"Princess! Er, i mean.. Queen Moon!" Heckapoo exclaimed. "You're alright!"

"Mhm" Moon said awkwardly, shrinking back from the annoyed looks Rhombulus and Leckmet were giving her. Suprisingly, OmniTraxus spoke first.

"What you did was extremely foolish" Omni said harshly, voice carrying easily despite not yelling. "We have no idea what effect an action that drastic would have!"

Moon swallowed but glared defiantly. "I have complete authority to do what i did! Unless you had forgotten, i rule Mewni. And what you also seem to have forgotten is that there was barely any options in the first place! None of YOU were going to come up with a solution! I did what i could and ended up scaring off most of their forces, as well as killing their general!" her voice escalated into a shout, gesturing widely. Behind her, Eclipsa watched with slight awe.

Rhombulus suddenly seemed to notice her. "Who's that?" he asked, gesturing with his snake-hands. Omni bit back his furious reply to focus on the fact that there was, indeed, another in the room.

Eclipsa peeped from under the hood, swallowing as she was scrutinised, struggling over what she was going to say. They would recognise her voice in an instant.

Luckily, Moon came to her rescue by standing in front of her and staring head on at Rhombulus. "My friend, Jaime. She's the reason i"ve been MIA for a day or so, she found me panicking and took me in" she said easily, and Eclipsa blinked at how good she was at lying.

Heckapoo narrowed her eyes but nodded, clearly not beleiving it at all. "Sure. Thank you.. Jaime" the last word had a badly disguised edge to it.

Eclipsa nodded back, still wondering if she should try speaking.

Leckmet bleated and Omni reacted, remembering the still unfinished argument. "Seriously Moon, you need to think more clearly! Did you even have a contingency plan?!" his eyes were drawn to Moon's black hands. "Where on earth did you learn a spell that did.. THAT to you?"

"Eclipsa" Rhombulus butted in before Moon could answer. "Moon insisted i take her to her"

The rest of the Commission flinched in horror, and Heckapoo shook Moon's shoulders violently. "You idiot! Don't you know what that woman is known for?!"

Moon jutted her chin. "Meddling in dark magic and falling in love. Terrifying" she said scathingly. Heckapoo stared in shock before swallowing. "You didn't... Make a deal with her, did you?"

"And so what if i did?" Moon hissed, though fear crept into her tone at how horrified Heckapoo sounded.

The Commision exchanged looks, and Heckapoo grabbed her by the wrist, agitating the still slightly raw skin from when she had scratched at it. Moon hissed in pain and tried to pull back, but the fire elemental shushed her. "We need to do some tests on you, as well as sort all of this out"

"No!" Moon spat. "I order you to let go of me!"

"Sorry, but this is out of your jurisdiction" Omni said flatly from inside of his ball, and Moon just hissed at him before grabbing her wand and aiming it at Heckapoo.

She let go of Moon's arm and jumped back, eyes wide. "Moon... What happened to you?" she breathed, but Moon didn't relent her aim, even as images flashed her vision and her hands trembled.

'Jaime' gently grabbed her by the wrist and lowered her arm, one hand on her back. "It's not worth it, Moon" she said as quietly as she could, aware of the stares burning into her. "Calm down, we can sort all of this out"

Moon swallowed but gave the Commision an icy stare. "I think you should leave."

Rhombulus stepped backwards in shock. "Whaaa? But-"

"I ORDER YOU TO LEAVE!" Moon yelled, the room almost seeming to shake. The black and purple veins on her arms almost seemed to crawl slightly more upward.

They bustled out and Moon collapsed, rubbing her eyes with her palms. Eclipsa rubbed her back with a concerned look. "Are you quite alright?"

"Yeah...." Moon murmered, weary. "Just...... They're gonna do some intense investigating. Once they realise you're out, they'll start to connect the dots. It's only a matter of time..."

"Well.. I know you can do this" Eclipsa said encouragingly, though finding it mildly awkward to do so for someone she only knew for a few days. "Beleive in yourself to get through this smoothly. At least the war has calmed, it'll give you some cooldown time to think"

"Nn" Moon nodded, standing and straightening herself. When she appeared to have collected herself, Eclipsa gave a slightly hurt frown, though masked behind an apathetic exterior. "Jaime is the name you automatically went for?"

Moon looked confused for a moment before her cheeks flushed in embarrassment. "N- no, i didn't pick it because-!"

"It's... Fine." Eclipsa cut her off, sharp tone showing that it really wasn't. "But please understand, I'm not after the throne. All i want to do is find out what happened while i was... Inconvenienced, and to help you control the darkness in you"

Moon bit her lip but nodded. "Yeah... Let's, um.. Go get you somewhere to sleep.." she walked from the room, and Eclipsa watched after for a few seconds before huffing and following.

(Jaime means Supplanter for those confused)