She-ra And The Princesses Of Power

A Voice in the Darkness

~~~~Catra~~~~

I laughed as I gazed upon the sword Adora always carried as She-Ra. Not only did my plan work and I got the sword, but I got Mira back as well.

I was in the Black Garnet room with Shadow Weaver, the Bright Moon princess and Mira. But I soon realized that Mira was somehow uncomfortable, even by my side. At the moment, Mira was curled up on one of the pieces of tech laying about the room, still asleep but twitching as if she was having a nightmare.

But I knew that soon, her nightmare would be over and everything would be back to normal soon enough.

"Check this thing out." I said to Shadow Weaver, "You've got to admit, Shadow Weaver, in a single mission, I inflicted more damage on the Rebellion than anyone else and got Mira back. I succeeded where even you failed."

Just then, the monitor above the doorway turned on, revealing Lord Hordak on the screen.

"Shadow Weaver." He said.

I smiled when I saw our leader, but Shadow Weaver pushed me back.

"My Lord." She said.

"I commend you on the capture of the Princess of Bright Moon and the young child Miracle. Queen Angella has been given until the morning's moonrise to surrender herself to our forces."

I smirked, ready to be acknowledged by both Shadow Weaver and Hordak, but I was wrong to get my hopes for recognition up.

"Thank you, Lord Hordak." Shadow said with a bow, "I thought you would be pleased with my work."

My smirk disappeared when I heard no mention of me. I was the one who did all the work, so why should she take all the credit.

"You have proven your worth to me. Today." The screen turned off and I turned to Shadow Weaver even more annoyed than before.

"Your worth?" I scoffed, "I'm the one who brought back the Princess of Bright Moon and Mira. Not you."

"You're under my command, Force Captain." She said back, "Therefore, anything you manage to do right is credited to me." She took the sword from my hands.

"So, I do all the work and you get the glory?" I asked.

"Sometimes that's just the way of things." I got so annoyed that I grabbed Mira and carried her out of the room. The entire time I held her, she was shaking badly, as if she was freezing or terrified. I held her closer to my chest and when we got to our old sleeping quarters, I sat down on the bed and stayed still.

"I've got you, Mira. Everything's going to be all right." I promised her, but she didn't stop shaking. I wonder why she was shaking like this?

~~~~Adora~~~~

I walked into the meeting hall, seeing Queen Angella with her hands pressed against her forehead as she thought about the demands Hordak gave her.

After we got back to Bright Moon from the Ball, we told the Queen what had happened. We said that Bow, Glimmer and Mira had been captured by Catra and the Horde. When she got the news, she was devastated.

Almost immediately afterwards, we received a message from Hordak. He ordered that if Queen Angella wanted her daughter back, she would have to give herself up to the Horde. Only then would Glimmer and Bow be unharmed.

The thing that worried me even more was the fact that Hordak didn't mention anything about Mira.

I didn't know what to say to the Queen. I didn't know if there was anything I could say that would ease her worries.