Adora quotes from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Adora

Uh, hey, guys, I got an invite to the All Princess Ball, Winter Wonderland. Do you know what this is?

Adora

Wow, you sure are a big bug.

Catra

Hey, Adora. How's it hanging?

Adora

Catra. Did you really show up late and let us do all the hard parts? That is low, even for you.

Catra

Aw. You know nothing's too low for me. Come on, you look stupid hanging down there.

Catra

[Laughing] You should've seen your face. You were like, "Aah, no! Betrayal."

Adora

[Scoffs] Come on, Catra. We're senior cadets now. I can't believe you're still pulling such childish, immature-- (abruptly) Is that a mouse?!

Catra

What!? Where!?

Adora

[Laughing] Are you ever going to not fall for that?

Catra

I don't know. Are you ever going to let it go? That was one time.

Adora

I know, but for some reason it's always funny.

Shadow Weaver

[from off-screen] Adora. [Adora stands at her attention, between Catra. Weaver comes in]

Adora

[saluting her] Shadow Weaver.

Adora

For the honor of Grayskull!

Bow

It's been an honor serving beside you, Horsey.

Glimmer

Bow! Are you okay?

Bow

Is that Adora?

Glimmer

It's She-Ra.

Retreat!

Adora

Catra...

Bow

You did it!

Adora

I did?

Glimmer

You saved us. You saved everyone!

Adora

[chuckles] I did it. I turned against the Horde. I turned against the Horde! Why did I do that? I can't go back now. Where am I supposed to go?

Glimmer

Hey, hey. It's okay. You're with us now. C’mon, let's go home. [Adora smiles and takes Glimmer's hand. They walk off with their arms around each other. Bow grins.] Best-friends squad!

Bow

Wait, whose horse was this?

Adora

[kneels and offers Angella the sword] I know you have no reason to trust me, Your Majesty. But I’ve seen for myself the atrocities the Horde has committed against the people of Etheria, and I’m ready to fight to stop them. If you give me the chance, I know I can help the Rebellion turn the tide of the war.

Angella

[takes the sword] I know the legend of the warrior the First Ones called She-Ra. They said she would return to us in the hour of our greatest need to bring balance to Etheria. I never thought she was anything more than a myth. And yet, you’re here now. And in the uniform of a Horde soldier, no less. You would pledge to stand with us against those you once served?

Adora

[sighs] Yes.

Angella

Glimmer, you would vouch for her and take responsibility for her?

Glimmer

Yes.

Angella

Then rise. The Rebellion accepts your allegiance, She-Ra, Princess of Power.

[all chanting] She-Ra! She-Ra! She-Ra!

Glimmer

[shouts and hugs Adora] Welcome to Bright Moon!

Bow

[hugs] But for real this time.

Adora

[sadly] How could I let this happen?

Bow

Adora, it’s not your fault.

Adora

It IS my fault. Entrapta’s gone because of my plan.

Mermista

This only happened because we were all together.

[with tears in her eyes] Mermista’s right, being together makes us vulnerable.

Young Catra

[sniffles and grunts] Does it look broken to you?! [sniffs a few times]

Young Adora

[incredulous, almost laughingly] It's not broken, you're fine!

Young Catra

[looks at her hand where she touched her nose and shrieks] I'm bleeding!

Young Adora

You're not bleeding! And why would you try and pick a fight with Octavia anyway?

Young Catra

I didn't do anything, all I did was exist near her. ...And scratch her on the eyeball. And call her a dumbface.

Young Adora

[scoffs] Catra--

Young Catra

What?! She has a dumb face!

Young Adora

[lowers voice in a disarming, complying way; offers her hand] Where is she?

Young Adora

Hey, Octavia! [Octavia looks up and grunts an acknowledgement] You're a dumbface!

Young Catra

[laughing] She's coming!

Young Adora

Run!

Light Hope

[Distorted, pitch shifting randomly] The Horde is hurting us. Balance Etheria.

Adora

[desperately, panicking] Light Hope? Light Hope, come back! I don't--I don't know what to do.

Swift Wind

[disembodied, hauntingly] Adoraa...[normally] Adora!

Adora

Our horse?

Swift Wind

Once again, I'm no one's horse. I'm Swift Wind.

Adora

[shocked] You can talk?

Swift Wind

Yes, I can talk.

Adora

[still shocked] You can talk?

Swift Wind

I can see now why you're friends with Bow and Glimmer. They need your help, which is why I'm here. So.... which way's the exit?

Adora

I don't know. Light Hope disappeared and I-I don't know if I should go back.

Swift Wind

What do you mean?

Adora

Light Hope said if I leave here, I'll make things worse. She's right. Everyone will be better off if I just stay far away from them. It's-It's for the greater good.

Swift Wind

[deadpans] Well, that's just stupid.

Adora

[incredulous] What? No, it's not.

Swift Wind

Adora, I've had the ability to form complex thought for like...a week, and even I know you can't help anyone by hiding. Where would all the horses I freed from their barns be if I just sat in a pasture and moped?

Adora

[scoffing] I am not moping... [Swift Wind blusters] I'm not! I hurt people, I ruined my friends' lives!

Swift Wind

If that's true, then why are Bow and Glimmer here trying to rescue you? [Hologram of Bow and Glimmer fighting off the spiders and holding Adora in reality] Bow and Glimmer are risking their lives. Not because you're She-Ra, but because you're their friend. What good is all your power if you don't use it to help the people that you love?

Adora

...I'm not Mara. I'm not the She-Ras of the past. I didn't do this to fulfill some destiny. I became She-Ra to help others. My attachments, my friends, are a part of who I am.

Swift Wind

So. Are you staying? Or going?

Adora

Let's go.

Angella

Go on. Go get them.

Glimmer

YES!

Bow

Ha Ha, Glimmer! You're sparkling again!

Glimmer

Yeah! What I miss?

Adora

The Princesses are united! This is how it's supposed to be.

Mermista

What do you say? Ready to finish this?

[laughs] Thought you'd never ask.

We're in.

Let's do this already!

Adora

Did you have to make her so mean?

Light Hope

The simulation is designed for total accuracy. Is the one you call Catra not mean?

Adora

No. She is.

Light Hope

There. There. (Attempts to pat Adora on the head but her hand just goes through)

Adora

Hey guys. You'll never guess what Swift Wind and I did today. We restored a First Ones' Watchtower so Light Hope can balance the planet, and we brought a whole field back to life and... What happened to you?

Glimmer

Oh Adora, we've got a lot to catch you up on.

Glimmer

We'll handle this the way we always do.

Adora

Brute strength?

Swift Wind

Almost dying?

Glimmer

No. And no. By sticking together and never giving up.

Bow

Yeah! Best Friend Quad to the rescue!

Bow

On one of our missions, we received a message from an unknown source. If we knew what Serenia meant, I think we could figure out the rest.

“Serenia, portal, Mara” Okay. But what are these other words?

Adora

I don't know. It's too degraded to read.

Wait a second. Lance, what does this pattern look like?

(gasps) Oh, I think you're right.

Bow

What is it?

Look at it, Bow. Really look at it. What do you see?

Bow

These aren't words at all, are they?

Oh, now you've got it. George, get the projector.

The world of the First Ones was different from ours. Climate, language, even the sky was different, filled with cosmic formations they called...

Adora

Stars!

Adora

You! You took me away from my family when I was a baby! You lied to me my whole life, about the Princesses, about Etheria, about who I am!

I could not have lied to you about who you are. Because I have never known nor cared about someone as inconsequential as you.

Adora

(shouts) You should care, because I'm the one who's gonna make sure you fail!

I will not fail. You have no power to stop me. I am opening that portal. And I am going to use your own sword to wipe out the rest of you pathetic Rebellion once and for –

Entrapta

Oh.

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