Chapter Four: Here I Am, For The Greater Good

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[Catra POV] 

I wouldn't admit it, but as I walked into Bright Moon's ballroom, I was feeling...excited. Melog, who is walking alongside myself and Adora, is shining blue, reflecting my good mood. Adora had just finished explaining to me about the familial term of 'girlfriend'. It turns out Arrow Boy had only recently educated her on this term, which caused me to roll my eyes. Familial terms were not used in the Horde, but after Scorpia had started working with me, I'd learned more about them. Turns out it's covered in that Force Captain Orientation I never bothered to attend after getting the rank. Oops.

The way Adora had awkwardly spoke about what she knew on the term was amusing for me, which is a fact that I shared with her, to her displeasure. After her long-winded speech, Adora asked me to be her official girlfriend. I probably shouldn't have laughed in her face, but I kinda did. Luckily, I rescued myself by kissing her, and telling her in my teasing way that by all accounts, we were already dating but it was nice of her to make it official. She says she's not the idiot in our relationship, and the way I act proves that I am. I highly disagree. 

Now, here we are stood at the top of these shiny stairs in this way too bright ballroom, with her hand in mine, her thumb grazing over the back of my hand.

"Are you sure I'm not going to be attacked or anything? Like some of the people here must want to kill me. I swear I've tried to kill almost every person in this room at least once." I inquire to Adora, who laughs in response. 

"Catra, it's okay." She assures me, in the way that she always has done. I smile at her, and before I can walk forward, a flurry of glitter appears in front of me, revealing Sparkles, who sports a long purple dress with glittery designs. Of course it would be glittery. I wonder if she owns anything that isn't glittery?

"Do you ever walk anywhere?" I ask her, folding my arms. 

"Loads of places. But teleporting is so much fun!" Sparkles exclaims, and Adora giggles. Before I can object, Sparkles grabs me and Adora- again- and whooshes us away until we appear in the centre of the ballroom with the rest of the princesses. 

"Hey, you left Melog!" I protest, attempting to disguise the fact that I'm once again feeling dizzy. 

"Hey, Wildcat! Nice outfit!" Scorpia compliments. Perfuma nods, as if in agreement, as Melog approaches. I thank Scorpia for her compliment before turning to my pet companion. 

"Sorry about that. Sparkles here is too fast for her own good." I tell Melog, who mewls in amusement. "Or anyone else's for that matter." I mumble. Sparkles sticks her tongue out at me. 

"Hey, former Horde soldier." The princess known as Frosta directs her voice at me. "I don't like your face, but your outfit is nice." She says, folding her arms, but with a little smile on her face. 

"Thanks." I say. Sparkles suddenly smirks, and glances between me and Adora. 

"Thing is, Frosta, I don't think Catra has to worry about you not liking her face. I know someone who does." She teases, as Adora goes as red as her usual jacket.  

"Oh, I think we're all aware of that." Mermista comments in her usual flat tone, although she has a small teasing smirk on her face. "This is payback for Princess Prom." She tells Adora. 

"Why? What happened at Princess Prom?" I ask intrigued. Adora's pink cheeks fade, and she smiles at a memory, a similar smirk to Mermista's appearing on her face. 

"Mermista here insisted that Sea Hawk was only her ride to the Prom, but we all knew differently, right Glimmer?" Adora asks, as Sparkles grins a toothy grin. 

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