Chapter 6

"Are you sure you know where we're going Glimmer?"Bow asked. "I know what I'm doing Bow."Glimmer replied,not looking from the device in her hands.

"Are you sure about that,princess?"Catra muttered annoyedly. They had been in the Whispering Woods for a long amount of time and they had not seen anything other than trees,vines and bushes and Adora was starting to suspect that they were lost.

"Silence horde soldier!"Glimmer ordered. Catra rolled her eyes but,surprisingly,obeyed and they continued walking in silence. As she walked,Adora looked over at the boy,Bow,in confusion and interest. It was pretty obvious that he was not a princess but most likely an ally of the princesses.

Maybe I can get him to fight with us Adora thought.

After all,from what she saw when he and Catra fought,he seemed like a well trained soldier. "Hang on. I'm getting readings on this thing."Glimmer said while she stared at the device in her hand. She then took a few steps forward from them and looked ahead. "You know she's a princess right,"Adora said Bow,seeing it was the perfect opportunity.

"How can you follow her? Princesses are a dangerous threat to everyone on Etheria." "Is that what Hordak told you guys?"Bow asked,looking at them with an expression close to pity. "I thought it was common knowledge to everyone."Catra said snarkily. "They're violent instigators who don't even know how to control their powers."

Almost on cue,they heard Glimmer yell in anger.

"You two have never actually met a princess,have you?"Bow asked them. Catra and Adora glanced at each other. "Well...not in person. But that doesn't change the fact that princesses are dangerous. "Adora stated. "And we're trying to protect people from them."Catra added. "Oh yeah?"someone said.

They turned to see Glimmer looking at them with the device in one hand and something else in her other hand. She walked over to them and glared hatefully at each of them. Glimmer took Adora and Catra's hand in hers and dragged them over to some part of the woods.

There were parts of old Horde bots that were either beaten in battle or malfunctioned rusting away. Some trees and plants were black and wilted as if they hadn't had water in a while. "You two are heartless destroyers. Just like the rest of your people!"she said to them.

Catra hissed angrily as Adora took a step towards Glimmer. "We are not destroyers. Hordak says we're trying to make things better,more orderly."Adora retorted. Glimmer's face went blank for a second before it twisted in rage. "This is what's best for Etheria?!"she yelled angrily,pointing to the damage around them.

"Ever since the Horde got here they've been poisoning our land,burning our cities and destroying everything in their path! And you two are apart of it. How's that for orderly?" "No...that's a lie! You're lying. The Horde would never do something like that."Adora protested fiercely. Glimmer looked at them for a moment then threw her arms up in frustration. "I need to go cool down. Bow watch them for a moment."she said before she teleported away.

"How do you not know any of this? I mean,your army is called the evil Horde."Bow stated. "Who calls us that?"Catra demanded. Bow stared at her blankly. "Everybody!"he exclaimed. "Seriously?"Catra asked surprised. "Yes!"Bow replied. "As a matter of fact,why do you two even work with the Horde?"he asked. Adora and Catra glanced at each other for a moment before Adora spoke.

"The Horde rescued me when I was a baby and gave me a home."she explained. Bow looked over at Catra with a questioning look. Catra shrugged. "The Horde also found me when I was little and took me in."she said casually. "That's besides the point. They're our family and you don't know them like we do."Adora said fiercely.

"Maybe you don't know them like you think you do."Bow replied calmly.

Suddenly,a yell sounded from the forest before Glimmer teleported with the sword in her hand.

"There's something out there. Something big!"Glimmer exclaimed. "How big?"Bow asked. Glimmer went to respond when,abruptly,the ground started to shake,knocking every single one of them off their feet,while a loud rumble sounded. "Does anyone else hear that rumbling?"Catra asked. All of them turned to the direction of where Glimmer appeared from.

The ground broke and cracked before a giant insect thing shot out from the ground. It was dark gray with blue symbols running on its body,six long,sharp legs,a large horn on its head with more than a dozen light blue eyes.

"Oh. So pretty big thing."Bow said. "I swear to Etheria you rebels are bad luck!"Catra exclaimed. The insect let out a shrill scream then walked rapidly over to Glimmer. It stopped in front of her,raised one of its legs and tried to slam it down on Glimmer but she teleported away just in time,leaving the sword in the spot where she had just been,and teleported onto a tree branch at eye level of the insect.

She then jumped off the branch onto the insect's face and placed her hands on its two front eyes. A bright,light pink glow emitted from her hands and blinded the insect. It let out a shrill scream once again and Glimmer jumped off its face. "Bow,spread out and attack it from its side!"Glimmer ordered.

Bow nodded and ran to the insect's side. Both Adora and Catra took this as their cue and backed away from the fight. The insect went to turn its attention to Bow but Glimmer made a ball of sparkle and threw at the insect. "Over here,you overgrown bug!"she cried. The insect roared then charged over to her. "Argh!"Glimmer yelled as she threw sparkle ball after sparkle ball at the insect.

The attacks did nothing more than irritate the insect as it quickly got to her and,in one quick,powerful motion,used its front leg and hit Glimmer in her side. She flew off her feet and her back slammed against a nearby tree then fell down.

"Did you really think your sparkles would have hurt it?"Catra called out to Glimmer. The insect ran over to the wounded princess and went to deliver the final blow when an arrow flew over turning into a rope midway and latched itself onto the insect's horn,stopping it in its tracks. The insect roared loudly and shook its head while pulling against the rope. Bow grabbed his bow with both his hands and pulled,managing to effectively stop the insect.

"How has the Horde not recruited this guy?"Catra asked. "Don't know,"Adora replied. "But now's our chance to get the sword!" They got up and walked over to the sword while glancing back at Bow and the insect. He was still managing to keep the insect away from Glimmer but then the insect roughly threw its head forward and,unprepared,Bow flew off his feet over the insect and landed heavily onto Glimmer.

Adora winced slightly as Catra muttered,"Ouch." before she picked up the sword. "Alright we got it. Now let's go."Catra told her as she walked ahead. Adora turned around to walk off when she heard Glimmer scream and turned back around.

The insect was slowly approaching them intending to finish what it started.

Glimmer rapidly threw sparkle balls at it but it was useless.

Catra realised that Adora wasn't beside her and turned around to see her standing still,looking at the two Rebellion soldiers. "Adora,what are you doing? Let's go before that thing attacks us."she said. Adora looked back at the sword in her hands which now was rippling slightly with pale blue electricity. She felt as though she needed to help them,despite them being her enemies.

She turned her attention back to them and yelled,"Hey bug brain!" The insect stopped going to Glimmer and Bow and turned to her. "Adora what are you doing!"Catra exclaimed. Adora ignored her as she looked at the bug and pointed the sword at it. "Come on magic sword."she said.

Nothing happened.

"Oh come on. Where's a blinding flash of light when you need one?"Adora groaned. "Adora watch out!"Catra cried.

Adora looked up to see the insect practically on her and brought its front leg down to her. She raised her sword above her head and managed to stop the insect from squishing her in the nick of time.

Suddenly,a familiar bright,blue light erupted from the sword and images flashed in her mind. The gem within the sword glowing,a planet that Adora guessed was Etheria,a glowing palace,a desert area being sturcked by a meteorite,a castle surrounded by ice,a large swirling black hole and,finally,the silhouette of a tall,muscular person. "Adora,"the voice of Light Hope called to her. "Will you fight for the honor of Grayskull?"

A look of determination crossed Adora's face as she yelled,"For the honor of Grayskull!" The blue light of the sword enveloped her,blinding everyone,then disappeared just as quickly. Once the light dimmed,everyone looked at Adora in shock. Even the bug itself seemed to calm down as it gazed upon Adora. In the spot where Adora once stood was a eight-foot tall,glowing,muscular person with long,golden flowing hair,a white top with golden designs,two gold arm bracers,a gold tiara with a gem inserted in it and a red cape.

Author's note: I know I took a long time to post this chapter. Unfortunately,until I find the time and motivation,this will be the last chapter I post of this story. I want to thank all you followers and readers who read my story and I promise that I'll continuing this story in the future. But for now it will be on hold as I write my other stories.