Here is the newer version of ep.2. I hope you are liking me going back and working on the ep. to make them easier to read. Thanks for reading and please review or pm me to tell me what you think. I'll this for newbies italics is telepathic while bold is thoughts.
Episode 2: The Two Rings
Two young women clashed in the courtyard of the Royal Palace of Eternia. One with vivid green eyes, the other with ice blue eyes. They jousted with their staves. Neither was giving the other a weakness to use. Finally the blue-eyed beauty knocked the green eyed one off her feet.
"Well, done, Veena. No one has ever beaten Teela jousting before." Veena looked over at Prince Adam and smiled. The Prince is kinda cute, and I do like him.
Teela got up and knocked the dust off of her. Smiling she walked over to Adam. "I haven't had that much of a challenge in awhile."
Adam looked at her. "Hey!" Teela left Veena and Adam alone. Adam walked over to Veena.
After getting clothing better for fighting than what she had arrived in, Veena blended well into the Masters.
Veena looked at him. "I thought you jousted with her."
Looking at the ground at his feet Adam smiled a little. "I did, but she always beat me. Unless we used swords, then I would win."
Veena smiled at him. "Oh." Adam smiled back at her.
Prince Adam, you and Veena must come to Castle Grayskull.
Adam looked over at Cringer lying under a tree. His face seemed fine but something had changed.
Veena became worried. "Are you all right?"
Adam looked at her. "Yes. We need to go to Grayskull."
Veena looked at him. "Why do we need to go to Grayskull? And why only us?"
Adam closed his eyes. "The Sorceress is telepathic and she has asked that only you, Cringer, and I come."
Looking him up and down, Veena sighed. "All right."
Two Skysleds flew away from the Palace with Cringer chasing after them. As they flew through the Evergreen Forest, Adam began to wonder. Why does the Sorceress wanted to see Veena and me? Normally she only wants to see me.
When they arrived at Castle Grayskull, They walked across the drawbridge with Cringer close behind. As the three of them entered the Throne room, the Sorceress appeared on the throne at the top of the golden pyramid.
"Prince Adam. Veena." She flew down the stairs to them. Once she had reached them she looked them over. "I needed you to come here because only the two of you can do what needs to be down." The two teenagers looked at each other.
Veena stepped closer to the Sorceress. " I don't understand. Adam's a coward according to Teela. How can he be any help?"
The Sorceress looked at Adam and then at Veena. "It is time for her to know, Prince Adam."
Adam looked at the Sorceress. Time for her to know? No one knows my secret except for Man-at-Arms, Orko, Cringer, and of course her. Does she really want me to transform in front of Veena?
The Sorceress looked harder at him. "Prince Adam."
Adam took his sword from his back and raised it over his head. "By the Power of Grayskull!" The room filled with a white light.
Veena couldn't see anything. Then she heard He-man's voice say, "I have the Power!" When the light finally faded, Adam and Cringer were gone and in their places stood He-man and Battlecat.
Veena looked around her. "Where's Adam and Cringer?" He-man looked at her and then put his sword into the holster on his back.
Slowly he walked toward her. "Veena, Prince Adam and I are the same person." Veena sat down on the cold stone floor. Battlecat came over and placed his head in Veena's lap. Looking down at the huge tiger's head, Veena removed the small helmet mask from his face. Battlecat looked up at her.
"Cringer?" Battlecat smiled and licked her face. Veena looked up at He-man and the Sorceress. "O.K. I believe it." She petted Battlecat causing him to purr while He-man kneeled beside them.
The Sorceress watched the scene happening before her and secretly smiled. "We must hurry. The two of you must travel to the Temple of the Sun. Inside are two rings that if Skeletor were to get would allow him great power."
Veena rose and replaced Battlecat's amour. "Where is this temple?"
"The temple is located in the Sands of Time. Only the three of you can enter."
Veena looked over at He-man. Even as He-man he looks almost the same only he looked more like his father. He-man glanced at Veena. He was glad she believed him.
Looking at the Sorceress, He-man rose and walked beside Veena. "We will leave as soon as possible. You must tell Man-at-Arms to send someone to watch over Grayskull while we are gone."
"Good. I will tell Man-at-Arms." He-man mounted Battlecat and helped Veena to get on behind him. They raced out of the castle.
Inside of Snake Mountain, Evil-lyn stood watching Tri-Klops's Doomseeker play back the jousting session between Teela and Veena earlier in the day. "I know I have seen her before."
Skeletor walked into his throne room and saw Evil-lyn watching the Doomseeker. "Have you discovered anything about her, Evil-lyn?"
Evil-lyn turned to face him. "Not really, Skeletor, but I know I have seen her somewhere before. I can't say where."
Skeletor walked over and watched Veena win the match. "You are right, Evil-lyn. I have seen her before, but I can't place her."
Running in the Sands of Time, Battlecat carried his passengers. As the group ran in the desert, He-man could finally see the temple. "There it is! Faster, Battlecat!" Veena looked around He-man to see the temple getting larger.
The Temple of the Sun stood out from the san as if were an oasis. Upon reaching the temple's golden doors, He-man dismounted and helped Veena to as well. Looking around, Veena began to wonder how do they open the doors. "How do we get inside?"
He-man turned to her. "I don't know."
The two of them walked closer to the doors. Veena noticed that on the doors there were a set of handprints, a large one and a small one. She walked over to them and placed her hand on the smaller one. The handprint then began to glow. He-man noticed and placed his hand on the larger print. When both prints were glowing, the doors slowly opened. They moved back.
After the doors were completely opened, the trio walked inside. When they had pasted the doors, the doors shut behind them leaving them in darkness. Veena's staff began to glow allowing some light to fill the room. Slowly the group walked along. Down the corridor ahead of them they could see light. When they reached the end of the corridor the trio found a room filled with light. In the middle was a fountain that towered over them. On the other side of the room, they could see another set of doors. Unlike the outer doors, these appeared to be made of silver and upon them were two figures engraved in its surface. The group rounded the fountain and stood in front of massive doors.
He-man looked up at the engravings. "It's King Grayskull and his queen."
Veena looked at him "King Grayskull?"
He-man glanced back at her. "My ancestors. It is King Grayskull's power that makes me He-man. The power that Skeletor wants also comes from King Grayskull."
"Oh." He-man glanced back at Veena. She was looking up at the doors.
"I just remembered. King Grayskull's wife name was Veena."
Looking up at him, Veena sighed. How come I have the same name as King Grayskull's wife?
He-man touched the doors. "How do we open these doors?"
Veena looked around. "I have no idea." Suddenly the doors began to open. He-man and Veena looked at each other. Battlecat walked up to Veena and rubbed his head against her hand. Veena petted him.
He-man watched as Battlecat began to purr. "Veena, you do know that you can't tell any one about me?"
Smiling, Veena looked at him. "I know."
He-man smiled and then looked into the room the doors had revealed. Veena looked as well. Inside the room, on the far side, stood an altar covered in gold and silver. Upon the altar's top were two rings. The trio walked to the altar. He-man and Veena looked at the pieces of jewelry. The rings were made of gold and each held a single sapphire. He-man picked up the larger ring and placed it on his right ring finger as Veena did the same with the smaller.
He-man, Skeletor is attacking Castle Grayskull. You and Veena must hurry.
Veena could see he was worried about something. "What's wrong?"
He-man looked at her. "Skeletor is attacking Grayskull."
Veena's eyes grew. "Lets go!" He-man mounted Battlecat and Veena got on behind him. As soon as both were on him, Battlecat raced out of the temple.
At Castle Grayskull, the Masters were doing their best to hold off Skeletor's forces. The Sorceress was doing what she could to help. But they were losing the battle.
Skeletor stood on his chariot of bone and laughed. "I will have the Power of the Elders today!" Evil-lyn and Teela fought each other. Teela had to watch for Evil-lyn's spells, she held her own.
Inside Grayskull, the Sorceress and Orko were using their magic to prevent Skeletor from gaining entrance to the castle.
"Sorceress, how can we stop him without He-man?"
The Sorceress looked at the little Trollan. "We only need to prevent him from gaining entry into the Castle for now, Orko."
Racing inside the Evergreen Forest, He-man and Veena hurried on. Battlecat ran as fast as he could with the help of a speed spell from Veena. Sitting behind He-man, Veena was becoming worried.
"I hope the others can hold Skeletor off till we get there."
Turning his head, He-man glanced back at her and smiled. "Me, too, but they can hold him."
Facing the front again, He-man closed his eyes. Please Elders let them hold him off. He opened his eyes and glanced down at Battlecat. "Faster, Battlecat. We're almost there." Battlecat ran and jumped in the Forest. As they neared Grayskull, the trio could hear the battle.
Man-at-Arms and the other Masters were being pushed back to the front gates of Grayskull. Skeletor and his army seemed triumphant. When the Masters began to feel all was lost, Battlecat jumped out of the Forest. Teela looked up and smiled.
"He-man! Veena!"
Skeletor turned around as He-man grabbed his chariot. He spined it around and released it; throwing it and Skeletor over the cliff into the Abyss around Grayskull. Unfortunately, Skeletor had grabbed the cliff's edge.
Still sitting on Battlecat, Veena came up with a plan. "I need to get to the others. Can you jump to them?" Battle cat glanced back at her and nodded. Veena smiled. "Lets go, Battlecat." The massive tiger jumped over Skeletor's forces and landed in front of the Masters.
Veena raised her staff, as Tri-Klops, Evil-lyn, Beastman, Two-Bad, and Merman began to come closer to them. Evil-lyn looked Veena up and down. This little thing thinks she can stop me. Evil-lyn smiled to herself. "What do you think you can do?"
Veena looked at Evil-lyn in turn. The ring on her finger began to glow. She could feel more power running inside her. "Get that smile off your face." Veena lifted her staff so the blue crystal was above her head. "Ice and snow come to me and make these enemies of mine into icicles." An ice and snowstorm appeared turning Skeletor's forces into Popsicles.
He-man and Skeletor fought with their swords on the other side of the bridge. He-man knocked Skeletor's sword away, but Skeletor called his Havok staff to him. He raised it and blasted a power beam at He-man. He-man used his sword to reflex the beam back at Skeletor. Skeletor finally looked over at his army. Standing in shock at the sight, He jumped on the back of a gryphon and began to fly away. Turning to face his frozen army, Skeletor aimed his staff and beam surrounded them.
As he continued to fly away, they floated behind him as he headed back to Snake Mountain. He-man walked over to the Masters. The others were congratulating Veena. He-man stood and listened to the others.
He-man, you and Veena must come into the Castle. I have something to tell her.
He-man watched as Ram Man patted Veena on the back. Teela had moved away and was looking at the abyss below them.
He-man cleared his throat and everyone looked at him. "Veena, the Sorceress needs to see us." He looked at the others. "I think you should all return to the Palace? Skeletor might try something there soon."
Man-at-Arms nodded getting what He-man was not saying. "We can relax a bet. It will take Skeletor a while to defrost his troops." The Masters flew back to the Palace leaving He-man, Battlecat, and Veena alone.
As they headed inside the castle, Orko came flying out. "He-man!" Veena looked at the odd little being. He wore a red dress, a big floppy hat, a scarf that covered his face, and a gold amulet with an "O" on it. Orko stopped. "I was getting worried that Skeletor was going to win." He then noticed Veena. "Hello, I'm Orko and you must be Veena."
Veena smiled at him. "Hi."
Orko nodded. "I have to go. The Sorceress doesn't want me to know what she is about to tell you." Orko flew away in a hurry.
Once inside the throne room the Sorceress greeted them. Battlecat laid on the floor as the three humans talked near the bottom of the pyramid.
He-man looked at the ring on his finger. "Did these rings belong to King and Queen Grayskull?"
The Sorceress looked at him. "Yes, they did and now they are yours."
Veena looked at her. Belong to us, but how?
He-man glanced at Veena. "How can someone not from here have the same name as King Grayskull's wife?"
The Sorceress looked at Veena. "Who said she is not from here? She looks like her mother." The Sorceress closed her eyes. "I can tell you no more. Veena, I sent you to protect you. Now that you have return we have a greater chance of defeating Skeletor."
Veena looked at her. I'm from Eternia. "Sorceress, what about my name?"
Turning from them, the Sorceress lowered her head. "You were named for the first Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, Queen Veena, King Grayskull's wife. Those rings were made by a power wizard for them, but they never used them. Queen Veena locked them in the Temple to prevent evil from ever getting them."
Veena stepped closer. "Skeletor could never get them could he?" The Sorceress turned to face her.
"No one save the two of you could enter the temple. The two of you carry the Powers of King Grayskull and Queen Veena. The powers I have are not hers. I wish they were." The two heroes looked at each other.
Veena put her hand on the forearm of the Sorceress. "Sorceress, what does that mean?"
The Sorceress glanced at He-man. "Some of you power comes from the staff I gave you, but most comes from your mother. I can say no more. The two of you must return to the Palace. Your parents are worrying about you, He-man."
After transforming back into Adam, Veena and him flew back to the Palace with Cringer chasing them. As they neared the Palace, Adam began to feel sorry for Veena.
"Veena, sorry if she said anything that made you sad…" Veena glanced over and smiled.
"Do worry. If I can find my mother than I will. I have no family, Adam. "
Adam glanced back at her. "Yeah, you do. The Masters are family, Veena. Beside I think of you as a sister. Even though I do the same for Teela."
Glancing at him again, Veena frowned. "Do you think Teela will become jealous about my power?"
Adam looked ahead. "I don't think so."
As the Palace walls came into view, Adam glanced at Veena. "I need an excuse to why I was helping in the battle if I was at Grayskull."
Veena smiled. "Tell them you were inside with Orko helping him find spells to prevent Skeletor's entry."
Adam smiled. "That might work."
King Randor and Queen Marlena sat on their thrones when Veena and Adam walked into the throne room. When she saw her son, Queen Marlena rose out of her throne.
"Adam, where have you been?" Adam walked closer to his parents.
"Sorry, Mother. Veena and I were looking up something in Grayskull when He-man needed her." Randor looked at his son and the young woman beside him. Could she be? No she died in the fire. Why were the two of them smiling at each other?
Inside Castle Grayskull, The Sorceress stood in front of the statue of King Grayskull. Soon she would have to tell Veena the truth about her mother. Soon Veena would learn her past as well as her future.
At Snake Mountain, Skeletor defrosted his army. As each became warmer, they shivered from the cold. They gathered in the throne room.
Skeletor looked at them. "You are all fools. Evil-lyn, you could stop her." Shivering Evil-lyn looked at him.
"How when I had no idea she could do that?" He walked up to his throne. After sitting in his throne, Skeletor looked down at his army.
"I must know more about her. Where did she come from?"