Finally Meeting the Light of Hope
Adora and Catra were still in shock that Jack just killed them five seconds ago, confessing his feelings to them right after revealing to them the truth about his origin that he came from another world which is also a big shock to them.
"Hmm, oh no, I think I cause their brains to shut down and into a coma while still standing. Maybe I can try pinching their butts, that seem to work with Entrapta whenever she would get distracted by tech." Jack hoped these girls are okay.
"Do it when I will claw your eyes out!" Catra threatened while her cheeks are blushing.
"I will go She-Ra on you too!" Adora said with her sword held towards Jack to keep him away with her butt.
"Good to know you two are okay." Jack smiled.
"Okay, okay, Jack! Everything you just told us, what you just showed us everything that we once knew been expanded to things no one has ever thought it was possible?" Adora stated.
"Yeah, what's next, you're gonna say there are these little tinkling lights in the sky when it's nighttime?" Catra asked with a shrug.
"Like that?" Jack pointed up.
Both girls look up to see that everything is suddenly night and there are these little tinkling lights shining over them, almost like there are millions and millions of airships out beyond Etheria's sky.
"I was trying to make stuff up." Catra said.
"I recognize those, they're stars." Adora said.
"They are, but these constellations are very different here on my planet like that big one over there. That's call the North Star, the only star known to be show which way is north." Jack pointed at one star.
They also find themselves standing on a rooftop of Jack's home where the past him is laying there with his mom and grandfather, just looking at the stars.
"It's beautiful." Adora complimented, smiling at the stars.
"Yeah, it looks okay." Catra said it simply, but she really does think it's cool on the inside.
"Growing up, I always wanted to become someone who is like a warrior, a samurai with a code of honor to protect the weak and strike down evil with his sword. To be a hero, just like my ancestor who defeated the ultimate evil many centuries ago." Jack explained.
"So, this hero thing runs in the family?" Catra asked.
"Not quite, my family has been living in peace since my ancestor's big adventure in the future where that evil ruled the world and was able to find the love of his life. But even so, we always trained ourselves to be ready in case someone or something else tries to destroy that peace." Jack mentioned.
"Aw, good for him." Adora smiled.
"Yeah, except that love was suddenly erase from existence since she was the daughter of that ultimate evil in the future and that evil was killed in the past where my ancestor originally came from." Jack sighed, never liking that part of the story.
"Oh, so sad." Adora looked sad for this man from the past.
"That legend has always been my inspiration to become the strongest I can be to help those in need, having the same warrior spirit just like my ancestor who was nicknamed Samurai Jack back then and who I was named after." Jack smiled as he looks at his sword.
"Wow, cool story aside, if you're from another world then did you even get here on Etheria?" Catra asked curiously.
"By them." Jack pointed up as the scene suddenly changes again around them, showing the same outer space dimension he was summoned to and the three Gods as well.
"Whoa, giant men?!" Catra gasped.
"What are those things?" Adora asked, feeling a bit scared.
"Gods, I do mean the actual Gods from Heaven and all that. They were the ones who bestow the task of defeating the ultimate to my ancestor Jack and his father, and they were the ones who also gave me the task in helping bring peace to Etheria and to help its champion She-Ra as well." Jack explained.
"Like your two ancestors, you have been chosen."Odin said, smiling under his bread.
"To battle the Ultimate Evil."Ra said.
"You are worthy."Rama said.
A bright white light suddenly comes in engulfing everything around and blinding them a little until they find themselves back on Etheria, in the same area where he arrived.
"Shit, you are truly something else, Jack." Adora chuckled.
"Oh my gosh, Adora actually said a curse word!" Catra laughed.
"What? I can say those kinds of words too." Adora proclaimed, even though she never said those curse words in her life before.
"So, now you know my story, of how I became the Samurai of Etheria." Jack smiled.
"I have to say, this is really something I was not expecting when coming here to find Light Hope." Adora said.
"Which is why I'm telling you now that you are the She-Ra this world needs, the princess with the power to reunite everyone into a single goal of freedom." Jack stated strongly, making Adora blush.
"So, what now?" Catra asked.
"That depends on Adora, has she let go of her past with the Fright Zone? With everything there?" Jack asked.
"My letting go? You mean what that hologram said?" Adora asked, feeling a bit puzzled.
"Yes, there was this lesson that my grandfather taught me during my training. First, you must learn to let everything go such as your emotions and connections you had with others to find your inner peace." Jack recalled that lesson from his grandfather.
"Huh, what does that mean?" Adora asked.
"It means you have to let me and Catra go in order for you to meet with Light Hope." Jack clarified.
"Wait, you mean give up on you guys? That… I can't!" Adora was shocked.
"I know that doesn't sound good or anything, but you won't be able to meet Light Hope, and we might as well be stuck in this illusion until you let us go." Jack stated.
"He might be right; you can't always focus on others too much that you might be overlooking yourself. And cheer up, it's not like we're gonna be gone from your life forever. We'll be seeing you again better than ever." Catra believed.
"Adora, I know I can be stubborn at times, but I just wanna say…" Catra struggled to say the words "I'm sorry" to Adora, but she is suddenly hug by her.
"I know, I'm sorry for leaving you." Adora apologized with a smile.
"And thank you for always being there for me, Jack. It's like those Gods were right to sent you here, feels like you were exactly what I needed to help me move forward on my own." Adora smiled at Jack.
"Even with much time passes, the spirit of the hearts never changes." Jack smirked.
"Huh, what?" Adora was confused by that phrase.
"I'll explain later." Jack said.
Adora gave Jack one last kiss on the lips for a moment while Catra watches this, suddenly making her feel horny from her inner cat instincts, and she holds both their hands.
"Alright, I think I'm ready." Adora said.
"Good luck, Adora." Jack said.
"See you on the other side." Catra grinned.
Adora leans backward and let's go of their hands to let herself fall down on the ground that suddenly broke apart and she falls down more into an empty void.
Both Jack and Catra open their eyes then sit up to gasp for some air like they hadn't been able to breathe for hours.
Jack looks around to see that they are back in the same room where they met that hologram thing though it appears they haven't left at all, more like they were somehow put into sleep.
"Wait, have we been asleep this entire time?" Catra asked in confusion.
"I think so, but it looks like Adora is still in there." Jack looked down at the still sleeping Adora peacefully on the ground.
"Okay, I think I'm gonna take my leave with the tech before some other weird thing happens." Catra stood up on her feet.
"Just make sure Entrapta doesn't go too crazy with all that data from that First Ones tech." Jack advised.
"I'll try, but I don't think it's going to be that easy." Catra chuckled.
But Catra stops herself after a dozen feet of walking when her heart starts to beat a little harder, she clinches her hand onto her chest and her tail is wiggling with the motion that it shape into a heart beating.
"Oh fuck." Catra turned around and walked toward Jack.
Jack was about to ask him if she needed something, he was caught off guard when she pulled him by the shirt to press her lips onto his and this kiss lasted long just as Adora's moment with him, this makes Catra feel something more than she was expecting when he kissed her moments ago.
Jack wraps his arms around her body to press onto his as the moment of kissing lasted a little longer, and one hand went down to squeeze one butt cheek making her yelp.
"Hey!" Catra pushed Jack away a little.
"Sorry, couldn't help myself." Jack chuckled.
"Alright, I better get going." Catra smiled as she kisses his nose.
Catra ran for the entrance leaving the crystal castle though in her mind, she knows that she will see them again hoping it's under better circumstances when having to fight each other in the near future.
"Okay, now what should I do?" Jack looked over to see the sleeping Adora.
(With Entrapta and Scorpia)
Entrapta is seen working on her robot friend Emily and Scorpia is with her telling some stories about herself and Catra together.
"And then there's the day, Catra and I were on a boat together! Did I ever tell you about that?" Scorpia asked, feeling like she is repeating herself.
"I'm pretty sure you did." Entrapta said and pulls out her recorder playing the moment of Scorpia telling her stuff.
"Oh, and one time, Catra and I were on a boat together! That was the best day ever."
"Yep, you did." Entrapta nodded.
"I think that's really when we made our connection, you know? You ever meet someone, and you just instantly click?" Scorpia asked, feeling that connection with herself and Catra.
"Yes, it was like that with Emily. Well, it was actually with Jack first then building Emily." Entrapta answered.
And right on cue, Catra enters the room.
"Yo, I'm back!" Catra announced.
"Catra! Thank goodness you're back, I was starting to get worried for you and look at that, not a single scratch on you." Scorpia was impressed that Catra was about to come back in one piece.
"Yeah, it wasn't that heard. The map was a little static when I entered the forest, but I was able to meet up with Jack and Adora, shared some moments." Catra explained with her cheeks blushing.
"Oh, now I want all the details!" Scorpia squealed with excitement.
"Were you able to get anything from there?" Entrapta asked.
"It went way better with Adora being She-Ra and all that that I was able to get this for you, and Jack said hi." Catra tossed the crystal to Entrapta who caught it with her hair.
"An intact data crystal? I have never seen one so perfectly preserved. This could be a game-changer. Who knows what secrets it could contain?" Entrapta was really excited to get this started.
"Oh yeah, and I may have also learned more about Jack. But I'm gonna save that for later, right now, I need some sleep." Catra yawned before walking away.
"Entrapta, try not to stay out of your shackles for too long. We still have to play you being our prisoner." Catra reminded the mechanic princess.
"Right, I'll get right on it!" Entrapta nodded.
Catra can tell this was going to be the riskiest operation that she has suddenly found herself into with some hard turns and keeping this a secret from Hordak might become entirely hard, but she has to make this work for Jack and Adora to help them win this war and for her to finally gain what she really wants as she knows now.
(With Adora)
There is nothing but darkness to Adora with her eyes still being closed though she can definitely hear something around her, something familiar to her like many voices of her friends and recent boyfriend.
"Adora."
Adora screams finally waking up and now finding herself in a new scenery, she is confused about this place and wonders if Light Hope is really here.
"Hello, Adora. You've come at last." Another hologram woman appeared before Adora making her shriek, but this hologram appeared to be different than the others.
This one is not just any hologram woman, this one is Light Hope.
Light Hope appears to take on the appearance of a woman with a shaved hairstyle. She was very tall and slender. She wore a sleeveless gown, cape, and transparent hood. The hologram was in shades of pale violet-blues, and tones of purple, blue, and hints of light pink, with First Ones' writing engraved all over.
"Light Hope... I can't believe I'm really seeing you. I mean, I've seen you [chuckles nervously] in my brain, I think. But this is real! Is this real? Wait, am I dead? I fell... After letting go of Jack and Catra which was hard, but I did it. I'm sorry, I'm freaking out." Adora quickly calms herself down.
"I'm Adora." Adora introduced herself, even though there was no need to.
"Yes, I know. I have been waiting for you since you were an infant, but I could not reach you. And I could not protect you from the Horde. I watched you grow up from afar." Light Hope revealed.
"Wow, that's-that's kind of creepy, honestly." Adora commented, being told that she was being watched for years makes her feel a bit uncomfortable.
"Creepy? Yes. I have been called this before. I chose this form so as not to alarm you, but if it does not suit you, I will choose another." Light Hope disappeared for a second and then came back in the form of a little child. "Is this better?"
But this new form only creeps out Adora that she backed away a couple of feet.
"Oh, no. That's-that's, um, that's definitely way worse." Adora shared her honest opinion about the little kid form, this got Light Hope to change back.
"Forgive me. My human protocol is many years out of date. Allow me to select a new form that you will find appealing." Light Hope started morphing her body to find the perfect form for Adora to be comfortable around the most.
"Ooh, no, no, that's, thank you! No, that's enough, tha-no, that's-that's, that's t-totally okay, please stop!" Adora groaned as she covers her face with her hands.
(Glimmer's Bedroom)
Glimmer is feeling a little impatient and worried for Adora and Jack.
"But shouldn't they be back by now? She said she was gonna get training to fix me! How long is that going to take-OW!" Glimmer glitched and yells in pain when she ran into a chair on the leg.
"And what kind of monster puts a chair here?!" Glimmer yelled.
"We can blame that on Bow." Narc shrugged; this earned a look from Bow before he goes to Glimmer.
"I'm worried, too, Glimmer, but taking it out on the furniture isn't going to help." Bow stated as he gently pushes her down on the comfy chair, but Glimmer immediately gets back up.
"We can't sit here and hope that they come back eventually. We have to do something." Glimmer said, not wanting to feel weak like this.
"Like what?" Bow asked.
"Yeah, it's not like the answer to our problem is going to come right through that door." Narc said.
Then a guard came through the door.
"Princess? There's, uh, something here to see you." The guard informed.
"Don't you mean someone?" Glimmer asked, confused on why the guard is phrasing the visitor like that.
"No. I mean something." The guard said before leaving.
Glimmer, Bow, and Narc step outside of the bedroom to see what this "something" is here for Glimmer, but they all became shocked when they saw the "something" coming up to them.
"You have got to be fucking with me right now." Narc said.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Jack showed some more of his past to the girls and even claiming them as his new girlfriends with the kiss, and now Adora has finally met Light Hope to get started on her She-Ra training. Meanwhile, Glimmer and others are about to get an unexpected visit from the "something" that is so majestic!
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