Mermista

I present to you "Drunk Mermista"™

So, this started as one for the "Cat-costumed" prompt . . . one of the five or six different approaches that I thought of that did not involve Adora and Catra, since Sky and Bastion had each already done a great little fanfic on this prompt with those characters.

And then, once I came up with the idea, it fit really well with the "Guilty" prompt, too!

So, here is "Guilty Cat-costumed" for your enjoyment!

Someone . . . or something was creeping stealthily through the kitchen.

It sort of resembled a cat, but it crawled around like a little girl.

The cat-girl made her way across the floor in the darkness of night, when, of course, she was supposed to be in bed.

But she wasn't in bed because this particular girl was very good at mischief, which was second only to her ability for shenanigans.

And she wasn't bad at making trouble, either.

In fact, the young princess had been practicing all three of these skills and felt sure that she had what it takes to become a master criminal, like the title character in Mer-mystery: The Cat Who Fished Too Deep!

Mermista had learned a lot by reading her dad's copy of that book.

Well, she had read some of it and heard her father explain some of the rest of it. But mostly, she had studied the cover, which had a big, black smirking cat on it.

Smirking because it had just pulled off the heist of the century!

And now, at five years old, Mermista was carrying out her most daring caper ever!

Realizing how nimble and silent cats are, she had created an ingenious disguise, including cat ears (fashioned from a pair of dark shells) and a bodysuit and tail (put together from lengths of black seaweed).

Surely, she figured, with an outfit like that, she could not fail!

Mermista hopped up onto the countertop, carefully moving on all fours past the decorative plates that hung on the wall.

She reached the pantry cupboard and opened the door.

Her little cat body could balance on the bottom shelf and stretch upward toward the very top -- where the kelp biscuits were stored!

Her plan was to pull the biscuits out from deep in the cupboard without disturbing the ones toward the front. If she did it carefully enough, she could secure a big haul of biscuits without leaving any trace that she had been there!

But as she reached her paws into the cupboard, the light suddenly switched on over her head!

A sleepy and bewildered voice called to her, "Mermista?? What are you doing?"

Mermista froze!

But she didn't panic.

She had thought about this happening, and she had a contingency plan.

Wiggling her tail around slowly, she turned her head and spoke in the most convincing "cat" that she could.

"Meow," she said innocently.

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Later, Mermista was sitting in her bed again. and she sighed a heavy sigh in frustration.

"Ugggghhhh."

Somehow, she had forgotten the part in the book where the guilty cat always gets caught at the end.

Just before midnight for me here in Minnesota, enjoy this palette swap!

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Sea Hawk looked at Mermista with a determined look on his face.

"Ready, my dearest?"

Mermista groaned. "Fine... Let's get this over with."

They both stepped into the machine and Sea Hawk hit the start button. Suddenly, there was a whirring sound as a brilliant flash of light enveloped them both. When the light faded and they both stepped out of the machine, Sea Hawk had Mermista's clothes on, and Mermista had Sea Hawk's clothes on. She let out an exasperated sigh and said:

"Okay. Remind me to never trust you again."

Ya, i skipped Lust bc i didn't kow what the h3ck to do for it... i dont rlly have any sexual feelings sooooooooo ... im trying out the label Greysexual now...

But uh, this seemed more do-able

Iv used a little strong language, but i've censored it, dw

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“Raaah!” She-Ra roared as she drove the sharp edge of her sword through a Horde bot, splitting it clean in two. Sparks flew.

She paused, brushing her mass of golden hair back behind her shoulder.

Crack.

Lights.

Bright lights.

Suddenly, Adora was standing alone in a black void, a staff in her hand—lavender, violet, and purple

Confused, she let the staff fall, stretching out her hand. Instantly, the new Sword of Protection materialized with a burst of white-gold light.

“For the Honor of Greyskull!”

Golden light consumed her, swallowing the darkness whole.

When the blinding haze faded, the new She-Ra stood twice as tall as the former—this time on a platform bathed in sickly green light. The place was all too familiar.

“Hello, Adora.” The sickeningly calm voice struck her like lightning.

In a flash, she raised the golden sword and tore through the illusion as if it were a drawing on paper.

Darkness fell.

Whispers.

“Uh, why are we creeping up on Adora?” a low voice muttered.

“Shut up! You know why!” a higher, more frantic one hissed.

“Guys, if you screw this up, you owe me seven hours of sleep. You hear me?” came a third voice, sounding p!$$ed.

Adora groaned, reaching out groggily. The warmth of her girlfriend that had been next to her was gone.

Where’d she go? Ugh, I should just open my eyes… but I’m so tiiired…

Something brushed her outstretched hand—a cape?

“AHH!” she yelped, jolting upright and grabbing a handful of shiny blue fabric.

“What the—?!” a startled voice cried.

“Glimmer?? Wha—” she blinked, still half-asleep.

But before she could finish—

“SURPRISE!!!”

The lights blazed on.

Standing in front of her was the entire Best Friend Squad, the Princess Alliance, and what looked like half of Etheria… all gathered around a cake the size of a bus tire.

Adora’s jaw dropped.

“What…” she started.

Before she could process it, Catra swooped in, popped a party hat on her head, and grinned wickedly.

“Happy birthday, dummy.”

Adora blinked. Her expression shifted from shock, to confusion.

“Wait… what’s a birthday again?”

Well, this is a thought-provoking prompt! 😄

One could say so much!

Or also one could not!

In any case, here's my take on "Lust."

And I hope you enjoy it!

There was something about this particular night.

Strange and powerful . . . feelings . . . were coming over people . . . all over Etheria . . .

Adora looked at Catra, and thought:

There’s something about the way she’s waving her tail . . . and how she's . . . stretching like that after our evening workout that makes me feel . . . kinda light-headed . . . and also . . . like I wanna touch her . . . all over.

Hordak looked at Entrapta and thought:

There’s something about observing Entrapta in her work . . .

Her fearlessness in pursuing solutions! Her meticulousness in recording her observations! Her uninhibited passion for knowledge and understanding, no matter the risk or the peril!

It makes me . . . feel something . . . an intense admiration!

Entrapta looked at Darla and thought:

There's something about discovering this entirely new access panel in Darla's inner hull, which reveals power conduits and control feeds for an auxiliary drive mechanism operating independent of and parallel to the primary motive units, while simultaneously extending holographically within the substrate of the energy crystal matrix, thus permitting course trajectory calibration on the molecular level . . . that makes me wanna find out what else Darla can do!

Mermista looked at the ice cream and thought:

There's something about Sea Hawk bringing me a carton of ice cream to eat in the bathtub, . . . and then leaving . . . so I can enjoy it in peace . . . that's . . . actually . . . kinda hot, not gonna lie.

Sea Hawk looked at his torch and thought:

There's something about fire! . . . ADVENTURE!!!!

Perfuma looked at the stars and thought:

There's something about sitting calmly under the glorious night sky . . . that makes me feel like shouting out to the entire world, "I am at peace and full of love . . . for everything in the universe!!"

Scorpia looked at Perfuma and thought:

There's something about watching Perfuma literally shouting out, "I am at peace and full of love for everything in the universe!!" that makes me feel like hugging her right now.

The Shop Owner in Erelandia looked at her wares and thought:

There's something about closing up shop in the evening with none of the inventory stolen and nothing weird or troublesome happening all day . . .that makes me feel . . . like going to bed.

Yes, all over Etheria . . . strange and powerful feelings.

But only in Bright Moon did those feelings lead to . . .

Catra looked at Adora and thought:

There’s something about the way she’s looking at me right now . . . that little light in her eyes that makes me feel . . . like . . . yeah, I think we need a little time alone.

And she reached out her hand and said:

"Heeey, Adora."

And off they went together for . . . you know, whatever . . .

😉

CALLING ALL SEAMISTA SHIPPERS!!

I was gonna do a Catradora hug, but then remembered i already did a couple catradoras this year, so here u go!

HOW MESSY CAN SKETCHES GET???????????

Looking over the bow of the Dragon's Daughter V, Sea Hawk felt a sense of pride.

"Ah, the open sea! What a day! What a time to be alive!!"

"Okay, could you be alive a little quieter, please? I'm trying to sleep..." Mermista said as she rolled over in her bed.

"Nonsense, my dear! In fact, I feel the need for a shan-"

"DON'T EVEN!!!"

Sea Hawk groaned. Suddenly, he saw a small blip on the horizon that got bigger and bigger with each passing second. When it finally came into a clear view, he realized it was a pirate ship. Then, a grappling hook shot out from the ship and embedded itself firmly into the Dragon's Daughter V's port side. As the two ships drew closer, eight armed pirates hopped onto the deck, looking for treasure and a fight.

At this, Sea Hawk just smirked.

"Oh, Mermista, my dearest..." he said in a sing song voice. Still in bed, Mermista raised her hand, and her trident shot into it as an electric guitar riff played in the background.

"Okay, let's do this."

Okay, I know this is super late, but I thought I'd post it anyway.

I had this idea a few days ago but didn't have time to finish it until now.

Hope you like it!

Here it is, and it's Shanty Time!!!

Come near, my friends!

The time has come to tell this mermaid tale! (Really?!?)

And none may tell it quite so well as he who loves to sail!

Haha, it’s me! (Yeah)

Oh yes, it’s me! I’m he! (Uh-huh, you said that.) 🙄

For Sea Hawk loves to sail! (I mean . . .)

SMALL ACCORDION SOLO!!! (So, like, the first verse was just so you could tell us your name again?!?) 😐

Twas many a sailor year ago when I was just a lad! (Sailor year?)

I dreamed of grand ADVENTURE, but one other dream I had! (It’s literally the same as a year.) 😑

Oh yes, I did!

Indeed I did, as a kid!

One special dream I had!! (Uggggghhhh, this shanty is taking forever.)

Of all the wonders, all the sights and beauties of the sea,

I longed the most, the most of all, the mermaids most to see! (Whaaaat?!?)

I longed the most,

From coast to coast!

The mermaids most to see! (You longed the most to most? What does that even mean?) 🤨

SMALL FIDDLE SOLO!!! (Are you kidding me?) 😒

I joined a ship, a mighty ship that bore a mighty crew!

And far across the ocean in our mighty ship we flew! (Uuuumm . . . ) 😕

And so we flew! (That’s not --)

We flew, ’tis true!

Across the waves we flew! ( . . . never mind.)

For months and days and many hours and seconds by the score, (Huh?)

I gazed across the waters and the endless ocean floor! (For months and seconds??)

I set my gaze

For hours and days

Upon the ocean floor! (Not gonna lie, that’s actually kinda deep.) 🤔

SMALL BASSOON SOLO!!! (You don’t even know how to play that!) 😬

So through the years I searched and searched but all to no avail!

Alas, no mermaids did I find no matter how we sailed! (What?!!)

In journeys wide (No, wait, what did you say?!)

From tide to tide

My quest for mermaids failed! (!!!!!) 😳

In bitter grief, I lit a torch and cried into the night! (But . . .!)

I shook so hard, I dropped my torch and set the ship alight!!

I loved that ship! (What about me?!!!) 😩

My grip, it slipped!

An accident, that’s right! (Sea Hawk, I’m right here, and I AM A LITERAL MERMAID!!!!!) 😡

The crew were slightly skeptical as I carefully explained. ( . . . )

The captain missed the lighter side of his vessel all in flames! ( . . . )

Despite my charm

They took alarm

And sought to do me pain! (Yeah, keep going. Now, I kinda wanna hear the part where you died.) 😠

I fought the crew together, and the battle lasted long! (Uh-huh.)

They were a cut-throat band of five, er, no, five-hundred strong! (Ha ha, yeah, no.)

So I bravely leaped,

Into the deep!

And bobbed victoriously along! (And then died, right?) 😠

SMALL LUTE SOLO!!! (Aaaaand, one last solo . . . ever.)

Well, that’s my tale, I told it true, and there’s a moral, too! (Ughhh!!)

To dream of seeking mermaids is a foolish thing to do. (Yeah, and so is shantying about it later!)

For your own good,

Instead you should . . .

. . . (What??)

. . . (Should what?! What?!?!?!) 😖

Take this advice to you!

You should do like me and seek the hand of a beautiful princess, however unworthy you may be beside her brilliance and grace, for even if you should never attain her hand, to be her loyal servant and most ardent admirer and faithful friend is an ADVENTURE far greater than any you could otherwise imagine!!!

ROUSING FINAL CHORD and END OF THE SONG!!!

(Okay. That was kinda terrible. Buuuut, also sorta sweet, I guess.) 😏

(I suppose you could sing the part about you being thrown overboard again. That was pretty funny.) 😊

(And maybe sing that last part again, too!) 😉

"So... you want to learn how to swim?"

"Oh yes, I want to glide through the water with grace and elegance!"

"Uggghhh... fine. Come with me."

Mermista led Sea Hawk through Salineas's great castle halls into a side room. There, she handed him a flabby wetsuit made of sharkskin and a small bottle of green liquid.

"Okay, a wetsuit, and... what's this bottle of green liquid?"

"That's a potion that allows you to breathe underwater. It lasts for 24 hours, so you should make a note of when you take it so it doesn't wear off when you're underwater."

"But... why is it green?"

"Well, there are a ton of different flavors, but I guess people have been using them, so you're stuck with that flavor, which is... seaweed."

Sea Hawk groaned. "Seaweed? Really?"

"There's no other flavor available, okay?" Mermista snapped. "Look, do you want to breathe underwater or not?"

Reluctantly, Sea Hawk nodded. He opened the bottle and drank it, holding back a gag. After he finished, he put on the wetsuit, which looked absolutely hilarious on him. Mermista had to stifle a laugh.

"So, I've got this wetsuit on, and I can breathe underwater... now what?"

"It's time to head to the Sea Gate."

What Mermista didn't tell Sea Hawk, however, is that they weren't going to the base of the gate. They were going to the top of the gate, which was about 200 feet above sea level. Thus, Sea Hawk was surprised when Mermista announced they had made it.

"Wait... how are we supposed to get into the water?"

Mermista frowned. "Uh... let's see. No stairs, no elevator, and no backing out. I don't know, how do you think we're getting into the water?"

"You're not saying..."

"Uggghhh!! We're jumping, okay? JUM. PING."

At that, Sea Hawk turned as white as a ghost. "Jump?? Are you out of your mind, my dearest??"

"Look, if you have the audacity to set four of your own ships on fire and embarrass me at the Enchanted Grotto, you can survive this 200-foot drop. Now come on!"

With those words, Mermista threw herself over the railing, leaving Sea Hawk alone. He nervously looked over the edge, then muttered quietly to himself:

"Advencha."

And he threw himself over the railing.

Hey guys 👋🏻 I don’t know if any of you are into First One’s writing but I’m totally geeking over it, I’m currently rewatching the whole show and stopping episodes every time I spot something to decipher so I thought I’d share 🫣

I don’t plan on spamming with every word I read in the show cause there’s a lot and, honestly I thought I’d find really cool stuff but most of it says Eternia or She-Ra 🫠 BUT I still found some stuff that are cool and I think I even found foreshadowing in one of them !

This one is from Season 1 Episode 5 The Sea Gate, and I’m pretty sure I got it right, the only thing bothering me is that I can read “for the honor of gray” but I’m not so sure about the “skull” I just can’t read it I just assumed lol

Anyone else can read First One’s writing ? cause you’d be extra cool to me 🥺

Also please don’t spoil me any first one’s writing from season 5 I’m not there yet 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I will do Glimmer next, who should I do after that?