Quest of the Heart

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Chapter 2

As Adam got back to the Palace he was greeted by who he feared was his father's first choice to be his bride, A blonde haired, teal eyed beauty named Lady Damani. She had a nice figure and pleasant face, she might have been a few pounds heavy but that wasn't the problem. The problem was she was a spoiled brat, who was only a noble because her family had made a deal with Miro to be made nobles in exchange for financing his war against the Hoard when they attacked in his days. Smiled saying "Greeting Prince Adam, how are you this fine day?"

Adam smiled replying "Hello Lady Damani, sorry I can't stay and talk but I must see Man at Arms. Please excuse me."

Then he took off toward Duncan's lab. On the way he ran into Teela, who informed him it was time for his combat training. Adam laughed saying fine but it would have to wait until after he saw her father. The urgency in his voice told her he was not just trying to skip it, so she joined him as he rushed to see the master builder.

When they got there they found Roboto getting a tune up from Duncan, replacing several damaged or worn parts. Adam wanting to hurry helped fix Roboto, much to Teela's surprise. She had never thought him to have such skill, then again Adam was so different from when they were kids. Teela mused over when he had changed and realized it was the day after he turned sixteen, had she thought a little more she would have realized it was the day He-man showed up. Soon Roboto was fixed and leaving, thanking both men for the repairs. Adam turns to Duncan and says "Duncan I need your help, I need a new sword and usable armor, I also want to know when we can expect the new robotic Battlecats to be complete."

Duncan rather shocked asked "Why do you need a sword and armor Prince Adam? As for the robot cats it will be about a month."

Adam smiles saying "I have decided to start fighting myself instead of calling on He-man, I even gave the Sorceress the sword she gave me to call him."

Teela was stunned, that explained so much. Adam used his sword to contact He-man that is why he ran off, it probably required Adam to focus and he couldn't do that in a battle. she said "So you're not a coward, you were just contacting He-man to come help us?"

Adam said "You could say that, it's more like summoning him but yeah."

Teela didn't know what to say, thankfully Duncan decided to go over a few details of the projects with Adam while Teela thought about what she learned. An hour later the two young warriors left for the practice field. It was there they ran into Fisto and Rio-Blast, they were looking to spar with the young couple, to everyone's surprise Adam challenged them both to a two on one match.

The two masters thought they would have a little fun with him, they thought wrong. Fisto came in with a punch with his steel fist only for Adam to catch it, pivot and throw him into Rio-Blast. Before they could stand Adam was on them, he had Rio-Blast in the sleeper while he used his powerful legs to trap Fisto in a figure four. The two masters had never seen moves like these before and soon had to tap out. After the bout they asked where he learned those moves . The answer came from Queen Marlena as she walked over stating "I taught them to him, along with many more from Earth's pro wrestling and martial arts."

That night at dinner everyone was abuzz about the changes in Prince Adam, who seemed agitated and on edge. He did relax when Man at Arms gave him his new sword and a photonium mail shirt, The sword was double the standard thickness and nearly twice as broad. Adam was told his armor would take a while to craft being full plate as the king instructed. Adam didn't care he thanked Duncan and marveled at his new sword.

After diner he went through a couple routines with his gear, Several where in awe of the prince's form and power doing this. Teela and Randor were the most shocked at his strength. They had lifted his sword and couldn't comprehend how he managed to wield it so effortlessly. They couldn't even hold it out in one hand, it weighed close to twenty pounds. Adam chose to go to bed early that night so he did his weight training then showered and went to bed.

In the morning Teela awoke to the sounds of intense combat, she looked out her window and saw a large built man in a helmet throwing the guards around like rag dolls. She quickly got dressed and ran for the battle. As she came up on the warrior she could only think 'Damn of all the times for Adam to give up his way to call He-man for help, we could use it now.' Teela saw the warrior swing his shield and send quite a few guards flying, this gave her an opening so she attacked.

Teela made several strikes at the warrior with her staff and feet, the warrior seemed to dance out of way of each of them. Seeing this the guards formed a circle around the two, so Teela could have the room she needed. Teela spun her staff and struck for the warrior's head, but he slipped behind her and gave her a slap on her rear. This caused her to spin and go for several thrusts, that missed and a foot sweep. The big warrior flipped and twisted over her then latched on and started tickling her. This time when she spun around he found she had a dagger at his groin and at his throat. Adam laughed as he removed his helmet and said "Thanks for the dance Teela, next time I'll have to make sure you don't have daggers. Where did you hide those anyway?"

Teela grin and said "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Adam blushes then says "Let's go eat, I'm hungry after that workout. Thanks guys that was great, everyone okay?"

One of the guards said they were fine, then Adam took Teela by the hand and dragged her along to breakfast, never noticing the blush on her face or her men noticing it.

Authors Note Okay I know some people are wondering why Adam is acting so different from the series so I will try to explain. Adam had this responsibility thrust on him on his sixteenth birthday, he is twentysix now. that is ten years lying to his best friend and family about who he is, keeping a huge secret from everyone he loves. to top it off he had to act as a fool, coward, and cluts to hide it, and for what reason the Sorceress said so. It was fine for Orko to know (someone who can't shut up or keep any other secret) but he couldn't tell his own family or the woman he loved, who by the way was all hot and bothered over He-man. You see where I'm going with this? So if you want to read a story where Adam is a wussy this ain't it. Adam is who he should have always been or at least who he had the potential to be.

OKay folks I'm going to try to post a new chapter daily until it's finished or I'm caught up to where I'm writing at the time. Any suggestions or requests for things to happen will be greatly appreciated (I need some inspiration to get-er-done) so please review and until next time have a great day and remember YOU HAVE THE POWER