Fifteen years had passed since the two worlds had been cleaved into one and so far the citizens of the appley named Echo Kingdom had settled into a relatively peaceful state. And for the one of the four city leader's life had been good. She finally had the life she always dreamt of. Her monster husband walking the streets without being attacked by people with pitchforks and swords. He'd gone from Globgor the monstrous to Globgor the king of vegan food specializing in food that looked exactly like the monstrous beats from Mewni. And then there was her hybrid daughter Meteora, yes there had been times when monster side had caused it's fair share of havoc. But thankfully her daughter had a precious best friend that always there for her. Marco's little sister Mariposa. They'd been inseparable since diapers and Eclipsa as well as Star and Marco had long ago thought they'd end up together. But of course, they'd leave that to the two of them.

Eclipsa had just put down her afternoon tea and chocolate when she saw her faithful servant Buzzy fly into he room his multiple eyes frantically blinking in panic.

"Lady Eclipsa thank the magic I've found you it's a emergency!"

She sighed knowing how he thought everything was an emergency.

I really should try to get him an assistant to act as a buffer. A week ago he nearly had a heart attack when the mail failed to arrive promptly at three.

"And what is it now Buzzy?"

"It's princess Meteora. She's just arrived home and from the look of things she seems to be rather upset. And I know I take things out of proportions but when I tried to greet her at the castle doors she roared at me before running to her room."

This got her full attention. Yes her daughter could be a bit temperamental like her father but usually it was all in fun.

"I'll see to her Buzzy. You go fix yourself some tea and calm down."

She was halfway up the stairs when she heard the faint sounds of sobbing coming from her daughter's room. And from how the handle to the door was lying broken on the door she knew it was bad.

Gently pushing the door open she saw her daughter's tail sticking out from the blanket she was curled up in.

"Sweetie I heard you were upset, care to tell me what happened."

Upon hearing her mother, the cries stopped and her tail went rigid. A soft "no" came from the blanket but Eclipsa knew that in this case "no" actually meant "please don't leave".

So, she sat next to her and waited the short time when Meteora pulled the blanket down and Eclipsa saw her flushed face and puffy red eyes.

"Mamma…"

Oh, dear we're at mamma.

Normally it was mom or the occasional mother when she was being sarcastic. Mamma only came out when she was truly upset and strongly needed her.

And as she fully took the blanket off she saw how she was hiding her clawed hands. When she slowly reached for them Meteora flinched and looked away but uncurled her hands showing faint traces of red under her claws.

Eclipsa had seen enough monster claws in the waring days of Mewni to know that this wasn't paint.

A quick look and she knew that thankfully it was hers.

Meteora saw her mother's worried face and knew she had to talk.

"It's not mine."

"That's good dear, but that does leave me with another question."

Meteora started crying a bit as her mother pulled her into a hug as she started telling her.

"It was an accident I swear! School had just ended and Mariposa and me were heading to home when Josh Blixen came up and starting hitting on her."

Josh Blixin? Meteora's told me about him before. If I recall he's the son of one of my former knights that quit not long after the town settled. From what she's told me he thinks himself the ladies' man.

"Normally we'd just ignore him, but he kept going on about how great he was and how he was such a catch. Then he said Mariposa should ditch me and hang with him and his friends and I got angry and pushed him."

"So, the blood is his?" her answer didn't come immediately, instead it came after her daughter squeezed tighter.

"…no, after I pushed him, I grabbed Mariposa's hand and dragged her away and behind the school. She got a bit angry with me that I resorted to violence and I don't know why but that made me even angrier. She started saying I needed to control myself and I got worse, I screamed that I was just protecting then she yelled that she didn't need protecting. Next thing I know she points in my face and I try to slap it away only for her to lean in and…

Her mind snapped back to that scene. Her hand moving in slow motion missing her hand and ghosting across her oldest friend's face, felling her claws make contact as they just barely scraped along her light brown skin. Watching in horror as three thin lines opened on her face followed by the crimson fluid.

Seeing Mariposa bring her hand to her face stunned by her actions. The loud gasp she made as she saw the blood on her claws and the horrific shame she felt before running away hearing her name being called out.

"It was an accident! I'd never hurt her!"

"I know sweetie. I know how special she is to you."

She knew how special from the one time she'd accidently found her daughter's diary and may or may not have flipped to a certain page where her daughter's true feelings were written out.

"I don't know what's wrong with me! Lately I've just been angrier then usual, my teeth ache, my blood burns and when I'm not around Mariposa I feel like ripping something in half. And even if she's around I get furious when some guy comes near."

Meteora gently broke the hug looking both terrified and ashamed.

"what if she doesn't want to see me again?" that more then anything terrified her.

Eclipsa thought for a moment thinking about all her daughter had said as well as her behavior as of late and started piecing it together.

"Meteora I think I know exactly what the problem is. But I think we'll have to bring your father in for this one. Now while I go fetch him do you want Professor Stitches?"

She weakly nodded and Eclipsa grabbed the random colored and heavily repaired stuffed bear to her. When she'd first received this, it had been a gift from Star when Meteora started teething. But as predicted her fangs had quickly found its throat, then it's arms and legs until it was nothing more then a torso. But its life hadn't ended there as she'd refused any new bear and so Eclipsa had sewn it back tighter multiple times and it now served as her go to therapy doll. It was the one thing her daughter would never part with and something only her parents or Mariposa were allowed to touch. Something an unlucky servant had found out when they'd though it was trash. Thankfully he was a septarian and his arms grew back... eventually.

After only a few minutes she found her husband in his garden wearing his favorite pus sized overalls. Something she still found amusing.

She'd barley told him what was going on before he was scooping her up and running up to their daughter's room. The moment they were thought the doorway Meteora jumped into her dad's arms.

"There there me daughter, daddies here for you. And don't fret because I know exactly what's wrong."

"What? Please tell me what's wrong with me!"

"There's nothing wrong with you sweetie, you're just going through the primal rage."

"What?"

"It's what all size shifters go though around your age. Our bodies start to grow and shrink, our claws and fangs sharpen. When I was your age I tore though an entire forest just because I stubbed my toe on a boulder. Tearing the trees out by their roots! Crushing that accursed boulder beneath my Claws! HEARING THE SCREAMS OF MEWMANS RUNNING IN TERROR!

He chuckled a bit at the old memory before realizing he'd gone dark again.

"But that was teenage me of course. Now normally a little havoc is the worst of it but it can get pretty intense if we found a mate."

Meteora's face went from red from shame to pink with embarrassment. "What?"

"Yes, most monsters are quite temperamental when our mate is involved. We start feeling incomplete without them around and especially with size shifters we'll became extremely protective. Just ask your mother, when we first started dating, I laid siege single handedly to the kingdom of the man she was supposed to marry."

As he began thinking back on his older memories Eclipsa saw that Meteora had gone stiff and was rapidly swishing her tail back and forth as she muttered "mate… do…I...no..but she…maybe… hopefully…."

With each word came a quick smile and doubting headshake followed by a glance down at her claws.

Seeing this Eclipsa took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood away before taking her daughter's hands. "Now sweetie I know this is a lot to handle and you may feel overwhelmed but I want you know you don't have to deal with this all at once. Just take it slow and deal with it in one easy to handle chunk at a time."

"Thanks mom, but what about Mariposa. I hurt her and then ran away."

"Well for now you get some rest. Tomorrow you try sending her a message and apologizing."

"Alright I'll do that."

Her parents stayed with her until they were sure she'd calmed down and after reaching and then putting down her phone she brought out her diary and flipped through the first half that was actually her thoughts and to the second half where she'd drawn numerous hearts with her and Mariposa's initials in them.

So my monster side can be honest but my mewman side can't huh? I've thought about telling her for months, but after this… No! if dad could still get mom after nearly destroying a kingdom and eating people then I'm sure Mariposa will forgive me if I send an apology and explain it to her. At least I really hope she does.