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INT: A Nursery with pastel walls and gold accents. Outside, a clear night sky. There is contemporary/futuristic furniture and toys all over the floor. 

Two women stand over a table with an infant on it.

Adora, wearing a pink tunic and purple pants, struggles to hold back laughter at the sight of Catra struggling to put a diaper on the infant.

ADORA: Catra, what are you doing?!

CATRA: Putting a diaper on the baby, what does it look like I'm doing?

ADORA: (still laughing) That's not how you put a diaper on a baby!!!

CATRA: What? It covers up everything so it's fine-

Catra pauses, a grin widening on her face.

CATRA: If you think you can do a better job, be my guest.

Adora laughs nervously.

ADORA: Actually you know what? I think I'm fine.

CATRA: C'mon, You've saved the universe, surely you can change a diaper!

There is a sudden BANG, from the window an explosion is visible. The infant begins to cry.

Adora quickly grabs the baby and holds it in her arms.

Catra runs to the door, opening it slowly and peeking her head out, and then turning to Adora with a worried expression.

The baby continues to cry in Adora's arms.

Adora gently cradles the infant, gently whispering to them.

ADORA: Shh...it's gonna be alright...everything is fine. Catra, say everything is gonna be alr-

Adora looks to Catra hoping for reassurance, but Catra isn't there. Instead, she sees a woman with long red hair. The woman turns around, revealing her face. She's nearly identical to Adora!

Adora's face turns pale.

Adora: Who-Who are you!?

There is a loud CRASH as the window shatters, and a large, hooded figure climbs through, walking slowly towards Adora.

Adora holds the infant tightly, and the cloaked figure passes her by and passes the strange woman by the door, leaving the room.

Adora looks down only to find her hands empty, THE BABY IS GONE. In an instant, Adora chases after the figure, entering a long dark hallway.

As the hooded figure continues to escape, Adora finds herself seemingly running in place as the halls continue to stretch, but the hooded figure gets further and further away, and the infant's cries grow fainter and fainter.

Adora starts to faintly hear familiar voices.

SCORPIA: Aww, Catra!? You made Adora breakfast? That is soo sweet of you!

CATRA: (whispering) Shut up! I'm trying not to wake her.

Adora reaches out with her right hand, and a glowing blur appears in front of it.

ADORA: FOR THE HONOR-

Cut To:

INT. BRIGHTMOON PALACE, ADORA'S ROOM-MORNING

Adora jolts awake, her hand raised, but no glow.

ADORA: OF GRAYSKU-

Adora turns to Catra and SCORPIA standing at the side of her bed. Catra is holding a cloche. (a tableware cover, sometimes made out of silver)

Catra turns to Scorpia, visibly angry.

CATRA: Great, you woke her up!!!

SCORPIA: Oh yeah, I see how I did that. Sorry, yeah that's my bad...

Catra continues to scold Scorpia while Adora looks around the room in confusion. Then it hits her.

ADORA: WHERE'S THE BABY???

Catra looks confused.

CATRA: What baby?

Scorpia looks visibly excited.

SCORPIA: YOU'RE HAVING A BABY?! CONGRATULATIONS!!! OH I'M SO EXCITED!!!

CATRA: WHAT!? No, We're not having a- GET OUT.

SCORPIA: Ohh, I'm sorry... Yeah, I'll just be on my way, I should probably be packing up anyway.

Scorpia steps out of the room.

Catra puts the cloche down on a table next to the bed and sits next to Adora.

Adora seems confused, but also upset.

CATRA: Some dream you were having. Everything okay?

ADORA: Yeah, I'm fine. It's just... you and I...we had a baby, it felt so real.

Adora looks down at her empty hands, still struggling to process what happened.

Catra stares at Adora, perplexed.

ADORA: Anyway, what's in the upside-down bowl?

Catra reaches for the cloche and puts it down in front of Adora.

CATRA: It took me all morning, but I made something for you.

Adora removes the cloche, beneath is a burnt mass of what used to be breakfast.

ADORA: Oh...um...Thanks?

CATRA: What?! I worked really hard on it!

Adora laughs.

ADORA: It's perfect Catra, thank you.

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