Encouraging Plumeria to Raise Up Strong
"No way, this She-Ra went to Beast Island which is known to be the most dangerous place in all of Etheria… And she tamed all the beasts with just her voice?" She-Ra shocked of hearing what Perfuma just said.
"Oh yes, it's one of my favorite stories." Perfuma smiled as more people want to stand closer to Adora.
"Hey, easy everyone. One at a time." Glimmer said to some of the people.
One little girl wanted to walk up to She-Ra and Glimmer allow her as the girl comes up to the hero girl and gave her a gift she made with the help from her parents.
"Oh! Thank you for the…" Adora puzzled, she has absolutely no idea of what this item supposed to be and never seen this before.
"Windchime." Glimmer whispered.
"Windchime, thank you." Adora thanked to the little girl who smiles at her.
But Deku was the only one not paying attention to the celebrating as he is still looking around.
"Is something wrong, Deku? You aren't eating the food I brought for you." Ibara asked noticing Deku seems to be distracted by something else and tap on his shoulder.
"Huh, oh, sorry. I was just noticing that something doesn't seem right." Deku said.
"What do you mean?" Ibara asked.
"Well, it just I don't see her here." Deku mentioned.
"Oh, her. Well, that is something we don't talk about much." Ibara said looking sad.
"But why?" Deku confused.
"I'm afraid we will have to speak in private in order for me to tell you." Ibara whispered to Deku.
"Wow, I never knew there were so much amazing things about She-Ra." Adora amazed.
"Yes, and now that you're here, we're so excited for you to heal our land and bring all the plants back to life. Will you be doing it before the drum circle or after?" Perfuma said.
"You want me to-You want me to heal your land?" Adora asked shock.
"I don't think my grandmother ever mention that." Deku tried to recall the healing story that his grandmother Razz told him.
"Yes! Like in the ancient story, "She-Ra Heals the Forest and Brings The Trees Back To Life."" Perfuma nodded exciting.
"Oh, this is so exciting! You must have known that you have inherited all the abilities of your predecessor." Ibara said.
"Oh, huh, yeah… I believe that's what it means to carry on the name." Adora chuckled nervously, and a sweat drop or two are forming.
"I've seen her do way weirder stuff. This'll be a snap." Glimmer bragged with a snap of her finger.
"Y-Yeah, I seen her turn a normal horse into an alicorn." Deku mentioned, but soon realizing that he wasn't helping the nervous Adora.
"Wait, it's not that simple. Plus, I don't like the look of that smoke. The Horde's up to something big. Maybe we should investigate." Adora suggested.
"We? This is my power. I grow plants." Perfuma said making flowers growing from the ground and becoming as well as her and handed one to Adora.
But as soon as the flower left Perfuma's hand, the flower has become wilted worrying Adora and Deku.
"We're not strong enough to go up against the Horde. All we want is to live peacefully in our ancestral home." Perfuma pointed out.
"But you can do so much more with your gift and the strong willpower of peace, you can do so much more of protecting your land!" Deku pointed out strongly that made Perfuma and Ibara's face blushed.
"I-I appreciate your words of seeing me as such a brave warrior, but I cannot fight for I don't believe violence is the answer." Perfuma said.
"I don't know, violence doesn't seem like a bad thing when use against the people are trying to harm others." Mei said as she walks up to them.
"Mei, I thought you would be distracted onto the Heart-Blossom." Deku surprised to see Mei coming up to them.
"I already got some data on the Runestone." Mei explained while holding her tablet then turning to Perfuma.
"Anyway, I think you're overthinking that fighting back is a bad thing." Mei tilted her head a little.
"Isn't that because it is? It doesn't matter which side is good or evil, the fighting will just cause harm to both sides." Ibara believed with her hands together.
"While that is sure that most fights would lead in a 50/50 chance that both sides can be destroy or just one of them, but there's no real way of knowing of how the fighting would go despite all the planning and thinking and using some amazing babies Dryl makes." Mei pointed out.
"M-Making babies?" Ibara gasped with her face turning a little red as she turns to Deku.
"No, no, no, no, it' noting like that! She is just talking about the inventions she and her sisters make." Deku clarified with her face red and waving his hands.
"She and Entrapra just likes to call them babies for some odd reason." Glimmer added.
"During our time inventing and having Deku with us, we learned that not everything is going to be the same forever and a change is going to happen whether you want it or not, and that include having to raise your hand into a fist." Mei explained.
"Not to mention you guys are being incredibly stupid with not doing something about the Horde hurting your land." Mei mocked with a casual expression.
"Mei! I think you went too far with calling them stupid!" Deku gasped, worry that Mei might end up pushing Plumeria away before they could even think about joining the Princess Alliance.
"I'm just pointing out the truth." Mei shrugged.
Perfuma look down at her hands remembering some words that someone she knew said similar to what Mei just said, the memories have been fresh in her mind about that person who was once a part of the village before leaving.
"You almost remind me of someone who once lived in our kingdom before she left about a year ago." Perfuma said.
"Someone left your kingdom?" Adora asked.
"I'm sorry, but that is something I am not comfortable speaking about it." Perfuma said hugging herself, but everyone quickly changes her expression into a bright happy one.
"But let's not dwell on the negative feelings right now and be joyful She-Ra will heal our land!" Perfuma smiled.
Adora becomes flinch of nervousness again upon hearing that the princess of the plant kingdom has ask her again to heal the land, something that she has NO idea how to do since she is still relatively new to being She-Ra and not sure if she has any other powers besides super strength.
"Yeah, healing… that is something I can totally do, and I will do after I…" Adora paused nervously, not thinking of an excuse to escape from the exciting flower princess.
Deku saw this and decided to step in to help.
"Perfuma, I know you believe in She-Ra's power to help heal your land, but won't you at least let us go see the Horde camp and what they're doing to your land." Deku offered to investigate.
"You want to go there, where the danger is?" Ibara shocked.
"We have to do something, the Horde set up camp near your kingdom meaning they're planning something to ruin your kingdom like what's going on with the wilting flowers." Deku pointed out.
"But how do you know the Horde are responsible from this?" Perfuma asked.
"Call it a hunch and Mei just mentioned moments ago the Horde is hurting your land." Deku answered.
"It was during the scanning on the Runestone and the plants around it." Mei pulled out her tablet showing a digital imagine of the tree and Runestone.
"From what I've been able to gather, there is something that is disturbing the natural energy flow from the Runestone throughout the ground like something bad is forcing that energy down, then I notice the bad thing inside the ground where all the roots of the plants and trees are connected." Mei explained.
"Is that bad stuff coming from the same place?" Bow asked.
Then they heard a slight sound coming from where the smoke is coming from and Mei held her tablet scanning the bad stuff in that direction.
"That's a definitely." Mei answered.
"Then we have our objective." Deku clutched his fist and green electric sparks emits around his body.
"Princess Perfuma, I know you don't want to fight and all, but I believe now maybe the day you can finally stand up to the Hordes. I won't blame you if you still don't want to fight. Just know you at least have friends who are willing to defend you and your people." Deku smiled.
"He's right, you don't have to keeping helpless waiting." Adora said before finally transforming back.
"I was a lost soul until I met Deku and got this sword, now I know what I must do and move forward with my head up high." Adora pointed her sword at the smoke.
Without wasting another minute, Deku charge toward the smoke with the others quickly following her leaving Perfuma and Ibara standing shock.
"Princess… I think I'm going to help them." Ibara said with a surprisingly new determine look on her face.
"Ibara?" Perfuma shocked.
"They're right, I've been praying to God hoping that one day for the bad things to be gone yet I feel deep down that doing nothing is not going to happen!" Ibara said with tone a little louder.
"I believe now is the time the Plumeria kingdom to finally make a stand!" Ibara stated before running off to the others.
Perfuma reach out for Ibara though didn't make a sound as she starts to remember the one person who left the kingdom.
"You idiots! Don't you think all this wasting time doing nothing has been going on long enough? It's about time you do something like what I'm gonna do. Go out there and kick some ass!"
Perfuma closes her eyes for a moment then open them again with a tiny sign of seriousness then turns around going to the tree.
(With Deku's Group)
"Okay, we're near the camp. We just need a plan." Deku said.
"First off, we need to find ourselves some Horde uniforms to sneak our way in. Luckily for you guys, I know the timing of the shift changing." Adora smiled.
"Mind if I join?" Ibara asked running up to them.
"Ibara, what are you doing here?" Deku surprised.
"Doing what you said, time to stand up like Mirko tried to tell us before she left." Ibara answered.
"Mirko, is she the person Perfuma mentioned?" Bow asked curious.
"Yes, it was about a month after Deku's last visit. Mirko was growing angry and impatient thinking that the Horde are causing trouble to everyone outside of Plumeria and may do that here someday. So, she decided to leave in order fight off the Horde. We haven't seen her since." Ibara explained.
"Well, I'm sure she'd be very proud of what you're doing." Deku smiled with a hand on Ibara's shoulder making her blush.
"Oh, I also heard you needed to borrow some uniforms. Will these do?" Ibara asked as she brought on four Horde soldiers struggling really hard to break free to no success.
The five Rebellion members became very surprised before they form a smile. Deku, Adora, Glimmer, and Bow change into the uniform.
"Okay, while we go inside the main building to find the machine poisoning the land. You two sneak around and try see if you find anything out." Adora laid out the plan.
"That we can do!" Mei said with a thumb up.
"We wish you luck." Ibara bowed before the group separated.
Adora's disguised group went through the front while informing them about the time change for the guard shifts, Ibara and Mei went to on spot close to the wall for the former to lift Mei over to the top of the wall then lifts herself up.
Mei took out a bracelet and a hook came out to hook it onto the edge of the wall to lower herself down while Ibara follows behind, they hide in a corner of a small metal building while two with two Horde soldier guards are standing by.
"Hey, heard what happened to the last guy who was guarding here?" Horde Guard 1 asked.
"Oh yeah, the guy let that bunny bitch get to him and kicked him right in the family jewels and send him flying up the ceiling." Horde Guard 2 recalled, flinches from the memory.
"Oh man, good luck trying to start a family with broken balls. Bitch bunny." Horde Guard 1 groaned.
"Sounds like they got a prisoner." Mei whispered.
"And… I think I know who that is." Ibara surprised.
"Then let's burst her out." Mei nodded and took out a purple metal ball, press a button and threw it in front of the two guards.
The two guards saw this and become confused of what that little ball is until is shot a pair of two wires onto them, and a strong electric current zaps the guards into submission as they fell.
"Taser balls, they can shoot four pairs of two wires then zap any guys even when wearing armor." Mei explained with a smirk.
"Come on!" Ibara hurried into the small building.
When she opens the door, she is shocked of seeing the one person she had hope it was when she heard the guards talking and saw the electric cuffs keeping her on the wall.
"Quick, help her down!" Ibara begged.
"I'm on it!" Mei said as she pulls out an electric screwdriver and was able to turn off the cuffs.
"Mirko, are you okay?" Ibara asked worry.
"Well, I'll be damn, it really is you, Ibara." Mirko chuckled as she stands up.
Mirko has an athletic build with muscular arms and legs, who stands slightly below average height. Mirko has dark skin, red eyes which are tilted slightly inwards, long eyelashes, and straight white hair that used to reach down past her waist, but she had later cut short. On her head, she has a pair of long white rabbit ears pointing upwards with a slight crook. Along with these, she also has a white round tail, which gives her overall design a definite resemblance to an albino rabbit. She wears a sleeveless white leotard with dark purple trim around her shoulders and waist, a wide, yellow crescent moon design over her chest, and a single thick metal plate wrapped around her midriff. She wears purple thigh-high boots to compliment her leotard, with more plating around the heel and toe areas, making her feet look like those of a rabbit. She also has a pair of thick white gloves on her hands with long cuffs, sporting small triangular protrusions around their edges. Breasts sizes: I-cup.
"I'm surprise to see you here of all places." Mirko admitted.
"Deku and some friends helped me find my courage." Ibara smiled.
"Deku? He's here?" Mirko asked then they all heard the alarms going off.
"Whoa, that's our cue to leave!" Mei said as they quickly ran out and seeing Deku fighting off some Horde soldiers with Adora.
"For the Honor of Grayskull!" Adora transformed into She-Ra fight off some soldiers while Bow and Glimmer are also helping out.
"Did that girl just turn into a tall fighter?" Mirko asked.
But before Ibara could enter that, giant waves of grass and vines came tackling some Horde soldiers with Perfuma riding with the people of Plumeria right behind her.
"I've always said the universe will repay the Horde one day. Well, I guess that day is today!" Perfuma believed as they charge taking down the Horde soldiers, in their way unique way.
"Is that… all of Plumeria?" Mirko shocked.
"Guess they must've figured it's their time to back too." Ibara cheered for using her vines to grab three soldiers and smack them down.
"They're here!" Adora smiled surprise.
"Hey, now we should do something about that machine." Deku pointed back at the building and Adora nods.
They went back into the building where they found the machine poisoning the land as Deku kicks the door down and Adora wasted no time jumping at the top of the building.
"For Etheria!" She-Ra shouted as she stabs her sword into the machine sending a strong magical energy into the poison. This causes the machine to do the opposite of helping restore and energizes the land which also means Perfuma's power is worker better than before.
With all the plants growing so suddenly and consuming the camp, the Horde soldiers forces themselves to retreat as the Plumeria people cheers.
"Well, well, looks like you guys finally got your act together." Mirko smirked.
"Mirko!" Perfuma smiled and hugs onto Mirko.
"I can't believe you're here. Why are you here?" Perfuma asked.
"Well, I decided to see how you guys have been doing until I notice how the plants were wilting which was strange found this Horde camp. I let my guard down when I found the machine responsible for the damage and was locked away for ten days until those two broke me out." Mirko explained and pointed her thumb at Mei and Ibara.
"I would like to thank you for running off like that, you inspired me and help me realize we must defend our peace by standing up for what's right. I am proud of you, little sister." Perfuma smiled.
"Anything for the peace of Plumeria." Ibara said with her hands together.
"I'm glad to see you're okay, Mirko." Deku smiled at the bunny woman.
"Glad to see you're still hell strong as ever." Mirko smirked.
"If there is anything we can do, you name it." Perfuma said.
"Join the Rebellion and help me reform the Princess Alliance." Glimmer offered.
"Um, are you sure? Didn't that go horribly the first time?" Perfuma asked.
"It went horribly for our parents. But we have a chance to do it right. We're clearly stronger together. Think what all the Princesses united could do." Glimmer pointed out.
"I say go for it. Those Horde bastards need to pay for what they try to do to our land." Mirko patted hard on Perfuma's back almost making her trip.
"Okay then, only if Mirko help us prepared ourselves to fight." Perfuma said shocking Mirko.
"Are you sure, even after what I said back then?" Mirko asked.
"Of course, you're always welcome home no matter what because you're our Bunny Warrior of the Moon." Perfuma said pointing at the moon crest on Mirko's chest.
This made Mirko feel like she is about to cry even though she tries holding back the tries, she chuckles of feeling like this seeing the rest of the Plumeria people gathering behind Perfuma looking at Mirko with smiles.
"Yeah, I'm finally home." Mirko smiled and the Plumeria cheers for their bunny warrior has return home while Deku and the others smile on that they just gained some new allies for the Rebellion.
"Mom is so going to be thrilled when we tell her about this." Glimmer excited.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Deku and others have not only saved Plumeria from the underground poisoning attack by the Horde, but they have also gained the kingdom in their alliance along with meeting Mirko as the Bunny Warrior of the Moon of Plumeria. Bet you didn't see that coming, huh?
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