The warmth of the early morning sun woke Catra, she groaned and rolled over expecting Adora to be there and fell onto cold sheets. She immediately opened her eyes worried that the last couple of weeks with her family was a dream.

Family.

Still the word sounded foreign to her. She spent the first few days in Purrsia worrying about what the others within the castle walls thought of her just randomly appearing and getting special treatment, having a small panic attack if anyone looked at her and smiled worried they were out to get her and then Adora having to calm her down by explaining that they were just being nice.

Every night so far since Tao revealed that she was a part of this family, Adora laid quietly with her no talking just quietness and comfort which is what she needed. This was the first morning she had woken up alone.

She sat up and stretched the stiffness out of her muscles and got out of bed and was quickly greeted by the sound of Kywa's children playing, coupled with the aroma of breakfast being cooked drifting up into her room.

She quickly got dressed and made her way down to the dining room. As she enters she sees one of the twins is hanging from the chandelier over the dining table swinging.

"Hi Aunty Catra!", the other twin says as she runs around the dining table as Elliott chases after her.

The name sounded strange, even when Adora tried to excitedly explain to her earlier what an Aunt was. It still didn't seem right, even more surprising was the children's willingness to accept her. She still doesn't even know which twin is which, yet they still had no problem adjusting to the fact their mother had a sister.

"Hey!", Kywa walks into the dining room reaching over to grab the twin from the chandelier,

"What have I told you about that", she sits the twin down in her seat,

"We swing from the furniture after we've eaten"

Rogue calls out from the kitchen,"I heard that!"

Kywa whispers,"Ok we swing from the furniture after we've eaten and when your mama isn't looking", The twin giggles and swings their legs happily,

"Alright you two, sit down", she catches the other twin as they round the table and sits them down. She points to the other empty seat across from the twins and Elliott goes over and sits down. They continue to chatter amongst themselves as Kywa sits down next to Catra,

"Sleep well?"

"Surprisingly yes, You wouldn't happen to know where Adora went do you?",

"I seen Glimmer and Bow leave earlier, they said they wanted to explore the town a bit more, my guess is Adora went with them",

"She could be gone for a while then",Catra sighs.

"Well...if you're not doing anything, I can always teach you some conjuring", Kywa said cautiously,

Catra frowns,"Magic? Like Sparkles? No thanks"

Kywa laughs,"not quite, ours is a little more exciting and…", Kywa leans over and whispers,"...more destructive".

Catra's eyes widen,"Really? You've piqued my interest, how destructive are we talking?".

Kywa gives her a playfully evil smile,"We can blow stuff up".

"Alright, I'm in", Catra said leaning back in her chair.

* * *

Kywa leads Catra outside the castle walls and into the forest of pine trees. The sun was a little higher in the sky, shining through the trees and giving the forest floor dancing shadows as they swayed in the soft breeze.

"Why do we have to come out here?", Catra asked as she jumped over a fallen tree.

"Our father isn't fond of the idea of magic being used in the castle".

Kywa stops as they enter into a large clearing, the blades of grass were all bent in the same direction making it unnaturally flat but growing perfectly. Catra is intrigued and kneels down to touch it.

"There's only a few of us that know conjuring, so our mother made this for us to have somewhere to practice", Kywa said, watching Catra as she stood up.

Catra frowned, still staring at the grass,"What is she like?"

"Our mother?. You don't remember her?", Kywa asked curiously.

Catra shook her head,"Not...not really, just bits and pieces but only since I've been here".

"Well at least when you meet her you'll be able to show her your impressive conjuring skills I taught you", Kywa says playfully trying to lighten the mood, Catra gives a weak smile and shakes her head.

Kywa starts by teaching her freezefire, which was surprisingly easy to pick up Catra thought. They moved on to conjuring flames, this was the type of destruction Catra was promised so she paid close attention to Kywa as she showed her how to conjure a simple flame by clicking her fingers.

For some reason though, Catra just couldn't get it. After each failed attempt she was becoming increasingly frustrated.

"Urgh! Why can't i do this!", she gave her fingers one final aggressive click and a huge flame shot from her fingers straight up into the trees above, scaring the both of them. Catra looked up she wasn't even sure where the flame had gone

"Whoa Catra", Kywa said looking up ,"That was amazing!".

They hear the noise of branches cracking. Within minutes thick black smoke filters down to them, "Your highness? Are you in here?", comes a voice from behind them.

"Yes, I'm here", Kywa answers.

A group of Purrsian soldiers enter the clearing, several of them puffed out from running,"We can see the flames from the castle, please get to safety we can handle this". Kywa and Catra don't say another word and leave the forest and make their way back to the castle. As they enter the courtyard they run into Tao, who is standing with his arms folded.

"Uh oh", Kywa whispered.

"Why am I not surprised, what have I told you about conjuring so close to the castle?",Tao said, keeping his eyes on Kywa.

"Dad I can explain, I was just teaching Catra some con-",

Tao immediately puts his hand up to silence her,"Even if that is the case, that is very dangerous we have others here that can't do magic"

"Come on dad, lighten up", Catra said nonchalantly. There was a sudden awkward silence as they all tried to comprehend what Catra said, even Catra stood there slightly mystified. The tension is broken when Tao laughs and shakes his head.

"Well I suppose it's ok this time since Catra didn't know my rule about conjuring", he relaxes his arms and continues walking through the courtyard.

"Kywa please try not to let your sister burn down the castle".

Kywa turns to Catra and whispers,"suck up".

Catra responds by punching her in the arm, then they both laugh.