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Warning: Mild Language, Violence, Sexual themes

Ch.4: King in the Dark

"Haah haah how much more mushrooms do we need dear?"

"Just a little more. Let's not forget who wasted our mushroom supply?"

A giant troll couple were walking in the woods collecting some mushrooms, specifically the ones that are red spiraled with light purple. It's said that 20 of them can provide the complete protein package a giant needs instead of devouring 40 mewmans or 125 frogs, mice, or lizards.

"How was I suppossed to know those little imps would sneak inside? I mean resting your eye for a couple of minutes shouldn't make a difference?"

"Uh huh? Sure, just work those legs and collect more mush- oh god, honey look?"

"What now?"

The Husband circled his head around his Wife's large body and saw a Mewman sized monster with red fur and a loin cloth floating on the surface of a pond. It noticed the couple and weakly tried to reach out for them. Its voice was deprived of strength.

"He..lp...me...please?"

"Oh my! I can tell that he's croaking with hunger like a giant bullfrog. Honey! get the pot!"

"Wait we're cooking here?"

"Don't ya remember our motto as barbeque chefs? We don't abandon any varment that is starving!"

"Hmph! Yeah and no one questions your motto. I'll get the fire started."

An hour passed by. Sitting around the fire with a monster sized pot hanging above it the troll couple sat there looking dumb founded as this creature they just saved ate through an equivalent of a 12 tabled family meal.

"More please?"

The creature held out his plate for another serving. The wife started to sweat.

"...Well I'll be damned? His appetite's bigger than a titan who went through fasting...for 9 months."

"Son of a- this guy ate our entire food supply for the shop! The pork, the bullfrogs, the ram, even the 120lbs of mushrooms we just collected."

The creature realised what happened. He felt embarassed. But he was full nevertheless.

"Thank you for the meal good trolls."

"What the hell man?! You ate our entire supply!"

"Honey hush! It's no problem little guy. Anywho what brings you out of the neck of the woods near dead like that?"

"Our entire supply? How is someone able to do that and still wants more?"

The creature stretched out his body starting from the legs, then his arms, and finally his back.

"I was...looking for someone? Do you...um?"

"Aww sugar no need to be nervous. You can ask chef Bambi anythang?"

"Okay then...Do you know the way to Globgor Castle?"

"You mean the Monster Castle? Yeah we were just gonna go back until you ate our all our stuf- *Bong* dehehehehe!"

Chef Bambi whacked her husband's face with a monster sized frying pan. He fell to the ground on his back.

"Why of course. That's where my restaurant is, just south from where I'm standing? We were just gonna head back. But well you know?"

"I'm sorry about th-"

"Keep your apologies to yourself. I never let a starving someone like you just waste away, that would be against my motto ya hear?"

"I hear you...oh!"

The creature pointed his finger to the northeast.

"If you go that way the mushrooms are growing fast there and the animals will gather the most at the spring."

"Well that's mighty nice of y- hey where did you go?"

The creature was already gone by the time Chef Bambi looked away for a second.

"Sigh whoever you're gonna meet better be worth it? Heheh alright let's go honey...oh right."

--

"Whoops-a-daisey!"

The dark clouds that were up in the sky since last night cleared up to another bright morning. Eclipsa was tossing Meteora up into the air, her giggles and laughter could be heard all over the castle. Star was using her levitation spell to make the experience 3x as fun. she was able to catch her with ease.

"*giggle* Alright sweetheart one more and then mommy has to go out. Ahem ready Star?"

"Who isn't?"

"Perfect! Now Who-"

Before Eclipsa could even think about it Meteora started to cry.

"Gasp! Oh sweetie, Meteora what's the matter?"

"That's odd? We fed her, burped her, changed her...5 times, we're doing our daily playtime and it's only 15 minutes to 11 o'clock in the morning for her lunch."

Star inspected the crying child.

"Hmmm no injuries? So what's up?"

All of a sudden Eclipsa through her super sensitive hearing heard a commotion coming from outside, specifically at the front gate.

"Star? Watch the baby for me?"

Eclipsa passed Meteora who was still crying into Star's arms.

"Uh sure but why?"

"Sorry but there's some kind of disturbance going on? I'm gonna check it out?"

"Okay, just remember you don't have your wand? So if you need some extra muscle use the ape mating call and I'll come as quick as a flash."

"(Oh why didn't I agree on the Crow caw?) Thank you sweetie. I'll be going now."

Eclipsa ran as fast as her heels could take her down the steps and out of the castle.

At the Town Gate some of the Mewman soldiers were pointing their spears at a red furred beast that just arrived at the entrance, and he's pretty ticked.

"I said what the hell are Mewmans doing at this castle?! ANSWER ME DAMN YOU?!"

The guards wished they could but the intimidating, threatening presense of him kept their mouths shut. Their first instinct was to protect their selves. But this creature looks like he could snap them like a twig 10 times over.

"It's bad enough you selfish pieces of s*t along with your Magic High Counsel took away the things that ever mattered to me! Now this castle?! Is there nothing that you won't take away from me anymore than I lost already?!"

The creature took a stomp forward, the ground shook fo a second there.

"I want to see your Queen! Either we do this the goddamn easy way or the bone snapping way?"

They knew it? This guy was gonna snap them like a twig. But not without having a little resistance. 2 of the royal guards thrusted their weapons at him, connected to his body. Unfortunately...

"Really?...That's all you got?"

The creature swiped away the spears from the guards, breaking the stainless steel spears with just his thumb and index finger. His monstrous smile caused one of the guards to piss themself. The creature cracked his knuckles.

"Now then, time for some bodies to get buried on the goddamn dirt!"

"That's enough!"

The creature stopped in his tracks from the authoritarian voice that he recognised all too well. Eclipsa, the Queen of Mewni lightly pushed past them. Though the creature was only a foot taller than her she was not bothered one bit. She was but an inch from him, leaking dominance as she crossed her arms and lifted an eyebrow.

"Can I help you?"

The creature was sweating bullets. It was a very long time since he has seen this young, beautiful, delectable woman before his eyes once again. He felt a lump in his throat. But the only thing he would have to say to this woman was?

"DO YOU REMEMBER ME?!"

...Wow, the awkwardness is really thick over here. Everyone went silent while the monster's face turned redder than necessary.

"...Do I...know you?"

Those words struck like an arrow to his heart. He knew he looked way different than before. But ouch man that smarkes. Maybe his more slender, bulked up form would confuse her?

"Are...are you sure you don't remember?"

"I don't know?...But you do almost resemble someone I hold dear."

Eclipsa put a hand under her chin looking the creature up and down. The reddish fur was familiar...so was the purple tiger stripes along his arms...the white hair and the 4 yellow eyes with red slits were also a little familiar.

"But it can't be? Excuse me if this comes off as rude but the person I hold dear was way taller and wider than you good monster."

"(Damnit so it was this smaller build?...Wait of course?!) Hold on uh...are you sure you don't recognise this?"

The creature gave Eclipsa a big, toothy smile with his eyes partly squinted. The way he posed himself with his left arm like it was carrying someone. As Eclipsa processed what this creature was doing memories started to flow inside her.

With each passing minute her eyes started to grow wider and wider until it finally clicked. She stepped closer to the beast, looking into his eyes.

"I-It can't be?..."

Eclipsa hesitantely reached her arm out to delicately stroked his cheek. He let out a low growl which hit the nail in her head. Tears rolled out of her eyes, there was no possible way that she could even try to control her emotions any longer.

"G-g-g-g-"

The beast opened his arms out wide. He knew what she wanted and so did himself? To feel her warm body wrapped around him.

"Your majesty? What's wro-"

"GLOBGOR!!!"

Eclipsa jumped onto the creature now revealed as the Prince of Darkness, the Plucker of Limbs, the Monster King Globgor. She glomped onto Globgor's body and tightly gripping his fur. Her face was buried into his chest, muffling her loud crying and sobbing.

Globgor hugged her back tightly. Seems like in this form he didn't have to overexert himself just so he could lovingly wrap her in his arms compared to before.

"My Princess *hic* my princess you're safe and sound. I missed you so much."

"THAT'S GLOBGOR?!"

"Bro, don't get in his way unless you want to get eaten."

"I don't even eat Mewmans anymore."

Globgor didn't have time to be mad at the Mewmans. Right now the reunion with his beautiful wife was the only thing that mattered...until 2 hours later.

"Uh guys? As much as I would love to walk around with your Queen/my wife glued onto me, can you help me pry her off?"

--

Back in the castle Star was able to calm Meteora down with a sock puppet show starring herself.

"Take that and that and some of these!"

With a makeshift wand Star was bashing the head of a dark green sock puppet that was made to look like Toffee.

"Ugh argh! Your magic's too strong cough cough hack hack bleh! And that's the defeat of big bully Toffee."

Meteora didn't laugh. All she did was sigh in disappointment.

"Hey! You're not giving me too many options here? I already played the 'Fire breathing baby' three times and all three times the sock puppet was turned to ash."

Star could hear the front door slowly creak open.

"Oh Mommy's back! Cmon Meteora?"

Picking up Meteora Star rushed down the stairs to the main hallway to see Eclipsa linked arms with Globgor, purple hearts popping like bubbles from Eclipsa's head. Star had a sly look on her face.

"Oooooo kinda grandma Eclipsa you old cougar? You got yourself a new boyfriend? He's definetely the abby type that could break diamonds. Though for some reason he reminds me of Globgor? But still you son of a gun, you still got the fishing style. Ruff!"

Eclipsa covered her blushing face with Globgor's arm. It sent the adorable shocks throughout his body.

"Sweetie, that's because this is haaaaah Globgor."

"WHAT?! Ah hell no! Rainbow fist punch"

Star quickly threw a punch that was enveloped in light, sending a rainbow colored fist that connected with Globgor's face. He was knocked back a few feet outside the castle grounds. But he regained his ground like nothing happened.

"STAR! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Don't worry Eclipsa! He won't haunt your dreams anymore!"

Star bashed her knuckles together. Eclipsa was extremely worried about this entire castle and town being obliterated off the map and the citizens getting hurt, especially Globgor. To her surprise he didn't get into a blind fury.

"Don't worry honey, I get it...Now that you're here I can control myself and this young thing is just confused but-"

Globgor rolled his shoulders.

"-If this one wants to tussel? I can play a little. Besides, this body needs a little loosening up...and maybe later yours."

Eclipsa can feel her legs shake and the blush on her face turned red.

"Cmon little girl? Show me what you got?"

"Was that a challenge?...It waaasss. Rainbow fist punch!"

"Really?"

Globgor swatted the magic away with little to no effort. He then retaliated by driving his foot into the ground like a sumo wrestler, causing a large brick shaped tile to pop up from the ground. Grabbing it from midair Globgor threw it towards Star with only half of his recovered strength.

"Oh crap! Sweet layer cake protection!"

With two hands out in front of her a vanilla cake shaped shield enveloped around Star's body as it took the speeding object head on. The force drove her into the wall of the castle. The shield dissolved.

"Here's a little 'gift' from me!"

Globgor winded back for a punch. Star didn't even notice that the beast was right in front of her after she took her eyes off of him for a couole of seconds.

"Eep! (So fast!) Sweet double layer protection!"

Just in time to since Globgor threw his punch. It hit the double layered barrier as expected. But the look of shock that was riddled all over Star's face shows what happened as her face recieved contact from Globgor's right hook to the cheek.

The moment it hit her she went in and out of conciousness a few times while her body tumbled like a rag doll and crashed through several trees, breaking through them with ease and kicked up a huge dust explosion.

"(To break through a barrier like that with just his fists? He's not back at full power? Somehow he's rapidly getting stronger as he fights?...So sexy.)"

Star regained feeling in her arms and legs after they became numb for a few seconds. She thought that she would at least go toe to toe with the King of Monsters for at least a minute? She never thought that the outclassing between her and Globgor was this big as his muscles. Speak of the Globgor he was already next to her.

"Gh! NEO RAINBOW BL- mph?!"

Globgor covered Star's mouth with his big meaty cla- hand (that's what I meant to say) and gripped both her arms over her head. He pinned her against a tree that wasn't broken.

"Okay little girl, why don't we just calm down for a sec here?"

Globgor really didn't needs this Mewman/monster misunderstanding all over again.

"I understand your frustration? But there seems to be a big misunderstanding with what's been going? Will you at least hear me out?"

It's not like Star had any choice. She nodded her head with a frustrated sigh so Globgor would release her.

"First off haah how the hell did you get out of Rhobulus's crystalization?"

"Wish I knew honestly? When I woke up I was on the beach only to pass out again. Then I ended up in some abandoned place by that weirdo Dark Nebula who just stared up at the moon. That's when my molten phase came came and here I am I guess? For some reason this form is what I got?"

"(He knows about him?) Wait, you're species are shapeshifters right?"

"Uh huh?"

"How come you can't you know grow big again?"

"You don't think I tried that already? I couldn't grow to my original size even if I tried...actually I'd like to ask you a question this time?"

For Star it was strange for the King of Monsters to ask her something. Hopefully it wasn't how tasty she was? But that would racist right?

"You called Eclipsa 'Kinda Grandma'...what's with that? Did I miss some thing important?"

"Hoh crap this is gonna be a long story. Okay so it starts like this?"

Star told Globgor everything that happened so far. Her being a princess or was one, discovering the truth about the Butterfly generation, Toffee, Eclipsa's return, even her reascension to becoming Queen just to name a few. Trust me, there was a whole lot to cover. Took a span of an 2 hours to.

"I see...nice to meet you then ex-princess Star. You know since I was technically married to your kinda Grandmother that makes me your kinda Grandfather?"

"I would find that strange but I thought of Buff Frog as my crazy monster uncle. So uh what exactly were you gonna do with my kinda Grandma Eclipsa?"

"Oh well that's simple really? First we were gonna cuddle for a few hours and then I would bury her head into the pillow as I pl-"

"OKAY OKAY TMI!"

"Ah sorry...So this Black Nebula is after you gals huh?"

"Yeah pretty much? We're trying to come up with a plan to get the wand back?"

"You won't have to wait long."

Globgor carried Star and with a single leap he jumped all the back to the castle front. Eclipsa who was still standing there ran over to give him another loving hug.

"Hey good news honey? The Ex-Princess and I are friends now."

"Heheh for the most part."

"Now if you'll excuse me."

Globgor whisked Eclipsa off her feet with a look of monstrous hunger in all four of his eyes.

"I'm gonna need some quality time with *growl* my little princess."

"Star? Star? Star?! STAR?!! He's gonna devour me! Oh please save me!"

"Not gonna get involved in this."

"You heard your little party pooper granddaughter? Oh no baby, I ain't getting blocked this time."

"Ah watch your hands!"

"I don't know what you're talking about? I'm trying to not to drop you until we 'get busy.'"

"OH MY GOD STOP AND JUST GO! YOUR BURNING MY VIRGIN EARS!"

"...You heard the girl!"

Globgor made a book for it up the steps. But not before seeing his baby girl for a couple of minutes.

--

Meanwhile from afar Dark Nebula was zipping past tree after tree while devouring the leg of a troll he gravely wounded while on his way to monster Castle. The fools thought they could keep him away from the castle? Even now monsters are just simple minded. If they just told him from the start without a fight he wouldn't have to harm her husband.

"Sly goddamn beast. To think that you would escape me so easily without me noticing?"

He took another big bite out of the leg, the blood painting his lips a crimson red.

"Whether the wand recharges it's magic or I revive the Dean Bloodedge I will remove this bloody curse they put on me and bring back my power to its former glory. Just you wait Globgor and Eclipsa to Hahahahahah!"

End of Ch.4