Alright, this is the third chapter to this story!
Now as this chapter will show, Janna is also after the pieces of the Ruler Gemstone before she deviates and switches her focus to another objective. Unlike Andrew, she's not an expert treasure hunter and she can't fly or glide over parts either. To make up for this, she had some tools in her possession that can achieve her accomplishments. These are to help her build up her role in this story.
Also, Nebula will be appearing in this chapter, and not just with meeting Star for the first time either. In addition to a part of Nebula's past being revealed, Nebula's depiction in this chapter will show that she is the polar opposite of Star personality-wise. I just want you guys to know now before you get surprised by it.
Anyway, for this chapter, Janna finds three pieces of the Ruler Gemstone on another part of the island, Nebula trashes through a police barricade and pursuit, and Star fights a giant fighting robot before meeting Nebula for herself. How will this go? Find out now!
15:14 - IN THE LAGOON PART OF THE FLOATING ISLAND:
Janna was observing the lagoon area and noticed how much space there was for her to scale. Nonetheless, Janna was determined to find the three pieces of the Ruler Gemstone in this area.
"Wow, this place looks exotic and sublime," she remarked as she got out what seemed to be a metal detector from her backpack and activated it. "I might not be a treasure hunter like that handsome devil Andrew, but I've got this baby to help me find those pieces to the gemstone."
She then set it to Gemstone Pieces Setting before putting the device to work. The detector had a light on the side that stays off if it's not picking up anything, slowly blinks green when it's starting to detect something, blinks yellow in a faster manner when it's getting closer, and rapidly blinks red when the source is nearby.
Janna started to navigate the area when her eyes were caught onto something peculiar; a single turtle was being ambushed by 2 wild animals exclusive to the floating island. There was a well nearby for the sea turtle to go into as Janna started to put the pieces together.
"I get it, I've heard of this legend from somewhere before," she recalled reading from somewhere. "Urashima Tarō; an old Japanese folk legend that when someone rescues a sea turtle, the turtle will carry you on its back and you will be rewarded with something amazing; which means I must save that turtle if I want to find the first piece to the Ruler Gemstone."
Without a second to spare, Janna delivered a swift kick to the back of the 2 animals' heads, knocking them out cold. The turtle felt like it was saved and started crawling to the well nearby before ending up in the water. Janna felt her metal detector picking up something as it pointed to the well while blinking green.
"The piece to that gemstone should be beyond that well," Janna rushed over and jumped on the turtles back.
The turtle then dove into the well and transported the Filipino girl to another part of the lagoon. She felt the detector picking up something as it was blinking yellow and once she got off the turtle, the light turned red.
"It's gotta be close," she declared. "It's a good thing this baby is water-proof."
In a matter of minutes, the detector pointing towards one of the treasure chests in the corner; putting her picklock skills take over, Janna picked open the lock with a hairpin. It was opened and inside of it, was a piece to the Ruler Gemstone.
"Awesome, that leaves two more pieces to find around these parts," she grabbed the piece and put it into her hoodie pocket. After convincing the turtle to bring her back to the other part of the lagoon, she then felt her detector picking up something as it pointed up a ledge of the lagoon.
"Hmm, I guess I have to do some scaling in order to get the second piece of that gemstone," Janna then got out what was shown to be a hook. She spun it around like a lasso and tossed the hook to the tip of the ledge. Afterward was when she started climbing up the rope with the other end of it tied to her waist. Once she made it to the top, the detector picked up the second piece to the gemstone where it was blinking yellow before turning red.
"Okay, now where is that second piece," she examined the area and saw a couple of crates nearby. Feeling the need to demolish them, Janna took out what looked like a blue hair dress before swinging it into the crates like a hammer. The crates were smashed to bits and one of them had the second piece of the Ruler Gemstone. As she grabbed it, she was skeptical as to how it got in there.
"You know, I'm beginning to wonder why these pieces are ending up in places like a treasure chest or a wooden crate," her mind then went back to the treasure hunter she met earlier. "Which also makes me wonder why that jerky treasures hunter acts so dedicated to this ancient relic while wanting to keep it from me? Does he not trust me?"
Granted, she didn't start on a good note with him since she tried to steal it from him, but she was still a little hurt that such a good looking guy like Andrew would act so stubborn.
"Regardless, I will find all of the pieces before he does and claim the gemstone to be mine," she pocketed the gemstone piece with the other one she found.
As she climbed back down, a smirk crossed her face at the thought that just popped in her mind.
"…or, if it'll make him somewhat happy, we could share the gemstone together and more…" She said as a flirty grin cross her face. "Yes, the two of us could share some of its magic together."
She recalled the moment she first met him and started teasing him and flirting with him. Sure he might seem like a jerk and was a little stubborn with his Ruler Gemstone, but he was quite charming and good looking.
Putting those thoughts to rest, her metal detector picked up the third Ruler Gemstone piece nearby.
"Alright, the last piece is within my reach," the detector started blinking rapidly and it pointed to a nearby palm tree, which harbored the last piece of the gemstone on the top. "Well, that piece is as good as mine."
Not waiting another minute, Janna climbed up the palm tree and reached the top to grab a hold of the piece of the gemstone.
"Perfect," she remarked before sliding back down. "It's all too easy for me!"
With the three pieces in her possession, her mind then went back to the other person who showed up earlier; Ludo. She noticed that Ludo was after a gemstone but made a mistake when he grabbed the Ruler Gemstone instead of a Miracle Gemstone.
"You know, I'm starting to wonder why Ludo was after the gemstone too," Janna pondered. "He was quite keen on making off with it, and didn't babble about his plan out loud as most villains would…"
She then decided to shift her objective over to find out what Ludo was planning. Putting her tools back into her backpack along with the three pieces of the gemstone she found, she then took out her pair of dimensional scissors and cut open a portal for her to travel through.
"Perhaps its best if I pay that bird monster dude a visit and find out what he's planning," Janna walked into the portal. "And maybe strike a deal with him too while I'm at it."
With that, the portal closed up and Janna was sent to the location that Ludo was in currently, leaving nothing behind in the process…
20:49 – ON A HIGHWAY; IN DOWNTOWN ECHO CREEK:
Meanwhile, in downtown Echo Creek at night time, Nebula was standing atop of a bridge in the middle of the highway as she witnessed several police cars piling up into a barricade to stop her upon catching sight of her. Nebula shook her head at their pitiful attempts to oppose her and scoffed.
"Hmph, how pathetic," she remarked coldly as the scenery reminded her of something she once encountered. Her mind started flashing back to 40 years ago, where she was running down a hall from her perspective…
"FIND THEM BEFORE THEY ESCAPE!" One of the voices shouted in what seemed to the be the Space Colony GOD when it was being raided by US Military troops and Mewman Knights who wanted to shut down the colony and planned it together.
Nebula was heard panting while she was running down the hall. Before she knew it, she was now in a capsule in the center of a research facility. Outside of the capsule was a young Avarian girl who wore a robe and a bow on her head. Although she looked quite adorable, she also looked like she was dying. Nebula saw this and grew horrified.
"VICTORIA!" As Nebula placed her arms and leaned onto the capsule glass, Victoria was activating the controls for the space capsule to be launched into another dimension.
"Nebula… I…I beg of you… Please, do it for me…"
"Victoria…" Nebula uttered.
"For all the people in this universe, including the residence on Mewni…"
Nebula stood there staring, as her only friend was dying. She felt nothing short of despair and horror at the sight.
"Sayonara…Nebula Dragonfly…" She muttered falling onto the ground. This was followed by the capsule Nebula was in launched out of the colony and into another dimension. The US military troops stormed in once Nebula was ejected and Victoria had died. They had just finished destroying all of the experiments in the colony with the aid of the Mewni knights.
"Victoria…" Nebula uttered before falling into unconsciousness…
Back in the present, Nebula felt a form of wrath build up inside of her.
"Victoria, I still remember what I promised you…and I intend to keep it," she howled. "For the people in this universe, especially on Mewni and Earth, I promise you…REVENGE!"
Feeling a burn of hatred flowing through her veins, she wasted no time in grinding down the rail of the bridge and plowing through the barricade like a paper sack.
"Pathetic, I don't have time for these inferior beings," she hissed as she rushed through the highway. Any guard robots that stood in her path turned to scrap when she used her wand to shoot out dark bolts of lightning towards them. "All these fools are doing is getting in my way."
Without looking back, she went through barricades and ramps on the highway. She did not waste any time with admiring the ramps and how they work; a sharp contrast to how Star admired the ramps.
"These humans don't have a need for the Miracle Gemstone that I stole," Nebula took out the green Miracle Gemstone she stole from the bank and looked at it. "This is one of the many pieces needed to unleash my revenge on the universe."
She pocketed it and smirked evilly.
"And with the help of that Avarian Ludo, vengeance will be mine."
Sprouting her dragonfly wings with pure determination, Nebula wasted no time in flying and zipping on through the highway, using her wand to launch dark purple fist punches to the robots who tried to oppose her. As she soared over the bottomless pits of the highway, her mind wandered off to something different; she had heard that the military captured the wrong girl whom they thought stole from the federal reserve bank the previous night. She didn't care what they did to the girl whatsoever. It became quite evident that the prisoner escaped when she saw several copters roaming the skies to recapture their escapee.
"Perhaps the girl that they captured got loose earlier today," she mused before shrugging her shoulders. "No matter, it's her loss. Besides, what happens to her is not my problem. She can take my spot as a criminal all she wants. I have a promise that I must keep and I won't anyone stand in my way."
She then flew over several roadblocks and went off to exit the highway and pressed onward…
IN A CUL-DE-SAC AREA NEARBY THE SAME AREA:
Meanwhile, in what looked like a cul-de-sac neighborhood in Echo Creek, we see that Star Butterfly had been running all day from the cops and was really getting tired of them. Not only was it exhausting; it made her frustrated with how they wouldn't leave her alone, on top of being accused of robbing a bank that she never even stole from. She looked like she had had enough of this as she exaggerated, throwing her hands up and shouting.
"Alright, that's it," she shouted to no one in particular. "This game of tag is boring! I'm outta here!"
She then heard a thump in front of her as something landed on the ground. It was a fighting robot similar to the one that Nebula faced, except it didn't have the particle beam cannon. Star had let out an aloof groan and pointed towards the fighting robot.
"Huh, finally decided to show up eh," she took out her wand and got ready for a fight. "Okay then, bring it on!"
"Mosquito troops' Large Leg reporting to headquarters! The intruder has been located!" The pilot riding the robot told the home-base.
"Copy that!"
"Copy this," Star cried out. "I didn't do anything! I didn't even go to the bank at all last night!"
The Large Leg took to the air and started flying around like the Cold Blast did, firing its guns towards Star who managed to dodge them.
"Well, if you're going to play like that, then I'll have to show you how strong I am," Star readied her wand and prepared her first attack. "Rainbow Fist Punch!"
A rainbow-colored fist launched from the wand and punched the cockpit of the machine, causing the pilot to recoil but stood his ground. A moment later after soaring through the air, Large Leg grounded itself and prepared to fire missiles towards Star.
"Okay, have a taste of this," Star prepped up another spell for the robot. "Cupcake Blast!"
She fired the attack from the wand, where the cupcakes were as hard as diamonds. They pierced through the cockpit and left behind some dents in the armor. Star managed to land a kick to the cockpit while the Large Leg had its guard down. The robot took to the air again and fired more bullets towards the princess of Mewni.
One of the bullets grazed through her dress, leaving behind a tear as she winced.
"Okay pal, now you're asking for it," Star spun around with the wand in her hands. "MEGA NARWHAL BLAST!"
Several narwhals were fired at the Large Leg, which put more dents into the robot.
"You see, this can all end if you just give up and leave me alone."
The fighting machine refused to be beaten as it got ready to fire at Star once again.
"Have it your way," Star launched yet another attack at the robot. "Dagger Crystal Heart Attack!"
She launched several crystal dagger hearts that did some serious damage to the mech. The pilot looked like he was ready to throw in the towel upon seeing how powerful Star Butterfly was.
"This is Mosquito troops' Large Leg! Large Leg to headquarters over! We've engaged the enemy and request backup!"
"Backup my foot," Star scoffed off. "It's about time I put an end to this once and for all."
She got her wand ready and prepared herself for a rather powerful attack.
"Now check this out: THERMONUCLEAR BUTTERFLY BLAST!"
Her wand then unleashed a powerful explosion of fire, rainbows, and butterflies which left enough impact to wreck the entire area around her. The impact of the explosion led to the Large Leg's defeat as it started to fall apart.
"WHAT…FOR JUST ONE BLONDE GIRL," The pilot cried as the robot had mini explosion occur around it and the pilot inside fell into unconsciousness moments later.
Star spun her wand like a baton for a moment before pocketing it.
"Well guys, take care," she mocked as she walked over a few feet before she started to catch her breath.
However, only a few minutes passed when Star noticed something suspicious was in the air and it felt like someone else was present in the area. Letting her princess intuition take over, she turned back to the wrecked robot to see who was there.
"What?!"
It almost looked like she was staring into a mirror. Standing on top of the wrecked robot was Nebula, who seemed really nonchalant at the moment. She also didn't care about the Mewni princess in front of her. Star couldn't believe it; who was this girl?
What the…who's that girl, and why does she look so much like me!? Star cried in her thoughts.
Nebula then proceeded to take out the green Miracle Gemstone and held it high up in the air.
"It all starts with this…a gem containing the ultimate power…" She pledged as Star got a close look of the gem. Star recognized it just from glancing at it.
"That's the…Miracle Gemstone!" She cried out.
The same one that was stolen from the bank last night!
It was then everything clicked in her head; this strange look-a-like of her was the one who stole the Miracle Gemstone and had the FBI pin the blame on her. So in retrospect, everything Star has gone through since she was captured by the military in that copter was Nebula's fault. The realization hit Star with full force, something that she didn't appreciate in the slightest. She didn't even know who this girl was, but already she's caused nothing but trouble for the princess of Mewni.
Nebula kept holding the gemstone up high until Star finally got her attention. Nebula took out her wand as Star started to yap.
"Now I know what's going on," Star started to approach her. "The military and FBI have mistaken me for the likes of you!"
Nebula did nothing but give a blank stare in return, not even reacting to how Star furrowed her eyebrows and got out her own wand.
"So, where do you think you're going with that gemstone?" Star asked daringly. But she received nothing but silence from her.
Star had had enough with this as she started to dash towards her 'twin', getting ready to attack her.
"SAY SOMETHING, YOU IMPOSTER!" Star demanded, preparing to launch a Rainbow Fist Punch towards her imposter.
With pleasure, you fool. Nebula wasted no time in placing the green Miracle Gemstone into her own wand and then spun it around and performed her own spell.
"MIRACLE…LEVITATO!"
The moment Nebula shouted that did she cause Star to slow down. Her wand started flashing a bright green light upon that and then Nebula teleported away in an instant. She zipped right past a slowed down Star to show her that she wasn't a joke and that she meant business. By the time Star sped back up, Nebula had already teleported to the top of a nearby building. Curious and astounded by this feat, Star stopped and turned around to face this stranger.
"Wow, she's fast," Star then realized something else that had occurred. "Hey, it's not her speed. She must have used the Miracle Gemstone to warp; by inserting it into her wand and doing that thing she just did to warp away…"
Nebula just stared down towards Star as she tossed her wand with the Miracle Gemstone in it repeatedly while catching it.
"My name is Nebula; Nebula Dragonfly. I'm the universe's ultimate life form," feeling she spent enough time here on this planet in this dimension, Nebula decided to take her exit and put her wand to work. "There's no time for games. FAREWELL!"
Her wand flashed a bright green light again which blinded Star before she teleported away. Star gasped as she was blinded. She saw that Nebula was gone, but where did she disappear to precisely?
"Whoa, Nebula…who is she…?"
Before she could make any more assumptions, police sirens surrounded her as did a bunch of police cars, officers with guns ready to fire at her, several guard robots, and two copters overhead, one was from the military and the other was from the FBI. Star knew what this meant; this was the backup that Large Leg called in to capture Star. The Mewni princess could only groan.
"Don't move!"
"Stand right where you are!"
"Keep your hands up in the air!"
"…not again," Star groaned as she was cornered, having no means on escaping now.
The squad then arrested Star Butterfly (again).
And she was taken to jail, on Jail Island…
END OF CHAPTER 3!
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, READERS! STAR BUTTERFLY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO JAIL AND WILL BE ABSENT FOR THE NEXT 2 CHAPTERS OR SO! STILL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER!
NOW HERE'S THE THING, I DECIDED TO HAVE JANNA USE THE KIND OF TOOLS SHE USED IN THIS CHAPTER AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS. I AM TRYING TO KEEP HER IN CHARACTER AS WELL AS HER THOUGHTS ON ANDREW BEING QUITE HANDSOME AND ATTRACTIVE DESPITE CALLING HIM A JERK. I AM WANTING THIS TO BE ON THE SCALE THAT JANNA ACTUALLY DOES LIKE HIM EVEN THOUGH SHE'S TRYING TO STEAL HIS GEMSTONE AND IT WOULD BE EASY FOR ANDREW TO ASSUME THAT SHE'S FLIRTING WITH HIM JUST SO HE CAN LET DOWN HIS GUARD; BEING THE STUBBORN GUARDIAN HE IS. THAT BEING SAID, JANNA'S CHARACTERIZATION WILL BE FURTHER EXPANDED IN THE LATER CHAPTERS.
IN REGARDS TO NEBULA, PARTS OF HER PAST WERE REVEALED AND IT'S BEING ESTABLISHED THAT SHE LOST HER ONLY FRIEND WHEN THE SPACE COLONY GOD WAS RAIDED BY THE US MILITARY AND MEWNI'S KNIGHTS. THE REVENGE PLOT GOES SOMEWHERE DEEPER WHICH WILL BE REVEALED FURTHER IN THE LATER CHAPTERS. IF THIS SEEMS TOO SIMILAR, I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT NEBULA'S CHARACTERIZATION WAS INSPIRED BY SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG, ESPECIALLY WITH CREATING A CHARACTER THAT'S THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF STAR BUTTERFLY, LIKE HOW SHADOW IS THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. JUST SO THERE ISN'T ANY SURPRISES, I'M THROWING THIS OUT NOW.
ANOTHER THING, THE MOVE THAT NEBULA DID IN THIS CHAPTER; MIRACLE LEVITATO WORKS JUST LIKE CHAOS CONTROL. IT'S SOME MOVE I CAME UP WITH TO BE LIKE THE AFOREMENTIONED MOVE.
ONE LAST THING BEFORE I FORGET, FOR ANYONE THAT'S CONFUSED ABOUT HOW NEBULA PUT THE GREEN MIRACLE GEMSTONE INTO HER WAND WITH EASE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAME UP WITH. BECAUSE FOR THIS STORY, THE MIRACLE GEMSTONES WERE CREATED FROM A MAGICAL SOURCE, THE KIND THAT ALSO CREATED THE WANDS OF BOTH STAR'S AND NEBULA'S, AMONG OTHER MAGIC USERS.
ANYWAY, SINCE I SAID WHAT I HAD TO, STAR HAS BEEN ARRESTED, ANDREW'S STILL ON THE HUNT, AND MARCO HASN'T BEEN INTRODUCED YET. SO THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL FOCUS ON LUDO, ALONG WITH JANNA AND A LITTLE BIT OF NEBULA TOO.
THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL SHOW LUDO HEADING TO HIS HIDDEN BASE HE FOUND AND ESTABLISHED IN THE DESERT DIMENSION, JANNA FOLLOWS AFTER HIM THERE BEFORE HEADING TO THE SPACE DIMENSION, LUDO ENDS UP IN THE SPACE COLONY GOD AND THEN NEBULA SHOWS LUDO THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION THAT WAS CREATED AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS, BEFORE A PLAN FORMULATES WITH JANNA WORMING HERSELF IN TOO. HOW WILL THIS GO? FIND OUT NEXT TIME.
FOR THE TIME BEING, ONLY IF YOU WANT TO, LEAVE YOURSELF A REVIEW ON YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THIS CHAPTER. IT'S UP TO YOU. I MIGHT BE GOING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, BUT I ENJOY CREATING THIS STORY AND I WANT TO DO THIS.
BESIDES THAT, THAT'S ALL FOR NOW READERS. TUNE IN AGAIN FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER WHEN IT'S BEEN POSTED.