Author's Notes: Updated if Needed

Story was written day of Season 2 Episode 11: Hungry Larry/Spider With a Top Hat (10/10/16)

Elapses in time are prone to change.

Various Events, major or minor, may have a lasting effect or never happen.

Story is updated in 7-10 day increments, if allowed.

It was a normal day like any other day in the magical land called Mewni. Birds flew high in the sky above and little insects crawled on the ground below. A slight breeze blew across the land, making it rather chilly. Yet, the warmth of the sun made the day a bit more bearable. Goblins were selling crazy things from the Isles of Zanthrac and monsters were still the lower class of society. The air smelled of nothing but corn and the medieval life. It was a rather fine time to be alive that day, and for one princess, that day was not today. Way up high in a multilayered castle lived a young princess and her family. They ruled over the land with honor, respect, dignity, and used family duels to keep the balance of Mewni in check. Their family name became the rulers of this land from many generations ago, with a wand, a magical weapon that had been used in a war for Mewni, as the heirloom. Passed down to one child to the next, for who knew how long.

In the highest castle, up a flight of stairs, three doors down to the right, lived Star Butterfly, a blond haired, blue eyed girl that had a smile that always greeted the world, and her cheeks were marked with two pink hearts, one on each side. An energetic thirteen year old she was. Brash and always looking for some adventure, she never found herself without anything to do until today. Her parents had to go to some family meeting, due to tomorrow being of grave importance. She knew what they meant and understood very well. It was her fourteenth birthday and as tradition, her mother had to pass down the royal magic wand to her. Star was very excited after all of those years waiting for the day to come. Unfortunately, she was stuck in the castle all day. Royal guardsmen stood at her door making sure that she couldn't escape and do something extremely dangerous. Though, history has shown that she wasn't easy to deter. Star paced around in her room garbed in a blue dress, a blue necklace with a pearl in the center, white stockings that came up her thigh and teal star-shaped earrings.

"Hmm, there's got to be a way out of here? But, where?" She thought to herself as she continued pacing back and forth. She walked towards her window and looked down into the crowd of commoners far below. She felt like just climbing out the window at that point, but last time didn't go too well. "I've got a great idea!" She walked towards her door and opened it, only to be stopped by one of the guards.

"Princess, your mother has assigned us to keep you from causing any trouble."

"Sorry, it's just that I have to use the bathroom. I mean, I really gotta go. Like, I might explode right now if I don't."

The guard looked at her quizzically, then pulled out an iron bucket from behind him and kicked it towards her. "Here you go."

Star felt as if she were about to throw up. She almost even felt insulted. "Why are you giving me a bucket? I can't use this."

"Your mother says until she can trust you, you have to either use this or hold it."

"I just realized I don't have to use it anymore." Star closed the door and glumly walked over to her bed, slowly letting herself fall into her pillow. She continued to lay there for what felt like hours. Soon enough, she got tired of laying down and sat back up on her bed. "What's it gonna take to get some excitement around here?" She smiled again and ran back to the door. She opened it again, and was yet again, stopped by the same guard from before.

"Princess, what is it now?" The guardsmen said with a rather more stern tone than before.

"Look, I don't wanna be trapped up in my room all day. I'll give you a hand full of gems if you let me go."

The guard looked back and forth between Star and the other guards around the area. He felt the offer was very enticing and thought on it for a while, before nodding his head. "Alright, I'll let you out. Just don't get into any trouble."

"Thanks, you're the best!" Star handed the guard a bag full of gems and quickly exited her room. She walked down a long corridor with picture frames of various rulers of Mewni from the past. After a few seconds of walking, she was met with more guards walking in her direction. She looked to her left and found that it was blocked off by a group of swords and armor. Her right had only an open window. She decided to go with the latter and climbed out the window, yet still hanging onto it until the guards passed by. Once the coast was clear, she climbed back over to the other side. She carefully glanced from left to right before running up to a black door with a skull shaped doorknob. She giggled before opening the door and her eyes widened as she looked inside. Sprawled all over the room were various mystical items like wands, staffs, and blue orbs of various sizes. Ya know, the typical stuff. What really caught her eye was a diamond box on the third shelf behind a obsidian sword that was leaning against the wall. "So close, yet so far. Kinda like my birthday." She smiled and picked up a spear, throwing it at the obsidian sword, making it fall over. Seeing how that failed, she picked up the sword that fell and hopped up to the first shelf, using her left hand to hold on. She stretched her arm out until it reached the third shelf. She felt her arm that was holding onto the first shelf slowly start to give out and quickly shoved the sword under the chest and tried forcing the box to fall. Much to her dismay, it wouldn't budge. No matter how much force she applied, it just wouldn't budge at all; Which, to her, was a slight problem. Out of energy in both of her arms, she fell on the ground, landing on her back. "Great, now I have noodle arms. But, I can't give iup just yet!" Star started kicking the wall as hard as she could, making the diamond box slowly inch forward. What she had forgotten was that the sword was still resting under the box, but she wasn't focused on that. Soon enough the box fell along with the sword. Before she was potentially impaled and crushed, she rolled out of the way just in time. Once they hit the ground, Star heard footsteps coming towards her direction. Frantically searching around the room for a hiding spot, she decided to hide in the diamond box. She quickly lifted the top and climbed in, then placed the top back on. Thankfully, the box was just the right size for her to fit in it. Eventually the door slammed open and four guards armed with spears gazed around the room to see if anything was stolen or out of place. Seeing nothing wrong, they left. Star peeped out of the box to see if the coast was clear and climbed out of the box. Once out, she looked inside of it to find one of the many things she wanted in life: Necromancer Dust. The only problem was that it was going to be difficult to pick up dust without something to put it in. "Oh well. I want this dust and I'm gettin' it." She scooped up two handfuls of dust and hurried towards the door. She opened the door with her elbow and checked to see if she could make it to her room without anyone noticing her. As quickly and as carefully as she could, Star ran across the hall back to her room. Once there, she closes the door behind her, laughing with pleasure. "I can't believe I'm actually about to do this. Well, here I go!" She threw the dust up into the air and looked on as it started to collect into a skeletal shape. Soon, it gained a black cloak and a staff, with a skull resting on top of it. The creature began hovering a few inches above the ground and began to speak.

"You, who has summoned me, speak what you desire." It spoke in a deep, demonic tone.

"Ya know. I don't really know anymore. Could you just tell me about my future or something? It doesn't really matter." Star hopped on her bed and laid down, facing towards the necromancer.

The necromancer's eye sockets started to glow a bright red and fired a beam at Star, enveloping her completely. A few seconds later, it's eyes turned blue and it spoke again. "Various dangers lie ahead. Many tears will be shed. With a partner, both have power and blossom once more like a flower."

"Eh, the end wasn't doing so good, but the rest seemed pretty solid. Thanks." Star softly blew air towards the necromancer and it turned back into dust. She rolled over in her bed and faced the ceiling. Suddenly, she heard a knock at her door. Star slowly got up and walked over to the door. She opened it, only to be met by her parents.

"Hello, dear." Her father said while smiling. He was a rather short man, yet had the body of a soldier. He had blue eyes and a blond beard that reach almost past his chest area. Under his crown, he was unashamedly bald.

"You haven't done anything destructive while we were gone, have you?" Her mother questioned. She had the face of someone who was incredibly hard to impress. Like her husband and daughter, she had blue eyes, but unlike the two of them, she has a light shade of blue colored hair that somewhat took the shape of a heart. Her cheeks were imprinted with two purple diamonds, one on each side.

Every time her mother asked that question, Star always had the feeling to get nervous, yet tried to keep her cool and play it off. "No, mom. I've just been up here… In my room… All day."

"See, darling? Star can handle being alone for once. I think you should trust her more." Star's father said, seemingly glancing over the fact that Star didn't seem too happy by the way she responded.

"I suppose so. Star, you need to come with me for a minute. There's something you have to do."

Star's eyes lit up with delight after hearing she could finally do something of interest. Though she was the princess, she didn't really ever have to do anything, which was really frustrating for her. "I can finally help?! Yay! I won't let you down, mom. I promise." Star's mother slightly scoffed at her, but pushed it into the back of her mind.

"Let's go. Just try not to touch anything while we're there, okay?"

"Don't worry, I've got this"

The two of them began walking down the hallway and walked past a group of monsters that were in handcuffs. Star looked back at them with concern, but continued moving forward. After a while, they both made it to a wooden door that had a handle bar instead of a knob. Star's mother opened the door and let Star go in before her. Once inside, they both were faced with a bear with an eye patch on his left eye, a purple cape that was slightly tattered, and a scar on his chest. The room was slightly quiet for a while before Star's mother cleared her throat.

"So… Jeremiah Birnbaum, we heard you were rummaging through our trash again."

"Yeah, I did it. What's the problem?"

Star was slowly getting confused. This guy was going through their trash, yet having a legitimate reason for doing that was beyond her. "Mom, this bear was going through our stuff? Why, exactly?"

The bear growled. "That's none of your concern, princess. Stay out of this conversation."

"Star, darling. Could you step out for a few minutes. I have a feeling this might take a while."

Star nodded her head in compliance and left the room. When she made it outside, she tried listening to the conversation by placing her ear onto the wall. She couldn't hear much, besides slight mumbles due to the walls being thick, muting most of the sound. Once again, she found herself bored, but this time it was her mom's fault. Fifty minutes had passed since her mom told her to step outside and Star's legs started to cramp up. She couldn't sit down on the floor, because her mother would kill her if she got her dress dirty. Just when Star was about to give out, her mother walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.

"I see your dress is still clean. You're finally becoming responsible." Star's mother gave her a smile.

"Yeah, well… It wasn't easy." Star smiled back. "So, what's gonna happen with that guy? Did he do something wrong?"

"To be fair to him, he really hadn't done the slightest thing wrong. Eating our garbage isn't a crime in any way, but it's still wrong to a degree. I decided to let him go for now. Come along, Star. There's one more thing I need your help with."

Star's mother began walking again and Star followed close behind. Star was finally feeling a little bit more energetic about her duties as royalty. The bear seemed interesting despite him creeping her out a little. She couldn't wait to find out what type of cool things she'd have to do next. She almost shrieked with delight, but refrained herself from doing so. "So, mom. What's next? I'm up for anything right now."

"You seem excited. You may actually enjoy this."

They both walk into a room that had papers that were stacked high up nearly touching the ceiling. Two book shelves were placed in the back of the room that were slowly breaking apart. Each shelf had some sort of head of a creature in a jar surrounded by a green fluid. Star's mouth dropped as she looked around the cluttered room. Boxes were filled up with miscellaneous items like cups and shoes that seemed like they were just tossed in any kind of way, as if no effort was taken. In the back, a single desk that had one leg replaced with a wooden stick.

"Well, here we are. Make yourself as comfortable as you can, darling."

Star slowly stepped inside, still dumbfounded by how unorganized the room was. She normally kept her room clean, with a few things scattered across the floor, but this was a whole other level. "Mom… What are we doing here…?"

Star's mother walked over to the desk and sat down on a wooden stool and grabbed a pen off the floor. "These are some documents that our forefathers have yet to complete. So, our family has the responsibility of finishing all of it. You see the ones that are stacked up." She gestures to the stack of papers that tower up to the ceiling. "Those are the ones we already finished."

"Oh, wow. How long did it take?"

Her mother shrugs. "It took a couple hundred years or so. No one really knows for sure. All we know is that we have to finish it all… Eventually…"

Star looked around the room once more. "So… What do I do in here? Do I just sign stuff?"

"Well, you can't sign anything yet, because you're the princess. But, there's something you can do. You see those boxes over there lined up against the wall?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"I need you to burn them. Safely, mind you. Burn them safely. We don't need the kingdom to set fire again."

"Burn them?! Sweet! I can totally do this, mom. Trust me."

Star pulled out a match from in her hair and starts scraping it against the wall, trying to get it to light on fire. Star's mother watched intently for a few seconds, then continued to sign papers. Finally, after about ten minutes, the match caught on fire. She tossed the match into a box, causing it to burst into flames. Star then stacked the rest of the boxes on top of one another, letting it burn from the bottom up. "See, mom? Totally a piece of cake. Now, what're you gonna do?"

"Well, I've got to sign these papers for another hour. So, you may want to keep yourself busy."

"Another hour…? Ugh…"

"If it's such a problem, just go to a nap or something."

"A nap? That sounds like a great idea."

Star laid her back against the wall and slowly slid down against it until she landed on the ground. She stared at her mom who was still signing papers and closed her eyes and slowly drifted to sleep. Star began breathing lightly and her mother took notice. Star's mother smiled and continued to sign more papers. "Even when she's asleep, she's so precious."

Star slowly opened her eyes and yawned, stretching her arms out, then noticed that they'd hit a wall. She looked around and noticed that she was in her own room, tucked into bed. She crawled out of her bed and looked out the window and noticed that it was partially dark outside, with an orange sun setting over the horizon. "Well, Star. Tomorrow's the big day. You'll finally get what you've always wanted: The royal magic wand." Star hopped back over onto her bed and pulled out a light purple diary with a dark purple spine and opened it up, slowly flipping through a few of the pages. She closed it and placed it on a desk next to her bed. "I'll write something there tomorrow." Star yawned and laid back in her bed and fell asleep.