Butterfly Family Vacation.
"Happy Anniversary!" Marco greeted to his parents through the mirror.
"Thanks Marco, we are so happy that you remembered." The queen thanked to her son.
"How could I forget? It has been like a tradition to me for years!"
"Yes, we know. We're sorry that you can't be here with us this year." The king apologized.
"It's alright, I know I can't leave Earth during my training. But I didn't wanted to leave you empty handed, so I send Tom with some gifts I bought on Earth for you! I hope you like them!" Marco smiled.
"Aww, thanks Marco. You shouldn't have bothered." Her mother thanked him while returning the smile.
"You know that these kinda things doesn't bother me at all. Anyways, Tom should be there soon to deliver your gifts."
"Thank you again, son." Her father said cheerfully.
"It was nothing. Enjoy your free day!"
"Have a nice day too!" The queen said before ending the call.
"You did it again Marco Diaz, you did it again." Marco told proud of himself.
"Marco, breakfast is ready." Mrs. Butterfly called from the first floor.
"I'm on my way!" Marco said while making his way downstairs.
"SURPRISE!" Marco was greeted by the Butterfly's. "Happy Sixty day on Earth, Marco!"
"Thank you, you shouldn't have... Wait a second..." Marco dodged a flying piece of cake that came from upstairs. "Not this time!" Marco exclaimed happily before a second piece of cake landed on his face.
"SURPRISE!" Star descend happily from the stairs and hug her friend. "HAPPY SIXTY DAY ON EARTH, MARCO!"
Everyone remain silent.
A light chuckle that turned into a light laugh broke the silence.
"Alright, you got me." Marco said while cleaning the cake from his face.
"See, mom? I told ya this will work!"
"Star, you didn't told me anything about your bakery surprise…" Mrs. Butterfly said.
"What? Dad didn't told ya?" Star asked while looking at her dad.
"Ops, I knew I was forgetting something yesterday." Mr. Butterfly said with a nervous laugh.
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"M.C.C. unit A here. Base, you copy me?"
"Affirmative."
"We are arriving at the area where that energy was last detected, we should be there in a matter of minutes."
"Understood. You know your mission, don't you?"
"Identified the source of the energy and retrieve it. Destroy it if necessary."
"We're counting on you, don't betray your country."
"I won't, sir."
"Base, out."
The call ended.
"Hey, that wasn't so bad for your first time." The copilot told to the man on his side.
"I know, right?" The pilot started to giggle before letting out a full laughter. "I'm so excited! I can barely believe it! Can you believe it? My first, in charge, mission!"
"Eyes on the path, pal."
"Oh yes, sorry. I'm just too excited to stay focused!"
"I'm excited too, but I prefer to save my energy."
"You are always saving your energy!"
"That's not true."
"Yes, it is."
"You're calling me lazy?"
"Yes I am! You are always doing nothing! At least you are responsible enough to take your job seriously, but why do you have to be so lazy?"
"Is mystery." The man let out a chuckle.
The pilot let out a sigh. "Well, at least I managed to put you as second in charge. It'll be great to receive some advanced tips from an old pro!"
"That's fine with me, y'know, I don't know if I could even handle a chat like that one you just had. With all the formality and the fancy words."
"I know what you mean! I was having a really bad time trying to stay calmed while talking to the boss."
"See? That's what I mean! I could not be that serious while talking to the boss and you know it!"
"Yes, I do. Well, we are almost there, so prepare the scanner."
"Way ahead of you." The copilot told while turning on the scanner in his hands.
"What do you think it could be the source of the energy?"
"I dunno, we'll have to wait n' see."
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"That's the source?!" The one in charge shouted while watching Miss Skullnick walking around the streets.
"Nah, don't freak out about her… him? …Don't freak out about it. That is not the source."
"How do you know?"
"Years of experience can say it. And the same years can say that if we get a little portion of whatever that thing is, our job will be a lot easier."
"Alright." The one in charge inhale deeply. "Here I go!"
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"Good job, man in charge." The second in charge told while receiving a little bunch of red hair and putting it into the scanner.
"It wasn't that hard, that thing was dropping hair all over the place!"
"And thanks to that, our job just got a lot easier." The second in charge said while looking at the coordinates showed in the scanner.
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"Let's party!" Star shouted happily while dragging Marco to the table. "What can I get for you, my best and favorite friend?" Star asked Marco with a big smile on her face.
"I don't know… Maybe some cake, without being launch to my face this time." Marco told to his friend.
"Alrighty! One piece of cake coming!" Star shouted happily while running to the kitchen.
"Meanwhile, I'll get the milk." Marco said while going to the fridge for the milk. He served milk into the glasses placed on the table.
"Here it is, one nice piece of cake!" Star said while putting the plate on Marco's seat.
"Thank you." Marco thanked his friend while sitting down. He didn't started to eat until everyone was in the table.
During the breakfast, something got Star's attention. In the corner of her eye, she saw something floating in front the window. She looked at the window and saw a little blue butterfly flying outside.
"Be right back!" Star said while standing up from the table. She opened the window. "Hello!" She said while waving at the butterfly that flew away until it reached a black car that was parked in front of the house.
A black car parked with two clearly visible men sitting in the inside. The both of them were wearing black suits and one of them was watching the house, but he turn around as soon as Star looked at them.
"Hello, very suspicious looking men! …Wait a minute…" Star gasped with realization.
"How has been your time here on Earth, Marco? You have been living here for almost two months now." Mrs. Butterfly asked.
"Yeah, boy. Tell us how you have been feeling while living with our family!" Mr. Butterfly asked cheerfully.
"Well, I think-"
"MARCO!" Star shouted, interrupting Marco.
"What's the matter, Star?" Her mother asked softly.
"We gotta go, like, right now!" Star said while shaking her arms in the air.
"Why the sudden haste, darling?" Her father asked.
Star turned around at the window, she looked at the men walking directly to the house. She rushed to the window and covered it quickly with the curtain. "No time to explain!" Star retrieved her scissors and opened a portal.
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"Hey, look at this!" The man in charge said while stopping in front of the Butterfly's door.
"Holy, that's a lot of energy that appeared all of a sudden!"
"We have to get there, now!" The man said while retrieving a gun.
"Hold your horses, Twenty Four!"
"Why?!"
"Are you seriously going to enter with a gun in there? Look at all this energy and use your logic for god's sake!"
"But, what am I supposed to do then?"
"…Nothing, apparently."
"What?"
"Look at this, the source and the great amount of energy just disappeared."
"How is that possible?"
"I don't know. The only thing that I know is that our job here is done, for now. We better go and report what happened to the boss."
"But what about the source?"
"Don't you worry, my pal. If it comes back..." The man retrieved the scanner and showed it to him. "We'll be the first ones to know."
...
Meanwhile, on Mewni.
"Star, why'd you bring us here?!" Marco asked surprised.
"Because the freaking F.B.I. or C.I.A. was coming to our house, that's why!" Star exclaimed.
"The F.B.I?" Marco asked.
"Or the C.I.A. I don't know which one."
Mrs. Butterfly sighed. "Star, I think you watch too much T.V. for your sake..."
"Mom, I'm serious! There was a black car with two really suspicious looking men inside!"
"Star, not all the suspicious men in suspicious cars are secret agents." Mrs. Butterfly said.
"But-"
"Stop arguing you two!" Star was interrupted by her father. "Look at the bright side, now we can see Marco's home! What'd you say boy, would you give us a tour around your land?" Mr. Butterfly asked with puppy eyes alongside his daughter.
"Well... you have been showing me all the amazing things on Earth. I think it's time for me to return the favor." Marco said with a light smile on his face.
"Really? Thank you!" Star and her father thanked in unison while hugging Marco.
"I... can't... breathe…" Marco said weakly.
"River, Star! Stop it!" Mrs. Butterfly ordered them.
"Of course, my dear!" River and Star release Marco from the hug.
Marco breathed heavily. "You hug way too strong..."
"Hug? Oh Marco, we weren't hugging!"
"Then what was that?"
"We were crushing with affection! Right dad?"
"Of course we we're, darling!" Mr. Butterfly said happily.
Mrs. Butterfly sighed while rolling her eyes. "Are you sure that giving us a tour is not a problem to you?" She asked Marco.
"Not at all, Mrs. Butterfly. Now follow me, let's get this tour started!" Marco exclaimed as he started to walk with Butterfly's following from behind, seeing all the surroundings.
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"Welcome to the Kingdom of Mewni!" Marco said with a big smile on his face that slowly disappeared. "Why is everything like this?" Marco asked himself while looking at the local population.
Everything was in a very bad state. Poor people filled the streets, people stealing from each other, dirty and poor made houses, they all were fighting each other for a piece of food.
"Wasn't Mewni a right and peaceful place full of magic...?" Marco asked himself.
"Is everything alright?" Mrs. Butterfly asked, bringing him back to reality.
"O-Oh, yes, yes, yes. Everything is alright..." Marco snapped out of it. "Anyway, moving on to the next place!" Marco said while leading the Butterfly's out of the town, trying to push the thought out of his head.
...
"Dear, what's wrong?" The king asked his wife.
They were walking though the kingdom with some guards following them.
"I think I just saw Marco walking out of the kingdom." The queen replied.
"Really? Oh dear, you must miss him a lot. I know I do."
"Yes, I miss him a lot... I think I'm starting to see visions..."
"Don't worry about him dear. He's just fine on Earth. The family that fosters him is really nice! We didn't get to know their daughter, but I'm sure she is as nice and polite as her mother."
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"Faster Marco, FASTER!"
"Star, get off me please..." Marco said while walking with Star climbed on his back.
"Star, please get off Prince Marco." Mrs. Butterfly asked her daughter.
"Let me handle this." Mr. Butterfly said while approaching at Marco. "Come here, darling." Mr. Butterfly said while grabbing Star and climbing her on his own back.
"Yay! Dad Piggy Back Ride!" Star said happily.
"Where are we going today, Captain Star?" Mr. Butterfly said while playing along.
"Over there!" Star said while pointing at a random direction.
Mr. Butterfly ran to that direction while laughing with her daughter.
"Thanks for being so patient with Star. I know that she can be too reckless and playful sometimes." Mrs. Butterfly said.
"Do not worry, Mrs. Butterfly. I know that she can be like that most of the time. But you get used to her personality with the time!" Marco said with a smile.
"Oh, really? What do you think about her?"
"I think she's... Entering Forest of Certain Death?!" Marco exclaimed surprised.
"WHAT?!" Mrs. Butterfly asked with concern while turning around to see River and Star happily walking into the forest.
...
"Oh dear, thanks for organizing everything for our picnic today!" Angie thanked her husband.
"It was nothing, dearest. You know this doesn't bother me at all!"
"Like father, like son." The queen said while letting out a little giggle.
"I know... I wish Marco was here right now. In fact, I think I'm seeing him right over there! Running towards the Forest of Certain Death...?"
The queen let out a light laugh. "Oh dear, that's ridiculous! You know as well as I that Marco would not go into that forest... again..." Queen Diaz went silent when she turned around and saw Marco and Mrs. Butterfly running towards the entrance of the forest.
"Wait... Is that Mrs. Butterfly with Marco?"
The rulers were hit with realization.
"MARCO!" They shouted in unison before starting to run towards their son.
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"Marco, is there something wrong?" Mrs. Butterfly asked while looking at Marco.
He was trembling and looked really nervous by just looking at the entrance.
Marco took a deep breath "I'm fine. I have to remain calm in this situations..." He said while still trembling. "Let me just..." Marco retrieved his wand and pointed it to the forest, holding it tightly. "Now let's get going... Star and Mr. Butterfly aren't going to come out of the forest by themselves."
Marco laughed nervously while walking into the forest with Mrs. Butterfly following him from behind.
The rulers of Mewni arrived short time after.
"Did he really went in there?!" The king exclaimed.
The queen let out a sigh. "Guess we don't have any other option." The queen grabbed her husband's hand and the two of them walked inside the forest as well.
...
"Marco?"
"Y-Y-Yes?"
"I think you need to relax a little, you are too tense."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, first of all, you can't even walk. I'm just pushing you through the forest." Mrs. Butterfly stated while pushing Marco forward from behind. "And second, your arms are just stretching thightly in front of you while pointing your wand at every single thing you hear."
Some leafs were heard from the bushes and Marco pointed his wand aggressively at the bushes that went silent seconds after.
"I-It's called precaution!" Marco started to walk by himself. "And I'm f-f-fine! You shouldn't worry about me right now! We should just keep an eye opened for..."
A laughter interrupted Marco.
Marco and Mrs. Butterfly turned around to find Star and her father in the distance. They were about to enter to a cave in form of a skull.
"STAR, MR. BUTTERFLY! DON'T GO IN THERE!" Marco shouted while running towards the cave.
"STAR AND RIVER, COME HERE THIS INSTANT!" Mrs. Butterfly shouted while running towards Star.
River enter the cave, but Star heard them and waved in reply.
"Hi Mom, hi Marco! Why you last so long to join to the party?"
Marco stopped in front of Star. "Star, we gotta get outta here!"
"What's the matter?"
"Don't you know where you are right now?! You are in the Forest of Certain Death!"
"Really? This forest doesn't seem to deadly to me!" Star exclaimed with a smile.
"Someone really has to put warnings on all the entrances and not just in the nearest to the Kingdom..." Marco told to himself.
"Star, call your father right now!" Mrs. Butterfly asked her daughter.
"Alrighty mom!" Star turned to the cave. "Dad! Mom's here! Come out now!"
Mr. Butterfly ran outside the cave immediately.
"RUHUHUN!" He yelled while running away.
Everyone remained confused in the spot.
Mr. Butterfly returned. "What are you waiting for?!" He yelled before climbing the kids on his back and grabbing his wife' hand. He began to run away from the cave with his family.
"River, why are you so shaken?!" Mrs. Butterfly asked as she ran beside her husband.
A loud noise was heard from the distance. It came from the cave. The entire cave flew away when an angry Hydra came out of it. The hydra roared and began to chase them.
"Never mind!" Mrs. Butterfly shouted while speeding up and taking the lead. River was now being pulled by Moon.
"Marco, do something!" Star yelled.
"What am I supposed to do?!"
"Don't look at me! You are the one with the magical wand!"
Marco retrieved his wand from his hoodie. "Come on, Diaz! Think, think, think!"
The hydra's roar startled Marco.
"MANTICORE TRANSPORTATION!"
A pink quick flash was enough to make the Butterfly's and Marco appeared inside a royal cart pushed by two Manticores.
Mr. Butterfly quickly take control and made the Manticores to speed up.
"Marco, this is awesome! It makes me wonder why you were even sent to Earth in the first place!" Star said while looking at Marco. "Marco, are you alright...?"
Marco was looking very sick, like if he was about to throw up. "No..." He said weakly before swallowing.
"River, slow down!" Mrs. Butterfly ordered.
"No, I'll be fine! Just..." Marco swallowed before continuing. "...Keep going..." Marco sat down and tried to calm himself.
The hydra was about to reach them, some fire started to form in all the heads' mouths, but just before it could release the fire, a crystal branch coming out of the ground got in the hydra's way, making it fall to the ground.
...
Marco and the Butterfly's got safely out of the forest. Marco ran out of the cart as soon as Mr. Butterfly stopped it.
"Mystic Portal!"
A portal appeared in the middle of the air.
Marco ran towards the portal and finally threw up.
"Alright, I think it's finally time to go home." Mrs. Butterfly suggested.
Star and Mr. Butterfly nodded silently.
Marco arrived with them seconds later.
"Oh, Marco boy! How are you feeling?" Mr. Butterfly asked cheerfully as always.
"...You know what? I feel great!" Marco exclaimed.
Everyone stared confused at Marco's reaction.
"I can't believe I just went into the Forest of Certain Death and came out of it ALIVE!" Marco laughed while raising his arms into the air. "This was a good day!"
"So this means we can go into the forest again?" Star asked excitedly.
"No!" Marco replied.
"Why not?" Star asked a little disappointed.
"I may be happy for what happened, and I couldn't have done it without you, so you have my thanks for that. But, I think that was too much for me in one day..."
"If you say so, Safe Prince!" Star said happily while opening a dimensional portal.
"One last question." Mr. Butterfly said while raising his hand.
"Yes?" Marco asked.
"Can I bring those two to Earth with me?" Mr. Butterfly asked while pointing at the Manticores.
"By my parents' orders, that's not possible."
Mr. Butterfly let out a sad sigh.
"But you don't have to worry about them. You managed to control them, and now you are their master. They'll be living here in the Forest of Certain Death, and when you come back to Mewni, they'll know, they'll find you and they will obey your every command." Marco stated.
"Is that serious?!" Mr. Butterfly asked surprised.
"Yeah, that is the only reason why I don't have my own Manticore, yet."
"Well, in that case!" Mr. Butterfly walked to the Manticores and take off the ropes tying them to the cart. "Play and take care while I'm away, don't you?"
The Manticores nodded and sat down.
Mrs. Butterfly and Marco entered the portal.
"Come on dad!" Star called him.
"I'm coming, darling!" Mr. Butterfly ran towards the portal. "I'll see you two again!" Mr. Butterfly said before entering the portal with his daughter.
The portal closed and the Manticores walked away into the forest.
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From the distance, the rulers watched the entire scene.
"We made the right choice, don't you think?" The queen asked.
"Yes we did!" The king said happily to his wife.
"Did you look at how happy he was? I haven't seen him like that in my life!"
"It's just like Glossaryck said."
"Excuse me, milady." A royal guard called out. "What do you want us to do with the hydra?"
"Return it to its cave, that's an order."
"As you wish, milady." The guard walked away.
"I'm really happy for him." The queen said with a smile.
"Me too. Now, what about if we go back to our picnic? Our anniversary is not over yet!" Rafael exclaimed cheerfully.
"That would be nice!" The queen said with a smile.
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"Agent Twenty Four here. Base, you copy me?"
"Base here, what need do you have?"
"I would like to give the report of my mission, if I'm allowed."
"Go ahead, we're listening."
"Understood. The mission took place in the coordinates of a town called Echo Creek. We, Agent Twenty Four and Agent One Hundred, were sent to investigate the source of a sudden energy that surrounded this area some days ago. We managed to find the product of the energy and use it to find the source."
"Those are excellent news, Twenty Four. You may return to the base with the source immediately."
"Sorry sir, we can't do that."
"Why not, Twenty Four?"
"Well, you see. We managed to use the scanner to guide us to the source to its exact coordinates. But despite our efforts, something unexpected happened. The source disappeared from the place when a sudden amount of energy appeared near it."
"…Tell me more about that energy, Twenty Four."
"Yes sir." The man retrieved a little notebook from his pocket. "According to the data you gave us, the energy from now and the one from before was not the same but share some similarities, making them almost identical. This energy from now is larger than the one you reported to us earlier, too."
"…Very well. Good job agents, you may now come back to the base, your job there is done."
"Wait."
The man on the screen and the agent looked at the other agent behind them.
"What is it, One Hundred?"
"The scanner just detected that the source came back."
"What?!" The agent in charge exclaimed surprised.
"And it looks like it came back to the same coordinates too. Sir, if we leave now, we may lose it again. I highly suggest that you let us stay here to watch the source from close. That way, we can study it even further and take action if something ever happens."
"…Am not so sure about that, One Hundred. If the information of the amount of energy is correct, we can't stand to just have two agents to do the job."
"That's why you are going to send backup to stay near the area. If we ever need them, we'll know for sure they'll be here in no time, capiche?"
A dread silent filled the air.
The man in the monitor let out a sigh of defeat. "Alright One Hundred, you win. You are allowed to stay there and watch over the source. We'll be sending backup to your coordinates tomorrow morning."
"Glad you made the right choice, pal."
The man sighed once again. "Don't make me regret my decision. Base out."
The call ended.
A silence filled the air once more.
"Sooo… What now?" Twenty Four asked.
"Now, I think were gonna stay here a little while."
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A portal opened in the middle of the Butterfly's living room, all the members of the family passed through before it closed.
"So, that was the tour around Mewni. What do you think?" Marco asked.
"It was AWESOME!" Star shouted happily.
"That was a really great adventure we just had, my boy! We should go there more often!" Mr. Butterfly stated.
"That was a very unique experience. Thanks for giving us the tour and sorry for all the troubles we caused." Mrs. Butterfly said softly.
"It was nothing, trust me when I tell you that I had the most of the fun!"
"Even when you had to enter to the Forest of Certain Death?" Moon asked patiently.
"Or when we were being chased by a Hydra?" River asked happily.
"Or when you were trying your best to not throw up in the cart?" Star asked sarcastically.
"Okay, I think that's enough." Marco said and everyone laughed together.
"Well, we all think Mewni is awesome! But what about Earth? What do you think of Earth, Marco?" Star asked with a smile.
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"I think Earth it's a pretty great place!"
