Note: This is my first truly new fanfiction in a loooong time. I have written before, but had to same as give it up for a while. I tried going back to my old stories, but sadly I just can't seem to get into them. Instead, He-Man invaded. Don't ask me how or why, but I just can't seem to get this story out of my head so decided might as well write it down.

I do not own anything He-Man, Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, Elder Scrolls, etc. I'm just having some fun with their characters and ideas. I make no money from this, but then again who would pay for my crappy writing?

Chapter 1: Ruins of Terra

(Scene: European castle ruins, Earth)

Inside a large, off-white tent sat a young, dark blonde headed woman carefully looking over some old pieces of pottery. The tent flap opened as a dirt covered teen entered carrying a large box.

"Here's another boxful for ya', Thea," said the teenager.

"Thanks, Jack, "Replied the young woman as she cleared off a spot on the table. Her dark green eyes blinked as he laid the box down, "Well this looks promising."

"Really? Cool!, "said Jack, "Please tell me it's the sword. I have money down on it, ya know. The guys have a betting pool on the first magical doodad we would find. I put down it would be a sword."

With an ironic grin, the woman shook her head, "Can't believe it's been less than a year and there are already betting pools on mystical artifacts." She pulls the broken sword out of the box. It appeared to be made out of a one solid piece of metal, with a strange longer than normal cross guard that tapered directly into a blade. The blade itself was broken off about an inch away from where it met the cross guard. She tapped the strange green and black stone embedded in the cross guard. It was shaped like a giant snake scale but was harder. The woman said, "Well, you're close. It's not the sword but this decorative stone. So I'm not sure how your betting pool will count that."

She placed the sword on the table, next to a plain wooden cane, before carefully going through the box. Jack sat down and asked, "Just how do you do that? Know something has magic?"

The woman shrugged as she placed a small statue on the table. "To be honest, I'm not really sure. I'm one of those…hum…lucky people who seem to be have developed abilities after the invasion. Me, I just 'see' magic. It's like a glow or aura. I can get an idea how strong and what type of magic from that aura." Tapping the stone on the sword once more, "For example, this stone is strong but dormant. It appears to a combination of elemental and spiritual power."

"And the sword itself?"

"It appears more of a focus for the stone, something to make it easier to be used. It has magic, but more like it soaked up the stone's excess power. Strange, there seems to be a faint trace of additional magic. Not part of the sword itself, but something it's been exposed…"

The tents flap door slapped open when an older man with peppered grey hair entered. Wearing a spotless three piece suit, he sneered and said, "Mr. Johnston, Ms. Strom. Don't you two have something more important to do than flirt.."

Jack blushed, but the woman glared right back and replied, "Jack was doing something important: Learning. He is a promising archeology student asking about the artifacts he helped to dig up. That is what HE is here for after all. Which brings me to ask…What are you doing here, Mr. Devon?"

"You dare, "Devon growled, "You worthless, little freak! If it wasn't for me…"

At that point Jack jumped up to defend the woman, but the woman placed took hold of his arm as she looked directly into Devon's eyes, "I may be a freak, but I'm not worthless. After all, I received three employment offers just this morning alone. One of which is back in the States. If you feel I'm so 'worthless,' I can leave now and take the first flight out of here. " She then gave an evil smile, "But then you would have to explain to both the Earth Alliance and the University why I left."

Devon turned to leave, but stopped when the woman added, "If I hear you are taking your frustrations out on the students, again, I will report you. After all, this worthless, little freak's word is considered more valuable than yours."

"We shall see, Ms. Althea Strom just how valuable you are, "he sneered as he walked out.

"Whoa, "said Jack as he fell back into the chair, "I don't think I've ever seen anyone take on Mr. Devon and win like that before."

Althea hmphed, "I don't know why he is even here. He's no researcher or field supervisor. If he's an observer, then he has none of the authority he pretends to have."

"Maybe, but he sure can be scary," said Jack.

"Soooo he's a copyright lawyer?" Althea asked with a completely straight face.

(Scene Change: Castle Greyskull, Eternia)

Adam, Prince of Eternia, stepped out of the shadows to stand in front of the Sorceress' throne. Looking up at the Sorceress, he asked, "You asked for me?"

"Yes, Adam, "the Sorceress answered as she raised her had to bring forth an image of some ruins, "Something, seems to be awaking in the Ruins of Terra. Nothing evil…just old and powerful."

"So you want He-Man to investigate?"

"Actually, no. I was hoping that you could take your mother, Queen Marlena, to take a look at the ruins."

"What?! " Adam exclaimed with wide eyes, "Why?"

"The Ruins of Terra once held a large portal to a single world. That world is called Earth, "said the Sorceress, "From what I understand, your mother said Earth has had no magic. According to some scrolls I found researching the ruins, the portal faded away when magic left that world. Queen Marlena might be able to help determine if what is happening is originating from Earth or not. How I'm not sure, but…it feels right."

(Scene Change: Just west of the Ruins of Terra)

"This is so exciting, "said Queen Marlena from the back seat of the Wind Raider, "I'm so glad you asked me to come along, Adam. I don't get out as much as a should."

"Glad to have you along, Mother, "said Adam, "I will admit, I was surprise when the Sorceress recommended you come along."

"Ruins of Terra, "Marlena mused, "Terra is just another name for Earth, an older more formal name I guess you might say. You mentioned that there was once a portal to Earth in these ruins."

"According to the Sorceress, "replied Adam.

Man at Arms hummed and said, "We should be able to see the ruins once we pass over this mountain. I'll land a little ways from them so that we find a safe place to camp."

A little later, the trio walked out of the camp and towards the ruins. "Mother, you said Earth had no magic?" said Adam, "How could there have been a portal there if that is the case?"

"Well, when I left, no one really believed in magic like the kind the Orko or the Sorceress has, "answered Marlena, "But Earth does has more than its share of legends. Dragons, wizards…magic swords."

"Ah…yeah, "said Adam nervously rubbing the back of his neck.

(Scene Change: European castle ruins, Earth)

Althea stretched and turned her neck slightly, wincing at the loud popping noise. "Well that's done for the day, "she said as she placed the sword into its own small crate, not noticing in the dimming light that the stone it once held was missing. After stapling down the crate's lid, she reached over for her cane. Taking deep breath, she struggled a little standing up, leaning on the cane heavily for support. "Oh…I sat down waaaay too long, "she muttered and then looked at the crate with a tired look, and said, "I think I'll see if I can get Jack or perhaps one of the dig site guards to carry that to the van."

Using the cane for support, she limped to the tent's flap door. As she passed one of the lights, it revealed the heavy metal brace supporting her right knee. As tired as she was and paying more attention to her painful knee, she never noticed the small addition to her once plain cane.

Once outside of the tent, Althea took a deep breath of the evening air. Enjoying the view of the old castle ruins before her, she noticed something glowing from the one standing tower in the distance. She rubbed her eyes with her free hand and looked again. The glow was gone. She shook her head, thinking that she may have spent too much time looking for magic that day. She was starting to see it everywhere.

"Hey, Thea!" Yelled Jack in the distance, standing next to the travel van and waving his arm.

Althea yelled back, "Hey, can you come over I need…"

The ground exploded between her and the van.

"GO!" yelled Althea as she quickly limped around the tent towards one of the stronger looking stone walls, "GET OUT OF HERE AND GET HELP!"

As the dust settled, she hid behind the wall and breathed a sigh of relief hearing the van quickly drive off. A few moments later, five figures flew down. Four white armored men rode what appeared to be sky sleds. As they landed, Althea could see the red, bat-like emblem on their chests.

"Crap, not again, "she whispered and has a small flash back to similar soldier's blowing up a building she was trapped in at one time, her leg seemed to remember the pain of being crushed. Shaking her head, she fought off the memory and started to think of what to do.

The fifth figured, riding a floating platform, landed. Devon's voice rang out, "You, get the sword from the tent. You three make sure that there is no one else around and see if you can find that blasted portal!" Devon stepped off of the platform and into slightly brighter light. Instead of his three piece suit, he now wore black armor from the neck down. The only color other color being the red, bat-like symbol over the right side of this chest.

"That son of a…"she muttered as she briefly considered the implications. Suddenly, she felt a strong urge to get to the tower. Figuring it was because the tower would provide the most cover, she carefully made her way, using the broken wall and dig holes as cover. It was slow and painful going due to her bad leg, but she would make it.

"Come out, Ms. Strom, "Devon's voice filled the air, "I know you are out there."

Althea risked a quick look and saw his eyes start to glow. She quickly ducked back down and froze, with her back to the wall. Gripping her cane tightly, she chanting in her mind, "Don't see me, don't see me, don't see me." Feeling as if something clicked she risked another look and saw Devon look the other way. With a small sigh of relief, she continued to move.

She neared the un-cleared area in front of the tower. Sadly they had yet to acquire permission from the local government to start digging here so all the small broken stones and brick were still scattered about, making it dangerous for a woman who depended on a cane to get through. What was worse there was no cover until she got into the tower. Looking carefully and easily counting all five figures in the far distance, she navigated the through the rocks and into the partially collapse tower. Once inside the tower walls, she took a small break to catch her breath.

She looked around and then 'saw' that there was a large glowing ring on the floor. She lifted her cane to tape it and finally noticed that her cane also had an aura. She turned it slighted and gasped. Where there was once hardly anything before, there was now a highly decorative collar on it. The collar now included a bronze, Nordic style dragon holding the green and black 'scale' that was supposed to be on a broken sword. The dragon, wrapped around the cane's shaft three times its tail hidden behind its head. The stone seem to flash once, nearly blinding the woman. It was then she heard the distant footsteps. Following her feelings, she tapped the ring three times. She nearly jumped back as the flagstones fell away revealing a stairwell. It was at this point, her natural stubbornness kicked in. What the hell was she doing?! Was it that strange stone telling her what to do? Images of the soldiers nearing the tower flashed in her mind. Shaking her head, she understood. She really didn't have much of a choice.

(Scene change: Ruins of Terra, Eternia)

Adam and the Queen walked through what was once the ruin's front gate with no problem, but when Man at Arms tried he crashed in what appeared to be an invisible wall. He hit it hard enough to nearly fall backwards. Rubbing his nose, he fought off the watering in his eyes.

"Are you alright Duncan?" Adam asked as he turned to check on his old friend.

Man at Arms sighed and said, "Yes, I'm fine but what did I hit?"

"Oh my, "said the Queen looking up towards the keep and pointed to an image carved above a keep's door, "I do believe that is Latin."

Both Adam and Man at Arms looked up. The engraved image was that of a stone tower and with a single moon above it. Below the engraving was, to them at least, strange lettering.

"What is Latin?" asked Adam.

"Latin is a very old Earth language that is now rarely used, outside of scientific terms or religious sermons, "Marlena narrowed her eyes trying to get a better look, "My Latin might be rusty but … 'Excipite itaque pueri Tarrae'….I think. 'Welcome Children of Earth'…yes that is what it says."

"So maybe, only those from Earth or of Earth blood may enter, "Dunan said as he considered the implications, "That could be why this place has remained untouched for so long. Not because of its location but because of this spell."

"Well it looks like we have our proof that Earth did once have a contact with Eternia, "said Adam.

"As fascinating as this might be, "said Man at Arms, "We might want to head back to camp. It will be dark soon and since I can't enter it would be better not to risk the Queen's safety by wondering around in the dark."

The Queen and her son gave Man at Arms the exact same frustrated look that clearly said 'We just got here'.

The old soldier mentally groaned when he saw that. As much as everyone seemed to think Adam takes after his father…he knew he got more than his fair share of his mother's stubbornness.

(Scene change: Under the castle ruins, Earth)

Althea's leg throbbed as she finally found the end of the stairs. As her foot landed on the stone floor, torches lit up on their own. A long hall with statues lining both sides and a strange solid arch at the end was revealed. The statues were twice as tall as the average human being but seem even larger due to what the subjects were wearing. The helms looked to be a dragon's forehead, with horn flaring toward the back. The breastplate seemed to be made out of large scales. There were no paldrons, but large claw like gauntlets ran up to the elbows. The sabatons and greaves were the second biggest surprise. Instead of two separate pieces they seem to be one and in the shape the rear legs of some sort of beast with three large claws. The biggest surprise was the wings. Not looking like back wing but almost like armored bird wings but with large solid looking feathers. The looking down the hall she noticed there were both male and female warriors. Each holding a different weapon, but each weapon had a now familiar Nordic dragon motif. As she neared the arch, she looked up to see a strange engraving of what looked to be a stone keep with two moons above it.

As she attempted a closer look at the lettering below it, she was shoved to the side by an unseen force. As she fell, a dark beam flew through where she once stood and then blasted a small hole in to the wall. She rolled to hide behind one of the statues. She bit her tongue to keep from crying out from pain in her knee as she attempted to get up.

"You surprise me, Ms. Strom, "said Devon as he looked around the hall, "Here I thought you were a worthless, crippled, freak of a human…Just how did you counter my spell of seeking…Hmmm?

Remaining silent, she tried to move as quietly as possible to hide behind a different statue.

"Why so quiet?"Devon grinned, "You had so much to tell me earlier." He lifted a strange looking gun and fired a dark beam towards the statue she just left. The beam hit, causing it to melt. "Bah! I don't have time for games, "he said as he made setting change on the gun and then used it to sweep the room with a narrower but longer lasting beam. It sliced through each statue through the upper thigh, causing them to crash down. Althea dove into the middle of the hallway to avoid getting crushed.

"Ah…there you are, " Devon strolled over to her as she struggled to get up. Taking a firm grip of her chin, he forced her to look up at him as he said, "Now with these lovely eyes of yours, you will find the key and open this portal."

"Do it yourself, "she spat.

Devon backslapped her back to the ground.

"Bitch! "he growled as he eyes started to glow a sickly yellow, "You will open that portal or I will hunt down every single one of those students you are so protective of. They will know what it is to be a prisoner of the Horde."

Defeated, the woman nodded, and struggled to get up. Devon seemed to be amused with her obvious pain and made no move to help her up, even if it meant delaying the completion of his goal. Once up, she turned and 'looked' at the portal. She could 'see' the dormat magic it held, but not the key Devon spoke of. Following the urge to look down, she 'saw' a pattern of glowing symbols on the ground that somehow she was able to read and understand. She felt, more than heard a growl like purr in her head. She would stop Devon, or die trying. Taking a step forward and then turning around, she took one more look at the patterns and prayed what she was seeing was true. She used her cane to 'move' the symbols around until they read 'Bex, saraan daal Gar Nos' which she hoped translated to 'Open, wait for return and then Unleash Strike.'

She then turned just enough to be able to reach the wall behind her and tap three times. On the third tap, the portal opened with a roar.

Her cane then seemed to almost jump in front of her and created a mystical shield just when Devon's blast hit. The blast was strong enough to send her through the portal.

(Scene change: Ruins of Terra, Eternia)

A loud boom caused the ground to shake, causing the Queen to fall to her knees. Adam helped his mother up and then said, "Duncan get Mother to safety. I'm gonna check that out."

"Adam, wait…"the Queen said but Adam was already running into the direction that the noise came from. Marlena turned to join Man at Arms outside the ruin walls and followed his lead back to camp.

Once he was out of sight, Adam stopped and pulled out his sword. Raising it to the air, he said, 'By the Power of Greyskull!" Adam transformed into He-Man, finishing with loud "I have the Power!"

He-Man then raced into the stone keep and saw the once dead portal awaken with a flash. As he walked over carefully to investigate, a woman flew through backwards and crashed into the wall on the other side of the room. With a painful, groan she slide to the floor.

He-Man quickly walked over to her and knelt down to see how badly she was hurt, "Are you alright?"he asked.

Althea opened one eye to see who would be stupid enough to ask such a question! She was literally thrown into stone wall. As her sight cleared she saw past the man and sensed something coming. "Look out!" she warned but not in time. A dark blast hit He-Man in the back, sending him into the wall next to her. The cane that she somehow did not lose once again seemed to force her hand up and summoned a larger shield covering both her and the strange man. Blast after blast hit the shield. Each time it was hit, the shield held but seem to shake slightly more.

"Mister, I don't know who you are but I so hope you are still alive and have a plan on getting us out of here."

He-Man groaned and turned to sit on the ground next to her. "I'm ok and working on that plan. Would help some if I knew what was going on."

"How the blazes am I suppose to know. One moment looking over the dig site the next thing I know there are explosions, Horde soldiers, demands to open a portal…Oh by the way, I have no idea how I'm doing this shield thingy."

Devon chose that moment to step through the portal and said, "So you truly have no idea? How droll! Earth's first true magic wielder in centuries doesn't have a clue. Although I should thank you, you did open the perfect back door to Eternia that we can use…once the Horde takes over your pitiful Earth."

"I don't think so, "said He-Man standing up and pulling out his sword. Althea somehow knew to drop the shield even though Devon was preparing another blast. A blast He-Man deflected blast right back at Devon with his sword.

"Ahhh….He-Man I presume, "said Devon with a smirk, "I've heard of you and I am curious if you are as durable as they say."

Instead of using his gun, Devon sent a blast of dark red flame from his other hand towards the hero. Once again, He-Man deflected it but this time it hit way harder.

"Run, "He-Man said back to the Althea.

"Would if I could, "she said under her breath. Using both her cane and the wall, she pulled herself up and then limped/hopped away as fast as she could. The ground shook from the battle between Devon and He-Man and as she just made it out the door, the ground shook again and nearly knocked her to her knees. It was at this time, her leg brace broke and she did fall flat on her face. 'Son of a…, "she growled as she pushed herself up off the ground and rolled over to check the damage. The brace was in pieces and there was no way she was going to jury rig it enough to be able to move out of here. A few select words escaped her lips as considered her options. "Damn it, I just can't let him win, "she muttered and rolled back over to start trying to drag herself to safety.

":You can fight rather than run:" a voice entered her head, ":If you chose to:"

"Great, now I'm hearing voices in my head," she said as she continued to drag herself.

The voice chuckled, ":Yes you are, but this voice is not insanity but…someone who wishes you to find your true potential Seeker:"

"Ok, why did you call me 'Seeker?"

":You are the Seeker of Magic:" the voice replied, ":You will help bring back magic to a world that will need it. To aid you, I can grant you the power you need to fight!:"

"Great, now something wants my soul."

":You are wise to be careful and if there was time I would have slowly showed you what you needed to know to make this decision. But this 'He-Man' is in great danger. Devon is a danger to Earth:"

Althea stopped moving and sighed, "What do you need?"

": Your Oath. Swear that you will never abuse the power! That you will use it power to bring magic back to Earth! That you will follow the ways of the Light!:"

"And the Horde…"

": They are of the Darkness! Betrayers of the Light! Fight them!:"

"I…swear not to abuse the power. I swear to bring magic back to Earth. I swear to follow the Light."

":Now use your Thu'um, to speak the words!:" said the voice and a series of characters filled her mind.

Althea sat up and taking a tight grip of her cane, lifted it above her head and said, "Faal Dovahzii Lahney!"

(Seconds later)

He-man crashed through the now weakened stone wall with a boom. He landed heavily next to the remains of Althea's leg brace. Devon stepped through the hole in the wall and said, "I do say, you are a tough one, but still I have no idea why Hordak has such a hard time killing you." He raised his two glowing hands as he added, "Guess I'm just going to.."

"FUS RO!"

A forceful blast stuck Devon from side throwing him across the courtyard.

"Who DARES!"Devon roared as he recovered from the hit. A winged figured stepped out of the shadows. Devon seeing this said, "No…Its impossible! Your kind is dead!"

"Ruz Zu'u gaaf…"the dragon warrior replied but then shook her head, "Then I am a ghost…"

The armor that the woman wore appeared to be made out of green and black dragon scales. The helm's teeth appeared to be made out of silver, matching the color of her long braided hair. She held a dark colored staff trimmed in silver with one armored hand.

"No not a ghost, "Devon sneered, "But a worthless coward that hid here on Eternia as her brethren died."

The woman growled and moved into a more aggressive stance as Devon continued, "Well guess it's time for me to finish the job I started all those years ago."

The woman jumped straight up to avoid the blast. She then turned in mid-air to swoop down toward the dark wizard and struck at him with her staff. The staff bounced off his shields as he laughed.

"liss Slen Nus!" the dragon warrior shouted, sending a blast of freezing cold that coated the shields, thus encasing him in sphere of solid ice.

With a roar, the sphere shattered as Devon escaped and revealed his true appearance. No longer did he look like human. Hair solid black, skin the color of blood and small horns on each temple; he looked very much like the classic Christian version of Satan.

"Yep…definitely a copyright lawyer, "the woman muttered.

At this point He-Man came over to stand next to her and said, "Whoever you are, thanks for the breather."

Seeing that it was now two against one, Devan snarled and then changed into a dark orb that streaked back into the keep.

"Oh oh…"the woman said, "Move, that place is gonna blow!" They both raced to the other side of a stone wall, and just when they made it the entire keep exploded!

As the dust settled, the woman took a long look at the rubble and then with a sad sigh she turned to He-Man. "I sense you have the blood of Earth in your veins warrior, "she said, "There is now a woman from that world that is stranded and is in need of guidance until she is able to find her way back home. "

"Of course, "said He-Man, "I'm certain that she would be welcomed at the Royal Palace, since the Queen herself if from Earth."

"You'll find her on the other side of that rubble, "the dragon warrior turned to fly off.

"Who are you?" asked He-Man.

"That is a tale for another time, "she replied.

To be continued….