my eyes and search seeing if Yerha has entered, but this is a presence I don't recognize. I feel at ease and calm,yet I know it's a force signature I don't recognize, but have felt before.
"Rey?" I hear called to me in a whisper.
I stand startled and look for an owner of the voice.
"Palbi?" I recognize Yerha's voice knocking on my door.
"Yeah?" I call back.
"Ready to eat dinner?"
"Yeah, give me a second to get ready." I call back and slip my helmet on and my cape. I walk over to my mirror.
"You have been tempted." The voice whispers to me again.
"What?" I whisper back and remove my helmet.
"Your path has been changed young one."
"Who are you?" I ask.
"These were not your first steps."
"First steps?" I repeat.
"Trained by Luke, you were." A different voice says. Confused I draw my saber.
"Show yourselves." I demand.
"One with the force, we have become. Kill us, you can not." He speaks.
"Rey, remember." The first voice says again.
"Remember what?"
I drop to the floor and everything goes black.
Kylo is pushing into my mind trying to take my memory of when we first met at Takodana.
I feel him grabbing the memory and I fight him at first then he says, "The point is for me to take it and see if you remember, so quit fighting me." I giggle and let him take it.
"So Rey, how did we first meet?"
"On Takodana, I saw you and ran, but you sensed me and chased me, but you were looking for BB-8. Then when you saw I had seen the map, you knocked me out and took me back to Starkiller Base."
He smiles. " Yup I went and carried you..." He bends down and picks me up. "Like this." I giggle and he laughs. We kiss and then we hear a ship approaching the hangar. He sets me down and we begin walking out hand in hand when Kylo stops me. "Rey, you need to keep what you just learned a secret from everyone."
The flashback changes and I leave Yavin 4.
I release and feel a pounding in my head as Snoke enters my mind. My lips quiver and holds back tears as I feel my memories leaving.
My energy is drained and I feel more sore than before.
I feel a tear roll down my cheek as Snoke begins pulling at memories.
My eyes open and I blink rapidly, picking myself off the floor.
"What was that?" I ask the voices.
"The truth." One says.
"More to come, there is." The other replies.
"Master are you alright?" Yerha calls out.
"Yeah. I'm not hungry actually. Go without me." I call back.
A/N: So this chapter got changed quite a bit. It was originally just going to be like a filler, but this is a better approach I think to lead into the next chapter which I hope it is going to blow your minds! I had this upcoming idea while watching 'Corpse Bribe' and I haven't been able to forget it since.
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