#9 lives of catra applesauce meow meow

[catracorner962]

Chapters: 8/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak, Catra & Horde Prime, Catra & the princesses Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime, Shera, She-Ra, Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Corrupted Catra - Character, Chipped Catra - Character Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made, Longing, Pining, no beta we die like meh, dumb lesbians, Death, Major character death - Freeform, glitra, Implied Glitra, Implied Death, Suffering, Torture, no good deed goes unpunished, Catra Angst, How Do I Tag, i am a glutton for angst, emotional soul searching, soul searching, Redemption, Remember Summary:

Nine times Catra died and the one time SheRa reset those lives.

Based on the tweet from Noelle Stevenson that Catra burned through all nine lives throughout the course of SheRa and then got those lives reset after Save the Cat.

*Warning for suicidal ideation, mentions of child abuse and torture. This chapter gets graphic. I’ve updated tags to Teen and Up Audiences*

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9 Lives of Catra Applesauce Meow Meow Ch. 8 Corridors

Burned a life to save Glimmer.

*This chapter gets graphic please be warned!*

“Do what I ask of you,” Horde Prime commanded. Catra’s heart hammered against her chest, her eyes darting towards where Hordak...the new clone...whoever he was, stood vacantly before them. She shivered. Green light reflecting off of Prime’s white robes. The clones moaned and groveled in their sick revelry.

He’s got you cornered….you pledged your allegiance to him, her mind raced with self-accusation. She’d gotten herself into this mess. Backed herself into this corner through her usual lies and attempts to survive. If Hordak couldn’t please him…..how can I possibly? 

“Don’t pretend you're any better off than I am here,” Glimmer’s words rang through her ears. She winced, stupid princess was right. Catra swallowed, her throat dry. She looked up at him. Searching for any sign of a way out, any card she could play, any tool she could use. Nothing. Prime’s eyes, alight with that sickly glow only stared at her, pleased with the way she was squirming under his gaze.  She cleared her throat, running her hands through her hair in an attempt to press it down.

“Yes, Horde Prime.” He smiled, revealing pointed fangs, pleased.

“Go in now in peace.”

Catra managed a curt bow, and forced herself to walk from the chamber.

I’ll talk to Glimmer, but if she says anything about Adora I won’t….I can’t...no I’ll...I’ll figure something out. I always find a way. Whatever it takes.

Whatever it takes, her chest clenched. The bruises and scars along her body ached in an echo of exactly what it had taken to stick around this long. To hold her station. To get to where she’d gotten.

How many lives have I burned through? Five...no more than that. Eight? That many? They all ran together in her mind. The pain of each time jumbled and confused. Catra shook her head, now sprinting down the corridors, as far away from the pool as possible.

---

“You want me to talk to her or not? Trust me, I need cake.”

The clone cocked its head, confused. Catra snarled, tail flicking.

“All these ships and you don’t have a kitchen? What do you eat? Green goo? You want me to talk to the Princess. I need to get her to trust me. Now get me some cake that resembles whatever they’d have on Brightmoon and let me do Horde Prime’s will.” Her stomach churned at the words, she swallowed down bile. The clone nodded.

“We will get you what you ask Little Sister. Horde Prime knows all.”

Catra rolled her eyes, folding her arms.

“Hurry up.”

The clone’s empty eyes looked over her for a moment and she fought the urge to scratch him. Does he know…? Can he really see all? If he really had such omnipotence he would for sure see the doubt and indecision that ate away at Catra’s core. The self-loathing and hatred. Toward Prime himself, toward SheRa, toward the Horde, all of it.  But she was here now, whatever things she had done to get her were in the past. There was no going back.

I can’t just undo….

“Here you are Little Sister,” Catra snapped back to attention at the clone who handed her a small box. She lifted the flap, looking at the pretty pink cake inside. She nodded, turning on her heel and making her way to Glimmer’s cell. She could feel the clone tracing her steps close behind her, causing her fur to stand on end.

I’m running on borrowed time here. Ever since we were beamed up.

They navigated the hallways, and she made sure to purposely make several wrong turns.

As if I don’t know exactly where Glimmer’s being kept.

As if she hadn’t been sneaking there all this time. If only to see a familiar face.

Someone who’s almost done just as bad as I have, some deep part of herself whispered. Just didn’t expect it to be the Queen of Brightmoon herself.

They arrived at the cell, the clone reaching forward to press its palm against the green barrier. Catra’s eyes narrowed, watching the hand remain there until a green diamond appeared, sending the rest of the barrier fading away to allow entrance.

“Give us some privacy?”

“Of course Sister, Prime sees all.”

The wall of green materialized gain, leaving the two of them.  

“What’s with the babysitter?” Glimmer asked, her tone more casual and easy than Catra expected.

“Here,” she held the box out in front of her. Glimmer looked at the cake, bewildered. “It’s the dumb food you wanted.”

Wow she’s just as bad as Adora, the idiot.

“You know?! From your perfect day or whatever.” A crimson blush rose to Catra’s cheeks.

“I remember,” Glimmer pipped up, looking at her with wide eyes and a smile...not twisted with sarcasm or chagrin to match Catra’s own but...a sweet smile, a kind smile. Catra kept her head turned, starting at the floor. 

“I just….thanks,” Glimmer finished her voice shaking a little.

You’re welcome.

“Don’t go thinking I actually care about you,” because I don’t! I do not! “I’m supposed to talk to you, so eat the stupid cake and then answer my questions,” she handed the box to Glimmer who took it, still looking wide eyed at her, for some sort of answer. Catra’s ears flicked, listening for the clone outside.

It’s still there….fuck. Fuck, fuck fuck.

What am I going to do?

Get the information from Glimmer. Horde Prime will be proud of you. You could rise above Hordak. Maybe, if you do this, if you continue to do as Prime says. Maybe.

No….no matter what you do he’ll get rid of you like Glimmer said. And Glimmer….she...she..

Sweat dripped down Catra’s temple, curving along the line of her mask.

“What’s going on?” Glimmer’s voice trembled, delicately.

“Shhh, don’t say anything,” Catra turned from the door, back towards the princess, taking Glimmer’s hand in both her own. “Just look at me,” she whispered, walking backward to the farthest point of the cell. Glimmer backed up, finally sitting on the large bed. “An old First One’s ship left Etheria’s atmosphere a few days ago,” Catra knelt on the ground before her, squeezing her hands.

Not for the first time….when you fought her before. When you died, she was holding you when you died. She was holding your hand.  When you came back again, she held your hand. It grounded you. She doesn’t want to hurt you either. You asked her to kill you...and she still didn’t do it. She had every reason to. You killed her mother, Catra’s stomach threatened to empty, looking into those purple grey eyes.

“Prime cannot track it, what do you know about it?”

Glimmer gasped, tightening her grip on Catra’s hand. The cake clattered to the ground on the floor.

“Adora’s on that ship,” Catra’s voice hitched. “Isn’t she?!” She stood, letting go of Glimmer.

“You can’t tell him!” The princess seized her arm, trying to pull her back, “You know what he’ll do to her if he catches her!”

Catra’s ears folded against her skull, face flushing.

She’s right. He’ll do to Adora what he did to Hordak….

She tightened her fist in indignation, yanking it out of Glimmer’s clammy grasp.

“Adora’s on her way here, she’s coming for you! I don’t have to do anything! I just have to let it happen!”

She turned to go, fury in her chest, her tail lashing behind her.

“And you think Prime will reward you?!” Glimmer leapt in front of her, fists balled. “As soon as you’re no longer useful to him he’ll get rid of you in a second!”

Of all Catra’s skill, her  enduring willful ignorance to inevitable truth was the strongest.

“I always find a way out!” She growled, moving forward. Glimmer  grabbed her by the shoulders, shoving her backward .

“So you’re just going to run away?! To...to what?!” The princess begged, her eyes rimming with tears of anger. “If Prime captures Adora he can use the Heart of Etheria to wipe out the whole universe! Is that what you want?!”

Catra’s eyes widened, her mouth opened to offer a smart rebuke but nothing came.

What do you want Catra? A question she had met with violence and deception, and blind ignorance, not with an answer.

The princess’s gloved grip  brought her back to reality, tightening around her hand. Tears now pressed at her eyes.

“Catra! Please! Do one good thing in your life!”

There was trust in those eyes. Trust in a better part of herself, trust that there was a better part of herself. A secret heart in her that wanted to save, or at least prevent the destruction of their planet. An appeal to her better half. A hope that a better half existed. Glimmer. Who had gone behind her own friend’s back herself to try and activate the heart. Glimmer who tried to fix it. Who was still trying. Her fingers gently stroked across Catra’s gloved hands, her whole body shaking.

Catra sucked a breath, threatening to let out a quiet whimper.

I...I’ve never done a good thing in my life. Not for Adora...or Scorpia...or for anyone. If Prime wipes out Etheria...Adora will be dead. Everything will be obliterated. The Fright Zone, Brightmoon, the Princesses and the Horde.. Adora and I….we wanted to rule Etheria, not destroy it.  Not destroy it.

The only thing you’ve ever been good at is destroying those you love. Destroying other people’s happiness and hope. Destroying yourself.

“Argh,” She swiped her arm away from Glimmer’s hands once more, shaking, squeezing her eyes shut. If only to get away from the princess’s beseeching look. “Don’t talk to me like you know me!” She cried, 

“You don’t know anything about me!” Catra pounded her fists against the green barrier.

“Hey! Let me out!”

She took off as soon as it dissolved, trying to run as fast as she could, away from Glimmer’s despondent sobs.

---

Catra’s claws wracked down the hall, Horde Prime’s hollow words running through her mind:

“You will be raised up above the other wretched creatures of your home world. Is that not what you want?”

What do you want?

Adora….

Always Adora. It always had been, it always would be.

Catra stopped in her tracks. Staring at the reflective wall, her own forlorn sleep deprived face looking back at her.

This is all I’ve ever been. All I will ever be.

She drew a heavy breath, her chest hurting to even move. Thought’s roving,

Adora and me playing...running through the industrial halls. Laughing even though there was no reason to laugh. Playing and fighting and play fighting.

She could see it clear as day, their squealing laughter, her heart skipped in her chest, blood thrumming through her ears. Her and Adora rolling around on the ground, she would almost always pin the other girl down, laughing. Hands on Adora’s round little shoulders. Catra’s eyes widened, picturing it as if her childhood broken as it was, appeared before her.

It wasn’t all bad. There were good things, there was Adora.

Just Adora.

Not SheRa...not Adora who left but Adora my friend.

“I’m always gonna be your friend,” the sunlit voice of her friend sounded clear as a bell.

Catra’s face fell, staring down the corridor picturing little Adora. Barely enough blonde hair to stay in a ponytail, her large blue eyes, missing front teeth, round face. Her tail flicked back and forth with indecision.

“I’m always gonna be your friend.”

It’s too late….I’ve done too much, I haven't done enough...but I can do one good thing. Glimmer was wrong...you were wrong you sweet, sweet idiot. There’s no better part of me. It doesn’t matter what I want. I don’t matter.

Catra took a deep breath, face going tight, she set her jaw, ears going flat.

I don’t matter. But they do. Adora does.

One good thing.

She bit her tongue, tail now lashing. Catra unleashed her claws, and sprinted towards Glimmer’s cell.

---

“It’s nothing personal, Hordak,” Catra grunted, sliding her claws into the port at the base of the clone’s neck. His eyes faded as sparks flew. Going from green to white. She grunted, heaving him upward, holding his arm aloft.

“I’m coming in!”

Without waiting for an answer she held his hand up to the green barrier, waiting for it to fall away. Glimmer lowered her arms, the shard of a chair leg held in her grip, ready to attack.

“Wh...what are you?”

Catra dropped the clone,

“I….I wanna do that one good thing in my life,” She breathed. “Like you said.” She held out her hand to Glimmer, on a chance, on a wish.  “So...come with me…?”

Glimmer’s eyes widened, her whole form shaking. Catra watched her glance at the fallen clone, then to Catra’s outstretched hand.

She took it, holding tightly. Catra allowed a small smile to flit across her face. Glimmer returned her cautious friendly expression.

I can do one good thing. If it’s the last thing I do. Let it be good.

Catra adjusted her grip, careful to keep her claws from shredding Glimmer’s gloves, then pulled her along.

---

Catra held Glimmer’s arm in a death grip, as much to quell her own pounding chest as to move her forward. Pushing her towards the launch pad. The princess stumbled forward, only to be blocked by a sheer energy barrier. Catra ran to the console, the alarms blaring in her ears.

“What are you doing?!”

“What does it look like?” Catra glowered, fingers scattering across the controls. 

“I’m getting you out of here.”  She typed fast, watching the doors on either side of the room slide shut. 

“Good, that should hold them.”

Not for long, but long enough.

“What are you….? Are you saving me?”

Glimmer asked, timid from where she stood. Catra tapped the keys, trying to send a transmission to the incoming Etherian ship.

“Not you,” she lied. “Adora. Even if I send her a message to stay away she’d still come for you. That’s just how she is.”

Stupid heroic Adora who would throw herself into harm’s way for her friends.

Clones moaned, shrieked, their claws pressing and scratching against the grinding metal doors, prying them apart. Catra’s heart sped furiously.

“W...what about you?!” Glimmer’s voice cracked with concern Catra could only hope was genuine.

“Me?” She stared at her hands, her claws. Claws that had cut and sliced. She bit her tongue. Words that had hurled insults, spat lies, weaved deception.  “All I do is hurt people,” she whispered, shaking her head. Then, spoke the truth: 

“there’s no one left in the entire universe who cares about me.”  

Double Trouble was right. You’ve driven them all away.

“Adora?!” Catra asked, eyes frantically darting to the doors where the clones were nearly breaking through.

“Catra?!”

She bit back a smirk at the familiar voice. Even through the static of the transmission.

“Don’t sound so happy to hear me. I’m sending Glimmer to you.”

One good thing. Do one good thing with what’s left with your lives.

If Catra was going to die, as she suspected she would now that the clones had barged through the doors and were rushing to attack her, then she was going to do so not for Horde Prime, or Shadow Weaver or for her own twisted power games, she was going to die doing something for Adora. For someone else. It was the only thing she could do. The one good thing.

“Wait, wait, wait Glimmer is with you?!” Adora’s strained voice panicked in confusion.

“Aaaarhhh!” The clones pourned in, arms ready to subdue her.

“We don’t have time! You need to get to these coordinates now!” She typed furiously, “don’t come here! No matter what!”  She lashed out, punching the first on coming clone in the face. “Horde Prime is coming for you! Arrgh!” Catra kneed another clone in the gut.

“Catra I don’t understand What is….?”

She screeched, two clones pulling her from her feet, their impossibly strong arms slamming her into the wall. Catra squirmed, tears now fully streaming.

“Adora! I’m sorry!” She clenched her fists, trying to yank it free of the clone’s grip. 

“Uuughhh, for everything!”

Catra threw herself forward, arm outstretched, sliding the controls upward. The green barrier around Glimmer began to vibrate. A clone fisted its hand into Catra’s wild hair, twisting it tight and jerking her head back. Three more clones grabbed at her. Too many arms and legs gripping all over her body, their weight crushing her against the control panel.

“Aaaah!”

“Catr…” Glimmer screamed, her body being pulled upward.

“Glimme….go!”

The clones worked her like a puppet,  her head bent backward, neck threatening to snap. A force beyond her control and resistance gripped the top of her head, clawing into her scalp. Her face went flying forward, temple hitting against the corner of the control console.

A defining crack, something released like a pressure valve. Catra’s vision blurred, ears ringing.  A dizzying lethargy shrouded her mind. She tried to open her mouth, to bite and snarl but nothing happened. The clone grabbing her skull lifted her crushed face from the corner and brought it down again. This time, Catra tasted blood in her mouth, hot and metallic and thick. Dark hair matted with torn flesh, she tried to twist away but couldn’t, her thoughts becoming more scattered, her body going more limp with each slam against the edge of the table.

Glimmer….

A….adora..

I….

CRACK

..a...am...

CRACK

...s..so...sorr

CRACK!!!

Her body flailed, twitching, eyes blinking  rapidly, unable to focus. Something wet and globules stuck to her face, mixed with sweat and blood. A warm foul wetness trickled down her legs. The clones brandished her head against the table once more. Her vision went dark. They pressed and crushed against her, holding her captive, bludgeoning her head into the corner but she’d already defied them. She already made her choice.

I did it….

The ghost of a smile, blood ran between her broken teeth.

One good thin

…ssss…..ckk….kaCK...s...shh

Catra died for the eight time.

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Chapters: 7/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak, Catra & Horde Prime, Catra & the princesses Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime, Shera, She-Ra, Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Corrupted Catra - Character, Chipped Catra - Character Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made, Longing, Pining, no beta we die like meh, dumb lesbians, Death, Major character death - Freeform, glitra, Implied Glitra, Implied Death, Suffering, Torture, no good deed goes unpunished, Catra Angst, How Do I Tag, i am a glutton for angst, emotional soul searching, soul searching, Redemption, Remember Summary:

Nine times Catra died and the one time SheRa reset those lives.

Based on the tweet from Noelle Stevenson that Catra burned through all nine lives throughout the course of SheRa and then got those lives reset after Save the Cat.

*Warning for suicidal ideation, mentions of child abuse and torture*

Ass fatally kicked by Hordak in Destiny Part 2

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The 9 Lives of Catra Applesauce Meow Meow Ch. 6 Pulse

Ass fatally kicked by Glimmer in "Pulse"

The Glitra is strong with this one!

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“Get those bots secured, I wanted them powered up and out into the whispering woods an hour ago!” Catra shoved her data pad into the arms a of a trembling cadet who quickly scurried away to do her bidding.

“Faster! Man what does it take around here too..” something smelled off. Something smelled of...glitter.  Catra turned, ears perked.

Sparkles?

“What are you?!”

The rebellion princess only charged forward, fists alight with shimmering pink magic.

I thought teleporting was her…

Catra dodged erratically, leaping away from the lazer fire that terrified her guards and sent them running. A loud boom as the blast hit the nearest bot. It creaked and groaned, collapsing. Catra regained her footing, heart hammering. Her tail lashed in excitement.

“Oh, it’s you?”

I expected Adora to barge in here but the princess? Ha that’s bold even for her. She’ll be fun to toy with.

“Who else would it be?” Glimmer taunted, her eyes shone in the firelight with a ferocity Catra had yet to see before. Her muscles wound with tension, ready.

“Argh!” Another shot of bright pink magic, Catra flipped backward, tumbled, flipped again, inches away from the hot supercharged rays. She landed on the nearby crates only to run on all fours as the princess took another blow, aimed straight for her. The boxes burst into flames upon contact with the magic beams. Catra leapt upward aiming for the suspension bridges.

Sparkles is really going for the kill. It would’ve made her laugh under different circumstances. But this magic, these were no party tricks. She’d grown up around Shadow Weaver’s sorcery.  Understanding that magic users were not to be meddled with. The scars under her thin fur were a testament to that.

Fiery anger and spite propelled her forward, still dashing on all fours away from the flames.

“Come on Catra, didn’t anyone ever teach you to clean up your toys?” Glimmer jeered, fists balled with magic, head high with determination. “Otherwise someone might come and break them!”

The high sing-song self righteous pitch to her voice grated on Catra’s ears. She unsheathed her claws, darting upward towards the bridges, crouching.

“You think I don’t have more?”

Catra jeered, watching Glimmer below, trying to locate her, those pink-purple eyes shifting with mirth and determination.

“I think most of your bots are busy with SheRa, leaving you defenseless!”

Oh, that’s rich!

Catra jumped forward crouching on one of the suspension bridges, laughing.

“Wow using your own friend as a decoy? I didn’t think you had it in you!”

“Guess you don’t know everything,” Catra’s ears perked, the princess’s tone dangerously low. She sprang away then screeched to a stop as Glimmer materialized before her.

Shit!

Two shining orbs of magic lit up the princess’s fists. She leered down at her with a wicked smile. On instinct, Catra raised a clawed hand in front of her face, twisting to get away in time.  Glimmer’s magic charged, the small orbs now growing stronger. Through the haze of bright light Catra watched sweat shine on the princess’s brow, trying to concentrate.

She’s not in control….not yet. She can’t totally control it. She’s angry. Emotion driven, ha. Just like Adora. Only smarter. 

 Catra couldn’t decide if she admired that difference or not and there was no time to think about it. Glimmer groaned with the effort and Catra spun away, up onto the railing and then, aiming carefully, jumped away just in time as the magical lazers fired, blasting the bridge away. Catra angled herself as she fell, twisting to her right and grabbing for her whip. She flicked it out, upward, aiming for where Glimmer stood and grinned with satisfaction as she felt it go taunt in her grip. Catching around the princesses leg.

The princess turned, trying to fire another round of magic at Catra but the Force Captain was faster. She yanked at the whip. Glimmer cried out, the charged energy in her palms shooting upward as she fell into three of the storage tanks. Catra continued to fall, but held the whip in her hand, wincing at the heat and the burst of explosion. Everything lit up in white orange light as they crashed down, Glimmer falling beside her now. Catra landed, triumphantly on her feet huffing for breath.

That was close..too close. Damn princess is going to get all of us killed with her stupid powers! Why Adora left me for this dumb ass….she can’t even fight. Catra’s stomach clenched with hurt, which she easily subverted into rage. Through the smoke and flames she tried to search for Glimmer.

Maybe she finally got crushed.

Catra couldn’t help but smile at the thought, watching as one of the beams from above crashed to the floor. Still, she sniffed...

No, she’s here somewhere…

True to her aggravating nature, the princess of Brightmoon was not gotten rid of so easily.

But that’s the fun after all. The thrill of the chase. Cat and mouse, if you will.  

Something moved, Catra’s ears turned to the sound. Behind her. She made to whirl around,

“Catraaa!!”

Glimmer’s war cry vibrated through Catra’s ears with alarm. She was used to hearing her name laced with disappointment, anger, sorrow, and even hate but Glimmer’s exultation was fueled with something far more vast. She slammed Catra down with the force of her attack, tackling her to the ground. In a panic Catra writhed and bared her fangs hissing in contempt before sinking her teeth into the princess’s wrist. Glimmer shrieked, and Catra elbowed her, ducking away.

“Uch,” she spat, “you even taste like glitter!”

She readied her whip again, striking as Glimmer ran towards her, palm forward alight with magic.

The whip struck true, coiling it’s way around her arm and snapping around. Her hand, charged with magic now caught, Catra watched the princess struggle, whine in alarm. She tugged back against the grip of the whip, lifting her arm, her magic pulsing. Glimmer seized the whip with her free arm and her magic released, spiraling down it’s length with electrifying force.

Crimson electricity. Burning, shattering, firing. Shadow Weaver…

Memories of such magic crashed through her assured stance. Catra screamed as the full force of Glimmer’s magical energy hit her square in the chest. Every hair on her body pricked up with stinging pink light. Air scuked from her lungs, Catra was thrown backward off her feet and moaned with pain, her back colliding with the metal wall. Her fur smelled burnt, her heart beat erratically thumping against her chest, each beat crushing against her bones.  She collapsed on all fours, head swimming.  She tried to shake it off, tried to get away.

Why does it hurt...s...so...b...bad…

Smoke rose from her fur, each intake of air threatened to pass out. She binked, slowly trying to cling to consciousness.

“What’s wrong Catra?”

Glimmer….?!

“Not scared of some sparkles are you?”

Catra tried to force the words out through her clenched chest. The magic still sending off pulses of agonizing energy throughout her body. Her heart beat wildly, manic, until another flare of magical current made it thrum erratically and then stopped.

“Sp...S….Spar...Sparkles….”

She pitched forward. This time, Catra was already dead when she landed against Glimmer’s chest.

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Glimmer reached out on instinct, catching the limp Force Captain. Holding her at arm's length, her body radiating magical heat, fur still smoking.

“Catra?”

Catra’s head only fell forward limply, brown hair obscuring her face along with her headgear. Glimmer shook her by the shoulders.

“CATRA?! If this is some sort of trick…”

Glimmer peered under the force captain’s limp form, trying to see her face. When she met her eyes, Glimmer froze. She’d been in this war long enough to know what death looked like. How the eyes were always still and glossy, staring into eternity. Never to blink again.

Did I do this?

She stared at her gloved hand for a moment, before settling Catra to the ground.

“On your feet Horde Scum! We’re ending this!”

It’s already ended, she knew with trepidation. You won!  But the satisfaction was not there. The triumph unfelt.

Glimmer looked Catra over, examining her still form.

“If this is some sick joke,” she tried again. Catra’s glazed eyes only stared vacantly upward. Sending a chill throughout Glimmer’s entire form. She reached down carefully pushing Catra’s eyes shut. She let out a shaky breath, letting her eyes roam only Catra’s body. Only to be extra sure she was not breathing of course. She was not admiring her taut muscles or her light frame, built for fighting. Different from Adora who was brute force, Catra was built slighter, but still strong. The difference between a broadsword and a katana. Both lethal. Both….appealing. Glimmer shook her head, looking around at the smoldering ruin of the Horde’s base.

“Catra I mean it,” Glimmer took one of the clawed hands in both her own. Still unconvinced that she had truly killed the Force Captain.

It’s not murder if she’s evil, Glimmer reasoned. She held Catra’s hand examining her claws. Up close they were just as intimidating and sharp, curved to really claw and tear into flesh.

But the palm of her hands, they were arm and calloused. Glimmer squeezed gently. Leaning over Catra’s face,

“I mean it! You’re getting up and I’m taking you back to the palace!”

Catra did not move. Glimmer looked her over again. The hair on her tail and ears did not appear to extend throughout her body. Just warm brown skin though…

Glimmer reached out, holding her breath, fingers trembling as she touched Catra’s still face. It was like prompting a sleeping bear, or trying to disarm a bot.

“I killed her,” Glimmer whispered aloud. She studied Catra’s quiet face, the freckles dusting the ridges of her cheeks and across her nose.

Why don’t I feel better?

Her foot tapped with anxiety. She adjusted her grip on Catra’s hand, lacing their fingers together.

“Come on Catra, get up...we’ll end this fair and square! I’ll even let you scratch me if you want. But not too hard. Come on Catra! Get up!”

The fingers entwined with her’s twitched. Catra stirred.

“Catra?!”

Glimmer starred at the Force Captain, who slowly blinked awake.

“S..Sparkes,” she whispered shakily. Glimmer expected her to leap away, but Catra only lay there, their hands still held tight together.

“I thought I killed you,” relief swelled in the princesses gut, looking down at Catra’s still slightly red face. At least she was no longer turning pale. The force captain shifted but did not move. Glimmer slid her hand under Catra’s head, supporting it. Those glowing ominous heterochromatic eyes no longer so distant and dead slipped shut once more and Glimmer could have sworn Catra leaned against her touch for the briefest moment.

“Psh, takes more than some fancy magic to take me down.”

Catra smiled and pulled herself up with Glimmer’s help. She slipped her hand from Catra’s after a beat, less the Force Captain take notice.

“You still planning on unleashing those bots?” Glimmer asked, half hoping Catra would forget about it. But the force captain threw her head back, laughing. Sliding back into her own chasm of gile and malice and uncaring ruthless pursuit of the rebellion. Of Adora. She ran forward to the controls.

“I’ve been saving this for a special occasion,” she pressed the buttons on the controls. “But this’ll do.”

The newly upgraded bot turned on, spinning and whirling.

Glimmer’s fists charged with magic, face riddled with indignation once more.

#glitra #glimmer #catra #adora #shadow weaver #shera #spop #she-ra #SheRa and the Princesses of Power #my writing #9 lives of catra applesauce meow meow #pulse #catradepmtion #kind of #princess glimmer #queen glimmer #shera fanfic #shera fanfiction

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Chapters: 6/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak, Catra & Horde Prime, Catra & the princesses Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime, Shera, She-Ra, Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Corrupted Catra - Character, Chipped Catra - Character Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made, Longing, Pining, no beta we die like meh, dumb lesbians, Death, Major character death - Freeform, glitra, Implied Glitra, Implied Death, Suffering, Torture, no good deed goes unpunished, Catra Angst, How Do I Tag, i am a glutton for angst, emotional soul searching, soul searching, Redemption, Remember Summary:

Nine times Catra died and the one time SheRa reset those lives.

Based on the tweet from Noelle Stevenson that Catra burned through all nine lives throughout the course of SheRa and then got those lives reset after Save the Cat.

*Warning for suicidal ideation, mentions of child abuse and torture*

#glitra #catra #glimmer #adora #shera #pulse #spop #shera and the princesses of power #my writing #9 lives of catra applesauce meow meow #shadow weaver #shera fanfic #shera fanfiction #she-ra #pov catra #pov glimmer #glimmer focussed #catra focussed #catradepmtion #kinda

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Next chapter of “9 Lives” fic is going to be intense my friends!

#my writing #9 lives of Catra applesauce meow meow

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Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak, Catra & Horde Prime, Catra & the princesses Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime, Shera, She-Ra, Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Corrupted Catra - Character, Chipped Catra - Character Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made, Longing, Pining, no beta we die like meh, dumb lesbians, Death, Major character death - Freeform, glitra, Implied Glitra, Implied Death, Suffering, Torture, no good deed goes unpunished, Catra Angst, How Do I Tag, i am a glutton for angst, emotional soul searching, soul searching, Redemption, Remember, Hurt No Comfort, Multishipping, Abuse, Body pain, Bodily Harm Summary:

Nine times Catra died and the one time SheRa reset those lives.

Based on the tweet from Noelle Stevenson that Catra burned through all nine lives throughout the course of SheRa and then got those lives reset after Save the Cat.

*Warning for suicidal ideation, mentions of child abuse and torture*

#shera #spop #catradora #catra #adora #shera and the princesses of power #save the cat #horde prime #spopfanfiction #spop fanfic #sherafanfic #sherafanfiction #my writing #catra angst #hordak #bow #glimmer entrapta

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Chapters: 3/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made, Longing, Pining, no beta we die like meh, dumb lesbians, Death, Major character death - Freeform Summary:

Nine times Catra died and the one time SheRa reset those lives.

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Based on the tweet from Noelle Stevenson that Catra burned through all nine lives throughout the course of SheRa and then got those lives reset after Save the Cat.

#spop #shera #she-ra #shera and the princesses of power #catra #hordak #catradora #shadow weaver #angst time #my writing #sherafanfic #sherafanfiction

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Chapters: 4/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made, Longing, Pining, no beta we die like meh, dumb lesbians, Death, Major character death - Freeform Summary:

Nine times Catra died and the one time SheRa reset those lives. Based on the tweet from Noelle Stevenson that Catra burned through all nine lives throughout the course of SheRa and then got those lives reset after Save the Cat.

Warning in this chapter for suicidal ideation 

#shera #spop #she-ra #catra #adora #catradora #my writing #this is the portal one #catra angst #corrupted catra #she ra and the princesses of power #shera fanfic #shera fanfiction #shera spoilers #adora angst

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Chapters: 2/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made

Summary: Catra’s second death, spider’d

#spop #shera #she ra and the princesses of power #sherafanfic #sherafanfiction #catradora #catra #adora #shadow weaver #promise #my writing #catra angst #she ra catra

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Chapters: 5/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), Spop - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak, Catra & Horde Prime, Catra & the princesses Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia (She-Ra), Hordak, Horde Prime, Shera, She-Ra, Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Corrupted Catra - Character, Chipped Catra - Character Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Desire, Mutual Pining, Badass Adora, Protective, protective adora, disaster catra, Mistakes were made, Longing, Pining, no beta we die like meh, dumb lesbians, Death, Major character death - Freeform, glitra, Implied Glitra, Implied Death, Suffering, Torture, no good deed goes unpunished, Catra Angst, How Do I Tag, i am a glutton for angst, emotional soul searching, soul searching, Redemption, Remember Summary: Chapter 5 Portal’d Again! 

#catra #catra angst #spop #my writing #adora #shera #shera fanfiction #she ra fanfic #she ra and the princesses of power #corrupted catra #angst #fluff #catradora

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Chapters: 1/9 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: catradora - Relationship, Scorptra - Relationship, Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Scorpia (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer, Catra & Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra), Glitra - Relationship, Catra & Bow, Catra & Hordak Characters: Catra, Adora, Scorpia, Bow, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Enemies to Lovers, Character Death, Kinda, Shera - Freeform, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Injury, back from the dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, mostly angst, with some Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hugging, Feelings, Emotionally Repressed, Drama, Dramatic, Pain, pain and angst, Catra dies nine times, Catrademption, Catra Redemption, POV Catra (She-Ra), Princess Prom, Pulse - Freeform, Save the Cat, Corridors, destiny part 2, Promise, You Promise?, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, shera spoilers, she ra season five, spop, spops5, Love, Hate, Lovers, dramatic lesbians, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice

Summary:

Nine times Catra died and the one time SheRa reset those lives.

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Based on the tweet from Noelle Stevenson that Catra burned through all nine lives throughout the course of SheRa and then got those lives reset after Save the Cat.

#my writing #catra #shera #she-ra #spop #she ra and the princesses of power #scorpia #adora #catradora #glimmer #spops5 #shera spoilers #shadow weaver #hordak #horde prime #save the cat #corridors #promise #shera fanfiction #she ra fics #scorptra #glitra