She-ra: Heirs of Etheria

Chapter 11 The nightmare

"I meant that it's not so essential to have powers! You can help anyone by doing things your good at. And I think you're fine even without powers" Said Hordette.
She noticed that Cupid was looking at her in a way he never did before, so she felt nervous.
"A-and if sometimes you feel useless, just so you know, you shouldn't. Because you're not!" Hordette wasn't good at praising others, just like her father.
But Cupid got it anyway, and he was glad he had talked to her.
It made him feel better.
Cupid thanked her, then he rested his head on her soft hair and fell asleep.
Finn, who wasn't really sleeping, peeked on them and made a smile by seeing them so relaxed with each other.
Hordette leaned her head on Emily and fell asleep too.
She had a bad dream. More like a painfull memory:
She was a kid and she was looking for her parents in the castle. She was wearing a pijama 'cause she had just woke up. She found her parents in a lab, working on the project A.
Hordak was trying to make it work without the missing piece and Entrapta was watching him, hoping it would do.
Hordak made a scream of pain, as his hand got a shock from the machine.
"Forget it!" He said in frustration "It's not going to work without that piece!".
Entrapta held his wounded hand, calmly.
"That's ok, we just have to keep working on it".
"Until it's perfect?" Asked Hordak, smiling.
Entrapta laughet and said: "Yes, until it's perfect".
Hordak leaned toward her.
Their faces were getting closer, but then they noticed Hordette, standing on the door of the room.
"Hey, sleepy head! What are you doing up so late?" Entrapta asked to her.
"It's mornig" answered Hordette, worried that her parents had been working all night.
Entrapta and Hordak looked at the time.
"In fact, it is mornig!" Said Entrapta, trying to don't sound surprised.
"And it's almost time for breakfast!" She picked up her daughter and walked out of the room.
While Entrapta was taking her to the kitchen, talking about of what Wrong Hordak could have made for breakfast, Hordette looked back to her father, who was closing the door of the lab where the project A was.
The dream finally started to be like one, when Hordette jumped off Entrapta's arms and ran toward the door, begging her father to keep it open.
"Please, open the door! I've got it! I've got the missing piece!" She was saying.
Hordette was running as fast as she could, but the door seemed to be out of reach and it became more and more distant, smaller and blurred.
"Please! Let me help you!" She was crying in the dream, begging her parents, even if they weren't there.
Hordette was awakened by Emily. The girl realized that she was also crying in the reality. She checked if Cupid or Finn saw her crying. Gladly they were both sleeping.
"Thank you, Emily" wispered Hordette, wiping the last tears off her cheek.
"Soon we'll go back home, and we'll not be empty handed" She said, hugging her sister.
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The guards of Bright Moon kept their eyes on Hordak as he and Princess Entrapta were escorted into the meeting room, where all the other princesses of the Rebellion were.
As they entered in the room, everyone remained silent.
They were all looking at them.
"Finally, you're here" Glimmer said to them "Come sit with us".
"I prefer not" Said Mermista "I don't want to be near to him!" She pointed at Hordak with her head, without even looking at him.
Hordak didn't say anything ; he was trying so hard to remained calm, for Entrapta and Hordette.
"Mermista! They are here for the same reason of us!" Said Scorpia.
"Oh yeah? You think so? What makes you belive this isn't just a plan TO CONQUER OUR KINGDOMS!?".
"Mermista, please! You're beeing rude!" Said Perfuma.
Hordak said that there was no longer an Horde and that he didn't want their kingdoms.
He only wanted to find his daughter.
"Maybe it's not your plan. Maybe it's your daughter's!" Mermista insinuated.
"Don't you dare to accuse Hordette! For whoever messes up with her, they'll have a problem with me!" Frosta slammed her iced fist on the table and almost broke it in two.
The adults began to quarrel with each other, with the unwanted participation of Swift Wind, who added himself to the discussion.
"That's enough! Every one, stay quiet!" Screamed Glimmer, making them stop.
"Even me?" Asked Swift Wind.
"Yes, Swift Wind! . . . Come on, guys! What are you doing?! We should worry to find our children, not fighting!".
"Glimmer is right" said Bow "This isn't the time to blame each other. We must stick together! Until we find the children, at least".