Leaving The Past

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Tora watched as Catra leaped between enchanted targets, the faint blue glow never leaving her as she struggled under the pressure that he had enchanted the room with. She was heavy, clumsy even but yet she still managed to wield the heavy sword.

She is far stronger than she would like herself to believe ...her mother couldn't even stand up under atmosphere manipulation like this until she was in her mid twenties. Tora thought, watching as a flying clay disk shattered upon contact with her blade.

He couldn't help but smirk as he watched her movements and how her body positioned itself so naturally to task. Her eyes were dilated, her sweat coated fur bristled, and every inch of muscle seemed to tremble as she tried to deny the more primal urges that he as sure she felt at the sight of so many moving targets. However, she wasn't even using her magic or the sword's own power.

No, she was relying on her pure strength out of reflex, her subconsciousness still weary of magic from the years of abuse she had faced. The realization disgusted the bangle coated Magi-Cat. For a child to hold instinctive fear over something that came so natural to some species? 

"Good! But I want you to try to use the sword...Or at the very least your own powers." He instructed, prompting her eyes and ears to flick over in his direction before she offered a half of a nod before the blade seemed to burst to lift with an electric current.

"Yeah, well I want you to turn it up a notch old man...I want to test myself, not stay at the same level the Horde cadets are at. I want to be strong enough to take on a force captain on my own ...or even Shadow Weaver." Catra responded before charging at the targets, shattering them in a flurry of speed and energy.

I think she's ready to face the trials that would mark her as the heir…But that will have to wait until C'yra can go out with her. Even I don't know what the trials are.

He thought as he electrically charged the targets and added even more speed to them. If Catra wanted to take it up a level, he would.

He was surprised to see her send him a smirk before sending a blast of magic toward the targets, shattering them.

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Adora was in and out of sleep that night, her thoughts running wild and when she finally found sleep, she seemed to only be woken up again as of a heavy mass of fur flopped down across her feet.

"Ugh...Catra? What the hell?" She mumbled, earning a murmured groan.

"Sorry but gravity just got heavier ...literally. my whole body hurts and my bed is preoccupied so I'm not moving...just kick me out of your way." Catra muttered, muffled by the covers and Adora couldn't help but laugh.

"What in the world have you been doing this evening? I mean you just vanished." She asked, sitting up and running a hand through Catra's hair, noticing that the feline didn't have her mask on for some reason.

"Training with my dad." 

Catra mumbled, leaning into the touch as she added in a jumbled purr

"Next time someone says people with disabilities are weak...I'm going to personally kick their ass ...Because I've watched Anu and my dad spar and both of them are kick ass...Not to mention my aunt who can fight just as well as anyone even if she can't hear. Hordak is stupid." 

Adora hummed in agreement as Catra curled herself into the touch, her whole body vibrating with the noise now.

"Your family I really something, you know? I wonder if…" Adora began,stopping herself from voicing that thought, however a tail wrapped tight around her wrist as her girlfriend sleepily muttered

" M' family 's your family Adora." 

With that, Catra slowly scooted on all fours towards the top of the bed, pushing Adora down against the mattress before curling closer to the blonde, arm and tail draping themselves tightly around Adora's waist as Catra's rumbling seemed to vibrate through Adora as well.

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Glimmer couldn't believe what she heard at breakfast the next morning, or the fact that two very unfamiliar kids were sitting in their dining hall.

"And this was Catra? Like, the sarcastic asshole cat that keeps tripping me in the halls, Catra?" Glimmer asked How as she glanced across the table at the two small children who was sitting with the other Magi-Cats. 

"It's not Catra's fault you didn't see her tail and fell over it and maybe Catra is more bark than bite?" Bow retorted, trying to hide his amusement at the look Glimmer gave him for defending the feline.

"Compare me to a dog again, Arrow boy and I will show you just how hard I can bite." 

They turned to see Catra walk in, dressed in a black tunic of sorts and pants that fit snug to her form. It was a lot different than her usual red attire, however what was even more shocking was the least jacket she wore, especially as it had the emblem of the Magi-Cats on the back.

"Should I have said hiss then?" Bow retorted, earning a snicker from Catra who took a seat near them, her arrival prompting the children that Glimmer had been asking about to rush to greet her.

"Hey Catra! Guess what! The white cat guy showed us some magic earlier!" 

Glimmer watched in amusement as Catra's ears pricked up at that before she smirked.

"Yeah, I guess my cousin isn't a complete jerk." 

Glimmer couldn't place it but something had changed about the Magi-Cat princess, or at least had seemed to when the kids came running over.

"So it's true, the mighty Catra rescued two orphans." She stated, earning a glare from Catra who tossed a grape at her.

"Shut up, as if you would have left them out there either. Just because I was raised to believe I am a monster doesn't mean I actually am." Catra retorted with a flick of her tail before she added "you two may want to take Adora a plate up later...she didn't get much sleep last night and I doubt she'll listen to me if I try to get her to eat….she did threaten to tie my tail in a knot this morning."

This, of course, alerted Glimmer that whatever was bugging Adora the previous day was worse than she had realized.

"Whats wrong with her? Is she sick?" She asked, earning a sigh from the half-feline.

"No but I think it isn't my place to say what happened yesterday. You'll have to ask her."