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Some crucial evidence slips through Adora's fingers. But it's just as well - Catra has a plan to snap some more.
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- Part 10 of Finish The Story Game Round 2
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merry candlenights (but I think I'll miss this one this year) by BabelFishing for ResFlower
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
10 Jan 2023
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After a busy blur of a year, Adora opts to spend Candlenights on her own. Not that she wouldn't mine some company, of course - specifically from a certain dark-haired, cinnamon-voiced bartender who caught her eye (and saved her life) during last year's ski retreat. But without her number, what are the chances of rekindling that spark on the coldest, snowiest night of the year?
Perhaps a surprise trip to the store for a last-minute ingredient will be just the Candlenights magic they both need to bring this tale to a very happy ending.
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The Girl Who Swallowed a Star by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
02 Oct 2022
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"Hey, it's okay. Just relax, straighten your legs, and start walking."
Adora's body did so reflexively and to her surprise, the air beneath her boots felt stable and calm. Gingerly, she leaned her weight forward and found that the invisible surface did not give way.
"There you go, now you're getting it," Catra whispered after sensing the lingering tension in her ward's body. She leaned in closer such that her chin rested in the crook of Adora's neck. "Don't worry, I've got you."
A few dreamy steps further, the sorceress looked over and caught Adora staring. With an enticing grin, she returned the favor.
"Look at you. You're a natural."
"Heh...I guess so."
"And here I thought you were some magic-less flower delivery girl."
"You're pretty magical yourself."
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A Howl’s Moving Castle-inspired AU about love, war, and the perils of fighting other people’s battles.
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when the wolf comes home by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
13 Mar 2022
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"Catra, no. We can't do any of that."
Catra looks up from the duvet with an indignant scowl. “And why not? It’s what she deserves.”
Stepping back and instinctively bracing herself, Adora lifts the box's worn copper latch and pulls open the lid. There, staring back at her in charred garnet hues, is an all-too-familiar mask, a veil that had praised her without justification and punished Catra without cause.
“I mean, sort of." Adora sighs and looks up from the box, finding the comfort of Catra's familiar blue-and-pale-yellows at once. "But she also sacrificed herself for us. I don’t know if we’d have made it to the Heart without her doing that.”
For a moment, a flame of betrayal flickers behind Catra's mismatched eyes, reminding Adora of the moment they parted ways at Thaymor.
“You’re joking, right?" the brunette growls back, her ears and tail immediately flicking to attention. "She didn’t do that for us. She did that because she wanted to feel like the good guy for once. It was another one of her damn power trips and I cannot believe you’re praising her for it.”
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Emotions flare and old wounds ache as Adora and Catra decide what to do with Shadow Weaver’s remains.
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Off the Beaten Path by BabelFishing for wildangeline
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
19 Feb 2022
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After a day of diplomatic pleasantries, Catra offers an opportunity for Etheria’s hero to stretch her legs. But as Adora quickly learns from the sultry look in her eyes, Catra has something a little more physical in mind - even if someone sees.
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here comes the jackpot question in advance by BabelFishing for lologoblens
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
23 Dec 2021
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"So, you in, then?"
Adora turned and looked exaggeratedly over her shoulder, searching again for some invisible intended recipient. But Catra's eyes never left her, forcing her to turn back and point the card back at her own chest.
"Who, me?"
"Yeah you, dummy. You're stuck here, too, remember?"
"But...I don't even know your name?"
"It's Catra," the stranger affirmed, "and if you haven't noticed, we've both got a pretty crummy day ahead. Might as well enjoy it with someone stuck in the same snow-covered boat. Besides, misery loves company. So..."
Catra placed a hand on Adora's leg, sending more than just static electricity dancing across her skin.
"I'll ask again - you in?"
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Two stranded travelers, three feet of snow, and one New Year's Eve Adora and Catra will never forget.
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"On a day like this, it wasn't even the familiar haunts that Adora craved most. It was the person who had always made it glow with life, her unmistakable mirth disguised behind years of mock scorn and sarcasm. They wanted her rakish attitude, her dauntless drive to take on the world and take no prisoners along the way. It was infectious, her courage in the face of their drifting, incorrigible circumstances and Adora wanted to drink from that fountain everyday. They wanted to sit under that vine and fig tree forever and the ring they'd brought along this evening, nestled into their jacket pocket like a rabbit in hibernation, was meant to be the seed that brought promise of that even brighter spring."
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From quick friends to lovers to breaking apart as their paths diverge, Adora and Catra have never been far from each other's side, with a million memories shared over a familiar table and a milkshake. But to everything there is a season, and winter is settling in, making Adora question if they'll ever make it to spring - as friends, as lovers, or as total strangers.
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Six Pomegranate Seeds by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
11 Nov 2021
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The sun starts to set on the journey and the couple considers what lies at the end of the road.
Part 15 of 'I don’t know where I’m goin’ (But I sure know where I’ve been)' a Finish the Story game started by IorekoftheHorde.
This chapter's a continuation of: IorekoftheHorde’s "Away", MidwestCryptid’s "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere", MxSinshine's "Uncertain Paths", Candycornsnake's "Wet Socks are 100 percent the Absolute Worst", wildangeline's "Deus Ex Mermista", motherofchimeras' "Life's too damn short", ButterfliesInMyBrain's "Are We Out of the Woods Yet?", Keliana856's "Cry For Me With Parched Eyes", EmileeDoodles' "Questions", Domika83's "Never Enough", mareebug's "What Comes Next?", EGYx3D's "What Goes Bump in the Night", Cheesybiscuit's "Answers (and New Beginnings?)", and lologoblens' "Honey and Tarragon".
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Something Bitter, Something Sweet by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
06 Jun 2021
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"Hey, Sparkles."
"Yeah? What's up?"
"You know those dumplings you made?"
"Like the ones we made after we rescued you?"
"Yeah, those ones. How did you even make those?"
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Between their banter and a few glasses of wine, Catra and Glimmer stir up a cherished dumpling recipe and a few bittersweet memories.
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My Heart Overtook My Body by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), 君の名は。| Kimi no Na wa. | Your Name.
15 May 2021
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Like perfect strangers, Catra and Adora are busy living their own lives, out in the country and deep in the city, respectively. But one night, they begin switching places, each waking the next morning in the other’s body without a clue to the cause. As the switches continue, the pair are faced with a daily choice – stay true to their opposite’s wishes or meddle in their affairs, spicing it up or perfecting it as they see fit.
Soon enough, the pair find themselves at each other’s necks, spiteful of the person on the other end of the line. But as they begin to see more of the world through the other’s eyes, Catra and Adora begin to feel their summer passions blossoming into something more, their lives now inextricably bound by the red string of fate. That cord continues to tighten as they explore the person they’ve become, until the pair must overcome a hardship greater than distance to find a way back to each other.
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"'Hey…what’s it feel like?'
Without prompting, the question tip-toed from Catra’s lips, curious and gentle. Still unable to sleep after hours of dozing, her thoughts had caught on the unknown sensation, a process she’d witnessed hundreds of times before from both sides of the battlefield. Now, though, something about this line of questioning felt more urgent, as if it had been the single anxiety keeping her awake all of this time."
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Catra has a question and she’s not sure she can sleep until she knows the answer.
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"Deep in her bones and in every fresh heartbeat, Amity ached to do something, anything that might make a difference. But what was there left to do? Running in wasn’t an option at all, neither was a levitation spell with the strength to hold that much weight. There had to be another way to pull this off, some better option for saving this bewitching brawler that had improbably caught her eye."
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A serendipitous encounter in the Palisman Woods offers Amity a chance to show her true spark. But her fire magic isn’t the only flame on this battlefield. Somehow, someway, Amity finds her harsh demeanor melting away after catching a glance of a certain human stranger. Maybe if she’s lucky, her quick thinking will be enough to get her name.
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Without warning, Catra opens her eyes and finds herself in a new reality where the Horde’s conquest had been successful, where she has become queen of the Horde by force, and where Adora has never left her side. Wracked with an insatiable bout of amnesia, Catra must now decide if this world is truly what she wants – even when it is too good to be true.
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Catra struggles to decide what - and who - she wants in her future, all while experiencing one version that future created by Horde Prime's mind control.
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A project due date is approaching, so naturally, the library would be the best place for Luz and Amity to study. But as it turns out, even the library can offer its own share of distractions – that is, if you’re sitting with the right person.
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Amity and Luz try to hit the books, but end up hitting on each other – in their own way.
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Compliments to the Chef by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
29 Nov 2020
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Catra and Adora enjoy the beginnings of a perfect Saturday morning, starting with a lovingly prepared meal and then...maybe more.
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Missing Out, Missing You by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
15 Nov 2020
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One evening, aboard Horde Prime’s ship, two former enemies converse about their younger years and what could have been, if not for the war.
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Catra and Glimmer share a small moment of reconciliation, in the midst of captivity and galactic uncertainty.
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Pitter Patter Goes my Heart by BabelFishing
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
01 Nov 2020
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“Adora…are you awake?”
A young woman’s hesitant voice floated out into the silent senior cadet dormitory. Her hushed tone was barely audible, even from a couple feet away. Her upright form blended seamlessly into the chamber’s inky darkness, save for a ray of moonlight reflecting off her heterochromatic eyes. To the rest of the chamber’s occupants, Catra was as good as invisible while she perched on her knees, just above her first, best friend.
---Catra has something she needs to ask Adora, and her racing thoughts won’t let her sleep until she gets an answer. It all started with a nightmare, but in the silence of their dormitory, Catra still finds the courage to lean into a dream she’s long held in her heart.
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After Boscha tosses Amity's pendant in the Hexside pool, it's up to Luz and Amity to sneak in like cat burglars and nab it back. Their escapade makes for an intimate evening of night swimming - even if they're not mutually ready to admit their feelings just yet. But even without saying it, Luz eventually shows how much her new friend means to her when the pool's perilous nature comes to a head.
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On the eve of the Midwinter Festival, an argument between Amity and Luz boils over, leaving the latter struggling to find the words to apologize. Though a walk through town manages to cool her nerves, it may take a little extra warmth - from her girlfriend and their favorite holiday brew - to fully make amends.
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“Check it out, Amity,” Luz eagerly implored while gesturing proudly toward the jacket’s back, “I guess this makes me a 'Blight', too!”
Like a verbal clapper, Luz’s words set off wedding bells in Amity’s head. The idea of Luz carrying the Blight name was simultaneously the culmination of her absentminded fantasies and the most intimidating prospect of her young life.
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After lending Luz her varsity jacket, Amity realizes the implications just a moment too late.