Well guys, sorry for the long wait, and I'll make something clear from the beginning
I have another appointment with my doctor tomorrow, and I'll have a lot to think about after that, so, no new chapter until Thursday, I think, okay?
Once again, thank you for all the support! I'll see you tonight for another chapter of 30 days!
Mewni, A long long time ago…
Eclipsa was running, as fast as she could, jumping over the leaves, hopping from tree to tree, making her way to her home, deep inside the Forest of Certain Death.
Eclipsa Butterfly was a happy woman. Those strict times in the Castle, so full of rules, of prohibitions, of lessons about how dangerous dark magic could be, all those times were behind her.
She was married now; she had everything she could wish f…
Suddenly, she stopped. Something was wrong. Someone was crying. She came to an intersection and faced a large tree, she approached to it carefully and looked at the scene
A family of lizards was gathered near a lake; Eclipsa used her magic and became invisible, taking a peek from a closer distance. Without a warning, the lizards turned around and started to leave the place, leaving behind a little baby
- Hey! – The former Queen of Darkness shouted, making herself visible again – What's going on in here?
The leader of the group stood in front of her and hissed:
- I'm Nussei, Commander of the Septarsis Army, we're performing a vanishing ritual, and we don't like spies!
At his signal, the rest of the lizards attacked Eclipsa, but the women simply moved her hand and transformed them all in little red frogs, which escaped from the place quickly
- I'm Eclipsa – the women threatened, her hands glowing with a dark shade of red – And I demand to know what a vanishing ritual is!
- We simply left this baby in the woods to protect our kingdom, we have seen a great potential for darkness in him, and we don't want to take any risks
- That sounds ridiculous – Eclipsa protested – Every living thing has a great potential for using dark magic, but also for light magic
- Well, that is not our choice – Nussei commented, walking away – It's his, assuming he survives…
One thought of Eclipsa was enough to turn the Commander into ashes; she kneeled in front of the little reptile and cradled him in her arms
- Don't worry little one – She said, smiling – I'll take care of you now
The baby extended his little hand a grabbed her nose, making her giggle
- You're a sweetheart, aren't you? I think that suits you… I'll call you… Toffee
Life was a blur after that. Years passed, Eclipsa was captured, heartbroken, his husband simply died of loneliness, while Toffee learned the truth about the war between mewmans and monsters.
And since that day, he sworn vengeance against the Royal Family
Now…
- Stay behind me! – Eclipsa ordered – I can hold him!
- Hold me, mother? – Toffee replied, amused –Maybe, but you can't kill me
- Don't make me hurt you, Toffee
- You know very well than only one of us will survive this battle, don't you?
Deep inside, she knew he was right
- We're a team, Eclipsa – Marco commented, forming a dark orb with the palm of his hand, and picking Toffee's interest –
- No, dear boy… We're not
In that moment, Star and Marco got completely frozen by Eclipsa's powers. Without looking at them, the woman said:
- This spell will protect you from any side effects of my magic, if we fail, Marco, you must protect Star… at all costs. Blink if you understand it
The boy did it, and Eclipsa continued:
- Buff Frog, are you with me?
- Buff Frog fights for Star's and karate boy's protection
- Good. Glossaryck, what about the Spell Book?
- All the enchantments are safe in their new location, Milady
- Good…
- Three against one? – Toffee said, pointing his hand at his attackers – That doesn't seem fair… for you
Ludo lost count of how much time he had been crawling across that desolated, unknown land, he couldn't stop, however. As soon as he could crawl, as he had a little piece of life in his body, he was going to fight
Against death, Toffee, or Star Butterfly, whatever the challenger was, he was going to fight
Suddenly, he heard the voice of man:
- What do we have here? – The stranger said, almost happily –
Ludo didn't respond
- You're pretty damaged, aren't you? What if I gave you some time to heal?
Before the monster could say anything, he felt a wave of energy filling his body, he looked at his hands. Both of his hands, they were there, both of them?
- Who are you? – Ludo questioned –
- Father Time, at your service – The man said, shaking his hand – Do you need more time?
Ludo shook his head
- Oh, I see… Seems like you have lost something. But, as I always say, time heals everything…
A second later, a familiar object appeared in the monster's hand
Toffee fell to the ground, getting hit by one of Buff Frog's punches. However, he was not damaged in the slightest; he was rather enjoying the fight
- You fools – He said, waving his hand once again –
Eclipsa stood back, but no attack came out of the lizard
- Where is it? – Toffee said, looking at his hand, the wand was no more inside his body –
A portal opened then, and Ludo came out of it, blasting Toffee with a green light
- Time out, Toffee! – The bird looking creature said, attacking his enemy again, the wand was now in his posession, that was the gift Father Time gave to him –
Ludo stood besides Buff Frog, who asked:
- So, you're good now, Ludo?
- Let's call a truce until we destroy our common enemy
- Assuming you can destroy me – Toffee replied, standing up again –
The first one to attack was Buff Frog, he kicked, he punched, he even improvised some karate moves, but Toffee avoided all the hist swiftly, his devious smile never abandoning his face. The lizard knocked Star's ally with a blade made of green energy
- How? – Buff Frog questioned –
- Oh, this? – Toffee replied – The crystal is not here anymore, but the magic is still inside my hand
He started to absorb Buff Frog's life force, when a green blast burned him. Ludo used his wand to send another attack directly to his enemy, while Eclipsa transformed herself into a purple lightning and aimed directly to Toffee's chest
However, she was repelled by Toffee's shield. With one hand, the monster absorbed Buff Frog's essence, and with the other, he proceeded to do the same with Eclipsa
In the last second, a shadow got between the Queen of Darkness and Toffee's attack
- Glossaryck!
In that moment, in Marco's and Star's mind, the voice of their mentor echoed:
- Remember kids, the Spell Book is still out there, hidden within the pages of a new…
Eclipsa got up and attacked Toffee once again, but it was too late. Glossaryck's body fell to the ground, his eyes completely black. The Queen of Darkness tried to imprison his son in a cage of red smoke, but he was out of sight
- Be careful, Ludo – she warned –
- Too late! – A voice behind him said, putting a hand on his head and absorbing his life force –
In a matter of seconds, Toffee had recovered the cleaved wand, which now looked like Ludo's skeleton hand, only with a dark spike on top and a green one at the bottom
- You think you can stop me now, Mother? – Toffee asked -
All that Eclipsa had time to do was freeing Star and Marco, and send a wave of purple energy to the boy, who remained unaffected. One second later, she fell to the ground, victim of Toffee's attack
Marco quickly opened a portal, filling the dimensional scissors with his own magic and looked at Star:
- Focus on this Star, but really focus or it won't work, jump through this portal and think about the most distant corner of the universe you can, hide there and…
- What about you Marco?
- I'll stop Toffee myself, I know I can
He was lying, and she knew it, but before she could protest, she grabbed her by the shoulders and kissed her softly. Star got so entranced by the sensation, that she didn't noticed Marco was pushing her
- No! – She shouted, before disappearing into the now closed breach –
- Well Toffee – Marco said, facing his enemy – it's only you and me
- Oh – the lizard replied – I think there's someone else in here, and you still don't realize who he is
- What do you mean?
In an instant, Marco fell to the ground, his entire body burning, every cell of it affected by Toffee's dark powers
- The dark magic is really strong in you, boy!
Marco imagined that the end of his life was near, but the evil monster in front of him had another plan for him
All that Star could think when she jumped into the portal was her mother, and her father.
And now, facing the lifeless bodies of the two of them, she knew that there was nowhere else to run. She had to find Marco, and she had to stop Toffee once and for all
Little she knew, Marco was right behind her
- Star… - The boy muttered –
Her happiness at hearing her name didn't last one second, because when she faced him, she knew that all was really lost
Marco Diaz was in front of her, surrounded by a wave of green energy, one that was present in his very own eyes
- Marco?
He didn't respond. The princess of Mewni watched motionless, as Toffee appeared beside her best friend
- End of the road, Star… Only one of you will survive this battle… - The lizard smiled, remembering his mother's own words –
- Do you want the wand now, Sir? – Marco asked –
- I don't want her wand… Destroy her! – Toffee ordered, pointing at Star –
Do you still have your weapons aimed at me?
Good, you can start shooting now
