Chapter 15 - Epilogue

"Get the door, will you? It's Jaina," Leia called from the bedroom.

Han finished getting out the mugs and moved toward the door, grumbling good-naturedly. "Y'know, it's kind of rude to do that talkin' in your head thing with other people around." He opened the door, where Jaina was waiting, her hair a little disheveled from sleep. "Hey, Sweetheart."

"Hey, Dad." Jaina hugged him and stepped inside. "I wasn't being rude. I was trying not to wake you up. Didn't want you to miss out on your beauty sleep," she teased.

"Eh, I'm pretty enough," he said. He gestured toward the counter, where he'd brewed a pot of kaffe for Leia. "Kaffe? Tea? Shot of whiskey?"

"Han," chided Leia, who had poured herself a mug and sat down at the small table. She was in her robe, and her hair was down from its usual braids.

Han shrugged. He'd been kidding, of course, but when it came to Force visions, sometimes it seemed like maybe a stiff drink wouldn't be a bad idea. "Thought she could use it. Maybe when you're a little older," he said to Jaina, with a conspiratorial wink.

"You got any of that cocoa?" Jaina asked. It was Luke's favorite drink, and he'd gotten her hooked on it when they were on Ahch-To, although to conserve their supply they'd only had it on rare occasions the last couple of years. "Why are you drinking kaffe at this hour?" she asked her mother.

"The odds of my getting back to sleep in the next two and a half hours aren't great. Might as well stay up," she replied. Leia typically had an early morning briefing with her key staff.

Han searched through the food supplies and brought out two packets of the cocoa, handing one to Jaina. "We expecting more Jedi?"

Jaina looked at Leia. "If Rey and Finn had the vision too, probably. And I think Uncle Luke is already on his way. With Uncle Wedge." Leia nodded in confirmation.

On cue, there was a soft knock at the door, and Jaina opened it to find Rey and Finn. They both looked startled, not to mention hesitant about coming to the General's quarters in the middle of the night.

"You saw it too, right?" wondered Finn.

It was dark, rainy, not unlike the scene of the Academy massacre. They couldn't see Snoke immediately, but they could sense his presence: cold, dark, cruel. The Knights of Ren were advancing, flashes of lightning putting their dark figures in stark relief against the sky.

A familiar voice snarled. "Now. We will finish what we have started." Kylo Ren's red crossguard 'saber glowed angrily as he strode forward. Beside him, the other Knights of Ren activated their weapons.

Rey was the first to step forward, her face grim and determined. She ignited her blue lightsaber. Finn joined her, his lightsaber a brilliant orange. Jaina and her purple 'saber stepped up next, followed by Luke and his green one, and finally Leia, wielding a purple blade like her daughter's.

In the hills behind them, the dark sky was suddenly illuminated in a rainbow of glowing blades.

The new Jedi had returned.

Thank you for being a part of this journey with me, and for all your comments! More to come in this universe for sure.