CHAPTER 21

With each passing moment, the tension increased. Shadow Weaver could appear at any moment and that was the last thing Adam wanted. They needed to stay out of the witch's reach as long as they could to find the Witch and soon after Leandra.

Even though he had never spoken to his grandmother, Adam knew that even she couldn't keep someone like Shadow Weaver away for so long. Then the group would take the longest paths to get to the dungeons. -that Adam did not know existed and knew I was being guided to there by the Spirit of Grayskull.- Soon after arriving where Adam thought was the outer part of one of the dungeons, he leaned against the door. The whole group in silence. Nothing, no voice, no sound of movement, just the wind and thunderstorm outside. He didn't know the length of the corridor in this corner of the castle and how many cells they would have on the other side of the door.

'' Tee, you can feel something on the other side? ''

Teela closed her eyes and concentrated. ''Just one person, but it's far away.''

"Can you tell if it's male or female?" Marlena asked and Lyna went to Teela's side and the two answered.

'' I think it's a woman. ''

"We're in the right place." Adam whispered and the three of them stepped aside for Fisto to open the door.

As they wanted to keep them secret, Fisto could not give He-man a punch and open the door. Instead he pulled her from the hinge. Did it make noise? It did, but much less and would not be heard in the rest of the castle.

The group entered the corridor and ran to the cell where the woman - probably the Sorceress - was.

Randor looked at his friend, he didn't know when Duncan had ended up in front of the group. The king knew his friend had feelings for someone, but he never imagined it was for Grayskull's Sorceress.

The man-at-arms ran in front of the group and stopped in front of a specific cell.

At first glance the cell looked empty, but Duncan knew better. He ran his hand through the space between the bars and found an invisible force field.

Not caring about the rest of the group, he exclaimed. '' Teelana! '' And hit the force field.

A small, almost imperceptible tremor appeared under his hand in the force field. She had hit the other side.

'' Get back! '' He exclaimed Adam both the mentor and for the Sorceress, he first pulled and Duncan drew his sword.

'' Adam, what are you ... ''

The sword pierced the force field, which in seconds fell apart, revealing the inside of the cell and a redheaded woman who looked extremely weakened.

'' It's always good to see you, Adam. '' She smiled.

"And it's good to see you too Sorceress." He returned the smile as Fisto opened the door.

'' Wait, this is the Sorceress? '' Lyna asked, but no one answered.

Teela went in, but was prevented by her mother's voice.

'' No Teela. This cell is programmed to weaken anyone with magic. "She exclaimed as she walked slowly out, so as she walked away from the cell with Duncan's help, she immediately seemed to have her strength renewed.

"I imagine that for you to get here, you are following a plan," she exclaimed, going straight to the point as usual. ''So ... what will we do now?''

"I guess you don't have your powers," Lyna asked.

''Not. Since Caspian broke into the castle, I can't access my powers. It's like...''

'' You weren't Sorceress anymore. '' Marlena added.

Teelana nodded.

"That's a problem," Randor interrupted. '' This means the castle is without a guardian. Shadow Weaver can have access to everything. '

'' Yes, she and another person. There is security protocol for such cases. More than one person can have access to power if the Sorceress can't, or there's no Sorceress. '' Teelana replied. '' And I already chose my person. '' She looked at Teela.

"I ... me?" Your daughter exclaimed. '' I don't even know how to control my powers, who knows about an entire castle. ''

'' Must have a way of learning fast. '' Hawk commented.

His answer was a tense silence.

"We'll have to defeat Shadow Weaver first." Randor remembered.

"That was already part of the plan." Adam smiled. '' But first I needed confirmation. '' He looked back at Teelana and she nodded.

Fisto wrinkled his forehead and asked. '' Confirmation for what? '

They heard thunder outside.

Adam raised the sword. "By the power of Grayskull!"

xxXXXxx

While Adam and the others were in Grayskull, Adora was literally facing the biggest storm of her life.

The winds have only increased since the last minutes. Now the cars were fixed to the ground and all were on alert.

'' I have never seen a storm like this! '' Adora called because of thunder.

"Me neither!" James replied, still looking at the tree. He was in an internal dilemma. He could -not wanted- use his powers, but if the tree fell, it would have to use.

In the other seat, Adora was in the same dilemma. She knew very well what was going on in Grayskull and that if she revealed that she knew the truth, it would ruin everything. Without thinking, she closed her eyes and instead of communicating with her brother, she felt him.

And she had to control herself not to smile when she felt pulses of power and energy turning her brother into He-man. She knew that feeling of being transformed very well.

Adora opened her eyes and looked back at James, who was still looking out the window. She could not reveal her powers. Not now that the whole group knew her brother was He-man. She would have to trust James to use his if anything happened.

She looked at the windows. Amid the thunderstorms, the rain, and Alexandra's shouts, you couldn't hear the conversations of the guards who were less than five feet from her.

What she said before was true, she had never seen a storm like this, and she also knew it wasn't natural. A small advantage of having made a call to some old space friends and Lyna having intensified this with her powers.

But the last thing she expected with the phrase: 'Expect something out of the ordinary' was the worst storm Eternia would have to face.

xxXXXxx

The group, now led by He-man, climbed a few flights of stairs and went to the other side of the palace, where Leandra was. How did they know? Just as they knew where Sorceress was.

'' The storm seems worse. If that is possible. "Dr. Gray exclaimed.

'' You do not know Adora. This was the work of some of her friends. 'Lohni replied, still taking in what happened a few minutes ago. Adam and He-man, Adora and She-ra. :::How? I did not notice? She is my best friend!:::

He-man stopped. "Did she call them?" Adam and Adora had talked telepathically the day before and she explained the plan, but he doubted she could get in touch with them.

"She called." Lyna confirmed. '' It was hard, but called. ''

Lohni stared at Marlena. '' Your old ship's radio is still working fine, Your Majesty. '' She smiled.

Marlena widened her eyes and nodded. "Good to know." She said.

''And now? Did we get there and hope that Shadow Weaver has already left? ´ ´ Lyna asked.

'Isn't that what we combined?'

That's before you know your little secret. Muscle man. '' The former villain answered. '' This could change everything. ''

''Not really. Adora thought of her part of the plan and I complemented mine. Our secret was already foreseen in our plan. '

They went outside the prison where Leandra was and used the same tactic they did to find Teelana. After running down the hall, they found Leandra quickly.

"Majesty?" He-man exclaimed.

'' Here! '' She exclaimed another cell and they ran to her. Unlike the Sorceress, she had no force field in front of the cell, but she looked as weak as Teelana herself. Well, the purples of her arms from a recent small fight against Shadow Weaver showed how weak she was.

Fisto and He-man released her and she immediately left with their help, but before any introduction was made, Lohni stepped forward and exclaimed.

'' First of all, tell us something only you know. ''

"What?" Leandra exclaimed.

'' We have had problems with someone pretending to be the queen Leandra. We need to be sure. 'Lohni replied.

Lyna closed her eyes and grimaced.

The old queen sighed and answered.

'' By now everyone should know about my powers, right? ''

Lohni agreed.

The queen agreed. ''Right. The bad thing about saying something that only you know is that a lot of things are confidential, so I'll say something that you will soon know, or maybe already have. A year after Randor was born, Miro was lost and lost his memory during a storm. He stayed months away until he was found. Years later, after my daughter was born, he told me about ... another prince of Eternia he had with another woman when he had no memories ... we stayed away for six months before I returned to the palace and reconcile ourselves. '' She looked into the captain's eyes.

"I think you understand that this is not easy to talk about, and if I'm talking about why this prince will be needed to win this battle."

Lohni nodded in satisfaction and stepped aside.

Leandra's gaze went first to her son. Now a grown man. And very much like your husband physically. Her eyes filled with tears and she murmured.

'' Randor ... ''

Just as he remembered her voice was. The king did not realize that he had walked over to her, and when he noticed that he was inches from his mother, he hugged her tightly as he wept.

Leandra didn't hold back, she cried too. He had grown up. It was already a man, a king. And she didn't notice that time pass until Caspian pulled her out of her seat.

"As beautiful as the scene is, we need to go." Lyna interrupted.

Mother and son walked away and before Randor gave Lyna a look, Leandra agreed. '' I think you're right. We are against time here. I knew about the plan through Susan. We need to hurry before they get here. "Her gaze moved over the group, stopping at Marlena. She looked at the current queen's left hand and found two rings. A wedding ring (new to Leandra, since this was not common in Eternia.) And a very thin, golden ring, one she knew very well. This was the ring that defined the present queen of Eternia. She herself had worn such a ring.

Randor's mother looked back at him. "Aren't you going to introduce me to your wife?"

Randor chuckled and reached for Marlena, who took her hand and approached. '' Mom, this is Marlena. Marly, I think you already know my mom. '

Marlena smiled. ''It's nice to meet you majesty.' 'She went to bow, but Leandra put her hand in hers.

''Don't bow. One queen does not bow to another. And my pleasure, Marlena. Although the last time I saw Randor, he was a teenager and it looks like it was weeks ago, it's great to meet his wife! '' Leandra hugged her.

A test. Lyna noticed. Queen Marlena learned from the last time and took a short test to see if this was the real Leandra.

'' Look, I'm not the only one you need to know. '' Marlena pulled away and He-man approached.

'' This is Adam. At the moment He-man. Our son.''

They hugged each other and this time He-man felt he was right. Amazing how he could feel if something is right or wrong, something that even after years he has not gotten used to.

He-man walked away first before his grandmother could say anything. '' We need to go. ''

The former queen agreed, as did the group.