Etheria's secret

by busard

A tragedy happen and it will change the life of the hero of Eternia forever. I'm not good at summary but read it, i swear it will be better than it seems. finished now.

10. Pursuit

Chapter 10 : Pursuit

Like she had said to Adora, Teelana had go to the last place where Adam and Trishia had been seen. She don't have left anything in the dark but she can't have found where they had go after they had left the town of Pars. It's like if they had disappeared suddently. One day they are on the road and the other there are no sign of them ever. Teelana wonder what had happen to them. She is a little frustrated because she don't know Etheria as much as she know Eternia. Back in Eternia she can have known who she need to ask to have the answers, but here she can't trust everyone and it take her time to read in their mind to know if they are with or against the horde. She had just learn that the horde had not planed an attack here since three month and the people are gratefull of this. But for Teelana it's not a good thing. If the horde had nothing to do with the disappearence of the prince she wonder what have happen. Maybe Adora was right, maybe this Trishia work for the horde and had lead Adam to a trap. But something tell her that it's not the truth. For one thing, Light hope had ask Adora to let Trishia help Adam and Teelana don't think that the magic spirit had want Adam to fall in the hand of the horde. And for an other thing, she wonder if this woman had not tell the truth to Adora when she had say her real name.

Teelana remembered very well Illyana Hawk and her twin brother. They was fantastic children and all the time she had let her eyes fell upon them she had feel warm in her heart. She had known them before the horde come to Eternia and destroy all of what her life was. Herself, she had to hide her own daughter by given her to Man-at-arm. It was a dreadfull time and like she had said to the princess, many familly had been destroy the day of the dead of Illyana. Even if she want, Teelana can't forget this fateful day. This is the same day that her husband was killed, twenty-one years ago. She had lost all the people she had ever love this day. After having assured her daughter's secuity, Teelana had become the full time keeper of castel Grayskull and only the death of her daughter had force her to quit this role.

After three weeks of investigation, Teelana had return to the Whispering wood without a good news, except the fact that Adam is not in the hand of the horde. She had search also in the Fright zone in a disguise but can't have found a sign that Adam had stay here since a very long time. But this search was not for nothing after all. She had learn the next plan of hordak and it had frightened her. After that, she had left the Fright zone in a hurry and had go directly to the Whispering wood. As soon as she had reach the rebel's camp, Teelana had go to Adora had ask her to have a private conversation. Naturly Adora had agree and they had come to Adora's tent. Most to Adora's surprise, Teelana had ask to Mme Razz to stay out the tent and to stop anyone to go near the tent.

- What happen ? Ask Adora. Something had happen to Adam ?

- No, i can't have found nothing about Adam and his friend, except that they don't be in the horde's hand now.

- You don't know where he is ?

- I don't know where they are. I don't think this Trishia is your saboteur. I have learn something in the Fright zone who had convince me that she is not the saboteur you search.

- What ! What have you learn ?

Tellana can't answer this because at the same time a big explosiopn shattered all the camp, sending all the rebels in the floor. Teelana and Adora exit the tent urgently and what they seen outside let them speachless. There is an enormous fire just outside the camp and the fire lead to the camp. Adora take the matter in her hand and with the help of Frosta and Castaspella stop the fire. A few hours later Bow find the proof that the fire had start with the help of an horde's machine. All the rebels leader and Teelana come to discuss about this.

- I was wrong, say Adora. We must find who the saboteur is ! Now, i'm sure that it is not Trishia who had act against us. She is always lost like Adam.

- What can we do about Adam ? Say Castaspella.

- Adam and Trishia, correct immediatly Teelana. They are both lost.

- Who are you ? Ask Castaspella a little upset to be rememberd about the woman who had travel with her prince.

- I'm Teelana, a friend of the prince and the princess of Eternia, answer the ex-sorceress.

She never know what had take her to say the next words but she can't stop herself to tell them.

- I was Teela's mother.

The queen of Mystacore blanched at this and this fact don't go unnoticed by Teelana. The ex-sorceress wonder if this queen had known her daughter. Something tell her that Castaspella know more about Teela than she let her everyone think and she will make sure that one day she will know all the truth. But for now, the most important thing is to find the saboteur, and it's why she speak again to Adora.

- We must ask the sorceress to bring Cringer in Etheria. He can find the saboteur easily than we can do. And after that he can help me to find our two missing people. I'm sure he will be more than happy to find Adam. He had miss him so much.

Adora agree at this and when the other leaders had left them alone, they contact the sorceress. It never occure them that Teelana had not finish to explain what she had found in the Fright zone.

...

Trishia is again upset. She want to scream and leave this bed immediatly. For three weeks she can't have leave her bed except for the things she can't do it there. She don't have been too bothered in the beginning. Lina had come often to see her and they had become really good friend. Adam, like he want she call him, had come to visit her but not so often than Lina and she is a little worried about this. At first she don't have this sort of thought but the more the time pass the more doubt come to her mind. What if he had enought of waiting for her to be better to go to see his sister ? What if he think that she is a burden to him ? What if... ? A lot of questions cross her mind without a stop right now. She don't have seen the prince since two days and her heart ache. She don't know why but he had take the most important place in her heart. She had never feel something like this, not even for her fiancee. She wonder why she had accept to marry him. She don't have love him apparently. Maybe it was just a challenge, a way to prove her that she is worthy his love. But it was not a really love, she can feel it. She wonder what will have happen if her fiancee was not dead and she had meet Adam after she was married to him. Surely she would have not betray her husband but she is sure that she will have feel more ache than now. She try to forget this sort of thought. She had made a decision. Today she will say to Adam that he must leave her alone here and go to his sister. She can joint him in the Whispering wood when she fell better. It's the best for the two of them.

Adam is worried. The horde is after them. Since a week Lukas and himself had finding that the new horde's capitain search a woman with great obstinacy. He had use all the horde's force to find her and unfortunatly Adam had discovered that this woman is Trishia. He had recognize the horde's capitain, he had see him before in the picture of the crew of the "Sea hawk". This man is Ryodan. Fortunatly for him, Ryodan had never seen the prince of Eternia and he don't have known that Hawk's sister travelled with him. He had try to know why Trishia is searched by the horde but all that he had learn is the fact that she is a rebel. It's the safer way to the horde to explain why they arrest some people, it doesn't matter to them if the person is really a rebel or not. Ryodan had want to see all the gipsy and had been angered when a caravan had not open it doors for him. Lury had save the day when she had say that a people with the illness of Crastak rest in this caravan. At this word Ryodan had take a step away and had tell them that they are fool to travel with this sort of sick and had laught when Lukas had tell him that they don't want to let one of them behind. The capitain seem to have thinking that Trishia is not amongst the gipsy and had left them continue their travel but now Adam is stuck with them. He can't leave the gipsy alone and he can't travel with trishia in her present state. He can't but most of it he don't want to.

Adam come to Trishia's caravan when a hand caught his arm. he turn around and see Lury who look at him with a so big stare that he must turn his eyes from her face. Silently she lead him to her caravan and invit him to come here. He accept her invitation without a word, he don't know what to say. He seat in a chair and wait to the sorceress to say what she had to say, but her first question caught him out of guard.

- Do you love Trishia ? Is she someone very special to you ?

- She is a very important friend to me.

- Stop it prince. I swear you that all you say to me will be remind secret but i need to know the truth.

- I don't know if i love her. I like her and i care for her, but love her, i don't know. I know her for so little time and i have lost the woman i was in love only a year and half ago. I don' think i'm ready to love someone just right now.

- What are you ready to do to protect her ?

- Anything i can do.

- Do you trust her ?

- With all my life.

- If you have to do something you don't want to do right now, but this is the only way to her to be safe, are you ready to do it ?

- For her safety ? Yes, i will do it.

- Very well Adam. You can go to see her now. She await you. Don't forget what you just had tell me. Things will be better for the two of you if you share your feelings with the other. Now go.

The prince left the carvan with more question in his mind than before. In her caravan Lury smile. The prince had not notice the spell she had cast upon him. This is not an offensive spell but it just will help them with their task. The sorceress had understand the importance of Adam and Trishia the first day her eyes had fell upon them. She is an oracle and had seen their future. She had seen what must be done and what she must let them decide. They have a lot of secret inside of them but she know that their secret don't must stay secret for the other too long. They have the same destiny, she had know this long years ago and had made her best to hide this fact at the concerned people. It was hard at this time but it had worked. Soon they must rejoint their friend but before then she must make sure that a certain event happen. It is her role in the destiny of them and she don't want to fail at this. Their happiness and the freedom of Etheria depend of her.

Adam had knock the door of the carvan where Trishia is and a woman had answered him that Trishia want to speak alone with him. The woman had ask him if he can wait half an hour to come again here, it will let them the time to leave Adam and Trishia alone. Adam had thank her and had take a walk to think at what Lury had ask him. He don't understand her and he don't understand her motive. Lina cut his thinking.

- hello Adam. How are you ?

- I'm fine, thank you. And you ?

- I'm fine too and i'm happy to say that Trishia is better than ever. I think she will be ready to leave her bed in two or three days. I'm very astounished by her. I don't know anyone who will be in such a good state after so little time.

- i don't think it's a so little time to her, laught Adam. She is ready to leave her bed since two weeks.

- She is a little stubborn, laught Lina too. But she is smart, she know what is the best for her, even if she don't like it.

- I have a question Lina.

- Yes, what is it ?

- Mushu had tell me that i'm lucky to be permitted to go to the single women's caravan. That no man can normaly entered this caravan. Why am i treat differently of the others.

- You are not treat differently, but you must understand that the ancien of the gipsy as well as me and lukas think that you and Trishia are in sort of engaged with the other. That's why you can go to see her there. otherwise you will not be allowed to see her before she left the caravan.

- Engaged ?

- Sort of. You and Trishia are not gipsy and our laws are not yours but you respect our laws since the day you have save our child and Trishia had do the same. We think of you like members of our familly.

- Thank you, i'm touched by this, but what had this to do with the fact that you think that Trishia and me are engaged.

- Do you know how you look at her and how she look at you ? Apparently not. But we can see this and there is no doubt in our mind that one day you will be one forever. Our laws says that when a man and a woman share deep feelings they must be married to show to the others how love can be a good things. You are not married but you show us this the same way.

- I don't know what to say. I don't have expected anything of this and i'm sure that Trishia don't share any feeling for me, except friendship.

- Why men are so blind ! You are all the same ! It's always to the woman to make the first step ! Open your eyes Adam ! She need you, she is ready to let you all the time you need to understand if she is important to you. Why do you want to lost time with useless question ? Ask your heart and if he tell you that you like her, care for her and finally love her, don't waste your time. Go to her and tell her. Life is too short to let pass any moment of happiness. But if you don't feel any of those feelings to her, you must tell her immediatly. You don't must let her wish something she can't have. Let an other man make her happy. Think of this. You don't have to find your answer now but the sooner is the better for you two. Good day.

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Sea hawk had come to visit Adora in the Whispering wood. He don't have a lot of time but he can make a short visit to the woman he is in love with. When he arrived at the camp he is stunned by what he see. Apparently an other sabotage had been done and the catastrophe was close. He search for Adora and found Bow at her side. He don't like the sight and wonder if he must return to his ship when Adora saw him. The smile she give him let him forget all idea of leaving the Whispering wood. She is happy to see him and this fact warm his heart.

- Hawk ! I'm so happy you are here ! I just whish it will be in better circumstance.

- I have see it. It was a big fire apparently.

- No, it's not what i mean. It's Trishia. We don't have any news of her or Adam since more than two months.

- What ! You're joke, right ?

- I wish i do, but it's all the truth. The only thing we are sure is that they don't have been captured by the horde.

- Thanks god ! Is this someone who search them ?

- Yes, a friend from Eternia. Her name is Teelana. I wish i can introduce her to you but she had leave the Whispering wood to go to greet someone who can help us with our saboteur. She will return in a day or two.

- I'm sorry but i must return to my ship this evening. I have just come here to say hello to you and Trishia. But i can help you with the search if you want. I sail a lot and if i heard something about them i can go to investigate immediatly.

- That will be wonderful ! Hawk, i want to appologise to you.

- For what ? Ask the capitain who is not sure he want to heard what she had to say.

- I'm sorry to have thinking that your sister was the saboteur. I think the real saboteur had wait her return before tempting something against us but when he or she had understand that Trishia will not return soon, he or she can't have wait any longer. I'm really sorry and i swear you that i make it up to her when we find them.

- I'm sure that Trishia is not mad with you to have thinking that she was the saboteur. After all she had spend time in the horde's jail and it's only naturly that you have suspected her. I know she will understand. And don't be too bothered to your brother. As long as they stay together i'm sure that they are safe. They are a lot alike. More alike than she and me. Sometime i wonder if she don't have grown up with him.

- What do you mean ?

- Nothing important. Just a silly thought who had cross my mind long time ago. It's just that i have wish that we can have grow together and i dread about the lost years.

- I understand you. I feel the same about Adam. What a pair we do !

- That's why i love you so much.

- What have you say ? I'm dreaming !

- I'm sorry, i don't want to bothered you with my feelings.

- You don't bothered me, on the contrary. I know it's not the good time but i want you to know that i love you too.

- Really ? Ask a more than happy capitain.

- Of course i mean it, otherwise i don't have say it. I feel this way since a long time.

- But what about Bow ? I have thinking that you are in love with him.

- I like Bow. He is a good friend but he love more She-ra than the real me. You, you see only Adora and that's why i have give you my heart and...

But she can't never finish her phrase because the capitain had take her in his arm and had kiss her with all the love he feel. Since a long time, Adora feel that she is in her right place. For a moment all her worry for her brother and Trishia, and her anger for the saboteur leave her mind. She enjoy this time, knowing too well that he must leave her alone too soon to go to his ship. The time to them to live together had not come, not before the hord had leave Etheria definitivly. But after that, princess or not, she will marry her pirate and no one can stop her at this time.

...

Trishia wonder how to tell Adam that he must leave her behind. All the gipsy's woman had left her alone after whishing her good luck with her prince. Trishia had don't understand them but she don't have try too much. It's not the first time that they have say something like this to her and she is sure that after Adam had leave her, all the women want to know what he had tell to her. It's always like this, and it doesn't matters to them that trishia don't say a word, they try each time. Trishia think that the better is to laught at this and let them talk. After all she really like to heard what they have to say. If only this can be true. All of her thought left her mind when Adam enterd the caravan. He seem deep in thought and this fact worried her. She know that something important had happen to force him to think about something so hard.

- Hello Adam. How are you today ? I have heard that you want to talk to me.

- Yes, i want and i'm fine.

After that he stay silent for a long time again lost deep in his thought. After a long moment Trishia can't stand the silent and decide to let him know what she had decide.

- Adam ! You must return to the Whispering wood immediatly !

- What ? Why ?

- Our friend must be worried about us and since i can't travel, you can. Let me stay here and go to find your sister. I will joint you and the rebellion when i feel better. It's for the best.

- You want me to abandon you ! Are you silly !

- I'm not silly. The rebellion needs you. I can't help you now so you must leave me here.

- Is this someone you like amongst the gipsy ? Is it why you want me to leave you behind ?

- Someone i like ? No. It's just that i am a burden to you and i don't want to.

- Tell me the truth ! Scream Adam with jealousy burning in his eyes.

- I tell you the truth ! Scream Trishia too. How do you think that i want you go away to could have a relationship with someone else. Do you think so little of me ? Say a now sobing Trishia.

- I'm sorry, say Adam. I was wrong. Please don't cry. I can't stand to see you crying.

- How can you think such a thing ? How ? Don't you know that you are the only one to me ?

- I don't know it until now. I'm not worthy your love. I grieve someone else and i can't love you with all my heart right now.

- I know it and i can wait for you to be ready but if you ever think that i'm this sort of woman, it's better for all of us that you leave me. I love you and i know that my heart will not change.

- I believe i love you too. Thanks for letting me time. I swear you that i don't let you wait too long.

Trishia is happy to heard that but she know that Adam need a change of topic immediatly. She decide that it's the right time to ask him some questions who bothered her since a long time.

- Teela, she was in love with you, right ?

- No, she was in love with He-man, not me. But this fact can't have stop me to fall in love with her. it's something i have no controle about.

- He-man ? How can she have love him when you was just near by her ? Was she blind ?

- I'm not a warrior and he is, that's why.

- But i have see you fight a numberous time and i can tell you that you are a good warrior. You don't have the power this He-man have but you are a skilled warrior too.

- I have hide this fact to her. For some reason my familly think that i'm just a lazy coward.

- I can't believe that ! You are nothing like this and i know it. Adam ? Is there a link between you and He-man ? I have this strange feeling since the first time i have seen the two of you.

- A link ? I don't understand, say a now worried Adam.

- It's the fact that when She-ra and He-man are there no one can found your sister or you. And each time He-man had battled, i have found you very tired after. I think you are He-man and i don't understand why you don't have say a word to Teela. I think she would have to know the truth.

- i'm not allowed to. I don't understand why my sword had not prevent you to find the truth. You are the first one to understand this, or at last the one who tell me directly that i'm He-man.

- Who is the other ?

- My mother. One time she had tell me that she is always proud of me and she know of what i'm capable to do.

- It make sens. After all only a mother can know everything about her children. Thanks for telling me the truth.

- Are you sure you don't have use the gipsy's spell to force me to tell you everything, tease Adam.

- Adam ! No ! And you know that i'm less good at this than you.

- i'm not sure of this anymore. I let you alone, you look very tired but i come to visit you soon. And please forget your silly idea. There is no way that i left you.

- Okay. But i swear you that i will do my best for healing as fast than i could. We will return together to the Wishpering wood.

- Yes, together.

After that Adam kiss Trishia on her cheek and leave her alone. Soon Trishia fall asleep and for the first time she had only pleasant dream, mostly one she really hope it was a beforeseen.

To be continued.

I have planed to write two chapters with this but since a go to a travel tomorrow and i don't return before ten days i think it's better for you to read all of this. Like i have say i return to my first love and romance will have the good part in this story. I hope to read your review when i return. i'm sorry for letting you wait but The king valley and the pyramid await me and it's my dream to see them since i was fifteen. i will post the next chapter the day after my return. Bye. Stephanie.