Chapter 10:  She-Ra vs. Hordak

Queen Angella was slowly waking up.  Once she realized where she was, she heard Hordak say, "Ah, you're finally coming to."  He then dropped her a short distance to the ground.  As she got up she tried to free herself.  "Don't bother," Hordak said as he changed back to his normal form.  "Those bonds are neutralizing your powers.  You will not be able to escape."

Meanwhile, Swift Wind was flying to where Hordak was as fast as he could.  "Faster, Swifty!  Faster!" She-Ra said.  Off in the distance, near a canyon, she could see something happening.  She pointed and said, "Over there."

Hordak grabbed the queen by the neck and demanded, "Surrender your kingdom to me!"  "Never," Angella said defiantly.  Hordak threw her to the ground.  "Fine, you asked for it," he said as he changed his arm to cannon mode.  He was getting ready to fire when he heard another voice say, "Hold it right there, metal head."  He turned and saw She-Ra standing on a nearby cliff.  She jumped down and landed.  "Release the queen and surrender!"   Hordak chuckled.  "Surrender?  Foolish woman.  I am Hordak!  Nobody tells me to surrender!"  He fired his arm cannon at She-Ra, but she deflected the blast with her sword and it hit Hordak square in the chest, causing him to fall.  "And I am She-Ra, Princess of Power!" the goddess-like woman proclaimed.  Angella stared at her open-mouthed.  She had never seen anyone looking so powerful in all her days!  She was clearly astonished.  Hordak slowly got up, walked past Angella, and said, "So, Princess of Power, eh?  Well, let's just see how powerful you really are!"  He then reached to his left and drew his sword.  He threw off his cape and She-Ra did the same with hers.

Hordak leaped into the air toward She-Ra.  For a moment she just stood there and at the last possible instant, held up her sword blocking Hordak's.  She then smiled and pushed him away.  They then ran towards each other and their swords clashed violently.  This was going to be a good old-fashioned sword fight.  They went at it for what seemed like hours, when it was only several minutes.  Their swords clashed continuously.  They matched each other move for move, neither one of them giving an inch.  They clashed again and were nearly face-to-face.  Hordak said, "You cannot defeat me!"  She-Ra smiled and replied, "Watch me."  She pushed him away again.  Their swords met a few more times and, with a mighty swipe, cut Hordak's sword into two pieces.

Hordak dropped to his knees, his right side to She-Ra's front.  She-Ra, sword pointing at him, asked, "Now do you surrender?"  Hordak said, "Yes, I do."  However, She-Ra couldn't see that Hordak was slowly changing his left arm to cannon mode.  He fired into her stomach and sent her flying back screaming.  "Not!" said the Horde leader with smoke coming from his cannon.  He turned to Angella and said, "That is what happens to anyone who crosses Hordak!"  He then began to laugh maniacally but then he heard She-Ra moan.  He looked toward her and saw that she was standing up!

She-Ra slowly walked toward Hordak with a mean expression on her face.  "Is that the best you got?"  Hordak had a look of panic on his face and started backing away.  He then looked to Angella and remembered that she was close to the edge of the canyon.  He pointed his cannon at her and said, "Hold it right there, She-Ra!"  She-Ra stopped.  "One more step and the queen will not live to see another day!"  She-Ra had a look a panic on her face now.  Angella said, "Don't listen to him, She-Ra!  My life is not that important!  Hordak must pay for all the evil he's done to our world!"  Hordak looked at her and said, "Defiant to the end.  Makes me want to puke."  She-Ra took a step but Hordak stopped her by holding out his right hand.  "Allow me to go free and Angella lives.  Otherwise, she falls to her own grave in this canyon."  She-Ra wasn't sure what to do.  But believing that the lives of innocents came first, she sheathed her sword and slowly nodded.  Hordak chuckled.  "Compassion always was a hero's weakness."  But as he was changing to rocket mode, he said, "Oh, She-Ra?  I lied!"  He fired and Angella began to fall into the canyon screaming.  As Hordak completed his transformation and took off laughing, She-Ra said, "No!"  With Hordak a good distance away, She-Ra jumped into the canyon.  The queen was unconscious as She-Ra grabbed her.  She pulled out her sword and stuck it into the side of the canyon.  The stopped a few seconds later.  Angella slowly woke up and She-Ra asked,  "Are you alright?"  The queen answered, "Yes.  Thank you, She-Ra.  But now how do we get out of here."  The answer came a second later as Swift Wind whinnied, floating next to them.  She-Ra smiled and said, "There's you answer."

That night, Adora was sitting on a rock by a river in the Whispering Woods.  Clamp Champ came up behind her and said, "Well, you've committed your first good deeds as She-Ra."  Adora said, "Thanks.  But will I always win?  What if everyone turns against me?"  "Don't worry," her friend answered.  "I'll see to that personally."  "But how am I supposed to gain the trust of your friends after all that I've done?" asked the Princess of Eternia.  "One person at a time, Adora," said Clamp Champ.  "One person at a time."

Meanwhile back at the Fright Zone.  "I don't believe this!" Hordak yelled as he slammed his fist on the armrest of his throne.  "First, we lose Adora.  Then we come this close to capturing Brightmoon.  And now this She-Ra woman shows up and ruins everything!"  "Hordak, I . . ." "Leave me alone, Shadow Weaver!  I do not wish to speak with anyone right now!"  "Uh, yes, my lord," answered the witch.  She then disappeared in a puff of black smoke.  Hordak said to himself, "It looks like our war with the rebels has just been escalated.  No matter.  Once I've dealt with this She-Ra person, I will try to capture Brightmoon again.  And once Brightmoon falls, all the other kingdoms will have no choice but to surrender.  And then finally, all of Etheria shall be mine!"  He then started to laugh maniacally.

The End

Well, that's it for my first fanfic!  Feel free to tell me what you think.