AN: I hate to ask but would it be too much to ask for someone to drop me a line? I don't want to be writing this for an empty cyberspace. (And I realize that fan fiction has traffic stats but it's nicer to here from you.)

Chapter 12

"Adora we'll miss you so much," The Queen said as she hugged her daughter goodbye. "Yes Adora I wish you could stay longer," King Randolph said as he brushed a tear away.

"I'm sorry. I wish I could stay longer but they need me," Adora said pulling away from her mother. She quickly embraced her father before taking a step back and looking at the emotion flowing through their eyes. "Maybe next time I'll bring my boyfriend. We're engaged to be married," Adora said quickly before mounting Spirit and heading off to Castle Grey Skull.

"Adora why did we have to leave?" Spirit asked as he slowed to a walk.

"I'm sorry Spirit. I was just afraid of what they'd say," She replied.

"Your getting married to a very nice man. I don't think they'd object," Spirit reasoned.

"I"m a princess. I don't think marring a commoners going to impress them," Adora said pushing away tears.

"They just need a chance to know him. Besides your father can't say too much he married an astronaut from that Earth planet," Spirit said.

"Maybe," Adora sniffled. "Well anyways I just want to go home,"

"We will. Then will you be happy?" Spirit asked concerned for his friend. He never got a response just hot tears falling on his warm back.

A few minutes later at Castle Grey Skull

"I think she's broken," Spirit whispered to the Sorceress.

The Sorceress watched from across the hall as Adora tried to pull herself together. "Hmm. There's something wrong I just don't know what," She responded.

She walked over to the girl and touched her shoulder. "Adora what's wrong? Can I do anything to help?"

"I don't know. I can't stop crying. What if Bow doesn't take me back?" came the warbled reply.

The Sorceress sat down beside her. "What makes you think he doesn't love you anymore?"

Adora shifted her position so her head rested on her knees. "I don't know it's just a feeling," She murmured.

"Adora you don't know anything until you talk to him yourself. Maybe he was just mad you were leaving," The Sorceress said grasping at straws. "You need to go home and rest. Enjoy your free world. Remember to laugh, dance and throw parties as often as you can," She gently tugged on Adora's arm bringing her to her feet. "Say hi to Madame Razz for me," The Sorceress said opening the transdimensional gate. She gave the girl a quick hug before pushing her though the door. "Spirit please take good care of her for me. Tell Madame Razz what you know. Maybe she can help."

"Yes of course," He replied. Then he walked though the gate.

Adora walked though the portal to Etheria, she was surprised her welcoming comity consisted solely of Bow, Sea-Hawk, and Madame Razz.

"Where's the crowd?" Adora joked trying to hide her tears.

"Oh Don't be upset dearie. Their all out restoring Etheria to it's former glory. But Sea-Hawk came to see you," Madame Razz said emphasizing the last part.

Sea-Hawk stood next to Bow his arms crossed his red scarf floating in the warm breeze. She looked for some emotion in her friends faces and received none. It was in that moment that she realized the unease flying between everyone like a lightening storm.

"Where's the-"

"Adora I think you better come with us," Sea-Hawk interrupted. Stunned Adora watched him walk away back into the woods.

"What was-,"

"I think you better listen to him Adora," Madame Razz said. She had a sad look on her face.

"But why? And why will no one talk to me or answer my questions?" She watched as Bow and Madame Razz refused to answer her, their faces filled with sorrow, eyes that couldn't meet her gaze. She gave Bow a long hard look. He hadn't said anything, she had hoped he would reveal something, anything that would make her understand. Instead he simply gave her a kiss on the cheek, before slowly walking away.

"It's for the best dearie," Madame Razz said.

Adora looked to see Sea-Hawk waiting in the tree line of Whispering Woods for her. Maybe I should have come as She-Ra, they always love her. Except everyone here knows my secret." Adora thought to herself. She was tempted to run, afraid of what the future held, but she entered the trees anyways, feeling like a criminal on trial and who knew perhaps she was.

Adora heard a crunching sound behind her as Madame Razz followed her into the woods. She watched as the trees thinned into a small clearing she had never seen before.

"The trees won't let anyone but us in," Madame Razz said as she sat on the tree stump next to Sea-Hawk.

"Listen we just need to get She-Ra's story straight, about the final fight. More specifically about Hordak's death" Sea-Hawk cut in.

"Why,-" Adora was cut off by Sea-Hawk.

"Why did we ask Bow to leave? Because he has feelings for you that we didn't want to get in the way. Now we have a question for you. Did you kill Hordak? Either as She-Ra or Adora?"

Adora felt like her world was tumbling down they really thought she'd killed Hordak.

"I understand you have a lot against him, he kidnapped you as a child, stole you from your twin, forced you to believe in the Horde, trained you to be a killer, they tried to kill you as you escaped, threatened your friends. Shall I go on?" Sea-Hawk questioned.

Adora was on her knees trying not to cry, it had been an incredibly emotionally straining week she felt like she was being torn apart on all sides, her family her friends. She wanted nothing more than to curl up in a ball alone in her tent and die. Her tears turned to hysterical laughter as she realized how little her needs mattered. They didn't care about her, no one did they just wanted to use her. Her laughter turned back to tears as she realized her predicament.

Sea-Hawk stood still watching as Adora moved to the outer edge of the clearing just against the tree line.

Madame Razz however rushed over to the sobbing girl. "We know you didn't do it. A certain rebel says he saw Adora right before the hand landed on Hordak. We just wanted to know if there was anything you could have done, you know to save him, though I'm not sure I would have," Madame Razz said.

"Adora," Sea-Hawk said sympathetically

She didn't hear tears still pouring down her face. She gripped her stomach and slid to the grassy floor. "Oh no,"

Madame Razz tried to soothe the girl patting her on the shoulder whispering soft words.

Adora shoved her away, "Stop it! Leave me ALONE! And as for you Sea-Hawk I hope you die," She cried darting off into the woods.

"Adora!" Madame Razz called after the girl.

"She's been really upset lately," Spirit said walking into the clearing. He quickly retold the events that happened in Eternia.

"So Adam's engaged?" Madame Razz asked.

Sea-Hawk crossed his arms, "Really that's all you got out of the conversation? He's missing. Adora's upset. She might be pregnant or suffering a She-Ra backlash. And all you care about is Adam and his wife?"

"Adora pregnant?" Spirit asked clearly shocked.

"It's not a secret their sleeping together. And anyways somethings clearly wrong. She needs a friend right now," Sea-Hawk said trudging though the bush.

"Adora! Adora!" He called for several minutes before he found her laying on the ground next to a tall tree that provided plenty of shade. Her tears had dried up and she almost looked happy.

"Hello Hawk," She said looking up at him from her spot on the ground.

He watched as she tried to make a smile out of a grimace of pain.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what's wrong with me. I really don't have a place in this world anymore but it's my home. All my friends, my entire life is here. I'm supposed to give that all up just to be a princess, which I'm not very good at in another land. And what about Bow, I can't leave him and I don't want to make him choose either," She was quite for a moment. "I'm sorry I said I hope you die,"

Sea-Hawk gently picked a ladybird out of her hair before laying down beside her. "I think that's the most you've spoken to me in a long time,"

She turned her head from the clouds to face him. He shuffled closer and kissed her on the lips. "You've got a great guy in Bow," He received a genuine smile in return. He raised his hand using his elbow to prop it up. "Friends?" She caught his hand and then kissed him on the lips. They lowered their hands so they were laying on the ground still intertwined. Adora closed her eyes and moved her head closer to Sea-Hawk's strong arm.

It was late in the afternoon before the two returned to camp. Bow who had been waiting eyed the two wearily as they were holding hands and smiling. As they walked closer Bow could see something had changed between them. Sea-Hawk handed him Adora's hand.

Adora smiled and embraced him. She then kissed him on the lips. Bow hugged her tighter, "Are you all mine now?" He asked.

Adora touched her forehead to his, "For ever and ever,"

"So when are we getting married?" He whispered into her ear.

"I guess it could be anytime now that Etheria is free," She replied.

"How's ten days from now sound?"

Adora laughed. "It sounds great. But you realize I'm going to have to take you home sometime to meet my parents,"

"Only if we get to have lots and lots of children,"

"Sounds like a fair deal to me,"

"So your just friends with Sea-Hawk now right?" Bow asked as they walked arms linked together towards his tent.

Early Evening

Adora felt renewed as she tried to escape Bow and his tent. She wasn't fast enough and with a squeak she was pulled back for a instant replay of earlier events.

Elsewhere just on the outskirts of Whispering Woods.

A Horde solider limped towards the rebel camp. She had no use of her left arm which hung at an odd angle, as far as she could tell it wasn't even in the socket. Her right leg was severely damaged. She'd most likely walk with a limp for the rest of her life. Bloody water fell from her hair as fresh rain mixed with the dried blood of her comrades that had been caked on her body for days. The only thing on her mind was vengeance, and the thirst for blood of a rebel leader. One who had betrayed her. She stalked closer to the woods. She fell to her knees and tried to crawl the remaining distance. The agonizing pain in her shoulder as she tried to army crawl forced her to stop. She planed to sit under a tree but her body was too tired to move. She closed her eyes for a moment.

"What do you want Scum," Sprockett said poking the collapsed solider with a long stick.

She tried to struggle into a sitting position, the stick moved to touch her nose. "No don't bother. Adora's already on her way. Your not going anywhere,"

The solider let her head drop to the ground she had completed her mission even if it wasn't in the way she hoped. There was a sharp pain in her side, her eyes went black and her head hit the hard forest ground.

AN: Hey so not my best or longest chapter but I felt you deserved something after a long wait, and two uploads to my other story.

A point of interest in She-Ra Bow hits on She-Ra (and Adora?) constantly until about half way though the series. I wonder what kind of conversation she had with him.