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Vultro relaxed slightly. “Does this have to do with the... She-Ra person or whatever?” The smile quickly disappeared from their faces. “This ‘She-Ra’ has done nothing but plunge your world further into the corrupt darkness,” the figure on the left said. “Do not attempt to aid her. Help bring her to Prime or you shall face the judgement of Prime himself.” Lilah chuckled to herself. “Listen, we crash landed here. We have no idea what you are talking about. We won’t bother you as long as we can just get out of here.” The figures turned to each other for a moment, as if silently conversing the matter. They turned back. “Right now, it is Prime’s will to focus on Etheria’s operations. He will let you go in peace, but only on the condition that you inform him of your home planet’s location,” the rightmost figure said. “For all planets must eventually be brought into Prime’s light.”

Vultro looked over to Lilah, who was clenching her teeth. He looked back to the figures, considering what to say. There’s no way he can tell them about Mobius. Whack! One of the figures was slammed in the back of the head with a long staff. He grimaced in pain and collapsed to the floor. Vultro turned to see a massive, purple creature at the other end of the staff. She continued to sweep out the feet of a second figure, before jabbing the third in the stomach. All three were now on the ground.

As she turned to face Vultro, he noticed she had similarly pointy ears to the figures. She wore lightweight clothing mixed with scattered bits of armor plating, and a long white ponytail. She pointed her staff at him. “Whoa! Hey! We’re not on their side!” Vultro exclaimed. She remained guarded. “I’ve seen all kinds of folks out here, but none quite like you. You’re not from around here,” she stated. Vultro frantically shook his head. She finally relaxed her stance slightly. “They’re not from around here either. So you’d better explain yourselves.”

“My names Vultro. This is Lilah. We just crash landed here and we’re trying to find some help so we can get out of here.” She sighed. “You picked the wrong day to come for a visit. The name’s Huntara.” She pressed a button on her staff and it collapsed into its handle. “I know someone who can help you. But the best person for the job is a little occupied right now.” “Well can’t you just tell us who and how to get there? Maybe we can go talk to them ourselves,” Lilah said.

“So, they’re clones,” Vultro said quietly. Huntara nodded. “Look, if you head towards that huge spire it should at least get you out of the Waste,” Huntara said. “After that you should be able to ask around and get yourselves to Bright Moon,” she explained. “Be careful of the quicksand, and the snakes. And the plants. Basically everything.” Vultro and Lilah nodded. “And if you see any more of these things, hit them in the head. Seems to work for me.” Lilah smiled. “Well, thank you for your help Huntara. We appreciate it.” Huntara smiled. “The rebellion can use all the help it can get while you’re here.” The sound of distant horns put Huntara on immediate alert. She drew her staff again. “I gotta go. Good luck,” she said as she started to run away.

“Whatever you’re doing here, I assure you what you are looking for is gone,” a deep voice echoed. “Bright Moon has been abandoned as to not draw unwanted attention.” A spooky looking, shadowy figure emerged from the doorway. She wore a mask to cover her face, leaving only a pair of grey pointy ears visible among long, jet-black hair. “I came to get my flowers. I can’t just leave my garden unattended.”

“Ah, of course I know of him. The boy everyone always goes to for help. If there was ever one to be too positive, he’d certainly take the cake.”

The girl screamed and took a step back. “Glimmer! GLIMMER!!” A girl with swooping, sparkly purple hair stepped out from behind her. Her equally purple eyes widened as they met Vultro’s. “Um... hi! Are you friends of Adora...?” she asked weakly. Vultro began to remember that they are not from this planet and might not exactly fit in. Oops. “Not exactly. My name is Vultro,” he said. “And this is Lilah. Sorry if we freaked you out.” The swoopy-haired girl took a step closer. “I’m Queen Glimmer. And this is Adora,” she said as she motioned to the blonde girl. “Welcome to Bright Moon!” she exclaimed as her hands waved to the huge city. Glimmer’s gaze suddenly shifted to the ship parked nearby. “Did you... come from space?”  

 

“An alternate dimension,” Lilah said. “Very fascinating. We know all about that kind of stuff. Vultro’s sister was actually born in a different dimension.” A high-pitched shrill voice pierced Vultro's large ears. “WHAAAAAAT?” the voice yelled with excitement. They all turned to see a shorter girl with extremely long, purple ponytails. There is a mask covering most of her face, but somehow Vultro could tell the girl was smiling wide.

She quickly runs over to Lilah, using her hair to lift her mask. “Did you say his sibling was from an alternate dimension? Is that a spaceship? Are you two extraterrestrial?” She pulls out small device and presses a button on it.

“Post-Galactic Conflict Log Day 1,” she began saying into her small device. “I have encountered two inhabitants of the distant planet they call Mobius. One subject has extensive knowledge of alternate dimensions.” She points the device at Vultro. “Tell me all about your sibling. Their name, age, species, dimension of birth, exact coordinates...” Vultro chuckled to himself nervously. “They just got here, Entrapta,” Glimmer said. “Can you give them a few minutes first?” Entrapta stares blankly for a moment. “Oh yes, of course. My bad,” she said as she turned back. “I’m trying to work on my people skills,” she whispered as she lowered the recorder.

Lilah smiled at Entrapta. “Actually, I think we have a lot to catch each other up on.” Vultro nodded, and Entrapta excitedly lifted the recording device again. After much discussion and back and forth questioning, Entrapta paused for a moment. “Faaaascinating,” she said as she scratched her chin. “So, you have a sister named Raven who is a wolf born in the Sol dimension,” she summarized. “Which itself is an alternate dimension both created and controlled by a set of gems called the Sol emeralds.”

“And your planet was trapped for centuries in an empty pocket dimension called Despondos,” Lilah replied with. Entrapta responded with a hyper sounding cackle. “Isn’t it amazing?” she asked.