So, since I can't work on the main story because of reasons, I take some of the time I could spend working a tiny little bit over it... in order to give you a sidestory that doesn't necessarily affect the main story at all.

Brilliant!

Speaking honestly, though, ever since I thought of the origin for Mewmans and Monsters, which is detailed in chapter 4, I've wanted to try take a shot at the bridges of their conception: Hybrids, these being half-mewmen, half-monsters, and finally, mewman-monster hybrids.

And if you know the series up to season 3, you can at least guess which character will represent the last type of hybrid. The first two, however, are special, and we'll start with the half-mewman type of hybrid.

An interesting fun fact about this type of hybrid is that, it can't be produced naturally: Because magic is a force that corrupts/transforms the body and the mind to be different than their original forms, humans can't interbreed with mewmans, whose relationship with magic is so symbiotic they essentially are no longer humans. They look like them, but they're anything but.

The only way this type of hybrid can be born is through the rare event of a mewman baby being born with less control of their magical abilities than their parents, consequently making it harder to do certain magic at best, and be completely unable to cast certain magic at worst. So, basically, a deficiency in the "magic-control" department.

What can these hybrids do? Well, let's see, shall we?

On a grassfield in what looked like the middle of nowhere, there was a shack made of wood, with a certain teenage girl sitting nearby to it, aiming her arms towards some tree branches in front of her. And the most notable feature of this girl was that she had a cheekmark on her left cheek.

The cheekmark resembled a green triangle, segmented to look like the green part of a tree.

"Levitato!" The girl exclaimed at the branches.

Nothing happened.

"Levitato!" she yelled once more.

Still nothing. Before trying again, however, the girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she tried to focus her energy on her palms, causing them to be surrounded in a green aura before she took a deep breath and exclaimed:

"Levitato!"

The auras dissipated into nothing, and the girl threw her hands up in the air as something came out of her hair: A little creature that resembled her hair, but who only had miniature arms and legs, making it look like a sentient bush rather than any specific creature.

"I just checked the acting schedule: We're supposed to act like father and daughter today," the creature spoke before giving the upset teenager a comforting look. "So, how's the magic schtik working out for you, Kelly?"

"Not as well as I'd hope, Tad," Kelly answered, sighing sadly as Tad brushed her hair... within her hair, that is. "I still can't manage to cast any kind of spells, and I've been practicing for over a week now!"

"Kelly, you know what our master told us: Hybrids can't cast spells because that's an ability only people who can control magic can do," Tad casually remarked, rollnig his eyes as Kelly threw an annoyed look at him. "Being hybrids, we don't fully control the magic within us, which means we can't cast magic-"

"But the council's always boasting about how mewmanity can surpass any and all expectations presented to them! So not being able to fully control our magic should be an issue!" Kelly snapped, flailing her arms up and down. "I want to be able to live up to that idea, but I just can't do anything!"

"Take it easy, babe, getting angry and upset won't get us anywhere," Tad got an idea. "How about you try that other thing?"

Kelly stopped in that moment, and stood up before she focused her energy on her back, which eventually took the form of a wing on her left side.

Her wing looked like a tilted pine tree, with a couple veins all around it going to the center to form the shape of a leaf.

"Are you ready?" Tad asked.

Kelly, however, didn't respond. Instead, she strictly looked at her wing with a concerned look, and this prompted Tad to slowly move down, sprout a wing from his right side, then offer his hand to the girl as he suggested:

"How about we try it together?"

Kelly put up a small smile, grabbed Tad's hand, and the duo crouched down before they jumped high enough to let them spread their wings and... wobbily flap them individually in order to try and stay in the air, but they barely managed to flap a couple times before they had to resort to gliding into the shack, crashing on the living room in the process.

"Okay, so, flying still isn't all that possible with us," Tad remarked as he and the girl stood up. "But hey, don't let this fact get you down! I'm sure we'll work things out eventually!"

Kelly remained silent and looked elsewhere. Tad quickly noticed this, and walked to her side before stating:

"Kelly, I know you're upset, but you have to accept that there are things we can't do that full mewmans can. Listen, at least we have steady jobs, a house, and if we get on our queen's good side, she might even help us deal with these issues. Specially since she seems to be the one queen who cares about hybrids like us."

Kelly turned to Tad, who showed his watch to the girl.

"And besides, we also gotta go to work now, so..."

The teenager sighed and smiled before hugging the little man. "Thanks, Tad."

Tad chuckled. "Hey, stay in-character."

Kelly chuckled in return. "Thanks, Dad."

The pair separated and Kelly got up before heading to their room, and to their closet, which she opened to reveal her battle armor: Covering most of her body and sporting... a Clubs symbol on the chest.

Once Kelly put the suit and Tad sat on her hair, the duo went to the edge of a cliff near their house, revealing what could only be described as a mechanical mixture between a city and a kingdom, with one large tower located in the middle, with four more towers floating in the sky, each with a specific theme: Fire, Ice, Decay, and Space.

"Time to go to work."