"so this school is safe for all monsters? That's so cool! I mean, you don't have to hide anything." A human looking girl stated as she sat beside Artemis who just laughed.

"Between ghosts popping out of the floor, merpeople on the swim team and werewolves playing casketball you have a whole lot of weird." She retorted

"Hey at least you aren't looked at like you're a freak because if you sneeze or anything else you can blow something up!"

Artemis laughed at that and rolled her eyes

"Then come to Monster high. We have an elemental there that catches everything on fire when he gets excited….and that's like all the time. I swear he has ADHD or something."

Artemis suggested.

"As if my Mom would go for that? I'm only half elemental. Wouldn't they look down on me?"

Artemis rolled her eyes

"Electra, if they try anything Volka, Kati or I would put them in their place. Worse thing there really is my annoying ass sister."

Artemis retorted, earning a look.

"I thought you was over the past."

Electra retorted, earning a scoff.

"I am…But not her. She thinks well enough of it that she spread a lie about me trying to date one of my new friend's manster."

Artemis sighed, leaning backward onto the table she was sitting on.

"Ouch. You told them you were…gay right?"

Electra retorted, earning an eye roll.

"Draculaura and Clawdeen….and well Frankie and Clawd. Not Cleo…Goddess no. That is enough drama bundled together without the added fuel."

"Seems like you're already popular." Electra retorted with a sigh though Artemis just laughed.

"No way. I just know Clawdeen and her pack through their friend Lagoona who is captain the swim team….and well I know Toralei's clowder from her idiotic pranks to try to run me off."

Suddenly the sound of laughter caused both of them to groan as Artemis sat up.

"Remind me why in Selene's name I let the two alpha families talk me into babysitting for them while their oldest brats go on a date?"

Electra started laughing at that.

"Well you could always lock them up in a closet somewhere."

"El, don't tempt me."

The next day Artemis sighed as she walked into the culture class, knowing she would have to speak again. Seeing Toralei siting in the back.

"Time to talk about the truth within the royal lines."

She whispered to Clawdeen who nodded.

"You know you don't have to."

"I need to."

As class started Artemis slowly went to the front, glancing back.

"As I was saying yesterday. Clowders, or at least the older ones are full of laws that can and should never be broken. Like the heir can't show weakness, must be physically fit, and must undergo countless lessons. However what the history books won't tell you is that there are unspoken rules as well."

She paused here, looking across the room.

"Were cats can not befriend a wolf, the dogs are inferior or at least that's what my mother said. Also the Queen has to worry about blood heirs….Though the kits must also compete in a conclave."

"then why don't you tell us about the Conclave then? Since you won yours."

"Toralei, Knock it off." Clawdeen growled though Artemis just sighed.

"The conclave….written as a day of ascencion is really just a cruel custom that should have died out eons ago. The Queen's litter….They are pitted against each other on a day chosen by the queen. If they are lucky they are well into their teens when it happens…..But with my litter….We weren't so lucky."

Artemis paused, shrugging out of her leather jacket, which she tossed to Clawd.

"I was seven, Only days to being eight years old when I had to go up against my twin brother, our Other three siblings who were triplets at only just turned seven and our youngest sister…who was merely six."

She paused then, glancing at Toralei.

"My Twin….He left. Refusing to fight. The other three stood no chance. Then it was me against the youngest. To be honest, I didn't want to fight…..but I was afraid to leave….I was still just a kid….I had to. I transformed….and I will never forget how bloody that was."

She paused again, shaking.

"You didn't kill them did you?"

Someone in the crowd asked, causing her to sigh.

"No. Instead I put the mark of an outcast on her and practically destroyed her hearing. I had won the conclave but at the cost of the meaning of family. I was trained since that day…to rule. But I will never lead…"

She stated before turning to reveal the scars that peaked from the back of her tanktop.

"Oh my Ra…"

"That's horrible."

"What the…"

Toralei felt sick.

"What happened?"

Artemis sighed.

"You'll hear it from ghostly gossip…Not from me."