Princess Of Salineas (Catradora X Fem)

❁☆~ Childhood ~☆❁

"Young cadets, you have a new teammate joining you. Fetch her a fresh uniform and make sure she settles in nicely."

The tall lady commands with her hands gripping onto my tiny shoulders forcefully.

I shudder as the door behind me closes with a loud thud. I look up from the floor to see dozens of eyes looking down on me like I'm a weak little mouse in a room full of cats.

"Here's your uniform," A girl says, shoving a white shirt and grey pants into my little arms.

"Um thank you..." I reply awkwardly, not quite knowing what to do now.

"Here, this bed is free, I guess you can take it. And I'm Lonnie by the way."

"Oh hi, I'm Da-"

"I didn't ask." She quickly cuts me off. Wow, who replaced her heart with a cactus?

With my head returning to its original 45 degree angle and the floor being my only visual, I climb onto the bottom bunk in the back left corner of the room.

"Aye! Don't Lonnie get under your skin, she's just annoyed that she didn't win training today, again." I heard a voice from above.

I look up to the bed on my right and see a cute blonde haired girl. She jumps down and lands right in front of my bed.

"Wow! Your hair is really long!" She exclaims, grabbing a handful of my hair and weaving her fingers through it. "Catra, come meet the new girl!"

I hear some rustling up from where the energetic girl came from, when suddenly a little feline head perks up and jumps down the same way that the first girl did.

"Hi newbie, the name's Catra. So why'd they bring you here?" She asks, sitting on the bottom of the bunk bed she jumped off opposite me.

"Oh um, I actually came from the 'Junior Junior Cadets'." I shyly state.

"Wow! So you moved up to the 'Junior Cadets'! I thought you were a bit short, hehe."

"Yeah me too, you must be a really good fighter then. And by the way, this is Adora who failed to introduce herself." Catra says just before an announcement is spoken through the loudspeakers.

"All Junior Cadets meet in training room 03."

"Well, welcome to the Junior Cadets -uh.."

"Daria"

"Daria, huh nice name." Adora enthusiastically claims.

☆~ 1 year later ~☆

I charge at Kyle and he clumsily swings his stave as a duck striking him on his mechanical chestplate showing a large red X as a sign of his defeat.

"Ahhh!" Lonnie yells as she comes at me from behind. As I am still on the floor, I roll away from her strike that landed right where my head once was. She strikes again but I block it as I stand up and swipe her feat with my leg. Just as I'm about to hit her chestplate Catra swoops in and takes the hit for me.

"Aye! That was my point cheater!" I yell with a small knowing smile on my face, of course Catra would be so cheeky as to steal my point.

"Ugh, this isn't a game, Daria..." Lonnie groans. "You don't have to play by any rules."

"Then how is it that whenever I do go by the rules, I always kick your ass?" I confidently state with a large smirk across my face. But suddenly my pride vanishes within a blink as I'm shoved to the ground from behind.

"Adoraaaaa I was having a moment, couldn't you wait? You just completely killed my ego!"

"That wasn't your ego, you were just being cocky." Lonnie corrects me as she pulls me up by the hand. "Good round though, I think I lasted a little longer with you than usual."

"I have to agree with you Lon Bon." I nudge her shoulder jokingly before she returns it to me harder.

I walk over to Catra and Adora and join in mid conversation.

"Well, if I came in first, people might expect me to actually start doing stuff." Catra explains, "Trust me, second place suits me just fine."

"Wait, you beat me!?" I whine.

"Yup, you were good though, you did manage to beat our worst teammates." Catra smirks.

"Oh shut up kitten, I bet Adora was going easy on you and you still only got second place."

"Aw, you look stupid trying to insult someone with a higher score than you." Catra laughs, scruffing my hair as the three of us begin our walk to the cafe.

"Actually you stole her hit Cat." Adora corrects her matter-of-factly. "So, if we tally the points up properly then-".

"Fine, fine, I'll give it to Dari." She groans in annoyance, but a small smile appears when she looks at her friends happy faces.