AN#1: Well, this took longer to update but at least it's only been a month.
Singasongthatnooneelseknows – Sorry I didn't use your suggestion in this chapter, I might use it another one though. Thanks for the review.
GamerMan27 - UUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED! (I added a 'D' at the end hehehehe)
~~~Fate Intertwined~~~
"I think I'm getting pretty good," Star said as she back flipped and blasted a target with her wand. "Accuracy's getting more precise."
"Good for you," Glossaryck said, the tiny, blue book troll…er…elf…thing was sitting on top of the book of spells eating more pudding, recently Glossaryck had been consuming more and more pudding. "Keep it up; your training regime has only started."
Star grinned as she continued blasting targets. A few minutes later, Star was starting to get bored of training. "I wish a monster would show up," Star said blasting a target half-heartedly. "Training is getting a little too boring."
Glossaryck said nothing; the elf had eaten so much pudding that he basically ate himself into a coma-like state. He was lying down on the books of spells, numerous empty pudding cups were littered around him while he had a small plastic spoon in his six-fingered hand.
"Gloss!" Star yelled excitedly. "When Am I gonna fight real monsters?"
Glossaryck's response was series of snores.
"Well, he's about as helpful rock right now." Star said as she stared disbelievingly at the blue elf. Star picked up a pencil from her desk and began poking Glossaryck's nose.
"No," Glossaryck said in his sleep, he swiped at the pencil. "This pudding's all mine, you can't have any…zzzzz."
Star lightly giggled at her spell instructor.
Just then a portal opened behind Star.
"There she is, get her!"
A group of monsters suddenly jumped out of the portal. The group consisted of 7 monsters; all of them were half sea-creature half humanoid monster. Two were half shark; one was a great white and the other was a hammer-head, one was half octopus and was standing on two of its tentacles, two of the monsters were crustaceans; one crab and one lobster(not like Lobster Claws, this guy looks fiercer), one was half killer whale, and the last one was a sea horse. They were all donning the same kind of armor which resembled ancient Greek/Roman style battle gear.
Star spun around to face the monsters. "Uh…who are you?"
The "sea-monsters"(hehehe, word play), who were in a fighting stance, looked at each other before standing up straight.
The great white stepped forward and in a soft gentle-man like voice he spoke. "Uh yeah, I'm Gray, and these are my team mates."
Gray then gestured to each monster and introduced their names.
"This is Hammy." Gray pointed to the hammer-head. "Hi."
"This is Otto." Gray pointed to the octopus.
"This is King and Rex." Gray gestured to the crab and lobster.
"This is Willy." Gray pointed to the killer whale.
"And last but not least we have Quin." Gray said pointing to the sea horse who tipped his helmet in hello.
"Nice to meet you all." Star said cheerily. "But I'm guessing you're all here for the wand?"
The monsters all nodded.
"Alrighty then," Star said getting into battle stance. "Let dance."
A few minutes later.
"Wow, you guys are lot stronger than I thought." Star said struggling to get back on her feet. She could barely move and she was on the brink of passing out.
"It's nothing personal Princess Butterfly." Gray said leaning down to pick up the wand.
"We're just doing our orders." Hammy said.
"Willy," Gray called the orca over and then turned back to Star. "We'd stop at the wand, but we also asked to take you along with us as well."
Willy bent down and picked up Star bridal style.
Star raised her hand to try and punch Willy's chest, but it only came up as a light tap.
"Save your energy Princess," Willy said in his deep baritone voice. "Queen Oceana will need to talk to you first."
As Star passed out in Willy's arms the orca looked over to Gray and nodded his head.
"King, portal." The great white ordered.
"A 'please' woulda been nice." King replied in a British accent.
"Uh Gray?" Rex said with a light Scottish accent. "What about the book?"
Gray looked over to pile of rubble where Star's book of spells lay. "Leave it, her majesty only wanted the wand and the princess. Let's go."
King reached into his armor and pulled a pair of dimensional scissors, the crab opened a portal.
As the seven monsters left, taking Star and the wand with them, Glossaryck slipped out from in between the spell book's pages. He floated down to the floor and looked around him. The room was complete mess, evidence of a fierce battle. "This is not good; I never thought I would see The Seven Seas Squad again. Queen Butterfly is not gonna like this."
(Line Break Quote: "No! We're not leaving until the old donuts get thrown out.")
"Nylavee?" Jal'ana asked. "Never heard of that name before."
"Stop playing games with me Jal'ana," Queen Oceana threatened. "I'm a very patient Queen, but if you continue to test me any longer your daughter might just joining you soon."
Jal'ana smiled. "My little Jan'ana? Please, you and I both know nothing short of an army can take her down. Her powers have surpassed that of even Queen Butterfly."
"There are ways," Queen Oceana replied. "Underhand ways."
Queen Oceana then made her way to a bookshelf and pulled out a book from one of the shelves that were eye-level.
Jal'ana cast a glance at the book, his eyes widened. He then started laughing. "You summoned them?"
"I've become desperate," Queen Oceana said. "Desperately angered."
"You do look pissed off."
"I wouldn't worry though," Queen Oceana said putting the book back and pulling out another one. "Control is one of my best aspects."
Jal'ana laughed lightly to himself. "The Seven Seas Squad," Jal'ana said. "A group of mercenaries from Mewni's Seven Seas, each one with the capabilities of wiping out an entire kingdom…if paid well."
"You should know," Queen Oceana replied. "You hired them a few times before, I should hide you away somewhere, they would laugh at the mere of you in this state…then again, that would seem rather amusing to me."
"Yes, yes," Jal'ana said. "But tell me, why do you want the Butterfly wand of magic and power? Your own magic is stronger than theirs right?"
"Yes, it does. But I'd rather not have them interfering with my plans, Star Butterfly's magic is formidable enough on its own, but when my daughter fully awakens…well, I think you can what will happen then."
"Right, their powers combined will prove to be a little overwhelming, even for you."
Just then there was a knock on the door to Queen Oceana's private chamber.
"Come in Gray," Queen Oceana called out. "I've been waiting."
The door opened to reveal the members of the Seven Seas Squad. The monsters all lined up in front of the Queen.
"Your Majesty." They all said at the same time.
"Where is my package?"
Gray looked to Willy and nodded his head. Willy nodded back and pulled a small crystal orb from a satchel that he was wearing around his shoulder.
Queen Oceana marveled at the orb, inside of which held Star Butterfly who had been shrunken down to size.
"Excellent," Queen Oceana said. "The Wand?"
Gray stepped forward, kneeled down and presented a small wooden chest to Queen Oceana.
The Queen hesitated for a moment before lifting the lid of the box. Inside the chest was the wand of the Butterfly lineage.
"Wait," Queen Oceana said as she picked up the wand. "The half of the star is missing."
"I took notice if that as well your Majesty, I took the liberty of tracking down the energy signature and traced it to a swamp behind the Butterfly Kingdom."
"Good, you'll be able to procure the piece as well then?"
"It can be done, but you'll have to raise the amount of our payment." Gray smirked.
"Consider it done Gray, I can't have anyone else getting their hands on that missing piece."
"Understood," Gray said. "Boys, roll out."
"Wait," King said. "Is that King Jal'ana?" The crab pointed to the coral cage on the table.
"Hello boys," Jal'ana waved from his cage. "Nice weather we're having today huh?"
"Why are you trapped in that cage?" Rex asked.
"Oh no reason," Jal'ana replied. "I'm just suffering for my daughter."
"So the prophecy is holding true then?" Quin asked.
"Yes it is, but shouldn't boys be running off to do your work? Don't you want to get paid?"
"Sorry we can't help you this time King Jal'ana." Hammy said.
"It's alright, you boys run along now."
The monsters nodded to one another and promptly left the room, Willy had stayed behind for a few seconds and handed the orb, containing Star, to Queen Oceana before leaving as well.
Queen Oceana lifted up the orb and smiled. "Hello Princess Butterfly, it is good to see you again."
"I wish I could say the same for you."
Queen Oceana made her way over to the table where Jal'ana's cage was. She extended her hand and formed a hand-shaped coral holder and placed the orb in between the fingers. "There, now you'll have some company Jal'ana while I go about my personal business."
"When my parents find out about this they'll-"
"Sorry to cut you off Princess, but I already thought of that. I sent a mimic in your place," Queen Oceana said with a smirk. "I know that Glossaryck probably saw you being kidnapped by those monsters."
"What about the wand? How will you explain that?"
Queen Oceana went over to the chest and pulled out the wand. She then started chanting a spell. After a while the wand started glowing pink. "There, an exact copy of this wand has been sent to my mimic, she'll be able to access the wand's power at any given time."
"Just sit tight Star," Jal'ana said. "I know how this will all play out."
Queen Oceana laughed. "I don't think so Jal'ana, your predictions may be true, but now that I know of the prophecy I can work my way around it."
"You can try."
"I will."
(Line Break Quote: "I don't want the computer to watch me shower.")
As Jackie, Marco, and Tom were making their way to Jackie's house Marco's train of thought was mainly focused on Thomas.
'What is he?'
'Why does he have the abilities of a Sirenian Warrior?'
'IS he a spy or something those lines?'
'Who is he?'
As the trio got to Jackie's house, Marco stopped Thomas as Jackie opened the front door.
"I'll need to have a quick word with you later."
Thomas looked down at floor. "Prince Cal'um has been training you well."
"You know Prince Cal'um?"
"I was one of many Sirenian warriors who fought for Oceanopolis, but I defected to Atlantica after Queen Oceana destroyed Atlantanea. Despite our long time feud with the kingdom, destroying it completely was something I never wanted to happen."
Marco could hear desperation from Thomas' voice but also it seemed like he was holding something back. It felt like there some sort of deep secret that he didn't want anyone to find out. Marco decided to just brush it off as something Thomas saw during his time as a soldier.
"I heard the same story from Prince Cal'um," Marco replied. "It was beyond cruel."
"Exactly," Thomas said. "And the only way I can avenge the people who I lived alongside with is to protect Princess Marina so she can take over the throne."
Thomas put his hand on Marco's shoulder. "I'm not asking for much Marco Diaz, but will you please help me put an end to Queen Oceana's reign?"
Marco nodded his head and put his hand on Thomas' shoulder as well. "I'll do whatever I can, but I can't promise anything."
"That's good enough for me. We should go inside, Princess Marina might still be in shock."
As the two entered the house, Marco immediately felt a strong magical presence. "What is this?"
Thomas fell to one knee. "This is…Princess Marina's magic…its awakening." Thomas struggled to speak. "Her magic has an effect of Sirenian Warriors, you're not fully transformed yet that's why you aren't being affected as much."
Thomas tried to get up on his feet. "I need to go, I can't stay near this magical aura without my inhibiter. This presence could kill me."
Thomas then melted into a puddle of water that evaporated almost instantly.
…
"I've seen a lot of weird things before, that one just took the cake."
Dan suddenly came running down the stairs.
"Marco? Is that you?" Dan asked. It looked like he was also struggling under the magical presence.
"Dan, are you alright?"
"Yeah, but there's no time to lose, you need to get Marina to calm down."
"How do I that?"
"Whatever you can do, Serena is holding back most of the magic, but she can't hold it back for too long."
"Where is she?"
"Up in her room," Dan fell to one knee and clutched his chest in pain. "Hurry, I can feel the barrier weakening."
It was true, Marco could feel the shift in Jackie's magical presence.
"Get up there now, If Marina's magic continues to build up it could turn her body into a bomb and blow up the entire city."
Marco wasted no time and ran up the stairs. In front of Jackie's room was Rena, she had collapsed, probably due to the high concentration of magical presence coming out of Jackie's room.
"Marco-" Rena struggled. "Hurry…"
Marco opened the door and tentatively made his way inside. The room was completely white, it felt almost cavernous. "Jackie." Marco called out; his voice rang with an echo.
Meanwhile, outside of Jackie's room, Dan and Rena slowly got up to their feet. Dan made his way up the stairs.
"Rena? What's going on?"
Rena looked at the door to Jackie's room. "She created a pocket dimension."
"Does that mean?" Dan asked.
"No, her powers have been unleashed on their own; Marina has no control over them."
"That means Marina's trapped in her own subconscious world."
"And it's up to Marco to bring her back."
(Line Break Quote: "But I haven't finished my balloon yet.")
King Morah and Jon'ana were on a medium sized ship in the middle of an ocean of a dimension known for its sea gods and goddesses.
Right now the two were wrestling with various parts of the ship as they sailed through a hurricane.
"Remind me why we're here again!?" Jon'ana yelled as he strained to keep their vessel afloat by reefing the sails of the boat.
"The Center, Jon'ana!" King Morah yelled back while fighting with the wheel. "We won't be able out sail out of this storm, but we can at least find some refuge at the center."
"That didn't answer my question your highness!"
"Secure the rigging as tight as you can get it Jon'ana, we'll still need this boat in good working order if we want to get Isla del Tura by nightfall, the storm goddess should be right around in this area."
"Aye cap'n!" Jon'ana yelled back in irritation.
Jon'ana's long black, even though it was tied into a ponytail, was blowing in wind. The rain had softened to a slight shower, but the wind had started to pick more speed. "King Morah! The wind's getting stronger!"
"Aye! We're getting closer to the center."
As King Morah's boat tossed and turned while sailing through the hurricane, a faint sound could be heard.
"What's that sound?" Jon'ana asked.
"A storm goddess." King Morah replied.
"A storm goddess? Is that, crying?"
"Yes, usually storm goddesses cause these kinds of hurricane when greatly saddened."
"So there's a one at the center of this hurricane then?"
"Yup, and your job is to calm her down." King Morah said a clearly visible smirk.
Jon'ana gaped at the former monarch. "Is that the reason why you brought me along!?"
"In a way, yes. Jon'ana, I need your charm powers to calm her down enough so I can try to harvest a few of her tears."
Jon'ana knew that the situation he was in was obviously dire. He needed to help King Morah on the journey if he wanted to free his father from Queen Oceana. "I'll do what I can."
As the boat drew nearer to the storm goddess, Jon'ana gulped down his nervousness.
There, Jon'ana could see her. The storm goddess looked like a young girl in her early teens. She was floating in mid air, hugging her knees up to her chest while face was buried into her kneecaps.
The goddess had long hair, Jon'ana guessed that it was long enough to reach her feet. She was also completely naked, some of her hair curled around her body and covered her…other areas.
"Call out to her Jon'ana." King Morah said.
"Okay," Jon'ana said taking a deep breath. "Storm goddess!"
The girl didn't move. "My name is Procella, I don't want to talk to anyone, please go away!"
"Well, Procella, that's actually a lovely name."
Procella's body was trembling because she had been crying, but it was then when Jon'ana noticed her body stopped shaking.
Procella raised her head up. "You…you really think so?"
'Easy Jon'ana,' King Morah thought to himself. 'Storm goddesses are easily flattered.'
"Y…Yeah," Jon'ana said nervously. "It's beautiful."
Tears suddenly streamed down Procella's face, she then flew down toward the boat and flung herself onto Jon'ana. She buried her face into the boy's chest and cried her eyes out comically.
"WAAAAHH HAA!" Procella cried. "You're the only who's ever said that to me!"
King Morah saw this as the perfect opportunity to procure his quarry. He jumped off the upper deck down to where Jon'ana was trying to comfort Procella.
"There, there," Jon'ana said while awkwardly stroking Procella's back. "It's alright."
King Morah was grinning like an idiot as he reached into his coat and pulled a small vial with a wooden cork stopper. He remover the cork and held the vial under Procella's cheek. Her tears were streaming down her face so a few drops were collected into the vial.
Jon'ana glared at King Morah while holding onto Procella's shoulders.
(A few minutes)
By the time Procella finally calmed down, King Morah was steering the boat into the direction of Isla del Tura.
"Procella, are we going the right way?" Jon'ana asked while looking into a spy glass.
The goddess nodded her head and pointed forward. "I'm positive, it's just straight up ahead."
"Were sorry to have to leave you here," King Morah said. "But storm goddesses can't sustain themselves on land for too long."
"I understand, but I must warn you; the river goddess of that island is not as kind as I am."
"She will be a challenge nonetheless, but this matter is far too important. We'll worry about the details later."
"Um," Jon'ana began. "Procella? I'm…I'm really sorry about this but-"
Procella floated down to the deck of the small ship and placed a finger on Jon'ana's lip; silencing him immediately.
"It's okay, I'm sure I'll find someone like you day, hopefully one who isn't bound to someone else."
"Land HO!" King Morah yelled. "Make ready for a rough docking Jon'ana, I'm gonna ram this boat straight into the sand bank!"
Procella smiled. "Good luck on your adventure, I hope that man's madness doesn't rub off on you."
"I really hope so."
~~~Fate Intertwined~~~
AN#2: No excuses this this time. I just got lazy.