The cool night air made the curtains in the prince's bedroom dance about. The young prince was lying on his back staring up at the ceiling, sleep unwilling to come. At the foot of his bed curled in a ball was Cringer. Finally with a sigh Adam pulled himself out of the blankets and sheets and sat with his feet dangling over the right side of the bed. Dressed in a white tank top and shorts he watched as the curtains danced in the moonlight, creating shadows along the carpeting. He stood after a short while, picking up his pink tunic from the chair he had tossed it on. Draping it over his shoulders he walked out onto the balcony attached to his room. The twin moons were full tonight and their light illuminated the landscape surrounding the Royal Palace. Adam moved over to the small bench on the balcony and sat. He had much on his mind.
He was very worried about his mother, Queen Marlena. It wasn't like her to skip dinner. It certainly wasn't like her to be keeping so much from her family, or was it? For the first time in his life, Adam felt like he didn't know his own family. He was so used to how laid back his family life was that he didn't stop to notice things. His mother was almost always quiet. Why was that? What he had learned about her with in the last few weeks proved that she was not always the quiet, easy going woman that she let on to be. A greater part of her was wild, outspoken and adventurous. If she was one of the first woman astronauts from earth, apparently she had the fire and drive that other woman lacked. Becoming an astronaut meant a lot to her. She had visited a local observatory with her father, his Grandfather.
"An entire half of my family on earth that I don't even know and they don't know that I exist." He admitted out loud. The words and thoughts depressed him. What were his grandparents like? Did his mother have any siblings? Did he have aunts, uncles or cousins? What were they like, what did they look like? Adam sighed. He never realized how much his mother had sacrificed becoming an astronaut and staying on Eternia. She had family and friends on earth that she must have cared about. Long ago when she first arrived on Eternia, there was no sure way to send her back to her world, but now there was. And yet she made no mention of wanting to go back. Or did she desire to and held her tongue? Did she fear that if she returned to earth that she wouldn't return to Eternia?
Adam wondered if his father ever had thoughts like this. Did he realize that his wife might want to return to her home world someday? Adam remembered back to the day that Mark and Andrea came to Eternia. His mother wasn't cold to them but she wasn't very excited to see them either. Was that an act because deep inside she was she dying to return to earth with them? Adam sighed again. He needed to talk with his father. They might have a serious situation on their hands. Maybe Aryanna was right. If they talked to Queen Marlena perhaps he and his father would forget their differences to help a woman they both loved. One as a wife the other as a mother. If she was unhappy where she was.... Adam leaned over and rested his arms on the cool cement railing. He sighed looking at the area that surrounded him. Eternia was an incredible world, but it wasn't all that he knew. He's seen other worlds and dimensions through the eyes of He-Man. He'd seen earth but only from a distance and it looked much like Eternia. Other then its appearance from space, he knew nothing about earth.
His thoughts then turned to the young woman Aryanna that his mother had brought to the palace on her return. Aryanna reminded him of his mother in a way. She was headstrong but yet quiet at times and the silence was deafening. She wanted to read and teach others about making a better life for themselves but to achieve her goals she had to defy her father, much like he did to become He-Man. He sadly realized that none of them had it very easy.
He was very worried about his mother, Queen Marlena. It wasn't like her to skip dinner. It certainly wasn't like her to be keeping so much from her family, or was it? For the first time in his life, Adam felt like he didn't know his own family. He was so used to how laid back his family life was that he didn't stop to notice things. His mother was almost always quiet. Why was that? What he had learned about her with in the last few weeks proved that she was not always the quiet, easy going woman that she let on to be. A greater part of her was wild, outspoken and adventurous. If she was one of the first woman astronauts from earth, apparently she had the fire and drive that other woman lacked. Becoming an astronaut meant a lot to her. She had visited a local observatory with her father, his Grandfather.
"An entire half of my family on earth that I don't even know and they don't know that I exist." He admitted out loud. The words and thoughts depressed him. What were his grandparents like? Did his mother have any siblings? Did he have aunts, uncles or cousins? What were they like, what did they look like? Adam sighed. He never realized how much his mother had sacrificed becoming an astronaut and staying on Eternia. She had family and friends on earth that she must have cared about. Long ago when she first arrived on Eternia, there was no sure way to send her back to her world, but now there was. And yet she made no mention of wanting to go back. Or did she desire to and held her tongue? Did she fear that if she returned to earth that she wouldn't return to Eternia?
Adam wondered if his father ever had thoughts like this. Did he realize that his wife might want to return to her home world someday? Adam remembered back to the day that Mark and Andrea came to Eternia. His mother wasn't cold to them but she wasn't very excited to see them either. Was that an act because deep inside she was she dying to return to earth with them? Adam sighed again. He needed to talk with his father. They might have a serious situation on their hands. Maybe Aryanna was right. If they talked to Queen Marlena perhaps he and his father would forget their differences to help a woman they both loved. One as a wife the other as a mother. If she was unhappy where she was.... Adam leaned over and rested his arms on the cool cement railing. He sighed looking at the area that surrounded him. Eternia was an incredible world, but it wasn't all that he knew. He's seen other worlds and dimensions through the eyes of He-Man. He'd seen earth but only from a distance and it looked much like Eternia. Other then its appearance from space, he knew nothing about earth.
His thoughts then turned to the young woman Aryanna that his mother had brought to the palace on her return. Aryanna reminded him of his mother in a way. She was headstrong but yet quiet at times and the silence was deafening. She wanted to read and teach others about making a better life for themselves but to achieve her goals she had to defy her father, much like he did to become He-Man. He sadly realized that none of them had it very easy.