For The Honor of Grayskull (A Catradora Fanfiction)

42 🐈 Catra

With the drawing that Glimmer had created fresh in our minds, Adora and the rest of our best friend squad began to look out for Silver. 

According to Entrapta's data, she had almost converted every robot that she had created back into a good robot. However, Silver still had the ability to clone himself and create new robots. That was why our mission was a complicated one. Ugh. Clones were honestly becoming the bane of my life. 

"Alright...there's a few robots coming this way. Don't worry, though. I've got this," I assured the others, as I grabbed a hold of Melog so that they could help us hide from the bots. Melog's abilities had come forward in bounds since I had brought them back from Krytis, their former planet. They would be able to keep us hidden away from those pesky robots. 

Adora met my gaze then and an apologetic glint flashed in her eyes. 

"Adora...what is it?" I asked her. 

"Please just let me turn into She-ra. If I turn into She-ra, then I can take them out," she said decisively. 

I sighed. 

"Adora..." I said. 

"Catra," she replied, "Catra, please just let me do this." 

"As if you need my approval. I know you're going to do it anyway, Adora. Just...please be careful out there, okay?" I asked her. 

Adora gave our group a nod of agreement, before she headed on. 

"I really hope she knows what she's doing," I muttered under my breath. 

Glimmer took my hand then and gave it a gentle squeeze. 

"Don't worry, Catra. This is Adora. Of course, she knows what she's doing," Glimmer said. 

I gave her a look of disbelief. 

"I mean...probably," she added. 

I felt the corner of my lips twitch up instinctively in response to that statement. 

Glimmer gave me a charming smile in return. 

"Adora's got this. I know she does," Glimmer said. 

"How can you be so sure?" I asked her, then. 

Glimmer's eyes brightened slightly at my question. 

"Because I believe in Adora," she said, "Always," she added, as her eyes glanced at the deep, dark trees, in the direction of where Adora had rushed off to. 

"Well, we can't just wait here for Adora to get back. We need to help out," Bow said decisively. 

"What do you suggest we do, Arrow Boy?" I asked him, as I crossed my arms in front of my chest and leaned against a tree, as a playful smile made its way onto my face. 

"A little help with these traps over here would be great!" Entrapta said in a mere whisper. 

"We could go and help Entrapta!" he offered. 

Glimmer and I nodded then, as we made our way over to help our friends set up some more traps. I really, really hoped that Mermista and Sea Hawk were okay. They hadn't exactly given the rest of us much warning before they rushed off, but I supposed that was just the way they were. 

"I've analysed this data and...I know that Silver is strong. Really strong, actually...almost alarmingly so," Entrapta said. 

"Great!" Bow said, as his voice cracked, "We're absolutely doomed." 

Entrapta just gave a slight shake of her head, then, in response to that statement. 

"No, we're not," she said decisively. 

"How do you know that?" Bow asked. 

"Because we're stronger," Entrapta said. 

Glimmer beamed, then. 

"Yay! Best friend squad on a mission!" she said. 

"Yeah," I released a soft laugh, "Exactly, Sparkles." 

Glimmer's gaze warmed slightly, as she looked towards me for a moment, then. 

It had been a while since I had heard from Adora, though, and I felt my heart beat quicken in my anxiety over where she had got to and how she was doing, but just as my anxiety began to rise, Adora returned to us. 

"Adora!" I yelled out, as I rushed over to her. 

Adora smiled back at me. 

"Hey, Catra. Did you miss me?" she asked me. 

"As if- actually, I kind of did," I admitted, then, which took Adora by surprise, which was worth more than being mean to her would have been. A great pink blush bloomed on Adora's face and she glanced down towards the ground for a moment, before Bow and Glimmer threw their arms around her in one big Best Friend Squad group hug. 

"Adora! We are so glad you're back," Bow said. 

"And that you're safe!" Glimmer added. 

"I wasn't really gone for that long, was I?" Adora asked then. 

"Time passes differently in these woods," Glimmer explained. 

"That would explain the whole Madame Razz thing then," Adora muttered. 

Glimmer and Bow raised their eyebrows at her in their states of intrigue but there would be plenty of time for question time later. We had to keep moving. 

"I think I'm going to go and climb one of those trees up ahead soon and act as lookout," I thought out loud decisively, as the plan came into my mind. 

"I'll join you," Adora said. 

I knew there was no changing her mind, so I simply nodded to signal that she could and the two of us soon made our way up into a nearby tree. I grabbed a hold of one of Adora's hands, to steady her as she climbed. 

The sky above us was starting to grow dark again and I knew that it would soon be time for sleep, but I wasn't that tired. 

Adora and I gazed up at the stars for a short while, until she broke the silence. 

"Catra...do you- do you still like me?" Adora asked me, which caused my heart to skip a beat. 

"Of course I like you, dummy. I just...I tease you and I irritate you at times because it's amusing but you know deep down beyond that there's so much more to what we have, right?" I asked her. 

I could sense Adora smiling, even though I couldn't see her. My eyes were trained on one of the many moons in the sky above. 

"Right," Adora said. 

"You're an amazing person, Adora...you're smart and determined and wonderful. You're an amazing friend and Bow and Glimmer and the others are so lucky to have you," I said. 

"Hey," Adora began to say then, "You have me, too," she reminded me. 

"And it makes me so glad that I have your beautiful self looking out for me," I blurted, then. 

Adora was quiet for a second, until she spoke again. 

"Do you really think I'm beautiful?" she asked. I could hear the smile in her voice, this time around. 

"It doesn't matter what I think," I said. 

"Yes, it does, Catra. Your opinion is of significant value to me," Adora said. 

I smirked. 

"Well then, you're beautiful. I think you're the most beautiful princess in all of Etheria," I whispered. 

Adora released a soft laugh, then, as she seemed unconvinced. 

"Yeah, maybe as She-ra," she said. 

"Forget She-ra, for a second. Adora is beautiful. Adora has been my best friend since we were kids and...Adora, you're everything to me," I said then. 

Adora became quiet then and so I wasn't sure if she was still listening to me, but I had a feeling she was. I simply smiled. It seemed that my words of kindness had finally shut her up.