Miraculously from Ninjago | Stranded in Etheria

30 - Etheria

———Kai's POV———

"The closest town is that way," the giantess said.

"We just came from there," I replied, disappointed.

"Oh, well, so sorry about that, but we have our own business to attend to," the cat girl said facetiously, then she growled and pounced on the other girl.

"If you came to Crimson Waste looking for other people, you won't find very many," the sword girl said as she tackled her opponent. "This place is pretty much empty, except for the occasional gang."

"Crimson Waste? This realm has an actual name?" Nya wondered. "I thought it was just called the First Realm."

"Realm? No, the Crimson Waste is just a fragment of Etheria. And what do you mean First Realm? We're definitely not the first planet to be inhabited."

I shrugged. "That's what it said on the wall of the cave."

"Well, perhaps you mistranslated," the cat girl said mockingly.

"Wait, you read it in a cave? Was it blue and sparkly on the inside?" The giantess asked.

"No, it was just regular rocks," Nya said. "And it's possible that we read the words wrong—they were pretty degraded."

"Maybe it meant to say 'Realm of the First Ones' instead of the 'First Realm,'" the cat girl suggested, rolling her eyes. "And can you two go away? I'm trying to take down She-Ra!"

"I was going to applaud you for being helpful for once, but then you were rude," the sword lady—She-Ra—said, annoyance in her tone. "When are you going to learn to be nice, Catra?"

"You said this desert is only one portion of this world," I started. "Does that mean there are other biomes?"

"Yes," She-Ra said with a grunt as Catra scratched at her face. "Why? What are you looking for?"

"What's going on?" Marinette asked as she and the others ran up to us.

"We're trying to get some answers, but these two weirdos won't stop fighting," I told her.

"How rude," Chloe said.

"Let me take care of this," Cole said, and stomped his foot on the ground. A wall of stone rose out of the earth between the two girls. They tried to go around it, but I made a fireball hover over each of my hands as a threat, warning them not to advance, and they backed off.

"Wait—you all have powers?" She-Ra asked.

"More or less," Alya shrugged. "Who are you?"

She-Ra suddenly transformed into a regular-sized human. "My name's Adora, and this is Catra. She's from the Horde, so I'd be careful around her if I were you."

"What's the Horde?" Lloyd asked.

Catra made a face of disapproval. "You've never heard of it?!"

"We're from a different world," Carapace explained. "Our way home is kinda broken, so we're pretty much stranded here."

——————-Jay's POV———-

"Argh, great! Now they're stuck in a world and we have no way of getting to them!" I said after Cole told Zane what was happening. "It would be different if we were still together as a group, but of course we have to be separated! They can't do this on their own. We're a team, we need each other!"

"Calm down, brother," Zane said, putting a hand on my shoulder. "You're rambling again."

"Well, I have a pretty good reason to be! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!"

"Perhaps I can help," a voice said.

"Fu?" Sensei asked, turning around. "Is that really you?"

The man smiled. "Yes, brother. It's been a long time."

"Argh, can we skip this whole touching-family-reunion-moment and get to the point?!" I said. "How can we save our friends?"

Sensei's brother took a bag out of his pocket and held it out to Zane. "I sense you are the wisest of your team... use it well."

"Is that what I think it is?" I asked as Adrien, Zane and I all looked at the contents.

"Traveller's Tea," Zane confirmed. "But if we use it to get to the others, then there won't be enough to get back."

"You don't need the tea to get back," Fu said. "All you need is a dragon."