Hardships

Interrogation (pt 2 of 2)

Catra's POV;

I was laying on a carpet in Brightmoon's cell, chained to the wall when the door opened and revealed Queen Sparkles and her sugar daddy Crop-Top. I chuckle and say, "Hey Sparkles, had a fine evening with your little lover boy Crop-Top?". Their cheeks turn insanely red before Sparkles growls and a purple sparkly staff appears in her hand and she stomps over to me, pinning the staff against my neck.

"You wont get into my head, Horde Scum. Now give me ANY information you have on what the Horde's plans are and we'll think about letting you leave this place without any scratches", Glimmer says lowly trying to narrow her eyes to look more intimidating. I chuckle and look her into her stupidly squinted eyes and say, "You see, this hilariously dumb attempt of being intimidating is awfully cute. It doesnt faze me Sparkles. Im not afraid of you OR Archer Boy in the corner trying not to get a boner from your poor attempt of being scary. You see, this maybe would've worked on any other princess, or you know a bigot like Lover Boy over there". Sparkles growls and slams the staff into my neck a bit more before slamming her fist into my torso.

I bit my cheek to not let out any type of reaction to the throbbing pain that rose up my body. I chuckle and say, "Oh Sparkles, didnt know you had it in you. I must say, torturing a prisoner isnt very noble of you eh?".  Sparkles grumbled and took her staff of my neck when Crop-Top grabbed her hand and dragged her away. They started whispering and Sparkles growled and shouted frustratedly, " JUST GET OUT BOW!". I smirked at her outburst but my smirk grew when I saw the heartbreak on little Lover Boy's face. "Glimmer whats gotten into you?! This isnt like you". Sparkles grumbles and shoves him out of the door and orders sternly, " Guards! Make sure him and Adora do not come inside".

The door shuts and I smirk and say, "Wow, Sparkles that was really something. Really really brilliant". Sparkles growls and grabs me by the collar of my gray shirt and knees me in the stomach. My eyes widened when she looked me in the eyes and growled lowly, "the only reason you aren't banished or even fucking dead is because Adora would kill me and hate me if I killed you. Let me remind you of the fact that Adora has spent weeks on end crying and moping because she almost killed you. The ONLY reason you're breathing now is because of Adora. I, personally wouldve let you bleed out and die. After what you did to my mother. You did to me. To Bow.  To all of Etheria. You killed thousands and thousands. You have the lives of innocent people under your belt Catra. But we, at Brightmoon are noble. We dont kill, like you. We arent SAVAGES".

I chuckle dryly and look the angry queen in the eyes and growl, "YOU DONT THINK I KNOW THAT?! You dont think I know Ive killed thousands? That I dont stay up at night thinking about them?! I wouldve accepted my fucking fate. If I had the death penalty. I never wanted TO LIVE. Do you not understand that? I dont wanna be here. Or the Fright Zone. I wanted to die. I never wanted Adora or Bow or You to SAVE ME. I never said that you had to. That was all Adora wasnt it? So kill me right now. I dont care. And I know damn well Adora would be way more happier if I wasnt here anyways". Sparkle's eyes widened and softened and she let go of my collar and she whispered, "What? Y-You wanted to die?". I sigh and say, "Isnt that what I said Sparkles, because I know I didnt stutter".

Sparkles sighs and sits down in front of me, letting her head drop to her hands as she says shakily, "Oh fuck, Bow's right. Something's wrong with me. Oh no". She looked up at me with teary eyes and says, "No no no. Adora's going to kill me. I promised her I wouldnt hurt you. No no no no, Im sorry! Im so so sorry! What did I do? Whats going on with me?!". I sigh and against my own will I let out, "Nothing's wrong with you Sparkles. I wont tell Adora. Its our little secret". Sparkles looks at me and crawls over to me and puts a hand on my torso and asks, "I really am sorry, did I hurt you?". I grin and say, "Like I told Adora earlier this morning, Im a big girl. I can handle your measly punches".

Sparkles giggles and says, "Measly? Please I saw the way your eyes widened when I punched you". I chuckle and say, "I-I dont know what you're talking about princess". Sparkles pouts and says, "Oi! Its Queen to you Horde Scum". I grin and say, "Apologies , Queen I dont know what you're talking about". Sparkles sighs and says, "Hey Catra, can I ask you something?". I sigh and say, "Eh, Do I really have a choice?". Sparkles shakes her head and says, "Nope", popping the 'P'. I groan and grumble, "What is it Sparkles?".

Sparkles plays with her hands and asks, "Why do you say that Adora would be happier if you were dead?". I close my eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "She just would ok? She already abandoned me, its quite obvious that she doesnt care about me", I say looking away from the Queen. She sighs and says, "No she wouldnt. She was incredibly worried and sad when she almost killed you. She sobbed for weeks. She would even sneak into the infirmary, sing you songs and talk to you". My eyes widened and I looked at Sparkles and say, "N-No she didnt. She doesnt care".

Sparkles mumbles something under her breath that I couldnt quite understand before saying, "I'll leave you alone now. That is quite all for this interrogation. And again I really am sorry for hurting you". I sigh and say, "You didnt hur-". Sparkles chuckles and says, "Yeah yeah, you're a big girl and all of that". I nod and smirk, "Exactly". She smiles and says, "I dont know maybe I was wrong about you. You arent half as bad of a person that I thought you were". I scoff and harden my expression, "I am bad! Im evil! Im a savage. Why does anyone think different?". Sparkles shakes her head and says, "Whatever floats your boat Horde Scum", before she left the room.

I growl and my tail wags erratically before I tucked my knees up to my chest, releasing a soft grunt from the pain that was rising through my body from Sparkle's punches and you know, the fact that Adora struck me with her sword. ' she was really worried about you' 'she sobbed for weeks' 'sneak into the infirmary and sing to you''. Sparkle's words and voice repeated in my head. Shes got to be lying. Adora only cares for her princess friends. No one cares about me. Not Adora. Nor any other princesses. And thats what I deserve. My tail wraps around my feet as I let my ears flatten against my head and I whisper out, "Its what I deserve".

To be continued...