Hardships

Conversations with the Queen (pt 2 of 2)

Glimmer's POV:

I growl frustratedly and go to throw a chair at the damned barrier thats keeping me prisoner before I heard familiar chuckling. My eyes widen and I ask, "Catra?! What are you doing here?". The barrier clears up and I see Catra smirking, hands in her pockets. "How's the escape attempts going Sparkles?", Catra asks her grin widening when her eyes focused on the chair in my hands. I growl and say sarcastically, "Just fucking amazing! Like Im literally so close to escaping". Catra chuckles and says meeting my sarcasm, "Thats amazing!
It'd be such a shame if you couldnt get out of this room". I roll my eyes and ask, "What are you even doing here? Prime told you not to talk to me. Come to brag some more?".

Catra sighs and runs a hand through her puffed up hair and says, " just bored, I guess". I scoff and grab the plate of food I had on my desk and fling it at her making her eyes widen as she jumped back. "Dont lie to me! You're using me like you use everyone you damn leech!", I yell at her. Her eyes harden and she growls and slams her fist against the barrier and says lowly, "Fine. Stay here and rot. I thought it would be a better experience if you had someone to talk to. But it seems like every good thing I try to do, its never enough so I'll just leave you here, alone in this cell without having anyone to talk to. I have no problem with that. You know since I use everyone". My eyes softened with her words before they widened when I watched her walk away.

I sigh and yell, "wait!", Catra stops walking and stays in place, her back turned towards me, her ears were perked up and her tail was swinging left and right in a calm motion. She turns her head and looks at me from over her shoulder and asks roughly, "what?". I sigh and ask softly, "C-Can you stay?". Her ears shift a bit and she sighs and turns around, I saw an unfamiliar sadness and softness in her eyes. "P-Please? I mean you dont have to.. I understand that you dont have to do anything that you've done for me but I'd be easier to have someone to talk to. I-Its lonely", I say looking at her.

She nods and says barely above a whisper, "ok". Catra walks over to the barrier and slides down on the floor, tucking her left knee to her chest and putting her left arm over it leaving her right arm at her side and leaving her right leg outstretched. I smiled and made my way towards the barrier, sliding down on the floor and tucking my knees to my chest and putting my head ontop of my arms that were over my knees. Catra sighs and I close my eyes and say, "Hey Catra". She hums and I sigh and ask, "Why are you being so nice to me? The only thing I've ever done is cause chaos. L-Like the Frightzone. I beat you up when we held you prisoner. Im never nice to you, but yet here you are being nice to me". Catra sighs and says, "Im not really sure. I guess because if I ever want to change, which Im not saying that I am now but if I want to I need to be nice to those that do me wrong". I nod and say, "Even if I blew up your home?". Catra chuckles and says, "Especially if you blow up my home". I smile and sigh leaning my head against the barrier.

"I have a question Glimmer", Catra says making me raise a brow and ask, "Yeah?". Catra sighs shakily and says, "W-Why did you want to help me? W-When Adora accidentally stabbed me?". I think about the best response to that question before deciding to be honest with her, "Well because Bow and I knew how much you meant to Adora. You were her bestfriend since a child. We didnt want to see Adora drown herself in guilt because she accidentally killed you". I hear Catra hum before we were left in silence for a bit. "Hey Catra, can I ask you something a bit personal?", I ask carefully. Catra sighs and says, "Uh do I have a choice?". I chuckle and say, "Nah, not really". Catra chortles and says, "Ok go for it Sparkles". I sigh and ask, "Catra, when you were with us at Brightmoon did you really want to change? Did you really want to be good? And did you really care for Adora?". There was a moment of silence before I hear Catra say softly barely above a whisper, "Yeah". My eyes widen and I turn to face her, and I felt my eyes softened at how fragile Catra looked in her position. She had both knees tucked to her chest and she laid her arms ontop of her knees and laid her head on them, her ears flattened against her head and her tail was hitting the floor a bit.