Hello guys! Last chapter for a little while, but hope you all enjoy. First, some review-round ups.
AChromeEyedBeast - Glossyrick is a great character and want him involved early in things. Star didn't die, so he likely didn't either. Just lingering around in her book. Trying to clean out the glitter everywhere. And I'm writing to survive the long hiatus too :'(. Why do we have to wait so long X(?!
Guest - Glad you like this! I will be more mindful of typos as the story continues, so thank you for pointing this out!
Back on Mewni, Star was flying around in her Butterfly form. Even though she couldn't use her as she dubs it, 'overpowered anime blast thingy' anymore, she still can turn into the form. Though it tuckers her out after a while, she can still fly gracefully. Star really enjoys this freedom of flight, as she never had the ability to outright fly freely like this. Sure she has fuzzy memories of Mewberty…but less said about that the better. Picking up some rubble with her wand, Star was smiling joyfully.
"I loves me some flying!" Star shouts joyfully. One thing she doesn't ready get about her Butterfly form is having a demonic-sounding voice. 'Reminds me of Tom somewhat…' Star thinks humorously to herself. Feeling the warm Mewni air under her wings, she continues flying and having fun.
"Star! Come here. Need help lifting this." Moon asks kindly to Star. The princess smiles and flies toward her mother. Using her six arms, she helps her mother lift up a part of the castle. The two slowly fly up in the air, mindful to not get the tower piece messed up. After placing in just the right spot, Moon blasts some magic with her hands. But as she does this, some black traces up her arm. Stopping the magic, she beings crashing into the ground.
"Mom! I got you!" Star shouts with panic. Flying at fast speeds, she uses her wand to gently grab her mother, placing her now Mewman form on the ground. "You okay Mom? Kinda crashed into the ground before…"
"I'm fine…" She begins coughing as she gets up. Moon looks at her arms and feels horrified. "Star…we need to talk about something serious." Star reverts back to her normal form and walks with Moon back into the castle.
After sitting down on nearby chairs, Moon pulls up her gloves. "Sweetie, you know why Eclipsa is locked up in one of Rhombus's crystals?"
"Well…Rombi thinks she's evil." Star makes a sheepish giggle, remembering when the crystal guy froze herself and Marco by accident, thinking THEY were evil. "He didn't make a mistake, right?"
"Star. He is normally right." Moon said firmly, making Star gulp. Moon said nothing about this, intently focusing at her black vines. "When I made my deal with her, I was afraid. She seemed so…innocent. I almost believed she wasn't evil and that Rhombus made a mistake honestly. But I felt such intense pain after casting her 'Darkest Spell' on Toffee. I looked into things with River." She grew a pale expression on her face. "Eclipsa…did horrible things."
"What did she do that was soooo bad? I mean, I heard she ran off with an evil looking monster. But monsters are cool. You know this mom! Buff Frog was really cool to us." Star said in a bubbly tone. Moon only smiled, feeling some newfound kindness toward monsters. That frog fellow was a huge help for the Queen in getting into Mewni after Star rushed into battle without her consent.
"I know…like that kind fellow." Moon rubbed her arms, slowly having the black veins recede into her hands. Star noticed and sat next to her mother, giving her a warm hug.
"Do your hands hurt Mom?" Star asks seriously, with Moon giving a small frown while nodding. "I remember what you taught me. When you get a boo-boo, you kiss where the pain is." Star kissed her mother's wrists. Moon felt small tears come down her face. "Did the pain go away?"
"Yes, it did." Moon hugged her daughter, feeling a sense of pride. "Thank you dear, I feel much better."
"Anything for you mommy." Star felt honestly sad for her mother. She got a lot closer with her recently, having a bad feeling about something. "I won't lose you again."
"But I was never lost dear." Moon patted Star's back, brushing her long blond hair. She soon felt tears from her daughter glide across her back. "Star…"
"I don't want to lose you mom. I thought I did when…" Star felt horrified when she learned about her 'death'. Part of her saw what Marco and her mother went through, fueling her powerful strike against Toffee. She wanted to end him for making the two people she loves so much, suffer so much.
"I'm your mother Star." Moon places her hands firmly on Star's shoulders. "Let me see your wand."
"Okay." Star wiped her face and handed the magical device to her. "Here you go."
"See the bottom of the wand dear?" Moon said with a warm smile. Star looked closely at her wand, scrunching her eyes together to focus. "That is a diamond. Now, what is on my cheeks?"
"Duh, diamonds! I know that mom." Star pushes her cheeks together. "I have hearts on mine." She speaks in a silly voice. Moon giggled and patted Star's shoulder.
"I know dear. When you was a little baby, your marks glowed all the time. You were such a happy little baby." Moon for a moment, pictures holding Star in her arms as a little baby. Her soft face giggled, with tiny little hands holding her fingers. The image fades, replaced with Star's new wand. "I'm always with you, as long as you have your wand dear. My soul is connected to you."
Star took back her wand, feeling intense emotions swelling inside her. "My heart…is my wand." She gave a warm smile, spinning the wand playfully. "Thanks Mom. I know you are always with me."
"Good dear." Moon kissed Star's forehead and got up. "I think we did enough work today. Why don't we play a fun game of 'Castle Defenders'? I could get Manfred to join us as the third player?"
"Why not call dad?" Star asked innocently. Moon simply shook her head, rubbing it as if she got a migraine.
"Your father…is busy spending time with his 'second wife'. The antics your father gets roped into." Star bursts into laughter, with Moon simply overjoyed to have her baby back. "Happy you are still with me Star."
Star noticed the thankful smile etched across her mother's face. One that she has been seeing more often since being back on Mewni. "Of course mom. I loves ya!"
The two said nothing else and after magically summoning the game, they played it joyfully for a few hours. Mother and daughter bonding with one another, something Moon is happy Star can experience in her life time…something she herself was unable to cherish.
On Earth, Marco is finished packing up his things and pulls out a check list. "Okay Diaz, make sure you have everything. Can't be coming back and forth to Earth."
"Yep!" Glossaryck comments, sitting on Marco's desk. "Wow, you room is a lot cleaner than Star's on Mewni."
"Really?" Marco asks seriously, with the blue magic man nodding. 'Maybe I could help her clean it…if she even wants that. Messes are her organization after all…' Marco thought to himself. Closing up his backpack, he scrapped the dust off his hands. "Anyway, how are you feeling man?"
"What? You care about how I feel Marco?" Glossaryck tilts his head in some confusion. Marco just nods, having a small smile. "Wow…that is nice. I'm well. Just a bit tired, you know, after burning alive for a bit."
"…Toffee hurt you too, huh?" Marco said with a narrowed gaze.
"Kiddo, it was needed. I was able to make Star's new wand from the book burning up. Now…" He snaps his fingers and a small version of Star's book of spells appears within his hands. "…She has a new book. Fitting for Star, I think."
"So you helped us this entire time." Marco said shocked. The blue magic man nodded, making Marco tap his chin. "Well…I think you helped Star come back to life."
"What makes you say that?" Glossaryck was curious, wondering how Marco discovered this. Marco began throwing on a black jacket on top of a white dress shirt he was wearing. He was putting on his Blood Moon Ball attire, just without the mask.
"See, I get the impression you are the 'all mighty' dude on Mewni or something. And you could have left Ludo at any point. But you stuck around for some reason. This allowed you to be close with Star when she…died." Marco looked at his black shoes, trying to shove down somber thoughts. "I cannot thank you enough if my hunch is right."
Glossaryck simply clapped his hands slowly, making a mock bow. "My aren't you the clever one Marco. You really are king material." Marco only sighed, sitting back down on his bed. Holding out his scissors, he opens them. "You need to be ready…"
"I will do anything for Star dude." Marco closed the blades together. "Anything." Glossaryck felt the fire in Marco's brown eyes, a deep desire to help his closest friend. The blue magic man felt touched at how close he was to his latest student. He made the spell book vanish and sat on Marco's head. "So, ready to leave little man?"
"Onward to Mewni, Prince Marco." Glossaryck teased. Marco only grinned at the joke and threw his backpack on. Making a portal, he jumps into the portal, ready to face Star again.
Sitting in her room a few hours later, Star was in her Princess attire. Despite not saying it much, part of her likes looking like her royal namesake. Looking at her gloved hands, she felt slightly somber, mainly for her mother. "Mom really has a lot going on…hope I could help her." Looking at her dresser, she spotted a picture she loves dearly; beach day. "I remember this, me and Marco went to an Earth beach and had a blast! I remember burying him alive in sand…"
"I had to shower for days after that; sand was still in my ear Star." Star turned around rapidly, hearing a voice outside her door. "You speak loud sometimes."
"Oh, just come in Diaz." Marco opened the door and the two teens were shocked, to say the least. "You…look handsome. What ya doing lookin like a prince?"
"Uh…I'm on Mewni so…I guess I wanted to look decent?" Marco said sheepishly. Star gave him a playful grin, walking slowly toward him. The boy felt his face heat up as Star got closer. She stopped right in front of him, looking at him intently. "You look…"
"If you say amazing, I will slap you silly Diaz." Star said in mock anger. "You mom does the writing thingy."
"You mean teaches poetry?" Marco said deadpanned, with Star nodding. "Yeah, one thing you don't know about Marco Diaz." Star tilts her head in slight confusion while Marco grows a confident smile. "I'm a good writer."
"So, you wrote a little poem for widdle ol' me?" Star teased, jumping in her bed. "Isn't that sweet…READ IT NOW!" Star shouted in excitement. Marco only laughed softly at this and closed his eyes. He coughed beginning to start his poem, something he spent time working on before leaving Earth.