"Hurry, hurry! This way, this way!" Glimmer shouted as she, Bow, Adora and Sora ran through the halls of Bright Moon Castle. They had just finished their late breakfast, and without realizing it, it was only a few minutes till noon, the time the meeting with the generals began. So now they rushed as fast as they could to make it on time.
"Right through here!" Glimmer slid to a halt as everyone else. She took a moment to catch a much needed breathe and straightened out her clothes. The rest took that que to start fixing themselves up too. Looking a bit more presentable, Glimmer opened the large double doors that led into a massive room with murals depicting impressive looking individuals all around the room. At the head of the room there was a depiction that was clearly Queen Angella, whom was still not present. "*Phew* We made it on time. We're in the clear."
"Whoa, this room is huge!" Adora gaped in amazement.
"Look at all the people on the wall. They must be pretty important to get themselves painted like that" Sora accurately assumed.
Bow nodded, entering this room has really become part of the norm for him and Glimmer though. "Yeah this is, like, the fourth biggest room in the castle. Right Glimmer?"
"Yup, the War Room is behind the Banquet Hall, then the Throne Room, and the biggest area is the Grand Entrance." She took a look around, "Alright, let's take a seat. Everyone but my mom's here and she always comes in at noon sharp."
Adora blinked and looked on in curiosity. "This is everyone? Almost all the chairs are empty."
"Those are only for the other Etherian Princesses to sit on, no one else" Glimmer walked by without batting an eye, "None of them have been a part of the Rebellion since I was a small kid."
"Oh yeah, didn't you mention that before, not long after we met?" Sora asked Adora, to which she nodded.
Glimmer continued "Yeah, the Rebellion had a really bad defeat years ago, and almost all of the Princesses gave up."
"Of course not Glimmer and her mom, don't forget Princesses Spinnerella and Netossa" Bow reminded before turning to wave at the two women at the other end of the table, "Hey guys!"
The other two Princesses smiled and waved back. One of the Princesses had light pink skin, lavender colored hair and she wore fine clothing fit for royalty. The Princess by her side had dark colored skin, had snow white hair and she wore clothes that looked more combat ready. Despite her hair color though, she looked positively young. They both did. Not much older then Sora and his friends.
Bow whispered to Adora and Sora "We're really not too sure what they do."
"Huh, well in that case, I'm gonna go over there and say hi." Sora excitedly ran around the table and met up with them. From Adora, Glimmer and Bow's perspective, they were too far to hear, but what they saw was another exchange of waving before Sora started talking animatedly to them. They were pretty sure he was about to do something embarrassing, but he actually incited some laughter and giggles from them.
Adora was shaking her head in disbelief, "How does he do that?" There was no way she could ever just walk up to someone and just start talking.
None of them were able to hear what Sora said, but whatever it was, the three of them were roaring with laughter, Netossa going as far as to start banging on the table and Spinnerella almost falling out of her seat. Sora, while holding his sides, started waving Adora over.
"Adora, come over here and say hi to these guys! You'll love them!" For some reason, that incited another round of laughter from the two Princesses.
Adora let out a nervous chuckle, "Um, hi guys. How're doing? Maybe we can try talking later."
Sora spoke some more words to the two, Netossa was the first one to calm down. She shot Adora a comforting smile before waving at her and speaking up "Don't worry. Whenever you're more comfortable."
The pink skinned lady wiped a tear from her eye before settling on giving her a friendly wave. Sora waved them goodbye before making his way back to the other. "Sorry about her, she's shy! We'll talk soon!"
That earned a few snickers from around the table. Adora turned beet red before sinking in the seat closest to her. Everyone but Sora gasped at that, startling her something awful. She looked around for an answer, "Wait-what? I don't understand, what's wrong?!"
Everyone tried to wave her off, but suddenly a tall, looming figure stood over her, "This is not your chair."
Adora felt her neck crane up to look at the Queen's cold gazing being casted at her. She gulped as Glimmer appeared next to her in a shower of lights.
"First day. Sorry about that, won't happen again." She grabbed hold of her before teleporting the two away a few seats over.
"What? What did I do?" Adora was barely able to get out in a whisper.
"That's...my dad's chair that you sat in" Glimmer ended quietly.
"Oh, oooooh, I'm so sorry." Adora looked down at her feet.
The Queen cleared her throat, "I've gathered you all here today because Bright Moon's received a distress message from Princess Perfuma. The Horde is upon her and her kingdom, and she asks for assistance. General, the floor is yours."
An armored woman approached before removing her helmet, revealing a telling scar across her face. "Plumeria is located on the front lines between our territory with the Horde. They have encroached Perfuma's kingdom and have setup camps in her borders." The war table revealed itself to be able to project a hologram, displaying their most recent information. "They have used this to their tactical advantage of cutting off Plumeria's main supply line. If this goes on much longer, the Horde will easily be able to starve Perfuma and her people into submission and defeat." The hologram zoomed out and showed the main territories and their alignments. Plumeria, whose color was a light red, turned a dark green. "If this happens, the Horde will be one step closer to our doorsteps and will push for an advantage to get around the Whispering Woods, which has stood as our main defense this whole time. I'm sure I don't need to spell out what that will mean for us."
Sora and Adora both visibly grimaced, not at all used to these kinds of discussions. Sora spoke up, "So what's the plan? Do we hit their camps and fight them off?"
Angella kept a straight face as she put her fingers together. "No, we shan't. We will provide food and humanitarian aid, and that will be it."
Sora blinked twice at that. "That's it? We're not going to fight? Isn't this a war to stop these Horde guys from destroying everything?"
Adora wanted to stand up and agree, but the moment she tried to stand, she instantly had the case of cold feet and sat down. She kicked herself at that, thinking back to her feelings this morning and the fact she wasn't even going to try to back her friend. She moaned to herself. Her Majesty really has her feeling completely unempowered.
"Indeed it is," Queen Angella acknowledged, "And we were once allies with Princess Perfuma and her kingdom, but her kingdom has long since turned their back on us and the Rebellion. We have asked for aid and support more than once during our war effort, but they had refuted us. While I cannot fully condemn them for their attempt at neutrality, I also cannot accept the lost resources and man power if we try to open another front and they continue to not support us." She let out a distressful sigh, she didn't seem to like the logical conclusion she came to. "It is only out of the goodness in my heart to not fully ignore their pleas, hence food and humanitarian aid."
Sora didn't look ready to give up, but he seemed at a loss of what to say. He was a fighter, not a strategist. Adora bit her lips, she wanted to say exactly what's on her mind, but didn't know if she could muster the courage. She watched him sit back down with his arms cross and a downcast expression. She looked to Glimmer and Bow, they too didn't look much different. Adora took a deep breathe, her new friends hadn't let her down yet, she wasn't going to either. She exhaled and stood on her feet.
"You should send me as She-Ra, Sora, Glimmer and Bow to lead the relief mission!" She cleared her throat as she realized she was a little too loud. Angella rose and gave her a curious look. "Sora and I will make sure everything will go smoothly and make sure Glimmer and Bow will be safe if anything goes wrong."
The Queen stood up straight and put her hands together. "I'm sure your plan goes further than just fulfilling the mission we just planned on?"
Adora bowed her head, "Yes, Your Majesty. You don't have to do the same tactics anymore, the times are changing now. She-Ra is back now, and we have a Keyblade Wielder, two heroes of your legends are side by side. This could be the moment you all need, to give Etheria hope that everything can change for the better. So send us, they'll see we stand with Princess Glimmer, you, and the Rebellion. We can give them more than just aid, we can give them hope. With hope, they can return to the Rebellion and help in the fight against the Horde."
Everyone looked at Adora with amazement, to come up with such an inspiring speech right there and then. Even Queen Angella was taken back by her words and felt a part of her become inspired, become hopeful even. Sora hopped out of his seat and called out her name before cheering and clapping for her. Glimmer and Bow were quick to do the same. Princesses Spinnerella and Netossa stood up as well and applauded her, as did the guards.
Angella looked around at everyone in the War Room before looking at Adora, she was blushing profusely from all the attention, and looked ready to hide under the table. She gave the young woman a small smile before giving her a polite small round of applause as well. "Well, well. I never thought you had such a spark within you. Color me impressed." She raised a hand to the room to call in order. "Very well. Your words have spoken loud and they did not fall upon deaf ears. You now have your mission: Provide aid to Princess Perfuma and her people. Inspire them with your powerful words and appearance, and win the people back to the Rebellion."
Sora, Glimmer and Bow looked ready to start jumping with joy, but Her Majesty wasn't done yet. She knew to hold her hand up to them from getting too ahead of themselves. "However, this is still a relief mission. That is your main duty. Do not stray away. You are not to engage with the enemy. Should you win over Plumeria, you are to send word back to Bright Moon, and we will take military actions to defend the kingdom. An offensive strike will be held soon after, is that understood?"
The four of them stood up straight before nodding or saluting, "Understood!"
Sora, Adora, Glimmer, and Bow have been on the road for a few hours now, being trudged behind them were two wagons filled with much food and water for the needy people they aim to win over to the Rebellion.
During their time, Adora had gone the entire trip transformed as She-Ra and seemed to enjoy showing off her mighty strength whenever the opportunity came. Particularly whenever there was a small obstacle in the way, no matter how small or simple it could been resolved, she would insist carrying over both wagons at the same time instead. After a few times too many of showboating, Sora challenged her to an arm wrestling match, to which she happily accepted. Unlike last time though, the struggle between the two was real.
"You better not be holding back this time!" A red faced She-Ra struggled to get out as the two went at it.
"Nope, no holding-Back!" Sora's arm wavered a bit as she pushed him back.
"Oh-h-h-h! This time your mine punk!"
Glimmer looked on at the two with disappointment and disbelief. She placed a hand over her face as she stood next to a seated Bow, he seemed to find some entertainment in this at the very least.
"Come on, Glimmer, who do you think is going to win?! I was thinking Sora at first, but now I just don't know anymore!"
Sora was beginning to push back against the taller girl, but she still had some advantage over him. She crackled like a witch when his advanced stopped.
"It's. Not. Over!" She-Ra only laughed louder.
"This can't be happening. This can't be happening" The Princess muttered to herself over and over again.
"What was that Glim?"
She finally snapped at them, "Just what do you guys think you're doing?! We are on a mission, REMEMBER?!" She blinked over and shoved her on weight to make Sora lose. "There, she won! Can we get back to the mission now?!"
"Aww, no fair! I call a do-over!" Sora complained.
She-Ra faked cried as she rubbed her eyes, "Oh, boo-hoo. I was gonna win anyway, and you know it!"
"No way! I was about to-mhmmh!" Sora was interrupted as Glimmer tiptoed to covered both his and She-Ra's mouth.
"No! No more of this!" She pulled her arms back as she turned to look at the taller girl. "What's wrong with you?! It was just four hours ago that you were like 'This is our chance to give them hope,' and now you're acting like a kid?!"
The intimidating looking warrior looked nothing short of timid as she nervously tapped her fingers together and looked down at her feet because of the much smaller girl. "Um, yeah, sorry. I guess I let myself get a little carried away with my new powers."
Bow stepped in to play peacemaker. "Okay guys, let's take a moment to breathe. Glimmer, we're doing fine. We made really awesome time getting this far already. Faster than anyone else would have gotten instead of us. Besides, the four of us aren't that far away from being kids anymore. No harm in having a bit of fun, right?"
Sora jumped in to help, "Yeah, and Adora never really had a chance to be a kid, remember? She only just had her first party. Think about all the games she's never had the chance to play."
Glimmer looked down feeling a bit guilty. She was about to apologize, but She-Ra stepped forward, "No guys, she's right. There's time for work, and there's time for play, and right now we're on a mission. We're trying to help people." She let out a chuckle in her throat, "So I promise, no more showboating...at least until the mission's done. Then I'm all over you, Sora!" She emphasized by punching her fist into her hand.
"Bring it!"
"Come on! I think I can hear them!" Glimmer called out as she ducked under an exposed root. Sure enough Glimmer was able to quickly spot the large campsite of Plumerian refugees.
Sora stubbornly tried to pull the wagon through the path, but kept getting stuck under all the high hanging tree roots. She-Ra opted to toss the cart up and catch it on the opposite side, looking entirely too smug about it. Seems like no matter how serious she'll try to get, it probably won't be too soon where she won't be admiring her new powers when she gets the chance.
Approaching the clearing, Glimmer and Bow took notice of their surroundings, a lot of the plant life was dead. "Wait, I don't under- Mom never said anything about the plants dying?"
"I don't know if she even knows" Bow looked concerned.
She-Ra and Sora look gave each other a questioning look. "Okaaaay~ What's the big deal?"
"I mean, it's a little sad that the plants are dying. I'm guessing though that in this particular case, it's especial bad?"
Bow nodded, "Princess Perfuma has the power over nature. She grows flowers all around her without even thinking."
Glimmer let out a moan, "Man, this is gonna spell so much trouble, and if mom finds out we try something, Uuuugh!"
Sora gave her a modest smile and shrug of the shoulders. "Maybe it's not so bad. Maybe she could be distracted from the attack then, I don't know, forgot to water them?"
She slumped forward, "If we were so lucky…"
The moment they started moving forward, She-Ra called out to stop them, "Wait, wait, wait wait! Real quick you guys, what looks more heroic? This?" She posed while pulling the wagon behind her, "Or this?!" She lifted the cart over her head and one handedly did some arm crunches. "A or B, which one do you think they'll like me better as?"
Bow crossed his arms and tapped in chin. In a critique like voice he answered "A is nice and all, but pose B definitely shouts heroic to me."
Sora raised his hand up, "I think Adora would look better!" She frowned at that.
Glimmer was quick to agree, "Yeah, seriously, are you gonna run around the entire time as She-Ra?"
She looked at them as though it were too obvious, "Uh, yeah. Everyone likes me better this way anyway. You won't see Adora do any of this."
"Well, I for one like Adora better…" Sora thought about it for a moment, "Though I can't deny you look way cool the way you are now."
Bow opened his mouth to comment as well too, but smoke in the distance caught his eye. "Wait, you guys see that smoke over there, right?"
She-Ra frowned, "It's...probably the Horde's camp."
"You're here! You all made it!" Quickly approaching from the camp was a small crowd of people made of mostly human and a few of what looked like satyr, kind of like Phil, except clothed and definitely less fur. Leading them was a girl looking to be around their age, dressed in a pink and teal dress with flowers decorating her long blonde hair.
Glimmer recognized who she was and extended her hand to her, "Princess Perfuma, I am Commander Glimmer." She heard Sora snicker from behind her, with it being the first time he heard her being addressed by her military rank.
With the smallest of hand gestures from from the Princess, around her neck appeared a necklace of extravagant flowers. One appeared on top of Bows head too, though unlike Glimmer, he seemed to get really excited by it.
Perfuma poked her head around the shorter Princess and spotted Adora as She-Ra and a twinkle appeared in her eyes as though she'd witnessed a once in a lifetime moment. "Everyone! Everyone! Come quick! It's, it's! Oh my! It's the Legendary She-Ra!"
She and the rest of the group moved past Glimmer and Bow, and had yet to even acknowledge Sora. He noticed that too, "Yay, and Sora too" he cheered under his breath. 'Not as though I wanted flowers too.'
She-Ra was looking uncomfortable as everyone crowded around her, trying to touch and even hug her. She was quick to put down the wagon before she dropped it on someone by mistake in the small chaos.
"The universe has heard our please and has sent a legendary warrior to save us all!"
She-Ra really paled at that as the expectations and weight of her responsibilities made itself known again. A bead of sweat dripped down her temple as she gulped. Time for a heroic announcement. "People of Plumeria! We have heard about the Horde blockade, and Bright Moon has come to help!" She paused as she waited for the Princess or one of her citizens to respond. None did as they continued to stare at her with hope filled eyes. "Uhh, we have brought you food, water and supplies!" She pointed to the carts where Sora smiled and waved from. Still no attention was paid to him. When no one said anything still, she managed to get out "Rejoice?!"
Princess Perfuma's eyes watered up and spilled over. Her arms wrapped around the taller woman and she happily declared, "She-Ra and friends, welcome to Plumeria!"
She-Ra looked down her right arm and found two small children with their arms and legs constricted around her biceps, and a third one swinging on her left arm. She desperately looked to her friends, "Um, guys, what's happening?" She was feeling some small hands grabbing at her neck and hair. She let out an grunt as another adult woman got in and pressed her head against her chest. "This doesn't feel right!" she squeaked.
"That's a hero's welcome for you" Sora then sighed "I'll get there one day."
Princess Perfuma let go and eagerly waved to everyone, "Please, let me give you a tour! You four will love it here!"
The five of them left most of the crowd behind as the Princess insisted on a tour. She-Ra and Sora were able to pry the kids off of her easily enough, but the grown woman was being significantly more difficult about it.
"Our people have lived here in peace and tranquility for thousands of years" Perfuma waved her hand and flowers and bushes began to grow, only to wilt away almost immediately, "We're known for our beautiful flowers, majestic trees…"
"Our pottery and sculptures" the woman clinging to She-Ra continued as Sora tried to pull her from the hips.
"We haven't seen those yet" Sora thought aloud as he and She-Ra struggled.
"That's because the Horde destroyed them!" The woman sounded way too happy still. She even still had that smile on her face as Sora finally managed to pull her away, sending the two tumbling back.
Glimmer scrunched up her face in thought and confusion. "This doesn't make sense. You all don't really seem bothered at all by the Horde. Aren't you scared or worried?"
Perfuma's eyes shrunk for a moment and her smile faltered, but a second later they both returned to the way they were. "And finally we have the Heart-Blossom! This tree stands in the very center of our kingdom, and it is the source of my powers and all our hopes." She looked at the flowers and bush she conjured a moment ago, her smile looked shaky. "We're...going through a bit of a rough-patch, but the universe has its plans and I'm sure it will all right itself soon."
The four of them looked to each other questionly, "So what are you doing about the situation in the meantime?" She-Ra asked.
"Surely you guys aren't just sitting around and doing nothing about it, right?" Bow continued.
"Because it looks like everything is either dead or dying. I'm going to take a wild guess that your farms and crops are all gone too?" Glimmer finished.
"We ARE trying to be serious over here!" Sora tried to hold the struggling woman back.
"I just want to touch her one more time, maybe even smell her hair!"
"I think you might have a problem!" he commented as She-Ra took a step back and hugged her arms to herself.
Perfuma paid them a glance before she continued. "I know things look bleak since the blight hit us, and if things would have gone on as they did before you showed up, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't worry or become desperate. I know my people know that too, hence…" She gestured to the She-Ra fan now foaming at the mouth. "With all of my magic over nature, it hasn't been able to help heal the land. Me and my people are scared, we just try not to dwell on the negatives." She suddenly perked up as she formed a necklace of flowers before placing it around She-Ra neck. "But now none of it doesn't matter anymore, the Heart-Blossom still thrives and the She-Ra is here! It's like I said, the universe will right itself."
At the insistence of a celebration, Princess Perfuma had quickly arranged a banquet to be held right under the Heart-Blossom in honor of the coming of She-Ra. The people were quick to use the very provisions that She-Ra and her friends brought for their aid, only to try to feed it back to her. It was a little painful for Sora, Glimmer and Bow to watch, Adora the tough soldier being pampered with the very food they were supposed to use to help the people. She tried to urge them that she didn't need any of it, that the Plumerians needed it more, but her pleas were ignored.
"So, when are we supposed to drop the second hero bomb on them?" Glimmer asked, feeling a little weird that she, Bow and Sora were completely left out of the celebration.
Bow got all excited, "Oh, oh, Sora, what else can you do?! Maybe you can jump in with your magic sword swinging, doing all sorts of magic stuff…"
"A few things about that, A: Remember I lost a lot of my magic. The only spells I can cast right now are healing spells for the injured, and fire. B: Pretty sure the forest people aren't going to like fire magic being thrown about."
Bow rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah, forests do not like fire." Sora interrupted by holding up a finger.
"C: I'm pretty sure they could overdose on all of the excitement if I entered the fray. And D: No thank you! Adora looks miserable enough that she wouldn't say no to the company. I think I'm fine where I am." Bow and Glimmer got a snicker out of the last two.
Glimmer looked a little worried, "So what do we do now? We brought the supplies, the people are obviously really roused...is the job complete? Do we ask them to return to the Rebellion now?"
Bow crossed his arms, "Umm, I don't know. This feels like this is a little way too easy."
Sora nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah, it doesn't feel right to end it here." Sora looked to the smoke from before. An idea popped in, he jumped and turn to the other two, a bit of a mischievous look to his face. "I know what we can do! Your mom said do not engage the Horde right?" he waited for her nod before continuing, "Well, we got everything else done. How about some icing on top of the cake while still listening to orders?"
Glimmer wasn't too sure where he was heading for this, but she couldn't help but feel super excited by it. "Yeah! What did you have in mind?"
"Let's scope out the enemy, not engage, and return back with a recon report. You know, military stuff?"
Bow didn't look the most comfortable with that suggestion. "I don't know, that sounds awfully close to disobeying some direct orders."
Glimmer looked at him as though he went bonkers, "Are you crazy? This is perfect! This way, for once, we can actually contribute and help defeat the bad guys while still staying out of trouble! If we go back to Bright Moon with a full report, mom will be soooo impressed, she might actually give me more war duties!" She turned back to Sora, "Let's do it!"
Bow swayed his head as he thought about it, "I mean, technically we would still be following orders...Yeah, I'm in!"
"Oh yeah!" Sore held out two hands for them to high five, unlike Adora, they knew how and it felt good. "Alright let's try to grab Adora."
They returned to the banquet to see She-Ra carrying a multitude of of food and..a baby? She looked thoroughly confused and a bit miserable as a child handed her another gift. "Oh wow, it's a-a-"
"Windchime" Sora whispered to her.
"Windchime, yes. I'll definitely use it to chime all sorts of wind" she smile awkwardly.
Princess Perfuma entered her personal bubble again as she rested her head on She-Ra's shoulder. "Oh, we are sooo excited for you to heal our land and bring all the plants back to life!" She then looked a little puzzled, "Will you be doing that before the drum circle or after? Normal everyone gets impatient having to wait, but I think they'll be fine this time. You know, makes it all worth it if we do it juuuuust right."
She-Ra's eyes shrunk and she stammered all over, "You uh, you, you you uh, want me to heal the land?"
Perfuma grabbed her cheeks, looking too excited, "Yes! Just like in the stories of old!" She had a dreamy look as she stood up. "She-Ra, wielding her magic sword, heals the forest and brings the trees back to life."
She-Ra broke in sweats and started mouthing some of the words just said. Her eye began to twitch. Glimmer skidded in and started waving it off, "Yeah, I've seen her do way weirder stuff than that. This will be a piece of cake."
She-Ra desperately whispered to Sora, "Cake, what's cake?! Please tell me that's a weapon or a device to heal plants!" She looked like she was about to snap and breakdown. He disappointingly shook his head.
"This will be simple, you'll see."
Expectations be damned, there's no way she's gonna go along this charade without saying something. She-Ra stood up, letting the food roll all around before handing the baby to her nearby mother. "Whoa, whoa, whao, wait a moment. That is not at all so simple. None of that is, plus I really don't like the looks of that smoke and how close it is." She pointed to the billowing pillar of smoke.
Bow stepped forward, "Yeah, the three of us just finished talking about it, and we agreed that we should all do some reconnaissance, you know, investigate what might be happening. She-Ra's powerful, and magic can do a lot, but this might require a military operation for us to help put a stop to it. It'll be better if we're ready."
Perfuma gulped as she looked around nervously, "We?" She let her shoulder drop and she done a sad smile. She held out her hand as another flower bloomed, "This is my power. I grow plants, flowers." It immediately wilted away. She let it fall to the ground, as did her smile. "We're not strong enough to go up against the Horde. We're lovers, not fighters. We just want to live peacefully, here, in our ancestral home." Everyone's composer dropped as they all looked solemn and depressed. It was just as the Princess had said earlier, they all knew how grave the situation was. "We need you, She-Ra."
Sora grimaced, "That's not an enormous weight or anything, right?" All the Plumerians around started to circle around them while chanting She-Ra's name. Sora nodded, "Yup nevermind."
Sora was about to continue and say his piece to the people, but it seems that She-Ra completely lost her nerves. "Yes! Healing! That is a thing I can do! I'm just gonna grab these guys here" She wrapped her arms around all three of them before effortlessly picking them up, "And go over the plans. Behind those trees there. In private." Started started to turn around before adding, "I know what I'm doing! Not panicking or anything!" She ran them over, just past the treeline before setting them down before she smashed her head into a tree several times.
"What am I doing?! What am I doing?! I can't heal anything! How can they just say all of that and expect me to say a few magic words and then whoosh, everything's all better now?!"
"Hey, the stories say you do. I mean Sora can, so maybe you can too and not even know it?" Bow suggested.
"Sora said a wizard taught him!" She argued.
Glimmer tried to reason, "Hey, didn't you tell me that you accidently turn the horse into a winged unicorn? Maybe you have it in you to heal stuff too? Maybe you just really need to concentrate?"
She turned to Sora next, he looked at a loss before shrugging his shoulders, "I don't know, worth a try?"
She shakily nodded her head before taking several deep breaths. She tried quieting her mind and focusing. She felt herself glow with power. She held out hand before closing her eyes and imagining the the tree in front of her bloom with life. She moved her hand forward and felt something shoot out. "Did I do it?" She asked, a little too afraid to open her eyes.
"Nope" Bow's shoulders slumped.
"But if it's any consolation, even when you're not trying, you're really good at punching things" Sora said, hoping to make her feel a little better. She-Ra opened her eyes and saw the hole she just punch through the tree, she did not feel better.
She tried to turn her mind around. No, she was sad. No, she's got this, she's got this! "Okay, let me try it again!" The frustration was clear to hear in her voice. She held out her sword and tried to funnel some energy through it. She stumbled back as she accidently let out a magical blast that her friends had to jump to avoid.
"Again!" She held out her sword.
"Okay, maybe we should try to cool our heads!" Sora tried to suggestion, but She-Ra stubbornly tried anyway. Another blast shot out, this time it hit a small, green lizard. Now the reptile was white with rainbow colored wings and a little horn sticking out.
Bow let out a gasp, "Is that what happened to Horsey?!"
She definitely lost her temper this time as She-Ra roundhouse kicked a tree, completely snapping it in half. Looking at the remains, she let out a depressed sigh.
"Adora, please cheer up. All you need is a little time and practice. You'll get it, you'll see" Glimmer tried to assure her.
"There isn't enough time! You saw those people, they expect me to save the land right now! If She-Ra can't deliver there hopes and believe, then what good am I to them?" She looked like she was ready to vent by beating up another tree, but slumped to the ground instead. "I thought I'd be better as She-Ra, but I'm still useless. Just like Adora."
Bow with his upbeat voice pushed Sora forward. "Hey, I know! How about Sora teach you that healing spell? I've seen him use it before, it looks flowery and nature like, so maybe with your powers combined you two can do it!"
Sora smiled, "Hey, that's an idea...except I'd have no idea how to even start teaching magic" he faltered.
BOOM!
"Whoa! That doesn't sound so good." Sora pulled She-Ra back on her feet.
The flower accessories made by Perfuma's magic suddenly wilted away before crumbling to dust.
"That really doesn't look good" Glimmer tried to scoop up the ashes, but they were blown away.
"She-Ra and friends!" Perfuma called out as she ran up to the four, "Something absolutely terrible has happened! Please, we have to return to the Heart-Blossom right away!"
They all returned to the massive tree...the once healthy tree, now like everything else around them, was dying. Its pink gem now black, and putrid, green veins were pulsing all along the trunk, beating as though a heartbeat was about to give.
The Princess looked to She-Ra with large, wet eyes, imploring her. "The Heart-Blossom is dying. Please, heal our land."
She-Ra took a shaky breath as she stood in front of the tree. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning, Sora was by her side. "Together?" She gave a slow nod.
Sora closed his eyes and held out his hand. In a flash of light, the Kingdom Key was floating in front of him. Opening his eyes, he grabbed the hilt and approached the tree with the tall blonde behind him.
Perfuma blinked. "Wait, what?" She looked at the boy, as though noticing him for the first time, She asked him "Who are you again?"
Sora flashed her a smile, "I'm Sora. Chosen wielder of the Keyblade." Seeing her confused expression, he figured that probably someone only like Queen Angella would have heard of the ancient tale. "Another legendary warrior." Seeing her hopeful expression, he was quick to explain, "But my shtick is driving away the Darkness from the Realm of Light. We'll see what I can do."
Both he and She-Ra placed a hand on the blackened gem and tried to get a feel for it. There really wasn't much to read off it, just felt like a smooth, stony surface. Sora flinched as the Warrior Princess turned on the light show again. He didn't know if she was trying to funnel her powers again or if there was a reaction to something, but he decided to see if something might come out of using the Keyblade too.
"Come on, please do something" she muttered to herself.
Nothing. No, the veins began to spread faster than any vines could grow, but they were pulsing with that terrible green color even faster. That really didn't look good. Sora pointed the Keyblade at the gemstone and cast "Curaga!"
As expected, a bell shaped flower bloomed above the gemstone before showering it with glowing petals. The pulsing slowed and the pink color returned if only as a flicker before darkening again, very soon the pulsing returned to its fast pace.
She-Ra desperately tried pouring what strength she had into the tree, but everything seemed to head south fast. Her powers gave out, and the tall, powerful warrior was replaced with Adora. She slumped to the ground exhausted before Sora picked her back up and supporting her.
"I'm sorry, we couldn't save the tree. I couldn't save the tree" she tried to apologize.
Everyone let out a gasp as they looked at Adora, Perfuma ran up to them in a panic, "What, no, no, no! What happened?! This wasn't supposed to happen."
One of the the citizens stepped forward and angrily demanded answers. "Who are you, what did you do to She-Ra?!"
Her gaze dropped, "My name is Adora. I was the one chosen to wield She-Ra's Sword of Protection. The sword chose me, but I haven't been doing this for long. I-I haven't even been at this for a week yet. I'm sorry, I still don't know how any of this works."
The people around them expressed many emotions; confusion, fear, anger, hopelessness.
"She's just a child!"
Sora was quick to retort, "Hey, we're the same age and I've defeated more monsters than you've seen trees!"
"She's in a Horde uniform!"
Glimmer and Bow came to her defense, "Hey, she's not with the Horde anymore!"
"Yeah, she's on our side now!"
"They all lied to us!"
Adora pushed herself off of Sora before holding her hands up, trying to calm them down. "I didn't deceive you. I am She-Ra! I'm just not the same She-Ra from hundreds of years ago. I didn't mean to get your hopes up like this!"
"So...you can't save us?" Perfuma asked simply.
"We can still save you, just not the way you expected us to!" Sora insisted.
BOOM!
Another explosion went off, shaking the ground even hard. After the last explosion, things took a turn for a worst, they now looked at the Heart-Blossom tree and the veins completely spread across the entire tree. All the leaves were turning black and the bark began to lose its color. Everyone around them began to worry as they turned to one another, many started weeping about the impending end.
Adora's eyes went wide as her worst thoughts came to life, she was letting everyone down. The people were panicking, the Princess had given up hope, Sora had his hands in his pockets as he kicked at a patch of dirt, Glimmer looked like she was about to cry as she pulled at her hair in front of Bow.
Glimmer turned to Bow, "No, no, no! Everything was going so right! We were going to win Plumeria and save their people, and bring a report on the Horde's camp layout. Mom was going to be so proud, we would have started winning against the Horde, but now everything's ruined!" Bow gave her a sympathetic pat on the shoulder, knowing how important this was to her.
Adora gave a deep gasp as she was struck by an ephiany. "Everyone stop! This is not over yet! Please listen, I know the Horde. I'm almost positive that they're using a machine that's responsible for all of this! If we want to save your land, your home, we're gonna have to take the fight to them if we're to put a stop to all this!"
One of the men from earlier challenged her again, "You're not the She-Ra from the stories! You were supposed to save us, heal the land with your powers. How are we supposed to follow you?!"
That stopped her in her tracks. Sora was quick to her defense again, "Hey, the She-Ra from over a thousand years ago, do you really expect her to come back from being what's probably a pile of dusty old bones?! I don't think so! Adora here is the new She-Ra! At least she's trying to help you guys out, what are you doing, waiting to be helped?! Help her help you before kicking her while she's down!"
Princess Perfuma stepped in between the two, "Please, please. Everyone I promise that everything is going to be okay. We can rebuild so long as mother nature is on our side. We can only hope that the universe will repay the Horde what's due to them."
Glimmer put her foot down, "The universe will fix everything?! Didn't you just hear what Sora said? Adora is here right now! She and Sora can help fix this, but you're all only interested in the stories. What's the point if any of you won't even try to help save yourselves."
Once again, their words fell on deaf ears. "If She-Ra cannot save us, then no one can. The only thing left for me is to make sure my people are safe. I'm going to evacuate everyone today, we're no longer safe here." The Princess turned and led her people back to the camps, the four were left alone.
"I...only just wanted to help."
Glimmer tried to put a comforting hand on her shoulder, but Adora just shrugged it off. She moved and sat herself on one of the roots of the dying Heart-Blossom and held her head down.
"Okay, that's it!" Adora, Glimmer and Bow jumped up at Sora's loud declaration. "We've failed the mission. We completely lost any chances of getting Plumeria to join Bright Moon, the Horde is probably gaining ground, and we didn't even come close to trying to get that scout report. Really the only thing we did do right was deliver the supplies, and even then they just used it on us. If we're gonna return to the Queen as a band of failures, I say we go all the way and disobey orders. Let's go back the Bright Moon having at least done the right thing!"
"Wait, you mean attack the Horde camp?!" Glimmer stepped forward.
"Oh boy, if we do that, we're gonna be in so much trouble with Glimmer's mom!"
Glimmer turned to Bow, "But like Sora said, we're gonna be in trouble anyway."
"Not nearly as much trouble if we go through with this!" Bow argued back. He tapped his foot for a moment before coming to a conclusion, "But we'd really be helping these people...Okay, if you guys are in, so am I."
"Do I need to even say it?! You know I'm in!" Sora affirmed.
Glimmer and Bow looked at Adora. She looked surprised by the sudden turn of everything, but she started to smile confidently.
"You better believe I'm in, and I think I've got a plan."
Sora and Bow leaned in cover behind nearby trees as they watched Adora and Glimmer carefully make their way through the camp. The plan was for Adora to lead the Princess to the storage house nearest to the outer wall. Using Glimmer's teleporting ability with Sora and Bow as overwatch, the two made it in and out of the camp with four sets of Horde armor.
Adora started handing out the disguises, "Alright, let's get these on and we can practically walk ourselves right into the camp with no trouble."
Bow excited started to get his on, "This is gonna be so epic! With these uniforms and your Horde brain, this is gonna be the best mission ever!"
"Yeah, I'm hoping this won't jinx us, but I've got a good feeling about this, like we'll finish this a little too easily." Glimmer fiddled around with the chest piece.
"Man, this is the first time I tried anything with a disguise, it's kind of like spy stuff. I can't wait to tell my friends about this next time I see them!" Sora's hair gave him a little trouble as he tried to put the helmet on, it just wouldn't stop shoving his spikes into his eyes and face. After having to turn the helm in a 360* motion more than once, he finally got his hair right underneath.
"Okay, is everyone ready?" Adora was very quick to get into the armor and was patiently waiting for her friends. "The Horde is very strict with the layout of campsites, they almost never deviate from the standard, especially on high value operations. Knowing that, we can bet that command will be in the dead center of it all, along with the machine that would responsible for this whole mess." She looked at them to make sure that they were paying attention. "Now listen, changing of the guards happens every half-an-hour, so we have a very small window to ambush the next change of guards and take their place. After that, we can enter completely unimpeded and stop whoever's in command and destroy the machine, got it?"
"Got it" Sora confirmed.
"Yeah-uh" Bow nodded.
Glimmer's voice was a little more shaky, "Uh, yeah. I got it."
Adora put a steady hand on her shoulder, "Don't be scared, Glimmer, we've got this. We stick to the plan, everything will be alright. And if things do go south, we'll stick together and watch each other's backs."
She gave a nod before putting her helmet on.
Together, all four were able to entered the camp via Glimmer's teleportation, Adora taking the lead as they moved between prefabricated buildings. As they got closer to the center, she spoke to Sora, "Sora, since your weapon can be summoned and dismissed, you're gonna take lead when we take down the guards. Think you can knock out a fireteam before they can shout out an alarm?"
Sora took a moment to think about it, he answered modestly "I can definitely take down at least two before they can figure out what's happening, maybe three if I'm lucky. How many will there be?"
"Guards are always teams of four, attacking squads are teams of six."
"Okay, how about I go for the two furthest to the right, someone can take the far left one, then it can be a race of who will get the last one?"
Adora nodded, "Sounds like a plan. You guys have any objections?"
Glimmer and Bow shook their heads.
Adora was quiet for a moment, "Okay, we're coming up to the command building and it's almost time for the guards to shift. Stick together and keep an eye out for a team of four."
Bow heard footsteps behind them, "Guys, I think I found them. Right behind us." Indeed behind them was a team of four dragging their feet through the dirt. Their complaints and laments about returning back to guard duty was clearly heard from them as well. "It's gonna look weird if they see us turn around towards them."
Princess Glimmer was quick to think of an idea. "Oh, wait! They're not paying much attention. I think I can teleport behind them without their notice. Bow with me, we can subtle distract them while you two knock them out with their backs turned."
Adora really couldn't give the idea much time to think about, but she trusted her and knew they had to act fast. "Do it."
She grabbed Bow before disappearing and reappearing behind the squad, and they still didn't seem to be none the wiser. Glimmer tapped on one of the guards shoulder, "Excuse me, can I ask you a quick question?"
The guard turned around right away as the other three gained a bit more space before turning around as well, "Uh, uhhh, what? Ahem, what did you need?"
The plan worked perfectly, the moment they turned around, Sora summoned his Keyblade and leapt forward. His first swing smacked a guard on top of the head, sending him to the guard instantly. The second guard only started to turn around before his faceplate got smashed into.
Adora jumped on the third guard's back before wrapping her arm around his neck before using her other arm to punch him several times on the head before he went down, too.
Glimmer casually leaned her head to the side of the fourth guard before calming asking "Hey, what's going on behind you exactly?" As he was turning around, she and Bow jumped him before dragging him to the ground and knocking him out, too. Not nearly as quick as the two newest members of the Rebellion, but still discreetly enough that he didn't get the chance to yell out.
"Yes! That went perfectly!" Adora pumped her fist before dragging one of the unconscious bodies to a narrow gap between building, the other three soon behind her with bodies of their own. Once the bodies were stashed away, Adora resumed her lead to the command building.
They came face to face with the guards they're 'supposed' to relief. "Augh! Finally! I swear these damn shift change gets slower and slower each time."
"Seriously, I'm starving! Did you know this is now a triple shift for me now? And that's before guard duty!"
"Will you stop whining already?! I've been working the same shifts with you, I know!"
As soon as they couldn't see or hear the relieved guards, they took their chance and began entering the building. There was no sign of anybody. No body, but one giant machine. They all looked wide eyed the machine and the vats of chemical it was pumping into the ground.
"Guh, that looks so gross!" Sora complained as he pinched his nose, "And it stinks!"
Glimmer turned to face them, "Adora, you were right, the Horde is poisoning the land. This means we can put a stop to this right now!"
"Hey! What are you four doing in here?!" A guard entered the room, pointing her blaster baton at them.
The four jumped in surprise before turning around. Sora was the quickest to respond, "Uh, I think the better question is what are you doing here?!" Unfortunately he sounded rather stupid.
"I'm the lieutenant, I'm supposed to be here!"
Adora was able to collect her thoughts in time, "Well, we've been given security clearance by the captain! Password's Five-Echo-Niner." She put her hands on her hips, raising her chin to look smug.
She lowered her blaster baton for a moment, "...We haven't used that password in months." She turned around and punched the alarm, instantly sirens started going off all around the base. "HANDS UP!"
The four of them did as they were told, Bow let out a whimper, "We're in trouble."
"You better believe it, now come with me for question! If I also see you do anything I don't like-"
Soar summoned his Keyblade in his hand and swung down hard and fast at her head. With a single smack she went down like a sack of potatoes. "What? Like that?"
Bow in a panicked voice asked "What are we gonna do now?! We're are seriously knee deep in-"
"We're fine!" Sora waved it off, "Look, all we have to do is turn this around to make it that she's the intruder and that we stopped her."
Glimmer nodded, "Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea!"
Adora agreed, "We can still pull this job off."
"Oh good, I almost lost it there for a moment" Bow let out a sigh.
"Yeah, just so long as we don't get-" Sora started before several more troopers arrived at the opposite end door, "-caught again. Dang it!"
"The intruders!"
"Get them!"
"Now what?!" Bow shouted.
"WE RUN!" Adora yelled, leading the team back the way they entered. All around them dozens of Horde Soldiers started to run to their locations, many of them firing their blasters at them.
"Duck and weave! Duck and weave!" Sora yelled out as he recalled some of Phil's training from the Coliseum. True to his words, the four had to duck several times to avoid getting blasted, and they weave between buildings to trying to lose their sight. They soon came to a fork in-between some buildings before being surrounded by all three sides.
Adora looked up, "Over the building we go!" She jumped and quickly started climbing.
"Right behind you!" Sora called out before grabbing Glimmer and Bow by the hips and throwing them upwards and landing them on the roof. He jumped up and joined the other three.
"Ouch! You do know I can teleport, right?!"
"No time, keep running!" Adora ordered as they ran across the roof before jumping on another roof top and back to ground level. The four of them hugged their backs to the wall, hoping to have lost them. "Okay, I think we bought ourselves some time. How many do you guys think you can take?"
Sora wiped his forehead, getting a little too warm wearing this bulky armor. "I can take on bunch, no need to worry about me. Bow?"
Bow had his hands on his knees, clearly winded. "Without my bow? Maybe between one and zero."
Sora blinked. "Wait, why don't you have your bow?" Sora then gasped before turning to Adora, "Adora, where's you sword?"
Adora scratched her cheek, "Uh, back at the village?"
"WHY?!"
She turned around and looked angry at him, "Because this is a stealth and infiltration mission! Where do you think I can hide it on me?! Sorry that I, unlike some people, can't magically summon and dismiss my magical sword from thin air!"
He opened his mouth to argue, but struggled and came up short in the end. "Yeah, okay, I guess I have to give that to you."
Glimmer and Bow leaned back and let out a whine.
That's when they noticed someone from the corner of their eyes, unfortunately they seemed to have noticed back. "The intruders are over here!" In matter of moments a couple dozen troops held up their blasters, ready to fire at them.
Sora stepped forward with Keyblade in hand. "That's it, you guys stay behind me! The moment you all see an opening, take it and run. I'll hold these guys off."
Glimmer tried to pull him back, "Are you crazy?! There's too many of them!"
Bow put a hand on her shoulder, "Glim, if anyone's got this, it's Sora. You just haven't seen him in action yet...and I don't know if that's a good thing?"
Adora stood by Sora as well, "I don't care, I'm not leaving a friend by himself like this!"
Glimmer and Bow stood behind them, looking ready to fight as well, "Neither are we!"
A loud horn sounded, almost vibrating the air with its long, deep tone. Everyone looked towards the source, just in time to see giant vines climb over the camp's wall before tearing it down. Through the new opening , a wave of new vines started to pour through with Princess Perfuma riding on top of them. "I've always said the universe will repay the Horde one day! Well I say that day is today!"
Sora and friends looked at the sight with slack jaws before cheering "I knew plant powers would be cool!" Adora, Glimmer and Bow started cheering for her as well when more of Plumerians followed through the gap and started charging in and attacking the Horde soldiers.
"Princess, what are you doing here?!" Sora called out.
"I saw the note that the She-Ra, or should I say Adora, left behind at the village! I believe this is for you two!" Emerging from the tangle of vines for them to take was a bow and quiver, and the Sword of Protection. "If Adora is brave and strong enough to fight the Horde as she is without the power of She-Ra, then so will we!"
Sora, Glimmer and Bow had never seen such a big smile on Adora's face when she heard all that. With wet eyes she took the sword before pointing it up to the sky, "For the Honor of Grayskull!" In a flash of rainbow colors, Adora had transformed into the legendary She-Ra.
Perfuma started laughing and applauding so excitedly, "Oh my, oh my! That was so amazing!" A Horde Soldier tried to rush her from the side. She sent the vines to wrap themselves around the man before shaking him and tossing him away. "I was trying to enjoy a spectacular moment you jerk!"
"Let's go kick their asses!" She-Ra roared as she started to punch her way through the Horde forces.
Perfuma covered her mouth and gave a gasp, "Such language."
Glimmer teleported next to a soldier near She-Ra before teleporting the both of them ten feet in the air before letting drop on another two soldiers, teleporting herself away to deal with more troopers.
Bow's trick arrows came flying over head, releasing a smoke bomb, slick oil, and a heavy foam to incompaciate a dozen more enemies in She-Ra's path.
Sora elbowed the Princess over nature, "Eh, eh? You think rude language, I say inspirational war cry."
She put a thoughtful hand to her chin, "Alright...Let's go kick some, smelly, stinky, um, mean Horde butt!" She called out over to her people. With those words, her people seem to be working harder to fight against the Horde then before.
Sora swayed his head as he judged her words, "Not my choice of words to say, but it worked. Let's kick some smelly, stinky, mean Horde butt people!" The two heard a cheer from all the Plumerians. "Alright, you stay here with your people, I'm gonna go help Adora and the others."
As soon as he finished saying those words, the ground beneath them glowed a healthy green color before spreading past them and towards Plumeria. Before their very eyes the greenery began to return almost instantly to all the dead trees. Perfuma herself glowed a bit as she felt herself over. Almost without her even trying, flowers were growing out of her hands.
"Orrrrrr nevermind. I think she got it."
"YES, OH YES! The She-Ra did it! She saved us from the Horde and healed the land!" The Princess wrapped her arms around Sora's neck before swinging and hanging off him in celebration.
Sora laughed, "Hey don't count yourselves short. We'd never had made it if it wasn't for you guys!"
She only hugged him tighter, "And it's still because you all inspired us to help fight back!" A blast went soaring over their heads. "Oops, we're still not done yet." She let herself down before clenching and unclenching her hands. "Let me try...THIS!" She threw her hands out and plants and vines started growing from out the ground, ensnaring multiple troopers, several of the enemy's ships, and even crushing many of the buildings. The uncaptured Horde Soldiers were able to free their captured comrades before they all had to start retreating from their own hold.
"Wow!" Sora looked on at the amazing sight, but it wasn't him that said that. He and the Princess turned around to she She-Ra, Glimmer and Bow approach them.
Perfuma got giddy and jumped with excitement before throwing herself at the much taller woman. "She-Ra! We did it, we did it! We beat the Horde, and there's no way we could have done it without you! How can we ever repay you?"
The four of them looked to each other knowingly. Glimmer stepped forward, "Well~ Right now this is a very crucial moment in history. We have not one, but two legendary warriors from ancient Etherian tales on our side right now; She-Ra and a Chosen Wielder of the Keyblade. This is Etheria's time to strike back at the Horde, so join the Rebellion! You can help me rebuild the Princess Alliance and we can finally defeat the Evil Horde once and for all!"
Perfuma looked more than a little nervous at that, "But...didn't the Alliance fail horribly?" Glimmer smirked as she thumbed She-Ra and Sora. "Ah, that is a good point."
"I know our parents failed, but this time we are way stronger than before. We need the Alliance, all of us."
It didn't long for her to think about, "Well, I suppose I really did like hitting people with flowers...I would still get to do that, right?"
The four of them smiled to each other, Bow punch his hand into his open palm, "The bad guys will never see it coming!"
Perfuma clapped, "Yay! Then you all got yourselves a deal! The Princess Alliance is back!" She turned to her people, "Everyone look! We're mighty rebels now!" All of the Plumerians started cheering for the new alliance.
Sora gave the three a thumbs up, "Mission complete! Hopefully your mom will be more happy then angry that we disobeyed orders and fought the Horde."
Glimmer did not look confident at all as she started chewing at her fingernails.
"How can you be so reckless as to disobey orders and attack the Horde?! You, young lady, are grounded for a whole week!"
Sora, Adora and Bow stood outside the door, listening to Queen Angella yelling at poor Glimmer all alone. Things had started out good when Princess Glimmer reported that they had secured an alliance with Plumeria, the Queen was quite estasic if anything else. When she asked in detail what had happened, and when Glimmer couldn't keep beating around the bush, furious was the right word to describe the elegant woman.
"Yeah, I guess not."
The three of them thought about going in and help defend the shorter girl, but they thought better of it. "Glimmer's real used to this, trust me" Bow tried to reassure. "Besides, she only got one week. Normally she gets a whole month. I think the Queen's happy."
Sora and Adora both sighed in unison, "If you say so."
A/N: Thanks for the wait. Things have been real busy with my life. Expect a delay for the next chapter is what I'm afraid to announce. For the past couple of weeks I've been packing up my house, work is making me move across the country, but at least I'll be back in my hometown of LA. I was originally planning on drive out with a truck, but due to weather I'm gonna have end up flying to make it on time. That also means less room to carry my things, leaving me no choice but to ship my PC and hope it arrives safely. It will be another couple of weeks before I can return by to writing so thanks from now for your patience.
Thank you all for the PMs you guys have sent out to me! Leave me a review telling me what you think, those really help me get motivated to write more.
Also check out the poll I'm gonna try to post on pairings! Now don't take it too seriously, it's only for fun and will have no impact on the story. Just interested in what everyone would have wanted to see.