Princess Trouble
A/N: Hi! Just a short author's note to say Happy New Year to all! :D And I give you now Chapter 4 of Princess Trouble. Let's see how this goes, eh? ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own either of the shows! Belongs to Craig, Daron and Disney :D
Chapter 4 – "Now, We Stay"
They blinked, once, twice, thrice. Neither both parties move nor spoke as they stare each other's direction in utter confusion.
Star was the first to snap from the silent awkwardness and fully lowered her wand as she saw the small girl crouched behind the older man in fear that they'll hurt them. Cedric, on the other hand stood up in to his full height as to protect his friend.
"Don't even think about hurting even the tini-tiniest of hair on her or so help me I'll do much worse" Cedric scowled as he fished out his own purple wand to point at the duo from Mewni.
Marco went in front of Star and waving his hands in front of him. "Wait, you got it all wrong. We mean you no harm. It was just pure instinct to go on stance" he then crossed his arms to his chest and raised a brow "I mean you just fell from the sky just now"
Cedric lowered his wand as Sofia came out from hiding "Point taken. But, how do we know we could trust you?" he crossed his arms in the same manner defiantly as he had a battle of glaring with Marco.
Sensing trouble on their way, Sofia stepped in front of Cedric to break the uncomfortable atmosphere "How about starting with introductions first?"
The boys broke from their glaring contest to stare at small girl before them, smiling at each other's direction. Star finally stepped in front of Marco and gave a small smile at the girl in front of her "A good idea indeed"
Sofia was first to introduce herself as she professionally curtsied in front of the best friends. "Hello there. My name is Sofia, Princess of the Kingdom of Enchancia. And this person here," she raised a hand to gesture Cedric as the latter stood perfectly still, chest out and with a proud smile. "…is Cedric the Sensational! Our Royal Sorcerer and my best friend" she smiled at Cedric's direction, the latter returning the sentiment.
Star had to smile. It was nice to see a royal be-friending one from her royal court.
It was Star's turn on the introduction as she twirled her wand from her hand "My name is Star Butterfly. I'm a magical princess from another dimension!" she twirled around and raised her wand to create a rainbow with creatures happily surrounding it.
Just then, the rainbow bursts in to flames as the creatures started to run away. To Sofia, who has the power to understand any other creature thanks to her amulet, all she could hear was screaming and another one saying 'not again!' She nervously chuckled as the other magical princess shyly smiled "Oops, I guess I had to work on that one"
"I'll say" murmured Cedric as he stared wide eyes at the flaming rainbow.
After she recovered from embarrassment, Star gestured towards Marco. "And this person here is Marco Diaz. He's my Royal Squire and also my best friend" she winked at the small girl as the latter giggled at the sheer coincidence.
"I figured as much" Sofia smiled then slowly frowned as she looked at Star. "Uhm.. Ms. Star?
Star chuckled as she kneeled in front of the smaller girl "You can just call me Star"
"Okay, Star. May I ask where are we? Are we… in another dimension?" she stared at Cedric then back at Star. She figured that the place is nowhere she knew in the Ever Realm. Noting base from their introduction that the other princess previously said that she's a ruler of another dimension.
"Why, yes. Yes you are" the Enchancians gasp as they stared at the other princess. "Right now you're on Earth where he," she pointed a thumb behind Marco "used to reside here before becoming my Royal Squire"
"And base on your clothing and the name of your kingdom 'Enchancia', I don't think you're from Earth either" Marco added.
Cedric then interrupted as he waved his hands in disbelief "Wait, wait. That's impossible! We can't be in another dimension. W-we can't, I mean, we don't know how we even got here!"
Star stood up to walk beside Marco and stared at each other in confusion as the latter spoke "But, didn't you get here using dimensional scissors?"
The Enchancia duo tilted their heads and confusion laced on their voices "Dimensional… Scissors?"
Marco then fished out a gray colored scissors out from his hoodie pocket and showed it at the two. "You know? This dimensional scissors?"
Sofia shook her head slowly "I don't think we own any of this 'Dimensional Scissors' device of yours"
Cedric raised a brow "It looked like a normal pair of scissors to me. How you can use them to go to other dimensions, is beyond me" he pouted as Sofia nudge him on the side and gave him an exasperated look from his rudeness. She's already a bit stressed from the situation and Cedric's not really helping at the moment.
"Mr. Cedric, be nice" she scolded him quietly
"Well sorry if we can't all be believers. I quite learned that the first time" Marco scoffed and rolled his eyes at the sorcerer who grumbled at his direction.
"Okay!," Star started as she smiled uneasily at the tension and clasped her hands together "So how about just demonstrating them how it works and not start another fight again, sounds good?" she nudges Marco a bit harder than expected as the latter massaged his sides and pouted in her direction.
The Enchancia duo pay close attention just as Marco raised his dimensional scissors to cut through the very fabric of reality, creating a blue swirling portal before them.
Sofia let out a gasp and started pointing at the portal "That's it! That's the thing that sucked us back at Enchancia!"
"This portal?" said Marco as he pointed to the swirling portal before him "How can a portal just appeared out of nowhere without the consent of dimensional scissors?" he then looked back at Star, knowing she can open portals through her butterfly form willingly. The blonde waved her hands in defense.
"Don't look at me! I've been with you the whole time when they dropped out from the sky, remember?" she pouted in her best friend's direction.
"Right, well," the royal squire then looked back at the Enchancians "May I ask, what happened before the portal opened up to your dimension?"
Cedric rested a hand under his chin as he pondered on the recent events while Sofia voiced out what she remembered. "Well, we were first at Mr. Cedric's workshop, working on a dream potion when suddenly-" she was cut off as Cedric snapped his fingers together and a look of realization plastered on his face "… when suddenly your amulet started to glow!" he finished her sentence as he pointed to her pink amulet around her neck.
"Amulet?" Star echoed quietly as she looked back at the smaller girl, the latter cradling the piece of jewelry on both of her hands.
Star studied it for a second. Something about that amulet felt familiar to the crowned princess of Mewni. Then it clicked, she let out a small gasp as she stared wide eyes at the jewelry around the other princess' neck. 'It can't be. That amulet looked utterly the same from my dreams. If it is then that means the girl from my dreams was…' she didn't finished her thought as Marco started talking again.
"Amulet? Is that thing magical as well?" the squire pointed towards Sofia.
"Yes. All I can say is when it glowed at that time, I thought for sure I was going to be summoned by another princess who is need of my help"
"It can do that?" the squire and sorcerer said in unison. Sofia only nodded.
"Still," she started as she let go of her amulet to rest back at her chest. "It's been doing weird things lately and opening portals is something I didn't expect. But that glow was a call of summon by another distressed princess"
"Wait hold up," Marco started "…you mean to tell me your amulet summons you to help other princesses in need?" said the squire and surprised as the girl nodded.
Marco nodded and smiled "Wow, that's… actually pretty cool" he said in honesty as Sofia smiled. "Thank you, Mr. Marco!"
Marco chuckled nervously "I think I'm still young to be called 'Mister' just yet. Just call me Marco, Sofia"
"We're drifting away from the real situation here, guys" said Cedric as he started pacing. "If that thing," he pointed towards Sofia's amulet "can transport you to any princesses in distress, then why here of all places?"
"That's what I've been pondering about, " Sofia sighed as she glanced towards Star's direction. She had been awfully quiet for quite some time now and had been staring at her weirdly. "Star? Is there something wrong?" she told the other magical princess.
Star, on the other hand, walked towards Sofia and grabbed her by the shoulders, startling her in the process "Sofia" she whispered "Do you get… dreams?"
Cedric deadpanned "You have to be more specific than that, dear girl. Everyone here gets dreams" he said. But immediately clam his mouth shut as the princess of Mewni and Enchancia gave out an annoyed stare at his direction.
"I'll be quiet now. Sorry!" the sorcerer squeaked out and went beside Marco, who had a smirk towards him, as the two princesses continued their interrupted conversation.
"What kind of dreams, Star? I don't understand" Sofia started as she looked towards Star's worried blue eyes.
"Do you get dreams… where a shadow man trying to steal something from you? Trying to… harm you? Those kind of dreams" She tried to piece everything together but they were all jumbled up on her head from stress.
Sofia stared at her for a while then gasps in horror "You… Y-you get those dreams as well?" Sofia frowned as the blonde slowly nodded in response.
"As well?" Marco whispered beside Cedric, who was watching the scene before them "What is she talking about?"
Cedric turned slightly to the boy "Her dreams, or we can formally call them her nightmares. She's been plague by it a few nights ago and had been a distraction from her daily routines in the castle. Something about a shadow man trying to steal her amulet and someone else's magical item. Trying to harm her and before it can, she would wake up immediately"
"Strange" Marco started as he squint his eyes in confusion "It happened to Star also. She would tell me about this 'shadow man' harming a poor defenseless little girl and her wand being taken from her" he then looked back at Cedric trying to voice out his theory "and if I'm correct, I know it's going to be weird but, I think that their dreams err- 'nightmares' are the same and somehow connected"
"It may or may not but, we can't be sure" Cedric nodded as the two boys silently watched the girls.
"Who and what is he Sofia?" Star said as she paced in front of Sofia. "Why would he want our items? Why is he in our dreams? Why-"
"Star!" Sofia gently grabbed her arms, earning her attention "Breathe. You need to calm down for a minute. You're going to stress yourself up."
Star groaned in frustration as she slid down to sit on the grass "Stress couldn't even describe what I'm feeling right now. I hadn't got any decent sleep ever since those dreams started. I guess the tiredness is just getting to me" she sighed as she covered her face with her hands and slid them down to look at the worried look on Sofia's face. "I'm sorry, Sofia. I'm just really tired"
"Hey" Sofia started gently as she kneeled down next to her "If it's any consolation, I hadn't got any decent sleep either" she smiled as the other girl gave her a small smile back. "Now I know why my amulet sent me here" she stood up as she brought her hands towards Star. The blonde only blink as she stared up towards the auburn girl.
"You are in need of my help" Sofia said and smiled as the blonde accepted her offer and stood up.
"And you are in need of one as well" Star countered as the other girl grin sheepishly.
"Yeah, I guess I do too. We just need to figure out who is sending us threat on our dreams first" the auburn said as she saw the two boys walking towards them. The two had been listening attentively at the girls and clearly didn't like that some unknown force is going to harm their princesses.
"And teach them a lesson" Marco said as he made a punching motion in the air.
Cedric cleared his throat in order to get the three's attention "You know as well as I do Sofia but I hate to be the bearer of bad news" he deadpanned as the three only looked at him in confusion. "How in Merlin's are we going to search for this 'villain' of yours if you don't even know where he is? May I remind you that we're in another dimension. A realm we don't know. Who knows, it might take us hours, even days or even months to find his location. Plus, your parents didn't know where you and I disappeared to and are probably worried sick about you right now." He sighed as the auburn princess gave him a distraught look.
"But," he started again as he rubbed the back of his head "…if it came to that then," he kneeled in front of Sofia and rested a hand on her shoulder in a comforting manner. "… I will be there for you. If it's to solve those plaguing nightmares of yours and beating an unknown enemy, I'm more than ready to be at your side" he chuckled as the small princess tackled him to the ground with a hug.
"Oh, thank you so much Mr. Cedric! You're the best ever!" she lets go of him and took his offered hand so they could stand.
Star and Marco silently watched the whole scene. To see such bond between friends reminded them of themselves. The pair looked at each other and smiled.
"Hey," both princess and sorcerer turned at the blonde as the latter clasped her hands in front her. "You don't have to worry about your parents though, Sofia" she smiled as the two purple clads stared at her in confusion just as Marco went beside her and offered the two his dimensional scissors much to their surprise.
"Here," Marco gave the scissors to Cedric "Use it to go back home. I'm pretty sure her parents are pretty worried right now. Just let them know where you're at the moment and can just come back here whenever there is any clues on the whereabouts of the enemy" He smiled when the sorcerer gave him an appreciative nod.
"There's one problem, though" Cedric started as he looked at the pair of scissors "How do I even use this thing?"
"Just imagine the location you desire and the scissors will do the rest" Star said as she smiled at her two newfound friends and the Enchancians returning the sentiment.
Cedric took a deep breath as he raised the scissors in the air, preparing to cut through the very fabric of reality. He blinked as he felt small hands grab ahold of his free one. Sofia had a look of determination but her shaking hands told him otherwise. He smiled and nudge her gently to reassure her. He snipped the scissors in the air and gasp as both stared at the swirling blue portal before them. In front of them was the image of the Enchancia castle.
Before either could enter, Cedric stopped in his tracks and so did Sofia. She blinked in confusion as she stared at his mentor, the latter has his brows furrowed.
"Sofia," he started as he returned the scissors to Marco and finally looked at his apprentice "Whatever you do, even if this just one time, don't ever tell your parents about exactly where we are and where we're headed to" He raised his now other free hand, seeing his apprentice was about to protest.
"Do you want to let your parents know how dangerous this mission is and get in trouble because of it?" he sighed as his apprentice had a look of realization plastered on her face. "We'll just have to figure a good enough excuse to reassure them and don't worry," he squeezed her hands gently "I'll talk to them on our behalf, I know how much you're uncomfortable about lying" he smiled as his apprentice gave him a soft smile and nodded her head a bit hesitantly.
The Enchancians looked back at their two new friends as they waved each other's goodbyes.
Star moved towards them "We'll let you two know if we have any leads on the enemy. In the meantime, you do your usual routines out there."
Sofia giggled as the Mewnian princess gave her and Cedric a hug. The sorcerer, having not used to hugs with other people with the exception of his niece and apprentice, raised his hands in shock as the princess finally let go.
Marco had to snicker at that as the sorcerer gave him a scowl "Goodluck out there and be careful" he finally said as Star returned to her position next to him.
"We will and thanks again. We'll see much more of each other real soon" Sofia said as she smiled.
Sofia and Cedric took two steps forward towards the portal, both relieved that they could finally go back home when suddenly a flash of pink light stopped their immediate enter. The four friends froze in shock as small princess' amulet started glowing in a very powerful light.
Cedric and the other two had to shield their eyes "Sofia! What is happening!" he told his apprentice.
Before Sofia could reply, the light dimmed down. The friends finally opened their eyes. They gasp as they stared at the portal before them.
The blue portal had a pink shield in front of it, preventing the Enchancians to enter.
"W-wha," that's all that came out of the purple clad princess as she stared in shock at her amulet.
Cedric on the other hand started pounding his fists on the shield. "Come on! We need to get back home!" he huffed as the shield still remains.
Star walked over towards the petrified princess "Sofia, what just happened? W-why would it do that?" she frowned as the other princess shook her head.
"I-I don't know. I-It just did it on its own accord. I-if we can't enter then-"
"-we're stuck here" Cedric finished her sentence as the friends stared grimly at the now guarded portal to Enchancia.
End of Chapter 4
A/N 2: Okay, done! I really need to work on my English *grumbles* Wooh that is one nasty case of writer's block. But anyway I hope you all enjoy Chapter 4 so far. I'll be writing Chapter 5 soon enough. I don't exactly have the right dates on posting stories but, I'll let you all know through my tumblr. Have a nice day everyone and thank you for the likes and the lovely feedbacks! 😉