THE TRIAL OF THE 21ST CENTURY

BY THOMAS E. HARTMAN AND ROBY GRAHAM

Author's Note: This is the first fanfic I've made with someone else's assistance.

And this is also the first Daphne/She-Ra fanfic I've done as well. This story is a

follow-up to my story "The Ultimate Road Trip". I hope you the reader will enjoy it.

All characters are owned by their respective owners.

CHAPTER 1: THE TROUBLE BEGINS

In the fall of 2006, the season had ended in the USCFL. As it now became a custom, Five's A Mob Legend quarterback Daphne Blake returned to her home in suburban Atlanta. Daphne and her husband Fred Jones and their three and a half year old son Fred Jr. was about to settle down for family time. Daphne spent the day registering Fred Jr. for nursery school and was dead tired from also getting caught up with her personal life after a grueling football season.

Just as Daphne had popped in a movie into the DVD player, there was a knock at the door. Daphne was up and told Fred that she would answer it. As Daphne opened the door, she was surprised to see an old friend, ally, and rival from the USCFL for it was She-Ra Princess of Power paying Daphne a visit.

Daphne said with a surprised look on her face and tone in her voice, "She-Ra this is a surprise! What are you doing here?" She-Ra replied with reserve in her voice, "I've come to pay you this visit for something major is happening right now, and it involves both of us." Daphne then said as not to make her neighbors suspicious, "Please come in and we'll talk about it. I noticed Swift Wind came with you or more like he brought you here." Daphne took a peek out the front door and said, "Swift Wind, good to see you again. Please fly over to the backyard. I can explain about She-Ra, but I don't know how to explain about a flying, talking winged unicorn."

Swift Wind understood and complied with Daphne's orders. As he flew into her backyard, Daphne said, "Swift Wind if you're hungry, my backyard grass is your dinner table." Swift Wind thanked Daphne for her offer and made himself at home. As Daphne closed the patio door, Daphne said jokingly, "Swift Wind's doing me a favor. I was planning to mow the lawn tomorrow. Now She-Ra to what do I owe this visit?"

Before She-Ra said anything, she asked Daphne if Fred and Fred Jr. could leave the room for what she had to say was confidential. As Fred and Fred Jr. left the room, Daphne began to get upset by her friend's unusual behavior and said, "She-Ra you're acting strange. Stranger than you were aboard that cruise ship last year". She-Ra said, "I'm wanted by the FBI." Daphne replied with a weird look on her face, "say what!"

She-Ra handed Daphne an Atlanta newspaper with her picture and Daphne's on the front page. The color in Daphne's face went away and looked very pale for she had read that she and She-Ra were both wanted for the murder of Verona Dimpsey aboard the Pacific Princess Cruise ship the previous summer. Daphne handed back the paper to She-Ra and said nervously, "I think I'm going to be sick." Daphne ran to the bathroom in the hallway on the ground floor where She-Ra heard Daphne getting sick like she said."

She-Ra didn't fully understand why her friend got sick all of a sudden and said, "Daphne either you're pregnant again, ate something that didn't agree with you or this is how you stay so slim." After Daphne came out of the bathroom, she said with an angry tone, "Bag it Blondie! You came over here to deliver such devastating news and you're making ridiculous remarks! She-Ra you're supposed to be intelligent, what's up with the dumb blonde act?"

She-Ra replied, "I don't know Daphne. I haven't been myself since I came home to find the Feds casing the Coliseum." Daphne said now with concern, "She-Ra the Feds were hanging out at your stadium? What happened next?" She-Ra replied, "My brother told them that I was out of town and had no idea when I would return. Most of the others conferred with him."

Daphne asked, "Now He-Man is in on this too?" She-Ra replied, "No he always tells the truth. I haven't been home since the season ended in July. After the final game was played, I wanted to go to Florida and pay Gil a visit. I promised him we would always stay in touch. Once I arrived in Miami, he read in the paper about my being wanted for murder. He also told me that he would back me and you up for if you remember he was at Verona's mercy too. Daphne for the first time in my life, I'm scared, really scared."

Daphne didn't have much of a response to what She-Ra had said. Daphne knew whenever Shaggy or Scooby got scared a Scooby Snack would always do the trick. But since there's no such thing as a She-Ra snack, Daphne was dumbfounded in what to do about this crisis. Then Daphne said, "She-Ra, the FBI has a big office in Atlanta, in the morning we will both go over there and get to the bottom of all of this. I promise you we will get through this together."

END OF CHAPTER 1