Catra descended the magical staircase tower eachstep she took dissipated the way behind her the stairs reforming back into the ballroom ceiling. As she walked down the steps the Halfmoon princess decided it would be a good idea to flex her new ability for those who were unable to see her at the top of the tower and let her magic ignite. Catra was soon cloaked in a wreath of orange flames causing a mix of gasps and cheers to erupt from the crowd at once.
As for the royal family, they each smiled and let out a content sigh simultaneously. The King Queen and younger princess each allowed their magic to flow once again. Leondus's fur now looked as though small embers of fire were sprinkles across his body the warm orange brightening his chestnut fur and mixing well to color his blonde hair. Queen Cyra's Mane flecked with embers and her eyes burned a brighter gold and she gave of a warm aura. As for Kaita her hair stuck up more on the Image of a flickering flame and the tip of her tail ignited into a warm orange room temperature flame looking like a lion tail tuft. It Was as if all three three were all sucking in their gut since Catra's arrival and now that she had attuned they no longer needed to be restrained.
"Your tail's on fire!" Frosta shouted and got ready to blast Kaita's tail with ice.
"Yeah I know! isn't it pretty?" Kaita smiled and nuzzled closer to the Ice Princess. "It felt so boring keeping the flame off till sis attuned but now I can use my fire again!"
"Wait a minute, sis?" Frosta questioned. The wheels spun in the girls head until she blurted out a shock. "Catra's your sister!? That means your-"
"Princess Kaita D'rilluth!' the young magikitten princess smiled and bowed. "Now shush it's time for the next part!'
"Now that Princess Catra has successfully attuned to the sunstone, it is time for the second part of the coronation to begin." Cyra announced to the crowd. The queen looked to her daughter beaming with joy and pride. "Are you ready?" Catra nodded and approached the stage that was set up for her.
"Hey everyone." Catra spoke into the microphone, behind her Scorpia and Entrapta were already setting up their instruments ready for what was to come. " So as I stated earlier I am Princess Catra D'rilluth III, though most of you may know me better as Force Captain Catra, the leader of the Seagate attack, or most notably,,,the Prom Bomber… I know the things I did at those times were wrong and I'm sorry. But that is in the past now, as part of the coronation a princess of Halfmoon is to put on a performance to inspire her people. Let this serve as my promise to protect Etheria, and that together we will bring Hordak to his knees and dismantle the Horde!"
Cheers and applause rang out from the speech. Catra took the time for the cheering to settle down and took a breath letting the fire inside her grow and prepared herself. The soft notes of the keyboard began to play as the lights dimmed. Now with her determination flaring as well as her magic, the Magicat Princess began her song.
"We're warriors.. Unstoppable… hmmm~".
The somber notes melded with the fading lights giving off a palpable aura.
"We feel the evil comin',"
Catra sang out.
"And shadows all around."
Catra looked to her sides as if to gaze at the encroaching darkness.
"Danger surrounds us, but won't bring us doooown."
The lights had completely faded at this point leaving only the echo of Catra's music to fill the void.
"We're on the edge of greatness…. Turning darkness to liiiight."
Catra snapped her fingers producing a small candle flame that rested on the tip of her pointer finger granting the audience a point to fixate on.
"We're right beside you, ready to fiiiight."
The flame danced around the room as Catra sang lighting strategically placed torches throughout the room.
"We must be strong!"
Catra bellowed out and the torches started flaring up in response echoing her last word.
"And we must be brave!"
The torches once again flared and echoed.
"We gotta find every bit of strength that we have and never let it gooo!"
Catra reached out into the audience as she sang, her arm right in front of Adora. The blonde blushed but took the cue and grabbed on and pulled herself onto the stage.
"We're Bound to This Struggle."
Catra pulled Adora up next to her and subtly tapped on her arm guard.
"With Mighty Sword and Flame."
Having taken the hint Adora brought out the sword of protection and Catra timed the release perfectly with a ball of fire of her own.
"We'll never fail you when you call our naaaame."
The fire quickly wrapped itself around the blade giving the sword of protection a majestic mix of orange blue and gold color for the audience to see. Adora herself was transfixed on the beauty of the sword until the even more beautiful trills of Catra's song broke the spell.
"Together we'll be heroes. Joining forces as one.."
Catra laced her fingers with Adora's and the two spun in a slow single rotation ending with Catra letting go and placing her other hand on the hilt of Adora's sword holding the weapon alongside her friend.
"Strong as the steel we carry, we rise like a suuuuun!'
Catra then rose the blade up guiding Adora in the movement, at which point the fire arose from the sword forming onto a small glowing orb in the air illuminating everything in the room in a warm glow. At that point Catra flip the sword blade down and impaled it into the floor.
"We must be strong! And we must be brave!"
Catra sang louder than ever. She stepped forward bathed in the light of the miniature sun. She felt her emotions rise and bubble to the surface and just let them all loose into her voice.
"We gotta find every bit of strength that we have and never let it go!"
The music went into a low guitar rift and Catra turned to Adora her hand up in the starring position for a dance.
Just like that Adora felt herself back at Princess Prom, not this time there was no taunt, no games, Catra smiles at her softly in a way Adora would almost mistake for love.
She loved Catra so much but she has accepted that even if those feelings were once returned, after all the hurt they had put each other through she would be content just having Catra as her friend once more. She would not risk jeopardizing that for her own longing. But even still her crush was offering her a dance in the middle of a wondrous song, how could Adora ever refuse?
The two danced flawlessly to the beat of the song, and as the lyrics returned Catra sang just as impressively while looking only at Adora.
"'Cause we're warriors, we are unstoppable, nothing's gonna get in our way."
Catra continued the dance gazing at Adora's face in the sun's light. Were it not for the Magicat's steely resolve she would have tripped and tumbled from. her gay panic looking at and being this close to the woman of her dreams. And that sexy red dress that matched her own crimson and orange tux perfectly did not help in that matter.
Next came the dip, Catra executed the move on Adora with the utmost grace and splendor but she was finished with just a dip. No she would not back down, it was now or never so might as well be now. She thought to herself.
"We're gonna win in the end~..."
Catra sang much softer and went in for the kiss..
Sparks were definitely flying when the lips of Adora and Catra locked. The two were basked in a prismatic aura of magic Adora had transformed into She-ra without the sword. Then the lights had faded. The girls were nearly deffened by the cheers, screams and applause of the crowd. (As well as "I Freaking Knew It!" From Frosta.)
They both looked so into each other eyes filled with love. Yes love they could finally, truly accept reality.. They loved each other and they always have.
Still high in the afterglow of their kiss Catra looked over the crowd and sang once more.
"We must be strong!"
"And we must be brave!"
But it was not Catra but Adora who sang the line grinning. The lovers nodded and continued. the song in tandem.
"We gotta find every bit of strength that we have and never let it go!"
"We must be strong!"
"And we must be brave!"
This time the girls swapped verses still holding onto each other like they were The last two people on the planet.
"We gotta search inside, stand together and fight and never let it gooooo!"
Catra sang going as high as she could on the last note before lowering to her natural voice for the ending.
" We must be stroooong…"
Catra looked over at the love of her life and smiled lovingly.
"Hey Adora…"
"Hey Catra..." Adora smiled back the She-ra form fading. "You love me, how embarrassing for you."
"You're such an idiot." Catra laughed, smiling at the love of her life. "But yeah I love you Adora, I always have."
"I love you too," Adora replied, her eyes glistening with tears of joy.
And in that moment nothing else mattered, not the war, not the princess,not titles, or duty just each other.