A Glimmering Romance (She-Ra Fanfic)(Male Reader X Glimmer)

Battle Spark (Part 2)

Warning! Little violence for story progression. 

After readying myself for battle instead of studying for plants, I went over to the war room to hear about the battle that would take place today. There was a trench named Graben that was a stopping outpost for caravans serving the Rebellion who would go there to rest before heading back out again. I say 'was' because the Horde has taken Graben to stop Rebellion trading routes from going through, either making trading take longer or shutting down the route that led to the outpost completely. The members that would be going were Perfuma, Mermista, Frosta, Glimmer, She-Ra/Adora, Swift Wind (the talking horse), Bow and me. I wouldn't be doing any of the fighting (hopefully), I would be observing how to improve the battle tactics of the Princesses. I had already put down a mental note, don't send all the Princesses to one spot to handle a problem. Yes they are powerful (if they used their powers right and etc) but sending all your leaders seems wasteful, they do have soldiers for the exact purpose of doing what they're told. After we were debriefed on the situation we went out to the spot where the outpost was. I would've expected us to get a carriage ride to get there, but instead we walked. Sure I had a small one wheeled vehicle in my ship but since I was with the group I had to walk with the group, except for Frosta who was riding Swift Wind with Adora. Cute little vermin got lucky. 

I hated the walking, but atleast the trip wasn't a total bust, I got to talk with Glimmer. I decided to talk strategy with her, get her point of view. "So Glim, what's your plan to retake the outpost? I figured since I'm gonna make you and the other's better through observation alone that I should keep your plan in mind to see how I can improve upon it." "Well I was thinking of teleporting in the outpost, blast sparkles to make them run out," She said with her left fist up, glowing pink, and pointing at it. "And when they run out everyone else will pounce on them and beat them. Without mercy." She said that last part quietly. "Sounds good enough. Can I give you my opinion? Constructive criticism to help out." "Sure. Also good job so far Mr. Battle Specialist. Not even on the field yet." "Thanks. I do like your plan, simple and easy to pull off, but some flaws. If you teleport in you might not be in the best spot to attack. Right as you come in you could be instantly tased by their shock batons, and you'll be down, plan ends in failure." "See! This is why I brought you along. You already know how the plan could fail. So, got a better plan Anthony?" "You're right on the money. Here's my plan. There are likely more Horde soldiers in the shrubbery patrolling the area, so you should take them out first, and while you attack them, you could also have say, Perfuma and Frosta, take out the soldiers within the outpost when they likely run out of the place to see what the hullabaloo is all about." "That actually sounds great. Better than my plan." "And that's why you hired me." "And I seem to have chosen right." We both smiled at that. I was glad to make Glimmer happy. I can tell she's really trying to be a good leader, so I suppose she made the right call to have me here. "Oh, but, what does hullabaloo mean?" "Trouble." "Oh, ok. We are gonna be a big hullabaloo to those soldiers!" She's using that word wrong, but that's fine. I smiled. "We sure are." 

We finally got to the outpost area after an hour and fifteen minutes of walking. The area was partially covered in trees and was very bumpy because of the many small hills here. The outpost wasn't as pleasing to the eye as I thought it would be. It was just a large hole with a tarp the same color as the grass with some fake grass on it and leaves. 

We went to a small hill that covered us from sight from the outpost. I spoke to Glimmer. "So you gonna go with my plan or yours?" "I really want to go with my plan but I think you know what you're doing so I'll go with yours to be on the safe side." "You're gonna be fighting the Horde and getting them out of a fortified caravan post. Not what I would call safe." I said sarcastically. "You know what I mean." "I do. I just like turning people's words around." "Alright, wish me luck. Come on gang." She and the others went ahead. It would be great if the plan of mine actually works.