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Chapter IV: Homesick

QUEEN MARLENA'S JOURNAL

20th DAY IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF SKELETORS ATTEMPT TO ENTER CASTLE GRAYSKULL

Damn that miserable Hordak; Damn him to fire and torment!

About an hour after he had tortured Randor he returned, he had demonic smile on his face as he stepped aside as another being entered the room.

This one was black with a red head with large white eyes and long needle like nose. His Horde emblem was clear as if it was sac that could contain some liquid.

"Mosquitor, why don't you have a little snack," Hordak said as he pointed towards Randor invitingly.

The creature advanced on Randor, I could see the fear in his eyes as this creature came closer to him. The creature lunged his nose at Randor's neck; it was going to drain his blood

I saw Randor's blood collect in the creature's sac; it was too much for me to bear.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE HAVE YOU NO PITTY RALABAD!" I shouted at him, calling Hordak by his birth name was a big mistake.

He kicked me to the ground and placed his boot on my cheeks forcing my face to the ground. I could feel the cold stone floor on my skin and taste the dirt in my mouth.

"DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME BY THAT NAME AGAIN UNDERSTAND WOMAN?" he said as he removed his boot from my face, held me up by the neck and threw me to the ground.

"I hope when you die Hordak that even the worms find you too rotten to eat!" I spat at him. I wanted him dead for what he had done to Randor and for having his 'son' Prahvus take Adora from me all these years ago.

"If I go Marlena, then Adora will accompany me to the grave," he retorted as he walked out of the cell to leave me and Randor.

"YOU LEAVE HER ALONE YOU MONSTER!" I yelled as he shut the door leaving me and Randor alone in the darkness.

I looked at Randor lying on the ground unconscious; I went over to him and held him in my arms. His face was pale and his skin was cold and clammy, the wound on his neck was still bleeding, so ripped a small piece of fabric from my dress and wrapped around his neck.

"Randor can you hear me?" I asked him hoping and praying to Kalion that he could hear me and would wake up.

No response came at first but then after a minute his eyes fluttered and opened, "wha...where am I, what happened?" he asked me delirious from the blood loss.

"Shhh, it's okay Randor I'm here with you. We're in a cell on Eternia Hordak has taken over the planet," I told him as I held him tightly in arms. Tears ran down my face as looked at the face of my wounded king.

I could tell that he was delirious, he had lost a lot of blood from being beaten by Hordak and now Mosquitor had just intensified that problem, if he did not get fluids in his system he would die of dehydration. He kept rambling incoherently in his delirium, I held my finger to his lips and told him to just relax and try to rest.

I knew he needed water so I gently laid Randor on the cot and went over to the bucket where Hordak kept our water. I cupped my hands, dipped them into the bucket, and carefully walked over to him placed my hands to his mouth and helped him to drink the water.

My children are off on a dangerous mission, my husband is wounded, and Hordak has vowed to seek revenge on Adora.

Wherever you are Adora, I pray to Kalion that Hordak does not find you!


LORD HORDAK'S JOURNAL

20th DAY IN THE TWENTITH YEAR IN MY CONQUEST OF ETHERIA

My initial test of Mosquitor was successful, he drained the king's blood and even though I could use his blood, I would rather use He-Man's blood since he is the one who inherited Grayskull's powers and it would be a fitting act of revenge.

While I was watching Mosquitor drain Randor of his blood, that foolish woman, Marlena had the gall to call by a name I have not been called since the Magi ruled Etheria: Ralabad.

I made sure she knew that if she ever called me by that she would pay dearly. She retorted with saying that when I die the worms would find me too rotten to eat. My answer to that was that Adora would join me in being worm food and with that I left her and her husband to think about that.

I went back to the library to continue my studies, I would learn as much as I can about the Central Tower and then I will free Horde Prime from Horde World.

While I was reading Horde Prime contact me, the reemergence of the Tritheon would occur in five years. Eternia has but five years left to live and then new age of the Horde begins!

PRINCESS ADORA'S DIARY

24th DAY IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

Today I went on a scouting mission with Lt. Lubic.

There had been reports that Skeletor and his lackeys were at the Primus Museum stealing the planets greatest artifact, the Trifusium Crystal.

According to Lubic, the crystal was given to the Crystal was given to them by their god, The Unknowable One before he became evil.

"The crystal is a source of great power, if the Denebrians get their hands on it, they could destroy all of Primus," Lubic told me as we zoomed across the streets of Primus on our speeders.

As I was driving my speeder, my mind drifted to thoughts of Etheria and Seahawk, I wondered if he still loved me or if he had forgotten about me or if he misses me as much as I much I miss him.

After riding for about an hour we reached the Temple of the Crystal, it was an enormous building made of gold; it shined in the light of sun.

We dismounted our crafts, walked up the steps and opened the door only to be greeted by Slushhead and Optikk's blasters.

I drew forth my sword and deflected the bolts while Lubic got out his blaster and fired back at the mutants.

"All right you slime balls; no one takes potshots at Lubic!" Lubic shouted as he blasted the mutants with a speed and intensity that Mutants had no time to counter. The firefight continued for half an hour until Lubic and I were able to disarm Skeletor's goons.

Once we restrained Slushhead and Optikk and secured them in a force field we entered the Holy of Holies where the Trifusium Crystal is kept.

There was no light in the room since it was forbidden in this most sacred of places. While I respected this mandate, I would need light if we were to find Skeletor was hiding in here. I raised my sword and said "For the Honor of Grayskull give us light!"

The jewel in the sword shone with intense light and instantly the room was bathed in light. We could see everything in the room, "Now let's find Skeletor," I said as I turned to my partner who already has blaster drawn.

We searched for a while without a trace of Bone Face anywhere, I was about to give up when I accidentally leaned back on the wall and triggered a secret entrance. I suddenly found myself at the top of an immense staircase that down into the darkness.

I cautiously descended the stairs until about halfway down; I had slipped and went crashing down the stairs. My sword had went flying out of my hand and I couldn't see where it landed. I fumbled around in the darkness until I felt an ice cold hand grab my wrists.

"Lose something?" I heard the demonic voice of Skeletor asked me. I looked up and saw his glowing red eyes shine with a sinister fire that could only come from Despondos.

I smiled, "no, but you will," I said as I kicked him in the gut forcing him to let me go.

While bone head was stunned, I felt around for my sword. I searched for about five minutes until I felt something sharp on my fingers, it was my sword. I grabbed it and went to deal with Skeletor only to find that he escaped.

When I got back to the main chamber, I found Lubic standing in the very center carefully putting the crystal back on its pedestal. When he saw me, he ran and embraced me.

"It's nice to see you too, Lt. Lubic," I said taken aback by his show of emotion.

Suddenly realizing his mistake he released me and stepped back, "I'm sorry She-Ra I was just so overjoyed to see you I was afraid that bone head did you in," he said sheepishly.

"That's okay, I was actually glad to see you myself," I said as I sheathed my sword, "Let's get out here," I said as looked around the room.

When we got back to base, I decided to go to my quarters and take a bath; I need to unwind after all that happened today.

The moment when Lubic embraced reminded me of how Seahawk and I embraced each other before I left for Primus. I had been thinking about him lately and what happened today brought him to the forefront of my mind.

I wish I could see him just once that I could feel his arms around me and feel our lips meet as we kissed. Just once to see him, that's all.

While I was lying in the tub, I heard knock on my door. The thing in my mind was that it was Adam coming to tell me that Skeletor was up to his old tricks again.

I got out of the tub, dried off and put on some clothes and went to the door. When I answered it I found Lt. Lubic standing outside.

"Lt. Lubic, please come in, is something a matter?" I asked as he walked in and sat down on my bed.

"She-Ra, I came to apologize for what happened today," he said as he hung his head in shame.

"Lubic, it's okay you were just glad to see me alive that's all. You didn't offend me at all," I explained to him. I knew he felt bad about it but I could understand why he did it.

"You miss your home don't you?" Lubic asked me, he could tell that I was sad and that what he had done had made it worse.

"Sometimes, I miss my lover, his name is Seahawk," I said as I sighed, just the mention of his name, brought tears to my eyes. Oh Kalion, Goddess of Castle Grayskull and first keeper of Swift Wind, is it too much to ask for just once to feel his arms around me to stare into his eyes and kiss him is that too much.

Lubic could tell I was sad and he began to cheer me up by telling me about his homeworld, a planet called Earth.

Before he came here he was a detective working for Earth's law enforcement agency, he was the most successful detective on his squad, but he felt there was something missing in his life.

One day while he was looking over an old case, his secretary came in saying he had a visitor. It was Captain Flipshot; he was seeking recruits for the Guardians.

At first Lubic thought it a joke and told Flipshot to leave. Later that night after a lot of thought he decided that this Flipshot was serious and thought that this might be the chance of a lifetime and accepted the invitation. Since then he has never seen the Earth,

"Do you miss Earth, Lubic?" I asked him, I knew that he probably did it; anyone would miss their home if they had been away from it for so long.

"Sometimes, but then I think about all the crime, pollution, and those idiot cabbies who don't know their left hand from their right I think how lucky I am to be here," he said as he chuckled and smiled.

"But yeah She-Ra, there are times when I miss the Earth, but I learned a secret about coping with it. If you don't dwell on the sadness of leaving and remember the good times you had, your homesickness won't be as bad," he told me as he got up and headed towards the door and left the room.

For the rest of the night, I tried to think of all the good times me and Seahawk had but still I kept that thinking of that embrace we shared and once again I had hoped that just one more time I could experience that embrace again.

LORD SKELETOR'S JOURNAL

20th DAY IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF MY ATTEMPT TO ENTER CASTLE GRAYSKULL

After She-Ra and that idiotic Lubic defeated me; I went back for Nordor to think up a new plan, one that will work.

When I arrived at the base, Brakk stood by the entrance he had a grin on his face; he knew that my plan had failed.

"What was that you told me about 'pathetic plans' Skeletor?" he asked me sarcastically as I walked pass him on my way to my throne room. I wanted to strangle him and be rid of him once and for all, but for the moment he still served his purpose so I ignored him and thought of all I would do to him once his usefulness was worn out.

When I reached the throne room, I sat down and begin to contrive a new plan one that will ensure victory and destroy me enemies including Brakk once and for all!