A/N: Final Word Count: 11.5k Pre-A/N's. Howdy folks, here with another exciting chapter as always! And you thought I couldn't write this much again in a single day, hahaha ^^... SHAME ON YOU T_T!
Lol, seriously though, good to know i still got the stuff here and there, even if some of it is with additional stuff, its no different than what I pushed out before with plenty of feels, laughs, action, etc. ^^
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"Survivor's Guilt?" Frosta questioned as she listened to the archer's every detail.
"That's the only thing that makes sense." Bow replied, shrugging as he leaned against the large potted planet. "Sh's been acting distant to Glimmer at every chance she had, and it's not out of anger this time, it's fear. That's why she's been pushing herself so much around here lately because she either thinks Glimmer can't forgive her over Angella or because she blames herself. She hopes helping out with the party will make everything better."
"Oh, the poor thing..." Perfuma felt remorse over her friend's possible suffering, wondering how she was pushing herself through all of this. Among the three, it was the shortest and youngest of the princesses that continued to look confused.
"I don't get it." Frosta was baffled by the explanation she still had little understanding over. "Why does she feel guilty she survived? I mean, she survived. Wouldn't that be a good thing?"
"That's not the issue behind it." Bow replied, still looking over the terrace as caterers and servants continued to ready the place. "She feels guilty because she doesn't think she should have survived."
"... Because that's... bad?" How the heck was someone supposed to feel badly over their own survival? If Frosta was in her position, she's pretty sure she would've been ecstatic to survive a world-destroying portal device that was erasing everything from existence. "She's unhappy she survived?"
"She's unhappy because of who didn't survive in her place." Perfuma clarified with a small frown. It took a few seconds for Frosta to register what she meant before a wave of understanding filled her mind.
"Oh..." And a wave of depression that followed. "Oooooh... now I get it..." Who wouldn't feel guilty given all that's happened?
With the loss of Queen Angella, everyone was affected on a number of levels ranging from mentally and emotionally. Many tears were shed for her own funeral, many words were spoken in remembrance of her, and many people were changed in accordance to the laws of the land. With Glimmer taking over the Throne immediately after her mother's passing, the rest had thought there was enough to worry about alone.
Now, they had another dilemma to deal with, a certain magicat by the name of Catra. Every time she interacted with the girl, she was plagued by haunting visions of Angella's last words, constantly reminding her of everything she promised her. It was a promise Catra could neither accept or deny, the situation was escalating so fast, but in the end, Catra resigned herself to accept the promise to the brief mother figure she once had.
Unfortunately, that also came with the guilt that transpired with it. Not a day went by where she didn't regret the fact that she survived in Angella's place when she was ready to sacrifice her own life to save Etheria and her friends. Even if she wasn't aware of it on a subconscious level, her subconscious was constantly reminding her of Angella's cruel fate and her inability to prevent it. Angella's sacrifice proved to be a blessing and a curse on the girl, one that was proving more unbearable as it started to affect her when addressing her other friends.
And, true to Bow's word, she's tried everything. Thinking she needed to be forgiven in some shape or form, she pushed herself more actively than ever before in order to make amends to Glimmer, which wasn't really anymore active than the average person around here, but it was still saying a lot. Organizing the party planning, helping clean wherever she could, and making sure the party ran smoothly, Catra needed to do this for as much as herself as she did Glimmer.
Even if Glimmer didn't hold any disregard for one of her best friends in the first place.
"Well, at the very least, we should tell Glimmer then." Perfuma decided, trying to alleviate the situation with a smile. "I'm sure she'll be happy to know that Catra isn't actually mad at her or anything."
"I... don't think that's a good idea." Bow shot down in response. "Glimmer already has enough on her mind as it is. If we tell her Catra thinks she's angry at her, it'll just cause more distress. And it's not like we can get Catra to approach her on her own without her freaking out about it."
"Then what do we do?"
"I don't know yet, I'm still thinking." It was frustrating to think of a possible solution with everything going on right now. They couldn't get Catra to approach Glimmer on her own, and by the looks of it she was starting to be affected by Bow, and they couldn't worry Glimmer over it without causing more distress than she was already going through. "For now, we just need to keep an eye on both of them. And if you see Catra starting to freak out, now you know why."
"I still say we should tell her, though." The moody Frosta suggested, still not fully grasping how this "Survivor's Guilt" thing was supposed to work. "Even if it makes one of them worse, at least the other will feel better. Better to have one uneasy princess than two of them.
"Yeah, but-"
"Oh Mermista darling," a familiar voice song out as three pairs of eyes were drawn to the center of the terrace, "your heroic Sea Hawk has arrived to assist you-" The excitable adventurer was cut short as he stood in the presence of the very ice statue that Frosta created with her own two hands. "... What is this disturbing thing?" The sea captain asked himself as he gazed at the mysterious marvel.
He had never seen anything like it, which in this case, was appreciated because whatever this thing was, it was creeping him out beyond measure. He couldn't grasp the idea that the melting sculptures were supposed to depict Princess Glimmer, the soon-to-be-Queen of Bright Moon, and Princess Frosta, the Princess of the Kingdom of Snows, that stood before him.
He did have to admit he recognized the craftsmanship at least, appreciating the small detail of whoever it was supposed to be or whatever it was supposed to be. Glancing around the large structure, he casually tapped at the elbow of the Frosta sculpture, taking in its smoothness amidst the melting waters.
"I'd have to admire the texture, but the details are too hard to make ou-"
*crack*
"Whoops." He didn't know how hard he was tapping his finger away at the sculpture because the next thing he knew, about an inch of the solid chunk of ice cracked apart from the stature, breaking apart from the weakening melting ice as it cracked along the ground. Luckily for him, nobody was hurt.
"Hey!" Unluckily for him, that was about to change soon as a grumbling ice princess saw the destruction to her masterpiece, and refused to let anyone ruin her creation or Glimmer's big day! Especially one who wrecked her hard work! "Nobody tresspasses on Coronation-Property!" She shouted, jumping up to the rail of the guardway the three were standing near before forming icicle fists over both her hands. "Bouncerrrr!"
"Hmm?" The muscular mustached adventurer turned to the sound of the familiar shouting before recognizing a young princess running up to him. "Oh, hello there, Frosta. Have you seen MermistaaaAAAHHHHH!"
*creeeeak*
The next thing the adventurer knew, he was frozen encased in a solid block of ice from head to toe, with at least a foot of ice covering every corner of his body, leaving only his eyes capable of movement as he stared down at the huffing girl.
"Frosta, wait-" Bow tried to stop before another sound took their attention away.
"Ow!" That would be the sound of a small yelp emanating from the very Princess Sea Hawk was here to assist as the two saw her over to the corner of the terrace, working delicately on... what could only be described the oceanic version of a florist's design.
Multiple barnacles stacked over the face of a rock, sea fauna from dried up seaweed, annenomes, several sprouts of coral, as well as some starfish caked over the side, and it was the very definition of the ocean. And while it may have proved viable to some with interesting tastes, it was nothing more than irritating to see from someone who was the self-proclaimed Queen of Florists, and the actual Princess of Plants known as Perfuma.
"Mmmh!" She grumbled to herself as she marched off. "That is NOT an adequate floral arrangement..."
"Perfuma-!" Bow groaned internally as he sighed. Realizing he was on his own again, checking over the scroll of things he'd require on his back, he resigned himself to continuing his previous duties of finding the missing lantern he had been tasked to do earlier, hoping to himself that things would shortly improve as he moved around the terrace.
It was at that exact moment that Catra finally made her way out into the balcony stairway of the terrace, descending the very steps and still grumbling to herself as she sniffed around her arms. "I don't smell that bad, do I-?"
"Catra!" Frosta interrupted as she rushed to her side as she reached the ground floor. "I've been freezing anyone trying to sneak in, but I'm running out of space to put them." She said, pointing her thumb towards the human popsicle behind her. There was nothing but eternal sorrow and fear in Sea Hawk's frozen eyes as he contemplated his mistake for existing.
"As funny as it would be to watch him catch hypothermia," Catra joked in return, "you need to get him out of there, now." It was almost painful to her that she couldn't indulge in her usual shenanigans or playfulness as long as Glimmer's coronation was in jeopardy.
"Aww, but he ruined my sculture's elbow-"
"NOW!" Catra shouted sternly to the young princess. Remembering what Bow told her earlier, and the fact she was absolutely terrifying at the moment, the icy princess gave her a nervous nod before rushing back to the adventurer. She didn't know how but she as pretty sure Catra would've stuffed her inside of one if she didn't.
On the other end of the busy terrace, another princess was finding her own problems to deal with as she snuck upon a certain blue mermaid who was given a task she always dreamed of. She approached her silently, swiftly, and determined as jealousy and anger filled her core.
That's now how you arrange a plant... She thought to herself, gaining more ground with every thought. The colors are too dark for a festive arrangement. It made her lips curl up in envy as she drew closer to the lucky princess of waters. That's not even a real flower! By now, she was practically breathing down the neck of the blue-haired princess who was completely ignorant of the plant princess's presence.
"Mermista, um, flowers are sort of my thing." Perfuma commented as politely as she could. Dear Universe, just looking at it was painful for Perfuma to do!
"Uh, it's art and it's what Glimmer wants." Mermista asserted carefree, actually proud of her own handiwork. "New queen, new era." And one she was personally proud of for embracing her unique taste of art, even if she never saw it before.
"Stop fighting!" Frosta yelled, pushing away both their faces with her hands. "You're ruining Glimmer's big day!" And she refused to let someone ruin the big day of one of her personal besties! "Bouncerrr!"
"Okay, has anyone seen a sacred lantern?" Bow begged to know as he gazed among the three. He as at his wits end searching for something he barely spent two minutes looking for!
"Um, right there?" Mermista pointed behind him as she directed him to the very lantern he was looking for for the last ten minutes.
Hanging from it's handle over Swift Wind's horn with pride. "Haha!"
"Huff, finally!" Catra rolled her eyes in relief as she approached, reaching up to take the very lantern. "I was wondering where that was. Thanks, Swifty."
*swiff*
"And I'll present it to Queen Glimmer." He insisted, pulling the lantern away with the turn of his head before Catra could take it.
"Excuse me?"
"And then she'll be all, "Swift Wind, why don't you sing the coronation song you made up?"." Just the thought of Swift Wind singing alone brought irritation to Catra's trembling brow. The fact he knew what she was going through, or at least part of it, and was still doing it made her more than a little irritable.
"Ha. Ha. Now give it!"
"No need to, Catra, I'll take it to the princess herself!" Swift Wind assured as he casually trotted away. "And then you'll all be greeted to my majestic singing voice!"
"Oh no you don't!" Friend or not, she wasn't going to put up with a horse's singing insistence as she jumped atop the horse's neck, hanging onto it as she struggled to wrestle the lantern away from the very horse. "I'm giving it to her!"
"But then I'll never be able to sing tonight!"
"Exactly!"
"Huh! Traitor! This is not what we agreed upon!" Swift Wind deemed, keeping the tip of his horn out of her reach as she growled.
"WE DIDN'T AGREE ON ANYTHING!"
"Catra, careful!" Bow panicked, jumping over the other side of the horse's neck as he struggled to keep the two calm and keep the lantern from accidentally breaking.
This was the very sight Glimmer was greeted to as she stepped outside the castle, coming to the very terrace were the chaos was slowly unraveling.
The sight of her ice sculptures, however sure she was to actually have them in the first place, melting in place, a frozen Sea Hawk who was probably running out of air at this point as he shifted his eyes to each side for help, a very questionable and, for some reason, disturbing "floral arrangement" made by a water princess who was arguing with Perfuma over her spectacular design, and her two closest friends currently struggling with a singing horse that was refusing to let go of the very lantern they needed tonight.
All in all, if she closed her eyes and the tragedy of the past wasn't looming over her head, this would've been an average day for the denizens of Bright Moon.
"Glimmer," Mermista spoke up, snapping the girl out of her trance-like stare, "can you please tell Perfuma to stop questioning your wise judgement." The flower princess flared her nostrils a bit at the comment.
"What? I'm not-"
"Where do you keep the blankets?" Frosta forcefully interrupted Glimmer as she turned her head to her right. "Sea Hawk is whining about being frozen."
"Why did you fre-"
"Glimmer, the quest is due to begin." Aunt Castaspella interrupted herself, turning her young and bright niece around as she spoke calmly. "Where is the lantern?"
"Oooh, I have it!" Swift Wind announced, nearly tossing the two riders off of him as he raised his head. "And now, my song!"
"YOU'RE NOT GETTING A SONG!" Catra shouted angrily jumping over his neck again. If the craziness unfolding around her wasn't irritating enough, she swore the terrible singing voice was going to make her ears bleed.
"Everyone knows Glimmer would be happier with me on flowers!" Perfuma yelled, angry over the smirking Mermista who took pride in Perfuma's jealousy.
"Glimmer, obviously, disagrees." Mermista shot back. Such was the way of those with inferior floral arranging skills, she supposed.
It was starting to be too much. All around her everyone was shouting at one another, fighting against one another, causing too much chaos between one another, or doing all three at the same time. She's never seen such a chaotic moment like this on what she felt was one of the worst days of her life.
And it was only a few minutes passed noon!
"Glimmer, your guests are waiting." Aunt Castaspella stated.
"Everyone stop bothering Glimmer. She has a ton on her plate..." Frosta whined, trying to help her friend.
"Till the end,
Until I die of course~"
"Stop singing or I swear your end is going to come faster!"
The voices were screaming from every angle of her as her sanity reached new levels of bottomless. In one ear, another ear was being filled with twice as much chaos. From one eye, she saw another sight being filled with turmoil. No matter where she looked everything was falling apart around her, and she seemed to be the only one aware of it!
It was too much.
It was too obnoxious.
It was driving her insane!
"EVERYONE, JUST STOP!" She finally shouted, silencing the cast.
*criiick*
*CRACK*
Everyone exchanged looks and glances at the sight before them. From a mix of Glimmer's incredible vocals and the ice that was slowly melting away, the sculpture of Glimmer had done what the real Glimmer had been doing all throughout the morning; it broke apart from the ice and lost its head, rolling shakily towards the downtrodden princess's own feet.
The look on her face brought everyone to a standstill and silence, even Catra despite how cool she thought it was that she managed to do something like that. The atmosphere gave her no joy in any of this as their friends exchanged apologetic glances to one another, knowing this was neither the time nor the place. It wasn't about them or their minor grudges against one another.
It was about Glimmer, and one of Bright Moon's most important days ever.
"Glimmer, we will fix all of this." Her aunt tried to comfort with a soothing palm over her shoulder.
Glimmer didn't say anything in response as she brushed the hand away. Without looking anyone directly in the eye, she casually walked up to the archer who finally managed to pry the lantern from Swift Wind's head, silently accepting it without a "please" or "thank you" before returning to the head of the group. Never has Catra felt as sorry for someone within the Rebellion as much as she did now.
And it only made the guilt in her heart feel worse over everything that's happened.
"Let's just get this over with." The princess finally grumbled, barely turning her head to her friends as she spoke before taking off.
There was nothing, not even a calming silence, amongst the group as everyone's head lowered. No matter how confident or bright everyone else was acting, they forgot about who truly mattered the most at the time.
And how she seemed to be the least brightest of all...
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Adora continued to stew in her own thoughts as she opened the doors to Entrapta's lab, or, what would probably be referred to now as a lab now since it was now scientist-less. Even after all the physical abuse Adora suffered by Hordak's lab, all the things she has accomplished over the things she hasn't, she still couldn't believe it.
Hordak still didn't respect her.
He didn't value any sense of loyalty or discipline, and she was fed up with trying to show him how much value it could be over what few or lacking accomplishments she had under her belt. To her, a leader couldn't ask for anything more than a person who was willing to go to any length to be a model Force Captain, or a soldier of the Horde for that matter. What did he value instead?
WHO CARES! She's had enough of it! Enough of being nice to the person who threw her around physically almost every time she saw him or every time she messed up! She has had enough with the constant mistreatment she's suffered at his hands when she didn't deserve it! And the way he was going about as if she was the one who failed the Horde when the portal malfunctioned when HE was the one who made the portal, along with a nameless princess, in the first place?!
THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW!
She couldn't put up with him anymore. Not now, not ever. She's had enough of the constant abusement. If he wasn't going to treat her with the respect she deserved after everything she's done for him, then she was going to bring changes to the Horde on her own volition, with or without him. Funny enough, to her, the first of many changes she had to make around here wouldn't be possible without his involvement.
Why?
Because the first thing she needed to change around here was who was calling the shots from now on!
Which is why she was surprised, relieved, and confused upon entering Entrapta's lab. Scattered all around the floor were various boxes of Entrapta's old tools and gadgets that had yet to be disposed of or shipped out to somewhere more useful. While she was actually glad at the convenient arrangement of possible tools, she was also confused as to why the room hadn't been picked up yet by one of the few remaining people still within the Horde sitting across the room.
"What are you doing here?" Adora asked, startling the scorpion friend as she rose from her knees.
"Oh! Uh-" Scorpia tried to think of an excuse as she continued to hold the bowl of various lug nuts and screws she could find.
"Hordak wanted all of this junk disposed of as soon as possible." The other Force Captain directed as she began to rifle her hands through one of the boxes. "Why isn't this place cleaned up yet?" She wondered pulling out a simple wrench, grimacing at the sight before checking the next box of equipment.
"... Hey, so, I know you made a heat of the moment decision which I totally get," Scorpia began as Adora seemed to be listening absentmindedly, "but, um, you didn't really want Entrapta to stay on Beast Island forever." The sound of the very name brought a small pause to her blonde friend as she seemed to be paying attention, just for a few moments, before returning to the wreckage she was sorting through. "Anyway, I was thinking, we could go get her."
*screech*
The sound of a small sheet of metal screeching in Adora's hands as she looked back to her let her know she struck a nerve, and how she was treading on dangerous waters as she gave a small glare back. "I mean, she is our friend." This was one of the times Adora was thankful her new powers didn't flare up at all like her old shadow powers did. Otherwise, there'd be no telling how they'd flare up right about now with Adora's own anger.
"Entrapta betrayed us, Scorpia." Adora reminded in her own twisted sense. "She got what she deserved, just like anyone else who betrays the Horde." Trying to cool her tension, given the friend she was dealing with, Adora went back to the wreckage she was plundering, trying to find anything she could to distract her that might've been useful.
"But... She didn't betray us." Scorpia tried to remind, too, albeit a more corrected version of the events. "She just wanted to save us from the portal. And she was right, if Catra didn't shut it down-"
"Haaggghhhh!"
*CRASH!*
Which wasn't useful enough to distract her from the very mention. With one swift motion, manifesting the shadows over her left arm, Adora screamed angrily as she chucked the large box against the wall, nearly striking the monitor as the contents scattered across the ground. Losing control of herself, the Force Captain didn't notice, or didn't care, as she shoved her friend against a wall, planting a spiral-like shadow directly into the wall next to her head, a mere half-foot away.
From here, up close, Scorpia could see the rage filled eyes of Adora's as her eyes' iris actually turned red at this. "Entrapta betrayed Hordak! I already told you, after I restored our reality, it was working fine, until She-Ra came in and ruined everything for us again! The Horde doesn't allow traitors and neither do I anymore. Is that CLEAR, Scorpia?" She huffed. She was lost in anger, lost to herself, as she panted angrily with a violent tone.
Maybe that's why she was so surprised by the sight of Scorpia tearing up a bit in the corner of her left eye.
Scorpia was at a loss over what's become of her best friend. Over the last week, she's been a bit moodier than usual, more bossy to the guards and soldiers she's come across, and hasn't done a single lick of paperwork that she usually did. Okay, so the last one she could do without after all the stress it was causing her, but still.
It didn't mean everything was bad, of course. She actually got to hang out with Adora little more frequently than she usually did prior to the months leading up to today. But at moments like this, where she showed her angry side more often than not, it made her worry over her dear friend, one she could barely recognize right now as she glared into her eyes.
If she closed her eyes right now and just listened to her voice, she could swear, she hardly recognized the person talking to her anymore.
Realizing the tone and anger she was using herself, Adora blinked. Giving her head a good shake, her eyes reverted to the same natural lue they always were as she backed away from her good friend, clearing her throat as she stood at respect in front of her.
"Ahem. But, uh... Eh hem. I uh, know I don't have to remind you of this, Scorpia." Adora said apologetically, looking off to the side as the look in her eye pained her a bit. "I know you wouldn't betray me." She hoped. "You're my best friend... right?"
"Y-Yeah, of course I am." Scorpia replied, rubbing away at her own eyes. There was a small awkward silence between the two as Adora looked away, a face of regret crossing her frowning eyes at what she just did.
Part of her new persona required her to be more strict and firm with people she was addressing. That was one of the many lessons Aroda talked to her about. Acting "nice" and "politely" everywhere she went wasn't going to win her any favors. For the one day she didn't do it in the Crimson Wasteland, she accomplished so much. Even now, she was just picturing her status if she behaved that way towards everyone on a daily basis.
She needed more respect than she did broken promises, which meant being harder on people. She couldn't allow people to betray her again or think about betraying her if they thought she was too soft. She had to change for herself and for the Horde if she was going to gain any more respect around here and accomplish her goals.
That didn't mean she necessarily liked it when she was addressing her friends.
"Anyway, I need your help with something in Hordak's lab." Adora continued, mustering the energy and courage again to speak with her directly. "Do you think you can help me?"
"Um, y-yeah. Sure thing, Adora." Scorpia smiled back with a nod. "I just need to... eh... sort through the stuff here real quick. I, uh, think I left something in one of these boxes I need to grab." Questionable as her strange reply was, Adora smiled back with a nod, knowing whatever it was, it was just Scorpia's usual playful shenanigans.
Returning to the door, Adora made one quick check over the box under the one she just tossed away, recognizing a familiar stun baton she had used after... Entrapta's betrayal, and smiled to herself as she plucked it out of the box before making her exit.
Waiting for a brief moment after her friend left, Scorpia sighed to herself with relief before turning around again, smiling as she held the bowl of metals as she kneeled to the floor. "It's okay." She called out in a soothing tone. "You can come out."
With a few beeps and whirs, the familiar droid known as Emily had reappeared. It was one of the few items, or people in this case, that Entrapta left behind after her banishment to Beast Island. It was one of the few things that Scorpia always admired when hanging out with her friend Entrapta, and one of her personal friends within the Horde.
She also knew she was the most liable and at risk if she was ever caught by anyone else. Judging by Adora's own performance a minute ago, she fretted over the possibility of telling her long friend, knowing it would just put the female genderless droid at risk.
"Hey there, Emily." Scorpia greeted as she petted her round body. "Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you." Smiling, the two butted their heads together peacefully. There was no telling what was going to happen around the Horde, knowing change was in the air.
But as long as Emily was around, Scorpia could always feel some part of Entrapta still left behind.
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With the light evening hanging through the air, the shimmering waterfall of Bright Moon had never looked so beautiful before. In an array of dazzling colors of warm yellow, sunny orange, and light blue, one could be mistaken for looking at the very heart of a rainbow as the Coronation Ceremony had begun to commence.
All around many eyes were waiting in patience as they awaited the soon-to-be-Queen to make her grand entrance. Among the many groups of people stood three particular individuals at the head of the waterfall, those closest to Glimmer in every matter of business, and two particular individuals who Glimmer saw as her closest friends.
There Catra and Bow stood, both reveling and waiting as they donned the same attire they had at the Princess Prom many months ago. Thankfully, to Catra's case, the black suit still fit like a glove while the undershirt was still just as snug as before. As for Bow, he was more preoccupied over waiting for his dear friend, as well as keeping the occasional glance on Catra as the ceremony commence. Thus far, she didn't seem to show any signs of fear or concern like she had been up till now.
Then again, she's hardly spoken a word to anyone, which was probably for the better, less she make a panicked scene over it.
Finally, off in the distance, she appeared. All eyes and heads turned down the pathway from the waterfall as the glorious new soon-to-be-Queen made her appearance, dazzling everyone with her looks as she held the lantern solemnly in her hands. Her mood didn't look any better, but not any more depressing either as she donned the now-fitting robes.
There was nothing but respect for the young princess as she made her way down the aisle, with the mass of crowd on both sides of her gazing to her in wonder. No matter how much or how little they knew of her, they were all just as proud of the young princess as they would be for their own lords, royals, and children. Anyone taking over the throne at such a young age deserved nothing but the highest honors and respect from any kingdom.
At long last, the young princess made her way to the opposite end of the aisle, giving a small look to both of her friends. While Bow might have seemed enthusiastic as possible about all he could, she could've sworn there was something constrained about the way Catra was smiling to her, like she was more worried about smiling to her than the fact she was just smiling in general.
With a silent lamenting sigh, the soon-to-be-Queen finally turned around, standing at the head of the aisle as Catra suppressed a frown, trying to do everything to keep things calm.
This was the biggest moment of her life.
Stretching out the scroll professionally, Aunt Castaspella began to read from the ancient text. "We are gathered here today to witness the crowning of Queen Glimmer of Bright Moon as she completes the Quests of Queens and begins her reign as our new leader." The aunt explained, trying to act as normally as possible despite the sullen look on Glimmer's face. The two friends to her side eyed each other before giving a small smile of their own, Catra's ears still tilting nervously as she tried to pass off as if everything was normal.
"She will be accompanied by two witnesses, Master Archer Bow, and Catra, She-Ra, Princess of Power." She added, addressing the two individuals who grew a second-long blush. Catra had to be honest, as cool as it was being called and addressed as the "Princess of Power", there was something kind of embarrassing about it when it was in front of a lot of people.
With the ceremony underway, Mermista, wearing the most elegant dress she could, made her way to the front of the row. Channeling all of her power, she focused a direct path above the waterfall's secret entrance, separating the pouring waters as she cleared the path ahead for the young trio.
"Let the light guide you, and go forth in peace and safety to emerge as Queen of Bright Moon." With a graceful bow for good luck, the head sorceress stepped back as her young niece and her friends proceeded, Catra feeling her heart racing for a bit as her guilt continued to spread. Together, they stepped forth past the waterfall, filling the air with silence in the lit cave as the entrance of water closed behind them.
"..." Catra twitched from ear to ear as she tried to think of something to say. The only thing that would come to mind without causing those horrific visions again was the question she's been dying to know until now. "So, eh, guess I can't call you "Queen Pinky" after this is over, right? It doesn't have as good a ring to it as Princess does." She chuckled, trying to smooth over any troubles she might've had with a small joke. "So, how would you say the day has been? I mean, the day has been pretty great if you ask me, what with all the-"
"Can we just do this, please?" Glimmer forcefully interrupted with a huff. "I don't want to think about flowers, or colors, or stupid decisions. And for the record, this day has been a DISASTER!" The pink princess was losing it, unaware as to how much it meant to the magicat who nearly shriveled. Like the many times before, the haunting memory of Angella's last words came to plague her, as if confirming her present situation.
"Take good care of each other."
The magicat was unaware as she breathed a little heavily until Glimmer called her out on it. "Catra?" She said, almost preparing to wave a hand before the girl shook her head.
"Y-You know what? I'll take the lead- I-I mean I'll stand guard at front, yeah..." She quickly brushed aside as she walked on ahead, leaving a confused Glimmer behind her as Bow rubbed his eyes with a moan.
Catra was failing so far. That's the only conclusion she was drawn to if the haunting visions still weren't going away. She wasn't making Glimmer's day any better, and if anything, her visions were telling her that she was doing an even worse job than if she had done nothing.
Seriously, someone cut her a break already! She already felt like she was being more than active enough on her own if the last several hours of work were anything to go by, and the visions were still plaguing her! They tormented her day in and day out all throughout the proceedings, and when she finally thought they were over after the last two straight hours without them, they were still haunting her!
She needed to step up her game. Maybe it wasn't a matter of making her any happier? Maybe she just needed to see her through this whole coronation in order to get past whatever was continuing to haunt her? At this point, she didn't care anymore. She just wanted to find the solution to her hauntings once and for all.
Which left a rather confused Glimmer behind at the somewhat timid reaction Catra gave her. She didn't even know Catra could do timid around here.
"Is... something wrong with her?" She asked, hoping for some explanation to Catra's rather passive reaction.
As much as Bow wanted to explain himself, the small drop of Glimmer's found pushed him away again. Like he expected, giving her anything else worry over would've made the situation worse. "I'll... explain later." He replied, taking off as Glimmer walked by her side.
The trek through the waterfall was nothing short of amazing for the three as Glimmer's lantern barely lit up anything around them compared to the dazzling jewels and crystals thrown around the place. Luminescent stones reflected their tranquil skyblue lights off of every surface, allowing them to navigate through the dank cavern with ease.
With the quest prioritizing Glimmer's own involvement, Catra allowed her to take the lead a few minutes into the journey as the pathways diverged at several points throughout the trail. As much as she preferred keeping things the way they were, she knew any arguing with it would've made the guilt so much worse.
"I can't believe these tunnels have been underneath our feets this whole time." Bow commented with a smile, admiring the beautiful view. Trying to find anything to pass the tension, hoping it would help somewhat, Catra threw in her own two cents as she chipped in.
"Uh, y-yeah." She mumbled. To her relief, as long as she pretended to be talking to herself out loud, she could find the visions haunting her less and less. "It's brighter than the royal treasury... Nooot that I would know or anything, it's just-"
"Okay, what's with you guys!?" Glimmer finally snapped glaring back. "Stop acting like this!" Catra couldn't deny, for the first time, she nearly jumped at Glimmer's anger.
Or was that just from the visions again?
"L-Like what?" Catra replied with as much force power as possible, looking straight past her to do so.
"Like... Like... like this!" She couldn't find the words behind her anger, she just knew how she felt.
What she didn't know was why everyone else was acting like everything was okay! Seriously, it was like being Catra for the first time where everything was just so annoying! They acted like everything would be alright, they acted like everything was still normal with the world!
They acted like an important mother figure who was no longer around them wasn't missing and that's what really set her off!
The two friends eyed one another with concern, with Bow taking the reigns as he noticed Catra's growing unease. "G-Glimmer, we're not-"
"Whatever." The princess ignored the archer's words, being fed up with the world around her. "None of this even matters!" With a pang in her voice, the agitated princess finally lost her temper as she threw the stupid lantern down the right tunnel, wishing to be rid of everything that was annoying her!
She wanted Catra to act like her old self again!
She wanted Bow to stop trying to fix everyone's problems when she knew he couldn't fix her own!
She wanted-!... She just wanted everything to go back to the way it-
"Wait, look!" Bow announced calmly as he pointed down the dark tunnel, drawing Glimmer's eyes towards the light. Further upon the path, the three could see a large bundle of light emanating from the other side, one they knew would direct them to the end of their long trail. With wonder and relief over their faces separately, the three ran down the corridor as Glimmer swiped up the lantern along the way, hoping to bring an end to this farce at long last.
She wanted to get this day over with, Bow wanted to help his friends as much as possible, and Catra wanted the coronation to finally be over so she could help her friend at long last and stop feeling this stupid feeling in her chest!
Entering the large room, the three friends were amazed by the beauty of its light. With large pillars stretching throughout the vast expanse, and hundreds of the same glowing crystals covering every end of the walls. Complete with a surreal four-sided flower-like design at the heart of the room, with a staircase leading up to the other end of it, and there could be no doubt about where they were.
"I think... I think this is the Chamber of Queens!" Bow announced, still in all over the room.
"Look!" And up ahead, much to Catra's relief as well as the rest of them, was the very spot they needed to go.
Provided the altar-like slot that was the perfect shape and size for the lantern was anything to go by.
"That altar. I read about that in the scroll." Bow explained, amazed by beautiful sight. "I think its for the lantern." For the first time in what felt like forever, the three friends finally found something to smile over as they raced to the sacred altar, ready to finish this quest and the coronation for good.
*skitter*
"Huh?" At least, two of the three did as Catra looked back, her ears twitching at the familiar sound as her friends saw her standing at the other end of the room.
"Catra?" Glimmer spoke, noticing the far away look in her eye. "Is something wrong?" Catra lowered her eyelids a bit as she scanned the place, turning back to the questers as uncertainty filled her mind.
"I-"
"Take good care of each other."
"Agh!" Catra's head panged with a minor headache as she squeezed at it, the stupid vision making the most inopportune moment to appear now of all times. Regardless of the visions that were coming and going, she knew she couldn't keep silent about the worry spreading through her tail right now. "Guys, I... I don't think we're-" And before the magicat could utter the final word, the very thing she was about to warn them about dropped from the ceiling.
*CRASH!*
In a massive scale and size descended a creature unlike anything the group had ever witnessed before, separating the trio on each side of the room. It was a cross between a massive purple worm and a snake, with a thick flubbery skin on its top half, and a protective underbelly of violet silver scales that allowed it to skitter across any surface, like the ceiling it had covered until recently.
Within the center of its head was a lone, massive, blue eye that peered at the two individuals closest to the altar, blinking its massiveness to them along with the large feelers spread all around the upper half of its face, including two massive ones on each side of its mouth.
A mouth that had yet to reveal the razorsharp teeth within its maw.
"-alone." Catra muttered, finishing her sentence as she gazed in shock and amazement at the same creature her two friends were staring at from the front end.
"Haaaakkkk!" The creature gnarled its massive jaws as it slowly opened its mouth, giving a full presentation to the large dagger-like teeth within its maw.
"Giant teeth!" Bow exclaimed, pointing in fear. The two friends barely had time to move out of the way as the massive beast lunged straight for them, crashing into the ground and sending the two flying screaming through the air from the tremendous force of the impact. The force of it alone was enough to knock the lantern right out of Glimmer's grip, throwing it and sliding it against the ground until it brushed up to the wall.
It was a miracle that it remained in one piece in such a state.
"You guys!" Catra shouted in worry before growling at the large behemoth-like creature. With her cat-like agility, the warrior quickly hopped atop the massive beast as she ran across its back, the creature lifting its head up briefly at the sensation as it slowly turned its massive skull around.
By the, the feline had taken it upon herself to leap towards the back of the creature's large head, hiding from its view. With so much going on and the vibration of the room still going against its body, it wasn't aware of her presence or how closely it was under, or in this case above, it's nose.
At least until she made her presence known as she hung in front of its massive eye from its lid with her left hand, and holding out her claws with the other.
"Back off!"
*Squeech*
"Haaaaaaaaaoooooo!" The creature roared with an unbridled fury and pain as Catra scratched against its massive eye.
"Whooaaaaa!" The girl was holding on for dear life as it swung its head back and forth until it calmed down, at least enough for her to jump from its massive head to her two friends. It was amazing to know that a massive giant monster would be enough to make her annoying visions come to a halt, if only for a little while.
With a small distance between them, the girl landed near her two friends, shaking off the gooiness from her hand as she still kept her claws at the ready. "Okay, anytime you wanna teleport us out of here, Glimmer, that'd be nice!" She yelled, watching as the massive creature was rubbing at its own eye with its tail.
"U-Uh..." The girl's trembling and mumbling to herself turned Catra's head in her direction as she noticed the worried look over both her eyes, and the unease she was feeling inside of her bubbling to the surface of her face.
"Glimmer?" Bow questioned, wondering what the girl was shaking for.
"I... I can't teleport!"
"WHAT?!" Both her friends shouted in unison at the shocking information.
"Haaaaaaaaaaoooooooo!" In a ravenous display of anger, the large creature bellowed with a fury like no other, one that allowed it to open its massive eye in anger as it glared at the she-demon who attempted to blind it in the first place, leaving only a few red scratch marks against its surface.
Catra found the situation to be more than just typical at a time like this. Naturally, the one time they needed to teleport more than ever, and someone who could always be depended upon to take them out of a sticky situation wasn't reliable anymore.
"What kind of person can't use her powers and doesn't tell her friends about it!?" Catra stammered, shouting over the great beast's massive roar.
It took her a matter of five seconds before she noticed the silence emanating from her friends before looking back to them, seeing a mix of irritation, boredom, and disbelief as they both raised an eyebrow to her.
"... What? ... WHAT?" Clearly, she wasn't getting it.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" And with another massive roar, the beast lunged at the three again, forcing them to scatter.
It would take a miracle for them to get out alive.
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*creeeak*
With the doors opening, Adora poked her head out, checking to make sure the room was empty before gesturing to the companion following behind her.
"Okay, the coast is clear. Come on." She ushered in, walking into the lab as she explored its contents. From behind, Scorpia entered in suit, rubbing her claws as she gazed around the destroyed lab nervously.
"Adora, are you sure we should be doing this?" She asked sheepishly, dreading all the possible punishments this could involve. "We could get into a lot of trouble for this."
"I'm already in trouble, Scorpia." Adora emphasized, pulling away some of the broken machinery as she tried to find any sort of lever. "You didn't see how Hordak was earlier. He said for himself that if I messed up just one more time, he was going to have me executed." Which wasn't entirely untrue, given how much of it was implied. She couldn't take the chance that anything could set him off, that the slightest mistake or failure would result in her body being thrown into an incinerator.
She was as angry of it as she was fearful.
"Then why don't we just run?" Scorpia suggested, looking at some of the broken machine pieces before tossing them away. "You don't need to recharge anymore, there could be anywhere we could go."
"Scorpia, even if I did, for all we know, he'd make Rogelio, Lonnie, or even Kyle the next Force Captain." Adora retorted, frowning a little at the thought. "I don't want them to go through anything I did with Hordak, you don't know what he's really like behind closed doors." Just the thought of it alone gave Adora goosebumps as she recalled all of the abuse.
The multiple times he forced her through the oxygen-siphoning device, sucking the air out of her lungs in the process, the numerous times he's choked her or smacked her around when she spoke out of line, to the way he simply gazed over her threateningly to keep her head down. It was terrifying enough to think about with all the strength at his disposal.
She didn't want to picture that happening to any of her friends, convinced that none of them would last more than a week before Hordak disposed of them for their arrogance, failures, or annoyances. Even if it wasn't them, she didn't want to picture anyone going through that kind of terror and torture!
He had to be stopped. He had to be brought down a peg. That's why Adora was trying to find something, something that would give her the upper hand against Hordak's tyranny, and finally give her the respect that was rightfully hers at long last.
Even if she had to force it out of him.
"Do you want the rest of our friends to suffer what I've been through?" Adora continued, clearing away the space at a small table to check and see if it had anything else that was useful.
"Well, no, but-"
"Then keep looking." Adora cut off, prioritizing her own survival right now than her manners.
It did hurt a little, but Scorpia was convinced that whatever had Adora worked up right now, it had to be terrifying. Enough to make her act this way, enough to make her shout and scream at any sign of insubordination, and enough to make her forget who her friends are for a brief moment. If Hordak was really being as cruel as Adora claimed he was, then she wanted to do whatever was necessary to keep her friend safe. "What are we even looking for around here?"
"When I was in the other world, Hordak had this power suit thing he made for me. I think he said it was like his exosuit." Adora explained, searching through the drawers of various tools at his disposal, and none of it resembling a lever or a switch. There could've been any number of things that summoned the capsule containing the suit in this universe.
And that's provided she was lucky enough for it to exist here.
"Um, not that you probably don't deserve something for your hard work, but if he's been treating you the way you say he has, then what makes you think he even has one in this world to begin with?" Scorpia asked, trying to figure out what sort of container the suit would even be in to begin with.
"Hordak said he made it as a backup in the event that something happened to him. Assuming the two Hordaks both think alike enough, then he should've made one in this world too just in case."
"Well how did he show you the suit last time? I mean, this would be a lot easier if I knew where it was."
"It's on the ceiling." Adora directed, pointing to the pitch blackness above.
"The ceiling?" Scorpia questioned, looking up into the air.
"Yeah, but he used a lever to bring it down. I don't even know how high up it is from here to reach it, much less how to bring it down. I just hope it wasn't destroyed with the rest of the lab-"
"You mean like this?" Scorpia asked, pulling on one of the few levers she came across on the right side of the room.
*Zzzzzzzzzt-*
Glancing up to the ceiling above, instead of anything resembling the large coffin-like capsule that displayed her wonderful outfit, she was greeted by the horrifying sight of a familiar red light emanating from several pillars above her, one that made her heart quiver with fear.
"TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!" She hastily shouted, paralyzed from the very fear to move from where she stood. Panicking at her friend's reaction, Scorpia pushed the lever back into place, earning a sigh of relief from the blonde soldier before grumbling back to the person who nearly gave her a heart attack.
"Heh, sorry..." She apologized, rubbing the back of her head innocently with a nervous smile. Noticing the first lever near her to start the previous machine and the one in the middle of it to stop it, her eyes drew to the third mysterious lever that didn't appear to function the same way. "What's this one do?"
*criiiick*
"Huh?" Adora's eyes were drawn to the ceiling again as the two heard the mysterious creaking sound from above. Her eyes flashed with hope for a moment as she backed away as the two gathered near one another, preparing for whatever came to greet them as the sounds of gears crunching against one another and wires breaking apart echoed throughout the room.
"Uh, hey, is it supposed to be sounding like that or-"
"LOOK OUT!" With a shout, gathering as much of her magic as she could, Adora pulled the large scorpion girl aside in a shadowy tendril wrapped around her arms before ducking out of the way to the side with her, avoiding the collision of the massive capsule-like holding device from behind the cover. The room shook fiercely at this, metals aching and creaking in turn as the Force Captains lifted their heads to the silent shockwave.
Whatever force in the universe was on her side, she as just glad that Lord Hordak was off running business in another part of the Fright Zone, eavesdropping on a conversation that required his attention at the lab immediately. Otherwise, that sound would've been nothing compared to the extreme outrage Hordak would've had if he caught these two snooping into his personal lab.
Waiting a few seconds, the two finally stood from behind their metallic cover as they gazed at the marvelous device that fell from the black heavens, lying flatly against its back as the capsule itself still appeared to be in one piece. By Adora's estimate, she could figure the aftermath of the portal's explosion shook something loose, something she was thankful of her shadow magic returning for when she realized the danger her and her friend were in.
The girl let out a small cough as a cloud of smoke erupted from capsule's fall, waving her hand away as she cleared the air ahead of her. Approaching the great device, her heart lit up for the first time in what felt like forever since becoming Hordak's Second-in-Command, gazing at the metallic structure that would house the treasure she's been searching for.
Unaware of a pair of eyes that slowly crept down the walls. Just because its master was gone didn't mean the imp wasn't tasked with keeping a watchful eye on the place. The very imp crept along the interior of the place while remaining out of sight, trying to catch any source of their conversation that it could record back to its master.
"It's... it's really here..." Adora suttered, grinning ear to ear as she felt her hand against the metal.
"It looks like a coffin." Scorpia commented, inspecting the device for the first time herself.
"Yeah, I know, but its definitely what we're looking for." Adora assured, examining the sides of the machine as she noticed the metal hatch over its doorway. With the cables and wires cut from its side, she wasn't going to be able to open the capsule manually like in the other world. And right now, she didn't care.
Already a world of possibilities were flooding her mind at the mere thought of this fully powered suit. Sure, it might not be as functional as it would've been when it was completed, but it was definitely going to be better than anything else at her dispos-
Adora's red eyes lit up as she lifted her head again. As if empowering one of her six senses, the Black Garnet's energy coursing through her veins were already alerting her of someone else's presence nearby, shooing her head immediately back to the surprised-looking imp who was baffled that its silent presence was exposed somehow.
"You!" Adora shouted angrily as her shadows grew along her arm. Immediately the imp tried to flutter away as it jumped from a small pile of wreckage it was hiding behind, only for it to find its leg wrapped around by the same shadowy tendril as it was pulled over to Adora's glaring eyes, holding the imp intensely by the scruff of its small shirt. The imp let out a few screeches and tugs against its captor's hand until it saw the horrifying look in Adora's currently-red eyes as she glared fire into its gaze.
"If you tell your master ANYTHING about this," she threatened harshly, such rage and bile within her voice that would've made anyone fear her over Hordak at the present, "and I swear, you'll WISH you were dealing with Shadow Weaver instead of dealing with me! GOT IT!?" Her rage and contempt was met with a terrified and agreeable nod as the imp shirked, giving her a small bob of its head with a small salute. With her and Scorpia's safety secure, the Force Captain threw the imp away, watching it flutter for a brief moment before getting its wings back, and escaping as far as possible from the terrifying girl.
Breathing heavily to herself for a bit, Adora's anger slowly subsided as her red eyes returned to the shade of blue from earlier, Adora swiping back the few strands of her long hair that flowed in front of her face. Noticing the silence still surrounding her, she turned her attention to her good friend, who looked more than surprised by Adora's recent bout of anger.
"What?"
"Uh," Scorpia glanced off to the side, trying to find the right words to say, "okay, um, wow. That was, uh... kind of scary." She commented, smiling nervously again as Adora rolled her eyes a bit.
"It's fine, Scorpia, I was just trying to scare it." Adora promised her, explaining her sudden anger. "The last time that thing ratted me out, I woke up in a Horde Prison Cell, remember?"
"Y-Yeah, I guess..." Scorpia shrugged, still feeling a twinge of fear from the sudden performance. "So, how are we supposed to open this-"
*Crackle*
"Oh, I guess like that." Seemed to make sense, or about as much sense as one could make at the sight of their friend pulling the metallic hatch off of an encapsulating capsule with shadow magic could be. There was a small pile of dust that burst from the same frame as the two waited for it to settle.
This was it.
This was the moment Adora was waiting for.
She wouldn't have to put up with Hordak's abuse anymore!
She could finally start running things her own way, the right way!
She would finally-!
"WHAT!?" Adora stammered in disbelief as her jaw dropped, taking in the sight before her with disappointment.
"Aww, it's cute." Scorpia cooed, looking at the mysterious item. "He made you a tracksuit!" As much as Adora refused to believe it, it was as Scorpia said.
Instead of the multitude of weaponry, schematics, and armor that she had seen from the other world, instead, all she was greeted with was the sight of the black exoskin itself, one that proudly displayed the Horde symbol within its center. It didn't have any of the fancy gadgets, any of the top quality armor pieces, it didn't have near anything that she would've hoped for.
"This... this can't be it..." Adora refused to believe it as she pulled out the useless exoskin, feeling around underneath it to see if it had some sort of hidden compartment or something that she wasn't seeing underneath it.
Sadly, she was not. "Where's all the weaponry, all the armor? The other one had wrist blades for crying out loud!" This couldn't be happening, not to her! ... Actually given the track record, it could be happening, but she still couldn't process that it was to her of all people!
"I dunno," Scorpia shrugged, beside herself since all the big buildup appeared to be disappointing in the end, "maybe he didn't have the time to do it in this world compared to the other."
"Enough time to...! Aaaaawwwwwwwww!" All at once, it finally dawned on the poor Force Captain as she slowly slid to her knees against the capsule. She let out a massive groan in sheer disappointment as she hung her head against the capsule, realizing the situation for itself.
It wasn't that Hordak didn't have enough time to do so in this world, its that he didn't want or care enough to complete the suit in this world! With Adora's so-called "failures" in this world, not to mention his favoritism towards Entrapta bringing him more than enough assistance and success than he could ever hope for from Adora, of course wouldn't feel the need to make her an exosuit in this universe. She was surprised he even started making her one for crying out loud!
"Now what am I supposed to do?" Adora groaned, rubbing against her eyes as she tried to push back the small sniffles and her watery eyes. "Without that suit, I'm dead... I'm dead, Scorpia..."
"H-Hey, it'll be alright." Scorpia tried to encourage as she kneeled down, patting her friends back as she gave her a gentle smile. "I'm sure you'll think of something."
"No I won't, don't you see that?" Adora yelled a little with tear-soaked eyes staring at her. "The next excuse Hordak finds to get rid of me, he's going to take it, I just know it!" She pulled at her own hair to the side in frustration. "Knowing him, he'll get rid of me the moment the rest of the Horde arrives, too. He doesn't have any use for me, and he's tired of my failures... and so am I."
She didn't need to think of a reason or an excuse. It was Hordak she was dealing with- he was going to GIVE her a reason to eliminate her. No matter what she pushes out for him, he's never satisfied, and she was finally starting to see why. Throughout all her commitment, throughout all of her time in the Horde, she's never given them any devastating or major victory over the Rebellion, she saw that now.
Without her magic she wasn't anywhere near the strongest Horde soldier, she didn't have Entrapta's intelligence or expertise, and there was no way she could fight She-Ra again without anything else at her disposal. He thought of her as nothing, and for good reason too as she came to realize it.
She WAS nothing.
"Okay, that's enough!" Scorpia yelled, drawing Adora's eyes again. "You're not a failure, alright? Whatever you do next, it's going to work out, I promise. I'll help you every step of the way. Besides," she smiled sweetly as she patted her head, "I already promised, I wont let him do anything to you. You have my word."
"You..." Adora rubbed her eyes away from the tears as she sniffled. "You promise?"
"Of course I promise!" See, it was just like Scorpia always knew. Despite whatever tough exterior Adora tried to display, she was still the sweet loveable friend she's always been since Scorpia met her. And she would always shoot down any naysayers who would tell her otherwise, even if Adora did have her scary... and admittedly questionable... moments.
"Trust me. You don't need to worry about anything stopping you. Not me, not Hordak, or this useless junk." And with the clunk of her massive claws, she went on to show the innocent friend how junky it was by smashing her claw against the small panel on the side of it.
*FSFSFSFSFSFSFSHHHHHHH!*
"Ahh! I angered it!" Scorpia yelped as she and Adora suddenly backed up.
There was a massive burst of steam from the mysterious capsule as the placement where the tracksuit lied upon suddenly rose to a complete 90* standing before the two who got to their feet as they were struck with a sudden curiosity. Still humming with a strange life-like likeness, to both their surprise, the flat surface started to slowly turn in a half circle, revealing the contents that appeared to be dormant on the other side of the mysterious black hatchway that concealed it.
And unveiled the very contents that existed to bring a small smile of surprise to Adora's person.
"... Scorpia..." Adora spoke up, slowly turning her head to the reliable friend who was always by her side. "You're a genius..."
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A/N: And we're FINALLY counting down! We have one more chapter before I'm officially done folks! No not done with the fic, i mean done to the point where I can FINALLY watch the rest of the season because dear god this is torture XD seriously try writing a fic Au series where you rewrite every episode, force yourself to watch only what you're caught up to, all the while numerous seasons are still ahead of you. Trust me- its torture XD
Lol, anyway, hope you all enjoyed, and i mean really enjoyed because after this, aside from my hard-earned break at long last, you guys will be able to catch a glimpse of Catra's and Adora's new attire from Petie himself, who has completed the awesome pictures but wont post it till i post the final chapter... which means I own you fans now X)... and Im thinking of a lot of money for me... lol jk XP
Seriously, i can't wait to see them posted either even though I have access to them XP they freaking amazing pictures and you guy HAVE to see them when they're done X)
So with that said, hope you all enjoyed! Leave a like, fave, follow, and review, and hope to see you soon!