Chapter 21: Remembrance

Alistair's Domain: The Monastery

"Intriguing isn't it Mason? Your dearest niece is willing to go to some torturous Reform School because she killed you, isn't that cute!?" Kassius said as he drank a pitcher of milk as he held a crystal ball that had visions of our two heroes somberly walking home. Mason grunted loudly in response as he consumed large amounts of milk, honey and grapes without very little thought.

"It's beautiful to see change in a Mewnian isn't it Mason?" Kassius asked the Bearer of Envy, who growled violently as he gluttonously ate more and more milk and honey without any thought or reason.

"Do you love Star Butterfly? Dearest Friend Mason of Envy?" Kassius asked the Bearer of Envy, he only growled, in a approving tone. Kassius laughed in response as he drank more heavenly pearl milk.

"Don't worry my dear friend, I'll tell you everything about Star..." Kassius said to the Bearer of Envy in guilty tone.

"Star..." Mason said as he finished his meal of various food from the Monastery.

"She's really nice and her friend redeemed Ira's heart, that tells you something about Humans." Kassius said as if he was an expert at the knowledge of humans

"Mason, I'm sorry I made you a little bit too thick-headed..." Kassius said regretfully to the Bearer of Envy, not truly wanting Mason to be more like an animal rather than a mewnian, in fact he only did it to . Mason once again growled at the Bearer of Pride, Kassius pulled out a vial containing Mason's memories that he treasures and remembers the most.

"Maybe you just need some of this to make you be like you were before your ultimate demise, Dearest Bearer of Envy, Bearer of Backstabbery and Bearer of Hate..." Kassius said as with excellent pouring precision he poured some of the jade green liquid in Mason's pitcher of milk, grape and honey smoothie drink. Mason looked inside his pitcher and in an instant he drank all of the contents inside of the ivory pitcher.

He coughed violently after drinking the tainted milk, he roared violently as he smashed the ivory pitcher down causing the Bearer of Pride to jump out of surprise, Mason covered his face with his hands, coughing and coughing even more so, he got on his knees as Kassius looked at him in fear, for he never tried using these types of potions on other Bearers, then deep in his mind, he remember something that was truly important in Mason's life and experience.

She was young, she had a beautiful light blue dress, her golden locks reached to the bottom of her neck and on the top of her head was a well-made tiara. She frolic through the family gardens with a happy smile plastered on her face, she frolic with grace and yet recklessnes in the eyes of some, the garden itself was rather large with flowers of various colors and designs

There she picked various flowers, one was a bluebell, one was a rose, one was a tulip and another was a poppy, but she mainly picked daylily's, beautiful flowers with a yellow and green tinge as the color of the flower bud. She picked enough flowers to please herself, smiling to herself she ran to him, not even bothering to even look at her now stained dress, she showed him the bouquet of well-picked flowers with a happy smile.

"Isn't it pretty?" she said, waiting for his approval, but instead of looking at his daughter's bouquet, he looked at his daughter's dirtied dress. He sighed loudly as he saw his daughter's carelessness closing his eyes out of annoyance.

"You need to stop being so careless Star..." He said, she looked at him in confusion, she once again showed her father the bouquet of flowers, but he quickly dismissed it, wanting his servants to send his daughter back to her room so she could bathe and be cleanse of the earth, she looked at her father in sadness, not even bothering to even see the flowers she picked and instead told her to be cleaned. She was removed from her father's sight and was escorted back to her room, dropping the bouquet of flowers on the ground next to her father who was prepared to discard the pack of flowers

That is until...I came in, I grabbed the flowers off of the floor, he looked at me in a glare, I responded in the same way both of us having the same resentment as each other.

"Remember she is just a young girl..." Was all I said to him, he folded his arms and avoided eye contact not wanting to listen to me.

"You can't judge me for you don't even have a wife or daughter!" He responded rather aggressively I sighed greatly, not wanting to start another argument, I began my way to her room, it was closed, I placed an ear against the door, my face grew in disgust, I could hear muffled crying. I knocked, she didn't respond, for Wanted to be alone.

"It's me..." I only said, she stopped crying once I said that, and after a couple seconds of me waiting, she opened the door, there she was, tears welling up in her eyes, she sniffed and sniffled, not even noticing that I was holding her bouquet of flowers

"What do you want Uncle Masson?" She said to me, quickly I thought of an clever and witty answer that can cheer her up, so then I held the bouquet tighter, I present the bouquet to her, she looked at it but before she could say anything, I spoke up almost rudely interrupting the young princess.

"I want to tell you that this bouquet is absolutely beautiful..." I said, she looked at the bouquet and then at me, she smiled as she wiped tears off of her face. I handed her the bouquet of flowers but she declined surprising me for I expected her to take it back.

"I want you to have it..." I looked at her in surprise before giving her a small smile, I patted her little head kindly and softly as I could have sworn her father was glaring at me jealously. I looked back to my brother and gave him a cocky smile, he huffed angrily in response as he folded his arms once more.

"You really are different Star, but unlike your father, I view your difference as a blessing..." I said to her in kind and warming smile, she gave me the same response.

"Don't allow your father's words to break you, for he views your cheerfulness and your enthusiasm as recklessness and stupidity, remember this Niece Star never listen to the one's who seekingly bring you down." I said to my dear niece, she smiled at me and nodded, I smiled back, hopefully she can follow this unlike myself.

Which admittedly is probably the reason why my brother or sister doesn't like me, and also the reason I don't have the throne, but comparatively speaking, not having the throne seems like a good thing.

Mason finally uncovered his face, tears welling up in his jaded eyes as more memories started to flow beautifully through Mason's mind, he remembers his dear niece, he remembers his rather aggressive brother and he remembers the bouquet of flowers that his dear niece gave to him when he was still part of the Butterfly family and was semi-welcomed by them, most of the welcoming tone was from his dear niece, the niece that he loved like a real daughter, like a real form of offspring.

A rage started to build up inside the Bearer of Envy, a hatred for his brother started to grow, and his desire to unite with his niece seem to suddenly appear as well, he suddenly looked at his dear friend Kassius and all of the sudden hugged him tightly, something that shocked the Bearer of Pride with the sudden embrace and how tight the embrace was to being with.

"Thank..." Mason started, still unable to speak in full sentence but at least he can speak now.

"You..." Mason finished, Kassius looked at his dear friend in concern, but also accomplishment, for now Mason was a Bearer of Despair and not a Beast of Despair.

"I..." He exhaled loudly wanting to speak more words but couldn't.

"Must..." He coughed, struggling to say words with his now profound memories in his mind.

"Find..." He throat bled for it was rare to have the serpent use his forked tounge to speak

"Star..." Mason finished as he broke the embrace. Kassius gulped in response, Mason heard Kassiuses very audible gulp.

"About Star...She's not at earth anymore, she's going to be escorted by her parents to Saint Olga's...For she was told that she killed you and blamed herself all for it..." Mason in a split second went from joy and happiness for finally being able to remember to both shock for Star was going to Saint Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses, something that he knows that her parents always threatened her with when she was misbehaving, if being nice to a peasant was consider misbehavior. A bigger rage built inside Mason, still disgusted in his brother and his sister-in-law for even suggesting the idea of going to some reform school for a princess who doesn't even need to be reformed to begin with.

"Kassius..." Mason asked his dear fellow Bearer of Despair.

"Let...Me...Save...Her..." Mason's voice was deep in desperation, desperation for he wanted to see his dear niece in his newly reformed state of mind, something that the Bearer of Pride quickly noticed.

Saturday Morning...

Star sighed somberly as she looked at her luggage that was filled to the brim with various clothes and many other things, she looked around her room in silence. slowly the wand in her hand, the wand that killed her dear uncle began to glow, she quietly exited out of the room, leaving the door open, her wand began to glow greater, she shot a beam inside of the room and instantly it turned back to what the guest room was before Star ever came to earth. She sighed once again, needing to use once more.

Today was the day, the day when Star actually listens to her mother and father and goes to Saint Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses so she can control herself and her wand better than before. She somberly walked down the stairs, dragging her trunk full of clothes, that was until someone behind her pulled it away from her, she quickly turned to see her love, Marco holding her luggage for her, she smiled sadly at Marco from his nobleness to help his best friend. Maybe today's the day Star should tell her love about her feelings, she blushed by the mere thought of expressing her feelings towards the Latino, especially mere seconds before leaving to reform school.

She sighed as she walked downstairs to see Marco's Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz both of the two parents had the same look Marco had, sad that Star has to leave, in fact they even baked a cake for her, Star was too depressed to even take a slice of it, Marco had the same feeling.

"So this is it..." Marco said to his best friend causing her to feel even guiltier.

"Don't worry Marco, I can visit on the weekends..." She said to her love, trying to at least find a mushroom in a pile of manure. Marco looked at her with a small smile, hopefully Star is completely true and isn't just saying things to make Marco feel less depressed.

"If my parents let me..." Star said under her breath.

"Damn it Star..." Marco whispered under his breath, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz notice that our two heroes would like to be alone with one another so they left the two somberly. Our two heroes looked at each other in silence, just staring at each other. It was getting awkward quite fast.

"Again don't worry Marco, I can still visit you during the weekends, if my parents allow me to that is..." Star said sadly as she started to look to the ground, silence once again envelop between two heroes, it has been an eventful week hasn't it? From Star wanting to go to Saint Olga's for unknowingly killing her uncle and defeating a gigantic dragon made of metal that can breathe fire and helping Isolation point return back to it's forest-filled state.

"Star, I think your parents are here..." specifically said to Star, sighing greatly she quickly walked away from Marco not wanting him to see her sorrowful face, that is until Marco stopped her.

"What is it?" Was all she said to Marco, tears started to well up in her eyes, not wanting to see him, She stared at him wanting and waiting for an answer, then it one fetal swoop, one quick action, he quickly kissed her on the cheek, instantly she blushed as she did, her eyes widening in shock as Marco finally kissed, and more importantly, she didn't even ask for the kiss, she didn't showed any signs wanting one. She smiled as he kissed her, sure it was kiss on the cheek but it was a kiss to begin.

But she desperately wanted a full-on kiss on the mouth, but she refrained from doing so, she looked at Marco when he ended the kiss, looking at her for she had an amazing expression on her pretty face, eyes glittering with tears of joy and glee for she finally had a kiss from her love, to bad it was probably the last day of seeing him, something that quickly donned on Star.