Bright Moon, just on the edges of The Whispering Woods.
“Okay, now, get her! Maneuver Seven!” Glimmer yelled, vanishing in a rush of sparkles...
“Wait!” Bow frowned, firing three arrows in rapid succession, “did we decide for final which one was Seven? I don’t remember voting!”
“Hahahahaha!” She-Ra grinned, flicking The Sword of Protection left, right, back, deflecting the arrows with seeming effortlessness. “C’mon, face it you two, you’re never gonna beat me in these sparring matches unless you can work as a t--”
--Glimmer burst out of a shatter of sparkles, clapped The Sword between her palms, and with a cry of effort, teleported again, vanishing along with The Sword, leaving She-Ra’s hands empty.
“Wait, what?” She-Ra blinked.
Glimmer appeared right next to Bow and shoved The Sword at him “Go, go!”
“Oh, that Maneuver Seven!” Bow blinked, grabbing the blade, nocking it into his bow as if it were an arrow, and whipping around to fire it over the trees and deeper into The Whispering Woods.
“Aw, come on,” She-Ra groaned, and in a burst of energy reverted to her shorter, substantially less glowy form.
“Yesssss!” Glimmer jumped in a celebratory fashion, squeeing, and high-fived Bow on the way down.
Bow grinned. “I mean, don’t feel too bad, Adora, you did beat us eight other times before we beat you.”
Adora smirked reluctantly, crossing her arms over her stomach. “Okay, fine, fine, but as soon as I get back with my sword we’re making it an even ten and I’m kicking both of your butts.”
“Oh, right,” Glimmer winced, looked out into the woods. “We kinda... launched your magic blade.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine,” Adora chuckled. “I’ve found it twice in those woods already, at least, I’m pretty sure I can find it again.”
“So how does that work, exactly?” Bow wondered. “The de-powering? I know you don’t change back as soon as you put The Sword down, is it a certain distance? Does it have to be gone from your hand a certain length of time?”
“I’unno,” Adora shrugged. “I think it’s partly a mindset thing? Maybe it’s context-sensitive?”
“Huh,” Bow scratched his chin.
Glimmer shook her head. “Do you want a hand looking for it, at least?”
“Nah,” Adora waved this away, “I’ll go snag it, you two keep limbered up and ready for a fight, I’ll be gone maybe five minutes.”
She found The Sword of Protection quickly enough, but when she turned around, she... couldn’t see Bright Moon right away.
“Oh, great,” Adora grumbled to herself. “Stupid Woods. They’re worse than The Valley of The Lost.”
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