-Dryl-
Annika and Clara walked up the giant mountain leading to Dryl.
"What do you think is Alice going to be like?" Annika asked Clara, while walking.
"I don't know, but I've heard she's very shy, so we will have to be very careful with what we say."Clara told her friend. "Luckily I'm a very calm person and know exactly how to deal with introverts."
Annika looked at her in disagreement
"Well..."
"What? What is it?" Clara asked confused.
"Hey, don't get me wrong. You're an amazing person and my best friend. But... Well, let's just say, you are not the most introverted person." Annika explained to Clara.
"That's not true! If I have to I can be really quiet and listen to everything you say. Go on! Ask me something about you." Clara tried to proof her friend wrong.
"Okay, um... What's my favorite color. And don't talk about anything else." Annika said challenging.
"Pfff. Easy! It's orange. Oh, by the way. Do you remember those oranges we ate back in Bright Moon? They were so delicious. Oh, and there were also apples and then Swift Wind wanted some too and conplained that he still didn't have a chair and-"Clara looked up and saw Annika glaring at her. It was a look that said 'I knew you'd fail'
"Alright, point taken..." Clara mumbled and almost stepped in a big pit below her.
The girls looked up and realized, that they stood right before the entrance to the castle.
Annika knocked on the giant door. After a While it opened and two horde clones stepped out of it.
"What is the reason of your visit in Dryl." one clone asked.
"Okay, we've already done this two times. It's fine." Annika said to herself and was about to answer the question when Clara started talking.
"I am Clara, daughter of the king and queen of Bright Moon, she is Annika, daughter of Adora aka. She ra and Catra and so on. We're here to speak to princess Alice. Please let us in."
The clones stared at them and their eyes lit up even more light green. They began to scan the two girls and searched for data. Then, when it seemed they finished scanning, the second clone listed the data.
"Annika
Age - 15
Parents - Adora/She ra and Catra
Alignment - good
Clara
Age - 15
Parents - King Bow and Queen Glimmer
Alignment - also good
You can come inside."
Annika and Clara sighed satisfied and followed the clones inside. While they walked Annika had a question for the clones.
"Hey, why are you here? I mean after Horde Prime was gone, you were free. What happened?"
"After we didn't have a leader, things got complicated and we didn't know what to do. Then our brother Hordak told us, that we could all come with him to Dryl. He said we could life here, if we made ourselves useful somehow. But we still have our own will and he lets us decide what to be. He is a much better leader than Horde Prime and we love serving him. " the clone next to Annika explained happily.
" Huh, so it's a mix of anarchy and democracy? Smart. " Annika figured.
Finally they entered the lab, where, according to the clones, Entrapta and Hordak were.
As soon as they we inside the lab, the clones immediately walked out again and left the girls alone with Entrapta and Hordak.
" Er... Hello? Anyone there?" Clara called across the lab.
Suddenly something grabbed the girls' legs and pulled them to the middle of the lab, where all the machines were.
When they slowly looked up, they saw a figure stepping out of the shadows. It was Entrapta.
"Oh my! Two new people, that I don't have much data about! How fascinating! Tell me your names, your habits, your blood type! Everything!" Entrapta cheered loudly and picked up one of her recorders on the ground with her hair.
Annika and Clara stared at her confused and needed a moment to get up. Suddenly someone else walked towards them.
" Entrapta. Let them get up. Then you can question them. Besides, you already have their names and some data from the scan." Hordak said and tried to calm Entrapta.
"Oh right!" Entrapta yelled excitedly and quickly ran to another machine to see the data.
"My apologies. We are not used to visitors." Hordak apologized to the girls.
"It's okay. This lab is amazing." Clara praised.
"Thanks! Though it has exploded multiple times..." Entrapta mentioned, while still working on the machine.
Meanwhile a figure climbed above them on the roof and noticed the sparkly bangle on Annika's arm.
"Yeah, but that's not the reason we're here. We actually wanted to talk to your-" Annika began, but before she could finish, the figure jumped out of the shadows and tried to grab the sword bangle. Luckily it didn't go off.
Now that it was in the light they could see it was Imp.
"Ah! Hey, that's not yours!" Annika glared at the baby.
Hordak stood up and called:"Alice! Take care of your little brother!"
A girl walked into the room.
"On it, dad!" she said and walked towards the little baby. She grabbed him and he let go of Annika.
"Sorry, he didn't have breakfast this morning. I'm Alice" the girl said shy, but friendly.
"Hey! You're princess Alice, right? Good, because we need to talk to you!" Clara said enthusiastically.
Alice took a step back and looked at them a bit scared.
"Did I do something wrong?"
Annika and Clara looked at her in confusion. "No, we just... We wanted to talk to you for a minute, if that's okay." Annika said.
Alice looked at her parents unsure and they nodded.
"Oh, okay. Follow me. I'll see you later, mom and dad." Alice told her parents and showed Annika and Clara to follow her.
They went through the corridors until they arrived at a big iron door. Alice, who still carried Imp in her arms opened it and the girls entered a big, round room with book shelfs, machines and a small area with a sign, that said 'sleeping area'.
Alice put Imp onto the bed in the sleeping area and began to clean the lab.
"Sorry, it's usually much more cleaner here, but I've been pretty lasy lately. Anyway, what did you want to talk about." Alice excused a little embarrassed.
"Well, you see, our parents agreed, that we invite all the princesses over to Bright Moon, so we can all meet each other and be friends and-" Clara explained, but Alice interrupted her carefully.
"Um... I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll go anywhere. I'm not really comfortable with other people. It just... It makes me nervous. Besides, there's a lot of studies, that I need to, uh... Finish." Alice denied, while picking up a glas with some purple liquid.
Annika thought for a second and then added :" Also we've found the sword of She ra. The sword from my mom. ".
Alice's eyes suddenly lit up with excitement." You... you have the sword? Wow. That's just... Wow! Can I see it?"
"Ehe... Give us a second." Clara said nervously and pulled Annika a few feet away from Alice.
"What are you doing? She just said she didn't want to come with us and then you try to buy her with the sword? And I was going to talk. She would have come with us at some point." Clara complained.
"Well, what was I supposed to do? She said she didnt want to join us and the sword is the one thing, that could convince her." Annika defended herself.
"But shes not supposed to join us, because she wants to know more about the sword. She should join us, because she wants to be friends with us." Clara said.
"She will. Just give her some time and Ill handle this. Meanwhile you could at least try to be more quiet and calm." Annika ended the conversation and walked back to Alice.
"Can I see the sword now? Id like to collect some infos and maybe Ill even find some data you didnt know about either." Alice suggested with a hint of excitment.
"Sure. Just hold on a second. Ill take it off." Annika agreed and tried to get off the sword bangle. But it was harder than she thought. Alice watched her uncertain.
"Do you...need any help?" Alice asked and slowly stepped closer.
"No, Im good. I just...need... to get it... off!" Annika sat down at the floor and tried to push the bangle off her wrist with her feet, but it didnt move. Finally she gave up and layed down onto the ground exhausted. "Okay, maybe I do need help."
Alice offered Annika her hand and she took it. Alice pulled her up on her feet again and they walked towards a desk with many strange items.
"So, what are you going to do now?" Annika asked uncomfortably.
"Well, since we can't get the sword off your arm, we'll just take the arm with the bangle." Alice explained and put on a pair of lab glasses.
"What?! You want me to loose my arm?!" Annika yelled terrified and stumbled a few steps back.
"Wha-? No, of course not. We're just going to leave the bangle on your arm and I'll study it." Alice said to Annika's delight. "Hey, by the way. Where's your friend?"
Annika looked around but she couldn't find Clara. "Oh no, where did she go? Alice, is there anything dangerous inside this castle?"
"Not that I know of. But maybe we should go look for her." Alice suggested.
The two girls walked out of Alice´s room to look for Clara. Meanwhile Imp climbed off of the bed and flew onto a lever of a machine in the lab. Suddenly it moved and Imp quickly got down. But it was already too late and the machine started working.
-in the corridors-
Clara walked through a short corridor and looked at the many science paintings on the wall. Then she saw a large painting from Entrapta, Hordak and Alice. Clara smiled and walked along.
At the end of the corridor Clara opened a door and walked outside the castle. There she sat down on a rock and thought about what Annika said to her.
Clara looked down at her hands and created her bow and an arrow. She didn´t aime much and just shot the arrow, which fell into the large abyss next to the castle.
Suddenly she heard a voice calling her name. She looked around and saw Annika and Alice coming out of the door, that Clara first walked out of.
Finally a new chapter! I don´t know, why it took so long, but now it´s out and I´ll do my best to upload as fast as I can! Have a great day and see you in the next chapter!