They stared at each other, frozen, nobody knowing what to do or say.

Adora broke the silence, turning wide sparkling eyes to Catra.

"Look, there's more of you"

Catra blushed, looking troubled.

Adora gave her signature snort laugh, cut off by a gasp as she grasped the implication.

"Eternia, Catra, there's more of you! This may be where you come from" she turned to the man as Catra looked away.

"What is this place? What are you? What is Catra? Oh I have so many questions!"

The man blinked hiving been lost in thought, staring at Catra. "My name is Jay. I'm a Magicat"

"Magicat" Adora turned to Catra "Did you hear that, you're a Magicat! That's such a cute name. I can't wait to tell Bow"

"Please don't"

"I'm gonna tell him"

Jay was still staring at Catra.

"a Magicat that doesn't know…" he trailed off and shook his head. "In any case, that was quite the crash you ladies had. Why don't you come over to my place to rest while I take a look at your ship?"

"Her name is Darla" Adora said brightly. Her smile faltered. " and Entrapta will kill me for crashing her"

Catra snickered. "She totally will"

Adora gave her the stink eye. "Brat!"

they both dissolved into laughter as Jay led the way to his home, a hut similar to Madam Razz's.

Adora gasped. Hung on the wall was a portrait of a Magicat kitten with huge ears a long mane and looking on the verge of tears.

Adora pointed. "Catra. That's you."

Catra looked uncomfortable. "You don't know that's me."

"It's you. You think I don't remember what you looked like when we were little?" she cracked a smile.

"I almost forgot how big your ears were. You were like a tiny, angry bat"

"Hey, shut up!"

Jay looked at Catra. Catra couldn't meet his eyes.

"That is a picture of my niece, my sister's daughter. When she was a small kitten, an invading army came through a strange portal and attacked the nearby town. A lot of Magicats lost their lives"

This time, Adora looked away. "the Horde" she murmured in a strained voice.

"the soldiers were eventually beat back but they took some of the kittens. We never knew why. My niece was one of those kittens. My sister and brother-in-law never got over that loss"

Adora sat , her mind reeling. Catra was rigid in shock and looked close to tears, like in her baby picture.

"We know why" Adora whispered. "Catra and I were taken from our homes as babies to be raised in that army's cadet program. To be soldiers."

Jay looked horrified.

"We grew up together there, in the Horde. Right, Catra?"

Catra swallowed. She looked as shell shocked as that day long ago in the Crimson Waste, when Adora told her Shadow Weaver was in Brightmoon. "Yeah" she whispered "It was just us for a long time"

"And then" Adora said excitedly. "And then we...well it's kinda a long story, but we left the horde."

Jay shook his head in wonder "Incredible. But...why are you here? How did you come to crash your ship here?"

Adora flushed. "it's...actually our honeymoon. We got married last week." she gave Catra a sharp look. "Catra got us sidetracked on our way home."

"My niece all grown up and married" Jay wiped away tears. "it's a miracle"

"My parents" Catra said in a small voice. "Are they...are they still alive?"

Adora looked shaken. "oh man, Catra, I'm sorry. I didn't even think of that"

"Don't worry" Jay said. "They're alive."

Adora shook Catra's shoulder enthusiastically. "Did you hear that? Your mom and dad are alive!"

"...I heard" Catra whispered, clutching Adora's hand. "I heard"

"They should be home anytime now." Jay said. "you'll be able to meet them. After all these years."

Adora took out the tracker pad. When it turned on the feed showed bow tinkering with an old Horde bot.

"Bow!" Glimmer called from off screen. "Stop messing with that thing!"

"I'm not messing" Bow said mildly "I'm experimenting. Oh hey, Adora, Catra" Bow noticed them and waved.

"Adora and Catra are calling?" Glimmer asked, putting her head into frame.. "Hey guys! Where are you? What happened?"

Bow nudged Glimmer. "Uh, Glimmer? Look at that"

He pointed to Jay. Glimmer gasped, pointing and looking back and forth between Jaw and Bow, her mouth wide open in shock.

"Uh, why does that guy look just like Catra?" Bow asked.

Adora grinned. "You guys will never believe this"

Catra regarded the ghost of her past elf, her claws extending and retracting.

"Jay" cam a woman's voice from outside the hut, a voice that sounded just like Catra's. "We're home"