"Water! Water!" Torrents of water splashed all around the traveling group of six. Anytime Sora spotted a dry or withered part of the forests that defended Brightmoon, he would send his newly acquired water magic to fix it right up. Problem was that most of the time his friends were ultimately caught in the splash zone.

Bow shook the water from his hair, "Aw c'mon, again?! I don't know what's worse, Adora trying to show off whenever she could, or this!"

Glimmer was wringing the moisture from her cape. "This! This is way worse! At least Adora only stopped at just being annoying, this is just-GAH!" she slipped on a freshly made puddle of mud, pulling herself up, she felt up her bottom. When she pulled her hand away, she found a thick coating of mud. She craned her neck and saw mud all over her rear end. "GAAAAAAHH! Now this?! Dammit Sora! Do you know what my mom will do to me if I show up to the throne room looking like that I-I-I...Gah!"

Sora flinched, "Oops, sorry Glimmer. Want me to water you down? I can get it done in a jiffy!"

She covered herself, "What?! No! Enough with the water already!"

Donald waddled up and joined her, "Yeah, Sora, you can't keep acting irresponsibly like this."

Goofy nodded his head, "Yup, remember the time when you first learned fire magic? That was a disaster!"

~Flashback~

In Traverse Town a bashful looking Sora stood in front of a newspaper stand whilst on fire. The owner, Donald and Goofy were looking either angrily or disapprovingly at the newly chosen Keyblade warrior.

"Oopsies."

~End Flashback~

"Just the once!"

Donald pointed angrily at him, "Twice!"

~Flashback~

In Hollow Bastion after their year long sleep, Sora had relearned how to cast magic again, accidentally releasing it on a newspaper stand of the same owner as last time.

"Oopsie!"

~End Flashback~

"Okay fine, twice!"

Bow looked at Adora, "So are you just gonna comment on any of this? You've been surprisingly quiet."

Adora blinked, "Yeah, no. After how I was messing up before and, as you pointed out, my showboating, I've got no real place to say anything."

"Fair enough."

Donald looked a little nervous, "Wait, Adora is the same too?"

Glimmer crossed her arms to think about it, "Sometimes, not all the time. In fact, they sometimes trade roles on being the responsible one and being the reckless endangerment to us all."

"Oh bother, there's two of them now." Donald sighed while slouching, Sora mouthing and mocking him from behind.

Goofy thought creatively, "Cheer up, Don', that means that there's double the good qualities about Sora."

Adora scratched the back of her head before mumbling "I wish I was half as good as Sora."

"Okay, I think the point of this discussion is…" Bow pointed at Sora, "No more water! Now come on, we're almost at Brightmoon and I can't wait to tell Entrapta about what happened!"

"About what? The Salineas Water Runestone or having the other half of the ship?" Adora asked.

"Both!"

~Flashback~

About all their business was wrapped up in Salineas, everyone was saying their good-byes to Mermista, Sea Hawk and Samuel, but that's when it happened. The Runestone that sat above the throne began to glow, and so did the Mermaid Princess.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's happening?!" Mermista began to panic as she looked herself all over.

"The Salineas Runestone is glowing too!" Glimmer pointed out.

"Guys, this seriously does not feel right!" She then let out a squeal as she was magically being lifted off the ground. She didn't stop rising until she floated a few meters off the floor, both Sea Hawk and Adora each having a hold of her hand and trying to bring her down.

"What's going on?!" Donald shouted.

Both Princess Mermista and the Runestone glowed even more brightly until a blue, shining light emerged for the two and combined as one. The bright light floated for a moment before zooming around the room before stopping in front of Sora. He took several steps back, but the light shot at him and struck him in the chest. As suddenly as the whole ordeal started, it ended and Mermista fell down into Adora arms and the glowing ended.

Everyone carefully looked around.

"So, I don't know about you guys, but even for us that was kind of weird" Sora stated.

Bow scratched at his head, "Yeah, that was super weird for us too."

"So what do ya think happened?" Goofy asked.

Suddenly the Keyblade summoned itself and floated in front of Sora. He looked at it curiously before grabbing hold of it. The Keyblade surrounded itself with a light blue glow before he suddenly understood. "Wait, I think I've got it! Water!" Sora pointed the Keyblade out the window. Instantly an orb of water appeared and a torrential blast shot itself out the opening.

"New magic!" Sora jumped up and cheered.

Mermista was gently set down by Adora, "So wait, are you, like, saying that you can now use water magic like me?"

"So cool!" Sora and Bow cheered.

~End Flashback~

"Forward ho!" Sora yelled as he began pulling on the massive cart holding the broken remains of the Gummi Ship, Goofy by his side.

"And NO MORE WATER!" Glimmer yelled at him for assurance.

"Wow~" both Donald and Goofy gawked as they passed through Brightmoon Castle's entrance.

"Brightmoon sure is pretty, don't ya think Donald?" Goofy asked.

"It sure is, but it's still nothing compared to Disney Castle."

During their travel from Salineas, Sora had brought up how Brightmoon already knew about them being from other worlds, on the account of there being a witness to the whole crash landing. Donald wasn't at all too pleased and berated Sora nonetheless.

Glimmer reappeared with a new change of clothes before the six approached the throne where the Queen sat. Glimmer resisted the urge to run up to her mother and speak informally. "Queen Angella, we've returned from Salineas with a successful alliance. Mission complete." She bowed.

Her mother nodded, "Excellent news Commander. Now, full report in just a moment. First, I see we have a couple of extra guests" she looked at the unusual forms of Donald and Goofy.

Glimmer stepped aside, "We have also located Sora's missing friends."

The two walked forward and bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, I'm Donald Duck, Court Wizard of Disney Castle."

"And I'm Goofy, Captain of the Royal Guards, Your Majesty. Glad to make your acquaintance."

Angella bowed her head in turn, "Greeting both of you. This pleasure is mine as well. Sora has spoken very highly of you two." If she had more to say about their different from normal appearance, she kept it to herself. Though she did recall a bit of Sora's description of the two.

"Now, Commander Glimmer, I'm sure all went well and we avoided any conflicts and confrontations as I've ordered."

Glimmer made a face as she sharply inhaled through her teeth. "Yeah, about that mom."

Queen Angella was quick to drop the formalities and spoke as a mother. "Glimmer! What did you do?!"

"Moooooom! It wasn't my fault! When we got there, we found Salineas completely deserted because the Sea Gate was falling apart and the Horde had been capitalizing on their weakened defenses! Then we found out that Adora and her sword could repair it, so we made a deal with Princess Mermista that if we fixed it, she'd join the Rebellion, but that's when the Horde attacked!"

"Did you all engage in combat or did you all wait behind the barrier where it was safe?!"

"We were on the other side fighting."

"After I specifically ordered you to stay out of any conflict?! After you told me that this was only a peaceful recruitment mission, nothing else?!"

"But moooooom! The controls to the Sea Gate were on the other side, and it wouldn't last through this battle! It was fight or lose Salineas all together!"

"And where was Princess Mermista in all this?! Why couldn't she be defending her own kingdom like how everyone else abandoned us to do?!"

"But moooooom!"

This back and forth went on for a little bit, Adora, Sora, Donald and Goofy looking a bit uncomfortable as it went on, but Bow and the rest of the royal court seemed to have accepted it as the norm.

"Is this normal?" Donald whispered, tugging at Sora's leg.

"I mean, I think so?"

Adora leaned in, "We've only seen this a couple of times, but we've barely been here."

"Ah, come now, Queen Angely is just worried about her daughter like any mother would. I know I'd be worried sick if this was me and Maxy" Goofy tried to defend her.

"But moooooom!" Donald shook his head.

"No buts, missy! You're grounded!"

While Glimmer had stormed off to her room, everyone else had gone to pay a visit to Princess Entrapta, who had yet to hear any news.

"Oh. My. GOD! You found the other half of the ship! Best day ever!" She ran forward and literally dived head first into the cart of Gummi pieces and started rolling around and cuddling with whatever she can bring into a hug.

"And she's gonna help us put together our ship?" asked a worried Donald.

Bow held his arms complacent arms, "Hey guys, I promise you, even though she's a bit eccentric she knows what she's doing. She is really one of the best minds around!"

"Ah shucks, I believe in her. So what if she's a little silly?" Goofy gestured to the three of them, "Look at how silly we are! Ah-hyuck!"

Donald didn't look one hundred percent convinced, "I think I'm gonna stick with her. I know a thing or two about fixing the Gummi Ship, and I don't want any funny business going on."

Entrapta poked her head out with an audible gasp, "Are you telling me that you actually know about this amazing machinery?!" Donald nodded, "Are you sure about that?! Because Sora let me down terribly and I don't think I'm quite ready for that same heart-break." After another nod, if accompanied by a nervous look. "SENSATIONAL!" She ran up and pulled Donald up to her with her hair, "Excelsior! You will make a great lab assistant! Onward!"

"Uh-oh" Donald muttered to himself as he was carried away by the short Princess.

…

…

…

"Gwarsh, what amazing hair she had! Pretty, too!" Goofy couldn't help comment.

"So cool!" Sora agreed.

Adora shook her head, "I don't think she even knows either of your names yet?"

Bow laughed nervously to himself, "I don't think Entrapta is going to be especially bothered by that."

Bow had stuck around with Donald and Entrapta as they worked, and Adora returned to her room for a little rest. Sora and Goofy were left to their own device as they explored the castle. While walking down the hallway, they ended up running into Queen Angella. She seemed to be trying to vent some steam.

"Hiya there, Queen Angely" Goofy greeted.

"It's Angella actually" Sora corrected.

"What did I say?"

"Yes, yes, hello" she hastily greeted back. "I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid I'm not really in the mood for pleasantries right now."

"Gwarsh, hang in there. I know it's tough to be a single parent. Just know that when they get older, they'll definitely learn to appreciate that we're just trying to look out for them. Ah geez, half the stories I have for you about my Maxy."

The Queen let out a tired breath, "Ah, you're a single parent too? They can be so trying indeed. Half the stories I can tell you about Glimmer, too" she countered back.

"Ah-hyuck! Do tell."

She shook her head, "No, no, I shouldn't. It's far too unbecoming of me, but her attitude. She's just-Grrr!" She started walking.

"Oh, I'll tell you this," Goofy followed her footsteps insync, "He was the sweetest little boy you'll ever see, but when he hit thirteen, he just became so rebellious out of nowhere! I didn't have the faintest clue of what to do."

"Really, Glimmer started acting out something awful after she turned ten!"

"Ya know, I hear that girls start growing up and maturing before boys do. What was the name of that book? I swear, if I didn't have this guide book, I'd have nightmares of how many would have turned out! I actually had his educator tell me that he'd get the electric chair after a wayward stunt he did for a girl he liked."

Sora was left all alone as the two single parents seemed to have found a friend in each other, leaving no room for him. "Yay, I'm all alone now." He blew at his hair. Looking out the window, he saw a particularly tall woman that stuck out. She was easily three heads taller than him with bright red skin, long red horns and pointy ears surrounded by wavy brown hair. She wore a simple plum tank top, a battle skirt, a cape, heeled leg strappings, and pauldrons similar to Glimmer and Bow's, "Hey, are you lonely and/or in need of a friend?!" he called out to her.

She looked startled at him before shying away and walking off.

"Hey wait, come back! I'm really lonely! NO WAIT! I mean YOU look really lonely and could use a friend! COME BACK!" Sora quickly scrambled out the window after her.

After his failed attempt at friendship with Agatha, he learnt her name from a guard, he vowed he would chase her down again and try once more. He ultimately gave up for the day and headed back to his shared room, but not before stopping by Glimmer's.

He opened the door and poked his head in, "Hey Glimm-"

"GET OUUUT!"

"Okay bye." Sora quickly shut the door. Getting over that nervous shutter, he turned back to his shared room. Though more hesitantly, he gently opened the door before poking his head in, "Hey Adora." He felt it safe to walk in as no one had yelled at him, he saw his friend focusing on her pushups. "Working out?"

"Yup, getting a little angsty and thought I'd work it off."

He bent down with a smug look on his face, "So, how many are you at?"

She stops for a moment and looks him hard in the eyes, knowing he's going at "79, but my record is four sets of fifty."

Sora smiled wider, "Ha! My record 500 in less than five minutes! Remember that hero trainor I told you guys about, Phil? Well, he gave me a minute for each set of a hundred, and I nailed it!"

"Oh-ho, ho ho, ho ho ho. You are asking for it, you're really asking for it, aren't you?!" She stood up straight with her arms crossed. Sora mirrored her.

"What? I have no idea what you're talking about?" Sora shrugged with that smug look still there.

"Fine! You want me to spell it out? Let's go at it. You. Me. No mission to get in the way. You really know a girl up." She cracked her knuckles while getting in his face.

"Just waiting on you to change into something more comfortable."

"What a charmer, you."

"Like this, see? The Gummi pieces are all interchangeable, but that can sometimes make things harder too" Donald finished explaining while demonstrating attaching two Gummi pieces together.

"Oh. My God! This is amazing! I totally get it, sure it might make things harder to get one specific thing right, but it leaves an unprecedented amount of possibilities to explore! Practically an infinite number of combinations of what you can create! Assistant Bow, did you record all that?!"

Bow holding the camera up with an uncontrollable grin on his face gave a thumbs up. "You bet, and this is so amazing! I would never have thought of these weirdly soft but firm materials were capable of so much! It's not even metal!"

*BOOOOOOM* The ground shook.

"What was that?" Bow looked around nervously.

*BOOOOOOM* It happened again.

"Pretty sure that time was the distinct sound of a tree exploding."

"Why do you know what a tree sounds like when it explodes?" Bow asked Entrapta.

"I'm afraid of the answer to that" the wizard muttered to himself as he walked out of the ship. He continued muttering, "Gah, what's the big idea making all sorts of noise and shaking. How anyone can get any work done…"

Bow blinked, "Wow, I didn't understand a single thing he said now. Not even close. Did you?"

"Sounds like a bunch of quacking to me" Entrapta shrugged.

"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!" They heard his trademarked screaming. Following him out, they saw why, Sora and Adora, transformed into She-Ra, were rolling around on top of each other, doing all they can to wrestle the other down into submission. Donald was on them smacking his staff onto either their heads. "STOP THIS RIGHT NOW! DON'T YOU SEE YOU'RE MAKING A MESS OF EVERYTHING?!"

She-Ra had rolled on top and took the advantage. She then lifted Sora up before smacking him into the ground, where he bounced twice before rolling on his feet. "Is that all you got?!"

"HARDLYYYYYYYY~" She rushed forward looking ready to pounce like a bird of prey, but Sora's arm shot out as he clotheslined her. As she fell on her back, one hand went to her throat instinctively while the wrapped itself around his calf and tried to bring him down. Sora resisted and kept himself steady, but using this to her advantage, she used him to roll backwards onto her feet before leaping on him. Brought down, She-Ra's legs were locked around Sora's neck and would not relent. No matter his attempts, he couldn't break free, even as he was trying to stand himself back up. She-Ra used her arms to grab onto his neck as well to throw him off balanced, but still he stood back up. She was pretty much now sitting on his shoulders, and that was when Sora decided to charge straight at a tree as smash into it She-Ra first.

The tree was smashed apart, and the two were still rolling around in their locked positions, but Donald had enough. Pointing his staff into the air, he casted "THUNDERRRRRR!" A bolt of lightning shot down on the two, zapping them and making them yelp. Their clothes now looked fried, but it did the job as the two separated and looked down at the wizard.

"Donald, what the heck was that for?!"

She-Ra looked down at her fingers as she flexed them, "Oh God, everything feels so weird and tingly!"

"What do you mean 'what was that for?!'" he gestured to the courtyard which was now a mess with the ruined lawn and several destroyed trees.

"Oopsie."

She-Ra scratched the side of her head, "Uh-oh, we did that?"

"Who else?!"

Her eye twitched, "We're in trouble."

In trouble they were indeed, and so at the Queen's command, the rest of the day was spent on cleaning up their mess. Chop the wood of the trees they destroyed into usable logs, replant the one tree that could still survive, level out all the soil, and sow seeds to grow replacements. To make the punishment complete, Goofy suggested to the Queen that the two should also make and set up tree guards for every tree for every courtyard. It would be hours past dinner time that Sora and Adora finished measuring, cutting, and setting down the guards, fortunately they had the spare wood for it.

Now the two were dragging their dirty, exhausted, and hungry selves through the hallways. They knew that going to the kitchen would have been futile, and they were too tired to clean themselves properly, so they headed straight to their room. They both collapsed onto their beds.

"Sora" Adora mumbled through her pillow.

"Yeah?" Sora answered the same.

"Next time I decide to kick your ass, remind me to do it in the forest outside the castle."

"Yeaaaaaah."

They both let out a simultaneous snore, both Donald and Goofy looking satisfied from their bunks before getting some shut eye as well.

The next morning at breakfast, the two were still dirty and exhausted when they sat down at the dining table when a chipper Glimmer teleported in the empty seat next to Adora.

"Goooood morning~" the Princess greeted in a sing song voice.

"You're awfully in a good mood" she deadpanned back.

Sora played with his fork, "Especially after yesterday."

"What? Pfft, you guys noticed already?! Yup, doing pretty good, fantastic really. Yesterday evening before dinner, mom and I had a real heart to heart talk, and I'm feeling amazing. Also, not grounded anymore!"

Adora leaned back in her seat exhausted, not yet even able to muster up the energy to serve herself food. "Great to hear."

Glimmer got up from her seat and moved between the two before pulling them into a hug, "Actually, I think I've got you two to thank for that. I think she was so mad at you guys for ruining the courtyard, that she completely forgot how much she was with me, and the two of us moved forward from there!"

"Glad to help," Sora sighed.

"Thanks!" No one was sure if she knew he was being sarcastic, or decided to humor him to rub more salt into the wounds, "In fact, mom and I are going to have a tea party! We haven't had one together since I was eight, this is gonna be so fun!"

"A very happy unbirthday to you."

Both Adora and Glimmer looked at him oddly before they both "Huh?"

Sora barely got a finger up before dropping it, "Don't...have the energy...for fun" he muttered before his head dropped and hit the table. Unfortunately his forehead landed on the fork, "...ow."

Glimmer sighed before grabbing the back of his hair, pulled him back, yanked the fork out (ouch), and let go of him, "Stop being so overdramatic, the both of you. You guys got yourselves in trouble, your punishment is done with, get over it." She reached over and served them both some scrambled eggs, cooked meat, and juice. "There, your food and salvation are now just inches away. Dig in!" She then teleported back to her seat next to Bow.

Sora and Adora looked to each other before grabbing and clanking their glasses together, they then dug in. Twenty minutes into eating, most of the food on the table was gone and so was their bad mood. Sora was now looking at his plate, about to enjoy his after meal dessert of chocolate. Before he could pick one up though, familiar purple hair snaked its way between his legs and snatched three of his five pieces before disappearing back under the table.

Sora blinked at that before tapping Adora. She looked over in time to watch the process repeat itself. Reaching over to her plate, he took a couple of pieces before setting down onto his. This time as the hair reached up, Sora grabbed at it, "AH-HA!"

"GAAAHH!" was heard, accompanied by the table bouncing for a moment. Still holding onto the hair, the head that it was attached popped in between his legs still. "Hi there!"

"Uh, hi?" Sora turned a little pink, dense as he was, even he knew this to be a compromising position.

Princess Entrapta pulled herself completely up before sitting in his lap and stuffed her face with the rest of the chocolate.

"...so...what's up?"

"Oh boy, that was good." She wiped her chocolate covered lips on her sleeve. "So anyway, Sora, I've got news for you and Donald and Goofy about your ship. I came in to tell you, but then I sensed tiny pieces of dessert and I couldn't resist. So when you're done eating, you guys come by my workstation and I'll tell you more."

"And you had to crawl under the table to do this?" Adora asked, feeling a little embarrassed as well.

"Well duh! I'm not gonna crawl on top of the table. That'd just be rude." She then reached over and took Adora's candy before climbing back under the table. When they looked under immediately afterwards, she was already gone.

"You guys saw that, right?!" Sora called out.

Donald, Goofy, Glimmer and Bow just shrugged, all equally bewildered as he and Adora.

Sora, Donald and Goofy stood outside of the Gummi Ship's remains where the Genius Princess made her workstation. Entrapta stood tall on top of her desk. "Gentlemen, I have some good news, followed by some bad news, followed by some good news again...then some more bad news...again."

The trio looked at each other before nodding.

"Alright, first good news: with Donald's help I think I can totally get this ship flying again. First bad news is that we're missing some pieces." At their grimace, she quickly moved on, "The second good news is that I was able to use Bow's design on his First One's scanner and modified it to work on scanning for your ship's unique material, and I've already got a ping!...but the bad news is that I don't know how many we're missing yet. I don't know if my new scanner is picking up all the remaining pieces or not, I'll need to come up with a design to vastly widen the range so we can be sure. I mean you guys fell pretty far apart, so they can be anywhere between here to Salineas or the Kingdom of Snow, or even all the way to the Crimson Waste and the Fright Zone. There's no way of telling for now. Until I can think of a way to widen our range, we're stuck with what we've got. I'll keep on working on rebuilding with what I have, which is a lot admittingly, but it'd be foolish to try and take off into The Beyond without your ship fully assembled, down right suicidal!" As though to emphasize this, she had climbed on and planted her feet on Sora's chest while holding onto his hoodie and being nose to nose with him.

He blinked "Right...suicidal. Let's not do that."

Goofy went and picked up the scanner from her desk, "Alrighty, now that we got this here majiggy, it'll only be a matter of time we get everything up and running."

"So time to get to work?" Donald asked.

Sora picked the Princess up by the armpits and held her, "I guess so. I'll go up to the guards and ask them for the wagon again. Should we get Glimmer, Adora and Bow?"

"Ah shucks, let them get some rest in. They just helped save an entire kingdom from ultimately being conquered."

"Wah?! But we helped too!" Donald argued.

"But if ya think about it, we're the ones going from world to world and helpin people and such all the time. We're used to it" Goofy reasoned.

"Makes sense to me" Sora agreed while setting Entrapta down on her seat. "What about you, do you want to come on a mission with us? I'm sure we'll have lots of fun!"

And just like that, Princess Entrapta was back to grappling with Sora, "Are you kidding me?! I have two halves of an actual spaceship! There is NO way I can step away now! Too much for me to do!" She was literally drooling with excitement.

Being mindful of her dripping saliva, Sora placed be back down. "Got it, then let's at least let the Queen know we're leaving."

Once again, Sora departed from Castle Brightmoon, but this time with just Donald, Goofy, and a pair of familiar guards. Sora and Goofy pulled the cart with Donald riding along with the scanner, and the two guards Sora worked before with Bow walked beside them.

"So we work together again!" Sora happily started as they passed the gate. "You know, I actually feel really bad, I've never even asked you guys for your names."

The two looked at each other before shrugging. "Honestly, almost no one ever cares to even think about it, let alone ask a Brightmoon Guard. My name is Ali." The first guard took off her helmet, revealing a lightly freckled face, bright purple hair cut at chin length, and sea foam colored eyes.

The second guard took off her helmet, revealing much longer silvery hair tied into a bun and dark amethyst eyes. "I'm Carla, nice to meet you...again. Something along those lines."

"Well, Ali and Carla, sorry for the poor introduction from before, these two are my good friends Donald and Goofy."

"Nice to meet you."

"Hiya!"

Ali gave a short bow while Carla gave a small, quick wave.

"Great, now that we're all acquainted with each other, we can all be friends properly!" Sora looked behind him, "Friend Donald, which direction are we heading in?!"

Donald smiled before studying the scanner for a bit, "Looks like we're heading North-Northeast from here...umm...distance doesn't seem indicated very well...hmm."

"Uh-oh" Goofy gulped worriedly.

"North-Northeast...isn't that the direction of Dryl?" Sora looked to Ali and Carla.

"I believe so, yes sir" Ali confirmed.

"Sir?"

Carla explained "Well, you do work directly with Commander Glimmer, and you are a legendary warrior, so easily you could be seen the same as any of our superiors."

Sora went red at that and scratched his head, "What? Me, really? Wow, I mean, it kind of makes sense, but still doesn't seem right. I mean, everyone is usually telling me what to do and stuff. I've never really felt in charge before."

Donald reached over and bonked him on top of the head with his staff. "That's because you're not, I am. As King Mickey's Royal Court Wizard, almost all things he or the Queen isn't immediately able to attend is conferred onto me."

Sora let out a disappointed sigh, "Yup, sounds about right. For as long as I've known you, you've been bossing me around almost nonstop."

"That's because I know better than you!"

Ali and Carla looked to each then to the duck wizard. "You're your kingdom's Court Wizard?" Carla asked.

"I sure am!"

They looked to Goofy next. "And you?" Ali asked.

Goofy pointed a thumb to himself, "Gee, well I'm the Captain of the Royal Guards!"

At that, the two guards instantly stood up straight and saluted, "Sir!" before they rushed over and pulled him away to take his place pulling the cart. "We can't have the Captain doing grunt work!" Ali exclaimed.

"If General Azuli were to find out, she'll have us working the horse stable for a month!" Carla cried as she settled between Sora and Ali.

"Wait?! How come no one rushed to take my place, me, a legendary warrior?!"

Donald bonked him again, "Work!"

And so the five made their way towards the direction of the Dryl Kingdom. Sora had come up with the plan that if they reach Dryl Castle before reaching the scanner's destination, that they should rest up and resupply there. He insisted that he and his friends befriended the staff and that they are aware of their Princess personally helping him, and that it shouldn't be a problem.

Ultimately that's what happened. The Kitchen Brigade was more than happy to greet them though.

"Sora, you're back!" Teela ran up and pulled him into a bone crushing hug. "We were honestly worried about you lot. With there being a spaceship and all at Brightmoon, we weren't sure what the Princess would have done!"

"Hey Teela" Sora squeaked as his lungs rubbed against his ribs. She placed him back down. "Hey Pascal, hey Cassy. Any more robot uprisings since we've left?"

"Nope, thank the makers!"

"Robot uprising?!" Donald, Goofy, Ali and Carla looked at each other.

Sora whispered loudly, "Yeah, nearly killed most of us, so don't ask. Also I'd stay away from the bots."

Pascal nervously rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah, you've got nothing to be ashamed about. Honestly, we're still freaked out and are keeping clear from those machines as much as possible."

"I'm not scared!" Cassy declared, spinning a serving tray on her finger, "After what Bow showed us, I'm ready to take them on anytime!"

Pascal raised an eyebrow, "Is that why you rig up traps in front of our door every night before barricading it?"

"Hey shut up!" She bumped him with the flat of the tray.

Teela ignored her fellow workers. "So, Sora and friends, what brings you guys back here?"

Sora stood himself straight before explaining, "Well, Entrapta made a scanner for us to find some of the missing pieces of the our ship" He gestured to Donald and Goofy, "And it actually led us back here. It's still a bit away, we think, and we were hoping if we can maybe stay the night here? Maybe get a little extra food and water to help us on our way?" He added.

She gave him a heavy pat on the back, "After you and Bow saved our bacon and the castle?! This doesn't even begin to repay you! All of you make yourselves comfortable."

Bedtime quickly approached, and everyone was well fed and cleaned up. Also, as Sora's suggestion, they all stayed clear of the autonomous workers as they followed their programming.

On his way back from the washroom to his room, Sora ran into the casually dressed guards. They were hanging out in front of a familiar portrait of a kitty cat.

"C'mon, look at the pussycat, I know you want to" Carla nudged at Ali, only to be rebuked.

"Stop that! Are you seriously doing this, here, while we're guests in another Princess's Castle?!"

"Oh come off it, the Princess isn't here and she doesn't have any officials, just the three servant. Just three, now we're on the subject, how does that even work?" Carla asked.

"Obviously because she replaced most of the staff with the robots."

"Yeah, but still it's so weird how empty this place feels."

"Yeah."

"...C'mon, say that you love the pussycat, that you just want to give it a big 'ol wet kiss!" Carla pushed again.

Ali was glowing at this point, "Carly, stop!" she shoved her, but that was when she saw Sora. "Ugh! Um, uhhhhhh-"

"Ali, what's wrong?" She turned to see the object of her distress and was quick to imitate.

An embarrassed Sora was quick to try to scoot past them, "Sorry! Don't mind me, just heading back to my room."

Carla moved away from the petrified Ali to block his way. "Please sir! Please don't tell our commanding officers about this! Fraternizing with a fellow guard is very frowned upon, and they'll reassign us away from each other if they find out. Please, this isn't a casual fling, we were both lovers before we enlisted together. Please don't let us be sent apart!" she bawled.

Ali snapped out of it before letting out a gurgle, she rushed and slapped her hand over her mouth, "Carla, why?! You're only making it worse!" she cried, looking horrified at him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Sora held up his arms, "Stop panicking, look, I'm not going to say anything to anyone! Okay?! I'm not a military kind of guy, and I'm definitely not someone to stop anyone from being with the ones they love." He bashfully rubbed the back of his neck, "I was just surprised. I didn't imagine you guys in that kind of relationship and it hit me from left field is all...and I'm not used to flirting. I'm not really used to relationship stuff at all actually."

"So...you're not going to report us?" Ali asked.

"No! Of course not, especially if it means it will separate you two. You guys are my friends now!"

"We are...really? *Phew* Thank goodness then," Ali let go of a teary Carla.

"So it's over? We're not going to be sent apart?"

"Yeah, really" Sora confirmed. "So relax, would ya? We got a long day of walking tomorrow, and we can't have you guys up all night from worry." On that note, he let out a yawn and stretched. "And just like that, the excitement is over, and I'm ready for bed again."

Ali hooked an arm with Carla's, "Yeah, we'll head over to our quarters and hit the sack, too." Her partner nodded.

"Alrighty then. Good night, and don't start fooling around with any pussycats, remember, we're on a mission...umm, too soon?" he asked, seeing their deadpan expression. "Yup, too soon. So sorry, just pretend I didn't say any of that."

"I think there's a Gummi piece nearby!" Donald called out.

Princess Entrapta's castle was now a few hours behind them as they all traveled through a large, grassy field. The scanner had led them far away from the roads, making their travels all the more difficult.

"Okay guys, let's park the cart and spread out!" Sora was already off searching through the tall grass.

Most of the day was then spent searching through the large field, the nearby woods, and even the watery cliffs and the ocean they hung over. To their relief, espeically Ali and Carla, there were not giant incest robots trying to murder them all. Though the work was trying, exhausting, and not without injuries.

While searching the cliffs, part of the rock that Carla was searching near broke apart. She was trained well enough to escape falling into the water below, but her ankle was caught in a crack and a large stone crashed into her trapped leg. Fortunately for her, Donald's healing magic took care of her broken leg, but her armored legging was left unusable. She was left with just wearing her casual pants and one bare foot, leaving her unable to walk long distances.

By the time the Sun had set, they had found fourteen Gummi pieces. It was then too dark to continue searching. Although returning back to Dryl Castle, the scanner revealed that no pieces were left behind. Staying one more night at Entrapta's home, they returned the following morning...with a special care package.

"There we go, that's the last one!" Teela excitedly dusted her hands off after securing the last box in the back of the wagon.

"The Princess is gonna be so excited when she sees our little gift to her!" Pascal squealed.

Donald scratched the side of his head, "Little?" The wagon was filled with three times more tiny pastries and fizzy sodas then there were Gummi pieces, and those weren't small to begin with.

"Sorry we didn't have any spare shoes in your size" Cassy apologized to Carla, "It's just the three of us, plus the Princess, so we don't really have many options to begin with."

She looked down at her foot worryingly, "No, it's fine. Nothing we can do about it, I'll just have to be careful and watch my step is all."

"What?! Nonsense, you'll hop in the back of the cart!" Goofy insistent. "Can't have ya walking around like that."

Carla waved her hands, "Captain Goofy, I can't! It was one thing for me to sit in the wagon yesterday for a few hours, but this is a whole day's travel and four times a heavier load."

Goofy laughed itoff, "Ah shucks, with me and Sora working together, it's not a problem carrying you too."

Ali stepped forward, "Captain Goofy, please, I'll be more than happy to take your place pulling alongside Sora! No need to trouble yourself" she tried."

Sora held his hands behind his head, "You guys need to stop trying so hard to impress us or be professional and stuff. We're all friends here, and we like helping each other out."

"'Sides" Goofy flexed arm, "Sora and I are real strong, so it ain't a problem for either of us. Heck, Ali, you can ride in the back too!"

In the end, they were able to convince Carla to ride along in the cart with Donald, but Ali insisted on pulling alongside them. Even with Ali's help, the weight load stopped them from reaching Brightmoon that day, and had to camp out along the road. Setting up a watch at the two guard's urging, they made it through the night no problem. They reached the castle before noon, and parked the cart in front of the Gummi Ship.

"Entrapta! Special delivery!" Goofy called out.

The Pig-tailed rushed out from inside to greet them. "Fantastic! You guys made it with more parts! This should help move things al-" she paused and started sniffing the air. She then ran over to the cart before letting out an excited shriek. "You brought back fizzy drinks and miniature pastries! How in the world?!"

"Your castle was along the way" Donald started explaining.

"And we met up with the Kitchen Brigade. They insisted we bring you their care package" Sora finished.

Entrapta let out another squeal before using her hair to quickly pick up and pull Sora, Donald and Goofy into a hug, "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!" She immediately dropped them before diving head first to the wagon. She resurfaced with her face sucking down a bottle of soda.

Suddenly, Glimmer teleported behind the trio with Bow besides her. They both had their arms crossed and looked very displeased.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Sora waved from the ground before picking himself back up.

"What's up?" Bow started.

"You left us behind!" Glimmer pointed angrily at him.

"What the heck man?!" Bow threw his arms up in the air.

"How could you do that to us?! We're supposed to be in this together!"

Sora backed away with his hands up, Goofy came to his defense, "Ah shucks, sorry about that fellas, it was my idea. I figured that you guys would be tired from the other day saving Salineas, so we wanted to give ya a break."

"Besides, getting the Gummi Ship back together is our problem" Donald tried to add, but seemed to make things worse.

"Yeah, it's your problem! And friends help other friends with their problems, so why weren't we there to help?!" Glimmer demanded.

"Uh-oh" the wizard muttered.

"Oh, think we're mad? Wait til Adora shows up. She was so pissed when she found out you guys were gone, especially you Sora. We were afraid things were gonna start breaking!"

Sora pulled at his collar and gulped. That's when they all heard what sounded like a battlecry. Sora barely was able to turn his head around before She-Ra tackled him to the ground, before picking him back up and dragging him to the Whispering Woods. They were only able to hear his screams and trees being felled.

Ali and Carla, who were watching the entire thing unfold from the cart, slowly made their way out. "We're...gonna get this stuff to the kitchen."

"Bye guys!" Entrapta waved as she and the cart were being pulled away.

A/N: Hey guys, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Know it doesn't really follow any of the episodes, but I thought it would be fun exploring the world for a bit with Sora, and a lot of people seemed to enjoy the last one I made. I hope this does meet everyone's expectations in quality and length. Let me know if you guys liked these kinds of chapters, and I'll try to add one in between each She-Ra episode chapters. Now, without further ado...another special!

*~Valentine's Day~*

"I'm here!" a joyful Princess Perfuma declared as she walked up to Sora. "I got your message and got here as soon as I could. What's the emergency?"

"It's Valentine's Day and no one knows or cares!" Sora shouted, his hands on her shoulders. "Not only that, there aren't nearly enough flowers!"

She blinked at him, "Valen-what now?"

Sora gasped, "Not you too?! How come no one's ever heard of Valentine's Day?!" He fell at her feet and wept, "It's supposed to be the most romantic time of the year where everyone is supposed to show their love to each other!"

Princess Perfuma let out a gasp as well before joining Sora on the floor and hugged him, "Flowers? Romance? Showing one's love to all?! Sora, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! This needs immediate rectifying!" She pulled him up and firmly held his shoulders, "You have my vow, whatever you need for Valentine's Day, both I and all of Plumeria will fully support you!"

Tears poked out from the corner of his eyes, "Thank you, I knew you would understand." He then pulled her into a hug. "I thought both Donald and Goofy would have my backs on this, but Donald couldn't care less and Goofy flat out broke down. I didn't know what else to do!"

Perfuma smiled and patted him gently on the back, "There, there, I'm here now. So what can we do to get this going?"

Sora pulled himself back together, "Okay, first off, we need roses. Lots and lots of roses. We're talking about red, pink, white, maybe some yellows. Gonna backtracking a little with how much roses we need, we're putting a bundle of roses every few feet. You look at it and think to yourself 'that should be enough,' you go on ahead and triple it! We need heart decorations everywhere too." As he led the Princess through the courtyard and into the Brightmoon Castle itself, she was making said roses appear everywhere, even conjuring trees of needed color and making them heart shaped. She was also making flower tiaras appear on everyone's head. "We also need banners as well, but it's so last minute, I don't have any idea where I can get the materials!" Perfuma started pointing at the top of doorways and empty wall spaces where vines started to appear and grew colorful roses, making it a point for white roses to appear and spell 'Love' or 'Valentine's Day.'

The Princess turned him around, "How's this?"

Sora blinked for a moment, "AAAHHH! It's perfect! Yes, yes, more of this!"

Perfuma didn't look very satisfied, "But surely there's more to do than just this!"

"First off, don't call me Shirly, second, yes we can!" Sora punch a fist into an open palm, "The next thing that's just as important to show someone your love is chocolate!"

The Princess hopped up and down, giggling like a madwoman, "Yes, yes! We Plumerian are some of THE best chocolate makers in all of Etheria! Not to brag, but I'm told that my personal chocolates are called divine!"

Sora wrapped an arm around her waist, pulled her in, and pointed forward, "Onwards, to the kitchen!...The two of us have got a lot of cooking to do."

She pulled herself away. "No, no. First we need to get down to the camps below. We have a lot of Plumerians down there, and we need to get the word to them!"

"Then let's go!"

Perfuma looked back at Sora for confirmation, to which he nodded. She then stepped forward and threw an arm out, "Now, my people, GO, GO, GO!"

And as though the floodgates were opened, Plumerians and Satyres all charged forward with zeal unseen before. Everyone carried a tool of some sort, be it from hedge clippers, to hoes, to even metal watering cans, but most importantly of all, they carried true determination and grit. All the rebels and guards looked startled and scared, and actually prepared themselves for a real fight with their supposed allies, but as they drew near, they quickly slowed down before gently stepping forward and gave soft hugs accompanied by a kiss on the cheek.

"Happy Valentine's Day."

"Happy Valentine's Day."

"Happy Valentine's Day!"

"Happy Valentine's Day."

These were the words they all spoked before moving on to someone else.

Over in the gardens, the Plumerians charged through the fields, but stopped at empty spaces to plants a small sapling or to trim trees and bushes into heart shapes. Soon, anywhere that grew any plants or trees were soon decorated for Valentine's Day.

Into the kitchens of the castle and people's homes, the Plumerians charged into, only to stop and say "Happy Valentine's Day" accompanied by being gifted with heart shaped chocolates. They then asked everyone politely for permission to use their cooking area to make more festive treats, along with the promise to clean up properly and use their own ingredients. No one had said no to them.

Soon, everywhere one looked, there were flowers, banners, sweet aromas, and treats being passed around. Valentine's Day was successfully spreaded around. Sora and Perfuma looked around, satisfied with their work.

"Sora! This. Is. Amazing!" she cheered. "I never thought that peace and love could spread like this outside of my kingdom, but here is proof otherwise!"

"I bet, but did you see the looks on all of your people's face?! If they can do that when it comes to facing the Horde and saving innocent townsfolk, the Rebellion would really be unstoppable."

The Princess nudged him in the side, "Easy there, Buster. Baby steps at a time for them. Sure, I was able to adjust for you guys, but they still need time. Still though, hopefully soon we'd be done with the Horde and we can enjoy our blissful relationship with Mother Nature."

Sora nodded, "Yeah. Hope we can put a stop to them soon, too." He then kicked at a loose rock, "Still, it's too bad that none of our friends wanted to have any part in Valentine's Day. I think trying to set everything up is more fun than the actual celebration itself."

"Oh my gosh, so much fun! I think I might have gotten to eat five pounds of chocolate all by myself, no joke!"

He slouched forward just the thought of it. "Oh, so much chocolate. And you were so right! Your cooking might have been the best chocolate I've ever had!" He then reached into his pocket and pulled out more chocolate pieces before putting one in his mouth.

"Hey, you still have more of those? Give me one." She reached to take one, but Sora pulled it away from her reach.

"What?! No way! I hardly got to eat any 'cause you kept hogging them to yourself!"

"That's because I was the one doing most of the cooking, now give me one!" She reached again for the chocolate, but he pulled away again.

"Hey, come on! You need to learn to share!"

"I am the apex of sharing, love and peace, you cannot tell me to learn to share, now gimme!"

"No!"

"I SAID GIMME THE CHOCOLATE!" She then flat out tackled him to the ground and managed to wrestle away the few chocolate pieces he had left. "Haha, mine!" She stuck one in her mouth.

Sora's eyes became wet as he saw there were only two pieces left. "But, but, but I hardly had any. It was so good and I hardly tasted them." His eyes nearly bulged out as Perfuma's lips smacked on another piece.

The Princess looked down at his down-crested form before she realized how selfish she just was. She then held up the last piece to his mouth. He looked up at her with his wet, blue eyes and she nodded at him. He happily took a bite out of her hand and enjoyed the candy. "Sorry about that, I rarely cook in the kitchen because I tend to get a little out of control. How about as an apology, I make you a big basket of chocolate just for? I'll make two, so just in case if I lose control, there would be a backup."

"Really?! That'd be amazing!"

She nodded before helping him stand back up. She then gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Happy Valentine's Day." She then paused and giggled as she pointed at his pink face.

Sora covered his eyes embarrassingly, "Wha-what?! You can't do that, then suddenly laugh at me!"

Princess Perfuma still continued laughing, "No, not that. I gave you a chocolate kiss mark on your cheek!" She licked her thumb before cleaning it off him.

Sora shyly scratched the back of his head. "Thanks. Happy Valentine's Day."

Off in the distance, Ali and Carla watched the whole thing go down. Carla cooed at the sight, "Aww, that was so cute! I totally ship them!"

"I thought you were shipping Sora and Adora. What did you call it again?"

"Sadora."

"Yeah, that's it. So you gave up on that?"

Carla shook her head, "No way, they're too cute together too!"

"But I thought you just shipped Sora and Perfuma. Ship, shipped, shipping? Whatever" Ali gave up on it.

"Well, I'm shipping both of them!"

"Whatever, I gave up already on all that."

"Hey?" Carla bumped her shoulder with Ali's.

"Yeah?"

"Happy Valentine's Day."

Ali blushed. "Happy Valentine's Day."

Somewhere in the castle, Donald was grumbling to himself. "Ah phooey, Valentine's Day is a stupid holiday!"

~Fin~