Chapter twenty five
Kijimi
Ryssa's POV:
Rey sat with her head in her hands, devastated that she had killed Chewbacca. Finn comforted her. "I didn't know you were with Kylo." Finn said as he looked at me. I nodded and said "I'm sure it's a shock. Since you didn't know. But I care about him and I think I can make him turn to the light." "He's done horrible things. What he did to Poe, what he did to Coral. You should watch your back with him." Finn said. Rey looked at Finn and said "it's fine. Queen Dartsen has him under control." "Rey, I wish you'd stop calling me Queen Dartsen. Please, call me Ryssa. I don't want my friends to be so formal." I said. Rey nodded and Coral said "I'm sure all of this will be sorted out soon. And Ryssa will be able to get Kylo back as an ally. If Kylo comes back to the light we win the war, right?" Poe looked at her and said "I assume." I nodded and said "yes. We'd win. He's powerful. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving to go be queen of Naboo. I should've stayed. If I stayed, Kylo Ren wouldn't be born. There would be no first order. Or maybe there would be but Ben wouldn't be the supreme leader. He'd be an ally and help us take them down. Han Solo wouldn't be dead. Luke might still be alive. Everything would be different. It's my fault." "Don't blame yourself. He chose that path." Rey said. Grover nodded in response and said "yeah. There's nothing you can do about that. I don't know much about the force but he chose his way." I nodded again. "I need to be alone." I stood up and left the room. I walked into a room where I was alone. I took a deep breath, my head in my hands.

"It's not your fault." Kylo's voice said.

"You're in my head again. Are you going to try to find me?" I asked.

"No. Not at the moment. I don't want you to blame yourself. What I did, that's not your fault. Snoke chose me. And I chose the path to the dark side. I will not let you blame yourself."

I could see him now. I stared at him. He sat in his quarters, looking at the floor. I slowly began to approach him, reaching for his hand. He gasped as I touched his hand. "Ryssa...I can't see you." I frowned and he stood up. "You're right in front of me?" "Yes." I brought his hand up to my cheek. A shaky breath left his lips and I cupped his cheek. "Why can't I see you?" I bit my lip and said "I don't know." His hand slid to my shoulder, his other hand resting on my opposite shoulder. I let go of his cheek as he pulled me in for a hug. Kylo inhaled deeply. "I can smell your shampoo." I chuckled softly and rested my head on his chest. His head was on my shoulder. "I wish I could see you." He said as he hugged me tighter. I played with the ends of his hair and I said "me too." "Ryssa, we're getting ready to land." Coral's voice said as she came into the room. I felt Kylo pull away from me, making me stumble forward. "Ryssa?" "I was doing a force exercise." I quickly lied. Kylo was gone. The force bond broke as soon as he pulled away. "We're approaching Kijimi." She said. I turned around to face her, hiding my emotions. "Ok. Let's go." She nodded and I stepped out of the room, closing the door behind just in case Kylo was lingering there, trying to reconnect the force bond.

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When we arrived on Kijimi, we wore hoods to disguise ourselves. The dagger was in a sith language and 3PO needed to translate it and Poe knew a guy. Poe and Finn began to argue about who they were before they joined the resistance. Poe immediately told them he wasn't a spice runner, which he wasn't. "Were you a stormtrooper?" Poe asked Finn. Coral rolled her eyes and Zorii, who was an old friend of Poe's told us she could take us to Babu Frik. The tension between Poe and Zorii was there and nobody could miss it. I watched Coral look down and kept her thoughts to herself. Finn seemed to notice it as well. Poe looked to be flirting with Zorii to get where we needed to go. But Coral didn't understand things like that. Poe and Zorii began to lead the way and Rey followed. Coral let them go ahead and stayed towards the back of the group. "Coral, you ok?" I said. "I'm fine." Was all she said. And you could tell from her body language that she was not fine. Once we reached Babu Frik, he began to explain everything he had to do to 3PO. Coral distanced herself from everyone and even snapped at Poe when he said something to her. Finn's eyes widened as did mine. Coral had never even seen Zorii's face and felt insecure. "She's your ex-lover. Why don't you be with her? I can't help you like she can and I'm not powerful like she is!" "Whoa-" Zorii began which made Coral turn to her. Rey covered her mouth in shock and Coral said an insult to Zorii. "Coral...you wanna sit down?" Finn said. Coral looked over at him and said "I want to be alone." Finn nodded and pointed to a spare room. "Coral." Poe said. "Leave me alone, Poe. She's better for you anyway. I can't measure up to someone like that. I'm just an ex-stormtrooper. What good can I do?" Coral asked as she went into the spare room. Nephle sighed and Sebastian said "that's rough." Nephle hit her boyfriend who said "what'd I do?"

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3PO was going through the process of having his memory wiped. I felt bad for the golden droid. BB-8 found a new friend named D-O. He was a smaller droid who seemed like he had been through it. Rey gave him some oil so he could move around again. BB-8 then went to the spare room, beeping at the door. D-O followed cautiously, not knowing what was behind the door. Coral opened the door and the orange and white droid rushed in. D-O slowly went in behind him and Coral closed the door. Sad dejected beeps came from BB-8 as he communicated with Coral. Poe was with Zorii, nowhere to be seen. Finn sighed and said "I really hope you're able to turn Kylo back." "Me too. I think I'm halfway there." I said. "For real? That's crazy if you are. I mean, he's one nasty dude. I've never been around him but the things he's done. Phew. Man's got some issues." Grover said while shaking his head. Sebastian sniggered at his comment and I said "thank you, Grover. I'm aware." 3PO was ready and translated what was on the dagger. It revealed that the wayfinder was on the remains of the second Death Star. As he was finished, he introduced himself. "That's gonna be a problem." Poe said. Rey gasped and said "Chewie. He's alive!" "He is?" Coral asked. Rey nodded and said "the first order. They're on their way but I feel Chewie. He's alive. And we need to rescue him." "Let's go! Chewie needs our help." Coral said. BB-8 beeped happily and we all began to rush out of Babu Frik's.

Here's the update. The end is kinda lame but here it is!! This book will be over soon and I'm sad omg
~skylar✨🪐✨🪐