"I'm not very good at magic, so..." Moon said weakly, shifting from one foot to another. Eclipsa smiled patiently. "It's alright. Anything can suffice. Besides, you must be good at magic if you pulled off my spell"

Moon swallowed thickly at the reminder but pushed the rising sick feeling down and raised her wand, directing it at Eclipsa.

"Et mutato habitu magia meus sum appellare apou,
Scopum meum de latere pernumerare curiosi,
Tegere sheet luminis,
Ut convertat aliquando ius laesi!"

Light blue magic began to build up at the end of her wand, and she flinched as her vision was suddenly overcome with Toffee, reaching towards her, the sky brewing as she tore him apart...

She could almost feel the blood spraying her face.

She yelped and her hands shook to an intensity that she missed completely, falling backwards. She hardly comprehended Eclipsa running to her side, shaking her and asking if she was alright.

She sobbed and shook her head, shuffling away from the older woman. Eclipsa placed her hand on her shoulder and didn't relent until Moon had calmed down, tracing patterns into it calmingly.

Moon frowned apologetically. "I-i'm sorry..."

"It's alright, dear" Eclipsa said softly, feeling bad for the traumatised girl. She smiled and stood up from her kneeling position. "With my limited non-wand magic experience i can probably cast a very weak disguise, but it mightn't be very convincing."

"Anything will do..." Moon shrugged, rubbing her eyes. Eclipsa nodded and muttered a spell as her cheeks lit up, and Moon noted how much shorter her version was.

"Mittere operto me sententia a facie,
Lactum fulgoris corpus meis!"

Immediately, a light purple wave of magic skimmed over her body, and Moon noted how her hair tinted blue as well as her eyes, and her cheek marks faded almost completely.

Eclipsa picked at her now blued hair and frowned. "That was even weaker than i thought it would be. I must he rusty"

"That's okay..." Moon said, standing up woozily, her head beginning to thud, signalling an upcoming headache. "You can take my cloak to add on... As long as we don't run into the Commission we should be fine" she unfolded a cloak that had been stuffed in a small bag, and flung it over Eclipsa's shoulders.

Peeking out from under the hood, Eclipsa gave Moon a little smile.

Moon's face went bright red and she turned away, eyes wide. "W-we'd better go since we're close and the Commissions p-probably worried! C-c'mon!" she stammered, grabbing Eclipsa by the hand and tugging her along.

Confused by the sudden and seemingly random difference in the girl's behaviour, Eclipsa allowed herself to be pulled along as she continued to fiddle with her hair.

Reaching and crossing the border into the town surrounding the palace, Eclipsa ducked her head as far under the hood as she could, biting her lower lip in nerves. Moon's grip on hers was warm and strong and was becoming a rather large distraction.

When they reached the front gates, the guards looked suprised to see the princess turned queen after she had been announced missing, but let her in without resistance, though they gave her cloaked tugalong a long hard stare that made Eclipsa rather uncomfortable.

When they reached Moon's room the blue haired queen sat her accomplice down and flicked back the hood. Eclipsa blinked rapidly as the light hit her eyes, but easily adjusted and watched as Moon hurried about the room.

Moon glanced back over her shoulder as she fussed, uncertain. "Where are you gonna... Y'know... Sleep?"

Eclipsa gave a cheeky smile. "In your bed?"

Moon went red again and covered her face in her hands. "Eclipsa!"

She laughed freely at the reaction to her teasing and looked about. "Well, i could always set up something in one of the dungeons, since it's not often that they check them if i remember correctly. That or you could set me up somewhere in the town"

Moon scrunched her nose at the first suggestion but loosened at the second. "There's no way in heck I'm putting you in a cold and smelly dungeon. C'mon, let's get you set up with a house" she started towards the door.

Eclipsa chuckled. "Don't you want to rest first? It's been a long few days and you've only slept once - in a cave. Relax."

The younger girl paused then relented with a slightly irritated sigh, flopping down on her bed.

"The Commision's gonna kill me when they find me again.. " she mumbled before slinging an arm over her face to cover her eyes. "River and Lord Mildrew probably think I'm dead... Ughhhhhhh...."

Eclipsa blinked, curious. "Hm? Who are they?"

"Oh! Uh..." Moon sat up. "Lord Mildrew is one of the Lord's who was assigned to me when my..." she hesitated. "When i was made acting queen. He's absolutely ridiculous but he can be helpful in political matters.. And..." she blushed and fiddled with her hair. "River's... Just a friend.."

"Just a friend, hm?" Eclipsa smirked even as her stomach twisted. "Do you want him to be more?"

Moon brought her knees up to her chest and buried her head in them. "I- i mean... I dunno!" she mumbled, muffled. "He definitely likes me, but i dunno if i like him back..." she picked up a pillow and tried to drown herself in it.

Eclipsa and Moon continued to make idle chat until the door was suddenly busted open. Eclipsa was quick to pull up her hood, and Moon jumped in front of her, defensive.

The Magical High Commission had arrived.