catradora one shots;)

my other half

feeling sad, insecure and bitchy (yes I'd be considered an antihero, whatever) so I'm torturing you guys with some angst

"WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF SHE TAKES THE FAILSAFE" I flinch at the frantic volume of Catra's voice

"The magic will destroy me" I can't look at Catra. I know her eyes are full of emotion. I'm leaving her again. "But She Ra might be able to handle it" I try to make eye contact with her but she won't look at me.

"Why does it always have to be you" she mumbles softly, and my heart breaks.

"Adora-" Bow starts, but a series of bangs from the hallway cut him off. The intimidating figure of King Micah stoops in the door, eyes glowing green. I hear Glimmer gasp at the sight of her father in a form so evil.

"ADORA! We are running out of time. If you are going to take the failsafe, take it now!" Shadow Weaver shouts. I hate her. Everything shes done. But she's right. It has to be me. I have to save Etheria. Slowly, I begin to walk towards the glowing light. A few steps from the failsafe, I'm pushed out of the way. I can barely process what happened until I see the new clawmarks on my arm. And the tan figure sprinting towards the failsafe at full speed.

"CATRA!" I cry out. She can't do it. I need to keep her safe. But its too late. The glowing light consumes her. I hear the crys of my friends around me and vaguely process the light show of spells, but all in focused on is the slim, catlike figure emerging, bathed in light, with a first ones sigil over her heart.

Time skip**

Shadow Weavers gone. She sacrificed herself for us. And now I'm walking with Catra. Who's about to sacrifice herself for Etheria. There are too many people dying. I was supposed to protect them. All of them. I've failed.

I feel an arm around my shoulder "We need to go" Catra says softly. I spring up, wrapping my arms around her and burrowing my face in her hair. Why did we waste so much time being enemies? Thinking about all the moments we could have had, the affection we could  have shared brings me on the verge of tears. But I know, I should be the one comforting her.

"I'm going to miss you too" she whispers, and everything holding me together snaps.

Time skip**

"Adora. Do me a favor and don't watch this." I can hear the fear in Catra's voice. Green light surrounds us. We're running out if time.

"No." I answer, grasping her hand in mine. I like the way her palm fits perfectly. "I'm not leaving you again." I should never have left her in the first place.

As if reading my mind she responds. "Your not leaving me. I'll always be with you." I see tears leak out of her eyes. She never crys. It's scaring me. I cling to her other hand, so we're face to face.

"It should be me right now. Not you. You deserve something better. You deserve everything, you deserve the world. You don't deserve to die" I stare in her heterochromic eyes and the world stops.

"Neither do you Adora" her voice cracks. "It doesnt always have to be you. Theres so much more out there for you. You deserve to have a future. There's nothing left for me in Etheria. Except for you. Your everything good in my world. Don't you get it? I love you. So much." At this point tears were streaming down her face, and they were streaming down mine too.

"You love me?" A smile creeps on my face. I've waited so long to hear those words.

She chuckles dryly, "your an idiot"

"I love you too." I say "We wasted so much time". We're both leaning in. My hearts racing and I can feel her breath mingling with mine. There's a mix of pain and happiness in her eyes and I barely process the green light surrounding us because I'm lost in them.

"I know. But we're out of time Adora." She whispers. She crashes her lips to mine and we kiss. It's full of years of suppressed passion and love but it ends all to soon. She pulls away and smiles one last time, before sprinting towards the heart of Etheria.

"NO! CATRA!" I cry out. But she's gone. "I still need you" I hear a wail of agony as she bathes in the neon lights. I try to look away but i can't. It seems like every molecule of the person I love is being ripped to shreds. And the magic is freed.

When it's all over theres nothing left. Only a horde commanders badge. I run over and clutch it to my chest. I'm not ready to lose her. I'm not leaving her again. I need to stay with her. Slowly, hand trembling I remove a broken sword piece from my pocket. Live as She Ra, die as She Ra. "Happy Dagger indeed," I mumble. Positioning the fragment over my heart I breathe in. I need to be with her. My best friend. My worst enemy. The love of my life. My other half. I need her. And with a small jolt of pain, all I see is a bright white.

"I can't let you do that." I hear a familiar, raspy voice.

"Catra!"  I try to call out, but it's like my voice isn't attached to me anymore.

"Goodbye, Adora"

And then I find myself back at the heart. An empty room. Missing my other half.

Low key want to write a full length story about if Catra took the failsafe👀  I do not own the She ra characters