"That was sloppy." Star said from her seat as Twilight finished casting a spell. The young monster wiped sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand as she resisted glaring at her mother. They have trained with magic mercilessly for the last month. The weather was getting colder as winter was drawing nearer but Star insisted on training outside. She wore her warm and thick coat but Twilight had to make due with a simple black cloak with a hood. Star said it was to build her resistance to cold weather. "It is time for dinner. We will stop here, dismissed." and without another word, Star walked inside the castle. Twilight was left standing in the middle of the training grounds. A cold breeze went by and Twilight shivered, pulling the cloak closer to herself. Looking up, Twilight noticed the sky was full of dark clouds. "A storm must be coming on." she muttered to herself as she made her way indoors.
Toffee walked into the dining hall and found his daughter sitting alone at the table and stirring soup with her spoon. "Where is your mother?" the older monster asked as he took the plate with his supper and started walking to his and Star`s shared study. "She is in the office." Twilight answered without looking up from her plate. Toffee nodded and left the room. Twilight let out a loud sigh as she flopped back in her chair. Since the night she found out her father`s true feelings regarding her, Twilight has had the nagging feeling this isn`t right. That she doesn`t belong in this castle. During her nightly talks with Glossaryck, he keeps asking if she wants to leave and honestly, Twilight is considering it. But where will she go? The only place that is safe for monsters in the north but it was also her parents` territory and they will surely find her. But what if she traveled more south? But that is a certain death sentence. The Kingdom of Mewni is not that kind of monsters, at least, that is what her parents have told her.
But Glossaryck told her that her own mother is the Princess of Mewni. That is also something Twilight has been pondering this month. Apparently, she has royal blood and that blood belongs to the royal family of Mewni. Glossaryck has told her stories of her mother`s younger years, her old friends, her life on Earth and all of her wacky adventures. But he has never told her why she left. Why she turned on them and raised Toffee from the dead. Twilight groaned as she hit her head on the dining table and kept hitting her head rapidly. "Careful, you might draw blood." Twilight quickly raised her head with lightly pink cheeks. Morgana, the head servant of the palace, was standing at the entrance with an amused smile on her lips. She was an elderly monster who`s bottom half was a snake tail. "You should eat before your soup runs cold." Morgana said as she started cleaning the table from extra dishes. "I`m not hungry." Twilight muttered as she lowered her gaze to the plate in front of her. "I know but you need the energy. If I remember correctly, love, you haven`t eaten since morning and you completely skipped lunch." the older woman said as she pushed the plate closer to Twilight. The younger girl shook her head at the maid and finally started eating. "And when you finish, your parents want an audience with you." Morgana said as she slithered out of the dining hall.
After finishing her meal, Twilight was making her way through the castle to the office. She thought about all the reasons her parents might want to speak with her when she heard shouting from the office. Both voices belonged to Star and Toffee. Twilight sneaked to the wall next to the door to listen to their conversation. The door was creaked open a little, meaning Twilight could hear better why her parents are fighting.
"We can`t wait anymore! We have to start planning the attack!" Toffee shouted as he punched the desk. "She isn`t ready! There are still many spells I have to teach her before we can plan anything." Star said back as she sat in the armchair by the window. She was glaring icicles at the lizard. "But the longer we wait, the more time Mewni has to prepare if we attack." Toffee countered back. "Attack on Mewni?" Twilight asked quietly as she watched the adults through the small crack. "You are being so paranoid. They don`t know we are up here and I am pretty sure they all think I left long ago." the woman said as she looked out of the window. "But the Council gets shivers and I am pretty sure they felt something by now." Star rolled her eyes at his words, stood up and turned to look Toffee dead in the eyes. "We will not attack the Kingdom of Mewni until I am certain Twilight is ready to fight. Is that clear?" Toffee didn`t shy away from her gaze but Twilight shivered outside the room. They want her to fight? Have they been planning this for years? To know more, Twilight kept listening. "But what if she finds out the truth?" Toffee asked after a moment of silence. Star huffed at him. "What if she finds out you are the Princess of our target? What if she finds out she will be killing her own relatives? What if she finds out what really is going on in Mewni before we are able to stop her.?" Toffee kept speaking to Star and every word from his mouth sent doubt into Star`s head and heart. "She won't." Star said as she straightened her back. "Twilight won't know the truth about me or Mewni as long as I live. That was the reason why we never let her outside the palace walls, right?" the danger was back in her tone and Twilight shivered even more violently than before. She was very lucky as neither of her parents have discovered her. But the truth of Mewni? What are they talking about?
Toffee let out a tired groan and sat back into his chair at the desk. "Maybe it was a mistake to keep her. Maybe I should have just let you destroy her before she was born." he said with a bored tone. "Well, it is too late to do that now. I knew you would regret it once Twilight grew up but you were so persistent at the time." Star said back as she sat down. "She is such a troublesome child. But at least she knows how to fight and has strong magic. That makes her a little bit more useful." Toffee spoke again as he started flipping through some documents on the desk. "I agree. After all, she is the key to our victory." Star agreed with him as she reached out for a book and started reading like the fight never happened.
Tears fell as Twilight slid down the wall she was leaning on. Sitting on the floor, she let the tears fall as she thought about everything she just heard. This explains everything. Why she was never allowed to leave the castle, why they trained her all the time, why they never showed true affection for her. Standing up with shaking legs, Twilight took a few steps before breaking into a run. Tears blinded her vision as she ran down the hallway without a destination in mind. Twilight suddenly pumped into someone and fell on her bottom. "Twilight, are you okay?" Morgana asked as she lowered herself to check the young monster. She was met with red, teary eyes and a broken face. Morgana gasped quietly as she sat down next to Twilight. She pulled her into a hug and smoothed her hair. "It`s going to be okay, don`t cry. Tell me, what happened?" the older woman asked as they both stood up. Twilight took a deep breath before answering "I heard mother and father talking in the study. They said awful things about me. The wished the didn`t-" Twilight couldn`t finish her sentence as she broke into tears again. Morgana didn`t need to hear the rest as she understood what the young girl had heard. She had heard them talk about the subject when she brought them something. "Come, love. Let us go somewhere we can talk." Morgana said calmly as she took Twilight`s hand and took her to the soldiers' quarters.
William was tinkering with a piece of wood on the floor and Max was sitting near the heart, drinking ale. A sudden knocking from the door startled both of them. Maz groaned as he stood up and walked to the wooden door. "I`m comin`, I`m comin`!" he yelled as he opened the door with force, knocking a few shields off the wall. "What the fu- Oh, Morgana, good evening!" Max said a little too cheerfully and gave an awkward smile. "Good evening to you too, Maximus." Morgana said back with a bored tone as she slithered in with Twilight next to her. William was the first to notice the young girl, whose head was lowered. "Twilight, what happened?" William asked quietly as he walked over to her. William was the only one in the castle who was close to Twilight`s age, being only two years older than her. Without making a sound, Twilight tore her hand from Morgana`s and pulled William into a tight hug. The cyclops awkwardly wrapped his arms around her and hugged back. Max took notice of that and turned to Morgana with a serious face. "Did she finally find out?" he asked the older servant.
"Unfortunately. They were talking in the office and Twilight heard everything. She has such a fragile soul, I can`t believe what it did to her." Morgana said with a quiet tone as she sat down on the bench in the room. Twilight and William were sitting on the carpet, the boy holding the younger girl in his arms. They always had a close sibling-like relationship.
After a while, Twilight finally pulled away from William and wiped her eyes. Looking down, she saw that William`s shirt was wet. "I apologize for getting tear-stains on you clothing William." The cyclops smiled at her and shook his head. "Don`t worry about it. You needed comfort and that is more important than a shirt." he said back. Twilight nodded and looked at Morgana and Max, sitting on the bench. "How long have you known about their opinion on me?" Twilight asked the older monsters. Max and Morgana exchanged a look before the woman turned to face the teens on the carpet. "Ever since your mother got pregnant. They have always talked like that when they think you can`t hear." Twilight nodded, pulling her knees to her chest and wrapping her lizard tail around them. "What is the truth of Mewni?" Twilight`s muffled voice asked the group.
"The truth of Mewni is that it no longer is hostile to monsters." Morgana answered her. "What?!" Twilight`s head shot up with wide eyes. "It is true. For the past decade, Mewni has welcomed peaceful monsters to live, work and have normal lives in the kingdom. There is even a monster politic in charge of the relations between mewmians and monsters. My grandson lives there as a blacksmith with his family. They send me letters every month." Twilight suddenly stood up and walked in front of Morgana. "How can I escape?" she asked the elders sitting. "Whoa wait! What do you mean how can you escape?" Max jumped up as he looked at the girl with wide eyes. "Mother and father talked about an attack on the Kingdom of Mewni. They talked about how I am the key to their victory. How I am the one who will kill-" Twilight suddenly stopped her rambling and slid to her knees. "How I am the one who will kill my relatives." she finished quietly.
Morgana lowered herself to the floor and gently took Twilight`s chin between her fingers. "You want to warn them. You want to let them know that something dangerous may be coming." the servant stated with a firm tone. Twilight looked straight into her eyes and nodded confidently. At that moment, Morgana saw the fire in her eyes. She knew there was something different about her for the last month but this is really unexpected. Max and William also noticed the dancing flames in her eyes. This is the true her, the real Twilight.
"Go to your room, pack a bag with necessaries and wait for Morgana. Don`t leave your room before then. We will meet in the East wing library." Twilight looked at Max who just spoke. "Are you going to help me escape?" she asked with a small grin, showing her sharp teeth. Max grinned back, showing his sharper, bigger teeth. William also stood up, smiling. Morgana straightened herself and slithered over to the two soldiers. "We are all helping you escape." Morgana said with pride.
Twilight nodded, still grinning. "Then let us get to work."