Rooms and Comfort
Entering the kingdom of Bright moon is strange for Hordak as not that long ago, he wanted to destroy it. He held onto Entrapta's hand as they arrived near the gates and waited for all his brothers to come near them. The princess looked over them, with the refugees already inside, ready for needed relaxation before reading themselves for the upcoming trials for those from the fright zone and all of the clones. "Alright does everyone have their riding buddy with them?!", Glimmer called out. Kadroh raised his hand with Hordak as well as many others doing the same with their respective buddies.
"Alright, um", Glimmer scratched her head, "This might be harder to plan out." Bow whispered something in her ear and she nodded as she motioned for her guards top move forward. "Alright there are nine different sections in the castle, we will split all of you between them that will be monitor by a princess that you can seek guidance from. You and your buddy with follow a group that is based on how many of you there are that is led my one of my guards and will be led to your share bedroom. Any questions?", Glimmer asked. Immediately almost all the hands rose up and Glimmer sighed and looked around and pointed at a clone named Cato.
"Can my 'riding buddy' and I be close to brother Hordaks' cell?", he asked nervously. Soon the other clones echoed the same thing, wanting to be close to the brother who had more experience with new experiences. Hordak felt a warmth inside him that made him happy that he was so trusted that his brothers wanted to be around him, but a nervousness pinged in stomach as he doesn't want to handle all of them, it felt wrong for him to steer his brothers in the right direction. He didn't know what he would steer them towards and would rather have someone else take the wheel.
Glimmer sighed again and looked for help from the other princess to handle the situation. Adora stepped forward and said, "Well we can't really have all of you in the same section, the castle may be big, but not that big. For now, those who were in the same vehicle as Hordak or was in the vehicle behind will be allowed to be near Hordak and Kadroh. Got it?" The clones hesitated a bit and nodded, not knowing how else to respond since it wasn't their choice on how they were going to be handled before their trials.
"Okay, first to introduce the princesses as I doubt many of you really got to know them. Correct?", Bow asked. The clones nodded waiting to see which group Hordak would be put in, but Hordak knew he wouldn't leave Entrapta's side. Each princesses introduce themselves, what kingdom they came from and a little bit about themselves. It felt a bit embarrassing to Hordak that he was barely learning some of the princesses name so late, but it was better now than never. Soon they were divided to somewhat equal groups under each princesses and when they were about to categorize Hordak and Kadroh, Hordak stopped them by saying, "I'm staying with Entrapta."
"Well you really d-", Glimmer was cut off by Entrapta, "Yup! I want to be with my lab partner" Glimmer sighed once again, feeling like she was aging by the moment and nodded, "Alright Kadroh and Hordak with Entrapta's group" Soon enough, the nine groups were led by a guard and a princess and started to walk down the hallways. It felt nerving for Hordak to be inside what was once his enemies castle with them still being inside to the point he felt nervous again and gripped his hand tighter against Entraptas'.
He felt Entrapta squeeze back and looked down her and there she was with her beautiful smile, looking up to him and he knew that he was going to be alright. Each pair of clones were put into a room and finally they made it to Kadrohs and Hordaks' room where like the others, there were two guards by the sides of the doors. "Princess Entrapta, we can't really allow you to stay inside with these two", One of the guards spoke up when she tried to enter with her favorite clones. Entrapta pouted, "Are you sure? I mean I could alway-" The other guard interrupted, "Queen Glimmers orders for the princesses not to get too close before the trails"
Entrapta huffed," Alright, can I at least hug them?" The guards looked at each other, to Hordak and Kadroh and back again to Entrapta and nodded. Entrapta grinned and brought Kadroh to a hug which he was confused about. Hordak felt a pang of something new, but he knew he would figure it out later. "What is this thing you are doing that feels nice?", Kadroh asked. "Oh its called a hug! It can be shared with a loved one to give greetings, goodbyes or to share a moment together. I really don't like doing this, but I don't know when I will see you again with all that's going on ", Entrapta explained.
Kadroh grinned, "I like hugs" Entrapta turned to Hordak and hugged him tightly which he greatly returned with a soft smile on lips and closed his eyes to remember how it felt. It lasted longer than Kadroh's hug and when they parted, Entrapta looked to the side with a small blush before leaving a kiss on his cheek and rushed off. "Hope to see you soon!", She waved as the guards, who were puzzled with what they saw, closed the doors. Hordak held his cheek where he still felt the lingering kiss, with his face heating up badly.
Kadroh cocked his head in confusion, "Brother what did she do to make you have such a reaction?" Hordak looked at his brother and tried to find his words to explain what just happened, but he couldn't seem to form words. He had seen his soldiers kiss before as signs of platonic affection, but more often than not it was a 'romantic' expression. Though, why would Entrapta see him in any type of romantic way was absolutely mad for him, he instead took it as a platonic affection since they were close as... friends. Yes, friends.
"Brother?', Kadroh asked again. Hordak cleared his voice, "That was a kiss. Usually it means a romantic intent, the most common place to receive one would be on... the lips. Though when it is on other places such as the cheek and forehead, it could mean more of a platonic intent as adoration or care for the other" Hordak had to sit down before he would have to pass out, letting Kadroh ramble on how he was fascinated on how Etherians had so many ways of showing how they appreciate each other. He couldn't let go his cheek, trying to think that it was merely platonic, but the romantic intent that it could have meant couldn't leave his mind.
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Queen glimmer had checked in with them, possibly wanting to face Hordak herself, telling them that the clones trial would be in six days and for Hordak, a day after so they had time to build their case. Of course they will get outside resources to defend themselves, even having a chance of getting a lawyer to help out. Though, Hordak had no intention to build a case for himself as he was ready for death and was getting ready for plans with Entrapta for her to remember her by. Those thoughts had to put on hold for now as his joint pain had returned almost full force before turning to bed.
Hordak was gripping on the single pillow, giving most of his pillows to Kadroh as he thought he didn't need them for himself, now regretting giving away the soft clouds as it could have helped him with his joint pains. Not much help, but enough that he could maybe had ignore his pain to fall asleep. If it weren't for the fact the Kadroh was still new to him and that he was asleep, he would have asked to get enough pillows to put under his major joints. Hordak sighed as he turned to ceiling, slowly so not to hurt himself more.
His ears perked up when he heard the click of a window opening and soon it sliding open. "Hordak!", he heard a loud whisper call out. Hordak smiled a bit and with a bit of a struggle he raised his hand to show he was awake. He heard Entraptas' hair carry herself inside and move towards where he was sleeping and he looked up to her to see Entrapta in light clothing. She wore a nightgown with long sleeves that showed he scarred hands and socks that reached to the knees. Hordak blushed, remembering what had happened earlier today.
She had a couple of pillows and another blanket with her, seemingly ready to sleep next to him. "I'm going to join you okay?", Entrapta much more said than asked as she started to put pillows to comfort both of them. Hordak sighed happily as he put his arm around a pillow, some help on at least one joint before remembering that Entrapta was there with him. Entrapta laid next to him, snuggling near him and just smiled up to him and went to reach for his hand. He let her do what she wanted, but not without a small blush on his cheeks.
"How are you feeling?", She whispered. "Better now that you are here with me. Things feel calmer with you around", He softly smiled. Entrapta grinned even more as she got closer to him. He winced as he tried to get a better position for her to get comfortable with him. She noticed this and looked worriedly to him and asked, "Is the pain back?" "Not important for n-", Hordak started before being shushed by her hair. "Tell the truth", she pouted. Hordak sighed and closed his eyes before nodding.
"That is why I was not asleep when you arrived, but no need to worry, the pillow you gave me helps me a bit", Hordak explained. "Pillows help you?", She asked. Hordak hummed, "If I put them under my joints, it helps relieve them a bit. Not putting away the pain, but eases it" Entrapta sat up and grinned. "I'm bringing you more pillows!", She whispered shouted before bolting through the window before Hordak could argue. Hordak felt that lonely feeling he didn't realize he had before Entrapta was with him, even though Kadroh was near by.
Little by little, Entrapta brought pillows and ignoring the resistance of Hordak saying that he could do it himself, set pillows underneath him to get comfortable. His pain what still bad, though he was use to it, but now it was getting better to the point that he was slowly falling asleep. During, one of Entraptas trips back with pillows, she had asked something he couldn't quiet comprehend with his sleepiness. Though what ever she said, he nodded, letting her do what ever she pleased before drifting off to sleep.
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"Queen Glimmer!", A guard crashed through the war room filled with barely waking princesses and their respective partners except Entrapta who was most likely doing something techy. Glimmer groaned after taking a sip of her coffee and asked, "What happen now?" "Many clones are gone from their Cells!", The guard yelled and all the princess now were wide awake.
The castle was in chaos, looking for clones in different room before coming to Hordak and Kadrohs shared room. The guards in front looked puzzled when they saw so many princesses and guards before opening the door when they saw the panic in their eyes. Though all their panic stopped when they entered the room with an unexpected surprise.
Both beds were pushed together and pillows were stacked high on them and strewn about the room. On the beds, there were many clones, holding on to each other as they slept and chirped happily in each others presence. The floor was the same as the bed with many limbs, blankets and pillows intertwined with each other. Back on the bed, they saw Entrapta looking at her data pad with her hair while hugging who they presume is Hordak who was chirping happily and on the other side, Kadroh seemed to hold on to both her and Hordaks hand . They all seemed to be in the definition of comfort with each other.
Entrapta looked up from her data pad and put a finger to her lips to silence them from saying anything and just waved at them with her other hand. Slowly, Glimmer closed the doors and turned back to the other surprised princesses before saying, "What the fuck" Many of the more up beat members couldn't hold in their aws and others were just too tired to deal with what they just saw. They all headed back to the war room to get breakfast and something to make them understand what they just saw.