Chapter VIII: Rebels United

CAPTIAN BOW'S LOGBOOK

FIFTH DAY IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

I fear defeat is at hand, the troopers have taken control of all the kingdoms and destroyed them, all the reports I have heard reports say that few people made it out of the kingdoms.

Our forces have been decimated and have been driven into the very heart of the Whispering Woods and even that is doomed to fall.

Many of our men have perished, and even I am injured but I have not given up, I swore on the holy sword of Uriel to Defend Etheria to the death and that is what as I will do.

Right now, we are near the Memorial of Infintium, an ancient monument honoring those who died during the Massacre of Infintium during the War of Illumination eons ago, the enemy has let up some and have us given as brief rest.

"All right, men, this may be our last stand, but we will die for Etheria, if we perish we will die as martyrs for the liberation of Etheria, but we will take as many of them with us as possible," I told those men who were with me.

They shouted in support, their morale lifted by my speech, ready to do battle.

"Before we go into battle, let us stop to pray here at this memorial, so that we may honor those who died here millennia ago," I told them as I took out my sword and knelt before the memorial.

"We stand here at what remains of Infintia, ancient jewel of great Infintia, once you housed great wisdom and peace, a beacon standing out amongst the ancient kingdoms, but your light was not meant to last. Prime, once the architect of everything, turned evil and set to destroy those who would stand in his way, and in his war of darkness you were destroyed. After the war the Magi, who had succeeded our great king Light Hope, turned you into these woods where on the coldest nights the wind allows us to hear the ancient magi whisper their incantations. May we remember all those who died here, may they grant the keys to victory and if we should join them let our blood help freedom to grow here once again," I prayed as I took my sword and cut myself allowing some blood to drip onto the ground and stood up.

"Come on men…," I started to say before I was cut by one of our scouts.

"Captain Bow, I have urgent news," the scout shouted, he looked as he have been running for hours.

"What's wrong, Lieutenant Goldson," I asked me thinking something bad had happened.

"Aquatia and Gailsbreath have been liberated, sir," Goldson reported to me.

"Liberated? But how, our forces were decimated there, they were worst defeats of this entire campaign," I told him, what could have driven the invaders from those kingdoms or what was left of them.

"Reports say that a fleet of ships appeared out of a portal and dropped off troops, they overwhelmed and driven out the troopers," he informed me.

"Who do they fight for, are they Horde ships?" I asked fearful this could be a Horde trick.

"No sir, they're not Horde ships, in fact they destroyed the Horde Troopers and helped what survivors there were in the kingdoms, the reports say," the scout informed me.

"Lieutenant, go to Gailsbreath, send a message and tell them that commander of the Etherian army, wishes to meet with their leaders, if they are on our side we must make contact with them," I ordered as Goldson left to relay the message.

THE LOGBOOK OF PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA

22 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE END OF THE CLONE WARS

We have arrived at She-Ra's planet, from what we can see the Empire has devatsted it in typical fashion.

I had ordered transports to send troops to begin liberating some of the territories and to help any survivors.

I had decided to go to the main port to watch the progress of the battle.

It was while I was watching the conflict that Luke came walked in and said, "Leia, a solider from the army fighting the Empire has arrived at the arrived in the eastern territory and requests to make contact with us," he said pointing on a map the solider's location on a holomap of the planet.

"Are you sure he is from those defending the planet and not one of these battle droids that have been reported fighting alongside the Stormtroopers," I asked him worried that it might be a trick.

Luke closed his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "It's not a trick, the man is sincere," as he opened his eyes.

I still was wary, but Luke had been right before, and I did trust him even though he was just starting to use the Force to gain knowledge.

"Okay, has a shuttle bring the messenger here," I told him as he left to fulfill the order and I left for the conference room.

A while later, I was sitting in the room, when the doors open and guard answered, "Princess, Commander Skywalker is here with someone who claims to see you," he informed me.

"Send them in," I ordered as he left and came back with Luke and a short man with green eyes and dark hair.

"Princess Leia, may I present Lieutenant Goldson of the Etherian Army," Luke said as he signaled the soldier to step forward.

"Greetings, Lieutenant I am Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan and this commander Skywalker, " I introduced ourselves to the solider

"It is an honor to meet you, your majesty; I bring a message from the commander of our forces, Captain Bow. He has heard of your liberation of Aquatia and Gailsbreath and wishes an audience with you so as he can propose an alliance between your forces and ours, he feels with your help we can drive the invaders from our land and restore the planet to peace," he relayed to us.

I thought about this for a moment, I looked at Luke who simply nodded a sign that it was okay to trust him.

"Okay, tell your commander that we will meet with him," I informed him.

"Thank you, your majesty," he replied as Luke showed him back to the shuttle, if this solider is right; the meeting with Captain Bow will give us the information needed about this planet to win this battle.

CAPTAIN BOW'S LOGBOOK

FIFTH DAY IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

Lt. Goldson came back and informed me that the leaders of these forces have agreed to meet with me.

I told my second in command to take over while I'm gone and mounted my horse and followed Goldson to Gailsbreath where a transport was waiting us to take us to meet with the leaders.

When we arrived, I got of my horse and was led to a spaceship that would take us to our destination.

We arrived at a large ship and were taken to large conference room where a tall woman with brown hair and eyes and a man with blonde hair and blue eyes sat at a table.

"Princess Leia, may introduce Captain Bow, commander of Etherian Army," a guard said as we entered the room.

"Welcome Captain Bow, I am Princess Leia Organa and this Commander Luke Skywalker," she said as she pointed to the man sitting beside her, "I hear you wish to form an alliance with us,"

"Yes, your majesty, we have little to offer now since we have been invaded but what we have is at your disposal," I told her as she offered me a seat.

"Thank you, Captain, this alliance will be beneficial to both of us," she told me.

"Tell, your majesty how did you learn of our plight?" I asked her curious as they came to learn of Etheria and what happened.

"A message from a woman named She-Ra, she claimed to be a friend of a friend of my father, she claimed her planet was under attack and decided to see if it was true," she said, I was overjoyed to hear that She-Ra was possibly and alive and that she had managed to signal for help.

"She-Ra is good friend of mine and this news that she contacted give me hope that she alive," I told her.

"Don't worry captain if she's alive we'll find her," Princess Leia told me, "but now we begin to plan the liberation of your planet," she told me as we left the room to begin planning the battle.