After they finally got home Catra went to their dorm to wait for Mermista, while Glimmer and Adora went to Glimmer's room. Catra paced her room wondering what was taking Mermista so long.

"Ugh Perfuma what would mediating help?" Mermista groaned from beside Perfuma who refused to let Mermista go until she was one with the peace. "You and Catra are about to end your long time commitment, there are some feelings that need to be expressed freely." Mermista groans again.

"Look, Yes Catra and I were together for practically almost a year. But we both knew it was no strings attached. And we both great friends, nothing bad is going to happen when I talk to her." Mermista said.

"I get that, it's just you have both been hurt before and relied on each other for comfort, you can't tell me this doesn't sting alittle." Mermista looks down and sighs. Perfuma is right, ending this is going to hurt but not because she likes Catra like that, because her comfort will be gone and Catra will be happy with Adora again, while she still just has a picture of Seahawk to look at everyday. She wordlessly sat down next to Perfuma and started following her meditation tips.

When a knock sounded at Catra's door she talked her self up and opened the door expecting to see Mermista, only to be surprised to see Entrapta and Scorpia. Catra looked at them in aggravation. "What are you two doing here?"

"We here to help Wildcat!" Scorpia said as she walked through the door with Entrapta following her with her tablet. Entrapta and Scorpia were the second people she met who she became friends with. After Kindergarten in which she spent the entire experience in the same class as the best friend squad. When middle school started, she was placed into a class filled with people she didn't know, whereas Bow, Adora and Glimmer were together. Catra was completely miserable until Scorpia befriended her. There was a couple of kids bullying Catra and she didn't want to tell Adora so she dealt with it. Until Scorpia defended her honour. They never bothered her again. She was also lucky to have Lonnie, Kyle and Rogelio in the class with her, they helped Scorpia out. From that day onwards Scorpia declared that she was Catra's new best friend. And started calling her Wildcat.

Adora wasn't happy to hear that and was about to fight Scorpia one day, Catra had to step in. Little did she know Adora was just jealous, seeing Catra walking to her next class with this pretty lady with pinchers constantly hugging her. Adora and Catra started dating at the end of middle school.

Entrapta was a special case. She transferred to their class during the year after moving into town. She proceeded to steal Catra's sandwich while asking her if she wished to spy on the other class. Catra was immediately in love and befriended her. They roped Scorpia in and they spied on the other class all day. Laughing and stealing food from the cafeteria which made Scorpia nervous mind you. Adora hated Entrapta more than Scorpia. Especially when Catra would laugh and say. "God I love her." But everytime she tried to start a fight with Entrapta the girl would get distracted and build something. Much to Adora's annoyance. Adora later realized Entrapta was not a threat.

So when the next year came around and she was in the exact same class she was content to have those two around her. Scorpia deemed them that year. The super pal trio. Which Bow found an awesome name but he also wasn't fond of the fact that, Catra wasn't hanging as much with the Best Friend Squad anymore. So Glimmer made sure they had sleepovers every friday to balance it out.

Double Trouble joined the class a week into the year and immediately impressed Catra by posing as one of the people she hated and made a fool out of them. She hence forth joined the super pal trio. Scorpia attempted making a whole new name. Which Double Trouble said Scorpia didn't have to do. Basically those three were her best friends outside of the best friend squad. She loved them to bits not that she said it much. But they knew, and she knew they knew and that was good for the four of them. So Catra sighs and flops onto the couch. "I just feel so bad Scorp, Trapta. Like Mermista, she-" Catra frustratedly grunts as she tugs on her hair.

"I get it Wild cat, she was kinda like your saviour." Scorpia says softly as she sits beside Catra, Entrapta taking the other side of her. Entrapta types something on her tablet before she repositions her glasses then looks at Catra. "Statistically speaking, one of you was bound to get hurt and you didn't think you were that Fifty percent, so this seems to be burdening you a lot more then if she were the fifty percent." Catra softly smiles and chuckles. She kinda missed the way Entrapta spoke, the three of them haven't hung much in a while, all they need now is Double Trouble. I guess Catra should say drama three times and they would appear. Drama Drama Drama. Catra turns to the door. Guess that didn't work, I mean she did think it though. "Yeah exactly Trapta, I don't know what to do" Catra sighs.

Bow paces the hallway about to enter when DT walks past him to Catra's door with Four take away drinks. "Pacing doesn't look good on you Bow. You going to come in with me or continue to look like an idiot?" Bow flounders with his words like a fish, DT chuckles and opens the door, closing it behind them causing Bow to gasp. Catra turns to look at the door and jumps up. "Okay that's just freaky." Catra says.

Double Trouble smirks. "Aww were you thinking of me kitten?" Catra chuckles and nonchalantly shrugs her shoulders. "Of course not, you're not worth a thought." She says with a smirk.

"Meowouch" Double Trouble holds their heart dramatically. "You wound me kitten." They say, the smirk still present.

"Don't care." Catra says before grabbing the drinks from Double Trouble and pulling them in for a hug. Whispering a quiet thank you. "Its no problem Darling, you can always count on me" Double Trouble sits on the mini couch or as they like to call it the Hot Seat, because they can witness all the drama from that point of view. Double trouble takes a slow sip of their drink before casually saying. "Bow is outside looking like a lost puppy."

Catra sighs and stands walking to the door, opening it only too see Bow standing there about to knock. He blushes and waves. "H-Hey Catra." Catra snorts and moves out of the way so he can come in. Bow beams and enters the room, joining the rest of group. Catra proceeds to sit down again. "So any advice guys?"

"Look Darling, we all knew this had an expiration date, don't prolong it or else it will just become rotten you know?" DT says.

Catra nods. "Its just- like Scorp said, she saved me. She's more then just a hook up and you all knew that, but having to end it like this feels wrong, it feels like I was just using her when we both cared for each other, I mean I would feel pretty shit if Seahawk came back and now I am just waiting for the other shoe to drop and that's what she's doing now."

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"The time is now little sister. The targets are in only two places. Make it quick." Horde Prime says curtly. Shadow Weaver nods as she instructs them to open two portals.

"We'll go for the group of three first it will be swift. No mistakes." Shadow Weaver states as they walk through the portal immediately shooting Tranquilizer darts at the group. Lonnie, Kyle and Rogelio immediately proceed to dodge. Shadow Weaver grasps Kyle with her shadows, sucking the air out of him. The other two immediately stop in panic. Rogelio roars as Lonnie shouts. "Kyle!" They manage to dart Rogelio and Kyle. Lonnie darts her eyes left and right trying to find an escape. She charges for one of the clones sweeping under their legs causing them to fall. She must warn the others. That's all she thinks. She dodges a punch and quickly grabs the clones arm slamming him to the wall, But Shadow Weaver grabs her as she darts her as well, chucking the three of them through the portal. She then makes her way to her daughters dorm.

Catra's hair stands on end before the others can even answer. "Something Is coming." The group immediately gets into fighting stances.

When they make it through they are met with a surpise. There's a princess. But that's not all, the group was already fight ready "Avoid the princess grab everyone else!" Shadow Weaver shouts. But it wasn't that easy. They were fighting together and brilliantly might she add. "Entrapta contact Glimmer!" Catra shouts. Entrapta immediately starts typing on the tablet. Causing her to become the major target, the group works to protect Entrapta but Shadow Weaver grabs her and throws her through the portal, the tablet falling in the process, the only thing heard Entrapta's scream followed by an excited squeal. "Scorp, they clearly afraid of you, you gotta use your powers." Catra states as she dodges a dart and kicks someone in the stomach, Bow flips someone over his shoulder as Double Trouble confuses them. "Deal with that lizard freak." Shadow Weaver yells. Scorpia immediately starts pulverizing people. Apologizing occasionally. But now Scorpia has ten people on her alone.

"Excuse me?" Double Trouble says, as all darts fly towards them. They gracefully dodge them all making Catra smirk. Double Trouble bows only to be stabbed by a dart from behind. They grunt. "Backstabbed, who would have thought?"

With Just Catra and Bow left, and no way of back up coming anytime soon, they are quickly getting a few scratches and marks on them. They stand back to back panting as more clones come through. "Bow- I think we should prepare for the worst. Do you still have that trick arrow on you?" Bow nods licking his lips. He nervously glances at Catra. "It won't work though, I don't have my actual Bow on me. And it's still a prototype."

Catra's tail has been standing on end this entire battle. She dodges another dart. "That's okay just leave it. Everyone knows the plans for that arrow it will send the right message. " Catra whispers. Bow nods and drops the arrow.

Shadow Weaver laughs manically. "Wow that's your big plan?" She says raising her eyebrow. Catra shivers. This woman gives her the creeps. Catra however feigns confidence as she smirks. "Oh you don't even know the half of it." She says as her and Bow continue to dodge attacks. She thinks if they hold out for atleast until Mermista comes by, then they would be able to handle them. She glances at Scorpia at the corner of the room being surrounded and attacked by like twenty clones at once. She knows she hasn't recharged in a while so she must be struggling by now. Scorpia meets Catra's eyes clearly panicked, she wants to help save everyone. Catra was about to reassure her when Scorpia screams for Catra to watch out. Catra ducks but the dart hits Bow. Bow looks at Catra with wide eyes as he passes out. Catra pants and looks around panicked as ten people slowly surround her. She hisses and starts attacking them one by one. "Enough you insolent child." The weird Shadow lady says as she traps Catra with that same Magic that got Entrapta, she sucks the air out of Catra. Catra gasps for air as her face goes red. The last thing she hears is Scorpia screaming her name.

Shadow weaver throws the last of the kids through the portal, not expecting a frantic Scorpia to dive through the Portal after them. "I thought I said no Princesses Little sister."

"She's a stowaway." Horde Prime was about to reprimand her when he noticed Scorpia trying to use her powers but failing. Instead he smirks. "You did well Little Sister, she can be of good use. Start breaking them down first thing in the morning." He taps his throne.

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Mermista walks to Catra's door and knocks. When no one responds, she turns the knob and sees the place in shambles. Her eyes wide as she looks around. She gasps when she sees the arrow on the floor. She immediately calls Glimmer. Glimmer answers with a chirpy voice which Mermista cuts off. "Get all the princess to Catra's dorm. Now." Mermista doesn't leave Glimmer a chance to answer as she hangs up. Her eyes tear up. What happened here? Glimmer transports into the room, with all the Princesses. "Where's Scorpia?" Mermista asks.

Perfuma gulps as she looks around, her eyes tearing up. "S-She was with Catra and Entrapta."

Glimmer gasps as she kneels down. "And Bow...I-It's his sonic arrow." She whispers her voice choking up.

Adora hyperventilates as she looks around. Her heart beating rapidly. "S-She- t-they attacked." She says before collapsing on the floor her hands tugging on her hair, She feels something soft on the floor by her knees, she looks down and sees some of Catra's hair. "CATRA!" She shouts before sobbing.

"We need to call my mother." Glimmer whispers.

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Once Angella arrives, the group of princesses left stand shell shocked, everyone's faces blank and hurt present in their eyes, as Angella does roll call to be sure who everyone was taken. "It seems only Kyle, Rogelio, Lonnie, Entrapta, Catra, Bow, Double Trouble and Scorpia were taken. Casta managed to reform the attack with her-"

"I want to see it." Adora states. Angella was about to protest but then she sees all the Princesses looking at her expectantly with serious faces. Angella sighs as she signals Casta to show them what happened. The group watches in horror. "They didn't intend to take Scorpia." Perfuma whispers her voice broken.

"Yeah but Scorpia wouldn't dare leave them." Adora says proudly but sadly. Perfuma nods.

Angella nods. "Yes, that was brave. However this brings a new issue. You guys will have to connect to your runestones without Scorpia, you will still be strong individually, you Just won't have full group strength. Meaning getting them back will be hard, but a top priority. But- it also means that." She looks at Micah for help. He gulps and places his hands on Adora's and Glimmer's shoulders. "It means our top priority for now is to get Scorpia back, if we can't get everyone and if something goes wrong on our future rescue mission, we will have to leave behind everyone else. And just take her."

Adora and Glimmer's eyes widend seeming to shake with sadness and horror, and a clear tinge of rage. "You can't be serious." Adora says her voice hard. She steps back from Micah's hand. Glimmer slaps his hand off her shoulder quickly glaring at her parents. "You mean we should leave Bow! Catra! Entrapta! DT! And kyle, Rogelio and lonnie!? That's seven people! Seven people important to us. Seven people who swore to help protect Etheria, that we will leave behind?"

They start to say something but Glimmer scoffs and storms off. Adora and the rest of the Princesses following suit. Enraged and in disbelief at the fact that one day they might have to leave their friends there just for a better chance of winning the war.

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Catra gasps as she wakes up, she blinks noticing she is in a dark cell that looks like it's open, but her tail stands on end, meaning that's probably not the case, she walks to the edge of the wall and hovers her hand to the open space feeling a slight buzz. "Bow!?" She shouts in question.

"Catra! Is that you?" Bow shouts from the other side of the wall, causing a bunch of other shouts sounding further that way. Entrapta, Lonnie, Kyle, Rogelio, DT and Scorpia. She shudders. "Guys don't worry we going to get out of here! We just need to ensure we take whatever they throw at us." Catra yells out.

Bow responds with. "As long as we together nothing bad could ever happen to us."

That's when we hear a deep menacing voice sounding in the halls. "A noble dream indeed. Oh how I can't wait to squash it." The voice stops and silence follows.

Shadow Weaver stands before Horde Prime who smirks. "Your daughter is a tough one. So change of plans, Tonight start the round of torturing. But give Catra an extra round In the morning. She needs a lot more to be broken then the others. Start with the princess on the end and work your way slowly to Catra. I want them all to hear each of them scream."

Shadow Weaver smirks. "With pleasure." She makes her way to the prison block and walks to Scorpia's cell, she types in the code of the electric field, it disappearing and she enters it." Hello, Scorpia is it?" Scorpia who was about to respond gets waved off. "Not that it matters, let's begin."

The screams begin, Double Trouble shivers and curls in a ball, Entrapta paces while working mathematical equations in her head to try and free them. Kyle rocks himself on the floor, Lonnie starts punching the wall in frustration. Rogelio holds his hand to the wall facing Scorpia, his face etched with pain. Bow starts throwing himself at the force field shocking himself in pain, Then shouting in frustration falling to his knees. Catra slowly slides down the wall her head in between her legs as one tear goes down her cheek. An hour passes of hearing Scorpia writhe in pain. Then silence. A minute passes until DT's screams start. And that's when the group knew this was their own living hell. "Save us princess." Whispered Catra.