*Set in S5// Reader Request w/DT!
"And you can thank us and me now." Double Trouble said to Catra as Horde Prime's space ship burned behind them. He looked to Adora, Bow, Scorpia, Frosta and the others. "They owe me big time. That was such a fun charcater to play too!" They said and winked at Catra.
"Ugh, don't be weird with me." Catra said brushing dirt off her clothing. "Being Hordak is the easiest character anyone could play."
Adora had her arms crossed. Glimmer clung to Bow and everyone was ready to fight again.
"It's over, Catra. Can't we fly some white flags and call a truce?" Adora yelled to her.
Double Trouble watched Catra closely. Her expression as she looked at Adora. "It'll be over . . . when the planet gets hit with an asteroid." She turned to leave and Double Trouble grabbed her hand.
"Let's walk together." They said with a smile. When they were out of earshot, they said to her, "I'm going bonkers that they can't see it."
"See what?" Catra said as they kept walking.
Double Trouble let her hand go. "You have feelings that are more than friendship for Adora."
"She was just my friend. My best friend. She left me for glitter and sword fights. Stupid First Ones crap and . . ." She saw Double Trouble's face.
They nodded, "Right, go on."
Catra got upset. "I do not like her that way."
"Coulda fooled me." Double Trouble laughed. They changed into Adora. "You like this. A lot more than you should." And then they changed back.
"I do not like Adora." Catra said hotly.
Double Trouble smiled at her. "Then go on a date with me."
Catra's colorful eyes went wide. Um . . . then she laughed. "Good one."
"What have you got to lose, kitten?" Double Trouble said, nearing her.
Catra kept walking. All she wanted to do was go back to the Fright Zone. She had loads of work to do. "Prime is gone and Hordak is insane. I run this show now. You either stick with me or leave."
"I want a date with you." Double Trouble said, "You won't be sorry."
*
"We have to deal with these left behind Horde people." Glimmer said to her friends. Many of Prime's people had fleed the area.
"I can't believe you let Catra go!" Bow barked at Adora. "Why?"
Frosta stepped in, "She's a person too, Bow. She's made terrible mistakes and needs to fix herself."
Bow was upset. "Catra and the Horde are just gonna come after us again!"
"They don't have Hordak anymore. He's gone into outerspace where he belongs." Adora said as she watched Entrapta cry. She lovingly out her arms around her. "You'll be okay. You have all of us."
Entrapta's pain seared through her body, "I . . . I loved him."
"I think he loved you enough to let you go." Adora said, hugging her. "Sometimes love has to be like that unfortunately."
"How would you know? It's not like you ever loved anyone before!" Entrapta said out of pain and anger. She pulled away and curled up into a ball on the ground.
Adora had felt love in her heart for Bow and Glimmer. She also knew that wasn't what she meant. Catra came into her mind. The memories of all the years they'd spent together. She had loved Catra, but was it more than a sisterly kind of love?
"Frosta, can you freeze the ship so it won't set anything else on fire, please." Adora said, turning to her.
"Sure can!" She said happily and went to put her hands on the space ship.
*
Double Trouble looked at the mess in the Fright Zone. "So Hordak went crazy here and why?"
Catra laughed to herself. "Because of me."
"And just so you know - this is not where our date is gonna happen." Double Trouble said to her.
"There is nowhere we can go without people wanting to kill me." Catra kicked some rubble and breathed out heavily. "I wanted power and control so badly. Prime used me and I used him. Sparkles, played along for both our sakes, but I knew she hated me too."
"The Horde isn't completely destroyed. Remember that multiple eyed freaks speech? We're Primordial and there are countless copies of them out in the galaxy. They'll be back!"
Catra had listened in on a conversation Adora had with Bow and Glimmer. It had been about Mara, the portal and Despondos.
"I need to open another portal. I need to put us back in Despondos." Catra told Double Trouble. "It's the only way to make sure Hordak and his people will never return. It's the only way any of us can be truly free."
"Ooh it's a date!" Double Trouble said, giving Catra a quick kiss on her cheek. "By the way your outfit is delicious."
*
In Bright Moon Glimmer was thinking of renaming the War Room into something better. She was pacing as Bow, Adora, Frosta and Perfuma chatted.
Mermista and SeaHawk went to get ice cream. On the way to the kitchen they snuck in a few kisses.
"Are we ready for when the Horde strikes again?" Glimmer asked her people. "We need to be. This whole thing is far from over even with Prime dead and Hordak in space." Her eyes looked around the room. "Where's Entrapta?"
Adora walked over. "With Emily in my room."
"We're as ready as we'll ever be." Perfuma said coming over to Adora and Glimmer.
Bow and Frosta joined them. "I've got a new quiver for more arrows in my room. It's pretty cool."
Frosta's eyes lit up, "Yeah we wanna see it! Do you have new arrows too?"
Bow smiled brightly. "Yes, I do. I'll tell you about them later. I used a few on this last mission too."
In Adora's bedroom Entrapta still felt out of place. Sure these people cared, but she'd never known anything else than being alone. Even in the Fright Zone, there was always pieces of her that never quite fit.
Hordak seemed to be the only one accepting of her fully and now he was gone forever. Her eyes looked out the window. "I don't belong here."
Emily nudged her.
"If you want to stay here I understand. I need to go back home." Entrapta tied bedsheets together as fast as she could. They weren't long enough, but it didn't matter. Her hair would help her from hitting the ground. She climbed down the sheets and fell a few feet. Her long purple hair cushioned her and she stood up.
If she went East it was back to Dryl if she went North she'd end up in the Fright Zone.
*
Double Trouble sat in Hordak's old throne chair smiling to themself. "I could really get use to this!" They said to themself.
Catra's tail smacked Double Trouble in the face. "Quit daydreaming about being King or Queen and help me out. The Portal won't fix itself."
"Babe, I have no idea how to fix a portal. I'm an actor, remember." Double Trouble posed for her.
Catra rolled her eyes. "So where are you taking me on our . . . date?"
"You'll find out soon enough." Double Trouble said, grinning.
Catra went back to picking through pieces and trying to figure out the notes in the computer.
"Hi." A familiar voice said.
Catra gasped and screamed in surprise. She spun to see Entrapta. "Double Trouble this is not funny!"
"Kitten, I'm still in my new chair." Double Trouble said.
Catra looked up and looked back at the real Entrapta. "Look I know you hate me."
"Yep, sure do, but I wanna help." Entrapta said, looking at the computer with her simulations on it. "Why are you wanting to build a new portal?"
Double Trouble came walking over to them. They twirled their white hair around a finger curiously. "Yes, I know we haven't properly met, so you're the Entrapta Hordak cared for."
Entrapta's pink eyes welled with tears. "He really cared?"
"Yeah, before he got reconditioned by Prime he did." Catra said.
"I thought I saw a glimpse of it in battle too." Entrapta said as her hair wiped away her tears. "I need focus and something to do. I'll start on the new portal and you two go do something else. Come back tomorrow."
Double Trouble smiled at Entrapta, "Yes, lovely lady tomorrow we'll chat."
*
The alliance was arguing over what to do next.
Mermista and SeaHawk were sharing a pint of cookies-n-cream and sitting very close together. They were whispering and laughing together.
Bow and the others kept turning around, hoping they'd join the important arguments.
"Mer . . . Hawk, what do you think?" Glimmer stumbled over their names.
They both looked at her strangely. Then they looked at each other, blushing.
"Yeah, let's go with that." Glimmer said, "MerHawk, what do you think?"
Mermista nodded, "Okay, I'm good with the plan." She said, not knowing what it was.
SeaHawk smiled awkwardly, "I - guess it's a good plan."
Glimmer deeply frowned. "Quit flirting with each other and listen."
Mermista got all weird and stood up. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Frosta pointed out, "You two are eating ice cream together and sharing a spoon like two people in love would."
SeaHawk's face was so red as he licked the spoon. Mermista was fully blushing too.
Glimmer went to grab Mermista's arm. "You need to come and listen."
*
Double Trouble and Catra took a skiff to the Crimson Waste.
"And why are we here?" Catra complained. She looked at the poisionous plants and knew there was quicksand nearby.
"This place is peaceful to me. It's home. This and The Valley of the Lost. And it's quiet for the most part." Double Trouble said to her. "Just being alone with you is enough for me."
"I like you, but I just don't think I can like you more than a friend." Catra said, knowing she was hurting their feelings.
"I see the real you. I see the girl that longs for love and a deeper meaning to life. Your acting sucks by the way. I don't see the others can't see through you." Double Trouble said, taking Catra's right hand. She tried yanking it away, but they held onto it. "These hands are full of suppressed anger. They want to hurt, to hit and destroy to a point. Then again these hands long to be held gingerly."
Double Trouble looked at her with sympathy. "You hold on to your past with the thinnest thread darling. It's time to either let it go or grab a rope." They examined her hand. "The love you hold in your heart for someone isn't wanted. Why keep holding on? Sure you might tell yourself she'll love you as a friend or more, but we both know she will never feel the same."
"Adora's . . ." Catra began, "We use to be so close and share everything."
"The rift keeps splitting too, after all you've done you'd be lucky if she ever called you a friend again." Double Trouble let her hand go.
"If you give us a chance I think you'd be happy." They smiled for a moment then frowned. "You want me to be her right now. Okay . . ." Double Trouble shape shifted into Adora.
"Let's talk it out." Non-Adora said to Catra. "Come on sit with me on the skiff."
They walked back over to the skiff, got into it and sat down.
"So I just talk to you like I would to her?" Catra asked.
They smiled, "Yes."
"Your hair poof is stupid. Are ever gonna wear it down?" Catra said with a laugh.
Non-Adora changed and now her hair was down.
Catra blinked in surprise. She saw the girl she truly cared for. "I like you more than a friend."
Non-Adora laughed. "What do you mean?"
"You know there's this complicated thing called love. I feel that for you." Catra honestly said.
Double Trouble shifted back to normal. "Was that so hard?"
Catra nodded, "Yes and no, because I knew it wasn't really her." Her feelings were all over the place. "All I know is I've felt like this even before she left the Horde."
With a sigh, Double Trouble leaned forward. "You're gonna drown in this if you don't make a choice."
"I know." Catra said and looked out at the Waste.
*
Glimmer teleported from one room to the next. She became panicked and went back to the War Room. "We have a problem. Entrapta is gone."
"What do you mean?" Bow said, his voice changing octaves.
"Gone, Bow! She's G.O.N.E." Glimmer glowed brightly. "Emily is in the room at least."
Adora came forward. "She wouldn't just up and leave Emily behind."
Entrapta knew Emily the robot would be much safer if she stayed with the Rebellion. She'd told the bot she would visit on occasion. Now she was detailing the new portal before putting it together.
"Should we go look for her?" Frosta asked, concern showing in her eyes.
"I'll go get Swift Wind and go to Dryl." Adora said.
"Check the Fright Zone first." Glimmer said, "I have a feeling she's there."
*
Adora didn't feel a threat going alone.
"This place is destroyed." Swift Wind said circling over the core of The Fright Zone. "I wonder what happened."
Catra knew what had happened. It was because of her and Hordak on the war path to kill her. He'd found out about his beloved Entrapta. And that she hadn't betrayed him like he'd thought.
Adora and Swifty walked cautiously through the mess. They made their way to the heart of it and heard noises. Sure enough they heard Entrapa's voice.
They saw her building . . . another portal.
"What the heck?" Adora yelled out.
Entrapta, Double Trouble and Catra turned to her.
Entrapta yelled back. "We're busy, go away!"
Double Trouble shoved Catra and they gave her a go-on look. Catra narrowed her colorful eyes at them. DT, gave her a side smirk.
"Seriously, Entrapta why are you," She paused and looked at Catra. "Of course you want to build another portal!"
Catra stood with her hands on her hips. "I have a good reason."
Swift Wind laughed and Adora rolled her eyes. "Spill it."
"Hordak's not the Hordak we know. Prime is dead and The Horde is primordial. They freaking clone themselves. I need to put us back in Despondos so they can't come back for us." Catra's eyes spoke the truth more than her mouth.
Adora was shocked. This made sense and she watched Entrapta screw things together using her hands and hair.
"Go talk to her alone." Double Trouble whispered to Catra.
Catra walked over to Adora. "I don't want to fight you right now. Can we talk like old times?"
"Fine." Together they went to outside. Adora turned to face her. "Talk." Her tone was angry.
Catra twitched nervously. "I - I miss you." She looked away and felt Adora put a hand on her shoulder. "I miss the old days. We were gonna run this place now look at it."
"This place can be fixed." Adora said. "I'm not sure our relationship can be." She crossed her arms.
Catra fought with what to say next. "I have feelings for you." She ended up saying.
Adora was silent as she took in those words. Feelings? What kind of feelings? She looked at Catra until Catra looked at her. "Friendship."
"It starts with the letter L." Catra said, feeling sick to her stomach.
Adora was nervous now. Whoa, this was crazy. "Lo - love?" She stuttered.
Catra swallowed a breath. "Yeah."
Adora stood and began to pace. Love?! Ahhhh! Seriously? She didn't know how to respond to Catra's confession.
"I'm not expecting you to say you love me or anything. Double Trouble wants to date me. I've told you how I feel, but do you feel anything other than hate for me?" Catra said to Adora and got up. "I just want you to know how I really feel. All this time and I've secretly loved you every stupid second of it."
They locked eyes, staring at each other.
Adora finally spoke, "I don't know if Iove is something I've felt for you or not. In a sisterly way, yes. If we're speaking of romantic love, then no - I think." She was unsure of all of her feelings toward Catra now. "I need time to think."
"I'm giving you a week to make up your mind." Catra said and hurried back to help Entrapta out.
*
"I'm teleporting to the Fright Zone! Adora's been gone too long!" Glimmer shouted to a very tired crowd.
Mermista and SeaHawk were snuggled together. Bow was laying in Perfuma's lap and Frosta slept in a chair with her feet on the table.
Everyone was shaken by Glimmer's outburst.
"Chill out, Sparkles, Adora can take care of herself." Frosta grumbled from the chair.
The doors opened and Casta came into the room. Her face was fully of worry. "Why are you yelling? I can hear you half-way down the hall!"
Glimmer's face fell in sadness. "I'm sorry I just get frustrated easily. How my dad doing?"
"Nightmares. Every single time he tries to rest." Casta said, about her brother King Micah. It had been hell for him since Adora, Bow and Swift Wind had rescued him and Entrapta from that awful place.
Glimmer came over to her aunt. "Adora went to The Fright Zone to see if Entrapta is there. She ran away earlier."
"Why would that girl go back to that junkyard?" Casta's face looked like she'd smelled something awful.
Bow got up and came over to them. "It was like a home to her. And other reasons we will never understand."
"Be careful." Casta said to Glimmer.
With a nod Glimmer teleported to The Fright Zone.
*
Glimmer spent almost ten minutes looking around the almost abandoned Fright Zone. There were random guards doing nothing but talking. They paid her no mind as she walked by them. She finally heard voices she knew well.
"Adora!" She called out. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. You didn't have to come here." Adora told her.
Glimmer gave mean looks to Catra and Double Trouble. "You've been gone a long time. I was worried sick."
"Says the girlfriend." Double Trouble said loudly.
"Huh?" Glimmer looked to them. "What did you say?"
Double Trouble laughed. "Oh please you and Catra are so much alike it's scary."
Glimmer looked at Catra for a long minute. "I am nothing like that girl."
Double Trouble looked from Catra to Glimmer. "Hides real feelings, check! Yells a lot, check! Shall I go on?"
"I do not!" Catra and Glimmer shouted in unison. They both turned red with embarrassment.
Double Trouble shook their head at the ladies. "How tragic, both want the girl and neither can have her, right?" They looked to Adora.
Entrapta had a new recorder now and put it into use. "Social experiment part one tape 5, let's call this All The Feels." She carefully studied the expressions of her sort-kinda friends faces.
"Why am I in the middle of this?" Adora asked, unsure of a lot of things.
Double Trouble circled her like prey. "Both have feelings for you. Which one of these ladies do you like more?"
Glimmer shook her head. "I'm not into Adora, I love Bow."
"Sure about that?" Double Trouble raised their eyebrows.
Glimmer didn't have time for this crap. "What's going on here? Why are you putting that damn thing back together?"
Adora spoke, "Catra actually came up with a good plan. Honestly as much as I love looking at the stars we need to hide again. Catra said it would be a good thing if we hid back in Despondos. I agree with her."
Glimmer's mind was spinning now. "Is that really the best option?"
"It would keep our planet safe from The Horde ever returning here or other aliens in outerspace." Entrapta said to all of them.
"We need to work together to save Etheria from more Horde." Catra said to them. "I don't want to keep fighting. I'm not saying we won't in the future, but for now let's work together. Let's go back to Despondos."
*
"I've calculated everything and I'm using my simulations to make sure we don't blow up the planet." Entrapta told everyone the next day.
Adora, Glimmer, Catra, Double Trouble and Bow were there.
"Are you sure this is gonna work?" Adora questioned her.
Entrapta just gave her a stupid look. "I go over things multiple times." She said and twirled in her chair to Catra. "If you ever come at me again you'll be sorry." She turned back around and continued working on her computer.
Glimmer was staring Catra down. "How could you do such a thing?" She spat.
Catra kept her mouth shut. She didn't want to start a huge fight.
"I was right and so was Adora." Entrapta said spinning around. "We knew the portal would be destructive but Hissy Fit pants over here wanted things her way."
Catra literally had to bite her own tongue to not speak.
Adora and the others just had to laugh at the face Catra was making.
"It'll be ready to go tomorrow!" Entrapta yelled out. "Make sure all the other princesses are here too. We need their energy. Don't forget to have Shadow Weaver here too."
*
Adora was still going back and forth about the decision she had to make soon. Friends or lovers with Catra. This was driving her crazy. Then there was Glimmer. She'd admitted to liking Bow. Then Double Trouble said to Glimmer possibly liked her too?
"Ahhh!" She screamed alone in her room.
Scorpia had a room now in Bright Moon. She came running into Adora's room. "What's wrong? I was passing by when I heard you scream."
Adora sat on her bed. "I have a choice to make."
Scorpia now sat beside her. "What are these choices if you don't mind me asking?"
"Double Trouble said Glimmer might like me - like me. Glimmer said was into Bow. Glimmer and I have not spoken about this at all. Catra told me she loved me."
Scorpia's gasp filled the room. "You?" She questioned her heart dropping and eyes filling with tears.
"It's so weird. And why are you so upset?" Adora asked putting a hand on her arm.
Scorpia laughed to herself. "I've had feelings for her. She doesn't care either. I get it though. It was you and her a long time before I came into the picture."
"Sorry." Adora quietly said, "Now Double Trouble likes her and they want to date Catra."
Scorpia's forehead crinkled in sadness. "Does Catra like that person?"
"I guess so. Catra told me that I have a week to make up my mind. I think she wants to date them. I don't know if I want to pursue a romantic relationship with her or not. I don't know what to do." Adora grabbed a pillow and screamed into it.
Scorpia patted her on the back. "All you can do is follow your heart." She said and got up. "Love is one of the most wonderful and complicated things, even if it does end in heartbreak."
*
The next day the whole alliance was there and which also included Spinerella, Netossa, SeaHawk. And now Casta along with Shadow Weaver was there too. Micah was watching Bright Moon. He knew the ladies had this covered.
Bow, SeaHawk, and Double Trouble felt very left out since they had no magical powers.
Adora had broken her sword a while back when Despondos pulled them out of hiding. It didn't mean she couldn't try to help. Maybe there was still magic within her and Swift Wind.
"Powering it up!" Entrapta told them. "Hold hands, get ready! It's about to get weird in here!" She yelled out.
Bow and SeaHawk stood off to the side with all eleven women stood in a circle.
Swift Wind had his wings on Adora and Perfuma's shoulders. "Let's do this."
Entrapta flipped a switch and the room glowed brightly. "DO NOT LET GO OF EACH OTHER!" She shouted. They held on each giving their power and beginning to glow.
Adora wanted to know if it was working.
Things shook and fell inside the room. Things broke and rolled around. Then there was a sound and the computer's voice gave a said, "Mission Complete."
Bow and SeaHawk ran outside to look up. The stars had vanished. The portal had pulled them back into Despondos.
"Entrapta is a mastermind!" Bow shouted as the alliance came running outside and looked up.
"Woo hoo!" Frosta shouted out happily.
"Thank goodness. I've got to help rebuild Salineas." Mermista said as SeaHawk hugged her. "Oh what the hell." She said and kissed him.
"Aw!" Glimmer said before hugging Adora. "They're cute!"
Adora hugged her back. "So are you and Bow! Go kiss him!" She said into Glimmer's left ear.
Glimmer ran over to Bow. "Hey!" She said and smiled up at him.
"My queen." He said as she threw her arms around him and pulled him into a kiss.
The crowd cheered for them.
Bow was very surprised, but kissed her back.
Adora got Catra alone. "I've made a choice. I choose myself for now. If you want to date Double Trouble go ahead."
Catra looked disappointed. "Okay. I'll wait until you come around."
Adora grabbed her hand. "I don't like," She said as Catra pulled her in and kissed her.
"Just a little something that might change your mind." Catra said and walked off.
Adora felt herself blush. Whoa . . . now THAT might change her mind. She watched as Catra walked into off with Double Trouble holding her hand.
"Great job everyone." Casta yelled out. "Let's go celebrate in Bright Moon with a feast!"
Glimmer held hands with Shadow Weaver and everyone got back into a circle. They teleported back to Bright Moon.
Adora walked off to look up at the sky. "I miss the stars." She said as Glimmer came up beside her.
"At least we're safe from The Horde coming back." Glimmer said and hugged her friend.
In the Fright Zone Catra looked at the destruction that was left behind. "You gonna help me build my . . . I mean our empire?" She winked evilly at Double Trouble.
"I would love to." Double Trouble said, "but first let's go get something to eat. We can take a skiff to the beach that's just beyond the Valley of the lost and start planning."
Catra smiled to herself. She knew she had Adora in her pocket now. Yes, she loved her, but she didn't need her. Or at least that was what she was telling herself now.
"Are we a couple now?" Double Trouble asked her. "Or is this something showy because you really want Adora?"
Catra winced in a painful way. "Both."
Double Trouble shrugged, "That's fine with me. Just let me down easy if you become more than friends with her."
Catra kissed Double Trouble's cheek. "Promise."