Chapter 37: Who is Void?

"Aunt Starr died almost a decade ago…" Those words seemed to mockingly dance around Glimmer's brain as they pervaded her thoughts.

"What are you talking about?!" Glimmer demanded, "Aunt Void- Er, Aunt Starr is the one leading Night Moon!" Castaspella stared hard at Glimmer, while she was also catching her breath.

"I'm telling you, Glimmer, Aunt Starr died fighting the Horde almost ten years ago. She's part of the reason why Mystacor has been… reclusive." Castaspella explained.

"You're… You're lying! You're just trying to confuse me! It won't work!" Glimmer snapped. Castaspella's hard-light armor was damaged enough at this point that Glimmer's aura found an opening. Glimmer raised her fists towards Castaspella and launched her aura right at her aunt's throat. The unholy energy began wrapping tightly around Castaspella's neck leaving a little bulge of skin straining under the aura. Castaspella grabbed her neck, attempting to release herself from the aura, but it was intangible. Glimmer then used the aura to slowly lift Castaspella up as she moved towards her aunt.

"G...limm...er! P...lease!" Castaspella choked out as she reached a pleading hand towards her. "I'm… tel...ling...truth…" Glimmer had half the mind to close her fists, thus snapping Castaspella's neck, but there was something in Castaspella's confusion and pleading… and Oracle's warning that made Glimmer consider what Castaspella was saying. She reasoned that all of these factors combined could not be a coincidence. Glimmer grunted and loosened the aura around Castaspella. Castaspella fell on her hands and knees and began gasping for air, her breaths sounding high pitched from being choked. Glimmer growled, moved within inches of Castaspella, and picked her up by her wrapped shirt.

"If Aunt Starr really died, tell me what she looks like!" Glimmer commanded. Castaspella coughed a few more times and sucked in as much air as she could, then answered.

"She… had light purple-tinted skin, and looked just like your mother… though a little shorter. One distinctive thing about her was she was much more interested in swords and acrobatics than magic. Though she did have some power from the Moonstone." Castaspella explained. Glimmer widened her eyes.

"Light purple skin… same face as my Mom… swords, acrobatics…" Glimmer repeated, starting to put together the pieces.

"The most distinguishing feature is her creepy masks… they were these purple masks ornamented with different jewels and painted lips." Castaspella explained. Glimmer widened her eyes even further and her lips began quivering. Both women looked at each other in complete desperation.

At that moment, Glimmer began to have some clarity. She suddenly was able to see the fear and anguish that was present on Castaspella's countenance. She looked over at the Kingdom of Mystacor; it had been damaged severely from Night Moon's attack. There were various fires that were spreading, and buildings were crumbling from Night Moon's airship cannons. Glimmer also opened her ears and truly heard the screams and cries that were coming from within Mystacor's walls. She switched her glance back to Castaspella to see tears streaming down her cheeks.

Although Glimmer was in the right that Mystacor's neutrality was detrimental to the Rebellion's cause, she realized that this did not merit a slaughter of its people and the destruction of its kingdom. Worst of all, it was not the Horde's doing… rather it was hers. Glimmer began shuddering and trembling with great trepidation. She also began to think about everything else she had been doing.

Flashbacks of Elberon, when the Horde civilians were running in absolute terror from her began appearing in her mind. The face of the mother that was twisted in fear that begged for her life for the sake of her children. Not to mention how she actually tried to kill her former best friends.

Next, she thought about when they had kidnapped Entrapta from her kingdom, and when she had sent She-Ra… Adora… out to slaughter not only the Horde, but Dryllish soldiers that were caught in the crossfire. This whole time, Glimmer had become the very thing she set out to destroy. She became a vengeful, ruthless, murderer that only cared for her own agenda rather than Etheria.

"What… what have I done…" Glimmer said, beginning to realize the extent of the damage that she perpetuated. She then took her hands off of Castaspella, dropped to her knees and began sobbing. Castaspella was taken aback by Glimmer's sudden transformation but knelt down next to her. Glimmer looked up, her eyes completely glossy from all the tears. The sclera in her eyes changed from black to white, and her eyes were no longer glowing. Castaspella took note of this change and merely put her hands on Glimmer's shoulders. Glimmer then spoke up more.

"Aunt… Auntie Casta…" Glimmer spoke in a rather soft voice, "I… I'm sorry… I'm… I'm so, so, sorry!" Glimmer beseeched. She was completely bawling at this point. Although at this moment, Castaspella could have reprimanded, scolded, or even struck Glimmer… she didn't. Instead…

She wrapped her arms around her.

"I forgive you, my niece," Castaspella assured her. Glimmer returned the hug and buried her face in Castaspella's chest.

"Well! Isn't this touching!" A very familiar, unwanted voice appeared. Glimmer and Castaspella turned their heads towards the source.

"Void…" Glimmer muttered. Void was standing around fifteen feet away from the Aunt and Niece upon a grassy mound.

"Nothing gets past you, my niece… Though I must admit, I'm incredibly disappointed in you. You were so close to killing her off… but, I guess if you want something done right..." Void said, coldly. Glimmer stood up and swiftly wiped the tears from her eyes. She then pointed an accusatory finger at Void and growled.

"You… You…! Who are you?!" Glimmer demanded. Void put her hand to her mask and began a low chuckle that evolved into a loud chuckle, then into maniacal laughter.

"Does it really matter?" Void exclaimed, "have you forgotten the mission, Glimmer? About destroying the Horde?!" Glimmer let out a groan and shook her head.

"No, I didn't… but it took nearly killing my Aunt for me to realize how low I've stooped." Glimmer muttered.

"Ha!" Void cackled, "I always saw you as the 'bigger picture' kind of person. After all, who's the one that led the charge against Dryl? Who's the one that opened the gates of Mystacor? I'll give you a hint, her name begins with a G, and she's getting on my last nerve!"

"Just tell me who you are!" Glimmer demanded.

"It doesn't matter. What matters is that we're going to open the portal. We're going to infiltrate the Fright Zone. And we're going to put Hordak's head on a pike." Void sneered. Void front-flipped off of the mound a couple of feet towards Glimmer, "I don't understand what your problem is, Glimmer. After all, I've done for you, and this is how you thank me?" Void accused.

"You've been manipulating me from the beginning! To you, I was just a tool, a weapon! You never cared about me, you only cared about furthering your own goals!" Glimmer snapped.

"Our goals were the same! All that either of us wanted is the Horde destroyed!" Void snapped back.

"But the way we did it… it wasn't right! We've killed so many innocent people!" Glimmer protested. Void let out a disappointed growl.

"And whose fault is that? You really think I manipulated you? You were the one that was so bloodthirsty and vengeful towards the Horde, all I had to do was point at a target and say, 'this'll help us destroy the horde,' and you were on it like a nuke being launched at a bulls-eye. Don't even try to deny it!" Void growled.

Unfortunately, Void made good points. After all, Glimmer had become so engulfed in her vindictive rage that the repercussions meant almost nothing to her. Void did come up with the plans, but Glimmer was always the one to execute them in the darkest method. Glimmer could only shudder and let out a sigh.

"Maybe you're right…" Glimmer said, softly, "maybe I was so enraged that I felt that I had to get back at the Horde by any means necessary…" Glimmer began shedding more tears. "But, I don't want to be that way anymore! That Glimmer has nearly cost me, my soul…" Void simply scoffed and shook her head.

"Save your sanctimony, Glimmer. We're on the winning side." Void sighed, "Listen, I'll give you one more chance to make this alright. Night Moon could still use you, so here's your ultimatum: Take back everything you just said and kill Castaspella. Your only choice right now is whether you want to be a part of the group that wins or the one that loses. Make your choice." Void said. Glimmer stared hard at Void's mask, then switched her gaze to Castaspella.

"I can't keep doing this… I can't keep hurting people." Glimmer said. Void let out a scoff, then a deep sigh.

"That's a shame, Glimmer. I was actually starting to really like you." Void said, facetiously, "but again, if you're not with me, you're my enemy." Void then unsheathed one of the swords from her back. Glimmer was about to charge up the aura in her fist to throw a lightning ball at Void, but Void was much quicker. She hurled a kunai with perfect accuracy at the Glimmer's palm. Glimmer let out a pained exclamation as she held her hand.

Castaspella then took action. She drew some of her hand signs in the air, sucked in a large amount of air, and then blew it towards Void. The breath of air came out of Castaspella's mouth like a whirlwind. The whirlwind took Void by surprise and she was flung away, passed the grass mound and rolled backward quite a few times. Finally, she stopped her motion on her back.

"Ugh…" Void groaned as she picked herself up. She then unsheathed her other sword and ran towards the two with her swords flying behind her. Glimmer had just pulled the kunai out of her hand and Castaspella was trying to use magic to stabilize the wound.

The two then noticed Void running at them. Castaspella gently pushed Glimmer back and performed more hand signs. Void knew exactly what they were. Castaspella aimed both her palms at Void and fired beams of energy from her palms. Void smirked under her mask and brandished her swords in front of her. Once the energy was within melee range, Void sliced the energy right before it made contact with her. The energy blast seemed to not only be stopped but even deflected from Void's blades, as the energy blasts were headed right back towards Glimmer. Castaspella gasped as she knew what was about to happen. Just before the beams of energy hit Glimmer…

Castaspella jumped in front of her… taking the hit…

Castaspella's selfless act seemed to happen in slow motion. At that moment, Glimmer felt in her heart that perhaps she deserved; maybe even needed to get hit by those energy blasts. For a moment, she accepted her fate. But Castaspella knew better. Glimmer was much stronger both in will and power than she could ever hope to be. Nevertheless, when it happened, Glimmer let out a long shriek of despair.

"Aunt Casta! No!" Glimmer exclaimed as Castaspella fell backward into her arms. Glimmer embraced her dying aunt like a mother losing their child.

"Glimmer… it's okay… you… you were right. Mystacor…" Castaspella began before shifting the blame to herself, "no, not… not Mystacor. I… I was wrong. We… we should have helped fight the Horde… I'm sorry…" Castaspella coughed.

"No! Aunt Casta, you're going to make it! Please!" Glimmer begged. Castaspella simply chuckled and shook her head.

"I don't think so… but, whatever's left of Mystacor… please, save them." Castaspella requested. Glimmer nodded while sniffling.

"I will, Auntie…" Glimmer promised. Castaspella put her hand to Glimmer's cheek.

"Glimmer… I love you." Castaspella wheezed out before exhaling her last breath.

"No… No! Auntie! Please don't die!... No… this is all my fault…" Glimmer sobbed. While all this was happening, Void was standing afar off with her arms folded.

"You know, Glimmer. It's like she said, Mystacor didn't even help with the war effort. You're basically losing nothing here." Void said, facetiously. Glimmer turned her gaze to Void. The sclera in Glimmer's eyes turned black again and her eyes glowed a deep purple.

"You… You!" Glimmer shouted, "I'll kill you!" Void scoffed and pointed her sword at her.

"Come on, then." Void challenged...

Meanwhile, the Horde makes their move via helicopter towards Mystacor…

Brett and Catra sat in the cockpit with the pilot while everyone else sat in the passenger hold. Everybody was on edge with the thought of Night Moon opening up a portal. Brittni explained to the soldiers the urgency with this mission. If Night Moon could manage to open up a portal, they would be able to allow Horde Prime and his military through. Although this did raise the soldiers' anxiety, it also raised their determination to soldier forth in stopping this from happening.

The airship was coming up to Mystacor. When it was within around a mile away, the passengers within the airship could hear explosions coming from Mystacor.

"Sounds like Night Moon's already made their move…" Catra surmised. Bow and Adora stood up and moved to the cockpit. Soon enough, they flew past the clouds that shielded Mystacor. Once they made it past the clouds, however, they would almost wish they hadn't. Mystacor was in flames. Towers had been toppled over, walls in buildings had been blown open with green energy indenting each hole. Corpses littered the streets, both Night Moon and Mystacor. The most distinguishing feature, however, was a large cylindrical wall of light that was emitting from the main building.

"What is that…?" Bow inquired.

"Whatever it is… it ain't good." Brett said. Catra tapped her chin in thought.

"Alright, we're going to want to land quickly to get our troops in the building." Catra explained. She then turned to the helmsman, "I want you to cover our troops as we head inside Mystacor."

"You can count on me, Force Captain." The helmsman nodded. On their way to land, Brittni, who was sitting on the left side, looked out the passenger window. She widened her eyes in a panic when she saw what was coming at them.

"Oh, no…" Brittni said, gravely, "hey! We've got two fighter ships coming at us-" Brittni began to say before the hull of the ship took two laser cannon blasts. Everybody in the ship groaned and shook. Some flew out of their seats.

"Grrr… Helmsman! Get this landed, now! And somebody get on the machine laser!" Catra commanded. The pilot nodded and shifted downwards. The lasers kept coming, however. One of the soldiers quickly moved to the machine laser while another slid the passenger door open. Once they were in range, the soldier manning the laser let it loose, with quick successions of lasers flying out of the barrel. One of the fighters was easily taken down with the machine laser, via losing its turbines. However, this fighter was going to be a kamikaze. With little maneuverability that he had left, the Night Moon pilot steered his fighter towards the airship. Brett took quick notice and yelled:

"Helmsman! Go down! Fast!" Brett commanded. The helmsman pushed the cyclic stick as far down as he could, but it was not fast enough. The Night Moon fighter crashed into the side of the airship, ripping off the turbine. The airship began spinning out of control. The passengers aboard began panicking at their plight, wondering what to do. Brittni took a deep breath to maintain her composure and looked outside. She calculated the speed of the airship spinning, the trajectory of their plummet, and how quickly they were falling.

"We need to go towards the cockpit!" Brittni yelled. Not wanting to argue, everyone within the passenger hold pushed and shoved their way towards the front. Soon enough, the airship spiraled… spiraled… until finally, the backend slammed into the ground, skidding forward with pieces of the airship flying in different directions. After a minute or so, the airship stopped its motion and laid flat on the ground. Despite all this trouble, everyone aboard managed to survive… that's not to say without injury, however.

Some of the soldiers did end up breaking legs, arms, and other parts of their bodies. Fortunately, that was the extent of the damage. Brett, Catra, the Helmsman, Adora, and Bow were wedged in the cockpit, while everyone else that attempted to reach the cockpit was sprawled out over the rest of the airship. Brittni groaned as she picked herself up.

"Everybody okay?" Brittni inquired. A series of groans were muttered in response. Brittni picked herself up, more or less fine from her armor protecting her. She looked over at the passenger door and walked over a couple of soldiers to get to it. She attempted to open it, only to realize it had been sealed shut from being hit by the kamikaze. Brittni looked towards the cockpit.

"The passenger door is broken in. I can't open it!" Brittni explained. Brett, picking himself up rubbed his head.

"Ugh, one thing after another…" Brett muttered.

"Well… if you can't use the exit… make one." Adora said, unsheathing her sword. She then shouted, "for the honor of Grayskull!" Once she made her dramatic transformation to She-Ra, she moved to the back where the airship was and squared her body up.

"Hyah!" She-Ra shouted as she lifted up her right leg and threw the bottom of it at the passenger door. The moment her foot made contact with the door, it broke off its hinges and flew around ten feet away. She then took a few steps outside only to be shot at by the fighter. She-Ra let out a gasp and quickly transformed her sword into a shield, successfully deflecting the shots.

"I got this!" Bow shouted as he ran up from behind She-Ra and nocked an arrow in his bow. After aiming carefully for a few seconds, he let a specific arrow fly out. The arrow flew at magnificent speed towards the fighter. Once it made contact, an electrical discharge began swarming the entirety of the fighter. Suddenly, the fighter's engines stopped making noise, and it began falling. She-Ra and Bow quickly went back inside the transport as the fighter fell only a few feet away. The two gasped and breathed sighs of relief.

"Nice shooting, Bow." She-Ra complimented.

"Well… that's a nice welcome." Brett muttered. Catra growled.

"No, kidding…" Catra muttered as well. She pushed passed everyone and took a step outside. Analyzing the surroundings, she knew that Night Moon was going to be a deadly threat. She turned back to everyone and began giving orders.

"Okay, this is worse than we thought. Brett, get out here." Catra commanded. Brett went out and took a look at the airship. He knocked on one of the wings and a few screws fell out. He let out a dramatic groan as he rubbed his forehead. Catra looked to him, "can you fix it?" Brett widened his eyes and immediately turned to Catra.

"Are you serious? You expect me to fix… THIS?!" Brett demanded. Catra simply nodded. Brett then added, "I came here to find Entrapta, and that's what I plan to do!"

"You're not going to live long with Entrapta unless we get this airship fixed." Catra reminded him. "Brett, you're the greatest tech genius that the Horde has to offer. I've seen you fix way more junked-up things." Catra assured. Brett switched glances between the airship and Catra. Catra then decided to egg him on, "don't tell me that the famous Observer Twin can't fix a little airship…" Brett glared at Catra when he heard that.

"Alright, fine! I'll do it…" Brett sighed, "but, I'll need a couple of men to stay behind and help, though; see what we can salvage." Brett explained.

"Well, that shouldn't be too hard. Take some of the cripples." Catra said, half-joking. Brett groaned even more at this. "I'm kidding, Brett. I'll leave you a couple of combat engineers."

"I can help, too." Bow offered, walking up to them. Brett eyed him suspiciously.

"No offense… but what exactly can you do?" Brett inquired.

"I built all of my arrows, including the one that destroyed that fighter." Bow declared. Brett pondered for a moment then gave an agreeable nod.

"Good enough, let's get to work," Brett said. Catra nodded and called for Brittni to come out.

"Brittni, I need you to stay behind and patch up the wounded. See if you can get anyone on their feet. When you're done, take as many as you can with you and meet us in the main building." Catra ordered. Brittni gave a salute to Catra.

"You got it, Force Captain." Brittni agreed. She then went back into the transport and began her medical procedures.

"So, I guess that leaves-" Catra began before turning and seeing She-Ra coming out of the transport. "...Adora." She-Ra gave Catra a half-smile in reply, while Catra just let out a sigh. Brittni, while she was in the airship, could still hear what Catra said.

"You say that like it's a bad thing!" Brittni hooted from inside the airship. Catra turned towards the passenger hold and hissed.

"Shut it, Brittni!" Catra growled. She then rubbed her head then said, "alright, Adora and the rest of you, come with me. We're gonna stop that portal." A resounding cheer came from the Horde soldiers as they filed out of the airship. Catra then took a contingent of soldiers and led them to the gate to Mystacor. As they traveled, they remained vigilant, keeping their hands clutched tight to their weapons, and keeping an eye out for any Night Moon soldier. But they did not see any. All they saw were Mystacor sorcerers and Night Moon soldier corpses; killed by different elements: water, fire, wind, rock.

Once Catra's group made it to the gate, She-Ra aimed her sword at the doors and swiped, bashing them off their hinges. As soon as the doors flew open, Catra's group was horrified to what they found inside. It seemed to be a courtyard of some sort… however, it had been completely demolished. There was a vast amount of multi-colored flowers that had been stomped on, a cobblestone path that had imprints of laser fire, a bridge that traversed over a small creek. The small creek itself was beginning to turn red from the blood that had been poured into it from all the fighting. Beyond the courtyard, there were three conjoined buildings that had doors leading to them. Catra and Adora shuttered from all the gore that they were witnessing. Catra nevertheless, stiffened her upper lip, took a few steps in front of the group, and turned to them.

"Alright, this is how we're gonna play this. We're going to split up into three groups." Catra then pointed to eight soldiers, and another eight soldiers and ordered them to infiltrate the left and right buildings, respectively. The two groups nodded and made their way to their destinations. She-Ra looked around and realized that with those two groups gone, it was just the two of them left. She-Ra narrowed her eyes and slightly grinned at Catra.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you split us up for a reason other than covering more ground faster." She-Ra surmised. Catra blushed and quickly turned her back to She-Ra.

"Yeah, well, I guess you really don't know better." Catra sneered as she began walking towards the middle building. She-Ra let out a slight chuckle and followed Catra. As the two walked, She-Ra could not help but feel disturbed at the amount of damage that Night Moon had done. Catra took notice of She-Ra's abhorrence and snickered.

"What's a matter, Adora? Never seen blood before?" Catra said, almost regretting it as she said it. Catra was just as disturbed as She-Ra.

"Sure, I've seen blood… like that time at Sileneas when you clawed my back open." She-Ra said, regretting what she said as well. Catra grimaced and looked away.

"C'mon, you're still mad at that?" Catra demanded. She-Ra stopped, took a deep breath then turned to Catra.

"No, actually. I'm mad that every attempt of diplomacy with you was useless." She-Ra grumbled. Catra groaned.

"Adora… is this really the time?" Catra sighed.

"I dunno, is there a particular reason that you put us together and sent everyone else on their merry way?" Adora demanded.

"Hey! I'm not so egotistical that I'll put you with another squad just to not be around you. Look at you! You're She-Ra. I've seen you slice a tank open with one swipe of your sword. If Night Moon is really as bad as their handiwork looks, I want a hard-hitter on my team." Catra explained. She-Ra narrowed her eyes at Catra then rolled them.

"Fine… let's just find Night Moon and stop them." She-Ra sighed.

After the two finished their bickering, they made it to the building in the middle and carefully entered inside. As they took a look around they saw what appeared to be a gallery of some sort. There were paintings, statues, and most distinctively, mirrors.

"Where the heck are we…?" Catra wondered as she looked around at the mirrors. She went up to a particular mirror and tapped it. As she tapped it, a ripple began waving through the mirror. Catra let out a light shriek and jumped back on all fours. She-Ra took notice and cocked her eyebrow at Catra and the mirror. She-Ra then peered closely at the mirror and realized what it was.

"I've seen these, before! These are memory mirrors!" She-Ra deduced. Catra picked herself up and eyed She-Ra suspiciously.

"Memory mirrors…?" Catra inquired.

"It's exactly how it sounds. It can show you the memories of somebody." She-Ra explained. She then thought hard for a minute, widened her eyes, grinned, then turned to Catra.

"...Why are you looking at me like that?" Catra asked, suspiciously.

"I wonder what memories there are of you?" She-Ra teased. Catra widened her eyes.

"I swear, if you ask the mirror to play a memory of me, I will claw your eyes out." Catra threatened. She-Ra simply laughed.

"No, I'm thinking we can find the leader of Night Moon… Void, I think her name is. We can find out where she is and what kind of resistance we'll face." She-Ra explained. Catra nodded in agreement.

"Alright, fine…" Catra said, she then turned to the mirror and inquired, "Uh… magic mirror… that wasn't destroyed? Show us the last memory of Night Moon's Void!" Catra demanded. She-Ra turned to her, mouth agape.

"What… what's with the rhyme?" She-Ra inquired.

"I dunno, I remember reading a story once, where-" Catra began before a resplendent light shone from the mirror. The two girls shielded their eyes until the light dimmed and began showing Void's memory.

The perspective of Void, about a couple of hours before the Horde, arrived at Mystacor...

Glimmer focused her aura into her fists and put them together, generating a dark purple lightning ball. She then aimed at Void and fired it towards her, the lightning moving at an incredible speed. Once the ball was within a few feet from her, Void swiped through the lightning ball, splitting it in half with each half of the ball flying right passed her and hitting the ground, blowing mounds of dirt and grass into the air.

"You're strong, Glimmer… but not stronger than I am!" Void shouted as she unsheathed her other sword and ran at Glimmer, rather quickly. Within around six feet away, Void jumped up and raised her swords above her head with the intent of slicing Glimmer. When her swords were about to make contact, they clinked against a very familiar dagger. Void was surprised at this action. Glimmer had brandished the very dagger that Void had given her, successfully holding Void's swords back.

"You probably shouldn't have given me this." Glimmer sneered.

"Actually…" Void grunted, "I'm glad I did. Otherwise, this fight wouldn't be this INTERESTING!" Void shouted as she pulled one of her swords back and swung at Glimmer's oblique. Glimmer was quick, however, and right as the sword was about to make contact with her oblique, Glimmer wrapped the sword in her aura. Void and Glimmer grunted as they struggled with holding off each other's blade attacks and keeping control of Void's other sword.

Glimmer, wanting to break this struggle, leaned back, letting Void topple onto her. Once Glimmer fell onto her back, she raised her the sole of her foot into Void's stomach and pushed her off backward. Void shouted as she flew over Glimmer, though she was able to quickly recover by rolling forward and jumping up. By the time Void turned around, however, Glimmer had already gotten to her feet and ran up to Void, punching her in her masked face. Once Glimmer punched the mask, it flew off.

Glimmer stared mouth agape at Void, trembling at whatever she was seeing.

"What… are you?" Glimmer demanded. Void took advantage of Glimmer's shock and launched her forehead into Glimmer's skull, knocking her backward onto the ground.

Suddenly, something strange happened next. A different voice was heard coming from Void. It sounded like… Adora? Void rubbed her head for a moment, walked up to Glimmer, and grabbed her by the throat, lifting her up.

"Oh, sorry, Glimmer. I didn't mean to hurt such a good friend of mine. Then again, you did try to kill me." Void, with Adora's voice, said. Glimmer coughed an exclamation of some sort but was otherwise unable to say anything coherent. All of a sudden, the voice changed again, only this time it sounded like Bow! "How could you do this, Glimmer? We were your friends!" Glimmer choked out a more coherent exclamation this time.

"What… are… you?!" Glimmer managed to choke out. Void simply chuckled and her voice changed again.

"What?" Void asked in Queen Angella's voice, "you don't recognize your mother?" Glimmer was absolutely suffocating at this point, but she had no energy to use her aura to fight. Finally, Void whispered something inaudible into Glimmer's ear, then spoke audibly.

"I am the progenitor that will summon Him. He who will sanctify this world of its imperfection…" Void declared, coldly. Glimmer choked under Void's clutches, quickly losing breath. She gripped Void's hands, trying to pull them off to no avail. Slowly but surely, however, Glimmer lost consciousness and gave into Void. Void scoffed then let Glimmer drop to the floor. She then pulled out her radio.

"Cairus, you there?" Void inquired.

"Yes, lass," Cairus responded.

"Send some men here to come gather Princess Glimmer. She seems to have been… incapacitated." Void ordered.

"Of course, they're on their way," Cairus said. Void put away the radio and tisked.

"To think, Glimmer… you would have been on the good side of the guy that was going to claim this world…" Void sighed, "oh, well. You'll be meeting my father soon… Horde Prime."

That was the end of the mirror memory. Catra and She-Ra switched glances between each other and the mirror.

"The leader of Night Moon is Horde Prime's daughter?!" Catra exclaimed.

"This definitely isn't good… she really is trying to summon Horde Prime." She-Ra muttered.

"Well, let's play the rest of the footage!" Catra suggested.

"Wait… Void's voice kept changing…" She-Ra observed.

"Yeah… that was actually pretty freaky." Catra agreed.

"Glimmer was shocked to see Void's face. I gotta see what it was." She-Ra mused. She then spoke to the mirror, "Magic Mirror… in glory and awe? Show us what Princess Glimmer saw?" She-Ra said awkwardly. Catra eyed She-Ra strangely until the mirror began playing back Glimmer's memory.

The memory showed some disturbing revelations regarding Void. Not only did Void mimic the voices of Adora, Bow, and Angella…

...She copied their faces.

With each iteration, a cloud of darkness with beads of neon green dots surrounded Void's face, and a new face appeared.

"What... are... you…?" Glimmer inquired. Void then peered closely to Glimmer's ear. She-Ra and Catra were then able to hear the disturbing revelation of just who Void was…

"You can call me…" Void began with her breathy, eerie voice.

"...Double Trouble…"