~The New World~

Chapter Ten: Now!

The trio stared at the scenery infront of them.  There were giant clouds of smoke and debris. The cliff had a lot of peices missing and it was corrupted with green life. There was a giant root piercing what was left of the castle's roof as the rest was nowhere to be seen. The base of the castle was completely gone as the ground was nowhere to be seen either.
"It looks like the ground just couldn't support it anymore.." Bow sighed as Entrapta began to walk towards the ruin with her tablet now in her pocket.

Entrapta came up to the path. Chunks of it were missing. As the girl looked down, she saw dents in the forest beneath her. It was where the rocks and boulders had all fallen.
"Well that's....A shame." The princess sighed.
"What even happened here?" Catra muttered, slightly shocked at the sight she was seeing.
"What if Brightmoon looks like this?" Bow gasped.

Entrapta reluctantly plodded up to where the entrance of her castle should've been. As she looked down at the sight below her, she felt relieved. The wind howled as Catra and Bow glanced down aswell. Everyone was just, silent.

The castle was still looking decent. Barely anything was broken, other than the roof. The ground was causing the dust clouds as the castle's form was agitating the ground's natural surface. Entrapta let out a giant laugh as she jumped off the cliff. Bow and Catra shifted the second Entrapta jumped.
"WHAt aRE yoU dOing!" Bow's voice was now nothing but voice cracks and terror as he reached out to grab Entrapta's hair. And yet, there was loads of it and he Somehow, missed every strand.

Bow whipped out an arrow from his quiver and pierced it into the ground with brute strength. The arrow's point switches into four hooks as the end of it unravelled into never ending rope. Bow then jumped off too, following Entrapta with his rope in hand. Catra just stood there in awe as she stared at the pair slowly disappearing from her field of view. "You two are crazy.."

Catra inspected the scenery around her carefully as Bow and Entrapta vanished into the forest below her. It was almost like the terrain had been torn apart. There was no clean cuts anywhere, it was just spikes.

It didn't take long for Catra to hold onto the rope with her left hand and follow them down. They'd probably reached the ground by now and were waiting for her.

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Adora wondered around aimlessly, trying to find any signs of Catra. It was almost like she'd just vanished into thin air; but Adora knew Catra wasn't the type of person to willingly sit in one place for the rest of her life. Not if it didn't make her happy.

Adora noticed Spinnerella, Frosta, Perfuma and Scorpia playing Frost-Ball with Netossa, Mermista and Glimmer on the Sidelines, watching. And of course, Swift Wind was cheering them on.
It was yet another good day. The sun was shining, the skies were clear, a small gentle breeze wondered around the landscape. It was almost perfect.

Glimmer glanced at Adora once she started hearing footsteps. The queen shot up and teleported infront of the blond with a wide smile. "Adora!"
Adora shifted slightly as the young Queen's sudden appearance startled her. "Glimmer! Hi, What's going on?"
"Oh you know, the usual. Frosta wanted to see if anyone could beat her in Frost-ball."
"Uhuh.." Adora hummed, smiling a bit. "Is that so?"
"Yes? Do you wanna join?"
"Pft! Obviously!" Adora smiled. "Bow and Catra would probably want to join too, speaking of...where are they?" The blonde continued, scanning her group of friends for any signs of them.

"Oh!" Glimmer gasped. "I forgot to tell you. I allowed Bow, Entrapta and Catra to head to Dryl. They're missing some parts for the device they're working on and so, Dryl is most likely the place to have all of it." Glimmer announced, filling Adora in on the missing details. "Once they're back. We can go to Brightmoon and start repairing it! Can you believe it?!" She added, filled to the brim with Joy.
"...And...They are safe, Right?"
"Probably. I've given them five hours. If they're not back then Me, You, Aunt Casta and Dad are going to go to Dryl and investigate."
"Oh, Alright then..." Adora sighed, watching as Frosta threw the ball over the net with Perfuma barely missing it. The ball hit the ground and Frosta erupted with joy.
"Aha! I win!"

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Catra managed to reach he ground after about two minutes of sliding down the rope. And boy, did her hand burn. She was now face-to-face with Bow and Entrapta. Entrapta had a giant, cheek-to-cheek grin whilst Bow was trying to get air.
"Entrapta--Why would you do that?!" Bow cried, earning the princess' attention. Entrapta just let out a small laugh as she noticed Bow.
"Oooh...I forgot you were there. Sorry.."

Entrapta was confusing. Whenever she was sad, she kept her head low and stuck with a low tone, but he second something good happened, it was as if nothing had ever happened.
"So, Are we going in or not?" Catra frowned, looking down at her left hand's nails. Her fingers were folded over the palm of her hand as she inspected them for a short while.
"I don't see why we shouldn't. Let's go!" Entrapta smiled, spinning a full 180° to face the structure that still stood tall, no matter what it had faced, it was still standing.