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A/N She-Ra Princess of Power: Running scared

The night was quiet and still as princess Adora made her way through the dark halls of the royal palace. She had been back almost a year after the rebellion had finally defeated the horde, she still found herself always on edge and alert for any possible attack. So she found that if she made her own sweep of the grounds she could sleep more peacefully, at least for the preciouses few hours' she managed to get in a night. She allowed her thoughts to drift to her family as she made her rounds, grinning at the thought of her brother who was off on his honeymoon with his wife Teela. She couldn't be happier for him after all that skeletor and the horde put him though he deserved happiness. She heard a sound behind her and in a swift move she had her sword drawn and placed at the intruder's throat. Adora stared wide eyed as she saw the fear in her mother's eyes, holding perfectly still not moving one inch.

Queen Marlena POV

Queen Marlena sat reading when she heard he daughter leave her room. Watching her over the last few days was causing her great concern, she knew Adora was not sleeping well and that she had taken it upon herself to guard the halls at night. She had not told her husband of her concerns. He had so much on his mind these last few months, feeling that as a man he would not understand things only a woman would know. The Queen made her way down the hall where she saw her daughter standing in the throne room looking around. Making her way to her daughter, realizing only as she touched her daughters shoulder that she'd made a huge mistake. She froze as within the blink of an eye her daughter had her sword at her neck.

Adoras' POV

Adora had no intention of hurting the person that had snuck up on her. Being She-Ra she was not capable of killing, but she was also Adora, as such she was trained by the evil horde for the first twenty-five years of her life. She took a second to let her heart rate slow down as she lowered her sword.

"Mother, what in the ancients are you doing?"

Taking a deep breath she took a small step back from her daughter before answering.

"Well my dear I must say that is quite the hello"

Adora rolled her eyes as she put her sword away.

"I'm so sorry mother forgive me you startled me."

Her mother gave her a tender smile.

"It's my fault dear I should have made my presence known."

Adora shook her head in frustration

"No it's mine this is your home you should be able to walk around anytime you want without some crazy nut pulling a sword on you."

The queen gave her daughter a long look.

"Adora you are not some crazy nut, you're a young woman who was taught to have fast reflexes, very fast." she muttered taking another deep breath.

Adora gazed at her mother still seeing the fear, no matter how small, tearing her up inside knowing she put it there. She fought the tears that were building behind her eyes.

"Good night mother." she whispered as she rushed off.

She heard her mother calling for her but she ran faster, she had to get out of there before she hurt more people.

"Damn it." Marlena snapped as she tried to catch up with her daughter, but the girl was too fast and was soon out of sight.

She saw the raw fear and pain in her daughter's eyes and knew she was on the edge of breaking down. As she looked for her, she prayed that she could find her before she did anything stupid.

Adora made her way through the darkness. She had to get away, she had to leave here. What had happened with her mother was just the last in a long list of her losing control. She had been jumpy and snapping at everyone for the last week and she knew it was just a matter of time before she lost it. She didn't know where this fear was coming from but it was building.

Sorceress POV

The sorceress sat up wondering what had awoken her. She closed her eyes and let her mind focus, she gasped as she felt the overwhelming fear coming from Adora. Reaching out, trying to sense what had the young girl so scared but could feel nothing.

"Adora," she whispered into the woman's mind "what's wrong?"

Adora sat down by the lake trying to calm her mind but all she could see was the terror in her mother's eyes, the fear she had been seeing in people's eyes for as long as she could remember. That's what she was taught! She thought to herself. To make people show fear and terror! If she was honest about it, she was good at her job and became the most feared force captain of the horde. Hordak, the leader, was one step above her.

Adora's head snapped up as she heard the voice of the sorceress. "Adora, what's wrong."

She took a deep breath and tried again to calm her nerves.

"Nothing" she replied. "Sorry to wake you, I'm fine."

"Adora please come to greyskull." The Sorceress begged.

"No!" she snapped back.

She knew if she went to the sorceress she would find out all of her secrets, she was afraid to see the disappointment in the woman's eyes. That would almost be as worse as seeing the fear. Snapping the connection closed Adora made her way to the stables. Saddling her horse she had made her decision, she would remain She-ra and do all she could to keep the innocents safe but would do so in solitude. She had to leave, it was for the best.

Queen Marlena POV

Queen Marlena watched with tears running down her face as Adora saddled her horse and left the grounds of the castle. She had a bad feeling it would be a long time before she saw her daughter again she just prayed it wasn't another twenty-five years. "No." she said to herself, a calm resolve filling her heart. She would not let her daughter disappear, she would bring her back whether she wanted to come or not.