A/N: Hi everyone! Life sort of imploded on me shortly after I posted my last story, and I never got to go write that novel that was floating around in my mind. But the writing bug isn't totally dead, and I need a bit of distraction right now. So I'm posting something I've had around for quite a while. Be forewarned: it's not done, and my life is not conducive to writing right now, so it's going to be slow posting, in really short bursts. But you know I'll eventually finish it. Oh, and this has nothing to do with my other stories, as you'll see. And so we begin.
Teela
It was, by far, the worst time of my life. Ever.
He-Man had been sent to another world by Skeletor. The Sorceress didn't know where, and that stupid Cosmic Enforcer, Zodac, refused to help. But while I, along with all of Eternia, was reeling from that news, we were hit with another loss. Apparently, Adam had gone after him, and he was lost as well. The Sorceress didn't explain how Adam had managed to follow He-Man, or if rather perhaps he simply hoped to find him—she was really vague about what was going on, except to say that if we found one, we'd find both.
She spent days doing nothing else but searching. I know, because I waited in Castle Grayskull for the first few days, refusing to leave except when Skeletor threatened the palace. I kept hoping against hope that she would find them—or at least Adam. Because I needed him back. I never did tell her why. I never told anyone what happened, or why I was so desperate for him to return. I always did wonder if she knew, though. She always looked so sad when she looked at me.
Eventually I had to come to the realization that neither one of them were ever coming back. And that understanding had to come sooner rather than later. For four desperate weeks I prayed, and cried, and hoped, and raged against the Ancients for putting me through this, for letting both Adam and He-Man disappear—but especially Adam. At the end of those four weeks, I accepted it as fact, that they were never coming back. And with that belief, I made an irrevocable decision that would shape my life.