baggebythesea:baggebythesea:Catra and Glimmer - Queens of the HordeDarkness. A single circle of ligh
baggebythesea:baggebythesea:Catra and Glimmer - Queens of the HordeDarkness. A single circle of light on an otherwise empty stage. Out of the smoke, Adora comes strolling with a cocksure expression.A spotlight lights up. Glimmer stands alone, hugging herself, looking at her feet.“The poor princess,” Adora says with mocking voice. “The world on her shoulders and no one to help her carry it. Her friends…” -she smugly indicates herself - “don’t trust her. Her allies betray her…” Adora’s features briefly changes into those of the sorceress Shadow Weaver, looking thoughtfully at Glimmer, shadows reaching out towards the lone queen.On the other end of the stage, another spotlight lights up. Catra stands in a similar pose as Glimmer, claws biting into her arms as she hugs herself tightly.“My poor kitten,” Adora mocks. “Alone, betrayed, unloved…” she takes a step forward and stage whispers towards the audience - “I hear she is a bad friend.”Chuckling, Adora takes a step back and shakes her head in insincere pity, gaze wandering between Glimmer and Catra.“The poor dears. Who will they turn to? Who will help them now? With no friends left, maybe…” -Adora takes a step back with arms outstretched, her predatory smile wider than one would think possible- “they could turn to their enemies?”As if prompted by Adora’s outstretched arms, Glimmer and Catra hesitantly walks towards the middle of the stage. They stop a few steps from each other, eyeing each other with suspicion.“If those you trusted are not there to keep you warm at night, how about the one who gets your blood boiling every time?” Catra and Glimmer take a step closer, into the personal space of the other. Their eyes lock, their mouth form furious snarls.“If those you fought for cast you aside” - Adora’s features briefly change into those of the warlord Hordak, glaring at Catra with a superior scowl- “how about the one who was there for you every step of the way, and who faced equal betrayal?”Catra and Glimmer tentatively take each other’s hand. After a brief hesitation they start to smile, self-assured, confident smiles in mutual recognition. “There is no one for them,” Adora goes on, “except the other. They have nothing, except their grievance. They will stop at nothing until they get their revenge.”Adora turns her gaze to the audience, and her features change into the green, smooth skin of the artist and spy Double Trouble.“And what a riveting revenge it will be,” they drawl, a wide grin showing their sharp teeth. “Force Captain Catra and Queen Glimmer working at cross purpose nearly tore the world apart. Working together… why, there is nothing they can’t do, no line they can’t cross, no enemy they can’t utterly crush.”Catra and Glimmer still stare into the eyes of the other, grins triumphant, blind and deaf for everything around them. Double Trouble gives them a proud look before they turn to the audience again.“Does that little yarn perchance pique your interests? If so, I invite you to join me in the tale I like to call…”The curtain opens. Behind it, amidst the smoke and red light, the angular throne of the Fright Zone can be seen, tall and proud and adorned with the Horde emblem. Hand in hand Glimmer and Catra ascends the steps and sit down, looking at the audience with a superior expression.“Catra and Glimmer - Queens of the Horde,” Double Trouble proclaims, arm held high.“Passion! Danger! Catra killing people with cool one-liners. Glimmer blowing things up in righteous anger. Both of them taking turn standing in protective fury over the broken body of the other.”Double Trouble winks.“There might even be some kissing and holding hands in it for us, should we be so lucky.”With a flourished movement, Double Trouble steps to the side, raising their hand towards the couple on the thrones. Glimmer looks Catra in the eyes.“They wronged us, Kitten,” she says with soft voice, nevertheless hinting of steel. “But we will make them pay.”“We will make them all pay, Sparkles,” Catra answers with a proud, bloodthirsty grin.They lean forward and meet in a kiss.Double Trouble wait for a few moments for dramatic effect, then they take a step forward and stage whispers to the audience again.“Brought to you by the writer of We Won’t Die Here, the Evil Glimmer series, Double Trouble in Trouble” -they wink- "And that one weird Ducktales crossover. Coming this summer to Bagge’s fanfic page at archive of our own. Poster illustration commissioned from Lorvikk ( @lorvikk at Tumblr dot com).“The stage lights dim down. Only Double Trouble’s grinning face remains illuminated. “And scene.” I’m so happy to announce my upcoming fic. I have written Evil Glimmer (ruthless Glimmer, really). I have written Glitra. Now I combine the concepts.I’m also really happy with how the trailer turned out. Fanfics should totally have trailers :-)Hope you’ll enjoy it once I start updating for real.https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/75053079 -- source link