Luke Skywalker, Jedi Master, hero of the rebellion, legend of the galaxy, that's how they knew him. But the boy only knew him as Uncle Luke.

For years, young Ben Solo had trained and trained, aspiring to be the best at everything. Wanting to make his Uncle proud and wanting to be worthy of the Skywalker name, he went to all the extremes to do just that.

At first, it was only a few more hours of training, a few more hours of meditation, a few more hours of studying. But soon, that ambition grew.

He started to actually aim to kill in a duel, no matter that the blades were only practice blades. He started to bribe others so they would purposefully lose to him. He started to cheat at every practice session, every test, every trial.

And Luke noticed. He noticed the change in his nephew, noticed the once cheerful boy's eyes turn dark and cold. Saw him no longer use the light side of the force, but incline to the dark.

He didn't want to see it, didn't want to believe it, yet it was there

One day, he decided to confront him. He found the boy sitting on a rock, meditating.

"Ben?" Luke said gently. The boy opened his eyes. " Uncle? " he asked. Luke looked at the boy. The resemblance to his sister and to Han was incredible.

"Are you feeling alright?" He asked the young child . He saw him straighten up. "Of course I'm fine. Why?" He asked. "It's just...you seem a bit distraught and, I just wanted to say...if you need to talk, you can always come to me, you know that, right?" He said.

The boy remained unchanged. Then he spoke. "I know, Uncle, and I promise that whenever I need to talk, I'll go straight to you" he said.

Luke nodded, ruffled the boy's hair and walked away, not looking back.

If he had, he might have seen the boy's eyes change, and he might have noticed that his nephew no longer belonged to the light side.

In fact, had he stayed, he might have heard a brief conversation that would have changed everything.

"Master, I am here to serve you" the boy said. He felt a rush of cold wind and heard a voice, a voice that he knew would lead him to fulfill his destiny, and that would lead him to unleash his full potential, something he knew his Uncle would never do.

"Good, good. Now rise boy, and know that you are no longer Ben Solo. Know that from this day forward, you will be called KYLO REN!"

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