She-ra, the Great Princess of Power

Chapter 16 Sleep Tight (part 2)

Shadow Weaver returned in what used to be her and Castaspella's bedroom.
"Now there's no way the princesses can interrupt us" .
"Great!" Catra forced a smile "But I'm afraid I lost the dagger" .
Shadow Weaver looked suspiciously at the girl. With another spell, she found the dagger Catra had hidden under the bed.
"It's time to seal your perfect future" Shadow Weaver put the dagger in her hand and Catra turned to Adora.
"I. . .I can't" .
"You don't want to defeat Adora?" Shadow Weaver questioned.
"I do! But not like this. There must be another way" .
"There isn't another way! Do you have any idea what I'm risking!? If Hordak fond out what I've done, he'd destroy me!" Shadow Weaver yelled.
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Castaspella teleported herself, Glimmer, Sea Hawk and rebells outside the old accademy.
"She must be here" Castaspella said.
Glimmer made a step foreward and activated the spell that Shadow Weaver casted. A magical barrier formed around the building, deviding Castaspella, Glimmer and Sea Hawk from the others.
Bow tried to shoot an arrow at the barrier but this was inpenetrable.
"We don't have much time. Shadow Weaver probably knows we're here" Castaspella said to Glimmer and Sea Hawk.
"Go save Adora!" Bow told them from the other side of the barrier.
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Catra and Shadow Weaver were still arguing when the protection spell activated.
"The rebells are here! We have to leave" Catra turned to the door.
"Not before you finish Adora!" Shadow Weaver grabbed Catra's arm to make her stay.
"If they capture us, everything we did will be worth nothing!" The girl tried to reason with her, but Shadow Weaver wasn't listening.
"Stop being a coward and kill Castaspella!" She shouted.
There was a short moment of silence after that.
"Who is Castaspella?" Catra questioned and Shadow Weaver realized her mistake.
"No one. Just do as I say" She tried to be dismissive.
"Is this Castaspella the reason why we're here?" Catra asked.
"We're here to get rid of Adora! For you!" .
"Or are we doing this. . .for you?" Catra was starting to understand. What they've been doing until that moment was never about her and Adora, it was all about Shadow Weaver and Castaspella.
Catra freed her arm from her grip.
"I can't believe it. Romeo was right all along!" After Catra said that, she froze on the spot.
Shadow Weaver was mind controlling her.
"I couldn't take my revenge on Castaspella back then, but I'm not going to waste this chance" Shadow Weaver was talking about Adora as if she was Castaspella.
She made Catra raise the dagger above Adora. Before she could stab her, Catra's hand was hitted by sparkles. She lost the dagger and snapped out of Shadow Weaver's spell.
Castaspella, Glimmer and Sea Hawk have found them.
Catra jumped over the bed and ran away from the room. Sea Hawk went after her, leaving Glimmer and Castaspella to take care of Shadow Weaver.
"The almighty Castaspella has returned to her origins" Shadow Weaver was mocking her.
"Glimmer, try to awake Adora while I take care of her" Castaspella said.
Glimmer got closer to her bed.
Shadow Weaver wanted to stop her, but Castaspella pushed her against the wall.
"This is between you and me"
Castaspella teleported them outside and they started a magic duel.
"I've got stronger since our last fight!" Shadows Weaver threw different spells at Castaspella and she defended herself from all of them with her shield.
"But you're still not strong enough to beat me" Castaspella replied. She enchanted her shield and launched it.
Shadow Weaver tried to protect herself with a small barrier. The shield broke it and hitted her in the face.
The hood that covered Shadow Weaver's head fell back, revealing her black hair and her yellow eyes. She had dark stripes that streamed down her eyes.
Castaspella made two spheres appear around her hands, which prevented Shadow Weaver from using her magic.
The barrier around the accademy desappeared.
"Look what you've become, Light" Castaspella sounded almost sorry.
"Don't pretend like you care. You'll go back to your royal friends like you've always done" Shadow Weaver growled.
"You haven't changed" Castaspella shook her head.
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Catra was running around the accademy on all fours. When
she arrived on the roof, Sea Hawk reached her.
Catra had only one way to escape. So she transformed with her mask and jumped off the roof.
"No!" Sea Hawk watched her falling until Scorpia catched her. She was flying on a Horde scooter.
"Scorpia! How did you find me?" Catra asked.
"All the communicator watches have a locator. I bursted inside Entrapta's lab to found yours" Scorpia steered the scooter away from the accademy.
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Glimmer was holding Adora in her arms.
"Adora, wake up. Please. . ." .
The girl kept dreaming and found herself floating in a sea of colored lights.
Adora heard someone humming, so she began to move her arms and legs to follow that voice.
A little person dressed in red and with a big hat was playing with a deck of cards. He had two holes for his pointy ears.
"Uhm, hi?" Adora said.
When he turned around, she saw that he looked like a troll.
"Hello there! I wasn't expecting company. No one ever gets this far in the dream dimension" he talked with a pitch voice.
"Dream dimension?" Adora asked.
"Wait. I have to look presentable" The little troll snapped his fingers and a bathtub appeared. He jumped in it and pulled the curtains. Adora heard sounds of water splashing. When he removed the curtains, he had a bow tie and the tub was gone.
"Who are you?" Adora questioned.
"My name is Orko. I'm the jester of the Grayskul family" the little guy introduced himself with curtsy.
"Grayskul!?" Adora exclaimed.
"Wanna see a trick? Pick a card" Orko showed her the deck.
Adora wanted to ask him about her family, but Orko was looking at her with such a hopeful face. So she took a card.
"Seal what's on it in your brain. Now put it back" .
Adora returned her card and Orko shuffled the deck with extreme dexterity. The cards even shuffled themselves at some point.
"Is this your card?" Orko asked, showing it to Adora.
"No" .
"Oh. . . Is THIS your card?" Orko tried again.
"No" .
"Then it must be this one. Or this one. Maybe this?" He picked one card after another, looking more desperate at each card.
"Orko, stop!" Adora yelled.
Orko had tears in his big yellow eyes.
"I'm sorry for disappointing you. My magic is so chaotic. I visit this dream dimension to practice, but for how much I try, I'm not getting any better" .
"Orko, I believe your magic is incredible. It may be chaotic, but that's what makes it special. That's what makes you special" Adora made him friendly smile, holding his shoulders.
Her words made him feel a little better.
"Funny, that's similar to what my friend Adam always tells me. Now that think about it, you look a lot like him" Orko noticed.
"Because Adam is my twin brother. I'm Adora of Grayskul" Adora finally introduced herself.
"Oh my stars, it's really you!" Orko exclaimed "I have to tell Adam! He'll be so happy to know you're alive!" He wanted to go tell him, but Adora grabbed his arm.
"Orko, wait. I don't know how else I can find you" .
"Right. So where are you right now?" He asked.
"I'm on a planet named Etheria. That's where Hordak brought me after he kidnapped me" .
"Ho-Hordak!?" Orko's hat jumped above his head, but he had a smaller one under it.
"He's trying to conquer this world. I'm using the sword of protection to become She-ra and fight back the Horde" Adora explained.
"Adam has the other half of the sword!" Orko said.
"Good. Because we need all the help" .
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Glimmer was still trying to wake up Adora. She didn't know what do to, so she started to cry. Some tears fell on Adora's face and her eyelids started twitching.
The Adora in the dream demension noticed that her hands were fading.
"You're waking up" Orko said.
"It's okay. Just tell Adam what I told you. And, Orko?" .
"Yes?" .
"When we'll meet, I want to see more of your tricks" Adora faded completely.
She woke up in Glimmer's arms.
Even if she had no idea of what happened, she was glad to see her.
"There's my precious sunshine" Adora breathed with a soft smile.
Glimmer hugged her, releaved that she was okay.