"Adora!"
Catra woke up screaming her former best friend's name, having that nightmare about her glare again. As she breathed harder, she looked at her surroundings and she finds herself on a bed.
"Where? Where am I?" she asked. She felt a bit of pain from her wound that came from her back and chest, but she saw a white bandage cloth covering both parts in order to heal them.
"You're on Earth. We found you falling from the sky through some portal, and you're wounded so we helped you recover," John responds as he enters the room. At least his dog is being calm in seeing her. After all, he doesn't sense anything bad about her. If possible, they can be great friends, breaking the archetype between cats and dogs in terms of their relationship. As his guest heard about her wound, she touched the cloth that covered it. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you," he even proved this by putting his gun at the drawer near her.
"Y-You're not?" Catra asked with confusion.
"No, I'm not," and that's the truth. "By the way, my name is John Wick, but you can call me John."
"I'm Catra."
"Nice to meet you, Catra," John takes a seat next to her. "I know you're from a world that's different from mine. Can you tell me what's going on in that world you're from?"
"I don't know. I don't wanna talk about it," she said, unsure in her voice.
"You can trust me. I know about fantasy worlds, and I'm open to them."
"Well, okay. It all started two days ago..."
She told him about what had happened in Etheria. Once again, she got into another fight with Adora, her former best friend which culminated in her attempting to destroy all of Etheria with the portal just to win against her, considering her envy towards her for always getting what she wanted. Of course she told him about her being She-Ra, the legendary princess fighting for the Rebellion. Anyway, the last time she saw her, she gave her that glare, signifying the fact that Adora is done getting through her. Therefore, their friendship is dead.
What had happened had scared her. She started to lose hope in what she did. That became the first time she realized that everything happening around her is her own fault. Anyway, the organization she worked for, the Horde, has a new leader called Horde Prime and he is worse than its first leader, Hordak. When Prime ordered her to burn down a house with the villager and his family inside it, she rebelled against him and tried to flee from him, only to get shot with something at the back which also pierced through her chest and sent falling down the river. She lost consciousness afterwards before she woke up to find herself in a different world.
"I see… So that's what happened before you got here," John commented and it shows how quickly accepting he is in the new information regarding the other world.
"Yeah, that's what happened," Catra nodded.
"It was harsh regarding that look Adora gave you on that day when she fixed reality. That's nothing compared to my case with Winston."
"Winston? Who's that?"
"He's the manager of the Continental Hotel of this city, and he was my friend."
"Was? What did he do to you?"
"Well, for starters, I was ordered to kill him by the leader of the High Table. If I do that, then I would be free of that bounty and have my life back. When I got to him, I didn't kill him, and so I defended him from the High Table going after him. During parlay, how does he pay me in return for not trying to kill him? He shot me repeatedly and sent me falling off the Continental rooftop. It's lucky that I survived this."
"Wow, how lucky you are," Catra commented.
"The Bowery King took me in, and that's how I'm here, helping him take down the High Table," John concluded.
"You're an assassin, aren't you?" Catra guessed right.
"Yes, I am. A retired assassin," John nodded. "I was supposed to be out of the game but circumstances forced me back into the life I left," he saw the uneasiness in her eyes. "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you. I may be an assassin, but I don't kill innocent people. I believe your innocent and your story proves it. Also, my dog isn't hostile towards you. He doesn't sense anything evil from you."
"Why thank you. That's… nice."
The two paused for a second before continuing on with their conversation.
"So, what are you gonna do now? Now that you're in my world, that is," John breaks the silence.
"I don't know. What's the point of living when your best friend hates you now?" Catra responded with depression on her face.
"Well, you can join our little rebellion," he suggested.
"What?" she is surprised.
"After hearing your story with what happened to you in your world, I figured that you and I are not so different even if we have different paths. There's still a chance for you to set things right with Adora, and this is it. Will you help me take down the High Table?"
John extended his hand, and Catra accepted it.
"Yes, I will help you. If we ever get the chance to go to Etheria, will you help me take down the Horde?" she asked in return.
"Yes, I will," John responded.
After they shook hands as a sign of their alliance, John left the room so that Catra can rest.
"Well, what do you guys think?" he asked the Bowery King and Tick Tock Man right outside.
"I think we can have her as our new ally," the King responded with a smile on his face.
"Same here," Tick Tock nodded.
"Why not? I love cats," the Administrator added.
Meanwhile, on another planet far, far away from Earth…
"Your Majesty!" the Magicat known as Olivia called for her queen. "I received transmission from the portal that was open from a planet called Etheria."
"What do you think of it, Olivia?" C'yra asked.
"I think it came from the one that was your child, my queen."
Upon hearing this news has not only shocked her, but also her family. Her husband, Felix is baffled by the news of his daughter returning. Her oldest daughter, Emily has the same reaction. She waited for a long time to meet her younger sister.
"Where… Where is she?" C'yra asked the next question.
"From a planet in a galaxy far, far away from Etheria called Terra. Or Earth as that's what it's recently called."
"Then we should head course to Earth and bring her back here. Prepare the portal!"
Author: Of course I'm going to include 'Catra is the princess of the Magicats' plot. I just hope that AJ Michalka's big sister, Aly would appear in the show as Catra's big sister. That could help out more in her redemption arc in the next season or so.
