The many trials of the Dark Disney Knights – a link in time
Different Tests will be shown that were given to the Dark Disney Knights at different points. This will showcase what they have been doing since their last appearance in 'Magical Disney: The Magic Awakens'.
Now for a recap of the characters: Brook and her brother Kenny belong to EllipticDART, Blaze, Nyx and Sky (from the Universal/ Disney Knights) belongs to MissBritishNyxian, Avani and Shady belong to AnonymousZGirl, Sam belongs to Mixed-Shades, Isabella belongs to VivaThreeCaballeros and Phil belongs to Crona's True Sorrow (I think).
Strike belong to the OK KO writers and is from the episode 'Crossover Nexus'.
Please don't read if you don't wish to get spoiled on The nomad of Nowhere, She-Ra and the princesses of power season 1 and the Crossover Nexus episode.
There's brief mentions of Lion Guard, GEN:Lock, Hanazuki full of treasures, Monster High (a deleted character), Miles from Tommorowland, Rusty Rivets, Egyxos and Shimmer and shine characters. The Lion Guard stuff is set sometime in season 3 (probably).
The She-Ra and the Princesses of power characters belong to Dreamworks and the show creator. I'm just borrowing them for the story.
Also elements of She-Ra and the Princesses of power episodes is in this chapter. It belong to the show writers. I'm just including them for the sake of my story and for character development.
The Nomad of Nowhere belongs to Roosterteeth, I'm just borrowing elements and characters from that show for my story. This stuff takes place after episode 12 of 'The Nomad of Nowhere' (so spoilers are here).
This first chapter starts in October 2017, while 'The link to Aku- The beginning of Plan C.2' occurred…
After Peepers had been appointed as the new 'leader' and Tempest's ship went out on their mission, the Dark Disney Knights were left in the castle-like hideout.
Brooke was stressed out because they had not been given a mission in over a month now.
She was now a 20-year-old girl who had shoulder-length brown hair and bright green eyes with a scar on her left one wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans/pants and red shoes.
"Calm down, Brooke. Peepers is probably allocating a new mission for us right now while that Tempest chick is having fun with her ship" Blaze pointed out.
She was now a 19 year old girl who had amber eyes and bright yellow hair with amber tips wearing a yellow and orange hoodie, blue jeans, white trainers and a golden bracelet which shoots fire when she gets angry.
Her sister was Mystic, the one who had killed Jean.
Peeper was in his study, searching for potential candidates that the Dark Disney Knights could retrieve for their first minor test.
He doublechecked the list for 'Plan D' and found the perfect candidates.
A message was sent to the group as Blaze received the message on her phone.
"'Dark Disney Knights, while the keeper books are being taken cared of; please locate Makini, Miles Callisto, Miyumi and Euna for the progression of Nick Wizard's 'Plan D'. Once you can captured them, take them to the Forgotten dimension where Sammy Doom's house is located. He will help you find a special place for them. Once you are done, let me done so we can move on to mission two. Peepers'" Brooke read.
"Are you in, guys?" She asked her comrades.
Shady, the 19 year old mysterious figure dressed in black wearing dark blue sunglasses with short brown hair with blue highlights and green eyes looked over at Phil and Sam.
Phil, who was about 16 now, was a slightly tall boy with brown hair and brown eyes with a skinny body who wore a brown top with a wolf on it, black leather jacket, blue jeans and sliver leather boots resembling his original clothes.
Samantha Kikin was a 10 year old girl with grey-blue eyes and sandy blonde hair in two pigtails wearing a red dress, white socks and slip-on shoes.
"Well, we haven't had much to do since that battle with Nick Wizard right?" Sam asked.
"Right" Phil mumbled.
"We have to take this chance" Avani piped up.
She was about 18 now with light blue eyes and white hair wearing a dark blue t-shirt with the four elements (fire, earth, water and air) in the middle, blue baggy pants/ jeans and white sneakers/ Trainers.
Isabella laughed.
"You've been itching for something to do since then" she pointed out.
She was an 18 year old girl who had blonde hair, blue eyes and light skin wearing a purple long sleeved shirt with white stripes, dark blue jeans/pants and black shoes.
"Let's go already!" Shady cried.
Brooke sent back a reply saying 'We're on the case!' to Peepers and then looked up in front of her.
"Well, guys our first mission of October is to head to the Pridelands in the 'Lion Guard' Era" She announced while being confused by the phrase 'Lion Guard'.
Nyx got out her phone and activated a location app to find the specific portal.
She found the location in the darkened west area of the hideout as her phone made a ringing sound to indicate it was close by.
So, they all headed inside the portal and arrived the Lion guard era of the Pridelands just after Kion's guard had been to the chamber of the Lion guard to uncover its secrets.
Makini was at Rafiki's tree waiting for her parents to arrive.
Makini was a young, dainty mandrill with grey fur covering her body with a pale grey underbelly, bands of dark brown fur near her pink hands and feet (longer near her hands) and collars her neck, pink muzzle, slightly lighter yet still dark brown fur on her head, a grey face which rims around the eyes, with blue stripes settling just underneath, a large magenta "stripe" on her nose and reaching towards her forehead which ends just before her eyebrows, olive green eyes and white petit, sharp teeth.
The Dark Disney Knights were in their silver armour when they arrived outside Rafiki's tree and while following the tracker, quietly approached the tree to kidnap their innocent target.
They climbed the tree and grabbed the young mandrill before anyone could notice.
Then they carried her through a portal and proceeded to collect Miles Callisto, Miyumi, Euna, Charlie from Hazbin hotel, Julian Chase from GEN:Lock, Rusty Rivets, Nahal, Leo Walker, a promised pen and a potential ally called Zeta the sorceress.
Euna is a white-furred bipedal fox, whose most notable characteristic is nine furry tails. Her long hair is white with a streak of purple through it.
The mission covered about six days maximum and the eight knights were pretty exhausted when it was over.
They had to deliver the captives to Sammy Doom's house, so all the individuals needed for 'Plan D' were kept in one place for the perfect timing.
They tiredly returned to base where Peepers was waiting for them.
"Don't worry, you're getting a break because your next mission will be a while" Peepers revealed.
"And why's that?" Brooke asked.
"You're going to the CN City to learn from Strike, a new villian" Peepers replied.
Once November came, they headed off to CN City just after young 8yearold-looking Ben Tennyeson, Garnet, TTG Raven and KO had teamed up and were heading to face Strike.
Strike is a tall, muscular purple humanoid wearing a red and black X mask with just his right eye visible, a black costume with red X markings and a notable cybernetic arm with a black and red sentient pen.
When KO did his power fist and Ben turned into every Cartoon network character in history to give the final blow, someone that resembled a turtle took a picture of Strike before he got destroyed and took a portal to a castle to show to their boss.
"Well, that was a waste of time. He's DEAD!" Nyx cried.
Brooke got an alert on her phone:
'Dark Disney Knights, it's best that you go to Etheria and learn from the best there. Strike will be taken care of. Peepers'.
"So, we have another mission even though we just stood and observed heroes kill a guy?" Phil pointed out as CN City was being restored.
"Yes, so we need to get out of here before the restored civilians get us!" Avani urged as they found a warp portal to travel out of the city.
When they arrived in the fright zone, Adora had been gone for more than 4 days and Catra was at the mercy of Shadow Weaver.
Catra was a young lean adult with long, jagged brown hair and cat-like features that include claws, cat ears and a brown tail. Her eyes were heterochromia (like Neo from RWBY) where one was blue and the other yellow with freckles near her nose and stripes on the upper-half of her arms wearing a orange top, red leggings that were partly ripped, a brown belt and a red helmet.
A day ago, Catra had faced Adora and witnessed her save a village from the horde as She-ra.
She had retreated quickly to Adora's dismay.
After being confronted by the other cadets, Catra went back to the room she had shared with Adora and ripped up her bed in anguish.
Shadow Weaver came slithering in with annoyance in her eyes behind her mask.
Shadow Weaver was a mysterious being that wore a red dress with a red mask that cover her whole face with white slits that reflect her expressions and emotions from underneath the mask with a red gem at the top. Her black hair is usually wavy due to her shadow magic and her movement is akin to floating with an aura of anger and a cold, menacing presence.
"Catra!" Shadow Weaver cried.
"What do you want?" Catra responded with annoyance.
"You have a grand failure on your belt, I suggest you be more respectful, cadet." Shadow Weaver warned.
"You didn't tell me there were princesses!" Catra cried.
"You were meant to bring Adora but your army is in ruin, your machines are destroyed and she's still missing!" Shadow Weaver pointed out.
"If she wanted to come back, she'd be here. Adora defected and I'm starting to think she had the right idea so maybe you should try treating ME with respect" Catra remarked.
However, after Hordak noticed that Shadow Weaver was using troopers to look for one soldiers, he promoted Catra to Force Captain to her delight.
Once the pair had left Hordak's presence, Catra was about to leave to show the other cadets her badge.
Then the two heard movement from afar.
"Who's there?!" The shadow villainess cried.
"Um, your evilness, we are the Dark Disney Knights and we want to learn from your example" Brooke replied, meekly.
The group quickly came into the light of Shadow Weaver's room.
Shadow Weaver's eyes narrowed behind her red mask.
"Are you rebel spies?" she questioned, intensely.
"No, mam. We have never met anyone from the rebellion" Avani replied, quickly.
"They do look intriguing. I could use extra help and I could give them some tips?" Catra suggested.
"Fine, you may go with Catra but only to observe. You will prove your worth in the training simulation when you return with Adora" Shadow Weaver stated, coldly.
Shadow Weaver watched as Catra led the Dark Disney Knights to the other cadets to show off her badge.
The cadets included Lonnie, a girl with braided brown hair and brown eyes, Kyle, a blonde male and Rogelio, a mostly silent lizard observer.
They had been training in the simulation with the robots when Catra interrupted them.
"Why aren't you in your uniform?" Lonnie asked.
Catra gave her a smug smile and pointed at her badge.
"You're Force captain?!" Lonnie cried.
"Hordak sees something that Shadow Weaver doesn't: Promise. This group will be new cadets training with you after seeing a few observations of me in the field. Now that I'm in charge, Shadow Weaver won't be the only one…." Catra trailed off as she saw the other cadets' eyes widen and slowly turned around before saulting sheepishly.
Shadow Weaver had silently stalked up on her as she had been talking and the other cadets saluted too as Kyle flew to the ground.
Shadow Weaver, with silent anger, pointed towards the locker room to Catra who followed with a defeated look in her eyes for a split second.
"Should we follow them?" Brooke asked.
"No, it's a private thing" Lonnie reminded her.
In the locker room, Shadow Weaver persisted into trying to find out what happened to Adora but her gem began to dim as she groaned in pain.
She quickly ran out of the room in a hurry.
Not wanting wait around any longer, Brooke with some directions from Kyle managed to find the locker room as her team followed her and found Catra on her own.
"Are you ok?" Brooke asked.
"Sure, I'm great (!) It's not that I just lost my….." Catra began but then stopped.
The Dark Disney Knights were confused by this.
"Let's just wait for orders" Catra said through gritted teeth.
There was a brief period of silence.
Brooke was about to speak when Lonnie came into the room in a hurry.
"Shadow Weaver has ordered a full-on assault to Plumeria with our chemicals. The troops are already in position and attacking more frequency at Hordak's insistence" Lonnie reported.
"Thank you, little Lonnie. Now run along with your exercise" Catra stated with a smirk.
Lonnie growled before leaving.
Then Catra sighed.
"I hope I get my first major mission as force captain soon" she confessed, desperately.
"Here's my first order, Dark Disney Knights: Go spar with the cadets for now. I will let you know when I finally get my first mission" Catra ordered.
"Yes, Captain Catra" The group replied as they hurried off to find the training simulation room.
Avani and Blaze fought Lonnie and Rogelio while the others fought the robot as part of the training as Kyle attempted to be support again.
Their training session happened as the horde troops poisoned Plumeria.
During the training, Brooke's thought wandered to Catra and what exactly she was hiding.
"Well, Kyle, there are times where I wonder WHY You're even IN the horde" Lonnie complained.
Kyle laughed, sheepishly.
"Should we help him?" Avani asked.
"No, he can deal with his team on his own" Brooke replied in a slightly cold tone.
She went towards the locker room to change back to her normal outfit and sat on the bench.
Remembering one of the few times her brother Kenny pleaded with her, she got angry with herself and her right hand began to glow orange.
"Hey, Brooke. Are you ok?" Nyx asked she came to check on her.
"I'm fine, just going though memory lane while waiting for Captain Catra" Brooke said, sullenly.
"We need to gain Catra's trust before she opens up to us. You know that right" Nyx reminded her, gently.
"Yes! But that could take forever and we're only here till the end of the season…probably" Brooke barked.
"And that's why we help her with fighting the good guys gradually" Isabelle stated.
"We can't rush these things, Brooke. Otherwise, we'd be forcing her to accept us" Avani added.
Brooke sighed.
"You're right. I will try to be patient but I guess we wouldn't be here if Peepers hadn't seen potential in the villians right?" Brooke admitted with a meek smile.
"Yeah. Sam, Blaze and Phil are finishing up on training now. Maybe, we should try asking the cadets where we will be sleeping" Nyx suggested.
So, Brooke, Nyx, Isabelle and Avani found one of the cadets with brown hair in a ponytail that covered their eyes and asked about sleeping arrangements.
The cadet informed them that most soldiers slept in bunk beds in a big room together.
"Thank you, Haley" Nyx said, gratefully.
Haley just nodded before leaving.
"So, anyone in for a game of chess?" Avani asked.
They all raised their right hand in response.
Once Sam, Blaze and Phil had finished their training simulation with Lonnie, Kyle and Rogelio, they all had a few rounds of playing chess together.
In the late hours of the afternoon, Catra was called by the blue sergeant with yellow eyes (nicknamed Greg) to see Shadow Weaver.
Shadow Weaver was watching footage of She-Ra and Adora fighting the horde in Plumeria.
"Our soldiers failed their mission in Plumeria and both She-Ra and Adora were seen fighting against them. And yet you still keep protecting her" Shadow Weaver said in an intimidating voice.
"It's just a phase, she's confused. I can get her back" Catra pleaded.
"Until I say otherwise, that is your mission and I'll send my shadow spies to locate her" Shadow Weaver said in an intimidating manner.
She then released a bunch of shadow spies to search for Adora.
"Now, leave me Catra. I will call you when I have eyes on her" Shadow Weaver said, coldly.
Catra, with annoyance and fear, quickly left the room at her request.
Meanwhile….
Brooke was with Nyx, Phil and Avani in their shared bedroom when one of the other force captains arrived to greet them.
"You must be our newest cadets, what do you call yourselves?" A chipper voice asked.
"We're the Dark Disney Knights. I'm Brooke, that's Nyx, Phil, Sam, Isabella, Avani, Blaze and Shady. Pleased to meet you, force Captain" Brooke replied.
The force captain came into the light and gave them all hugs.
"Oh, I hope I get to work with you guys someday. Name's Scorpia" She said, happily.
Scorpia was a tall lady with short white hair and black eyes with scorpion pincers, scorpion things on both sides of her face and tail wearing a brown uniform and the green force captain badge.
"So, what do we do while we wait for new orders?" Shady asked.
"How about sparring with my punching bag?" Scorpia suggested.
"Sounds like a plan" Shady replied with a cunning look.
After a few sparing matches, they got to a little insight on force captain orientation.
A week later, Princess Glimmer had convinced her mother and her council to allow her friends and herself to convince Princess Mermista to join their rebellion.
One of Shadow Weaver's spies spotted Adora in Sea Worthy, one of the port towns that had ships that could be used to get to Salineas and overheard their conversation.
Catra was back in Shadow Weaver's chambers at this time.
"Adora is in Sea Worthy, so this is your last chance to get her back" Shadow Weaver stated.
"Didn't Hordak order you to stop looking?" Catra pointed out.
"And you're going to tell him?" Shadow Weaver asked in a threatening manner.
"Fine, at least you're treating like a force captain now. I'll bring her back" Catra stated.
"Hold on, you won't be going alone. Force Captain Scorpia will be accompanying you and those Dark Disney Knights will join you as well" Shadow Weaver revealed.
Scorpia came out of the shadows and immediately gave Catra a hug.
"Sorry, I'm a hugger" she admitted.
"Is this a joke?!" Catra cried.
"No, Scorpia will make sure you're kept in line on your mission" Shadow Weaver stated.
"Do I at least get a vehicle?" Catra asked.
To her horror, Scorpia, Lonnie, Kyle, Rogelio, the dark Disney Knights and herself were on a boat!
Catra's natural reaction was seasickness and fear compared to Scorpia's optimism.
Soon their ship approached the sea gate protecting Salineas and stopped because it was blocking the way.
"We need to get past that gate! Any suggestions?" Catra exclaimed.
"Doesn't the ship have a laser cannon?" Lonnie suggested.
"Bingo" Nyx said in terrifying delight.
They all helped Scorpia get out the cannon and aimed at the gate as they continued sailing towards it just as Bow and She-Ra noticed they were there.
Catra got out her telescope and spotted Adora in her She-Ra form getting electrocuted by the blasts from their ship.
"Keep the ship going at full speed, I have something important to take care of" Catra ordered as she made her escape for the pillars close to the gate.
While Catra faced She-Ra (Adora), The Dark Disney Knights were tasked with defending the ship as Brooke and Nyx kept firing at the gate.
Bow managed to get on the ship and pinned Kyle to the wall with an arrow.
Lonnie and Kyle tried to fight Bow in combat but was knocked overboard by Mermista's wave.
Avani attempted to use her water bending at Bow but was countered by Mermista.
Scorpia caught Bow and tried to throw him at the fan but he was saved by Sea Hawk.
Once the other dark Disney knights helped Scorpia and the others back on the ship, Sea Hawk's ship sailed towards them as Glimmer and Sea Hawk grinned.
"Adventure!" They cried before Glimmer teleported them away.
As soon as the horde crew saw the boat set on fire, they jumped overboard before the two boats collided.
Catra fell in the sea when Mermista and Bow attacked her and Scorpia retrieved her while on a piece of debris.
Once they all managed to return to the Fright Zone, Catra avoided eye contact with everyone and went straight to her room after Scorpia gave Shadow Weaver their mission report.
During System Failure, Greg held a strategy plan meeting with a board of Etheria to keep everyone on their toes about battle tactics and how to fight smartly.
They were learning about the plan for Bright moon until Octavia, the warrior with tentacles and one eye called Catra to see Shadow Weaver again.
"Catra, I need to guard this room out and ensure I am not disturbed. I'm going to convince Adora to come back by force" Shadow Weaver stated.
As Catra went outside the room, she looked back and caught a glimpse of Shadow Weaver using the black garnet before Shadow Weaver gave her a hard stare as the door closed.
When Shadow Weaver was using her shadow spies to torment Adora, Avani and Isabelle got curious about the room upon seeing Catra outside it.
"Don't go in there. You'll see something you'll regret" Catra warned in a haunted voice.
Traumatic memories of Shadow Weaver from childhood came rushing back to her and her eyes were like a rabbit in headlights.
Avani and Isabelle's expressions changed to concern.
"Did…something happen?" Avani asked.
Catra managed to snap back to the present abruptly.
"She's not someone you want to mess with unless you've been training all your life" Catra stated, coldly.
The two girls gulped hard in fear.
"Should we..?" Isabella began.
Avani sighed.
"Thank you for the warning, Force Captain Catra but we'll be fine" she reassured her.
Then the pair went inside and saw the red crystal that was the Black Garnet Shadow Weaver used.
"Whoa…we need to show the others this. It could level the playing field for everyone… maybe Peepers will tell us the rest of our mission if we get some of this…" Avani whispered.
"Maybe we should go now?" Isabella suggested in a low voice.
In the looking bowl thing that the shadow spies came out of, it showed Adora in Mystacor climbing the crystal things to allow that kingdom to get its shield back up.
"You're a warrior, Adora. Come home!" Shadow Weaver shouted.
"Without me, you're NOTHING!" she added.
Avani took a quick picture of the black garnet on her phone.
"Ok, we have to go now" Avani whispered, hurriedly.
The two girls ran out of the room as quietly as possible and closed the door without Shadow Weaver noticing.
They heard a loud sound as white light flashed from the room.
Then Catra opened the door to check on Shadow Weaver.
After receiving a huge blow from Adora, Shadow Weaver was knocked out from the blast.
"You've been doing all wrong, old woman. To get to Adora, you need to go for the heart" Catra stated as she looked in Shadow Weaver's summon thing with a cunning smile and saw Bow appear.
Part 2- Progression, reveals and near-success!
Catra found out from Scorpia about the prom the following morning.
With Scorpia's help, she devised a plan for the prom and got the Dark Disney Knights along with her team involved.
Catra and Scorpia got dressed up in fancy outfits as Scorpia was a princess herself and Catra was to be her 'plus one' guest in order to get into the party at the frost castle.
The Dark Disney Knights went along as guards as well for the plan to go perfectly.
As predicted, Adora immediately got suspicious when she saw the two of them together.
Mid-way in the party, Entrapta, the tech genius princess from Dryl, stole Catra's food and convinced her to spy on people for a social observation with her tape recorder.
Entrapta was a short girl in her late teens with purple hair in two long ponytails of curled hair that reach the ground and seem to change length at times and magenta eyes wearing a white grease-stained shirt with dark purple sleeves and the shoulders and a window at the front cut out, a pair of dark purple overalls that she wears with the top half hanging around her waist, pink gloves and a welder's mask with glowing red eyes.
Although while Adora tried to remind Entrapta that Catra was from the horde, Catra slipped away.
When Glimmer was watching Scorpia, she got distracted by Bow and Scorpia managed to slip away as well.
So, when Bow went outside to find warmth, he found guards planting heat bombs.
Some of those guards included Kyle and Lonnie and that's when Bow was knocked out.
The first dance finally happened and with the spotlight, Adora and Catra were forced to dance then change partners four times.
When Adora was switched back to Catra, she was even more suspicious of her former friend.
"Whatever your planning, it won't work" Adora stated.
"Maybe it won't. Or… maybe it already has. Where's your archer friend, Bow?" Catra replied, playfully.
This made Adora tackle her to the ground.
"What did you do?!" Adora cried.
"Nothing. Lonnie and Kyle on the other hand are having fun with him" Catra baited.
Since Adora had used violence in front of everyone, this prompted Frosta to trap her in an ice prison.
Then on cue, the heat bombs went off and the castle manage to break into pieces.
Adora urged Glimmer to find Bow and prompted her to teleport outside where Scorpia knocked her out with the venom in her tail.
Frosta ran to her runestone to fix the castle while Adora pursued Catra.
They climbed to the very top of the castle as piece flew up to repair itself.
The two former friends fought until Catra almost fell off the castle when Adora caught her by the waist to safety.
As the castle repaired more pieces, it shook and caused both girls to fall.
Adora used her hair pin to stop them both from falling to their deaths.
"Hold on, Catra. I'll get us out of this" Adora promised.
"Oh, Adora. I don't want you to" Catra replied as she let go of Adora's hand and fell.
She landed on a ship piloted by Lonnie with Kyle, Scorpia and The Dark Disney Knights holding an Unconscious Glimmer and Bow along with the sword of protection in their clutches.
Adora could only watch in despair as they flew away.
Once they were all back in the fright zone, Bow was put in a prison cell while Glimmer was held in the Black Garnet chamber while Shadow Weaver recharged and Catra was admiring the sword she stole from Adora.
"You have to admit that I managed to do enough damage on the rebellion and succeeded where you fail" Catra gloated.
When Hodark appeared in screen, Shadow Weaver immediately took credit for capturing Glimmer which angered Catra.
Queen Angella (Glimmer's mother) was given the ultimatum to give herself up in exchange for Glimmer by Hordak as a threat on the rebellion.
Outside the chamber, Brooke and company were waiting for any good news from Catra.
Kyle went past them with a tray of food for one of the prisoners: Bow.
"Shouldn't we help Kyle?" Sam asked.
"We can't interfere too much with this world's narrative but I do feel kinda sorry for him" Nyx stated.
Rogelio overheard this and gave her a sympathetic grunt.
"Are you his friend?" Nyx asked, slowly.
The lizard man slowly nodded.
"Would you like to help us on patrol near the cells?" Avani asked.
Rogelio nodded again.
"Where's Scorpia?" Phil asked.
"She's patrolling the entrance with the main patrol outside, Cadet. I suggest you get to your post" Grizlor replied.
Phil smiled meekly.
"Um Thanks, sir" Phil said before he and the others rushed to the hallway near the prison bay.
About twenty minutes later, Kyle came past and asked one of the guards about the captured princess.
"Kyle, you're doing the clothes today" Lonnie stated.
"Latrine duty? But…" Kyle began.
"No buts, Kyle. I'm busy on lookout!" Lonnie barked.
Kyle then went off to do his 'chores' before heading back to the prison bay.
About 30 minutes after, Lonnie was rushing towards the prison bay with some masked soldiers and Rogelio decided to follow.
"Should… we go after them?" Nyx asked.
Greg, the blue sergent guy came up to them in a hurry.
"Shadow Weaver is requesting for you to guard the Black Garnet Chamber, so hurry up!" he exclaimed.
The alarms began to go off while the lights flashed red as the place went into a security shutdown.
25 mintues later, Adora was strapped in beside Glimmer.
"Now that Adora's back, you can pack your things from the Force Captain Barracks. You won't be needed anymore" Shadow Weaver ordered.
"After all I've done for you, you still want HER?!" Catra cried.
Shadow Weaver's stare confirmed her suspicions.
Catra then looked at Adora before leaving in frustration.
She stayed at the door long enough to hear Shadow Weaver mention 'Erasing Adora's mind' before slowly starting to leave.
When she walked slowly towards one of the corridors close to the black Garnet chamber, she bumped into Brooke.
"Where are you going, Force captain Catra?" Brooke asked.
"Didn't you hear? Adora's back, so I'm getting kicked off (!)" Catra grumbled.
"I know we haven't been here that long but I can tell you're the kind of person that doesn't back down from a challenge" Brooke pointed out.
Catra sighed.
"I really don't want her to stay here…" She trailed off.
She then faced Brooke and gave her a small smile.
"Can you distract the guards for me?" Catra asked.
"Anything for you, Captain" Brooke replied.
"Good because you'll all need to help, I'll take you on more missions if you do this for me" Catra offered.
"Deal." Brooke said without a single waver before rushing off to get her team into gear who were close by because of guard duty.
"Hey, everyone there's ice cream in the meal room!" Brooke yelled to most of the soldiers.
So, the other Dark Disney Knight members rushed to the meal room to keep up the charade.
Due to their distraction, Catra was able to steal the sword while Shadow Weaver was knocked out and hand it back to Adora so she and Glimmer could escape as the alarms went off.
Then the soldiers had to reopen the purging doors on Hodark's orders after actually getting ice cream.
Two days after the alliance escaped and mourned Entrapta, All the force captains along with Shadow Weaver were called to Hodark's chambers.
"You lost princess Glimmer, invited enemy attacks and you've known Adora was She-Ra all along! What do you have to say for yourself?" Hordak asked, coldly.
"That's why I had to lure her back, she's still important" Shadow Weaver insisted.
"If I had known this for the reason for your plan, I never would have authorised it" Hordak reprimanded her.
Catra smiled as Shadow Weaver got in trouble but no one realised something was in the vents watching them.
So, after the meeting, The Dark Disney knights were stationed at different posts as Catra and Scorpia walked past until Catra heard something from the vents.
Catra caught the scent of something in the vent and Entrapta came out.
In the process, Brooke and the others helped Scorpia get Entrapta into four metal cuffs: two for her arms and two for her long prehensile purple hair.
Entrapta wasn't that fazed by the fact she was captured and used her hair to meddle with the cuffs.
Catra had reported to Hordak about finding Entrapta and came back with a taser.
"Hordak has tasked me with making you talk. So, I don't care how long it takes, I will get the rebellion's secrets out of you even if I have to use force" Catra threatened.
However, Entrapta's attention was at the weapon she was holding and ruined the tension of the interrogation.
After accidently blasting the ceiling and Scorpia protected Catra from harm, it was time to ask the important questions.
"Why were you hiding in the vents?" Catra asked.
"I was staying in one place for my friends to find me" Entrapta replied.
"They left you behind. Like Adora left me without a thought and they're not coming back" Catra realised.
"Frightzone log, hour 45. Uncertain of the exact time because of the wall but that's too many hours…" Entrapta recorded in her tape recorder.
"Imagine all the things you could make if you stay here. You can do what you want in the fright zone" Catra offered.
"Well I've done so much more here than out there. I re-built Emily while waiting" Entrapta remarked, happily.
"Who's Emily?" Phil asked.
Entrapta clapped with her hair and a huge laser blasted the wall as a green sphere robot with a red light for vision came out.
"Wow, that's so cool!" Shady cried.
Scorpia attempted to fix the wall as Entrapta lamented.
"Are you mad?" Entrapta asked.
"No, I'm impressed. You have a lot of talent, princess" Catra replied with a smile.
"I could help you with your technology project, Entrapta" Shady offered.
"That's a great idea!" Scorpia pointed out.
"Do you have any first one tech here? If I could get my hands on a data crystal, I can finally unlock the secrets of their language. The stuff I could built would be big. Lately, I've gotten readings from a specifi area" Entrapta revealed.
"Where?!" Catra asked, excitedly.
Brooke smiled at this reaction.
Scorpia had finished rebuilding the wall when one of the bricks came.
"I mean, where?" Catra repeated, calmly.
"Somewhere in the Whispering Woods, this device can help you find it" Entrapta said as she used her hair to give Catra a screen device.
"Scorpia, you and the Dark Disney Knights will keep watch on the princess while I find our 'treasure'" Catra ordered.
"What about Shadow Weaver?" Scorpia asked.
"I'm gonna make sure she doesn't find out about this" Catra promised as she went out to pack a small travel bag.
As she has finished packing, Shadow Weaver came in with her hair down, breathing heavily.
"And where are you going?" She asked, coldly.
"I'm on to something big and I'm not letting you take the credit for it" Catra replied, harshly.
"And don't worry about Hordak shouting, I'm used to it" she added.
"I…I was hard on you, I admit that but I will not apologise. I was just preparing you for the real world. I wanted you to be strong" Shadow Weaver confessed.
"Well congratulations, I'm strong now and I don't need you" Catra stated as she left while Shadow Weaver watched.
It took a bit of trekking until Catra made it to the whispering woods at the same time as Adora, while she was trying to find the crystal castle from before.
Catra was trying to get the machine to work when she heard spooky whispers and gave a scared cat moan.
About five minutes later, she saw a beacon of light and followed it to find her former friend approaching the crystal castle.
She gave an evil smile.
"Hey Adora" she said, with a smug look.
Catra then followed Adora inside before the light-up platform closed.
As Adora tried to get information on healing people, Catra found a data crystal, took it out and accidently activated the security protocol: Mechanical spiders.
That's when the two girls got chased through the castle and Adora managed to cut them off with a rock slide for a while before venturing further into the castle.
Meanwhile in the Fright Zone….
Shady and Nyx were helping Scorpia guard Entrapta as she mended the robot Emily.
Brooke and the others were with Kyle as Lonnie had a sparring match with Rogelio.
Kyle sat on one of the benches reflecting over his short conversation with Bow.
"Um guys, have you ever met someone that actually had the patience to listen to what you have to say? Because I don't really have that in the horde…" Kyle began.
"But Kyle, you have Rogelio and… Rogelio and…..Us….maybe?" Sam suggested.
"I guess" Kyle shrugged.
Brooke sighed.
"Ok, here's the deal: We try to help you fit in with the horde and in return, you stop thinking about the rebellion as potential allies" she offered.
"How-?" Kyle began.
"Nope, zip it! Is that a DEAL, Kyle? Otherwise, I'll report it to Force Captain Catra" Brooke insisted.
"Deal. So where do we start?" Kyle asked, timidly.
"Your attitude and body language first" Avani pointed out.
"We've noticed you frown a lot in intense or victorious situations for the horde and….it gives mixed signals" Isabella added.
"Oh…I guess, I've been feeling sad lately since Rogelio is just an ally…" Kyle began.
"Now then, how would you normally approach Lonnie before a sparing match?" Sam asked.
"Um… 'Hey Lonnie, are you ready for the match yet?' and she'd be like 'Kyle, don't screw up!'…." Kyle then hung his head.
"Hmm… this is going to be hard work" Brooke realised.
Meanwhile, back at the crystal castle, Catra and Adora saw the simulation of one of their memories: when the pair were chased by Octavia, one of the horde soldiers (who in present day appears to be a captain).
After saving Adora from falling and a brief conversation about why Catra didn't allow Adora's mind to be erased, they saw another memory: when the girls were in their early teens sparing and Catra lied about liking being 'second best'.
Then Catra was taken away by a mechanical spider screaming Adora's name desperately until she used her claws to tear apart the spider…. then Adora appeared with her sword, giving it the final blow to her annoyance.
The last memory that was simulated was when the pair were young girls and were playing near the black garnet chamber.
"You don't have to go in there" Adora said with concern.
Catra went towards the chamber as their past young selves decided to go inside.
Young Catra touched the black garnet, getting a small shock before they heard Shadow Weaver coming in their direction.
The young girls hid behind the black garnet but they accidently saw Shadow Weaver remove her mask and saw her creepy green with red vein eyes.
"What are you doing here? GET OUT!" Shadow weaver cried.
The two girls tried to run but a shadow wall blocked the exit as Shadow Weaver parlayed young Catra in a red aura with her magic.
"Catra, what are you doing in here?" Shadow Weaver questioned.
"We…We were just playing" Young Catra replied in a scared voice.
"Insolent child, I've come to expect this behaviour from you but not from Adora and I don't wish for you to influence her too" Shadow Weaver said, coldly.
"It's not her fault, it was my idea too!" Young Adora confessed, quickly.
"You're always a nuisance to me and I've only kept you around because Adora is found of you. If you EVER do anything to jeopardise Adora's future, I will dispose of you myself! Do you understand?" Shadow Weaver threatened as young Catra shook like a leaf.
"Please stop! She doesn't deserve this because she didn't mean to!" Young Adora begged.
"Adora, you need to keep Catra under control, like a good little solider. Do not like something like this happen again" Shadow Weaver said in a gentle tone as Young Catra was released from the red aura hold on her body and Shadow Weaver tidied Adora's hair before giving her a pat on the head.
As they went outside the chamber, both the young and present-day versions of Catra and Adora had an argument as the simulation glitched back and forth between the two.
"Do you want to WHY I gave you back that sword in the fright zone? Because I didn't want you to come back!" Catra confessed which shocked Adora.
She then went away as Adora was left to face the spider again.
As Catra was trying to get out of the castle, she saw one last memory: Of Young Adora (with all of her teeth) and Catra with a blanket.
"Catra, it's ok. We have to look out for each other, nothing really bad will happen if we stick together" Young Adora stated.
"You promise?" Both Catras asked.
"I Promise. Now let's go back outside" Young Adora said.
Young Catra stopped to look at Present Day Catra before continued after Young Adora.
Remembering the broken promise, Catra's face darkened at this realisation.
Catra found the machinal spiders near the cliffside Adora was dangling from and destroyed them all with her claws.
She picked up the sword of protection Adora was given false hope by her actions.
"Shadow Weaver always said you were 'special'. You know I spent all this time hoping you'd come back but then I realised you were holding me back. You wanted me to feel needed and weak. Every hero needs a sidekick, right?" Catra wondered.
"Catra, that's not how it was" Adora insisted, desperately.
"You leaving was the best thing that ever happened to me, I'm way stronger than anyone imagined. I wonder who I would have been if I had rid of you sooner" Catra stated as she began to cut the green spider web stuff Adora was hanging onto.
Adora fell and grabbed on to a ledge a few levels down.
"I'm sorry, Catra! I didn't mean for you to feel second best! Please don't do this" Adora cried.
The back ground was slowing glitchy away in red squared as Catra threw the sword past Adora into the 'abyss'.
"Goodbye, Adora. I really am gonna miss you" Catra said in nonchalant way while smiling before she left.
By the time Catra returned to the fright zone with the data crystal, Kyle was busy sparring with Brooke although only 20% progress had been made to help him actually fit in with the horde.
Shady was helping Entrapta fix Emily after an accident happened.
Scorpia was repeating her tale about being on a boat with Catra.
"So, if this Data crystal helps us unlock the secrets of Etheria, are we allowed to steal things from the princesses?" Nyx asked.
"Probably. You'd have to ask Hordak, right?" Entrapta questioned.
"Yep, that's right" Scorpia replied.
Catra walked into the tech chamber as Scorpia was talking about friendship in an indirect way.
"Did you find it?" Entrpta asked, excitedly.
Catra threw the data crystal to Entrapta and she got all giddy over the potential.
"I knew she could do it! What did I tell ya? She's like the best friend ever!" Scorpia exclaimed.
Catra winced while facing the door.
"Keep the noise down, ok? I'm going to bed" she stated as she went to the force captain quarters.
Kyle sat on his bed, contemplating all the suggestions Brooke and the others had given him about fitting in with the horde but sighed.
It's no use, I don't belong here. Maybe I could try finding Bow and asking him for help? He thought.
-The following day-
Catra and the Dark Disney Knights received a note from Entrapta to see her latest discovery in her lab chamber.
"Do you make a big discovery between science and magic from the data crystal?" Shady asked.
"Why, yes. I deciphered the code using math and well whatever the first ones did to Etheria, it's DEEP!" Entrapta said, excitedly.
"And what does that mean exactly?" Catra asked.
"You want to know about my theories? I've waited YEARS for someone to ask about them. Come with me, I have a model!" Entrapta exclaimed as she dragged them all into the next room with a giant sphere with lights on it to represent Etheria.
This occurred as Adora was being told about Etheria's past and how the last She-Ra called Mara had almost destroyed Etheria by moving it to another dimension a thousand years ago after giving into her emotions.
"You see, the runestones that all the kingdoms have are harnessed by the princesses to keep Etherina in balance. I do not possess a runestone" Entrapta began.
"We have the black Garnet, it was my family's and now Shadow Weaver has it" Scorpia interjected.
"Can I touch it?!" Entrapta asked, excitedly.
"I can get you the runestone but what are you gonna do to it?" Catra replied.
"I'm going to hack the runestone and boost the black Garnet's power, thus causing imbalance to the other runestones…"
"And making the princesses vulnerable. Great plan, Entrapta" Catra grinned.
"This will explosive though" Entrapta added.
"Shadow Weaver won't like that" Scorpia pointed oyt with concern.
"She's right, Shadow Weaver won't like it…which is EXACTLY why I'm going to bring you that runestone" Catra said, smugly.
"Wait, Catra; Do you need us to help with this?" Brooke asked.
"It's fine, stay with the experiment. Leave this all to me" Catra stated confidently as she left while the demon-winged Imp creature spied on them and played back their conversation to Hordak himself.
"Should we use solider outfit to help with whatever battle is likely to come next?" Nyx whispered.
"Yes, that why we're likely to blend it and not ruin the flow of the world order" Brooke replied in a low voice.
"This is so exciting; my talents won't go to waste here!" Entrapta said as she laughed wildly.
Catra had a talk with Hordak before Entrapta and Scorpia were brought to the Black Garnet with machines to power it up for weapons and other items.
Shadow Weaver came in, shocked that they were messing with her runestone.
"You're not going to do anything with this garnet!" Shadow Weaver cried.
"I can do whatever I want with this rock" Catra remarked.
"by who's authority?!" Shadow Weaver demanded.
"By mine" Hodark replied as he and his imp thing appeared on all four screens.
"I overheard their plan and authorised it because I was curious so the princess can tinker what she likes and the black garnet is all yours, Force Captain Catra" Hodark stated.
"Thank you, Lord Hordak" Catra said with a huge smile.
"NOOO!" Shadow Weaver cried as she broke all the screens, paralysed Scorpia and Entrapta and tried to attack Catra.
Catra kept dodging all of the shadow attacks.
"You're been preparing for this very DAY!" She cried as she lept from one of the pipes and used her claws to break the black garnet on Shadow Weaver's mask, severing her connection to the Black garnet and making her hair fall (the shadow movement of her hair was powered by the runestone).
"Secure the sorceress, we won't be needing her anymore" Catra ordered as Scorpia took her away to a prison cell.
Entrapta powered up the black garnet which sent a beam of red energy outside and created red lightening.
Once Catra, Scorpia and the Dark Disney Knights went outside to see the progress, Catra smiled.
"Wow, this is something else right?" Scorpia said, nervously while reacting to the lightening.
"Yeah but I can work with this" Catra stated.
Entrapta added screens to the black garnet to showcase the effect that the runestone was having on the rest of Etheria.
At that point, Scorpia and the Dark Disney Knights were back inside.
"The effect is massive: Tidal waves, Firestorms, earthquakes…. Etheria is taking this hard but yay for us" Scorpia said, wearily.
"This means my hypnosis is correct. We have upset the balance of the other runestones the elemental princesses are connected and made the weather go crazy. Scorpia does not appear to be connected to the black garnet and…
"So how do we get this to be permeant?" Catra pondered as she broke one of the lights and rest of the power went to the red light.
"Scorpia, gather a strike team. We're going to Bright Moon. You guys can only come if you stay out of sight" Catra ordered.
"The Whispering Woods have frozen over, so we can finally take Bright Moon's runestone and nothing will stop us" She added with determination.
As Catra and Scorpia got ready to go out, Shady kept Entrapta company as Brooke and the others stole some of the horde solider outfits in order to blend in and join the battle in Bright Moon.
"Remember guys, now that we know about the runestones, we'll need to collect them all to get Etheria really out of balance" Brooke reminded her team.
So, they followed the other soldiers that were in the tanks that Entrapta had improved as She-Ra (Adora) was waiting for them.
The Dark Disney Knights were riding the skids when one of the tanks blew up in front of She-Ra before Catra and Scorpia showed up.
The weapons they had on the skids concealed their abilities from the heroes as they attacked the castle and She-Ra.
Swift Wind, the horse She-ra accidently transformed about 4 weeks ago, was also helping the rebellion.
When Catra fought Adora, The Dark Disney Knights assisted Scorpia with fighting Bow, Glimmer, Nettossa and Spinnella in battle while Glimmer's mother tried to keep the moonstone going.
They fired directly at the heroes as more robots similar to Emily arrived and targeted the moonstone with the tanks.
Some of the soldiers began to surround Bow, Spinnella and Nettossa as Glimmer ran to protect her mother but was punched by Scorpia.
The Dark Disney Knights got off the skids and used the electric batons to attack She-Ra but was knocked by her powerful punches into the water.
However, the other soldiers with electric whips caught She-Ra when she tried to find her shield (her sword could transform into a shield).
Bow found the shield but then the rebellion was surrounded as Catra approached Adora.
"Now, it's over" She declared with a evil grin.
Brooke and the others got up as the moonstone went dark and black clouds covered Brightmoon which caused the black garnet to glow more in the Fright Zone.
"Mission accomplished" Shady noted.
"Indeed but needs more study" Entrapta replied as she covered her face with her mask again.
Back in Brightmoon…
She-Ra almost fainted as Catra enjoyed her victory as the Dark Disney Knights joined the other soldiers that were near her until they were blown away by Spinella's wind and blocked by Nettossa's energy net.
Catra went on top of one of the tank as it and the other tanks powered up their lazers.
However, as She-Ra's runestone glowed, Water attacked the tanks along with flowers and ice as Mermista, Seahawk, Frosta and Perfuma arrived.
This caused She-Ra to glow due to her hope being restored. Catra took advance of the distraction and used one of the tanks to fire at the stand thing that the Moonstone was that had Glimmer, her mother and Swift Wind.
Although Frosta managed to stop it from falling with her ice magic.
She-Ra raised her sword and fired golden magic which healed the moonstone and Glimmer while also clearing the darkness clouds and connecting all the runestones.
With the princesses united again, The Dark Disney Knights instantly knew they were screwed!
Due to not being allowed to use their powers against the alliance, They had to allow the princesses to beat them up in order for Catra to still get a small win.
Then She-Ra's runestone glowed blue along with the other princesses (which matched their runestone) as they touched She-Ra while Bow's heart plate in his armour glowed which allowed She-Ra to send a rainbow wave at Catra and the horde.
After that powerful defeat, Catra and Scorpia lead the horde soldiers back to the Fright Zone on a skid and for a brief moment, Catra looked sad as she glaced back at Adora while they left.
A short while later, Catra arrived back in the Fright Zone to face Hordak although Scorpia, Entrapta and the Dark Disney Knights accompanied her.
"Force Captain, your experiment seems to have failed" Hordak stated.
"Acctually it's a success, I know so much about the First Ones' tech and it's only the start of the surface!" Entrpta exclaimed.
"Sir, I was closer to conquering Bright Moon than anyone ever has AND the Whispering Woods is still in ruins. We can still take over Etheria" Catra added.
"Oh, Lord Hordak, is it ok if we help expand Entrapta's experiment by taking all the other runestones?" Brooke requested.
"You will get other opportunities to prove yourself to me, Catra as my second in command. As for you, Cadets. This idea of yours sounds promising. I will allow it" Hordak replied.
Catra smiled.
The Dark Disney Knights used the maps and began planning with the runestone knowledge they had so far.
The green First ones artefact Number 58 disk was used as a substitute runestone for Entrapta.
Brooke went with Catra and Scorpia to meet with Hordak.
"So with the whispering woods frozen and the princesses distracted, we have managed to cover new ground" Catra reported.
"You have not disappointed me yet, force captain" Hordak stated.
He turned to Brooke.
"And what of your runestone project?"
Brooke began to panic.
"Well Lord Hordak, we need more information on the runestones not on our list as we have discovered that there's still some princesses unaccounted for. We could gather more intel while doing extra training with Catra. Then once we have enough data, we can start the search" Brooke explained quickly.
"Fine, but it would be wise to not disappoint me, cadet. Especially when your team is on the line" Hordak threatened.
"I understand, Lord Hordak" Brooke said, nervously.
"This is Emily's Kid Sister or EKS. They're a modified version of the regular bots using First one's tech" Entrapta explained.
"Can you make more?" Hordak asked with intrigue.
"Yes, but I need more first ones' artifacts. I could only make like 6" Entrapta admitted.
"You're authorised to get more tech and Brooke, your team is allowed to do research. But your time limit is three months" Hordak warned.
They left Hordak's chamber and Entrapta sent out the EKS robots as Brooke got her team to search every inch of the Frightzone for information as Hordak's Imp watched everything.
About a day left, Catra went missing and then rang Kyle.
One of Entrapta's bots was running loose.
"Kyle, if you don't hear back from me in 10 minutes. End Entrapta" Catra said, causally.
"What?!" Kyle cried.
"Ahh! Make it stop!" Entrapta cried as she struggled to wrestle down the runaway robot.
Why would Catra want to lose one of her assets? Brooke thought.
10 mintues pasted.
"Kyle, if you actually took me seriously, call it off" Catra ordered.
"It will need some extra adjustments…" Entrapta began after the robot was finally knocked out.
She turned around and saw Bow and Glimmer on the screen.
"Hey guys, what are you doing?" she asked.
"We're coming to rescue you" Glimmer stated.
"Great but from what? My stuff is in the frightzone and I'm getting a lot done here than out there. Especially after the blizzard in the whispering wood" Entrapta said.
"That was you?" Bow asked in shock.
"Um yeah but don't worry about me. The Horde is taking good care of me" Entrapta reassured them.
The call ended.
"They…looked sad, Entrapta" Brooke pointed out.
"Well…They did leave me behind and….I can't go back now, I'm making so much progress" Entrapta remarked.
Brooke proceeded to leave.
Two days later, Entrapta was having problems with her work table as she didn't have the tools she needed to fix it.
Catra went to Hordak's chamber.
"Lord Hordak?" she asked.
"state your purpose, Force Captain" Hordak replied.
"I thought we could establish a check-in like what you did with Shadow Weaver" Catra said, quickly.
"So did you disturb me for no reason?" Hordak gave her a cold stare.
"Not for no reason. The Horde is making progress…" She began.
"Was wasting robots on the Whispering Woods as it re-grew part of the plan? Was letting yourself get captured?" Hordak questioned as he turned on a complex device that released a pink electric dome above Catra.
"Etheria's atmosphere has been complicating my experiments" Hordak began.
Catra began to cough.
When she tried to speak again, she coughed even more.
"I just removed that complicated Variable" Hordak finished.
He moved towards her, completely unaffected.
"Tell me Force Captain, how is your breathing?" he asked.
Catra began to wheeze as she was now unable to reply as her vision began to get blurry.
"Pathetic, just like everything on this backwards planet. Do you know what the definition of failure is, Force Captain?" he then asked.
He turned off the machine and Catra began to pant.
"Failure is when something ceases to serve a purpose. When that happens, it becomes worthless to me. Recently, your performance has been lacking" Hordak stated.
Finally regaining her composure, she had recovered enough to talk.
"I haven't failed yet. No one knows how to take down the princesses better than me because I've fought them personally. Trust me and allow me to do that" Catra corrected.
"Prove to me you can defeat the rebellion. You're dismissed" Hordak stated.
Scorpia helped Catra try to arrange plans to gain more ground.
Entrapta saw Hordak's chamber and got intrigued but was warned to stay away.
Scorpia then lost Entrapta while getting a six-sixed hex driver (their version of a screwdriver) stumbled upon Hordak's top-secret project: A teleporter machine.
Entrapta managed to get the device to work which shocked Hordak.
"So, um what are you gonna do with this device?" she asked.
"It's a teleportation device" Hordak replied.
"You could send soldiers across Etheria with this!" Entrapta cried.
"You think too simply. Like everything on this backwater planet, you don't see the bigger picture. Etheria isn't the only planet I've been to" Hordak admitted.
"Wait you've seen other worlds? I'm aware of the concept but this is amazing! Can I help please?" Entrapta pleaded.
"Alright but no one else can about this project…yet" Hordak stated.
Catra went to Shadow Weaver to get information on the missing file but the armoury was in the Frightzone the whole time.
Scorpia informed Catra on where Entrapta went off to and ran in a hurry.
A few seconds later, Catra and Scorpia ran into the room.
The imp was beside Hordak as Brooke had overheard part of the conversation.
"I'm so sorry, Lord Hordak. Entrapta won't disturb you again" Catra said, hurriedly.
"Actually force captain, you are disturbing me and my lab assistant" Hordak said, coldly.
Catra looked back at Entrapta and ran out of the room, nervously with Scorpia.
As a way to keep Hordak's trust, Scorpia was put in charge in one of the locations near a pass that the horde had ceased during the attack on Bright moon.
Scorpia's job was to keep control of it while Catra did extensive research on forming other plans to avoid loosing Hordak's trust.
Cadets such as Lonnie, Kyle and Rogelio were on this mission.
-Back at the Fright Zone-
The Dark Disney Knights were in the archives, reading all the books they could find on runestones.
"Guys, I found something!" Avani cried.
They all crowded around.
The book she was holding was orange with black writing.
"This book mentions a fire runestone and how it was corrupted years ago" She revealed.
"Ooo! We have a lead. What did everyone else find?" Brooke asked.
Phil showed them the records he had found on a shard somewhere in the Whispering Woods.
"The Star sisters, Sweet Bee and Peek-a-boo most likely have runestones too but only two of there are on record in the books we have" Isabella explained.
Brooke got annoyed and knocked some of the books over.
"This isn't enough! We have about 3 months to make progress on the runestone research and then start said hunt or we're all toast!" she cried.
"Hordak threatened you…didn't he?" Shady questioned.
Too emotionally, Brooke nodded.
They all gave her a hug.
"Brooke, we'll do everything we can to make sure this mission is a success. Catra can lend us some supplies like spy-bots etc" Sam reassured her.
"Thanks everyone" Brooke said, softly.
They continued researching as Catra briefly came in to grab different books as she was working on formulating other plans that could be useful to the horde.
This included potential ways to take over parts of the Star Sisters and Sweet Bee's kingdoms and claiming the land where the fire princess once ruled.
Once the planning was done, Catra allowed the Dark Disney Knights borrow some of the spy-bots to see if there were anything noteworthy in the Whispering Woods to help them.
Eventually, Entrapta got another breakthrough and asked Hordak if they got explore the Northern Reach for First Ones' tech.
From the mission in the Northern Reach, Scorpia, Catra and Entrapta returned with a piece of First ones' teach and Catra began to lighten up with Scorpia.
Scorpia had found common ground and formed a small friendship with Seahawk during this mission as well.
Entrapta had also gathered the pieces of the now red First ones artefact number 58 disk before they had made their escape.
About a week after their return from the Northern Reach, Catra delivered food to Shadow Weaver and then went to seek Lord Hordak.
In that moment, he didn't have all his armour on.
"Why is Shadow Weaver still in the fright zone?" He asked.
"She…she's my prisoner" Catra stuttered.
"She's still dangerous. Banish her to Beast Island" Hordak ordered.
The robot arms reattached his armour while Hordak was facing away from Catra.
Catra was shocked by this which angered Hordak.
"Lord Hordak, she's still useful to us. After all, she knows Etheria better than anyone here" she pointed out.
"And the Fright zone. If she gets in the hands of the enemy, we're done. The consequence of that happening would endanger years of war" Hordak added.
"That won't happen, she's powerless now and I can handle her" Catra stated.
As they were talking, Entrapta accidently caused the lights to out and then on again as she tried to hook up the first ones tech, they had brought back to power the mainframe.
"But what Entrapta is doing, does not concern you force captain" Hodark stated.
Entrapta then realised they were having a meeting and went back to work.
"You have two days to extract information from your prisoner. After that, you will banish her to Beast Island"
"But-" Catra began.
"Is that clear?!" Hordak questioned.
"Yes, Lord Hordak. I understand" Catra replied.
Her ears went down in dismay.
As she went down the stairs, she overheard Entrapta talking to Hordak about testing the portal after rebuilding the power grid.
She headed off to the roof to reflect alone until Scorpia found her.
After a brief conversation about Beast Island and 'worse than death', Catra ran off again.
Shadow Weaver reminisced on past memories of teaching Micah, father to Glimmer when he was a young, bright student possible at the age Glimmer is presently and the day she became Shadow Weaver up to when she met Adora as a baby.
Catra then faced Shadow Weaver again and told about her banishment to Beast Island.
"I've given everything I have to the horde. Please fetch me my old Soccer's guild badge. I wish to see it once last time. It's the last thing I'll ever ask of you" Shadow Weaver requested.
"You don't get to ask me to do things anymore" Catra said, bluntly while facing away from her as she left.
-About an hour later-
Catra returned with a tray of food, claiming the reason she visited Shadow Weaver was because of her shackles.
"We both know that's not the reason" Shadow Weaver pointed out.
"Why was I never good enough for you?" Catra asked.
"You reminded me of me. I too wasn't born with powers like Adora and the other princesses, I had to fight for this power, so why couldn't you too?" Shadow Weaver confessed.
"But I was just a child when I got here! I'm nothing like you!" Catra cried.
"But you are like me and you're losing your position with Hordak" Shadow Weaver noted.
"Entrapta's good at all that tech stuff…." Catra trailed off.
"Come here" Shadow Weaver said, gently.
Catra awkwardly shuffled closer to Shadow Weaver.
Shadow Weaver began to stroke part of Catra's hair.
"She's earned his trust. How did you let this happen? I want you to go further than I did but you have to be smarter than me" she advised.
"Then HELP me! Find something to convince Hordak to let you stay" Catra pleaded.
"I'll try but leave me now and come back later. I'm tired now" Shadow Weaver stated.
As Catra left, she touched her hair the way Shadow Weaver had and smiled genuinely for the first time in a while.
Shadow Weaver found her badge in the food.
"It's time" she said.
-A short while late-
Catra returned to the cell.
"I know I came back so soon but I was thinking two devious minds would be best at brainstorming…" she began.
She went inside the cell and saw Shadow Weaver facing the wall, not speaking.
Catra put her hand towards her to reveal a shadow illusion.
After a few seconds, the truth came crashing down.
"You were using me the whole time!" she cried as she destroyed the illusion in frustration.
Brooke and Isabella went out to check on Catra and found her crying in the cell.
"Catra, are you…" Brooke began.
Catra gave them both a 'back off' look and they slowly backed away.
The following day every cadet (plus Scorpia) that Catra somewhat trusted which included Lonnie, Kyle, lizard guy (friend of Kyle) and the Dark Disney Knights were sent out to report anything suspicious.
Catra finally spilled the truth to Scorpia about loosing Shadow Weaver and the imp heard everything.
With the spy-bots in place in the Whispering Woods, Shady kept watch on the monitors as the others ever carried out Catra's orders or did even more research on the runestones.
The spy-bots quietly followed Bow, Adora and Glimmer as the keywords were figured out.
'Serenia, Portal, Mara' were related to a location.
The next location was the Crimson Waste.
Shady called back the others quickly.
"Guys, we may have to head to this 'Crimson Waste' to find more clues just to start this quest" she suggested.
"Well, at least it's progress" Brooke pointed out as the others nodded in agreement.
-Later-
Catra was called to Hordak's chamber.
"Were my orders followed?"
"Everything is running smoothly" Catra replied.
"And was Shadow weaver sent to Beast Island?" Hordak looked back at her over his shoulder.
"Yes, we're never gonna-" Catra began.
"I lost Shadow Weaver! Shadow Weaver escaped. I have to find her before Hordak finds out the truth" The imp echoed, shocking Catra.
"You lied to me" Hordak said in disappointment and bitterness as he turned on his machine.
"Wait" Catra managed to say as she was then immediately affected by the machine.
She began gasping in a choking fashion this time.
"I know your relaxed security allowed her to escape. You were covering up and lying her whereabouts. I gave you the chance to come clean, to prove your worth to me and the horde" as he spoke, Catra's vision got blurry.
"This was a test. And you failed" he finished, sounding slightly demonic as Catra passed out.
In Brightmoon, Shadow Weaver stood over Adora as she slept.
-The runstone hunt starts two months after the attack on Brightmoon-
Before the Christmas holidays started, The Dark Disney Knights headed to the land of 'Nowhere' to meet El Rey, the ruler of Nowhere who wears a golden crown with glowing red eye in the centre.
Nyx manged to convince him to strike a deal with him so he could be a fateful ally in the future with her sweet-talking skills (This was after the Nomad escaped with Skout and El Rey had killed Don Paragon in front of Toth).
After the mission in 'Nowhere', Christmas was about a week away (literally a few days after Morgan and Elsa's wedding) when Brooke got an unexpected call.
It was from Kenny!
When she didn't pick up, he sent her the following text:
'Brooke, I'm sorry I haven't called in ages but I was hoping we could meet again for Christmas like old times. Kenny'.
She then sent back:
'Sorry, brother. You waited WAY too long, I can't meet you for Christmas. So long, Kenny. Brooke'.
"Are you ok, Brook?" Phil asked.
"Yeah, um how about we go to the hideout Peepers is using?" Brooke suggested, hastily.
"Sure, we can have fun together" Avani suggested with a big grin.
So, they all used a portal to reach the hideout in time to celebrate the holidays together.
Nyx used what they could all find to make a meal for everyone which consisted of 'pigs in a blanket', noodle soup and garlic baguettes.
After giving each other very small gifts of food and useful items for missions, it was time for a game.
"I'll start, Truth or dare?" Avani asked.
"Truth" Blaze replied with a nervous voice.
"Your favourite music" Avani requested.
Blaze sighed.
"The misfits from Jem and the holograms" she mumbled.
"Wait the misfits from Jem and the holograms?! That's awesome!" Nyx exclaimed.
"I'm sure Coral, PIXAR's daughter met them once. It's in the records of all past events here" Shady pointed out.
"So, we could in theory see them in a concert?" Phil asked, with curiosity.
"Yes, although Blaze, that depends on whether you want to do that on our days off" Shady remarked.
Blaze sighed.
"Can we just continue this game? You've embarrassed me enough" Blaze huffed.
"Blaze, I think you get to pick who to ask" Sam stated.
"Ok. Brooke, truth or dare." Blaze said with a cheeky smile.
"Dare"
"I dare you to hit Nyx and confess which villain you admire the most" Blaze requested.
Nyx stiffed at the sound of her name.
Brooke got into a ready stance with her fist.
"It's not personal, just a dare" Brooke reminded her.
Nyx chuckled.
"That's what You think" Nyx said, slyly.
She fired dark magic from her earrings which Brooke countered with her fire.
Nyx laughed sadistically.
Nyx then attacked in rapid bursts leaving Brooke less time to react.
"Are you TRYING to kill me?!" Brooke cried.
"No, I'm getting in character!" Nyx exclaimed.
"She's overdoing it, guys" Phil said, softly.
"Keep watching, Phil" Sam insisted.
Brooke got out her short swords and made a fire shield with her fists to block the dark magic attacks.
Then she threw one of her swords at Nyx and caught the sleeve of her jumper.
"I win" Brooke said, proudly.
"That was fun, but you won't be so lucky next time" Nyx joked.
"Well, Brooke. Confess the villain you admire most" Blaze stated.
Brooke sighed.
"Catra" she replied.
Everyone was silent.
"But we only stayed with her for one season" Phil pointed out.
"Yeah but I still admire her resolve to keep fighting; how she faced Shadow Weaver head on and went higher in the horde. She and I have a lot in common and I respect her leadership" Brooke admitted.
"I have a feeling we'll get to see her again soon" Avani reassured her.
Brooke smiled at this.
"Right, who to pick now….Shady, Truth or DARE?" she asked.
"Truth" came the response.
"Shady, what are your hobbies other than using technology and befriending a technology savvy princess?" Brooke asked.
"I play video games and watch action anime. My main favourite is My Hero Academia and Skullgirls. Dabi, Twice and Marie are the characters I admire the most" Shady replied, solemnly.
Brooke was about to ask another question but Shady stopped her.
"I'll only share my past once we're all well-acquainted as team mates, or at least more than we have in 3 years…" She trailed off.
"Well….We were barely used on missions after a while until the stuff with Nick Wizard. Other than for retrieval missions at least…" Avani recalled.
Phil sighed.
"Yeah…but I guess the missions we get now makes up for lost time and we at least get to spend Christmas together. Nyx and I celebrate it for the non-religion side of it" he said as his tone changed from sad to bittersweet happy.
"Mmmm…We all have our reasons for celebrating but at least we're together, right?" Sam pointed out.
They all nodded.
"Although, I would love to know what exactly happened to Slimy L after the Junior Disney Knights went home" Avani wondered out loud.
They all fell silent.
"I'm sure we'll run into her again" Sam said, hopefully but the others were not so confident.
Brooke sighed.
"She's probably forgotten all about us by now" she pointed out, solemnly.
"On a more positive note: Phil, Nyx, Sam, Isabella and Avani are left for Truth or dare" Blaze reminded everyone.
"Nyx, Truth or dare?" Shady asked with a determined look.
"Truth"
"What is your favourite colour or item?" Shady questioned.
Nyx sighed.
"Favourite colour is sliver and item would be the moon" Nyx muttered.
"Your outfit does give it away" Phil pointed out, humorously.
Sam chuckled.
"Yes, I bet we'll find a 'moon princess' for you to hang out with!" she joked.
"HEY!" Nyx cried with annoyance.
"Well, Nyx. I'll do some digging to see if there's a compatible villain out that has interests just like you" Shady said while patting her on the back.
"You guys better not make this a big deal. Can we finish this game already?" Nyx hissed.
"Alright, you have to pick who to ask, Nightmare" Shady pointed out, hastily.
"Phil, choose quickly: Truth or dare?" Nyx asked, swiftly.
"Truth"
"What is your most common hobby in your free time?" Nyx questioned.
"I've been collecting recent media: She-Zow, Randy Cunningham, Gravity Falls, Powerpuff girls 2016, the newest Ben 10, Legend of Korra, Sofia the first etc because I'm intrigued by it" Phil replied.
"And your favourite character from Powerpuff girls 2016?" Nyx continued.
"Bliss. She has potential in her" Phil explained.
"I think we'll be able to meet her soon" Shady mused.
Nyx gestured to Phil to hurry up.
"Sam, Isabella and Avani, truth or dare?" Phil asked.
"Truth!"
"What do you like to do most in your free time?" Phil asked.
"I like to collect forgotten media like Avengers: united they stand, Wild C.A.T.S Covert Action Teams, Ultraforce, Mummies Alive! etc" Sam replied in a cheerful voice.
"I like to research Egyptian mythology and practise dancing" Isabella replied.
"And I love to read up on Chinese mythology" Avani added.
"Those were all interesting answers. Phil, is there anything you would like to add?" Brooke asked.
"Well, I really want to be loved again. You guys are all I have now since my family never cared about me. Nyx told me a story once about Bastet and the mummy of Apophis. It covers how every night, Apophis (who can turn into a snake) tries to steal the sun from the sun boat, but a hooded cat figure deity called Bastet always protects the sun disk from him. It was this tale that got me so intrigued with Egyptian mythology. If there was a way to meet Bastet, I would find a way to meet her" Phil reminisced.
"Don't worry, Phil, we'll find a way to meet her someday" Isabella promised.
Phil smiled.
"So, who wants to watch a movie with doritos for snacks?" Blaze offered.
They all raised their hands in response.
"We have Zootopia, a silent voice, Kubo and the two strings and Frozen" Blaze read out.
The majority vote was 3 for Zootopia and 5 for Frozen.
They used a projector hooked up to a laptop to watch the movie together when it stopped abruptly.
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"Should we crack it now?" Phil asked.
"Nah" came the replied.
Blaze wrote down the ciphered message and put it in a 'secrets for later' folder.
Little did they realise that the message was about the future and that Peepers was in for a surprise in 2018…..
Thank you for sticking for me since 2012 and I'm proud to say that with this story marks 100 (at present 103) on my account! :D
I hope you've enjoyed this so far. I shall do my very best to make sure the Dark Disney Knights are as developed as their hero counterparts.
The reason I'm doing this format for them is to make up for lost time when I kept forgetting their names because I didn't have their list on every document.
Note: The She-Ra stuff will get a proper conclusion once season 2 airs in April and I have some idea of where the other runestones that we have not been shown yet are within Etheria.
And yes there will be time progression :D
And here's a few messages:
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Each chapter of this story is placed at different parts of the timeline.
I'll reveal the very up-to-date timeline soon.
See ya soon!
PS: This story will take a very long time to update because of college.