Why can’t I just see her?
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BOOM!!
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She-Ra opened her eyes; everyone everywhere was unravelling before her. A ringing noise sounded throughout her ears while the Horde soldiers fled. She tried to call out for her friends but all she could do was silently scream.
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SMASH!!
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Everything happened so quickly; they were gone… but why? Just seconds ago the battle was at its highest peck and now her friends were crowded around her, congratulating her on winning the battle.
“You did it She-Ra, you saved us!” A girl with long blonde hair cheered.
Adora was utterly confused. She knew she didn’t do anything. “But I- I didn’t do anyth-“
“Ȃ̷̼͈̠͉̞̜̆̋̐͜͝ͅd̸̪͎̗̦̮̲̥͖̳͎̬̤̮̭͙͕̣̲̎̿̾̒ó̸̡̡̰͕̞̞̣̰̺̱͕̯̝͕̜͎̈́̑̀̋͛͆͂͋̉̈̈́̚r̸̗͉̱̦̹̼̫͔̼̻͊̉̓̅̉̇̔̾͆́͊̓̑̍͝͝ͅȁ̵̧̮̥̳͉̘͔̮͉͕̣͚̠̦͖͍̮̀̈́̈͊͑̔̑͑̅̓͝?̴̡̙̮͓̠͚͉̬̫͉̺͕̃̾͋̂͂̃̈́̾̕͘̕͝”
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“AAAAAAH!” Adora yelped as she nearly jumped out of her own hard bed. She sat upright abnormally quick; almost like she had already done this before.
It was just a dream; just a dream Adora she thought but it wasn’t just a dream. She couldn’t deny what happened, it was all so clear yet not clear enough.
There she was; cat ears and a maroon mask in all its glory, standing on opposite sides of the battle. Adora would never admit to anyone that her heart still beats a little faster as she saw her old best friend.
It doesn’t make sense Adora thought. Then all of a sudden Glimmer popped into her room with pink sparkles flowing behind her. “Adora, it’s nearly time for the… ar- are you okay?” Glimmer asked in a worried tone.
“Mhm? Oh yeah sure, let’s ah… let’s just get to the meeting” Adora said in a groggy voice.
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“Can everyone please calm down! One at a time, you first” Adora was taken out of her daze with a jump as Queen Angella spoke loudly to the room full of princesses. She encouraged her daughter Glimmer to speak up about what she had witnessed.
Glimmer then stood up from her chair with Triumph as she continued with her version of the story. Having your mother as the Queen of Brightmoon definitely did have its advantages.
“M- I mean ah, your majesty. Not everything was super clear to me but I do remember She-Ra saving the day and scaring all the horde soldiers out of here… well except for one…” Glimmer then trailed off with a snarled look written across her entire face.
The whole room seemed to shift and turn into a toxic kind of flow rather than the bright and airy feel it had just seconds ago. Adora clenched her fist on the table as the room whispered around her.
Bow then stood abruptly and terrified nearly everyone in the room while he saluted to the Queen “Your majesty, I would like to add to Glimmer's story if you don’t mind…” he waited for her approval; only to get a genuine knowing smile his way. “Well first off I’m pretty sure I saw an explosion in the distance… then She-Ra just completely lost it and made every-single-one of the horde soldiers turn back… it was crazy”
Adoras brow creased at Glimmer and Bows bold assumptions. She was about to speak up until Frosta jumped onto the table. “Yeah, exactly Bow!!! And then She-Ra went like CRASHH!!! Into all these bots and then all the soldiers just ran away like a couple of babies”
“Princess Frosta, please hop down from the table; that is not appropriate nor needed in the war room” Angellas voice beamed throughout the room in an almost alarmingly calm tone.
“Sorry, your majesty” Frosta whispered as she climbed down from the tall table compared to her small stature and sat back down on the just as big chair.
Once the room had settled from such a disturbance in their conversation… again; Adora decided that she was going to tell them what actually happened and finish this discussion.
“No, none of that is right! You all just saw what you wanted to see and not what actually happened… I’m honestly not completely sure if I believe it myself but I know Catra did help… somehow…” Adoras heart was beating at a faster pace than usual as she was telling her side of the story. Sweat started to appear on her forehead as the others stared at her in complete shock and confusion.
“Ummm, yeah that doesn’t make like anyyy sense. Why would Catra everrr help us?” Mermista said in her usual flat tone.
“Look I don’t know any more than you do but I do know that I should be there once she wakes up. If I could jus-“
“No Adora, we already said no the first couple of times you asked. I’m sorry but she could be dangerous. I know she is still asleep but that doesn’t mean she couldn’t get into your head somehow...” Angellas tone was firm so as to stop Adora in her tracks but kind enough to feel what Adora must be going through.
“If you would like, all three of you may go down to the hospital wing and ask the nurses how she is doing but for now… do not intervene” She inhaled heavily through her long pink nose and signalled for the meeting to be adjourned. “Thank you all for coming, I will have letters sent out to all of your kingdoms and inform you of the situation”
Adora then slumped back in her chair as the other princesses left the room discussing their input on what they thought had happened. Glimmer noticed that Adora probably wasn’t going to get up anytime soon so she decided to teleport Bow, Adora and herself back to her own room in a poof of pink sparkles.
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A cloud of pink and purple sparkles appeared above Glimmer's floating bed that was Irrationally high. “Listen Adora” Glimmer started with a sympathetic tone “None of us actually saw what happened; everything was super dark and the other princesses don’t… really… believe you…”
“Ugh so! That doesn’t matter! Queen Angella ordered the guards to take Catra to the hospital wing once she saw… once Angella saw… Catra just lying there…” Adora trailed off nearly losing herself again to the bad thoughts and memories of what she saw. “so… that must mean something right?!” Glimmer then laid a hand on Adoras knee so as to calm her down a little before continuing.
“I- I know she has done some bad things but I really think I need to be there once she wakes up. She could freak out and accidentally hurt someone” She twiddled with her thumbs as she waited for a reply from her friends.
Glimmer was about to speak up but Bow bet her to it. “How about we just go and do what Angella suggested? Even though you can’t really see her; you can still get intel to see if Catra is alright” Bow let a generous smile leave his lips as Glimmer decided he was right.
“Alright, I like that idea as well…” She waited for Adoras reply but could tell she was going to go against it “LET'S GO!” Glimmer shouted before grabbing her two friends then teleporting out in a cloud of pink sparkles.
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“Aaaaaaaah! Oh my gosh Glimmmmer, a little warning next time?!” Bow exclaimed.
“Oops, sorry Bow” Glimmer said, rubbing the back of her head. “I ah, just wanted to get her before Adora could testify… um, where is Adora?” Oh my god, did she seriously just run off without us? And to what? Get to Catra? They won’t let her in! Glimmer thought.
“Well we should really be used to this by now; since when has she ever listened when she puts her mind to something?” Bow expressed as he started to run after his friend.
“Well, could you at least wait up?” Glimmer grumbled as they both zoomed off without her “oh wait, heh I have powers”
She then met up with the others in the split of a second; which definitely didn’t scare Bow whenever she popped out of nowhere. “So where’s Ado-“ Bow cut her off by pointing directly in front of them.
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“Wa- ah come on! Can I just see if she is okay? The Queen ordered the guards to take her here for a reason right?!” Adora exclaimed.
“ Probably just so she could get information out of that filthy cat ” a nurse whispered to another as they walked by.
Adoras blood boiled; she was about to pounce on that nurse until Bow wrapped her in a big hug to stop her from hurting someone. “You don’t even know her!” She shouted as they quickly ran away.
“Adora you need to calm down! They could kick you out of here! it is a hospital...” Bow said in a quiet voice.
She took a deep breath and peeled herself off of Bow. “Alright I’m sorry, I just can’t help it. Catra always told me she hated going to the ER so… I just wanted to be there”
“Well ah… sorry to interrupt you again but if you would like, I could go see how she is doing at the moment?” The nurse that Adora was previously hounding, let a small smile fall to her face as she gave her a small solution to Adoras worries.
I guess that’s better than nothing Adora thought. She glanced over to Bow for some sort of validation; then nodded yes to the nurse who turned away as soon as Adora seemed pleased with the agreement.
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“Adora, it’s been a few days since the battle. She has to wake up eventually so… you just have to be patient” Bow said in a thoughtful voice.
“Oooor a plus for us, she won’t wake up at all” Glimmer said in a not so quiet voice. “Ow,” she then whispered as Bow shoved her in the arm a little.
“Well yeah but ugh, they haven’t even let me see her. I mean how rude is that?!” Adora threw up her arms so as to Emphasise her anger.
“Okay well how about we just wait fo-“ Bow cut himself off once the best friend squad saw about a dozen of nurses running in the same direction.
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CRASH!!
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“What the heck is going on?!” Glimmer exclaimed
All of a sudden a blaring alarm beamed throughout the entire hospital wing. The hallway seemed to elongate and stretch once a bright red light flashed at the same pace as the alarm.
“Uuum? Does this usually happen?” Adora spoke in a worried tone.
“Ah no, no it doesn’t,” Glimmer and Bow said simultaneously.
Then in the blink of an eye, there she was. Catra in plain sight and awake once again. She looked absolutely terrible; patches of blood spotted her hospital gown while some of the visible stitches on my arms and check had come undone. She clearly wasn't supposed to be out of her bed.
“Catra?!” Adora called from the opposite end of the hallway…