"Huh?"
"It`s like I said, how do you feel about leaving?" Glossaryck asked the young monster again. Twilight sat right up and stared at her companion with wide, shocked eyes. "Where did this come all of a sudden? Why are you asking me this?" she asked with a raised voice. Realizing she had spoken with a louder tone, she slapped her hands on her mouth. "I apologize, I didn`t mean to shout." Twilight muttered from her behind her hands. "It`s quite alright, milady. You are obviously upset and it is okay to show it." Glossaryck reassured her with a smile. Twilight nodded and lowered the hands from her mouth. She just raised her voice not so long ago against her mother and she didn`t want a painful repeat. The blue man sighed at Twilight. She isn`t used to thinking about herself and it showed. "Anyway, I just wanted to ask why haven`t you left the castle?" Twilight lowered her gaze to the cauldron floating in front of them. "It is simple. This is my home and I have been training to protect it my entire life. And my parents are here. Isn`t it a daughter`s duty to listen to them?" She didn`t look up to see Glossaryck`s reaction. "Hahahahahahahaha! A daughter`s duty to listen to her- Hahahaha! It`s hard to believe you are Star Butterfly's child!" Glossaryck had thrown himself on his back and is laughing maniacally. Twilight raised a brow, not finding what she said particularly funny. "Sir Glossaryck, why are you laughing?" the addressed man sat up right again and wiped a tear from his eye. "Oh, if someone told me long ago that this is what Star would be like when she grew up, I wouldn't have believed them but here we are." Twilight still didn`t get what Glossaryck was saying. But he did say something that stood out. " Sir, Glossaryck how do you know my mother? I know I got the wand from her and you are a part of it but what do you mean `when she grew up`?" Glossaryck smiled his shit eating grin again and floated to the other side of the cauldron. "Look inside the stew and tell me what you see." was all he said. The girl looked at him confused but didn`t question him as she peered over the cauldron to get a better look.
"I don`t see anything, Sir Glossaryck. Only brown gravy and... Wait, I am starting to see something." Twilight saw her reflection shift in the stew and saw another girl appear instead. She had long, blonde hair and sky-blue eyes, the same shade as hers. The girl also had a wide smile and a red headband with horns on her head. But what got Twilight`s attention were the girl`s cheek marks. There were pink hearts on her cheeks like Twilight had dark-blue crescent moons on hers. But those hearts looked familiar. Like she has seen them before. But where? Now that she thought about it, the girl looked very familiar but different at the same time. Where could she have seen someone like that? The only person Twilight knew to have blonde hair was... Twilight`s eyes went wide with shock as she continued staring at the gravy`s surface. Her mind was racing with questions. Is it really her? But it couldn`t be! The girl doesn`t have broken hearts on her cheeks! But she has seen her own marks change with her mood sometimes. "Have you figured it out yet?" The young monster looked up to meet Glossaryck`s eyes. He was still smiling his shit eating grin. "Is this... My mother?" Twilight asked as she slumped back on the couch. If it was even possible, Glossaryck`s grin grew as he snapped his fingers and a part of the stew floated out of the cauldron. The stew turned into a mirror like surface and showed the image if the girl more clearly. "Twilight Butterfly, let me introduce you to the Princess of Mewni, Star Butterfly!" the blue man cheerfully presented the image like a game-show host. Twilight took a shuddering breath. So this was her mother. But in the image, she looked younger and happier. And not at all the woman she grew up with. But Glossaryck had said something weird. "Sir Glossaryck, what do you mean by the Princess of Mewni?" As far as Twilight knew, Mewni was the kingdom that butchered thousands of monsters centuries ago to claim the land. The remaining monsters had fled north to save what was left of their once peaceful lives. Mewni was her enemy if she wanted to protect her people and home. "It`s like I said, your mother is the Princess of Mewni." Glossaryck`s voice brought Twilight back from her musings. But her grew wide again and her mind started racing faster than before. Her mother was the princess of their greatest enemy?! Her mother, who has had plans to destroy the kingdom for as long as she can remember?! Before she knew what she was doing, Twilight was bantering again. "How is she the Princess of Mewni? Is that why she doesn`t like to talk about her past? What happened? Why she left and turned on them? How did she become partners with father when they are natural enemies?" the floating man just rolled his eyes and poofed himself a bag of popcorn. Ramblings are seeming to become her thing. When Twilight finally finished her long string of questions, she took a deep breath and flopped on her back on the couch. "Are you done, milady?" Glossaryck asked as he finished his popcorn. Twilight just nodded.
After a moment to collect herself, the girl sat up right again. "Now, you are probably confused about this reveal. But it is true, your mother is the Princess of Mewni. The cheek marks are the universal sign of female royalty of Mewni." Glossaryck explained. Twilight slowly raised a hand to her cheek. So that was the reason why she had these markings. She had always thought it was just something she got from her mother and it didn`t mean anything. But now they held a whole new meaning and it scared her. "I know this is a lot to take in. But let us tell the tale from the very start. Once, long ago, in the great kingdom of Mewni, lived a princess. Her name was Star Butter-"
Twilight shot up from the floor as she groaned in pain. Her chest hasn`t healed and it still hurt like hell. "What are you doing sleeping on the floor?" the young monster looked up at the sound of her father`s voice. He had opened the door and hit her with it since she hasn`t moved from her position from in front of it. Toffee was looking at his daughter with a bored expression. Twilight noticed with a jolt that this was the first time she saw her father`s eyes clear. Whenever he came to wish her good night, looked disinterested and like he was forcing himself to be kind to her. His eyes were always clouded with something that hid his true feelings. But now she saw crystal clearly what he thought of her. A chore, an inconvenience, a disappointment. The girl stood up with shaking legs as the coat slipped from her shoulders, revealing her bandaged wound. "I see your mother did a number on you." Toffee stated with a bored tone. Twilight lowered her eyes to the floor, not daring to meet his gaze. "Go to bed and be ready for tomorrow. Your training starts early in the morning." Twilight only nodded in response. "Oh, and be mindful of what you say from now on. It is time you start acting like the proper soldier." and Toffee closed the door without a second word. Twilight was left standing in her dark room. Without looking up, she walked over to the window. Her window faced away from the castle grounds and faced the forest beyond. It was in the middle of the night and the crescent moon was shining brightly through her window. Twilight reached into the coat-pocket and took her wand out. When the wand was in her hand, it started glowing brightly but the girl didn`t flinch. Her cheek marks also started glowing and her long, dark hair started floating behind her. When she looked up, out of her window and at the moon outside, her eyes were full of fire. When she looked at the wand in her hand, it had grown a blue blade. It was shaped like a bat wing and was glowing with soft blue hue. Twilight raised the blade to make a swing through the air. A slow smirk made its way to her face as the blade dissapeared and her cheek marks stopped glowing with her hair coming down. The only thing that remained was the fire in her eyes. This was the first time in her life she felt she had a choice in her life. She has a chance to choose her own path. And the only way to do that is not staying in this old castle.
Back on Earth, Hekapoo woke up with a gasp as she felt cold shivers go down her body. It wasn`t a pleasant feeling. "Hpoo, are you alright?" Marco asked his wife with a sleepy voice as he turned on the bedside lamp. He felt the shift of the mattress and that woke him up. "I`m fine, mi Amor. It was just a... Dream." The Diaz man shook his head. "Come on, Hekapoo. We have been married for six years and I spent sixteen years chasing you before that. I can tell when you`re lying." The forger smiled at her husband as she flopped back on the bed. "Observant as ever. Okay, it was a shiver." Hekapoo admitted as she turned to Marco. That woke him up. "Is it serious?" Marco knew the threat was bigger the violent the shiver was. "It is familiar to the one I had the other day but it is... Different. Like, the first one was just the warm-up and this is the true shiver. It is hard to explain." Hekapoo didn`t know how to explain it as she hasn`t felt anything like this. "It's fine. You can meet the Commission tomorrow but let's get some sleep for now." Marco reassured his wife as he pecked her on the lips and wrapped his hands around her. Marco knew Hekapoo gets a little cold when she gets a shiver. "Mhm, you are such a smartass. Good night." Hekapoo muttered back as her eyes drifted shut. Marco smiled at her cuteness and turned off the lamp.
The next morning, Twilight was standing in the center of the training ring. The sun was only half way peeking from the horizon. The girl heard the castle door open. Twilight knew her mother can easily read people so she lowered her eyes to hide her newly lit fire in them. The best course of action, for the time being, is to play the guilty daughter who felt bad about her actions, when that was clearly not the case.
Star walked to the training ring and saw Twilight standing there, gaze down and wand in hand. The older woman took her seat in her arm chair. "Who is Glossaryck?" Star asked with a warning tone. "No one." Twilight answered back. "Good. Let us begin."
For the following weeks, Twilight continued her magic and combat training almost every day. Toffee stopped wishing her good night but it didn`t bother her. On her off days, she spent hours reading in the library and helping the castle staff with their daily chores. At every night she talked with Glossaryck in the wand. He taught her about the Kingdom of Mewni: culture, history, customs, people and the royal family. Twilight learned her mother apparently was a happy, go-lucky girl when she was Twilight`s age. But nothing about her adult years. But knowing her mother wasn`t always a bitch and actually was happy at one point made her less intimidating. When training, Twilight didn`t ask her mother any questions but when she did look at her, she didn`t see the cold hearted adult she has known her entire life but the cheerful girl Glossaryck showed her. She still doesn`t know what happened but is willing to wait for answers.
This routine continued til the end of the month.