Chapter 3: House of Solo

Purple flashes of light burst and clashed as Rey and Kylo's respective blue and red blades locked. Emperor Palpatine seemed to be in possession of Kylo Ren, forcing him and his complicated enemy into a fight to the death.

And unlike her other fights with him, this time Rey was losing. Badly.

At long last, Kylo's blade broke through Rey's defenses, slicing gashes in - but not cutting off - Rey's hands. Still, the wound caused her to yelp in pain and drop her lightsaber. Right away, Kylo summoned it and held both humming blades to her throat. Rey fell to her knees in subjugation. Palpatine cackled.

"Good, Kylo, good! ... Kill her. Kill her now. Do it!"

Right away, Rey recognized that twice already, fate had played out a similar tableau. The first was when she had been on her knees before this man she cared for, Snoke goading him to kill her. The second was their grandfathers, decades before, in this exact same position. Anakin had beheaded Dooku, and it looked like Ben would do the same to her. Rey shut her eyes, waiting for the end.

She felt the Force unexpectedly pull her to her feet. Maybe he wanted to murder her standing, like an equal. She opened her eyes to see Kylo switching the lightsabers off, keeping them away from her neck. Then, grabbing her by the upper arms, Ben pulled her close...

... and kissed Rey full on the mouth.

Rey's eyes instantly bulged and she let out a surprised squeak, stiffening in his unexpectedly warm embrace. And then -

She moaned. "Mmmm? Hmmm... Mmhmmmm..." Rey sank into the kiss in swooning acceptance, closing her eyes with a flutter and splaying her arms across his shoulders, into his hair, as she kissed him back. Ben threw away the lightsabers he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Rey clear off her feet. Her legs dangled in the air, and she had no choice but to fold them lovingly about his waist. Their tongues found each other eagerly and danced, the lovers lost in their own world. True Love's First Kiss...

Cutting through the bliss was Palpatine's scream of outrage, but Rey and Ben simply threw out the Force and repelled him, from the ruins and out into the atmosphere, not once breaking the kiss. At long last, they tenderly broke apart, their arms still around each other, foreheads touching and panting. Ben lovingly nuzzled his nose against Rey's.

"Ready to claim your birthright?" he asked her.

"What if they don't like me? Or believe me?"

Ben grinned. "Not possible." And he kissed her lips sweetly again.

The flower petals floated down everywhere amidst the cheering crowd, as the Palace Crier announced, "Presenting Ben Solo, Crown Prince of Alderaan, Crown Prince of Naboo, and Rey Solo, Countess of Serenno!"

Newly married, the happy couple of Force users ran into the crowd of well wishers. Rey, the blushing bride, was further moved by the happiness and love from her people. When she and Ben had first arrived at Serenno, Rey had been subject to a DNA test to prove her lineage. The results came back positive that she was the granddaughter of Count Dooku.

Rey and Ben's wedding night was full of heat and pain with Ben moaning as he hovered over her, his breath heavy in her ear. "Don't be afraid. I love you!"

The royal couple lived in the Castle of Serenno, where Rey soon fell pregnant and gave birth to many children. And there Rey and Ben Solo lived happily ever after.