RATED MATURE BECAUSE OF A SCENE OF ABUSE. After failing to bring Adora back (and facing the wrath of Shadow Weaver) Catra decides to do something she wanted to do a long time ago: Leave the Horde. Now without anyone who would really miss her She heads through the Whispering wood--and away from Brightmoon. But where will she go now that she has lost the one person that supposedly cared about her?

Cover art: http://twitter.com/bewilderedbird -- A darker tale which explores the more obsessive side of Catra and Adora's relationship. From the moment Catra decides to corrupt Adora's sword, things take a turn for the worse. What if she were by herself and things had really gotten out of hand that day? What if corrupted She-Ra took things just a bit too far, almost killing Catra in the process? Catra's mistake ultimately forces them together. With the absence of any other positive influence around them, the love they feel for one another - the one good, pure thing that they have - soon becomes blinding. The odds might be stacked against them, but they'll forge a future for themselves, no matter the cost.

"So what are you then? A double agent? A traitor? Or just an idiot?" "Is there an all of the above to that question?" --- Adora is shocked to say the least when she one day finds Catra outside her room, beaten, bloody, and begrudgingly asking for a place to stay before promptly falling unconscious. With the Horde's second in command passed out on her bed, Adora isn't completely sure what to do. When she decides to secretly nurse Catra back to health? Well, that's when things get a bit strange. Now Catra is faced with a choice. Once she heals, will she go back to the Horde? Will she stay at Brightmoon? Or does she have ulterior motives? And when Brightmoon's greatest defender starts developing feelings, how will her loyalties be tested? "Once a traitor, always a traitor. Right?" -- Published: May 8th, 2019 Finished: ------- Rankings: #1 Frosta (lmao what) #1 Entrapta (shes mentioned like once but okay) #1 Sea Hawk (ok, I'm the queen of side characters now) #2 Shadow Weaver #2 Bow #3 Adora #3 Catra #5 spop #5 shera