Chapter XIV: Kings, Demons, and Gnostics

KING BOW'S LOGBOOK

12th DAY IN THE TWELFTH YEAR SINCE THE ESTABLISHEMNT OF ETHERTERNIA

Things in the kingdom have gone from bad to worse these past years, the remnants of the Horde continue to attack in hopes of creating chaos and trying to reclaim the planet and the citizens are restless and in several towns there have been riots, I fear that full scale rebellion is imminent and anarchy would ensue throughout kingdom, something I do not want to happen!

My armies have tried their best to take control of the situation but I fear even that won't stop them and the world will be in revolt.

My nightmares have been getting worse, every night I dream of the coming revolt and see myself being murdered by the mob, the royal physician has prescribed sleeping pills to help me fall asleep at night, but even they are not working.

Oh, how I wish I could take the easy way out of this like Teela did, I wish I could close my eyes and go back to being Captain Bow, Captain of the Etherian Honor Guards and key figure of the Rebellion instead of being King Bow who tried hopelessly to restore order to a world that is spiraling into anarchy.

Oh Kalion, help me to break free of this sea of helplessness and fear and guide me to shores of happiness once more.

THE MUSINGS OF LIGHT HOPE

10,000 YEARS AFTER THE WAR OF ILLUMNATION

The universe is uneasy today, something in the Great Essence is imbalanced and a great darkness covers everything.

I decided to see what has caused this imbalance by meditating on the Essence and see what is causing this distress. I saw many things but what really disturbed me was what I saw fifty universes away.

I saw Prime tap into the Essence and regain his consciousness, I fear he will return and when he does Etheria and Eternia will experience the final battle between good and evil and I pray that good will triumph.

PRINCESS ADORA'S DIARY

12th DAY IN THE TWELFTH YEAR SINCE THE ESTABLISHEMNT OF ETHERTERNIA

Today was the usual day, I helped Kaylia and Jason take care of their horses, it's not as exciting as fighting the Horde but it's a lot safer.

I wonder how Bow is doing; I wonder if he misses me I know I miss him. I wish I could see him one more time, there is a lot things I wish I could experience once again, me and Seahawk kissing, talking with my brother again, seeing my parents and friends again but those are long gone and my crimes of failure have forbidden me from returning and sentenced me to self-imposed exile here on Equillia maybe one day my misdeeds will be expiated and I can return home but I feel that day will never come.

After I finished my chores, I decided to sit down underneath the old fruit tree in Kaylia's yard and relax.

As I sat there slowly nodding off to sleep, I saw the most wondering thing, a bright light appeared form out of nowhere and out of the light came a tall man with porcelain skin and white hair, he had piercing green eyes and wore a white robe with a golden rope belt around his waist.

I knew who the man was, Light Hope, and I knew he wanted me to come back to Etherternia but that is something I can not do.

"Adora you are needed back on Etherternia, Horde Prime is going to return and She-Ra is needed once more," he said in his usual melodic voice.

My heart leapt from my chest at the mention of Etherternia, part of me wanted to go back, it would be so nice to see Bow again and I could pay a visit to family and friends' graves, something that I wish I could do. The other part of me however strictly forbade to even considering going back there.

"I cannot Light Hope; there are too many bad memories there," I told him as I got up and walked away from him.

I walked for several minutes until to I came to another tree and sat down, I began to think about my past, what would the people say to me if I went back, they probably hate me for what I did and I am still ashamed that I let my brother die, it was then I knew the answer to my question.

While I sitting there I felt the breeze touch my face, I looked up and saw Light Hope standing in front of me, "You must return to Etherternia you have no choice you are the warrior who is destined to destroy the Horde and restore honor to the name of Grayskull," he said in a very convincing voice as he stretched out his hand and willed a fruit from the tree into his hand.

"Look, I am not some tool to fulfill an ancient prophecy I am a human being, and I will NOT go back to Etherternia!" I told him as I stood up, "Why don't you go away, and leave me alone!" I shouted at him. I watched as he left me, I felt bad about what I said and yelled, "Light Hope! Wait!"

"Yes Adora," he said as he turned to face me, I could tell that I had made him mad by what I said, I knew that I couldn't go back, but I could send someone to go for me.

"I can't go back to Etherternia, but what if I send someone to go in my place?" I asked him, I knew just the two to go for me.

Light Hope sighed and told me, "very well Adora, you may choose someone to go in your place," then he vanished into thin air.

Now all I had to do was to get my friends to go on this mission for me.

LORD BRAKK'S JOURNAL

151 YEARS AFTER THE PRIMAN-DENEBRIAN WAR

Space, it seems the worse events in my life deal are marked by this accursed infinity.

It was space I was sent into when I became an entry level ambassador to Etheria thousands of years ago. My job was to convince the Etherian government to aid Denebria, which was reeling from the Denebrian Civil War. The planet was barely habitable and many Denebrians had to live in underground caves. Etheria refused to help and the failure was blamed on me costing me my title as ambassador.

Years later, I would be sent into space by Horde Prime, who I refused to believe is a god, as a planetary commander of the Evil Horde sent to conquer Primus. I had heard that Ralabad the Wise had found the Crystal of Prime and was going to contact the deity. I had asked him to plead with Prime to give me power, but instead was a made a planetary commander, it was then my hatred for the Horde began to germinate.

Centuries, later as Leader of the Mutants, I encountered the being known as Skeletor, his space pod had fallen from the sky claiming that he had come to help me grant my heart's desire. I saw through his lie and was punished by him; I was humiliated and stripped of my title as Lord of the Mutants.

Finally, it has come this moment, the Etherternian government had banished me into the depths of space but I shall return.

As I look onto the infinity, I heard a voice, it was otherworldly and kept saying, "Brakk! Brakk of Denebria! I need your help!" who is this who calls my name.

"Who dares to call upon me?" I demanded to know, if this was trick of any sort, I would make the tricksters pay with their lives.

"You know who I am, Brakk, I am Horde Prime! And I need your help," the voice announced again in a booming voice.

I refused to believe it, I was an atheist when it came to Horde Prime. If he was really a god I would have become immensely powerful when Ralabad asked him to give me power instead of being assigned to backwater Primus as low-level officer.

"I refuse to believe in you, Prime, now leave me be!" I yelled as I shook my fist in the air.

"FOOL! YOU WILL DO AS I SAY OR ELSE!" he threatened as lightning flashed in the cabin of the ship.

"Or else what?" I retorted as waited for him do something, as I was sitting my seat I felt a pain in my chest, he was stopping my heart.

"Or else this," he said as he laughed maniacally, enjoying my suffering.

"Okay! Okay, I will do as you say just don't kill me!" I said as I felt him start my heart again, "What is your bidding?" I asked waiting for his instructions.

"You will go to Etherternia and sneak into the Royal Palace and steal the Sword of Power. The sword is the key to my return and the rebirth of the Horde!" he yelled maniacally.

"What if I refuse?" I asked curious as to limits of his 'godly' powers.

"YOU WILL DIE!" he yelled, "NOW GO!" he ordered, this time I obeyed and made my way back to Etherternia to do his dark bidding.