A few days after Luz and Anne went home, Adora was brushing her teeth on Brightmoon's roof, the wind whipping her ponytail everywhere.
The portals to Wartwood and the owl house were just where they had left them. For now. Catra, Bow and Glimmer had had to literally drag her away from watching them all night. She had finally fell asleep on her hard bed, Catra curled up beside her, purring.
Blushing, she savored the memory, so she didn't hear Luz open Hooty's door and call "Hey, Adora!"
Adora jumped out of her skin dropping her toothbrush.
"Oh sorry" Luz rubbed her short hair that she definitely didn't brush after putting on her multicolored school uniform. "That's kinda Catra's thing, isn't it?"
The mention of Catra made Adora blush harder as she scrambled to find her toothbrush.
"Why are you up so early?" Adora wondered.
"it's a school day"
"Oh yeah, that's a thing. Once, we had to lie to Bow's dads and said we went to school since he didn't tell them he was in the rebellion"
"…Your life is really weird, Adora"
"And yours isn't?"
"Touché"
"And have you heard any more about…" Adora said carefully.
Luz understood. She shook her head. "Nothing. As far as we can tell, Belos hasn't left his castle. But we have to be ready at any time"
Amity came up the hill, pushing a wheelbarrow with an abomination in a vat.
She turned scarlet upon seeing Luz but waved. "Morning, Luz! Oh, hey, Adora"
"Where are you going?" Luz called.
"School's cancelled. Pixie infestation again!"
"Are they stealing my thing?" suddenly Catra was there on the roof. For the second time Adora startled. This time her toothbrush flew over the side of Brightmoon, landing with a splash in the surrounding lake.
Adora watched it fall with a frown.
"What are you doing up here? You were fast asleep in our bed"
Amity looked like she would explode from embarrassment. Luz's eyes sparkled "I ship it" she whispered.
"I don't know what that means" Adora said flatly.
Catra's eyes flickered to Luz and Amity and coughed awkwardly "I…woke up because you were gone." She smiled and gently fixed Adora ponytail "and I knew you were doing something stupid, dummy. Who brushes their teeth on the roof?"
"Not me, now"
"Welp, goodbye for now, school books" Luz threw her bundle of text books back through Hooty's door
and dusted off her hands.
"You guys want to come in for some apple blood? Not the hard kind obviously"
"Sounds like one of the weird drinks Seahawk drinks at the tavern" Catra said raising her eyebrow as she stepped through the portal, Adora following her.
"Find any good mice lately, Catra? Hoot hoot?" Hooty asked.
Catra hissed in annoyance. "That was one time!"
Adora snorted.
Inside, Eda was sound asleep on the couch, King curled up on her stomach, snoring.
Quietly, Luz grabbed four mugs from the kitchen and filled them as the other girls sat down.
"Anne is working her family's vegetable stand today, she just texted me" Luz said, pulling her phone out. "but she said she can hang out later. She said she didn't notice anything…weird on her end yet."
She glanced at Eda, still sound asleep, muttering something about shiny things and rolling over. "Let's not wake Eda, ok? Or she'll make us work our stand"
Adora drank stiffly and put her mug down on the table. "Glimmer's spells are powerful. I hope they're powerful enough"
"She has messed up spells before" Catra pointed out. "Double Trouble said her truth spell took a few tries.
"Thanks, Catra" Adora crossed her arms. "there's a thought"
Catra put her hands up in surrender. "I'm just saying"
Adora gave her a gentle noogie. "Wow, way to have faith in your friends, Catra!"
"Ok, ok, I apologize" Catra laughed.
Luz's phone pinged. "Never mind, Anne ditched the stand." Luz said. "want to go visit her?"
"Eh, nothing better to do" Catra said, untangling herself from Adora.
"Sure, Wartwood has so much weird food" Adora rubbed her hands together, as if imagining her next food coma.
"Is your stomach actually made of iron?" Catra asked sardonically as they stepped past Hooty and past the portal…
….as a figure in an owl mask came out from being concealed in the nearby forest once the girls were gone. He cautiously touched the portal door but a pink energy sizzled as he touched it preventing him from going through.
He took out a crystal ball from his robes.
"status report, your excellency…I cannot get through the portal "
"For now." replied Belos "for now"
To be continued….
Let me know if I should keep the continuation/sequel here for simplicity's sake or make a new document. Either way I hope you enjoy more crossover nonsense!