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Being recruited by the First Order

(y/n= your name, l/n= your last name)

Y/n was trembling with fear , trying not to let tears fall as she stood in a queue with other people in her town, waiting to be assessed by the First Order for recruitment. 

The First Order had recently lost a large squadron of  stormtroopers whilst taking over a native planet and so needed townsfolk from villages they were destroying to be trained and to work for them. The only problem was for Y/N is that they were looking for people with the ability to fight. They did this by making the villagers fight against trained stormtroopers, if the villager lost, they would be shot.  Y/N looked for her family desperately in the many queues, praying that they would be okay. She could here the screams of people around her, people she loved and cared about, as they were shot down one by one. Y/N became more panicked, it seemed no-one was good enough to beat the stormtroopers.

The line in front of her was quickly diminishing and Y/N prayed in her mind that she would survive, somehow. She hoped her father's training against thieves and thugs would pay off. Oh how she wished she knew where they were, they'd all scattered when the first ship had landed, desperately trying to hide, but Y/N had been trapped trying to help a young child escape and so was now in this line, alone. 

"Oi, you there, its your turn, get a move on or we'll shoot you for incompetence!" a commander with a clipboard yelled at Y/n. Y/N jumped and with a small nod, stepped up to her opponent. The stormtrooper was a lot taller than Y/N, and also a lot broader. Y/N hoped this would mean she had the upperhand in speed, as she prepared her fighting stance. A whistle blew and the stormtrooper lunged at Y/N, but she was quicker and dropped to the ground and rolled out the way. She jumped up quickly and again narrowly missed a swipe from the stormtrooper. She took a deep breath and swung her leg at him, hitting him in the neck, dislodging his helmet slightly. This gave Y/N an idea. As the stormtrooper staggered from the blow, Y/N ran back slightly and then flew at him, leaping and dropkicking him to the floor. The stormtrooper groaned and tried to grab at Y/N but she quickly jumped onto his torso, slamming her feet onto each wrist, thus pinning him down. His squirming and the gasps of other villagers watching was causing other commanders to notice the commotion, most notably General Hux. Hux stopped writing on his pad and watched with intrigue at the village girl taking down at fully trained stormtrooper. 

Y/N heavily panted , keeping her position firmly as the stormtrooper struggled more and more. She leaned forward and hurriedly removed his mask. The stormtrooper was a young man, barely 25 , with a clean shaven face and short chocolate brown hair. He was also panting and groaning in pain, probably from the now darkening bruise on his swelling neck. Y/N looked into his dark green eyes with remorse, she never liked to hurt people and even though this was to save her life and she knew this stormtrooper had hurt people she loved, it still pained her to see the damage she'd caused to him. 

Whilst she had paused to stare at him, the stormtrooper used this to his advantage and used all his strength to free his right arm. He quickly sat up, causing Y/N to fall backwards, and he then grabbed her throat tightly with both freed arms. Y/N was in shock, she had just been feeling bad for this man and now he was choking her, killing her. This man didn't deserve her remorse, Y/N realised, he was a killing machine, not human. He was used to pain and also used to killing others, he was no human. At this point, Y/N was about to lose consciousness, to most people it looked like she'd lost. Even Hux was starting to believe it was a waste of time to have watched her, but something deep down in him knew she was different to most, she was strong. 

Y/N felt anger and hatred surge through her, targeted right for the stormtrooper. She screamed and used every ounce of strength to push the trooper back to the ground sharply. She yanked at his hands but they weren't budging. She desperately needed air, she needed his hands to budge. So she did the only thing left to do. She clenched her fists and with all her might punched the male in the face continuously. Blood gushed from his broken nose, his eyes were blackening, his mouth was a bloodied mess and Y/N swore he lost a tooth, before he had chance to remove his hands from her to protect his damaged face. As he did so, Y/N took a deep gulp of air, her body screaming for every bit of it. She rolled off him and continued to gulp in big breaths of air. The stormtrooper didn't move, he was in too much pain to continue to fight. 

The whole area was silent as they realised she had won. One of the very few to survive. Hux pushed through the crowd and made his way to Y/N, glancing at the injured stormtrooper being taken away on a stretcher. He was impressed that such a small girl could defeat such a powerful trooper. He stood by her and waited for her to get her breath back and notice him. When she did, Y/N leapt up with fear and stood up straight with her hand in a salute position. Hux could see bruises around her neck forming but apart from that the girl looked perfectly healthy. Hux didn't say anything but motioned for her to follow him towards a ship that was sat a bit away from the others. Y/N fearfully followed, looking around at others desperately for any sort of sign as to what was going to happen to her. When they reached the ship, Hux stopped her at the entrance and spoke to her. " You're definitely not something we see everyday, you are one of only 2 females to defeat someone of his ranking". Y/N puzzled as to who the other female was, not realising that the First Order had hired women before. Hux continued " You're fighting abilities seem quite advanced, have you been trained?". Y/N nervously replied "Y-yes, I mean, no n-not really, it was my dad who taught me...in case of thugs and thieves trying to take our food from the market stand". Hux still seemed curious but left it, he had more important things to worry about. "Well, I don't say this very often at all, so don't expect to hear it again, but I have to say I'm impressed with the skills. So much so, that I'm putting you in a training programme for the Knights of Ren. Your determination, power and agility would make you brilliant for the job". Y/N was startled ,he wanted to make her a Knight of Ren!? Her, a simple village girl, into a group of murderous, violent, powerful men!? Hux noticed Y/N's panicked expression "Don't worry, you won't be doing what they do, you'll be different, you're defence for them. A bodyguard of sorts" he explained. "You won't go around killing people, unless they try to attack Kylo Ren or any of the others when they're distracted". Y/N sighed in relief and looked at Hux with appreciation. This man, although a General of evil, had the decency not to make her kill people thoughtlessly, he knew she wouldn't be able to do it. "Before I let you aboard this ship, I need to know your name, age , allergies and also need you to remove any items deemed as weapons from your clothing". Y/N nodded and patted herself down, revealing she had nothing dangerous on her, but a necklace locket with her family picture inside which Hux ignored. He stood impatiently with his pad ready to complete her ID notes. Y/N noticed and quickly gave him the information he needed. "My name is Y/N L/N, I'm 18 and I don't have any allergies". As Hux scribbled the information down, the ship door opened and Y/N's heart stopped. Standing there was a silver stormtrooper and Kylo Ren, the most feared man on the planet, in the galaxy even. He stared at Y/N and then at Hux, who noticed his presence finally. "Ah, Ren, meet Y/N , your new trainee and member of the Knights of Ren". Kylo looked at you and then back at Hux "What!? B-but she's a girl!" he exclaimed through is mask. "Whats that supposed to mean!?" spat the silver stormtrooper, removing their helmet to reveal a woman with short blonde hair . Y/N realised this must be the other female that Hux was talking about. Hux sighed and rolled his eyes "He didn't mean it Captain Phasma, you know what he's like, scared his reputation will be ruined by having a girl following him around". Hux then turned to Kylo "Well I'll have you know Ren, this girl, Y/N, took out a high ranking stormtrooper in a matter of minutes with only basic training, so don't fret about your stupid rep being in danger, she'll probably make it better... only if you train her well enough though " he added with a smirk. Kylo huffed and looked at Y/N, who was frozen to the spot, intimidated by the high figures of authority surrounding her. "Come on then whatever your name was, I'll get an officer to find you a bed on here and then we'll set up a training plan" he said and walked back onto the ship. Y/N quickly followed behind, turning back to see Hux nod at her before going back to his documents.

Y/N knew this was going to be the start of a whole new life for her, and she hoped she was ready. Ready to fight to stay alive.