Chapter 12: The Monumental Room
Between the nightmare, night terror, being summoned to Hordak's sanctum, and her brother's promotion, Brittni had somehow forgot about the most important thing to her:
Food.
She didn't realize how ravenous she was. She first went to her quarters to drop off her armor, change into a Horde uniform, and then made her way to the mess hall to get some food. The mess hall was like any other room in the Fright Zone. Devoid of color except the green tint from the power conduits that suffused throughout every building. Lined in perfect measurements, laid the bare metal tables, occupied my a large amount of cadets. At the end of the hall was the food well, manned by a few octopus women. They looked similar to Octavia, but much bigger, and had more features of an octopus than human. Brittni made her way over there and got in line to grab a daily ration bar. In front of her in line was a rather tall and muscular girl named Amazona. She had light skin, slanted green eyes that had a line pupil, as opposed to a circular one Her hair was long and blond and her ears ended in a point. Both figuratively and literally, Amazona had a big head. Other than her eyes, the most distinctive feature was the scales that ran down sectional parts of her body, the rest being skin. Growing up, Amazona was incredibly jealous of Brittni and Brett because of their observational powers. She did a lot to try and belittle Brittni. Simple things like making fun of her height, placing things out of reach for her, and just generally teasing her. Amazona would look for times when Brittni would fail at something and exploit that failure to make a rude remark, such as when Brittni was once pinned by her in wrestling.
"Aw… Gosh, Brittni, I thought you were supposed to be able to anticipate every single one of my moves? I guess your observation isn't as sharp as you think." Brittni remembered Amazona saying one time after Brittni lost to her. She felt horrible that day until Brett was able to comfort her. At any rate, Brittni stood behind her and groaned internally, trying to remain inconspicuous so as to not provoke Amazona. Her efforts were in vain, however, for as soon as Brittni stood behind Amazona, she turned towards Brittni and began speaking to her.
"Oh! Brittni, I see you're back from your mission on Elberon, I bet it was pretty intense." Amazona said, and chuckled a bit before continuing, "well, not as intense as our attack on Silverpine Forest. You would have been scared out of your armor. There were ghosts and giant spiders, and… well, I should stop now, I don't want to scare you." Amazona then winked at Brittni. Brittni groaned and rolled her eyes.
"I have been through way too much to even begin tolerating anything that spews out of your mouth. Just shut up and move the line along, we're all hungry, here!" Brittni snapped. Amazona scoffed and put her hand to her chest as though she were offended,
"Nice attitude, shortstop, see how it serves you in the real world." Amazona retorted. She immediately turned her back to Brittni and moved forward. Brittni just rolled her eyes, trying to ignore her. When it was finally Brittni's turn to grab some food, she held up her cafeteria tray. The octopus lady used one of her tentacles that held tongs, to drop a lumpy looking rectangle that was supposedly food, onto Brittni's tray. Brittni's eyes despaired after realizing that it was a brown food ration, rather than the highly coveted gray ration. She groaned, in a whimpering manner. Brittni then heard a whistle to her right. She looked over to see Amazona mockingly shaking a gray food ration in front of Brittni. Brittni's jaw dropped and salivated slightly.
"Oh, sorry, Brittni. I figured you would've noticed there was only one gray food ration left. I mean, that's your skill, right?" Amazona then raised the ration to her mouth and took a big bite, "Mmm.. sho good." Amazona finished speaking as she began chewing. She then left with her posse, laughing as they went to go sit down. Brittni tried stifling a growl before calming herself down.
"Keep it together, Brittni. She's just jealous. You're the one that was personally summoned by Hordak, not her." Brittni closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She then walked around and scanned the area to see who to sit next to. Near the far end she saw Adora waving her hand, motioning for Brittni to go over. Brittni smiled upon seeing a friendly face and made her way over. Once she got over there she also saw Catra, Lonnie, Kyle, and Rogelio. She sat down next to Adora, opposite of Kyle. She smiled at Kyle and he blushed a little bit, looking away. She knew that he had a huge crush on her.
"Brittni! It's great to see you! How was your first mission?" Adora asked, vivaciously while putting her hand on her shoulder. Upon being asked about the mission, Brittni hesitated to answer for a moment. Adora's smile started curving downward and her eyebrows slanted. Adora then asked, "Brittni? Are you okay?" Brittni took a deep breath then exhaled and looked at Adora.
"Yeah, totally. Sorry, I'm just a little worn out from the mission… But, we were successful. Elberon's ours." Brittni said, adding enthusiasm to her voice. Adora's smile came back.
"That's great! I'm glad your first mission went well-" Adora began before being interrupted by Catra. Catra, sitting on the other side of Adora leaned in, slightly pushing Adora backwards.
"So, spill it! Was there a ton of explosions? Did you drive a tank?" Catra asked, excitedly. She moved in closer, almost pushing Adora off. Adora's arms started flailing, trying to keep balance,
"Whoa, whuhh, Catra!" Adora tried protesting. Catra ignored her and continued,
"Did you take on a princess?! Oh, man, I need to blow something up!" Catra's eyes started glittering. Adora moved forward and pushed Catra back into her seat. Brittni giggled a little bit and became more open about talking about the siege on Elberon. She went on to tell the tale. She tried to avoid all the violent and bloody parts, but talked about the tactics they used, the betrayal of Vultak, the castle, the Mirror Maze, Glimmer, and Dragstor's wound. The entire group stared at Brittni, mouths agape. For a few moments, there wasn't much commentary other than a few gasps, "wow's" and "whoa's." Hearing the astoundment brightened Brittni up. She was still upset at Amazona, though. Catra spoke up,
"Geez…" Catra started, in astonishment, her voice low and head looking down. Suddenly her voice got much louder and she slammed her palms onto the table, "That's awesome! All the explosions! And diversions! And betrayal… Man, I'm glad that vulture got what he deserved. Traitors are the worst kind of scum. Right Adora?" Adora looked at Catra,
"Absolutely." Adora said, authoritatively, "but, I have to wonder… Vultak must have had some motive for doing what he did."
"Are you kidding me, Adora? Who cares what his motive was?! Because of him, a lot of us died. Imagine if it was one of us." Catra rebutted. Lonnie, Rogelio and Kyle nodded their heads. Meanwhile, Brittni was picking at the brown brick in front of her with a fork.
"Yo, Brittni, where's your head at?" Lonnie asked, eyeing her thoughtfully. Brittni looked up,
"Oh, uh… Sorry, it's just... There was none of the gray ration bars left…" Brittni muttered, irritated, "Amazona took the last one." Kyle immediately stood up with his hands on the table.
"I'll go get you another one!" Kyle shouted a little too loudly. Everybody at the table looked at him, shocked. Before Brittni could reply, Kyle started rushing towards the food line demanding a gray ration bar.
"I need a gray one! C'mon, I'll give you a little more on my allowance for the week!" Kyle begged from the octopus woman. The woman sighed and headed to the back to grab another gray ration bar from the back stock. Lonnie, observing the entire scene started chuckling,
"Gee, Brittni, I didn't know Kyle had the hots for you." Lonnie teased. Brittni rolled her eyes.
"He wishes… poor guy. He is sweet, though." Brittni said, smiling. Catra groaned,
"Ugh, just what this place needs. 'Sweet guys.' We need soldiers, not hopeless romantics." Catra said, sarcastically.
"Hey, give him a chance, guys. He tries harder than all of us." Adora said, reassuringly.
"He almost made us fail!" Catra argued. As soon as the octopus woman plopped the gray ration bar onto Kyle's tray, almost in one motion, he started rushing back to give Brittni the bar. All his efforts proved to be in vain, however, as when he was running back, he tripped over somebody's foot. He seemed to fall in slow motion as the tray clattered to the floor, and his face went right into the gray food stuffs. A simultaneous gasp echoed the mess hall which was then followed by an outburst of laughter. Kyle moved his face up, and started wiping the ration bar off his face,
"Aw, man…" Kyle muttered as the embarrassment and laughter enshrouded him. Brittni stood up to see who the perpetrator was. She scanned the mess hall and found the very same person: Amazona. Brittni growled and marched over to Kyle and held out her hand.
"You okay?" Brittni asked, sympathetically. Before Kyle could answer, Amazona gave a hearty laugh.
"Ha! You need your girlfriend to save you, Kyle?" Amazona sneered. The crowd laughed even harder. The rage in Brittni was slowly building up. She stood up and slammed her fist onto the table next to her, while staring at Amazona, a few tables down. The entire mess hall went silent, and was staring at Brittni. Even Amazona was focused. The same hand that Brittni used to slam her fist, suddenly pointed at Amazona.
"Are you that insecure of yourself that you have to push others around in order to feel in control?" Brittni demanded, angrily, "It's bad enough that you have to take steroids to make yourself feel stronger; which, by the way, I can tell you've actually lost 2.7% muscle in the last week." The mess hall gasped, and Amazona stood there, mouth agape. Suddenly, Amazona's eyes curved into a glare.
"What did you say, you little brat?" Amazona demanded, indignantly. Brittni smirked.
"What? The part about your insecurity based on the fact that the only partial respect that anyone's ever given you was out of fear? Or the part about your obvious needle marks, and your rapid muscle gain? I don't feel the need to explain the science, but I'll simply say that you're using, girl." Amazona stood up from her table and started marching towards Brittni, eyes full of hatred. Brittni squared up her legs, putting her left foot forward, and right foot slightly outwards on the right. Amazona came within a few feet of Brittni. Kyle was still on the ground, but slowly crawled away passed Brittni. Amazona pointed a finger at Brittni.
"I'll give you a chance to take back everything you just said, and I won't completely tear you apart." Amazona sneered. Brittni looked around at her surroundings. She noticed that Amazona's right foot was resting upon some of the gray ration bar that Kyle had dropped. Brittni smirked and said,
"Really? Sounds like either way, you're not tearing me apart." Brittni said, smiling devilishly. Amazona's face turned more sinister as she gritted her teeth. She put pressure on her foot that was resting upon the gray ration bar and went to run at Brittni. However, the gray food splotch was slippery, causing Amazona to start slipping. Her arms began flailing in the air and she started protesting her certain downfall as she collapsed onto her hands and knees. During this confusion, Brittni ran at Amazona, grabbing her head with her left arm, and forced it onto the ground. Brittni then flipped over to where she was facing the same way as Amazona. Using her right arm, Brittni grabbed Amazona's right arm and pulled it up. Amazona cried out in pain. Muttering and gasping pervaded the entire mess hall, in anticipation of what would happen next.
"I can break several of your bones in several different ways. I suggest you give up and get out of here." Brittni threatened. Amazona growled and tried to use one of her legs to kick Brittni from behind. Anticipating Amazona's tactics, Brittni used her right leg to back kick the leg coming at her, causing Amazona to cry out in even more pain. Right as Amazona was about to give in, one of her friends, a girl that had a body type comparable to Rogelio started charging at Brittni, tackling her off Amazona. This also caused Amazona's arm to be pulled the wrong way. Amazona began writhing in pain, not being able to pick herself up. Meanwhile, the brute of a girl that was on top of Brittni went to punch her. Brittni struggled, but could not push the girl off her. As the robust girl's hand was about to make contact with Brittni, the girl screamed out in pain. Brittni looked over and saw none other than her twin land a kick into the girl's oblique.
"Brett!" Brittni cried in gratitude. He nodded at her, then grabbed the large woman by the shoulders and pushed her off into a table, causing it to crack in half. He helped Brittni up and put his arm around her shoulders.
"You okay?" Brett asked. Brittni nodded. The touching reunion was interrupted by screaming. Amazona had just picked herself up, her eyes filled with rage as she gritted her teeth at the Twins.
"Amazons! Take down those two would-be's!" Amazona sneered. The Amazons were the appropriately named squad lead by Amazona. As she yelled for her comrades to come, they indeed did. There had to have been about 7 that appeared right behind her. Brittni shuddered a bit wondering how they would take them. Brett just shifted his neck from the left to the right, popping it. The Twins moved themselves into a battle position, raising their fists up.
"Ha!" Amazona scoffed, "do you two really think you can take on all of us?"
"If they fight as terribly as you talk, probably." Brett sneered, facetiously. Amazona growled.
"It's two against eight, genius, do the math, you're gonna lose." Amazona said, sternly.
"Make that three against eight." a voice from behind the Twins said. It was Adora! Adora went and stood beside Brittni, squaring up her body, "don't be such a coward, Amazona! Let's see how you can fight against three of us!" Amazona glared at Adora,
"Two Twin mistakes and miss perfectionist? No problem." Amazona declared. Catra casually walked up beside Adora, her arms folded and eyes half closed.
"I mean, I don't really care, but I'm always happy to have an excuse to rip somebody apart." Catra said callously, "so, I guess I'm four?"
"Make that five!" another voice said from behind. This one was Lonnie. She moved to stand beside Brett, also squaring up her body. The Amazons started to shudder. Amazona continued to glare, but her gritted teeth started shaking in fear.
"If you think that any of you makes any kind of difference, well you can-" Amazona started to yell before she was interrupted by a loud roar. Behind the five was Rogelio, gently pushing them out of the way. The lizard man went in front and roared yet again, the reverb of his roar, echoing the entire mess hall. Amazona's mouth started to quiver. She quickly stopped her shaking and pointed at her opponents.
"Grrr, enough! Amazons! Attack!" Amazona shouted. And with that, the two groups ran at each other to a massive collision. Fists, feet, claws, and even teeth were being used as weapons in this altercation. It started becoming a bloodbath. One Amazon grabbed Lonnie and was using a cafeteria tray on her. Two Amazons were trying to take down Rogelio. They jumped on either side of his shoulders. He spun around trying to get them off. One flew against a dining bench, blowing it off its stand. One Amazon had Catra on the ground, and they were trading blows. The Amazon managed to get her a couple of times in the face until Adora kicked her off. Catra gasped then smiled at Adora.
"Thanks, Adora!" Catra said, grinning, devilishly. Adora winked, then Catra jumped on the Amazon that Adora had just kicked, while Adora got jumped by another Amazon. Brett was easily analyzing the moves of another Amazon, dodging every single one of her punches. One punch that the Amazon threw at Brett was her downfall. He grabbed her fist, midair, and used the momentum to toss her at Lonnie's opponent. The last Amazon; Amazona, was squared up, fists raised, ready to attack Brittni. Nearly simultaneously, Brittni and Amazona threw punches at each other. Once their fists were within inches of making a connection with each others faces, they suddenly were forcibly stopped. Some kind of reddish black aura surrounded them. Their entire body, as well as the bodies of everyone that was fighting was suddenly encircled in the reddish black aura. An electrical ambient sound was also heard. As hard as everyone tried, they were completely immobile. Soon after this aberration began, Shadow Weaver appeared, inches away from Brittni's face. Brittni's eyes slowly turned towards Shadow Weaver, completely full of fear. Shadow Weaver was facing forward, but slowly turned her head towards Brittni. The eyes behind Shadow Weaver's mask curved into a glare.
"Brittni…" Shadow Weaver began saying with an uncharacteristically calm tone, "walk with me, I would speak with you." Suddenly, the black aura dissipated from around Brittni. And she collapsed as though all of her strength had been siphoned from the aura. She fell onto her knees and started coughing and gasping for breath. Shadow Weaver held out her hand for Brittni to grab. She did, and Shadow Weaver helped her up. As they turned to leave, they heard Amazona attempting to speak.
"B...But...Shadow...Weaver…" Amazona started saying. Shadow Weaver immediately turned around and seemingly floated to Amazona, inches from her face.
"SILENCE." Shadow Weaver commanded, indignantly, "don't think I didn't see everything that you instigated. You will take your squad to Sergeant Bleue for reconditioning. Immediately." The black aura began dissipating from Amazona, and she collapsed to the floor and coughed just like Brittni. Brittni just stood there, mouth agape. Shadow Weaver once again turned towards Brittni began walking in her direction until Amazona protested again.
"Shadow Weaver, wait! I didn't-" Amazona began. Shadow Weaver turned around again and held out her claw like fingers at Amazona. The black aura enshrouded Amazona again and started levitating her.
"Perhaps you didn't hear me, Amazona." Shadow Weaver started with a low voice. Her voice rose in anger with the following sentence, "When I said, 'immediately,' I meant, DO IT NOW before there are severe repercussions! Do I make myself clear?" Shadow Weaver demanded. Amazona nodded erratically, "good. Now, go!" Shadow Weaver finished. The black aura once again dissipated from Amazona as she was still being levitated. With the Aura no longer holding her, she fell with a deafening crash onto the floor. Amazona groaned in pain. Shadow Weaver's eyes behind the slits in her mask glowed a dark red. Amazona quivered in fear, backing up on the ground. She then picked herself up and rushed out of the room. Shadow Weaver then walked back to Brittni, put her arm around her shoulders and proceeded to guide her out of the room. Before she left, she stopped by Adora.
"Adora, you're too exemplary to engage in these childish scuffles." Shadow Weaver declared, her tone becoming more sweet. Shadow Weaver gently brushed Adora's cheek, "don't let this happen again." She then walked up to Brett, "Brett, do not keep Octavia waiting any longer." Brett blinked in response. She glared at the rest, then snapped her fingers, deactivating the black aura. Everyone had the same reaction as Brittni and Amazona, collapsing, coughing, and gasping for breath.
As the duo made their way out of the mess hall, both remained rather silent. Uncomfortable with the silence, Brittni finally spoke up,
"I'm… sorry for causing that fight, Shadow Weaver." Brittni said, solemnly. Shadow Weaver, continued to hold her arm around Brittni's shoulders.
"Brittni, if there is one thing I've learned in this life, it's that there are those who act, and those who are acted upon. Kyle was acted upon because he refuses to stand up for himself. You are the one who uses action. You saw a comrade that was placed in a rather compromising situation, and you reacted accordingly. That is why you and your brother were victorious, and that is why you will continue to be victorious." Shadow Weaver declared, boldly. Brittni smiled,
"Thank you, Shadow Weaver." Brittni replied.
"I have high hopes for you and your brother." Shadow Weaver said, reassuringly. Brittni was lost in thought and didn't respond, "Brittni?"
"Oh!" Brittni exclaimed, "my apologies, Shadow Weaver, I just have a lot on my mind." Shadow Weaver nodded. Brittni was lost in thought. For some reason, the room that the voice spoke of kept permeating around her mind. The Monumental Room. What was that room? If anyone could answer, it was Shadow Weaver. Brittni decided to take that chance.
"Shadow Weaver… does the Fright Zone have… a monumental room?" Brittni inquired. As soon as Shadow Weaver heard Brittni's words, she stopped dead in her tracks. Brittni, not expecting Shadow Weaver's sudden halt, moved a couple steps passed Shadow Weaver and turned towards her, nervously. Shadow Weaver brought put her hands on her hips.
"That's a very specific place you're asking about…" Shadow Weaver said in suspicion, "what makes you ask about that?" Brittni felt a little nervous, but quickly thought of a reason.
"Oh, well… Dragstor told me about it on our way to Elberon. You know how he loves history." Brittni said, grinning and scratching the back of her head in anxiousness. Shadow Weaver continued to eye her suspiciously, but ended up disclosing the location.
"Ah… Follow me." Shadow Weaver said as she guided her down a few hallways until they hit a dead end, "here we are." Brittni stared blankly at the wall, then at Shadow Weaver.
"Uh…" Brittni murmured. Shadow Weaver lightly chuckled.
"Do what you do best, child, and observe." Shadow Weaver replied as she wriggled her fingers rhythmically, drawing a rectangular shape in the air. As she drew the shape, it began filling with that black aura that was restraining everyone in the mess hall. The shape then slowly levitated towards the wall, and imprinted onto it, creating a door. Although Brittni had seen plenty of magic, especially Shadow Weavers, somehow she was always astonished. Shadow Weaver walked over and opened the door, leading Brittni into some kind of room that was halfway between a treasury and museum. The size of the room was about the size of the mess hall. Lining the walls were shelves filled with various, random objects. In the middle were glass display cases containing more precious objects. Brittni's eyes grew wider as she walked into the room, admiring the scenery. The room did look like a typical Horde room, with green power conduits and relays streaming the walls, and metal as the base building material of the walls. However, the floor seemed to be tiled with precious stone.
"Wow… Dragstor wasn't kidding…" Brittni muttered, continuing to admire the room.
"Indeed." Shadow Weaver replied. She walked towards Brittni and began pointing at different display cases and shelves, indicating what was in them.
"All of these objects are souvenirs from conquests by the Horde. The furthest shelves are the oldest, and as we get closer to the entrance, you'll find the most recent additions. We have everything from precious jewelry, to rebellion weapons, to different furs, to artwork, and everything in between. Lord Hordak would never admit it, but he is quite the collector." Shadow Weaver declared. Brittni walked towards a display case in the middle and saw some kind of arrow. The arrowhead seemed to possess some kind of metal alloy. It was also thick, as though it had something inside of it.
"What kind of arrow is this?" Brittni inquired. Shadow Weaver moved towards the arrow and analyzed it.
"Ah, That is an explosive arrow. The Rebellion seems to have some kind of master archer that's technologically sound in their ranks." Shadow Weaver claimed. She sighed, "if only he placed his sympathies with the Horde." Brittni nodded, then thought again about the crystal ball. She turned to Shadow Weaver.
"Shadow Weaver, is there anything from around the time when I was born?" Brittni inquired. Shadow Weaver folded her arms and put her finger to the lower part of her mask.
"I believe so. Follow me." Shadow Weaver beckoned. The duo walked past various shelves full of objects that Brittni did not recognize. Curious about some, she would stop every few shelves and inquire of an object. For instance, Brittni picked up some kind of axe. The handle had a leather grip, and the head holding the blade in place was made of some kind of steel. The blade, foregrip, and pommel, however, seemed to be some kind of… sharpened ice.
"What kind of axe is this?" Brittni inquired.
"Ah, that is an axe made from Stahlrim. It is some kind of enchanted ice that is only available from a land called Tamriel." Brittni flipped it over and admired it for a moment, then put it back. Brittni also took notice of a big metal helmet that had tinted glass visors, a headlamp on the top left corner, and a vent where the mouth should be. The vent had tubes coming from it, going into the helmet. Shadow Weaver explained that the helmet was called a T-60 Power Helmet, taken from some organization called the Brotherhood of Steel. All of these things were fascinating to Brittni, but she reminded herself that she had to find that crystal ball. Finally, the two made their way to the shelf that had objects from around the time that the Twins were born. Almost a little too enthusiastically, Brittni began rummaging through the shelves and display cases. Shadow Weaver stood a few feet away from Brittni, puzzled by her enthusiasm towards the objects.
"Is there something in particular you're looking for?" Shadow Weaver inquired in suspicion. Brittni immediately stopped.
"Oh, uh… I guess not, there's just so much here. I'm excited to see some things around from my birth." Brittni declared, nervously. Shadow Weaver had her arms folded.
"I see… well, we cannot stay for very much longer. This is more of Lord Hordak's shrine of victories than a public display, and I wouldn't want to find you in trouble for rifling through his things." Shadow Weaver, said indicatively. Brittni nodded, and quickly went back to exploring the items. She looked through the objets more methodically, so as to not raise suspicion. Suddenly, Brittni began hearing a voice.
"Brittni…" Brittni shuddered and looked around. Thankfully, Shadow Weaver didn't notice as she was putting the objects that Brittni was admiring back to where they were placed. The voice continued, "Brittni… look under the right side of the display case… you will find me…" Brittni, without hesitating, went over to the display case and began digging through to the right side. Suddenly, she began seeing an illumination. She dug faster, pulling different objects out of the way until she finally saw it: The crystal ball. As she put her hands on it, the glow began fading. Brittni began carefully pulling the crystal towards her until she heard Shadow Weaver.
"Find what you're looking for?" Shadow Weaver inquired. Brittni gasped, and nearly dropped the crystal ball, fumbling it in her hands. Once she got a grip, she pulled it to her chest.
"Uh, yes! I mean, I guess? Uh… this looked pretty cool." Brittni stammered, presenting the crystal ball to Shadow Weaver. Shadow Weaver moved closer and put her hands around the crystal ball, examining it closely. Pulling it out of Brittni's grasp, Shadow Weaver held the ball in one hand, while her other hand was stroking it, almost methodically. Finally, Shadow Weaver returned the crystal ball back to Brittni.
"Some kind of old knick knack. I thought for a moment that there would be some magic in it. At any rate, we need to go. Come along, Brittni." Shadow Weaver, commanded. Brittni switched glances between Shadow Weaver and the crystal ball.
"Can I just stay for… just one more minute, Shadow Weaver?" Shadow Weaver narrowed her masked eyes at Brittni.
"You try my patience, child." Shadow Weaver muttered. She sighed, then continued, "I'll be at the front entrance. Make it quick, and meet me there." Shadow Weaver then walked away towards the door she had created. Once Shadow Weaver was gone, Brittni gazed at the crystal ball.
"Okay, crystal ball, or whatever. Now that I have you in my hand, it'd be nice if you could talk quick." Brittni said, impatiently. Silence was the only reply she received. Brittni growled a little bit.
"Hey! C'mon! I came here! You clearly wanted to talk-" Brittni began before being interrupted by the crystal ball as it began to glow and speak,
"Brittni. Listen, I don't have much time, I need you to free me. I am aware you need to leave. But come back for me. There is a key at the bottom of the display case. That will allow you to return here and retrieve this crystal ball. I will have further instructions, soon. For now, come back tonight when you have the chance. A major change in the Horde is going to happen tonight, and it involves your friends, Adora and Catra. Keep watch over them. You will be instrumental in helping them restore balance. Continue to watch over your brother. Help him stay on the straight and narrow path. This is all I can say for now. Retrieve me as soon as possible. Thank you, Brittni." With that, the crystal ball's glow faded. Brittni shuddered at everything she just heard. She shook the crystal ball a few times, but nothing happened. She put it back at the bottom of the display case, and sure enough found a thick looking key. She took it and put it in her pocket.
"Brittni, it's time to go!" Shadow Weaver shouted from the front entrance. Not wanting to keep Shadow Weaver waiting, Brittni ran towards her. As she ran, she wondered about the many things that the crystal ball said. Despite all the information that the crystal ball managed to give in just a few seconds, Brittni had no idea what was in store for her, in the very near future.
