Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Princess and the Lioness. Enjoy the 1000-word chapter. I don't own She-Ra, Mattel and a few others do.
Catra dodged a punch which shattered a rock behind her head, she kicked the armored being as the being fell to the ground… Or to a knee as she saw.
"Ok… That hurt." The being said before he grabbed her and slammed her into the ground when she went for a kick.
He easily held her in an armored hand by the neck like a cat being held by its mother.
"Name one reason I shouldn't snap your neck like a wishbone." He said while he rested his other arm on his injured arm.
"Catra!" Both beings heard as the figure dropped Catra and respond with a blast of fire which stopped the figure from joining the fight.
The figure turned back to Catra and cracked his arm.
"You attacked me; I didn't attack you… Why?" The being asked before Catra rolled her eyes.
"Your new here, aren't you? Fancy ship and no brains." She hissed while the being rolled his eyes.
"Says the one named 'Catra'… I am Brennus, former… Prince of Voruta…" Brennus stated before he turned to the other being before leaping onto the wreckage of his ship.
"Where am I?" Brennus asked, he looked at the duo and crossed his arms.
"Wow, you are really new here, aren't you?" The girl with scorpion claws and a tail asked while Brennus tapped on the ship with his foot.
"Fresh off the boat." Brennus stated sarcastically while Catra rolled her eyes.
"Great, another smart mouth on Etheria…" Catra stated before Brennus jumped down and landed in front of the duo.
"I doubt you live in the desert… So, I'm going to take a wild guess and say you have a base which sent you here… Your both warriors, like I am…" Brennus said and then looked at the steps where both Catra and the other woman as he started walking.
"Where are you going?!" Catra asked and Brennus turned to look over at them.
"You came from a base… That is where I am heading… You're the ones who left tracks in the desert… Besides, I don't want to be anywhere near here when the ship explodes." Brennus stated before Catra flipped onto the rock in front of him.
"Do you want to be a charred corpse? We need to be at least a mile away… I think… Ow…" Brennus said, clutching his side again and turned to the other person.
"You know there's a war going on, with those stupid princesses and the Horde… You look like a rebel." Catra said before Brennus grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her a few dozen feet before a shockwave exploded outwards and knocked the trio down.
Brennus climbed to his feet then pushed himself to the rocky outcropping.
"First of all, lady, I literally… Ow! Literally just arrived here, two? If there's a rebellion, then what makes you think I'm on their side? I came from a planet where…. I had…" Brennus started to say before he toggles a switch which caused his helmet to retract into his armor.
He pointed at the scar running down his face.
"This is what I got for trusting another royal who wasn't my brother and the worthless fool who I trusted and lost my throne and planet because of… From that same fool, why would I be aiding the rebellion…. Second, if you're from a military then don't you think I'd like to… I don't know, meet this army before I decide who I'm going to side with? Lady, I lost everything from trusting someone like a bunch of princesses… If you want another fight, then let's go… But for the love of my home, at the very least let me see the Horde." Brennus said as Catra looked at the other girl.
"Catra, I don't think he's a rebel… I mean c'mon, look at him… No offence!" The other person said and Brennus shrugged and then winced.
"Scorpia…." Catra went to say before Scorpia held up her claws.
"Do you know anything about Bright Moon, Hordak, Adora?" Scorpia asked, Catra's face contorted into a scowl at the mention of the last name.
"No… Who is Hordak and Adora?" Brennus asked, he could already guess that Bright Moon was a place, not a person.
"She's a backstabbing, lowdown, arrogant…." Catra started to hiss out before Scorpia stepped between the duo.
"She's a former bestie of Catra… Hordak is our boss… He's the General of the Horde… He's kind of Catra and my boss…" Scorpia said, Brennus hummed.
"Hordak… Well, if he recruited both of you, then I want to meet him… And Catra?" Brennus asked before he turned to look at her.
"Do I look like I work for the princesses…?" Brennus stated before Scorpia tapped him on the armor.
"Catra, that armor is nothing like anything the princesses have, I really don't think Brennus is working for them, Hordak sent us to check out the crashed ship and we found Brennus… I really don't think he's an enemy or he would have killed us… You did kind of drop kick him the second he turned around to look at you… Maybe we should let Entrapta look at his armor before we just label him a rebel?" Scorpia said before Brennus turned to her.
"If it helps, I'll let her see it… I don't know much of it myself… Anyway, can we go… Unless you want someone to come here who isn't on your side?" Brennus asked as he continued to follow the tracks.
"Fine, I'll kill you if you try anything." Catra said and Brennus chuckled.
"I like you already, you remind me of one of my friends… Now let's go, if you're going to scavenge anything, I need to tell Entrapta what to get…." Brennus said before he leapt down the dune and wings made of fire came from his back.
"This is so going to be interesting." Catra said before she led the flying warrior back towards the Fright Zone.
Little did they know what would happen soon.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! I'm glad this got a few likes already. I do want to point some things out… He-Man will show up later, I do not know if Adora and Catra will go anywhere…. I do not have any problems with relationships like that. Brennus isn't overpowered, just very skilled and smart. Next chapter will be tomorrow hopefully and will show Brennus meeting the rest of the Horde. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Gamma, thanks for the review and Like, idk if AdoraXCatra is in the story. Brennus and Catra is the main pairing currently.