She-Ra and the Princess of Power, created by Noelle Stevenson, is the property of Dreamworks and Mattel. Please don't sue me.
The Dancing Squid Inn, Seaworthy
Music warbled jauntily through the large tavern as patrons from across Etheria's seas caroused merrily, with one notable exception.
"Uhh… excuse me, waiter," Mermista drawled.
The barkeep, a muscular sea elf with a hook tattooed on her left shoulder blade, turned to eye the Princess of Salineas. She chewed silently on a toothpick.
"I specifically ordered one of those little umbrellas with my drink?" Mermista said, holding up a hollowed gourd filled with murky green liquid.
The barkeep's eyes narrowed as she spat out her toothpick, skewered it through a worn coaster, and plopped the whole thing in the Princess' drink.
"Wow… great service," Mermista said.
"MERMISTA, MY LOVE!" Sea Hawk bellowed as he kicked in the tavern's doors, followed by a weary Adora, Bow, and Glimmer. "I have returned from yet another death-defying ADVENTUUUURE!"
Mermista sighed long and deep as she spun on her barstool. "Hey."
"There I was, stranded in the Northern Reach, facing down a ravenous robot centapod a mile – no – two miles long when suddenly…" The mustachioed pirate leaped upon a nearby table, punching the air. "KRA-POW! I shattered the beast with a single blow!"
Mermista cocked an eyebrow, "Uh-huh."
"Oh, Adora, Bow and Glimmer helped too." Sea Hawk waved to the tired trio slumped over a table.
Mermista sipped her drink wordlessly.
"But you know, Mermista, staring into those cold icy wastes makes a man think… about what's really important to him." Sea Hawk bent down on one knee, taking Mermista's hand in his own.
Mermista's eyes darted from side to side in uncharacteristic panic. "Wait… what… what's going on?"
"ADORA, GLIMMER! WAKE-UP NOW!" Bow squeed, shaking the two princesses back to consciousness.
"I'm up... I'm up..." Glimmer groaned.
"Mermista, my angel of the sea…" Sea Hawk whispered tenderly, cupping the sea princess' hands. "Will you break up with me?"
