Chapter XI: Guardians of Peace and Justice
PRINCESS ADORA'S DIARY
FIFTH DAY IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
Me and Luke are on our way to Mysticore to save the Crystal Castle from Vader, I only hope that we can make it in time.
I watched the scenery fly past us, I could see the horrors of the Empire ravage the land, the once beautiful land of Etheria, was now in ruins, it filled me with sadness.
"Don't worry She-Ra, we'll win this battle," Luke said confidently, it was amazing that he was able to sense my thoughts, could he be a telepath or even an empath.
"I know Luke," I told him as I soon saw the awe-inspiring Mountains of Immortality rise appear in view.
"We're here She-Ra," he said as took out a pair of electrobinoculars and gazed at the mountains "which mountain holds the secret power?" he asked trying to locate Vader.
"Mount Consecro, it's the highest mountain in the range," I said pointing to the Great Mountain of the Gnostics among the peaks of the range.
"We'll never be able to make up there before Vader," he said worriedly looking at high it is.
I thought for a second, "Luke did your forces find a white horse with wings, in the forest," I asked curiously.
"In fact we did, we found him in an Imperial prison, we sensed their was something special about the animal and set him free," he informed me, "but how is that going to help us climb the mountain," he asked me worriedly
"He's going to help us because he's made the trip before," I said as I gave out a whistle and looked up at the sky, at first I saw nothing but soon the shape of a Flying Unicorn soon ran across the sky.
The magnificent creature landed near the speeder and I went over to greet it, "Luke, I would like you to meet my steed and companion Swift Wind, the last of Etheria's Flying Unicorns," I said as I pet him.
"He's a beautiful creature," Luke said as he gently pet him, it amazed me that Swifty would let him pet him, but I sensed that Luke had made some sort of mental connection with the him assuring Swifty that he was not a threat.
"Thank you Luke, hop on and hang on, because we're going to fast," I said as I helped him up and we began our ascent to Mount Consecro to stop Vader, I only hope the others will have as much luck as we do.
QUEEN ANGELLA'S DIARY
FIFTH DAY IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
While Luke and She-Ra went to plan their attack against Vader, Glimmer and I joined Princess Leia to plan the liberation of kingdoms.
Leia took us to a war room, there she had maps of the planet and the kingdoms projected on a screen, we could see the troopers march across Etheria.
"Angella, you have more knowledge the planet than anyone here, what do you think should be our plan of attack," Leia asked as she turned to me wanting to know my opinion.
"Our first goal should be Brightmoon, from these readout, Brightmoon seems to be a safe haven for them, if we liberate it, they will lose their headquarters and will allow us to take the other kingdoms with ease," I informed them studying the maps and readouts.
"Getting into Brightmoon, won't be easy, Brightmoon is guarded by AT-STs on land and by Cruisemissle Troopers in the air," Leia commented grimly as she read the reports from Brightmoon.
"But they won't expect an underground attack, Brightmoon, in fact all the kingdoms are connected via underground tunnels created eons ago, by the planets founders, we can use them to get into Brightmoon and retake it," I informed her as showed her the location of the tunnels.
"Good thinking Angella, an underground attack would be take the Empire by surprise and give us the advantage," she told me looking at the battle plans.
While she was looking at the plans, Glimmer stood up, "your highness, may I have permission to speak," she asked meekly but bravely.
"Why of course and please call me Leia, my title means nothing to me know," she said acknowledging Glimmer.
"Thank you, Leia," she said as we turned our attention to her, "I have the power to travel anywhere with mere thought, if you and my mother would let me I could probably take over one of those walking machines and allow you to capture the kingdom without much distraction," she explained to us.
"It's your call Angella, you know what your daughter can do," Leia told me with a concerned look.
I looked at Glimmer and nodded in approval, "good luck, Glimmer," I told her, I hope she will be able to do it.
"It's agreed then, Glimmer will try to commandeer an AT-ST to clear a path for us while I will take Angella and some troops through the tunnels that lead into Brightmoon," Leia said as she stood up, "May the Force be with us," she commented to us as we bowed our heads and then asked, "anything you would to add, Angella, what is the common blessing on Etheria?"
"The common blessing here when going on any endeavor is to say 'May Light Hope watch over us and to grant us victory," I informed her as I closed my eyes to meditate then opened them up.
Leia and Glimmer followed suit and opened their own eyes.
Leia was about to dismiss us when she saw that someone had left a message for her, I signaled Glimmer that we should leave but Leia insisted that is was all right that we stay, saying it could be about the mission.
She punched some buttons on a console and message begin to play, it was from Luke, he and She-Ra were on their way to defeat Vader, I could tell she was worried but I could tell she had confidence in Luke, just like I have confidence in She-Ra that they can succeed in this mission.
Leia then turned to us, dismissed the meeting and we set out to begin the Liberation of Brightmoon.
PRINCESS ADORA'S DIARY
FIFTH DAY IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
We made up to Mount Consecro in record time, thanks to Swifty, however we found out that Vader had beat us to the Crystal Castle.
I told Swifty to land on a ledge not far from the summit from here, we could see what Vader was doing and plan our attack.
From where we stood, I could see that Vader and some of his Stormtroopers were trying to get into the castle, but couldn't.
"She-Ra, is this where this power is located at," Luke asked as he watched what Vader was doing through a pair of binoculars.
"It is, we need to get up there and stop him," I mounted Swifty and started to head up to the summit
"Wait for me, She-Ra," Luke said as he got on Swifty and we continued on our journey to stop Vader.
The ascent didn't take along as we were only a few meters from the summit.
We landed behind the castle so we could take him by surprise.
"All right Luke, when I give the signal you join in and we can catch him off guard," I told Luke as I made my way to the front.
As I drew nearer I could hear Vader order his Stormtroopers to blast the doors open, it was then I decided to spring our attack.
"I'm not sure about your galaxy, but here on Etheria that's called vandalism, and I don't tolerate it," I joked as drew my lightsaber and turned it on.
"She-Ra, how pleasant of you to join us," Vader remarked as he drew his weapon, "I see you have lightsaber, maybe now I can see just how powerful you truly are," he continued as he moved to strike.
"The only thing you will see is your defeat, Vader," I retorted as I countered and our weapons clashed.
The battle was fierce and even in the first hour it was beginning to take a toll on me. I knew now was the time to bring in Luke to assist me.
"You know what the strangest thing about Etheria is Vader?" I asked we continued about our duel.
"Nice trick, but the Sith always holds the winning card," he said ominously as he broke away and stood there as he pointed to an area behind the castle.
I looked in shock as two Stormtroopers brought out Luke, he had his hands up in the air, but he still had a sense of confidence to him that seemed to suggest that everything was going as planned.
"You really didn't think that you could made this far without me knowing of it," Vader told us, I could sense that he was smiling behind his mask.
While I was listening to him babble on about how he sensed our attack, I sensed what Luke had planed and went along with his scheme.
"It seems Vader, you forgot the second rule of combat on Etheria," I told him with a smirk on my face.
"What's that my dear," he asked as he looked over to Luke trying to figure out what's going on.
I was about to say 'expect the unexpected' but Luke beat me to it and summoned his lightsaber to him; took out the Stormtroopers and the two of us took on Vader.
"You're definitely strong in the Force, both of you, but you are no match for me," he said as he countered our attack and forced us into a deadlock.
"That's what you think, Vader," I told him as I managed to get behind Vader and take by surprise.
"You are powerful but you no match for the Dark Lord of the Sith," he said as he lunged at me.
I was so intent on the battle that I did not notice that I was close to the edge of the cliff, I took a step back to back away from Vader's sword, only to feel my heel go off the edge.
"You are defeated, your forces will fail and your planet is destroyed, there is no hope for you now unless you join me," he said reaching out towards me, "you were meant to be a Sith, do not ignore your destiny," he said looking at me.
At the sound of those words, I was filled with anger which seemed to give me strange new energy.
I was able to regain my balance and begin to attack Vader with a power that seemed to take him aback into shock at my power, it was like dream things were going so fast that before I knew it I had Vader on the ground.
"Now who's helpless Vader," I asked him sarcastically pointing my sword at the computers on his torso.
"Yes, strike me down, your anger gives you power, use that power," he said as he looked at me.
I was about to, when I heard what sounded like Light Hope's voice say, 'SHE-RA! STOP! THIS IS NOT YOUR WAY!' and I backed down.
"Never Vader, I will never join you, I would rather die," I told him as I serenely looked down the edge of the cliff and leapt off.