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Little Rey was receiving a hug from her mother- which is something that brings most girls joy. This wasn’t joyous though; quite the opposite.

For it was the last hug she’d ever get from her mom.

Miramir tightened the grip she had on her daughter. Not too much to hurt Rey, but not too much to let some horrid bastard grab her from the blue.

“Be strong…” she whispered to her baby weakly, despite doing the strongest thing she’s ever done; protect her daughter in the best way she knew how.

Dathan got down next to Rey;

He looked at her with horrified, wet eyes yet a straight expression;

“You’ll be safe here. I promise.”

Rey had very little understanding to what her parents were referring to. They were scared and crying, she’d never seen them like this.

Miramir sobbed violently as her husband dragged her out by the arm. Rey followed, but was taken back when her told her the following;

“You have to stay. We love you and we’re sorry but you have to go over there. We’ll do everything we can to come back but you can’t get on the ship.”

Rey started to tear up; were her parents going away? Leaving her alone? They always said it wasn’t safe for her to be alone, why are they leaving?

They walked further away as the now crying little girl desperately tries to follow them. The two get on the big ship and just as she takes another step the metal closes right in her face.

“NOOOO!” She screams in horror, as the ship shoots up into the sky. She watches it fly far away from her, carrying her parents.

“COME BACK!!! COME BACK!!!” She pleads and wails, feeling her entire little life break into pieces.  She screams and cries for what feels like hours, not understanding what fully happened but believing her parents abandoned her on a scorching, humid, lonely desert with no one to hear or simply care for call. A sharp pain hit her emotions. A sharp, strong, heavy hurt that had never-

Hit him before it took place. All of the sudden, out of nowhere, Ben starts to sob uncontrollably at the breakfast table, scaring poor Leia.

“Honey, what’s wrong???” She rushes over to her teen son, wrapping an arm around his hunched shoulders as he buried his face in his palms.

“My heart…” he barely gets out, which Leia understands despite the muffled noise.

“What about it?” She asks, kissing his forehead repeatedly.

“It hurts!” He screeches, nuzzling into her embrace.

“What?!? What do you mean it hurts??? HAN!!!” She screams as her husband emerges from whatever he was up to.

“No mommy, not like that.” He crooked out, embarrassed that she interrupted his words incorrectly and got his dad involved.

“What’s going on??? What’s wrong?” Han asks frightened yet strongly, ready to hurt whoever or whatever was simply threatening to harm his family.

“It’s fine,” Ben sniffs,

“I told mom my heart hurts and she thought I needed the emergency room or something- I’m just upset…”

Han knees on the other side of his son, wrapping his arm around the poor boy who was still weeping.

“What’s upsetting you, son?”

“I-I don’t know. I-it just happened…” he explains, wiping his tears and putting his head down on the table.

Han squints his eyes at his son, and then looks up at Leia.

“What was that for?” He asks, irritated.

“What do you mean???”

“You made me think there was a real problem.”

“Uh, yeah, our son is crying!!!”

“Yes but he’s not bleeding or dying!”

“Excuse me??? His emotions are just as im-“

“Leia, don’t scare me like that! I thought there was a murder or some shit-“

“I could handle any bastard, thank you!”

They continued to argue as Ben tried to understand why he was so damn upset? Did this have to do with the voices in his head???

He didn’t know, but he wanted it all to stop and for his parents to conclude their screaming because it wasn’t doing a damn thing for him.

He had no clue it was his force Dyad connecting him to his soulmate. That he was feeling her pain. He didn’t see her or her planet but could feel her hurt and abandonment. So ironic for a boy who felt so alone.