Chapter IV: The Quest Begins
LORD HORDAK'S JOURNAL
19th DAY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
Curse that Angella, she nearly cost me the mission, her little display of arrogance made me temporarily forget the reason why I went to Bright Moon in the first place, to claim She-Ra, but luckily I remembered in the nick of time.
When we arrived back at the Fright Zone, Modulok put She-Ra in a prison cell and informed me that she was in a drug induced coma.
"How long will it take for her come to?" I asked I wanted her awake when she dies, and nothing was going to rob me of that.
"She should be waking up now, your Supremacy," he said checking some medical records he stole from the castle.
"Good," I uttered as I walked away heading for the prison.
As I was walking along the long corridors and hallways of the Fright Zone on my way to see She-Ra, my mind became burdened, was Ralabad the Wise really as dead as I declared him to be.
I thought back to that day when I gave myself to the god Prime and was reborn in the form I take today.
Prime had told me "Ralabad is no more", but something deep down inside me told me that wasn't the case. Ralabad was alive and fighting for survival, all these years I've denied and suppressed it but now it was all but confirmed- Ralabad lived.
I looked down at my hands fearing I would see the blood of millions of martyrs that I had slew in my lifetime, but I was relieved to see none.
However I have no time to worry about my very first enemy I killed for I had more important work to do like destroying She-Ra, whose cell I have just arrived at.
"Welcome She-Ra," I greeted her in feigned politeness, I looked at her she was weak confused, helpless. She was not the warrior who so many times defeated me; she was not the one who blinded with light while her brother sliced off my arm and stabbed me in the back with the Sword of Power, no she was a weak, little girl, crying for her mother.
She opened her eyes as best she could they were pale blue, I could tell that she was dying. Her breathing was labored; she was paralyzed, the only thing she could move was her neck.
"Who…are…you?" she asked me the word barely made it past her lips.
"I am you're worst fear come to life," I whispered to her, I was finally going to be victorious, She-Ra, the decedent of King Grayskull, the god-king who banished millennia go to Despondos, was dying before my eyes.
"Y…You…You're not r…rea...real," she said, she must think she's dreaming, I watched her as she slowly closed her eyes, she was trying to conserve her strength in pitiful attempt to save her life.
"Farewell, my nemesis and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest," I told her as I turned to walk away. She was doomed and once she is gone Etheria will fall.
CAPTAIN BOW'S LOGBOOK
19th DAY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
She-Ra was dying and her fate lies with Glimmer and me.
Glimmer, my love and my fiancée, was heading to the dread planet Horde World to face off with whatever demons lie on that accursed world and maybe even the dark god Horde Prime himself, I pray she makes it home safe.
My mission was to go to the Iridian Sea to retrieve the Iridescent Pearls, a task that is easier said than done due to monster Chimera guarding them.
The sea lies on the extreme eastern half of Etheria, south of Isles of Elysium and North of the Sheol Plains.
The sea gets its name from the iridescence of the water's surface, which comes from microscopic crystals that lie at the sea's bottom. They break up white light into its colors giving the sea a multicolored appearance.
I was about half way to the end of my journey, when I was stopped by Octavia, one of Hordak's cronies.
"Wanna dance?" the green skinned fiend threatened as she stared at me.
"Normally, I would be polite and accept your offer, but I have work to do" I joked as I got ready for a battle.
No sooner than I had said that than she attacked me with her tentacles, luckily I managed to stop her before she could capture me.
We fought for some time, she managed to throw me overboard I knew I couldn't continue for much longer, so I loaded my harpoon with a suction cup arrow; aimed it; and fired at the multiarmed mistress.
Thd arrow landed on her stomach and hurled her out of sight.
"So long, forget write will ya!" I cried out as I waved at her, once I was sure she was gone, I got back in my boat and continued my journey.
PRINCESS GLIMMER'S DAIRY
19th DAY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
After I said goodbye to Bow, I headed for the launch pad to leave for Horde World.
The Rebellion has a few ships, many capable of deep space travel, but I decided to go with my own private ship, the Scintillator.
I climbed into the cockpit of the pink ship; set the controls; and blasted off.
Once I was a good distance from the Eternian System I opened a portal and went through it.
I flew in the space for about three hours, when finally at last I reached Horde World.
The planet's surface was shored by a blanket of smog and portals hovered above the clouded orb.
"Well, here goes nothing," I said as I steered the ship towards the planet and into the clouds, hoping that I would not be detected.
I managed to land on the far eastern half of the planet, away from Horde Prime's palace and hopefully away from his troops.
I exited the ship and looked around, the planet was barren, and any life that had existed on the planet had been killed off by the toxins in the environment.
From what I was taught, this planet was once beautiful, a utopia where the natives lived in peace for eons. No one ever bothered them since they were at the edge of the Universe until Horde Prime came here and destroyed the place turning it into wasteland.
I trekked through the terrain or what was left of the terrain as most of covered by factories, the once beautiful sky was choked black with noxious gases, which if were not for not for my helmet would kill me.
I had been walking for hours with no sign of any hint that I was on the right track until I saw some troopers pulling some carts into a building.
A few of the troopers were distracted, looking around to make sure that no one was spying on them, giving me a chance to teleport closer to see what was in them.
It was risky but I had to, She-Ra's life was at stake.
Quickly I teleported in front of one of the carts and saw it was filled a strange reddish gemstone, from what I could tell they were originally clear but something had made them turn red.
I got out a small book on gems and looked up the gems, but before I could find them I felt the cold touch of a metal barrel on the back of my neck.
"Freeze intruder!" the trooper barked, he motioned for another trooper to come forward, "Search her for weapons and put a neutralizer on her" he ordered his subordinate.
"Yes sir," he replied as he saulted his commander.
The first thing he did was put a collar around my neck, I tried to use my powers to escape but the collar sent a painful shock through my body forcing me to my knees.
"Not so powerful now, huh rebel?" the trooper commented as he searched me for weapons.
I shuddered as I felt his cold robotic hand touch my flesh, he found no weapons at first but upon closer inspection he found my dagger and pistol strapped to my ankles.
"Here are her weapons, what are you orders sir?" the trooper asked as he handed them to his commander.
"Take her to Horde Prime, he will judge her," he said as he shackled me and led me away, before we left I had managed to take some of the gems, but I'm not sure it will do any good now since I am as good as dead now.