From my mind of bad ideas :P
The universe is a river...
Chapter 1
The Princess of Mewni was alone, she was walking somberly through a forest, she felt the cool air blew past her, stinging her skin and blowing her hair in the opposite direction of where she was going,
She didn't care where she was walking to, may it be the edge of a cliff or more forest or to a hallow cave where she can hide and weep for the rest of her days, as long as it was away...From all the things that plagued her mind.
its been a day ever since Marco Diaz and Jackie-Lynn Thomas finally hooked up, ever since The Princess Mewni lost her Mentor and friend, Glossaryck, ever since she made the biggest mistakes of her life, ever since the worst day of her life
'Jackie-Lynn Thomas...' she thought, hitting every single syllable of her name with increasing tints of venom and respite, she hated that girl, it was out-of-character for Star to dislike someone, but no matter, she can't bring herself to not hate that girl.
She has ignored the boy of her dreams her whole life, barely speaking to him, barely acknowledging his very own existence, and yet Marco Diaz still persisted, he didn't want to give up, he was like a fool hunting for a snipe, chasing a imaginary thing for years on the belief that he eventually achieve his goals, the desire still stuck in his mind for all these years.
That's when Star came in, she helped Marco catch the thing that caught his eye for years, her love for Marco grew brighter and brighter every day ever since they met, with that attraction finally being realized ever since the dreaded Blood Moon Ball, she kept her attraction to him a secret, especially due to Marco still fawning over Jackie-Lynn Thomas, only to be rewarded with heartbroken, sorrow, and lost.
Those feelings were only worsened after she lost Glossaryck, she felt regret for not being to get him back, she felt guilt for causing him to be taken to begin with.
The Princess of Mewni came across a river in her lost wandering, it was cool and almost soothing in a way, the water streaming slowly from the north to the south, Star Butterfly noticed her reflection, despite the ripples, despite the distortion, the Princess could see herself, tears streaming down from her eyes, the tears dropping down from her face and into the river.
The droplets of tears creating ripples in the already rippled river, her breath was heavy as she huffed, getting on her knees, dirtying her caps in the watery mud, she didn't care about the mud, she didn't care about how clean she was...She didn't care.
'...Marco...Jackie...Glassryck...' Those three names repeated in Star's head, she shook her head in a attempt to get them out of her head, only for them to come back with ease, her eyes began to well up in tears as her silent streams became wafting sobs, those three names kept on repeating and repeating, like white noise, she'll get used to this change in her life...Eventually.
As she sobbed, she began to hear something...It was, humming...Beautiful Humming, from a sweet yet strong voice, she instinctively got up from where she was kneeling on, she began to follow the voice, the humming getting louder and louder as Star followed, she passed through the river, the water splashing her boots and drenching her shins with the cold water.
Other sounds could be heard as Star Butterfly got closer and closer to the source of the humming, she could hear...String beats of something...The sounds of the instrument going perfectly along with the humming, it was to classical to be a banjo but it was to soft and calming to be a guitar, the forest got darker and darker every step she took, venturing deeper in the maze of trees, pines, grass and stone.
And there she saw..The source of the soothing musing, it lay on a flat and smooth stone in the middle of a pond, humming the tune as it twirled its small but fancy-looking tophat with one of its claws, it was a massive creature, a mixture of fish and reptile, reptilian fully-colored eyes of gold, but the scales of a catfish, its maw was rowed with sharp but well-kept teeth, it wore a ruffled and tattered suit jacket, with its vest being made of two other vests buttoned together.
Despite its monstrous features, its tunes that it hummed were beautifully profound, the string beats going along with it like a blade of grass in the wind, it gave the Princess of Mewni, a strange sense of warmth inside her.
its two massive whiskers of his were playfully splashing in the water of the pond, occasionally entangling a fish only to let the aquatic plaything drop back into its murky and watery home.
Star Butterfly was silent as it seemed like the Monster didn't notice her presence, that is until he stopped humming, the string beats of the musical instrument stopping completely as an ominous ambiance began to full center, it looked like it was almost nightfall, its yellow eyes stood out from the dusk as well as a lit lantern, right by the creature.
"What brings you here Child?"His voice was gruff and was creeping with a deep southern accent, but it had tones of gentleness and it seemed to ooze with wicked-cultured and etiquette, Star was taken aback from a question.
"...Your voice brought me here..." Star responded, she gripped her wand tighter than before, not wanting to let her guard down, the Beast thought for a second before speaking once more, it stoked its tongue out of its maw, it was big like the Monster itself, cloaked with a veil of green saliva as one of the monsters whiskers grabbed a fish from the pond, before plopping the frantic fish in its maw, swallowing it whole.
"Hmmm...Child, your tears aren't like the usual tears I've tasted…What seems to trouble you girl?" He cooed softly he finally stared at the Princess of Mewni with its glowing golden eyes, Star was dumbfounded, but the Creature was quick to answer Star's confusion.
"Every River everywhere is my domain Girl, The river is the water I swim in…The whole universe is a river…And thus…I'm its king" He spoke with a poetic and crisp tone, the serenity of his voice contrasting his monstrous looks.
"Every river has a special taste Child, and your tears added a little bit of flavor into the broth…That kind of tear is a rarity…Only caused through true despair…" He mused, winking at the Princess as she stood her ground, she knew that the Monster was telling to truth, she was truly depressed.
"I, the King of the River…frowns upon such sorrow, this is why, I'm willing to give you a deal that not even the Princess of Mewni will regret…" He continued as Star simply stood in silence, listening to the Monster, the Monster's charming voice made Star a little more willing to listen to his words, Her walking closer to the Monster only made him smile in a stoic delight.
"I can take you to him…And he'll love you as you love him, that floozy…Will be gone without a trace…Gone from memory…Like ash in the wind…" One of the Monster's whiskers grabbed ahold of a Dandelion and blew the seeds away.
"Your Mentor will also be rescued by yours truly…I might say that this deal can be called…two for the price of one…"
"All I ask in return…Is a seat in the finest dining halls of Mewni…Those royals eat their exquisite meals with silverware and wine, while I…" The Monster looked somber for a second as one of its whiskers caught another fish, this time he plopped the fish right in its slimy palm.
"Dine with the fishes and the murky waters below…" He said as he swallowed the fish whole, the poor thing shaking and blubbered for its dear life, Star couldn't help but feel sorry for the little thing as it was gobbled up by the king of the river.
"So what do you say child? Would you accept offer from the one who swims in every pool?" He finished as he began twirling his top-hat once again, allowing Star to think about it before concluding with an answer, the three names began to repeat once more in Star's head, she stared at the damp ground.
"…How do I know that your tell-" Star was interrupted by the Monster who simply laughed in response to such a question.
"Girl…Do you want to risk a little to win big…? Or be content with what you have now?" The Monster cooed as one of its whiskers lightly touched Star's chin, making her look into the Monsters eyes, the Monster offered a handshake to the Princess of Mewni.
"…." Star was completely silent, should she accept the monsters deal? Or…Go back to echo creek none the wiser, see Marco and Jackie together, and rekindle the guilt and loss inside her?
There was no words as Star shook the Creature's hand, the sharp-toothed smile of the Monster grew wider as Star agreed to the deal.
"Thank you…For letting me in…" Was all the Monster spoke of,before sinking into the pond water, and disappeared into the dirty water, leaving the Princess of Mewni by herself and her thoughts.