Chapter 7

part 1

A surge of power filled Adora as if she suddenly got a power up or something.

She felt bigger,better.

Stronger.

She stared at the enormous insect before her,no longer feeling afraid of it. The insect seemed to calm down and simply sit before her like it was waiting for her to do something. She looked over at the two Rebellion soldiers and saw them staring at her with an odd expression. What happened to them she thought. She turned her head to look at Catra to see her having the same odd expression as the Rebellion soldiers. Ok,what is going on with everyone?

She looked down at herself. She was much taller,like she had just gotten a huge growth spurt,her body was somehow emitting a golden glow and her hair had grown longer.

Those weren't the worst things though.

The worst thing was her clothes.

She was wearing a short,red skirt and a white shirt with a gold pattern on it and a tiara. She yelped,startled,and took a step back too fast and fell on her back. What...just happened to me she thought. She looked down at the sword that was flashing dimly in her hands. What type of sword is this?

A flash of light shone as Glimmer appeared before her and grabbed onto the sword,pulling it to get it out of Adora's grasp but she tightened her grip and pulled the sword back to her. "What did you do to me?"Adora asked her angrily. "What do you mean what did I do to you?"Glimmer replied. "I didn't know being a princess was contagious!"Adora snapped as she pulled the sword back to her again.

Suddenly,Bow was between them,grabbing the sword. "How did you do that?"he asked her. "I didn't do anything!"Adora replied. "All I did was pick up the sword then whoosh I'm in a tiara!" "Who cares how she did it?!"Glimmer retorted. "Me,for one since I don't need her becoming like you princesses!"Catra snapped as she appeared behind Adora and grabbed the sword and helped Adora pull it from their grasp. "Well I'm going to make sure she never does it again!"Glimmer yelled and with one,final pull,yanked the sword out of all their grip's.

Just then the bug let out a loud roar and charged towards them.

Bow instantly took the sword from Glimmer and shoved it into Adora's hands. "Do it again! Do it again!" "Forget about the sword,"Glimmer shouted. "Run!" All of them ran from the chasing bug. "Does everything with you rebellion soldiers go wrong somehow?"Catra yelled. "Honestly,it's more of a fifty-fifty chance."Bow replied. Suddenly,they came into a large,bright colored door with some sort of inscriptions on it. "What is this place?"Adora asked. "Great,now we're trapped!"Catra screamed. "No we're not!"Bow said just as he ran towards the door and bashed into it with his shoulder.

A pained groan sounded from him as he backed away from the door. "Ok we might be trapped."he said. "Hang on,I might be able teleport us all in there."Glimmer said. "No. You have never teleported three people before."Bow told her. "Do you have a better idea?"she asked him. The footsteps of the bug got louder and louder the closer it got to them. "Wait,"Adora said as she studied the door. "It says that you must say the password to enter." "You can read that?"Bow asked in shock. "You can't?"Adora replied,confused that they couldn't read it.

A roar sounded once more but this time,it sounded much closer.

They all turned to see the bug within the stone tunnel,squirming and thrashing as it tried to get through. "Well what does it say?"Catra asked her. "Uh..Eternia!"Adora shouted. Almost immediately,the writing on the door began to glow and it opened to show a dark inside. "Oh come on!"Glimmer yelled in annoyance. The bug roared as with one,last burst of strength pushed through the rock tunnel. "Get inside!"Bow yelled as they all ran inside and the door instantly closed behind them. Darkness surrounded them before a small ball of bright light appeared above Glimmer's hand who was watching them with narrowed eyes. "I want to know exactly what's going on here." "I told you I don't know,"Adora replied,shielding her eyes from the bright light.

"I just said the word on the door." Glimmer scoffed. "Right. You've just read a word in a language that no one's spoken in a thousand years and the door just opened into a mysterious,ancient ruin. Yeah,sure." "You think I did this on purpose?"Adora said angrily as she got up in front of Glimmer. "You think I wanted to be a princess?" She took a step closer to her as she said,"Princesses are monsters!" A look of pure outrage crossed Glimmer's face. "Monsters?! I just showed you both what the Horde has been doing and you still think we're the monsters!" "Yes we do,"Catra said,standing beside Adora. "Also,for the record,she just saved you from being crushed by that impossibly huge bug so get on our bad side."

"You both have some nerve calling us monsters!"Glimmer retorted. "Woah,woah,"Bow said,standing between the three of them. "Let's all just calm down." Glimmer groaned,looking between wanting to punch them and desperately holding herself back,before calming down and turning to Bow. "We need to find another way out of here and get them to Bright Moon as soon as possible. My mother will know what to do with them."Glimmer said as she turned and walked away.

Once she was off,Bow turned to them. "Hey so...thanks for saving us from that bug."he said. "Yeah,well I didn't save you."Catra said,crossing her arms over her chest. "And I only wanted to get the sword."Adora added. "Are you sure it's not because you guys secretly like us?"he asked them teasingly. Catra's eyes narrowed but she only turned and walked away. "We don't like you. You're our captors."Adora told him before she turned and walked off. "Sure."Bow said as he fell into step with them. "Still thanks for saving us." They all continued walking into the ruin in complete silence,except for their echoing footsteps. Eventually Glimmer stopped walking and turned to them. "This seems to be a dead end." "Do you see anything in here?"he asked her. "It's still too dark for me to see much but it seems to be something of the First Ones."Glimmer replied.

"First Ones?"Catra said in confusion. "You've never heard of the First Ones?"Glimmer said,condescendingly as she continued walking. Catra let out a growl. "The First Ones are the original settlers of Etheria."Bow explained to them. "Ok,I'm going to brighten this place a little bit. Bow,hold the sword for a moment."Glimmer said as she gave him the sword. "Everyone stand back."she warned them as she moved the ball of sparkles in between her hands. "Easy Glimmer,"Bow warned. "We're a long way from Bright Moon and we don't know when you'll get to recharge your powers." "Bow!"Glimmer exclaimed. "You have to recharge your powers?"Adora said sassily while Catra sniggered.

"Can we not talk about our weaknesses in front of the Horde soldiers!"she told Bow,ignoring Adora and Catra. "Sorry."Bow said apologetically as he went to stand beside Adora and Catra. Rolling her eyes,Glimmer took a deep breath as she concentrated on her powers before throwing her arms high into the air. The sparkle ball shot up to the top of the ruin then grew larger as light immediately filled the place. Glimmer's body sagged and Bow instantly went to her side. "Hey,you ok?" "I'm fine Bow."Glimmer said. "Woah."Adora whispered in awe and turned to see Catra looking at what she was staring at in shock and amazement. She saw Glimmer and Bow look at them before turning their heads and gasped.

Before them was a colorful glass picture of a woman holding a large sword in front of her. Like the one in my dreams Adora realised with a jolt. Could the sword and this ruin be connected?

"Hey,look here!"Glimmer called to them,breaking Adora from her train of thought,as she stood before a tomb-like stone with the same looking inscriptions as the ones on the door. "Hey,"Bow said,turning to Adora. "You can read that inscription. What's it say?" She took a step closer to the stone and narrowed her eyes as she looked at the inscription. "It says...She-ra."Adora said. Instantly,the inscription began to glow and a pink holographic lady appeared. "Ah!"they all shouted in surprise. "Hello. What is your query?"the holographic woman asked them. Bow was the first to recover from the shock. "Oh...uh hello. Can you tell us how to get out of here?"he asked politely. The hologram didn't answer.

"For the love of Hordak,doesn't he know it's not a real person?"Catra mumbled under her breath and Adora bit her lip to stop herself from laughing. "How do we get out of here?"Bow repeated in a much louder tone. "What is your query?"the hologram asked again. "Well,she's broken."Bow said,stepping back. "She's old,"Glimmer corrected as she took a step closer to observe the hologram. "I'm surprised any of this stuff works at all."she added while placing her hand through the hologram. Suddenly,the holographic woman turned red. "Administrator not detected. Lockdown initiated." The entire room began to turn red and the doors quickly closed around them one by one before the last door got jammed then,from the pressure,broke apart following by the entire building beginning to break apart.

"Oh come on! Great job Sparkles."Catra yelled in annoyance. "I didn't do it!"Glimmer retorted. "No lockdown! No lockdown!"Bow said panicky to the hologram. "Query not recognised." "You've got to get it to stop!"Bow said urgently to Adora. "What makes you think I can?"Adora asked in confusion. "There's got to be a password or something!"Bow yelled. "There's no time for that!"Glimmer yelled. In a swift motion,she grabbed Bow,Adora and Catra and pulled them close to her. "Just hang on!" "Glimmer no!"Bow warned but it was too late as they disappeared from within the temple and reappeared into the sky.

"Ah!"they screamed in terror as the ground was rapidly approaching towards them. "Glimmer!"Bow shouted,trying to shake her awake but she stayed unconscious. "Someone do something!"Catra yelled. Bow grabbed an arrow from his bag,placed it into his bow then shot it towards the ground. The arrow shot through the trees before transforming into a large net just seconds before they landed heavily onto it. "Oh,my rib is going to be so sore after today."Catra groaned. "At least we're not dead."Adora said though she as well knew her body would be feeling the pain soon enough.

Slowly,they all got off the net while Bow gently placed the unconscious Glimmer on the ground. "Will she be ok?"Adora asked Bow,a wave of concern hitting her as she looked at the princess. "Yeah. She'll just be a bit exhausted."Bow said,not taking his gaze off of Glimmer. Adora nodded. Soon after,Glimmer finally began to stir awake. "Did it work?"she croaked out as she slowly turned onto her stomach. "Yeah,it worked. Barely."Bow replied. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine."she said. She tried to get up but let out a pained groan as she fell back down. "I think I used too much power getting us out of there." "I wonder who would have predicted that,"Bow said while helping Glimmer up. "Oh wait,it was me." "Bow."Glimmer said. "About an hour ago too."he added smugly. "Bow!"Glimmer exclaimed. "Sorry. I'm just glad you're ok."Bow said softly. "No more teleporting for a while. You could really hurt yourself."

"I'm fine."Glimmer said firmly. "Clearly don't look fine."Catra replied sassily. Glimmer shot her a glare. "Stick with us?"Bow asked,extending his hands towards them. Adora and Catra side glanced at each other,both of them seemingly coming to an agreement. "We should be a hundred few miles from here,"Glimmer said as she walked past them. "We'll be able to reach Bright Moon soon. We've already wasted too much time."she added with a pointed glare at her and Catra before walking ahead. Bow gave them an apologetic look as he hurried to follow Glimmer as her and Catra follow suited.

Author's note: And this is Chapter 7 part 1! I feel guilty about taking a while to post this chapter but,as I said,I had to re-edit how the entire story was gonna go and I'm working on three other stories. However,since I have a good portion of the story edited,chapters shouldn't take too long to be posted though I make no promises. So I hope you all enjoy and leave a review.