Sorry if i have bothered you by letting you choose what will happen in this chapter. So, if you let me choose, i think i will choose the most evily of the two. For the people who want to know what the other chapter is i just can say that the knig would not have believe what Trishia had say to him. After that the two chapter are the same. Enjoy your reading.
Chapter 25 : Before the battle in Eternia
Trishia is more than angry, never before she had feel so strong feelings against someone. She is ready to let Adam's secret pass her mouth when suddently a lot of memories come to her mind, letting her stunned and angry with herself.
- Adam is what ? Ask the king.
But Teela don't seem to have heard him. She is lost in her memories and the real world don't exist for her just now. A tear fall in her cheek, and soon after a river of tears come here too.
- How can i have been so cruel ?
- What are you talking about my dear ? Ask the queen.
But like for the king's question Teela don't seem to be capable to answer her.
- I must go ! I must find Adam ! I need to appology to him !
With this Trishia leave the room without a glance, letting a stunned king, queen and Man-at-arm behind.
- What had just happen ? Ask again the king.
- I don't know, say Duncan. Never before i had see her acting so strange.
- Had Adam and her have a fight when they were in Etheria ? Ask the queen.
- No. I'm sure they don't have fight, in fact i think that a fight between the two of them can only lead them to more hurt than they can stand.
- So, what had happen ? Ask again the queen.
- I really don't know.
- Please Duncan don't lie to me, say the queen. I know that you know more than you let us think. I have see her and i think i have recongnize her, but what i don't understand is how ?
- I can't... i can't tell anything. It's not my place, it's their.
- You are right, but can you just let me know if i am right ?
- You are right and i don't understand too why they want to hide this fact ?
- Patience.
- Yes.
- Excuse me, say the king, but someone can explain to me what happen.
- Like Duncan had say it's Adam who must explain this to you. Like him i can't tell you anything.
- Great ! Not only my son desobey me but now my wife don't want to share something with me. Can the day is better than this ?
No one dare to answer the king.
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The battle was really hard for the masters. Never before Skeletor and his minions were so powerful. It's a little like if someone had give them an access to a powerful source like Grayskull is. The first master to fall was Ram-man and soon after the others had follow. Now just Stratos is standing against Skeletor and it's only a matter of time for him to fall too.
Suddently the odd change. Not far from, Stratos heard a great growl and he immediatly recognize the owner of the growl. Only Battle cat, He-man's friend, can have made such a sound. Relief flowed into Stratos body, since the imprisonment of Skeletor the great hero of Eternia seem to have disappeared. If the freed of Skeletor had lead to He-man's return, Stratos can't feel nothing but be grateful for this.
Skeletor, Evil-lyn and most of the minions had left Stratos alone and come to fight He-man. At first, it seems like if Skeletor power is more powerful than He-man's power and Stratos is worried. But suddently something else happen. A woman come to the battlefield without any fear and as soon as He-man had let his eyes fall upon her, it like if he had found a new source of power, a source more powerful than Grayskull's power. Without a second to think about it, the woman stood by He-man's side and the two of them fight the evils. Strangely, He-man and the woman defeat Skeletor very easily. The more the time had pass, the more it seem like if He-man had absorbed Skeletor's power and return him against him. Only a couple of minute after the beginning of the battle between He-man, his friend and Skeletor, the later had call a retreat and leave the injuried masters alone with He-man.
As soon as Skeletor had leave the battlefield, the woman hug fiersely He-man and it seem to Stratos that the hero is more than eager to return the hug. Stratos stop to look at them when they share a kiss, after all He-man need a little privacy. But Stratos can't help to heard what they say when he try to help his fellow masters.
- Thanks the anciens, say He-man, you are safe. You had worried me, you know.
- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, please believe me.
- What happen Trishia ? I know you just have want to help me, i am not angry with you, so why are you so sorry ?
- I remember ! How can i have been so cruel to you ?
- You don't know then. Please don't be so sorry.
- But Adam...
After that Stratos stop to heard what they say and he forget the still unconscient others masters. He can't have heard right. There is no way that He-man can be Adam. Surely there is a sort of jock beween the two of them. He take a look toward them to see if they are laughting but he can found only love and concern in their face. They don't seem award that he is still concient and suddently it hit Stratos. How would them react if they find out that he had heard their conversation ? Not good, he is sure of this. What can he do ?
Trishia and Adam are so lost in their own world that they jump when they hear a loud moan. They turn their head toward the sound and found Stratos who seem to have woke up just now. He-man and Trishia let go the other quickly. The hero come to his friend to see if he can help him and the others masters, and the woman leave the battlefield after saying that she go to search help. Stratos is a little stunned by what he see. It's a little like if he had dreamed all what had happen before. Never He-man take a look to the retraiting form of the woman he had kissed so passionnatly only a few minutes ago.
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Back in the palace Trishia come immediatly to the healers to let them know that they are nedded. She can feel that someone is watching her and she had no doubt about who he is. She know perfectly well what this feeling means and she know that she must face him very soon. She had wish that Adam can be with her when she must face him but it seem like it's very unlikly. After she had told to the healers what had happen she come to his quarter.
She know were the capitain of the royal guard must stay. She was luky that her father was one of the best friend of king Randor, otherwise she must have stay in this place instead of the room she had in the royal wing. Sometime it had bothered her that she lived like a royal child and not like the commonner she is. But now, she is no longer a commonner, she is a princess and even if she is happy to be married with Adam a part of herself is worried about being the queen one day. She know that the people of Eternia expect Adam to be their next king and she is proud of him to have win the love of his people even with his act as a coward. This sort of thought lead her again to a bittersweet feeling. She know that Adam had say that it's his fault if she had think so little about him but she can't help but feel disgusted by herself when she think about the contempt and anger she had feel before for him. She swear for herself that she will never forget this sort of feeling. She know that if she want to make Adam happy she must forgive herself and she think that one day she can, but she don't want to forget how she had treat the man she was in love with. Adam deserve the best and she is far from this but he had choose her and she swear that he will never regret to have give to her his heart.
All this toughts left her mind when she found herself in front of the capitain of the guard's room. She knock at the door and enter when someone inside tell her to do it. Capitain Oliver is sat in his seat near by a window. He look at her with a friendly eyes who send shriever of fear down to Trishia's spine. If she don't know better she will think that he planed to seduce her, and maybe it is really what he had planed. Of course having a relationship with Adam's wife could cost him his post but it will surely destroy the royal familly. King randor was not willing to hide what he think about Adam's marriage and Trishia don't doubt that if the king found her with the capitain of his guard he will make all he can to break Adam's wedding and it's the last thing that Trishia want. She is sad about the king reaction. She had always thinking about the king like an other father of her or sort of, and seing so mad about her break her heart. She want to tell him all the truth but she know that she can't until capitain Oliver is still there.
- What can i do for you my lady, say Oliver with a voice who can have made swoon almost every woman.
But Trishia is not a random woman and she can see through his mask. She can see his hate for the royal familly and herself when she was Teela. This man had give himself freely to the horde like Miki had. Trishia understand that the horde's machine can have turn the mind of the weaker and force them to see what they were, after that their only way to be free is to give their mind to the horde. On the contrary, the people with the stronger mind have manage to save a part of themself somewhere and Trishia know that she can help them to freed this part and destroy the horde's conditionning, like for Ryodan. Now she don't know what to do. She know that she can't help Oliver to be free from the horde, he would never accept this.
Oliver look at the beautiful woman in fron of him. Surely she is worth the lost of his place as the capitain of the royal guard. How a woman can have a such beautiful body. This poor excuse as a prince don't own the right to sleep with her, she need a real man. He smirk at this. Oh yes it will be fun to see the face of the king and his precious son when they find out that the new "princess" is sleeping with him. He don't doubt a second that she will fall in love with him as soon as he kiss her, like all the others. They are so easy to fool. They had think that he love them but the truth is that he had never love anyone except himself. This women were just a way to have information before he can be the capitain of the guard. He was furious when the Man-at-arm daughter was made capitain of the royal guard instead of him, but he had hide this fact pretty well and no one had think that he was not happy to have this damned woman for capitain. But finally after a long time his dream had come true and the woman was killed. He had play the grieve of her lost and had show a lot of hesitation when the king had ask him for being the new capitain of the royal guard. Of course, after a short time he had let the other to convince him that he don't betray the memory of the last capitain by being the new capitain. And no one had see nothing. But now he had an other problem in hand. A lovely problem who need to be dealing with immediatly.
Before she can have react capitain Oliver had lean himself toward her and had start to kiss her. Never before Trishia had feel so mad and so ill by a kiss. How dare him to kiss her. Does he think that she is just a sort of whore who is willing to be kissed by everyone. She push him and as soon as her hand is free she slap him hard on the face.
- How dare you to touch me ?
- Don't play the angry with me, laught the capitain, i know you have liked my kiss. Every woman like it.
- I'm not every woman and i am married to a man i love with all my soul. You are a fool if you think that i will betray my husband for you !
- Play nice. I know that you deserve a real man, not a poor thing like this little prince.
- Adam is a man tenth time better than you can dream you can be. You ? A real man ? Let me laught.
- Who do you think you can fool here. We are alone so there is no need to play the happily married woman.
- It's you who don't understand anything. I love Adam.
- You want to convince yourself ? Please stop this and come to me. I know that i can show you one or two thing that your "husband" can't show you.
- If you come near by me i kill you.
Oliver laught at this but deep in his mind he wonder if she can't tell only the truth. But how is it possible ? How a woman like her can love a man like this prince ? None of this make sens. But soon he found again his certainty. Surely she play like this to attract him, like the others. all the women are like this. That's why he come again near by her only to found himself in front of of a dagger.
- I warn you, make only one step and i cut your throat.
She seem deadly serious and Oliver wonder what to do when a voice freeze him in place.
- There is no need to do this, my dear, say the king. Ex-capitain Oliver you are now under arrest.
Oliver try to made an escape but soon the royal guard catch him and lead him to the prison.
- Your majesty, say Trishia, it's not what it seem !
- What is not what it seem ? The fact that you love my son so much that you face a trained warrior to defend his honnor or the fact you are ready to kill this man because he had touch you ?
- You have heard everything ?
- Yes i have and i need to say that i was wrong about you. I'm sorry.
- You are sorry ?
- Yes i am. It had nothing to do with you but i have expected my son to marry a special woman and i was disappointed that he had choose you.
- Am i so bad for your son ? Ask a sad Trishia.
- No, i don't think so. But you look so like Teela that i don't have expect you to have the same temper. I know it seem to be foolish to say that but i think that the only woman i have willingly letting be Adam's wife was Teela. I don't have think that someone can take her place. I'm happy that i was wrong.
- Majesty, you don't know how much your saying touch my heart, say a now sobbing Trishia.
- Come on my dear child, your husband is waiting you. He must be very mad.
- Why ?
- Because i have lock him in a room.
- You have what ?
- We had have a heated discussion and i have end up by locking him in his room. I think that i must to appologies to him too. You know you are right.
- How ?
- I don't know my own son. When we have our fight i have seen an other Adam than my mild-mannered son. I think i need time to understand him and i hope you will help me in this task.
- With great pleasure your majesty.
- Call me Randor, please.
Trishia only smile at this.
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A few days had pass since the arrest of capitain Oliver and the king is stunned by what he had discover about this man. How can have him fool the people of the palace and himself so much ? Trishia and Adam had told him about the horde's spy and the king had want to know more about it, but the meeting with his son was cuting by the arrival of one of their best ally. Skeletor is attacking Grayskull and the king had seen his son run again out of the battle. He had see his daughter-in-law be ready to go to the battlefield. It's a idea of Duncan to made Adam's wife the capitain of the royal guard until someone more competent can take the post, and the king must agree that she do a very good job at this. On the contrary of Teela she don't spend her time at training herself but spend a lot of time with "her" men. Often Adam was with her and soon all the guard are fond of the couple. That's why the king don't understand why his son don't try to fight at his wife's side.
Tired of watching his son run, Randor decide to follow him. For the first time there is no one who can prevent him to follow his son. The sorceress had leave the palace as soon as she had say what she want to say, and Duncan had follow her. Trishia had leave the room only a couple of second after. She had try to distract him for he not notice that Adam leave the room too and he had play like if he was fooled. His affection for his daughter-in-law had growing with each day who had pass, and now he love her as much as if she was raised here like Teela. After her departure he had leave the room and follow the same path as his son.
Never in the world he can have expected what he saw. He can't have found his son but he had seen He-man not far from where he stand. It's not the fact that the hero of Eternia can have come to the palace unoticed that bothered the king the most, even if he wonder how He-man can have pass the security without being informed. What bothered him much was the fact that he had found the hero hugging Adam's wife. It had bothered him a lot. It's not look like if they are cheating on Adam but the king can feel a strong connexion between the two of them, almost like the connexion he can feel between Adam and Trishia. Wanting to know what happen the king come near by them unoticed.
The king want to scream, he want to question the two of them about their relationship but it's like if something prevent him to do this. He can't do anything but look at the two when He-man take Trishia's hand in his. Trishia's wedding band shine in the light and something on the hero's finger shine too. The king take a better look and think that he had going mad suddently. There, in He-man's finger, there is Adam's wedding band.
He-man let go Trishia's hand and he say softly to her.
- Be careful Teela, Adam need you.
- And be careful He-man, i need my husband too.
After that the two of them left the place to go to battle skeletor one more time, letting a now in a deep shock king Randor. It take him a couple of hour to acknoledge that is son was and still is the greatest hero of Eternia, the man he had more than one time need the advice. The king know that he can't tell his son that he know his secret, when Adam is ready he surely will tell him all the truth. An other idea struck him. If Adam is really He-man that's only mean that Adora is She-ra. It make sens since the king had heard She-ra say her brother when she was talking about He-man. It's a stunning idea for him to be the father of two of the greatest champion of the light. It's only long after the battle in Grayskull, when his son had come back with his wife and with half of Skeletor's minions to put in jail again that the name his son had give to his wife come again in the king mind. He had call her Teela.
To be continued.
Sorry for the people who love to read battle scene but i am really bad at this. I have try but all i can have do is delete it. Next chapter the battle in Eternia and the discussion between Adam and his father. I don't know when i can updeate because of my work. I try to post an other chapter next week but i can't made any promise. Please review. Bye.