Hello everyone, and welcome to the lowly-anticipated story...

Drumroll.

"Setup"

Now, you may wonder: "what does this have to do with the story?"

Well, it doesn't. The story is called setup because of something that happens at the end of the story. And then I'll explain it because it is hard to explain.

So, without furtherado, lesgo.

You look at all the great monarchs of time. James the First, Caesar Augustus, Queen Victoria, King Louis the 14th. All led great monarchies, all of which held power. If you were to rank all the monarchs in order from greatest power to weakest power, it would be a hard task. However, the easiest part would be naming the worst. And they resided in the Kingdom of Mewni.

Led by Queen Moon and King River Butterfly, the monarchy is one of the worst in history. However it is not recorded of course, due to it being placed in a different dimension.

But how did it become this way?

You see, the Butterfly's were given a kingdom that was in well shape. It was prospering, beautiful, and was a real tourist attraction for outer-dimensional creatures.

But then came time for River and Moon.

Given the monarchy by King Leo and Queen Aries, it was still that prospering monarchy.

The reason for its power was simple. Make life simplistic, and make all money based off of farming and tourism. There were no taxes. There was no need for taxes, as farming was a booming industry, as it was placed around dimensions that lacked the ability to grow crops. And, with it being beautiful as it is (or was), tourism sent at least 10,000 creatures to the dimension daily.

And with the money, they put it less into their extravagant castle, and more into the commoners' lives, such as advanced cropping tools and better housing, and the excess went to military and education.

The system worked. The people loved it, and it made Mewni a force to be reckoned with.

Then that fateful day came upon them. First, King Leo dropped dead. Then, a few days later, Queen Aries died as well.

Before they died, they both gave final words to the ones that were going to rule next. The ones they weren't going to see.

"Don't fuck it up."

However, they did.

Royally.

The first damning thing they did was to start enforcing taxes. These taxes however, served no purpose. Look at it as money laundering for the King and Queen. Next, they focused away from trade and cut off almost all of its trading ties. Then, it made strict border rules that made tourism near impossible. And finally, they once again took the excess money from the previous monarchs and half pocketed it, and the rest was put into the military.

And the money they pocketed?

They took that to build their extravagant castle, to a point you couldn't see where they lived.

In all, they were corrupt, and they were oblivious as all hell to it.

Five years into the monarchy, they started planning a child.

In order to keep the Butterfly name alive, they needed a child next in line. And in nine months, the thing appeared.

Born on Mewni in Earth years, 2001. In Mewni years, however, the King and Queen decided that the calendar restarted with the start of their monarchy, so, 5. Riveting stuff.

This part maybe small, but in the end, this is how we get our main character. Be patient, because shit is about to go down.

As Mewni fell more and more down the poverty line, a leader that had snuck in during the early days of the monarchy (as the border control was very weak at that time) had been rallying for freedom. His name was Rebeldes Miscompaneros. A mouthful, I know.

But he snuck in more than the kingdom could chew.

You see, he came in from a land where gun control was very loose. Every other day someone would get shot over the smallest things, one in which got shot over touching a teaset that wasn't his. Fun. But he was Mewnian Cartel of weapons, and, without the kingdom knowing, had trained them from the beginning, all apart of a plan that would take 6 years to finish.

At this point, Star had been born, and they're five months away from taking it over.

Let's study this man, Rebeldes.

About 6'5'', a mixed individual (complexion wise), and buff. Like Batman vs Superman Ben Affleck buff.

He was a leader. In his old dimension, he was a drill sergeant and general. A weird mix. However, with puny armies, he would take on some of the best, building an empire without his name. Which is why he got tired of it. He left for Mewni, seeing how he could seize power easily.

But how would he approach this?

It was a simple, complex plan.

First, train the Mewnians. Mewnians were peaceful for quite some time. Farming, tourism, and such. They wouldn't resort to violence until someone threw a third punch. However, as months went by in the cataclysmic monarchy that was River and Moon, hatred and anger grew. It became Happy Valley to Detroit in a matter of 6 months.

And it was the only way the could vent.

But now they had their ways.

The next step was to smuggle weapons across the border, and not just any weapons, I mean ADVANCED weapons. North Korea weapons.

RPGs, semi-automatics, etc. Weapons that could easily combat the swords of Mewni's militia.

Third. Final. Bomb the lower layer of the castle, and then attack, setting up 4 stations on each side, covering every possible escape route.

The Butterflies were dying no matter what.

And step 2 was halfway done.

Let's flash forward to step 3. And the execution.

You see, it was always a plan to wait for a special occasion. Like the Boston Marathon bombings. It was major, but not that major. They wouldn't expect it. Plus, you got to kill innocent fuckers, and that made you feel a bit better about your pathetic little life as a 4th world dimension.

So.

How it went down.

Mewni was wanting to make ties to another dimension, Fluridio, which was viewed as the trashy part of that area, so, yet again a very unwise decision by the monarchy.

But, because of that status, it was a minor event. It was another way to gain strength (as the kingdom had none) and make money, which, as you have seen was a must-have for Mewni.

So the plan went like this (for the kingdom): get them to the higher level. Make sure none of the commoners come near to the Fluridions, as it could and would change the decision on whether the two would pact. Then from there, they would discuss the negotiations and somehow trick them into getting more money. River studied business more than actually ruling a kingdom, so he was in charge of that.

But, this is where things would get slippery.

The Fluridions would arrive at 2:45 P.M. As soon they set foot in the lobby of the castle, the bomb would go off, as it was a landmine. And then all hell would break loose.

Before it was to kick off, all of the Mewninian Confederacy was to meet in a concealed bunker underground, with Rebeldes leading the core.

Now, prepare for the most monumental part of this first chapter: DIALOGUE

"My friends! Counterparts! Coworkers, I don't know!" He started with a yell.

"Today is the start of something old, yet new!"

He was met with a few thousand yells, all positive with joy.

"But now it is time to execute! Execution is key to this plan! We don't execute, we fail! We don't think ahead, we fail!" He started off. "What if this doesn't work? What if the bomb doesn't go off! We need leaders! And so it happens, I have them!" He turns around showing 4 people, 2 men, 2 women.

"John, Bill, Susan, Karol!" He started, showing them triumphantly. "These will be your guide! I will be in the midst! They will be your eyes and ears!"

They cheered, anxious to battle.

"Now! It's 2:45 P.M., and-" He stopped. And for 5 seconds, silence. Everyone looked confused.

Then all hell broke loose.

"BEGIN!"

Well, that's the start of the story. Now, to explain.

Rebeldes will not a main character, which is why I'm brief and to the point with him.

Marco will be brought in Chapter 3 or 4, maybe 2 if lucky.

CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism is needed, not just "u suck cuz u suck"

Thank you for suffering reading this, and I'll see you in a bit.