Chapter 4 – Brainstorming

Author's Notes: Since this is an AU fic, I'm twisting the timeline quite a bit. You'll understand. Read the notes at the end of the chapter.

Several moments after the "wow", She-Ra was still appreciating He-Man's body, but suddenly her mind became active again.

"Oh...wow... I mean...er...does that means that we are brother and sister?" She-Ra asked, her voice now deeply concerned.

He-Man stopped his appreciation also, after all it wasn't always that your best friend since forever suddenly became the all-time winner from all the beauty and fitness championships from around the world.

"Well...I mean... I think not." He reddened suitably, and nobody noticed a thing just because of his deep tan. "Look, what you saw before entering here was me changing and changing back, because I didn't want anyone to find. It's better we return to our normal selves again, to think this over."

"Sure."

Two swords were held in front of two muscular bodies, and at the same time, two voices resonated in the room. "MAY THE POWER...RETURN!"

Soon, Xander and Willow were storing their respective swords in their pocket dimensions. Giles still remained mute, too surprised to even utter a sound.

Willow noticed it, and she waved her hand in front of his face. "Giles. GILES!"

The Watcher suddenly started, and he removed his glasses, again. He attempted to review the entire conversation between the two mystical warriors, but the only info he managed to recover was ...

"Brother and sister?" he asked, still too shocked to make more coherent speech.

"Yeah, G-Man. I forgot to tell you. In the cartoon, there was a story that told about the past of Eternia, when Adam was still a baby. Apparently, he had a twin sister, named Adora. When they were born, Eternia was suffering a long war with a group of big bads named the Horde. A warlord called Hordak controlled this Horde. Hordak had an apprentice, Skeletor. They were losing the war, badly. In a daring plan, Hordak kidnapped Adora, and he managed to escape by a dimensional gateway to another planet, called Etheria, leaving Skeletor behind."

Xander began pacing the room, as if recalling the events.

"Several years later, Adam, already an adult, found another mystical sword, the sword that Willow carries. He was oriented by the Sorceress to go to Etheria and to find the bearer of the sword. Much to his surprise, the bearer was Adora, now brainwashed and under the power of Hordak and the Horde. The Sorceress managed to tell Adora the truth, and she transformed into She-Ra for the first time. In the cartoon, she tried to release Etheria from Hordak, and she was helped by He-Man, her brother, several times."

Giles was amazed by how Xander made such a speech. He almost looked like an adult. Almost.

"Well, it's much to digest, and regarding those swords, I'm sorry to say that we don't have much info, other than the blades themselves. But I think we can come to a few conclusions, and some rather interesting questions. First question: If the swords are real, and the means of activation are correct, how their history became a cartoon?"

Willow held her chin, deep in thought. "I have an idea. I said that the sword sang to me. I believe Xander's also" The young man nodded. "So, if they sang to us, like some sort of location spell or such, why didn't they influence the minds of some men?"

"Like the creators of the cartoon?" Xander continued.

"Yep."

"It's a possibility. Perhaps they were preparing the Heirs to their destinies." Giles spoke.

"About this Heirs stuff? Ok, we are the Heirs. But Heirs to what, aside the power? Where did these swords come from?" Xander asked.

"Eternia?" Giles continued.

"Giles, Eternia, if the planet exists, lies in the center of the Milky Way, several I don't know how far light years from Earth. And you said these swords are from before Christ. Could they have sent it here? We were a bunch of savages at those times. What's the purpose?"

Giles stood up and he began pacing the room. An idea was forming in his mind, it was too crazy, but after two characters from a cartoon coming to life right in front of him, nothing was too crazy.

"You said that Adam and Adorable..."

"Adora." Willow corrected.

"Yes, sorry... Adora, were the children of Eternia's royalty, correct?"

"Yes, so?"

"What if those swords are some kind of royal apparel, to prove that the bearers are heirs to the throne?"

"Like some sort of scepter, or crown or something?" Willow continued.

"Exactly."

"But Giles, what's the reason? Shouldn't they have stayed on Eternia?" Xander asked.

Giles didn't have an answer to that. The phone rang, and he picked it up.

"Yes? ...Buffy, calm down, it's probably nothing...yes, Xander and Willow... yes, I'm sending them up... yes... no problem. See you later."

Xander and Willow almost jumped at the Englishman after he hung up.

"Apparently, Dawn fainted without reason, inside their house. Buffy is quite worried, and she asked for you both to go. I'm closing the library and going."

The young ones didn't even wait for Giles to finish speaking, running out of the room in seconds.

- To be continued -

----- Timeline explanation:

Hi, folks, every single one of you guys must be asking: Huh, Dawn? , but they are at the school, Giles' still a librarian. Where is graduation? Mayor kaboom? No more school for a time? To answer you guys, this is before Graduation, and I made a few other changes. Joyce is dead, victim of the stroke, and Faith hasn't appeared yet. So, the rest you'll understand as time goes by...

And thanks for the kind reviews.