Hello? Goodbye. (A Catradora fic)

Surrender

"Mommy! Mommy!"

Catra slammed against the door,so much pain in her four year old body. Her mother had signed all of Shadow Weaver's documents. Catra was no longer het concern. The tan woman in her early twenties had never wanted a kid. When she heard about this group home, she knew it was her way out. The woman drove off in her beat up SUV.

Catra cried and kicked against the door for her mother. Shadow Weaver picked Catra up and splashed ice water in her face to calm her down. The toddler continued to scream.

"Listen,  you think I want another disgusting mouth to feed?"

"I want my mommy!"

Shadow Weaver's patience had already run out. "She doesn't want you! Stupid child!"

She dropped Catra in the sink full of water and food remains. The little girl struggled to hold her head up.

She cried and splashed and screamed until Scorpia found her. She put Catra into bed that night.

In the bed beside her, emerged a small voice.

"Hey."

"Hey." 

"What's your name?"

"Catra."

"I'm Adora. Wanna be friends?"

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Catra woke up in Adora' s arms. They seemed to be in a car.

" Adora? What's going on?"

The blonde sighed. "We're going home Catra."

Home?

"But Adora!" Catra painfully jumped up to the window. "Why?"

"Catra,we almost died today. Enough is enough!"

Catra's eyes burned with tears. "No it's not! We're supposed to be together, and im supposed to stay in Beast Island!"

Adora shook her head solemnly.

 Im sure Shadow Weaver would let you stay with her a little longer."

Catra began to tremble. Her heart was racing. "I don't want to!"

"Cat-"

"I cant go back, I CAN'T go back!" She clasped both hands over her mouth as a panic attack set in.

Adora was startled. She had never seen Catra break down like this.

"Its okay Catra, it's alright." Adora held Catra's hands until they both laid down. 

Adora closed her eyes.

🎵"One last time,

I need to be the one who takes you home

One more time, I promise after that, I'll let you go

Baby, I don't care if you got her in your heart, 

all really care is you wake up in my arms

One last time, I need to be the one who takes you home.🎵"

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Catra looked out the window, tenderly rubbing her tattoo. Her remembered her drunken kiss with Adora, the blonde's stupid laugh. She remembered Bow and his family, jugging along the open road. But more then anything, she remembered Adora"s words.

"I love you."

 Catra stuck her head out the window and smiled at the sign in front of her.

'Welcome back to Brightmoon.'

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Soon after Adora thanked her taxi driver, she smoothed her hair into its signature pnytail and set on her way. Catra had a vague idea of where she would sleep tonight, but wanted to Adora home safe. 

In the darkness, Adora rung the Williams front doorbell. Catra could hear Glimmer step closer on the other side.

"Thanks for everything." Catra kissed Adora's forehead and sped back into the woods. Adora watched her go as Glimmer opened the door.