up to this point the story was all typed up in script format and i did a little tweaking here and there as i changed it over to story format. if you liked the 1st 3 chapters written in 2003 then i hope you also like the ones that come now in 2012-9 years later to finish the story.
The Choice-part 4
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Bow looks around at the others. "I think we've waited long enough."
"I think that only a small group of us should go. That way we stand a better chance of sneaking in unnoticed."
"I agree with you Glimmer." Bow looks around. "Where has Kowl gone off to?"
Madame Razz looks around worriedly.
Broom speaks up. "He left a little while ago. Said something about going to see if any of the Twiggets saw Adora leaving for Eternia before everyone got back to camp."
Bow looks toward the direction of the Twigget Village. "I don't think we can afford to wait for him."
Sprauge runs up. "Some of the Twiggets were in the village of Thaymor getting supplies and they were given this."
Glimmer takes the note that Sprauge hands her. "Its from Hordak."
"Is he gloating that he captured She-Ra and wants us to give up and turn ourselves in?"
"No." Glimmer looks up at Bow. "He wants us to find He-Man and send him to the Fright Zone."
"He-Man?" Broom looks around at the others. "He must want to use She-Ra to capture him too."
Glimmer looks at the rest of the note. "It says this is no trick. She-Ra needs her brother. For us to hurry because he may be the only one that can help her."
Bow looks around bewildered. "That almost sounds like some sort plea."
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Kowl grumbles as he flies up Skydancer Mountain. "Why did I talk myself into this?" He grabs onto an outcropping of rock as the wind gusts up and hangs on until it dies down. As he takes flight again he soars into the cloud cover hiding the crystal castle from view. He stops at the entrance clearing his throat. "Light Hope? I'm came to-" Kowl flies back as the door opens.
"-I know why you have come. Enter."
He moves forward into the castle and flies toward Light Hope. "Do you know where She-Ra is?"
"Yes. She is in danger and there isn't much time. You must listen to me carefully. Then go directly to Hordak and make sure he has the sword."
-4-
Swen looks over at Sea Hawk as they gaze up at the ship. "We're lucky we make it out of that storm."
"That we are Swen. How long is it going to take to repair the ship?"
"Could be several hours by the looks of her."
"I can't wait that long." He looks down at his half of the locket. "I need to find Adora."
"Remember that Horde ship we fought last month?"
"I remember it very well it nearly blew us out of the sky."
"I managed to salvage some of the technology it was carrying before it sank. I thought it might come in handy." He points to a crate some of the sailors bring outside.
Sea Hawk looks inside as the crate is opened. "A brand new Horde Glondala."
-4-
Hordak wonders if reaching out to the rebels for help was a good idea. He could let Swiftwind go after He-Man but he would rather have the pegacorn here with She-Ra. Getting Shadow Weaver to use her magic to summon He-Man would raise questions he doesn't want asked. He sits on his throne wondering what is happening to him as he thinks back to when he took Adora from her home. It was true he wanted to the make the people of Eternia pay for driving away the Horde and what better way than kidnapping their infant princess? He had never counted on that infant touching him as she grew up-becoming a daughter to him. Even then he never would have admitted that he had a heart-too stubborn to recognize it he assumes-but now faced with the reality that Adora might not survive much longer he can't deny it.
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She-Ra tosses and turns in bed unable to rest. Being here feels so right-yet so very wrong at the same time and she can't understand why. She gets up looking at her reflection in the mirror again. Hordak had said the power of the sword had changed her-made her fight for the rebels. She has no reason not to believe him. There was just something about Swiftwind's behavior that causes her to doubt Hordak.
i realized as many times as He-Man popped into the She-Ra episodes it wasn't really going to be in crossover territory if i brought him alone (and possibly BattleCat) into this at some point. i'll be honest i didn't like where the rebels being in this was headed. it was too predictable and this isn't a story about any of the characters acting predictably. i didn't want to change the whole story after i posted it by going back and editing the rebels out. they weren't in the plans to the story at all and only made it in as i was starting to type it in 2003. i wanted to veer back onto the original plan for the story as it was started before being typed so i had to have some task to keep them occupied and finding some way to contact He-Man and get him to Etheria is a big one. I could have had Light Hope summon the Sorceress or even He-Man himself but as you can read he has something else he is working on. This is pretty much a transition chapter attempting to seamlessly marry what came before it with what is to come in later chapters.
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