Luna turned eleven looking like a fourteen-year-old, and her body began changing in ways that had nothing to do with bridge nature. Puberty arrived with all its awkward complications.
"Why didn't anyone warn me this would be so embarrassing?" Luna complained to Aria one morning after experiencing her first period.
"I did warn you. Multiple times. You just didn't think it would be this uncomfortable." Aria helped her daughter navigate the practical aspects while trying not to laugh at Luna's dramatic distress.
"It's not fair. I maintain reality itself but I can't control my own hormones?"
"Welcome to being female," Aria said sympathetically. "Cosmic power doesn't exempt you from biology."
But the physical changes were just the beginning. Luna's emotions became more volatile, swinging b
