Star Wars: The Ice Awakens

Summary: Three scavengers looking for a different lease on life. Two Resistance pilots dedicated to protecting the fragile New Republic. Two Stormtroopers that want more than to serve the First Order. Two droids, both holding a secret that all of them want. Elsa/Poe, Kristoff/Anna, and Finn/Rey.

Author's Note: Here it is. The final chapter of The Ice Awakens. Sadly all good things must come to an end, and this story is no different. By no means am I giving up this fandom. No. I'm making a sequel with my co-writer, the wonderful Songbird. It'll be out whenever Star Wars: Episode 8 comes out on DvD. Meaning it probably won't be out for another year at most as the movie will be out in theaters next Christmas. For now enjoy this! I'll see you all later!

Chapter 10: Duel of Fates, and Finding the Master

At the Resistance Base, an alert went off on one of the monitors as Admiral Ackbar went over to it.

"The oscillator's been damaged, but is still functional."

Another alert went off, signifying the superweapon would be ready to fire in two minutes.

Back on Starkiller Base, Rey, Elsa, Anna, and Finn struggled through the snow trying to get away from the oscillator as fast as possible. Finn turned to the girls.

"The Falcon's this way!"

But the sharp snap-hiss of a lightsaber stopped them in their tracks. There was Kylo Ren, saber ignited and crackling.

"We're not done yet."

Elsa all but growled.

"You're a monster."

"It's just us now," he continued, as if Elsa hadn't said anything. "Han Solo can't save you."

He paused, thumping his fist against his side. The group could see a few drops of blood in the snow. Rey and Elsa suddenly raised their blasters, but Kylo simply shoved them hard with a Force push, throwing their bodies through the air. They collided with a tree with a loud smack. The two girls fell down and hit the snow, unconscious.

"Rey!" shouted Finn.

He quickly went to her side, and cradled her, Anna doing the same with Elsa.

"Elsa...come back. Don't go. I need you. I can't lose my sister."

The two paused at the sound of Kylo twirling his saber.

"Traitor!" he shouted.

Finn motioned for Anna to stay put, which she acknowledged. Finn grabbed the saber Rey was holding and gripped it tightly, standing up to face Kylo. With a snap-hiss, the blue lightsaber ignited, casting it's light across the snow. Kylo pointed at Finn with his red blade.

"That lightsaber. It belongs to me."

"Come get it." Finn retorted before charging at Kylo with a yell of anger. The blades met with a crash as Finn went on the offensive, taking the first swing. Kylo easily blocked the next couple of swings before switching to offensive, knocking Finn over. Kylo started to walk away, thumping his fist against his side again.

Finn got to his feet and went on the offense, hitting Kylo's blade as hard as he could. Kylo switched back to the offense, pushing Finn back and up against a tree. The two blades locked up, hissing and crackling, creating a shower of sparks that fell down into the snow. With ease, Kylo pushed harder on the hilt, slightly rotating the blade and driving one of the crossguards into Finn's shoulder, causing to him to cry out in pain. Rey and Elsa's eyes blinked open as they looked to their right. Their vision was blurry and hazed, but they could make out Kylo and Finn.

Kylo pulled back his blade and twirled it around, as if to decapitate Finn, but Finn quickly rolled out of the way, the blade nearly hitting him and cutting right through the tree. He scrambled away before turning back and swinging the saber around, cutting into Kylo's shoulder. Kylo clutched his shoulder in pain for a moment. Their blades met again, but this time Finn lost his grip on the blue saber and it flew out of his hands, landing a fair distance away.

Kylo punched Finn in the face, causing him to spin around. With no defense, Kylo took his blade and raked it up Finn's back, causing the ex-trooper to fall down, unconscious. Kylo deactivated his blade and reached out for Luke's lightsaber with the Force. It began to rattle, but it wasn't budging. Kylo pulled harder, when, suddenly, the lightsaber flew out of the snow and went flying past Kylo, forcing him to dodge. A loud clank was heard and Kylo knew it hit something. He turned to his left to find Elsa and Rey standing there. Rey was holding the lightsaber in her hand. Her face was a mixture of shock, confusion, and freaked out. She pulled the lightsaber closer to her body and placed her other hand on it, holding it up straight. Elsa activated her grandfather's lightsaber, Rey following suit with Luke's blade. Kylo activated his as well, confusion and surprise written on his face.

Rey and Elsa charged forward with a jabbing motion and Kylo deflected the blades. But the two girls wouldn't give up. They kept swinging their blades at Kylo and he stayed on the offense, forcing the girls to play defense. The final battle had begun.

Meanwhile, above the oscillator, Poe, Kristoff, Jessika, and Sven were not fairing well. Almost every X-Wing was down and their numbers were dwindling rapidly. A team member radioed Poe.

"We just lost R-1."

Jess radioed in next.

"We're overwhelmed. What do we do? It isn't working."

Suddenly, an X-Wing pilot lit up the coms like it was Christmas.

"Black Leader, there's a brand new hole in that oscillator. Looks like our friends got in."

Poe glanced out his viewscreen, radioing his team and the remaining squadrons.

"Red Four, Red Six, cover us. Everyone else hit the target hard. Give it everything you got!"

The X-Wings dove down, heading for the oscillator. They entered the trench leading up to it as TIEs dove around them. They entered the trench where they found cannons positioned around, which were more than willing to pick up where the TIEs had failed. Poe turned on his radio.

"I need some help here. I need some help!"

"Coming in."

"Watch out!"

One of the X-Wings was hit and spiraled into the wall in flames. The rest of the X-Wings had their hands full dodging the laser cannons and the occasional TIE that insisted on flying towards them. Finally, Poe made a decision.

"All teams, I'm going in. Pull up and cover me."

Kristoff radioed to Poe.

"Not without me you're not. We do this together Poe."

"Fine. Follow my lead. Use proton torpedoes, I'll use my guns."

"Copy that, Poe."

Kristoff pushed his fighter into the trench as the other fighters pulled out.

"Copy that, Black Leader and Harvest Leader. Good luck you two."

As Poe and Kristoff raced to the oscillator, a TIE fighter began shooting at Jessika. A stray blast hit her wing, causing it to smoke.

"I can't take another hit like that."

Sven heard her cry for help and dove down to her, taking aim at the TIE. He took a deep breath, and fired. The blast hit the TIE dead center, causing it to blow up.

"I got you, Jess."

"Thanks, Sven. You saved my life."

Meanwhile, Poe and Kristoff entered the oscillator, shooting at the pillars that held the structure together. The metal crumbled to pieces, and the two flew out of the oscillator, as a wall of flame shot out from behind them. As the two pilots flew over the oscillator, the top exploded into a shower of flame and metal and the ground outside rippled. Thus began the collapse of the planet.

Meanwhile, in the forest, Kylo was advancing on Rey, who was stumbling back through a rocky chasm. She ran off, scrambling over the wall as Kylo tried to take a couple of swings at her and missed. Elsa, meanwhile, charged at Kylo, holding him off as Rey jumped over the chasm, and rolling away. Kylo swung at Elsa, giving her time to dodge and jump onto the ledge, following after Rey, Kylo soon on her heels. Elsa swung at a tree as she ran, cutting it so it fell between her and Kylo, buying them time. Rey approached Kylo when he caught up with them, going on the offensive for a bit. Elsa joined them, hitting Kylo while Rey paused. As the three fought, the ground behind them began to rumble and collapse, distracting them and putting them back on the defensive.

As they continued backwards, the ground behind them fell away and Rey made a jab at Kylo, who deflected it with ease, and locked lightsabers with the two girls, pushing them back towards the edge. The girls pushed back, trying their hardest not to fall into the planet below. Sparks of blue and red light could be seen as the three held their own. Kylo grunted.

"You two need a teacher. I could show you the ways of the Force."

Elsa and Rey blinked.

"The Force?" they whispered at the same time.

Both girls closed their eyes, and began to breathe slowly. A moment went by before their eyes snapped open and they quickly dodged in opposite directions. Kylo spun around equally as fast, nearly grazing Elsa, causing her to fall back a bit. Rey attacked Kylo almost savagely, meeting his blade. She sliced a corner of his robe, cutting into his leg. Kylo's leg crumpled, causing him to fall down. Slowly getting to his feet, he swung at Rey and missed, when suddenly, Elsa joined the fight, jabbing Kylo in his left shoulder with her blade. The impact made him stumble back even more. Elsa and Rey raised their blades high, and swung down, Kylo barely managing to block. Rey kicked Kylo hard in the stomach, forcing him down once more, his lightsaber hitting the snow, and hissing on contact with cold substance.

Kylo suddenly lunged forward again, gripping Rey by her right wrist, as she grabbed onto his right. Elsa pushed her blade against Kylo's. She knew she wasn't experienced enough to cut Kylo's arm without doing some damage to Rey's hand. Kylo's blade began to push hers back, the tip contacting the snow, making it hiss and crackle, steam rising off of the ground from the heat. The three began to strain. That's when Elsa heard a familiar voice.

"Elsa. Trust your feelings. Trust the Force. It will guide you."

Elsa gasped.

"Grandfather?" she whispered. Without hesitation, she flipped her blade slicing through Kylo's hand, causing him to scream in pain as Rey swung her blade, cutting Kylo's face. Kylo fell back, raising the stump of his arm, gasping at it in pain. A trail of blood dripped down his face where Rey had cut him.

Rey gritted her teeth, making a move towards him, but she was held back. She turned to see Elsa holding her back.

"Let me go."

"No. He's beaten. Let it go."

But before Rey could reply, the ground shook. Rey and Elsa stepped back as a canyon suddenly appeared between them and Kylo. They watched him for a moment before running off in the opposite direction.

Meanwhile, at the base, various TIEs and transport ships were taking off as alarms screamed. Hans was watching from a window before he started running off.

"Lieutenant! Get back to your station!"

Hans turned back to the officer in fury.

"Just look! We won't survive. Even Hux has left."

He ran into the Hall of Doom, where he found Hux making one last report.

"Supreme Leader. The fuel cells have ruptured. The collapse of the planet has begun."

The Supreme Leader looked down at the two.

"Leave the base at once and come to me with Kylo Ren. It is time….to complete his training."

Meanwhile, Elsa and Rey returned to where Anna and Finn were. Anna had snuggled up next to him to keep him warm and alive.

"Elsa!"

Anna rushed over to her sister and hugged her tightly.

"Are you okay?"

"Just tired, Anna."

Rey meanwhile had rolled Finn over and was crying over him.

"Finn...come back to me."

Just then, bright white lights flooded the area as a familiar ship landed. It was Chewie! Rey gasped with happiness and took Finn's hand.

"Just hold on, Finn. Help is coming."

The landing ramp of the Falcon opened and Chewie stormed out, roaring in worry. He quickly picked up Finn being as gently as he could and carried into the Falcon, lying him on the medical bed as Rey stayed by his side, holding his hand tightly. Elsa wrapped Anna into a blanket before heading into the cockpit to help Chewie. The Falcon took off, quickly flying into orbit. Poe spotted them.

"All teams, I got eyes on them!"

All of the pilots were ecstatic. As they flew away from Starkiller Base, the planet began to crumble inward before exploding into a bright orange light. A new sun had formed from the ashes of the base. Poe sighed.

"Our job's done here. Let's go home."

With that, the Falcon and the X-Wings jumped into hyperspace.

Arriving at the base, Chewie carried Finn to a transport to be taken to the medical facilities as Elsa and Anna ran off. Thankfully, they could find a heartbeat and Finn was carried off, leaving Chewie and Rey standing by the Falcon. Finally, Chewie spotted Leia who was stumbling through the crowd, obviously shocked by what happened to Han. Chewie reached out for her and hugged her tightly before letting her go and joining the rest of the group. Leia then walked over to Rey, hugging her as well.

"He's at peace," whispered Leia. "I can feel it."

Rey could only nod.

Meanwhile, Anna had found Kristoff, talking to Sven.

"You did great, buddy."

Sven smiled.

"Thanks. I think someone wants to see you."

He pointed at Anna. Kristoff spun around just in time to catch Anna as she launched into a big hug. Sven took this time to slip away, not only to give them a little privacy, but also to find Jess. Kristoff smiled, spinning Anna around.

"We did it! I can't believe we did it! I'm so happy I could kiss you!"

It took a moment for Kristoff to register what he just said, briefly freezing in shock. He gently set Anna down.

"I mean I would...well, I'd like to...We may? I mean, may…"

He was cut off by Anna reaching up and kissing him on the cheek.

"We may."

Kristoff grinned again as he captured Anna's lips, a small part of his mind considering himself lucky that Elsa was nowhere near them.

Meanwhile, Elsa was weaving her way among the pilots congratulating each other until she approached the familiar black and orange X-Wing. Poe was climbing down from his X-Wing when he heard Elsa call him.

"Poe?"

Poe pulled off his helmet and smiled.

"We did it. Where's Finn?"

"He was injured during the battle. He's going to be okay. I hope."

Poe nodded and sighed.

"Listen...I...wanted to talk to you...about…that kiss from before the battle."

Elsa blushed a bright red.

"I am so sorry. I didn't know what came over me and I…"

She paused when she felt Poe's hand cupped her cheek.

"It's okay. And to be quite honest...I enjoyed it."

Elsa paused a minute, hopeful.

"You...you did?"

Poe rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah...yeah I did. Which is why I'm gonna return the favor."

Poe pulled Elsa close and pressed his lips against hers. Elsa squeaked in surprise, but quickly melted into it, pulling Poe as close as she dared. Just then, a gentle cough was heard as a woman appeared. Elsa jumped, breaking the kiss.

"Finn is doing fine. He's stable and his vitals are getting stronger."

Elsa nodded.

"Thank you."

About an hour later, the excitement had calmed down and now everyone was in grieving for everyone lost. Meanwhile, a beeping and a whir could be heard as R2-D2 powered up. BB-8 and Ol-0f rolled up to him, beeping questions.

"R2-D2! You've come back."

C-3PO waddled over as R2 started beeping excitedly.

"You found what?"

R2 beeped, calling C-3PO a bad word.

"How dare you call me that!" C-3PO exclaimed, slapping R2 on his dome.

R2 beeped once more, this time very rapidly.

"Find Master Luke, how?"

R2 beeped again.

"Come, R2. We must go tell the others at once!"

Meanwhile, Leia was leaning over a console, still processing Han's death and what would have to be done.

"General. Excuse me, General."

Leia turned around to find R2 and 3PO standing nearby.

"R2-D2 may contain some much needed good news."

"Tell me."

R2 moved forward and activated his hologram projector. As he did, Resistance members began to gather. An image formed. It was a map of the galaxy! Even more noticeable was two gaps in the map. Orange and red lines led to the gaps in the map. BB-8 and Ol-0f rolled forward, before beeping at their owners. They both nodded.

"Alright. Hold on."

They both hit two buttons, and the map pieces ejected from the console. Poe and Kristoff placed the pieces into their respective droids and they rolled forward again, activating their projectors. The pieces showed up and BB-8 and Ol-0f fitted their pieces into R2-D2's map! C-3PO gasped.

"Oh! The map! It is complete!"

A trace of a smile almost appeared on Leia's face.

"Luke!"

C-3PO patted R2's dome.

"Oh my dear friend. How I've missed you."

A couple hours later, Elsa and Rey sat next to Finn's bed. He was still unconscious, but he was getting better. Rey and Elsa were wearing some new clothes that were made from much better materials than what they had back on Jakku, but the design was pretty much the same. Rey's clothing was now a light grey color, while Elsa now had her ice blue color of her clothes back. She had missed it. Rey smiled softly at Finn.

"We'll see each other again. I believe that."

She gently pressed her lips to his before pulling back.

"Thank you, Finn."

The two girls stood up and Rey grabbed her staff while Elsa clipped her grandfather's lightsaber to her belt. The girls headed for the door with Rey looking back at Finn one last time before following Elsa outside.

Rey headed out as Anna explained that she would be staying back. Elsa agreed, but not after giving Kristoff a very stern and detailed warning about what would happen if she heard that he hurt her sister in any way. As soon as Kristoff had scurried off and Anna had hugged her goodbye, Elsa turned...only to run into Poe. She blushed.

"...Hi."

Poe smiled.

"Hey. I wanted to wish you luck."

He kissed her cheek. Elsa smiled before returning the favor, this time on his lips. The two didn't know what was in store for them, but for now, they didn't care. All they cared about was each other. Chewie growled softly, causing the two to break the kiss.

"I got to go. I'll see you when I get back?"

"Count on it. Maybe we'll get to kiss without anyone interrupting."

Elsa kissed Poe once more before following Chewie outside to the Falcon, waiting for a moment for Rey. Just as Rey appeared and they were about to board, they heard Leia.

"Rey. Elsa."

They turned to see her standing next to BB-8 and Ol-0f. She smiled kindly.

"May the Force be with you."

Elsa and Rey smiled a bit in return. BB-8 and Ol-0f beeped warnings to them, to which they nodded. As they entered the cockpit of the Falcon, Chewie was there getting everything prepared. Elsa took her seat behind Chewie as Rey sat in the pilot's chair, finishing preparations. As the Falcon lifted off from the base, the members of the Resistance watched and cheered, waving until the freighter was out of sight.

Meanwhile in orbit above the base, the Falcon launched into hyperspace, racing through the blue and white vortex. A couple seconds later, Rey dropped the ship out of lightspeed and a massive blue planet appeared. As the Falcon flew through the clouds as they descended into the atmosphere, a chain of islands were seen. Elsa and Rey gasped at the sight as the Falcon flew lower, its speed creating a wake on the water below it.

Soon, the freighter had landed and Elsa and Rey exited the ship. They glanced back at Chewie and R2-D2, who were waiting by the ship, before climbing up the stone staircases that circled the mountain.

It took a while, but they eventually reached the top. There, standing by the edge of a cliff, was a hooded figure. As they watched, he slowly turned to reveal the face of Luke Skywalker, aged and influenced by the heartache of the past. He reached up and, with both his flesh and mechanical hands, pulled back the hood from his head. Rey reached into her bag and grabbed the Skywalker lightsaber, holding it out to him. Luke's face became one of confusion, before it changed to one of uncertainty.

Elsa unclipped her grandfather's saber from her belt and held it out as well. Luke looked behind Elsa and Rey and made a motion with his hand. Suddenly, another hooded figure stepped around Elsa and stood in front of her. The figure pulled down their hood to reveal they were a woman. Her hair was a faded redish-brown, much like Anna's hair, but her dark blue eyes shone with the ferocity of a fierce-warrior. She only spoke two words.

"Hello...Elsa."

Deep down, Elsa felt a connection. She knew who it was, even though she had never seen her face before. She just knew.

"Mom?"

Surprise Lightsabe...Oh..I mean Surprise Cliffhanger! Let me know what you guys and gals thought of this cliffhanger. See you all later. Bye!