I got super into Catradora and instead of looking for the fan fiction I decided to make my own.
Another day in the fright zone sometimes I wonder if this place is just appropriately named or being completely stereotyped. I've been here ever since I was a kid. Hordak and Shadow Weaver found me and took me in. I don't really remember much past that. It's like everything else is just this one big blur in my mind.
For a while I fell into this routine get up, train, shower, eat, sleep and repeat. But that all changed when I met her. She was small for her age and she didn't look like any of the other kids. She had fur instead of skin and these patterns on her arms. But what really caught my eye were her ears. They were huge and stuck up right out of her hair. I watched them with this fascination.
I'd never seen anything so beautiful. They seemed to respond to her emotions. I analyzed her and watched how her ears reacted when she was surprised, scared, happy, angry, and sad. They were so expressive.
Part of me wondered if she knew about me doing this if she'd think I was weird. The other part though couldn't help myself she was just so interesting.
One day I was watching her and saw her just sitting all alone. I walked up to her. We stared at each other in this quiet silence. I'll never forget what I said to her that day. "Hi I really like your ears." She looked at me puzzled as if trying to gage what my intentions were. Then she looked down at the ground and grew quiet.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you" she snapped back instantly. "I hate my ears all the other kids here they make fun of me they say I'm a weirdo they tell me I don't fit in." I still remember when I took her hand in mine. "Well I think they're beautiful"
Her face quickly turned red and she went to pull her hand away from mine. She stopped herself though and quietly said, "you don't think they're weird?" I shook my head and watched a small smile make its way onto her face.
My heart skipped a few beats. I think that may have been the first time I fell for Catra.
After that interaction we were inseparable. Wherever she went I followed. I loved her presence and just being with her. Catra had so much life to her.
We laughed we cried we had fun. She'd defend me and I tried to be there for her but sometimes my fear got the better of me.
I think Catra always held a small grudge for that. Shadow Weaver expects alot from me but the way she treats Catra its like we're worlds apart. I try to comfort her to tell her not to bother with Shadow Weaver. But she's like a mother to Catra. A really terrible mother.
But when it's just me and Catra sitting on my bed just the two of us. It's like there's no one else. No Shadow Weaver, no Hordak, no princesses just us. I stroke her ears and utter that first sentence I said when we were two dumb kids. "I really like your ears".
Her smile is enough to get us through whatever may come our way.
