If We Tried ~ Catradora AU

1 ~ Fresh Start

[WARNING:
I like writing long chapters. None of that "wait one week for something short", no. Each chapter will have two or three separate parts, or plot lines which will eventually lead to the end, possibly a sequel if I enjoy writing this. It's my first story, but English IS my first language and I love to write, so hopefully you are able to feel a connection to the characters in the story, as did I with spop and other Catradora fanfics. Anyways, on with the story!]

It was a warm day in Bright Moon. The cool breeze blew gently kissing the foreheads of the people in the area. The late summer's sun shone brightly in the sky. Bird's whistled and leaves rustled in a sweet melody. And Adora... was packing things into a mini van?

  [Adora's POV]

I inhaled the fresh, cool air as I heaved heavy boxes onto the van. I checked my phone for the time and it was only around 8am, but it felt like it had been forever. My arms were killing me! Not to mention, my parents were not helping. I wasn't able to concentrate on what I was doing and all I could hear was them muttering and being a bit too excited for me to leave this dump. I mean, I guess it wasn't all bad. At least I got a room to myself so that my older brother Adam didn't annoy me all the time.

He was a cool brother, but he was always the star student in my parents' eyes. I would work twice as hard as him, get amazing grades in comparison to him and even tried to be more compassionate and helpful to my parents than he was. Most of the time he was upstairs in his room playing video games, while I was in the kitchen doing the dishes. (Stereotypical, I know). But there was always one thing we could relate on. A Netflix show me and him enjoyed equally. "She-Ra and The Princesses Of Power"

[A/N: IN THIS AU, THE SPOP SERIES HAD DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, BUT THE MAIN CHARACTER WAS STILL CALLED ADORA (we'll get there in a second), AND THE ANTAGONIST IS STILL CALLED CATRA. OTHER THAN THAT, THE REBOOT CHARACTERS THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE ARE IN THIS STORY BUT NOT IN THE SERIES ALEX AND ADORA WATCH.]

Adam is 4 years older than me and actually watched the 80s versions of She-Ra and He-Man growing up because our parents kept trying to be nostalgic and introducing it to him. When the reboot of the show appeared on Netflix, Adam told me about how he would pretend to be He-Man when he was younger, and when I was born they called me Adora after the warrior, She-Ra, and those nicknames kind of stuck around since then. It made us closer, but to be honest, anyone could tell we were siblings from a mile away. Golden blonde hair, aquamarine blue eyes. It was nice to grow up with someone who had a similar sense of humour and appearance to me.

- "Hey She-Ra! Have you loaded everything onto the van?" Adam shouted back from the driver's seat of the van.

-"Almost! Just give me a sec." I called out.

-"Isn't he just the sweetest little boy to our girl?" My mother said, emphasising "girl", to almost make it sound uncomfortable. Almost.

-"Well he has grown quite a bit. He's going to move out, soon after Adora leaves." My father responded calmly.

I heard Adam getting tired of their sentimental conversation making loud groans and shouting: "MOM! DAD! CAN YOU PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT ME AND WORRY ABOUT ADORA! SHE'S LITERALLY GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL AND YOU DON'T EVEN SEEM TO CARE!"

I must admit, it was sweet of him to stick up for me. He never really liked how our parents focused their attention on him, but he managed, as did I.