The Causeway, Saturday Morning

[grayskollar]

...at first Adora didn't even realise she was somewhere else. Not until she landed flat on what was very definitely not an alien forest floor, with a distinct lack of anyone else's laughter.

"Catra?" She looked around, taking in the causeway, the stone and brick houses. Oh, no no no, this was bad. "Catra?"

She stretched her hand out, willing the sword into existence. If this was a trap, she needed She-Ra, and if it wasn't, well, She-Ra was her best hope of undoing whatever had just happened.

So, yes, there was now a giant, glowing woman running up and down the causeway, occasionally stopping to poke at it with an equally long sword.

[Mostly for one, but open!]

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine had seen a lot here in her time in Fandom, but this was new.

And she might have been more defensive if not for the literal poking of the causeway.

"Hey, are you okay?"

[grayskollar]

No, Adora was definitely not okay.

She whirled around, trying to size the other girl up. She didn't seem threatening, but she was wearing armour, but at same time it didn't look like a uniform. She settled for keeping the sword up between them, not aggressively, just between them. "...yes?"

For the record, it should be noted that Adora was a terrible liar. Being She-Ra didn't help with that at all.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Okay... what are you doing?"

There were a lot of questions she could have asked second, and she went with the most obvious.

[grayskollar]

Adora poked at the air (but away from Sabine) in case that worked better than stabbing the causeway itself.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" She was stalling half in case that bit of her that sometimes just knew how to She-Ra kicked in, half in case Sabine would come with a better lie than she could.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Stabbing the street," Sabine said. "Which won't open anything up but might dull your weapon."

Maybe. She wasn't sure with that thing.

[grayskollar]

It wouldn't, it was a magic sword.

Adora glared at the causeway. It managed to come off as both incredibly intimidating and utterly petulant. "But there has to be a portal there."

She was really starting to hate portals.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Yeah, sorry, that's not going to work," Sabine told her. "Let me guess, you were dropped in here against your will and now you're stuck?"

You know. As you do.

[grayskollar]

Adora turned to face Sabine again. "Did you have something to do with it?"

It wasn't quite accusatory. Well, not until a very unwelcome thought occurred to Adora. "Did you do something to Catra?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Not me, just the island," Sabine said, casually, like she was totally used to giant girls with swords asking if she did something to someone. "This happens every so often. I'm not sure who Catra is, but she's probably fine. And probably confused about where you went."

[grayskollar]

Confused, attempting to tear apart a planet with her bare hands, same difference, really.

"Oh." After final glance at the causeway like she was going to stab it again for good measure, Adora's shoulders slumped and she sank in on herself. She didn't think She-Ra wasn't going to help right now.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine paused.

"What just happened there?" she asked.

[grayskollar]

Adora shrugged, raising her now empty hands. "...I changed back?"

As far as she was aware it was much less dramatic to watch than changing in the first place.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Oh. I thought that was just how you looked," Sabine admitted. Which had been fine!

[grayskollar]

There were a non-zero number of people back in Etheria who'd agree with you about that, Sabine. Not that Adora had really noticed.

"Not really," Adora shrugged again. "She-ra is taller, has better hair."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine quirked a little smile at that, and asked, "Then who are you?"

[grayskollar]

Adora rubbed the back of her neck. Lucky you hadn't asked that question a couple of months ago, Sabine.

"Oh, I'm Adora."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine paused.

"So you're going to find this really, weird, but it looks like I'm actually your school-assigned big sibling," she said. "I'm Sabine."

[grayskollar]

Adora blinked. Slowly. She was reasonably sure she knew what all those words meant individually, but together...

"Oh, right, I've always wanted one of those."

She was about three seconds from bolting for the causeway and seeing if that would work.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I know," Sabine said quickly. And sympathetically. "Whatever brought you here, the island knew you were coming."

[grayskollar]

"You mean like it's my destiny?" Adora was definitely starting to back away slowly.

Nope, she was just bolting.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Oh, she could bolt.

And Sabine could call, "That's probably not going to help anything."

[grayskollar]

Considering that Adora got halfway across the causeway before it somehow turned her around and she end up right back in front of Sabine? Not at all.

"What the?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Sorry about that," Sabine told her. "Like I said, the island thinks you should be here right now, and I know that sounds crazy, and there's no way to explain it that's not crazy. But the good news is it's probably not permanent."

[grayskollar]

"Is this an evil island?"

Adora would in fact punch the island if she had to.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I wouldn't call it evil as much as chaos?" Sabine said, thinking. "It's not bad. Just takes some adjusting."

[grayskollar]

"Oh, I see."

She didn't exactly sound enthusiastic about that.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"The new students for this semester just got in today. There's a welcome picnic up at the school," Sabine said. "If you want, I can bring you over there and you can meet some people. Maybe it'll make it easier? Or sound less... Okay, it's not going to sound less insane."

[grayskollar]

Adora's stomach growled loudly, reminding her she'd missed breakfast because she and Catra had...gotten distracted.

"There's food at picnics, right?" She was pretty sure there was supposed to be, at least according to Bow and Glimmer.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"All free, too," she said, nodding. "Interested?"

[grayskollar]

"Oh, that's great." Because Adora didn't have any money. "Because I don't have any money."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"We've got you covered," Sabine smiled. "Come on, it's this way."

[grayskollar]

Adora sighed. "Okay."

That didn't stop her looking over her shoulder as she followed Sabine though.