Dying Flame

Hekapoo And Ludo are officially my spirit animals thus far in the SVTFOE series. I honestly don't know why I'm compelled to write this.

Disclaimer: I don't own Star vs The forces of Evil or its epic characters. Rating may change as I see fit.

Chapter one

Ludo ended up all by himself once again for the thousandth time that week. He was foolish enough to follow Star and Marco on they're camping trip to California. Things went from bad to worse when Ludo and his henchmen were discovered digging through belongings and backpacks in Stars tent looking for the wand.

Star however was prepared for the intrusion ahead of time, creating a large portal with her dimensional scissors sending all of Ludo's henchmen back to Mewni. In all of the commotion, the bossy Avarian hit his head on a rock knocking himself out in the process. Star and Marco were quick to pack up their belongings fleeing the scene without a second glance or thought of the unconscious Avarian.

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When Ludo finally woke up four hours later he felt like a caravan of party buses ran him over. Groaning the Avarian mustered up the strength to sit up properly, blinking his golden eyes repetitively. He felt very uncomfortable with the amount of sweat that coated his small body. Hissing to himself he forced his body to move pulling off his robes and skull helmet. The Avarians head started spinning and his stomach lurching in rapid discomfort after just barely moving around. He suffered from the small concussion. It still didn't do much good as the humidity and dryness of the night made the situation worse.

Hissing Ludo propped himself heavily against a tree pushed down the urge to cough up bile that threatened to escape his throat. Ludo gasped in surprise while the past events came back to him. He seethed in anger officially broken, bitter, and all by himself.

Ludo's dream of ruling the universe and having a big boy body was so far from his reach. Even having henchmen to do the work for him wasn't adding up to any results or progress. He couldn't understand why he always seemed to fail at taking Stars wand. He finally felt like giving up and being alone once he went back to Mewni.

The Avarian felt very helpless in his current situation. Ludo was vulnerable and exposed in such an unfamiliar environment. Earths wilderness was completely desolate and silent compared to the lands of Mewni. There was nothing but trees, brush, large rocks, and rough terrain that littered the land. He was like an ant trying to find its way back to it's colonie.

Ludo sat there for a minute letting his stomach settle before wrapping his natty robes around his waist exposing his bony feathered chest. He was built small and awkward compared to the rest of his siblings. Ludo hated what he looked like but he would never tell anyone of such a pitiful opinion. His pride would most definitely win out every time.

Pulling out of his musings, the Avarian put his skull helmet back on his head despite the hot weather. The helmet was his prized possession and he wouldn't live a day without it.

Picking himself up Ludo did the only thing he could do in such a unfortunate situation and wandered through the woods aimlessly trying to find somewhere stable enough to house him for the night. He was desperately trying not to break down in the process.

The Avarian felt like he was walking in circles, everything looked exactly the same. Ludo walked hopelessly for what felt like hours until he finally decided to stop walking after he reached a large pine tree near what looked like a stream running through a clearing of bushes and poison ivy. Ludo automatically made up his mind deciding to stay in the area to make a camp. The tree was a source of shade for the morning and water from the stream would keep him hydrated for awhile. The only problem he had to worry about was food. There was a chance Ludo would not see a rescue party in a few days time. The Avarian at least wanted to have some comfort and natural resources while he waited.

Ludo knew what he was doing. He wasn't as stupid and idiotic as everyone thought of him. The Avarian did have some intelligence that was used on occasion when his ego was pushed aside. Being the runt of the nestlings brought Ludo wisdom and leadership despite his size. He quickly learn how to survive and out smart his relatives and all 50 of his unruly siblings. Ludo hated most of them anyways, including his parents especially. The only exception was his younger brother Dennis who held a soft spot in Ludo's blackened heart for some odd reason.

The Avarian wasted no time running over to the stream. His throat was very dry and he needed water. Falling on his hands and knees like a cow, Ludo greedily drank in the cold liquid with his small beak. He really didn't care if his robes got wet in that moment. When Ludo finished drinking he yawned tiredly. Growling the Avarian forced himself to climb up the pine tree he eyed when he first found the area. Ludo kept climbing until he found a large sturdy branch a few feet away from the ground. Ludo painfully laid himself down trying to get as comfortably as he could. Yawning again Ludo finally shut his blood shot eyes drifting off into a dreamless sleep.

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Around three in the morning something bizarre happened. While Ludo was sound asleep a random dimensional portal opened up above him. The bright lights flashed still not waking him up. A heavy individual covered in a black cloak landed on top of Ludo's sleeping form. Her heeled boots dug into Ludo's head and her claws dug into his skinny legs breaking her fall.

Ludo instantly felt the sharp pain of the boot heels and the heavy body of the early morning intruder. Growling and screaming in terror he started to thrash around thinking they were going to kill him. The intruder hissed in displeasure trying to get off of the Avarian.

Ludo thought fast wanting to know who or what was after him. Using the little strength he had, he grabbed the intruder flipping them over so he was on top pining their hands down above their head with his wings. His beak grind wickedly realizing it was a female creature by the softness of the fur and the fight she was giving.

"Who are you? Why are you following me? I know you're from Mewni I can smell it." Ludo whispered against the hood of the cloak making the intruder hiss in protest still not speaking a word. He smirked finding the females fight to be a challenge compared to his past opponents.

She was a lot larger then him but his strength was stronger then hers. He was still pining her to the ground despite his miserable state. The intruder started to panic thrashing around trying to break Ludo's grip. After a few seconds of struggling the hood of the cloak fell off reviling a flustered Hekapoo.

"You! Your the scissor enforcer! I demand that you take me back to Mewni at once!" Ludo demanded with a desperate shout. He remembered Hekapoo eighteen years ago. When Ludo was a hatchling he tried to steal a pair of Hekapoo's dimensional scissors. Once he was caught Hekapoo burned him in the butt and sent him back to Mewni. Ludo never forgot or forgave her.

"I would if you got off of me birdbrain! This is a little to intimate of a position for me." Hekapoo smirked as Ludo let go of her instantly pushing himself backwards in disgust. He pulled his robes off putting them on properly in embarrassment.

"Why is everyone from the house of Avarius so touchy? It's so lame." Hekapoo teased getting up and brushing herself off.

"How dare you talk about my family that way! I will rule the universe one day and you will be nothing but a speck of dust alone with the rest of them!" Ludo snapped bitterly.

" ya ya.. Can it birdbrain.. Your lucky I'm in a good mood today." Hekapoo rolled her orange orbs. Snapping her fingers a flame appeared summoning her red dimensional scissors.

"Why did you end up in this horrid dimension to begin with?"Ludo questioned. It was odd to find a member of the magical commission in such a lesser dimension.

"Why should I tell you anything?" Hekapoo shot back with pride.

"Because I just want to know." Ludo admitted with no problems.

"Fine just to shut you up. I was going to my private dimension to you know? Think about things.. But for some odd reason My scissors brought me to earth ." Hekapoo said with confusion. She didn't understand why her scissors brought her there of all places. All she remembered was cutting open a portal when her flame grew cold and she was instantly sucked in and spit out.

"Well now that's over with.. Birdbrain I'll take you back to Mewni and I'll be on my way."

"Stop calling me birdbrain!"Ludo squawked with irritation.

Hekapoo shrugged deciding to keep Ludo's nickname. She started cutting the scissors gracefully through the air like she always did, when something horrible and unexpected happened. The scissor enforcer felt her body grow cold. The flame on Hekapoo's head started to flicker rapidly. The portal that was being created exploded up in blue flames along with the dimensional scissors. They disintegrated to dust in the scissor wielders hands.

Hekapoo and Ludo both fell off the tree by the massive explosion landing in the poison ivy. Shocked Hekapoo started to hyperventilate in terror realizing what just happened. Ludo on the other hand was angry at Hekapoo. The Avarian was quick to blame her for all his troubles.

"Hacka Jack or what ever your name is! You're scissors were useless and now we're stuck out here because of you! Your just useless in general! It's all your fault! I want to go back to Mewni! I need to eat, sleep, and rule the universe!" Ludo screamed up at Hekapoo. The Avarians wings were crossed and his blood shot golden eyes bore into Hekapoo's harsh orange ones holding hatred and something else unreadable.

"Ludo just shut your trap already! Damn bird brain! I don't need your bull shit right now! I'm trying to figure out why this is happening to me in the first place! I destroyed my own dimensional scissors! This can be the end of all dimensional portals as we know it!" Hekapoo screeched rubbing soothing circles on her forehead with her finger tips trying to calm down. However she quickly came to regret the decision of touching her face as her whole body was becoming puffy and itchy from the poison ivy.

"I don't care about the dimensional portals! You are useless! For being apart of the magical high commission, your not strong like the legends say!your not legendary! Your pathetic and weak! I was able to pin you down!" Ludo spat with a smugness. His bodily state was no better, his face was puffing up by the second.

"Out of all the damn creatures I had to be stuck with out here it just had to be a lame monster! Your so daft it's ridiculous!" Hekapoo screamed back turning red in the face in embarrassment. She crouched down to Ludo's level mockingly with fangs bared in a aggressive manner. Hostility was running through the scissor enforcers mind after Ludo had the nerve to call her weak. she would not let him break her. Secretly hekapoo's feelings were being ripped apart.

There was an intense silence as Ludo was at a loss of words. He couldn't believe she just called him a lame monster. He was beginning to see why the scissor enforcer was so menacing to all dimensional creatures. Only the toughest of the tough earned them. Ludo's father was the only one who was able too in his whole family.

Hekapoo started to speak again, this time her leadership qualities were shining through at prefect timing. "You know what ? Fine. Go wander this crappy dimension all you want but I'm determined to find out why this is happening and a way back to my dimension." Hekapoo huffed scratching at her arms marching away. Ludo quickly sucked down his pride and followed behind without uttering a single word. The scissor enforcer was his only ticket out of the hell hole called earth.

To be continued...