King: *clears throat.* IT'S GONNA GET A LITTLE WEIRD! GONNA GET A LITTLE WILD! I AIN'T FROM 'ROUND HERE! I'M FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION~! Hello all. I'm happy to bring you a new story from a new series. Today, we begin a story in Star Vs The Forces of Evil! Hope you enjoy yourselves.

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Two figures stood in a hallway adorned with stained glass. The first was an older woman who stood in dark blue, regal attire. Her sky-blue hair was tied in a bun and her piercing yellow eyes trained on the other figure. The other was a young girl, around 15 years of age, with golden blonde hair. She dressed in a more practical style. Where the older woman wore a dress with accents and regalia, the younger wore a leather coat with matching pants and boots. The younger figure also had a familiar wand in her left hand, though her wand was a deep purple with black feathered wings on either side a black point on the top.

"He was insane!"

"He wanted peace!"

"Peace with monsters?! It's a stupid, silly, and childish idea! Your father was a man without a single notion of sanity. He was a mad man! Give up your childish flailing and get with the program!"

"No! Father wasn't childish, and neither am I! Just because you can't see what he cared about, doesn't mean I can't mother!"

"Silence! You're clearly blinded by your emotions. So just go back to your room and…"

"No!" The young girl raised her wand toward her mother. "I can see clearly for the first time in a long time! You betrayed father! You got him killed! You are a traitor to your family and to the throne!" The wand started to glow an ominous green glow. "You're the monster here! And I'm going to make sure you pay for your crimes!"

"Perhaps you will…" The older woman pulled out a small glass orb. "But I'm going to make sure you'll never remember why."

The daughter fired a blast of magic to her mother. The older woman didn't budge, sure that her daughter was too weak willed to truly harm her; that she would intentionally miss out of sympathy or some foolish sense of mercy. Her arrogance would be legendary. The blast enveloped her and she screamed in agony. With her last bit of energy, she shattered the orb in her hand as she disintegrated. A wave of magic washed over the kingdom. No one was sure what it was, but they feel like they forgot something. Something important.

The daughter started to come down from her rush of adrenaline and she had taken in what she had done. She had just killed her own mother. This moment may define her for the rest of her life. She would go on to become queen, but this day would haunt her for the rest of her life. Until her dying breath, she was left with one unanswered question.

Why did she do it?

It's been 500 years since that day, and no one on Mewni could ever give her an answer.

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In the present day, the young Mewnian princess, Star Butterfly, made her way down an old hall of the castle with her squire and best friend, Marco Diaz. As always, she wore a happy expression and practically bounced down the halls.

Marco, however, was not so joyful, "Star… why are we going to this weird room again?"

"I wanted to see the old tapestries we keep again. Something Eclipsa said recently has got me thinking and I want to check on things."

"And… that was?"

"She said that histories are constantly changed to make a statement. I wanted to see if there was tampering with the tapestries."

"You really think someone would go through with re-stitching a tapestry. That seems like a lot of work."

"Well, we'll find out soon enough, won't we?"

They arrived in the old room and Star immediately set out trying to test the tapestry. Everything about Eclipsa's tapestry seemed perfectly normal, but Star was far too stubborn to let something escape her when she's like this. It'll take her a good long while before she'd be satisfied that nothing had happened to the centuries old fabric.

Marco decided to look around at the other tapestries. Each past queen had a tapestry which detailed their greatest achievements. They stopped just before Star's mother, Queen Moon. To Marco, it made sense. Queen Moon was still the Queen of Mewni. There could be ample opportunities for her to do something so stupendous, all her other accomplishments would be blown out of the water. Marco walked along the wall and looked at each of the banners, but stopped seeing something weird. "Hey, Star!"

Star stopped her investigation, currently hanging by the upper bar holding the piece. "What?"

"Why's there a missing tapestry?"

"What?!" Star fell to the floor and rushed over to Marco.

"Yeah." Marco pointed to the tapestry to his left. "This one says it was Queen Nebula, the Backbreaker." He pointed to a banner showing a blonde-haired, yellow-diamond cheeked warrior queen, complete with armored dress and a wand shaped as an ax. He moved attention to the tapestry to his right, which showed a younger queen with similar blonde hair and cheeks adorned with silver shades holding a wand with black feathers and point at the top. "This one says it was Queen Corona. But I remember looking both of them up in the old library for squires."

"There's a library for squires?"

"Yeah. It's mostly books about how to help your knight: armor polishing techniques, simple self-defense, how-to guides for setting up camps… That kind of stuff. But there was also a complete genealogy of the Mewni royal family. In it, it said that Queen Nebula was Corona's grandmother. If that's the case, shouldn't there be someone between the two?"

Star looked between the banners. "Yeah. I mean… I think there should be."

Marco turned to find Star with a look in her eyes that he dreaded. She had an idea and was about to immediately act on it. That was dangerous. "Star…?"

Star raised her wand and pointed between the banners. Before she could blurt out a spell, the wand reacted and the wall started to shake.

"Star! What did you do?!"

"I didn't do anything yet!"

A section of the wall fell away, revealing a hidden passageway. Star had… well… stars in her eyes. She always did love hidden secrets and adventures like this. Before Marco could talk her out of it, she ran inside. "This must be one of Eclipsa's secret tunnels!"

"Star!" Marco ran in after her, as always. He was certain she would be the death of him.

They eventually found themselves in a small room. In the center was a pedestal jutting out from the floor. Resting on this pedestal was a crown with a gemstone in the shape of a broken heart. The only other item in the room… was a tapestry. The tapestry showed a man wearing said crown with a familiar wand in hand. His foot rested on a skull and his other hand held a defeated enemy.

"What is this place?" Star started to look around.

"Star…" Marco tapped her shoulder, "I think we should leave."

"No way! This is awesome! A whole secret room!"

"But, maybe there was a reason it was hidden."

Star wasn't listening. Instead, she moved to the tapestry's plaque, which she read out loud. "Equal parts a warrior and a judge, none would stand against Mewni's mightiest mind. His was a kingdom ruled not in blood or by steel, but rather by wit and ideals. However, any who dared mistake this idealism for weakness would soon be taught the error of their ways. Be they monster or be they Mewman, all would bend their knees to King Nova Butterfly."

"Nova… Butterfly?" Marco looked back to the tapestry. "I don't remember him from the library." Marco re-examined the banner.

The man's face had the signature cheek marks, his being a familiar shape of a heart, but in a deep, blood red. His version of the wand was fashioned into a short sword with the wand acting as the hilt. He dressed in a deep royal purple and was adorned with a red, feathered cape. His dark hair was tied back in a ponytail poking out from under his crown. Everything about the man commanded attention and exuded regality.

Marco took a step backward. He felt like the tapestry could see into his soul. "Okay… Star, I really think we should leave."

"No way Marco!" Star was practically bouncing off the walls. "This is so awesome! So many questions! What happened to him? Why haven't we heard of him?"

"Oh my…" The two turned to find Eclipsa walking into the room. "Well this is new."

"Hi Eclipsa!"

"Hello again Star."

"Wait, you didn't know about this room? I thought you knew about all the secret passages."

"I thought I did." Eclipsa walked up and examined the crown. "Seems I missed this one…" She turned her attention to the tapestry. "Well now… Who have we here?"

"Says here it was Nova Butterfly."

"Nova Butterfly? That's a new one."

"Aww… I was kind of hoping you knew something." Star gasped immediately after she finished her sentence, "Maybe this is some big conspiracy or cover up! Someone doesn't want us to know about this man!"

*ba bum*

Marco looked around. "Did you hear that?"

Star turned to Marco, confused, "Hear what?"

"It sounded kind of like… a heartbeat?"

*ba bum*

"There it was again!"

"Marco… are you okay?"

*ba bum ba bum*

"It's picking up now."

"Marco, we can't hear anything."

*ba bum ba bum ba bum*

Marco heard the beats for a few seconds before they suddenly stopped. "Okay… it stopped…"

Star looked over to Eclipsa, who shrugged to her indicating she had no idea what he was talking about.

Marco looked around and turned the two toward the exit. "Okay… I think it's time to leave!"

The two didn't argue or attempt to stick around. Whether Marco was hearing things or not, they weren't about to question it just yet. Magic has plenty of weird stuff like that and Marco is a bit more observant than either of them. So, it's possible that they just didn't hear it. When they left the room, the passage closed and the wall looked like nothing had ever happened.

Though, it did happen and Star saw this as a fun new adventure. "Marco! We have to find out more about this guy!"

Marco sighed. He knew he couldn't talk her out of it, but he was also rather interested in Nova's story. "Alright… I'll look in the squires' library and let you know if I find anything."

"Thanks Marco! I'll look into the royal archives! If he was a Butterfly, he should be in there, right?"

"Good thinking."

"Okay! We'll regroup in three hours!"

"Uh… Star? Why three?"

"Because I can't be late for dinner today or mom will get mad."

"Alright then. See you then."

Star raised her arm into the air, "Move out!" She ran off toward the archives. Marco sighed and followed her down the hall, making a turn to leave the castle.

Eclipsa chuckled at their antics. "I suppose I should be getting back to my tower. The guards may notice soon…"

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Two hours.

Two hours of research, only to find nothing! Marco let his head fall onto the hard wood of one of the library's tables. It would have been fine to learn something stupid about him. Say… Nova was king for a grand total of 5 minutes or there was some loophole that made it so he was someone no one really liked so they just got rid of his stuff. Instead, Marco found nothing.

Zip!

Zilch!

Nada!

Nothing!

There was nothing. Not even a mention in the volumes about Nebula. Nothing about her having a son. No mention of her having a child at all! In the volumes about Corona, no mention of her father. Instead, there was only mention of Corona's mother Mira Butterfly. Corona's volume also told about her killing said mother. But it never said why.

Marco was getting exasperated. Two hours only to find nothing about Nova. He was starting to lose hope about finding anything.

After his pained realization, the librarian walked up to him and tapped his shoulder. "Are you alright?" The librarian was a young man that felt strikingly out of place. Surrounded by burly knights and trained squires, he was thin and kind of pasty. His blonde hair, green eyes, and soft-spoken nature made him difficult to pick out of a crowd. His most distinguishing feature was his thick glasses and a small scar on his upper lip.

Marco turned his head to face the librarian, but kept his head solidly on the table. "I'm fine. Just hit a dead end is all…"

"Oh… Well, is there anything I can do to help?"

"Not unless you know anything about Nova Butterfly."

"Nova… Butterfly…" The librarian placed his index finger on his head as he thought. "Doesn't sound familiar…"

Marco sighed in defeat. "And that's the story of today…"

The librarian looked around, as though to check if anyone was close by.

"Um… Are you okay?"

The librarian leaned down to Marco and spoke in a whispered tone, "Okay… I might know someone who could help you. But I need you to promise not to tell the Butterfly family."

"What?!"

The librarian placed his hand over Marco's mouth, continuing to whisper, "Keep your voice down!"

"Fine!" Marco matched his whisper. "Now, you realize I'm Star Butterfly's squire, right?"

"Honestly, Star is the least of any worries with the Butterfly family. Just, promise me you won't tell Queen Moon or King River."

"Fine. Who is it, anyway?"

"Alright." The librarian took one last look and a deep breath before starting. "According to rumors, there's an old mystic out in the monster lands. He's an old master that people say is as strong as the Butterfly family in magic."

"Really? A rumor? Don't you have anything more concrete?"

"I'm not done! I actually looked into this rumor. He's real~! He's actually real! A real mage!"

"Is… that really all that surprising. I mean, there's magic all around the kingdom."

"Yes, here and there. Mostly using specific items like dimensional scissors. But there's very few people who practice magic as a lifelong pursuit here in Mewni. The only people that do so are the Butterfly family. Everyone else who practices magic like that is from other dimensions."

"I… guess that makes sense."

"But there's a real Mewman mage!"

"So… what makes the Butterflies… you know, not mages?"

"Based on what I understand, the Butterflies command magic abilities and stuff like that; but, no matter how weird it gets, there's always some kind of internal logic. Something deeper down than we see. A mage, on the other hand, cuts out the middle man and just rewrites the rules."

"You're not making any sense."

"Okay. Let me try it like this. Say both are walking down pathways and are halted by a giant boulder. The Butterflies would cast a spell to move or break the boulder to move on. A mage would simply walk through it like it wasn't there."

"Wait, what?"

"It's the best way I could explain it. Just… trust me. You won't be disappointed. Just go see him. He's more likely to know something than anyone else around here."

"Thanks."

"Glad to help in the pursuit of knowledge. Good luck out there."

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Marco and Star reconvened in Star's room after the requisite three hours.

Star was lying on her bed as Marco arrived, "Marco… please tell me you found something. The archives didn't have anything helpful!"

"Well… the library didn't have anything either."

"Ah!" Star buried her head in one of her pillows.

"But…"

Star lifted her head from its feathery aggravation aid.

"I… overheard someone at the library talk about someone who might know something."

"Seriously?!"

"It's possible. He, apparently, lives out in the monster territories and knows a lot of stuff."

"Awesome! Let's go!"

"Don't you have to be at dinner or your mom will be mad?"

Star stopped and turned back toward Marco on one heel. "Right… Okay! After dinner we'll…"

"And you have a date with Tom to the bounce lounge."

"Then…"

"Then there's the laser puppies."

"Um…"

"Then there's…"

"Okay! I get it. When is my schedule open next?"

Marco pulled out a schedule book and turned the pages for a few seconds. "Tomorrow."

"Really? That soon?"

"Just after breakfast, yeah."

"Alright! Tomorrow, we'll meet this… uh…"

"I didn't get a name."

"Okay then. Another mystery to discover!"