Opening File: Yahwahtacsip
An interdimensional realm that acts as a conduit for magic to flow into the universe this realm has remained secret to all but a handful of realms, one of them being the kingdom of Mewni. When a monster known as Adwaiter obtained the Alpha Rune the source of the realm's power and tried to dominate it. However Queen Moon the Undaunted along with the Magic High Commission aided Spellcaster, the ruler of Yahwahtacsip and defeated Adwaiter, taking back the Alpha Rune and thus secured an everlasting alliance between Mewni and Yahwahtacsip. During this time, Spellcaster's brother Hex became highly interested in the powerful magic of Mewni, specifically the magic of the Royal Wand.
He spent years studying about the wand and the history of Mewni's Royal Family, even learning of the secret history of Eclipsa, the Queen of Darkness. Eventually he became obsessed with taking the wand for his own and becoming able to wield all the magic in the universe and forged a plan to take the wand by force. It was around this time that Queen Moon was giving birth to her daughter, the next Princess of Mewni. Taking advantage of her being vulnerable by giving birth Hex made his move, planning to assassinate the Queen and her daughter, ending the Butterfly line and taking the wand for himself.
He forged secret alliances with various monsters who had long held grudges against the Butterfly Kingdom and on the day Moon was giving birth a monster army not seen since the war against the Immortal Monster launched a surprise attack. While King River rallied the kingdom's army against the monsters Hex slipped in and prepared to kill the Queen and her child before taking the wand for himself. Fortunately Hex's brother Spellcaster had been alerted to his brother's treachery and moved to stop him, arriving just in time to save Queen Moon and her newborn daughter's life. However Hex took Moon's daughter hostage, demanding he be given the wand or the child would die.
That is when the Magical High Commission arrived, summoned by Glosaryck and Spellcaster saved the Butterfly child but was fatally wounded. Hex, weakened from the battle and seeing the tide had turned against him fled from Mewni and had not been seen since. However he did not flee alone and took Spellbinder's daughter as revenge against his brother for foiling his plan. Since that day he has not been seen but is wanted by both Mewni and Yahwahtacsip for his crimes.
Mewni and Yahwahtacsip have remained in an alliance since then, despite mistrust on both sides as a result of Hex's actions.
End File
Xxx
"And so we see more of how of one change on one world can affect a dozen more. Aliens, interdimensional realms and more of that. Can one world affect so many others? I guess it all depends on it being the right place at the right time." TOM said fondly, closing the Yahwahtacsip file. "The choice one can make that can affect thousands. The needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few. Or perhaps needs of the one outweighing the needs of the many. Can such a person truly exist or does it have to be only one?"
Xxx
C0-N1Y or Connie as she was called by her organic peers had no idea how this had happened.
One moment the ship was leaving to return to Homeworld with the captured rebels to be put on trial and the next moment she was in an escape pod, watching as the Gem Warship fell back down to Earth. Her escape pod made it down into a field and she emerged from it unscathed. She looked around and saw lights in the distance, suggesting there was a settlement. A possible settlement could provide sustenance and shelter since a Gem escape pod did not have the kind of rations an organic would need to survive on a distant planet.
First things first, she needed to send to out a distress signal from her pod and hopefully a rescue party will be sent.
Second, she would have to locate one of her Gem superiors and request instructions.
And thirdly, if there is a settlement nearby she would have to carry out her orders from Blue Diamond to observe the status of Earth's population.
She reached into the console and activated the communicator. "C0-N1Y calling any Gems. This is C0-N1Y to anyone out there."
The screen showed static that remained for a moment but a rough outline appeared and the image cleared up slightly.
"This is Peridot to C0-N1Y. You are alive?"
"Yes. I was jettisoned in an escape pod as the ship lost control." Connie quickly nodded. "What happened to Lapis and Jasper?"
"Unknown. I cannot contact them either. We must assume they have been captured or destroyed. If that is the case we must continue the mission and call for rescue."
"I can activate the beacon in my escape pod." Connie suggested.
"A possible solution but given Earth's distance from Gem controlled space it'll never reach the nearest Gem outpost in time before the Cluster emerges. The history files state that a communication hub was established on this planet before it was abandoned. It'll have the range to contact Homeworld." Peridot said. "Where are you?"
"I don't know yet but I can see a possible settlement in the distance. I can continue Blue Diamond's mission and learn more about where I am while preparing a report for Blue Diamond." Connie offered.
"A logical suggestion. Our information could use a little updating. I will proceed to the Prime Kindergarten and determine the status of the Cluster while you proceed with your mission. Take your communicator with you and I will contact you when I am done." Peridot relayed her orders to the human who nodded.
"Understood." Connie nodded.
"And be on the lookout for those Crystal Gems. I have determined at least the one called Steven has survived and if the Steven survived it is logical those Gems survived as well." Peridot cautioned. "Maintain radio silence until our objectives are complete."
"Very well, Peridot." Connie said before Peridot ended the call.
So now she had a plan and objective that she would carry out. She took her communicator and left her escape pod behind, beginning her journey to the lights in the distance. As she walked towards the city a pair of azure eyes watched her from the shadows.
'She is going to GrimmFall.'
Xxx
"Lousy Crystal Gems." Peridot muttered as she pushed her way through the tall grass. "First they wreck my machines, now they destroy my ship. These Crystal Gems are a menace."
But even if the ship was destroyed and thus stranding her on the planet she still had a mission to carry out and she would do it as instructed by Yellow Diamond. She only hoped C0-N1Y could fulfill her mission and they could find a way off this planet before the Cluster hatched. While Peridot had never worked with organics she had to believe Blue Diamond had good reason to send that human on the mission with her.
"Okay, keep rational, Peridot." The green Gem said to herself. "First objective: return to Prime Kindergarten and check on the status of the Cluster. Second objective: locate communication hub and use it to send a message to Homeworld and request a rescue. A simple mission and one a Peridot like me can accomplish."
She knew the location of the Kindergarten and after a quick look at the map downloaded into her hand screen she knew which direction to go. As she left the tall grass field she never noticed the pair of azure eyes watching her.
'I found her. Now following.'
Xxx
Marco Diaz thought he had seen it all.
Sure, he knew Echo Creek was far out and not a big protected tri-city like GrimmFall or like Upper, Middle and Lowerton but it had its charm. He knew that nearly two centuries ago, a group of settlers called the Bonner Party settled in Echo Creek and found it overrun with possums. The reason they settled so far out was because the Grimm were often attracted to large human settlements and after scouting for miles they found that there were no Grimm near where Echo Creek would be founded, especially since it was settled during the winter. So to stake their claim to the land, the Bonner party went to war with the possums and drove most of them out.
Since then the people of Echo Creek had enjoyed a good life, save for the occasional Grimm attack but like most towns and cities Echo Creek usually had its share of Hunters or even authorities to keep the people safe who liked to keep a good outlook on life that would keep the Grimm from being attracted to them due to their ability to sense negative emotions which was a good thing.
And that was not him speaking as the so-called safe kid.
Sure, for most of his life he had played it safe which left him with a few friends. He wanted to prove himself he wasn't a 'safe kid' which led to him training to become a Huntsman. His peers laughed at him at the idea of him becoming a Huntsman while his parents understood and supported him, both of them starting to train him. Rafael and Angie Diaz were adventurers at hearts and they had undergone Hunter training even though they hadn't become official Hunters.
It was a cruel world and as much as they wishing things different they knew their son needed to learn how to defend himself. During his training he often went out on 'patrol' and ended up finding himself a couple of new teammates. The first was Janna Olena who Marco knew to be a troublemaker who got in detention nearly every day since school started. That was when the principal who heard of Marco undergoing Hunter training decided to start pairing him up with Janna to see if he could get her to be a better student.
It had taken months since Marco was forced to not only train with her under the guidance of his parents but also tutor her which brought her up from a slacker always in detention to barely passing her classes. He could have stopped hanging out with her then but by then he and Janna had formed some sort of weird friendship with both of them continuing to train, especially when Janna learned her Semblance of casting bad luck on her targets which she started using to pull pranks on him. The biggest surprise though when Jackie Lynn Thomas asked to join up with them, revealing her skateboard that could split into two guns that fired water based projectiles created by Jackie's Semblance. The three of them had become a team of some sort with a group of friends from Echo Creek Academy cheering them on which actually made Marco's life more exciting.
So he really shouldn't have been surprised when his parents took in a magical princess from another dimension.
And no, he wasn't being sarcastic.
(Flashback)
"So you say you're from another dimension." Principle Skeeves said, looking rather suspicious at his guests, given their appearance that looked to be from a different age.
The office lights flickered on and off. The king, queen, and principal looked to Star, who was toying with the light switch, completely oblivious to their conversation.
"And you said there was no magic on Earth." She said, looking at her parents.
"Yeah..." Skeeves said slowly, looking back between the girl and her parents. "This isn't gonna work."
King Butterfly presented a chest of riches, and dollar signs appeared in Skeeves' eyes. "She is gonna love it here!"
Star simply continued to mess with the light switch.
"She's going to need a guide." King River said firmly. "And we had someone in mind."
That was when Marco Diaz's day started..
"Marco Diaz, to the principal's office. Marco Diaz, to the principal's office." Skeeves said over the P.A.
"Oooooh... looks like someone's in trouble. So, I guess everyone who voted me "Safest Kid" must be feeling pretty embarrassed right about now." He said, trying to make himself the center of attention.
Pretty hard to do that when half the entire class was asleep. Even the teacher, Miss Skullnick ignored him in favor of painting her toenails.
"Do I need a hall pass?" Marco asked, changing his tune quickly.
"Would you just go already?!" The teacher asked angrily.
Marco whimpered and slowly shuffled out of the room. Principal Skeeves and Star Butterfly waited outside the principal's office, waiting for Marco who shortly joined them.
"Marco! I want you to meet our new foreign exchange student – Star Butterfly." Skeeves said, introducing him to the new student who was pressing the button on a water fountain.
When a spout of water appears, she backed away in fear and growled at it.
Marco only had one word to describe what he was feeling. "Huh?"
"I need a responsible, never-take-chances type to keep an eye on her, and who better than you, the safe kid?" Skeeves continued.
"What?! No-no-no-no! I am completely wrong for this. I'm a misunderstood bad boy." Marco desperately denied.
Skeeves pinched Marco's cheek. "You're adorable! Now I'm off to the ice cream shop. Daddy's getting all 52 flavors!"
And with that he walked through the nearest exit, leaving the school. Marco looked over to Star trying to eat the water fountain.
Xxx
Sticking to what the principal told him to do Marco began showing Star around the school; Marco walking as Star skipped around him. "Thanks for showing me around, safe kid."
"What? No!" Marco growled, clenching his fists. "Look, whatever you heard about me isn't true. I don't know where people get the idea I'm so safe! Oh, watch your step. Loose tile."
Star gasped as Marco led her around the tile.
"It's ridiculous!" He closed an open locker. "Careful. You wear a helmet in the gym shower one time, and you're labeled for life! Oop. Broken glass." He grabbed Star and lifted her over the broken glass bottle, leading them outside. "Frankly, I like taking risks and would welcome a little danger in my life."
Star spotted a butterfly next to Marco and used her magic wand to turn a butterfly into a screeching monster that caused Marco to jump back and launched a kick that knocked it down. It spun around and picked up a nearby student and flew away as the student screams in terror.
"What the heck was that?!" Marco exclaimed as he spun around and faced Star.
"Oops. Heh. I thought you wanted a little danger." Star said suspiciously.
Marco looked at Star suspiciously. "Who are you?"
"I'm a magical princess from another dimension!" Star made a rainbow with her wand, and several cute creatures appeared around her.
The rainbow suddenly burst into flames, and the cute creatures ran away.
Marco looks stunned. "Well, that brings us to the end of our tour. I'm going home now."
Star waved goodbye. "Bye, new friend! See you tomorrow! Bye! Bye, new friend! See you later!"
Marco lifted his hood over his head and ran away.
Xxx
Marco finally reached his home, planning a whole afternoon of sitting in his room and enjoying some peace and quiet. As he opened the door he heard laughter and when he looked inside he was greeted with a sight that made his eyes go wide.
"Oh, Marco! Come meet the new foreign exchange student who's gonna be living with us!" Marco's mother said, sitting on the couch with his father and…
Star Butterfly!
"Wha...? W-Wha...?" Marco stammered, staring at the three on the couch, all of them smiling brightly.
"What?! I had no idea these were your parents! I just assumed everyone on Earth had the last name 'Diaz'!" Star ran up to Marco and dragged him into the house.
"Won't it be nice to have Star's upbeat, lively energy around the house?" Angie asked excitedly.
"We could've gotten that from a litter of puppies." Marco suggested subtly.
Star's eyes brightened up. "I... love... puppies!"
Star pointed her want to the floor and used her magic to produce a litter of 8 cute puppies.
"Awww..." Marco's parents cooed at the adorable puppies.
The puppies started shooting lasers from their eyes, to everyone's surprise. Their lasers knocked over a lamp and shoot a hole through Marco's face in a Diaz family photo, causing Marco to look at Star angrily.
"Oh. Hehehe..."
Mr. Diaz chuckled as he picked up a puppy. "Well, they are really cute."
The puppy shot a laser at Mr. Diaz's right eye. "Ay! My eye!" Oddly enough he was still laughing.
"Marco, why don't you show Star her new room?" Angie suggested to her son.
"Yay!" Star ran upstairs, leaving Marco to drag her giant luggage up the stairs, and the yipping puppies followed.
"Here's your new room...!" He dropped the luggage and it lands on his foot. "Ow!"
"Okay... I can work with this." Star brought her want. "Sparkle Glitter Bomb Expand!"
The room exploded into a large castle loft in the side of the house.
"Whoa..." Marco stared in awe as Star went to bounce on her new bed.
"Ahhh! That's better!"
"I wish I had a room like this." Marco admitted, actually impressed by Star's magic for the first time today.
Star stopped bouncing. "You do?!"
"Huh?"
Star ran out of her room and into to Marco's bedroom. "Mystic Room Suck Transform!"
There was a flash of purple light that created black hole in the middle of the floor, sucking up everything in the room. Star and Marco screamed as Star shut the door before she and Marco got sucked in.
"'Suck'?! 'Suck'?! Why was the word 'suck' in that spell?!" Marco yelled, waving his hands furiously.
"I don't know! It just came out that way!" Star said apologetically.
Marco groaned, slamming his face on the door.
"I'm sorry, Marco." Star said apologetically but brightened up. "Uh... how about a little sunshine to brighten your day?"
Star waved her want, creating a small sun over Marco's head. It immediately turned into a raincloud, drenching him in water.
"Aw..." Star groaned, knowing she screwed up again.
"I can't take this anymore! If you're moving in, I am moving out!" Marco finally shouted, tearing at his hair.
Marco moved toward the open window and slipped outside.
Star quickly ran to the window when she heard a loud thump and looked to see Marco had landed in a bed of cacti. "Are you okay?"
"Luckily, the cactuses broke my fall." Marco said, clenching his teeth and glad his Aura would heel him quickly.
"Do you need any help?" Star asked, trying to make things better.
"Ow! I'm fine! Just leave me alone!" Marco pulled himself off the cacti and walked off.
Xxx
"Here he comes. Here he comes. Hey, brother, do me a solid! Refill this for me!" The innocent civilian ran inside the store away from Marco. "They won't let me back inside because I'm soooooggyyyyy!"
A mother and her son come out of the store.
"Did you bring me my refill?!" Marco shouted at them.
The mother and son quickly walk away.
"Don't make eye contact." Marco noisily chewed on a bar of chocolate. "You come to my house, you bring toilet paper!"
Star appeared behind Marco and he spun around to face her. "Wa-ha! Whoa! What are you doing here?"
Star waved her wand made the raincloud disappear. "I didn't get a choice about coming here to Earth, and you didn't get a choice about having to deal with me."
Marco's angry expression softened.
Maybe it was because he was too wet to be angry.
Maybe it was because Star was not being the bright and chipper girl he had seen all day.
"I'll... I'll find another family to live with."
Marco's expression turned from regretful to nervous as he looked behind Star.
"S-S-Star?"
Star turned around spotting a hoard of monsters, all of them led by a small birdman.
Marco thought they were all unusual Mobians until the leader shouted at Star. "Star Butterfly! At last, I've found you!"
"Ludo! How did you know I was here?" Star shouted, pointing her wand at the monsters.
The small birdman named Ludo chuckled. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Yes. That's why I asked."
"Well, Buff Frog—Hey! I don't have to tell you anything! Get her!" Ludo shouted.
Ludo's minions roared and charged at the princess. Star assumed an attack stance when Marco jumped in front of her.
"Hi-yaaa!" Marco dropped a three-eyed minion with a punch to the gut and an axe kick to the head.
Star laughed. "You can fight?!"
"It's called… Future Huntsman!" Marco shouted as he charged at the monsters.
He dropped the Bearicorn with a cross chop while Star fought Beard Deer who was wielding a hammer; she kicked him in the stomach, and the hammer bonked him on the head. Marco gave a karate yell as he does a flying kick across another monster. Even without his weapons which luckily were stored in the garage and not in his room when Star made her black hole he was far from helpless.
"You said she was unguarded!" Ludo shouted at Buff Frog who only let out a confused grunt.
The Three-eyed Potato Baby shot across the street and Beard Deer was hit with a blast of water.
"Hiiii-ya!" Marco chopped between the heads of a minion with two heads. "Huh?"
The Two-headed minion growled before Marco punched the minion's two heads continuously.
Star jumped behind a giraffe-headed minion. "Rainbow Fist Punch!"
Star produced a rainbow-colored fist to knock the giraffe minion through a car window. While fighting the first three-eyed minion, Marco opened the car's driver side door, and the giraffe minion's neck stretched to knock the three-eyed minion out.
"Hah!" Star knocked a minion over with her wand, and it whinnied in pain like a horse.
Marco appeared next to her, and they smiled at each other as Marco karate-chopped the two-headed minion and Star blasted Buff Frog back into a streetlight.
"You're embarrassing me! Get up!" Ludo shouted.
Buff Frog got back up and broke the streetlight off its base, using it as a club.
"Jellybean Hallucination Mist!" Star shouted and blasted Buff Frog with magic, and he hallucinated raining jellybeans and faces on his hands.
"Whoa... what is happening?"
The Three-eyed Potato Baby and Big Chicken punched Star and Marco to the ground but Marco let out a battle cry as he knocked them away with a jumping chop and kick.
"Mega... Narwhal Blast!" Star fired a magical blast from her wand that turned into a barrage of narwhals that knocked out all the minions with an army of narwhals.
Ludo looked surprised, then displeased as Star stood over him with a cocky look. "You want some of this, Ludo?"
"No..." Ludo took out a pair of strange scissors. "You see, you morons?! This is what happens when you don't work out!" He opened a dimensional portal with the scissors. "Your muscles are like pudding! Come on, back in the portal, back in the portal."
Ludo's minions, groaning and covered in bruises, shuffled through the portal.
"You even retreat like losers!"
Buff Frog still hallucinating was the last of the minions to enter the portal. "I'm freaking out...!"
Ludo was left alone to enter the portal. "I'll get you, Star Butterf—!"
The portal closed around Ludo's neck, choking him. He pulled his head in at the last second, leaving behind his skull crown.
Once they were gone Marco turned to Star with an excited look on his face. "That was amazing! I was amazing! You were amazing!"
"Yeah. I guess we were." Star smiled but then looked sad. "...Well... I should probably go pack my bags."
Star started to walk away sadly but Marco quickly stopped her. "Wait! I don't want you to go. I want you to stay with us."
Really?!" Star brightened up as she hugged Marco and he smiled. "Hugs!"
They starting walking home, and Marco did some karate moves. "Are there gonna be monsters attacking us all the time?"
"Yeah, probably."
"All right! Sounds so dangerous!" Marco stopped Star before she crossed the street. "Whoa! Let's cross at the light."
"Okay, 'wild man'." Star shot a fish-shaped magic stream from her wand. It flew up and swirled around the moon.
From that point on a new story started by two friends brought together by the Universe had begun.
(End Flashback)
Since then Marco's life had never been the same.
Everyday had been another adventure with Star as he worked on settling her into life on Earth which had its rough moments, especially after he introduced Star to Janna and the two of them became prank sisters. Star also got along with Jackie who showed her the wonders of skateboarding which led Star to turning the interior of the house into a skateboarding park so she could practice skateboarding. Star once had the idea of going out to hunt for Grimm after she learned about them but Marco had put his foot down there, not wanting Star to end up in a fight she couldn't walk away from.
Fighting monsters was one thing but fighting Grimm was another.
Still Star thought of the idea of becoming a Huntress was no different than from how she would run off to fight monsters in the swamplands of Mewni so she was pretty much considered the fourth member of their team. She would train alongside the others and she turned out to be just as skilled as Marco, likely even more in hand to hand combat given how she had been taught to fight by the Mewnian guard when she was little. They hadn't awakened her Aura yet since Star was already powerful with her wand and the point of her being on Earth was to learn how to be more responsible so it was agreed she would train with her magic first before deciding whether or not to awaken her Aura and learn what her Semblance might be.
It was a little rocky at first but all in all it was-
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Marco screamed as he suddenly fell down a water slide and into a pool where the living room of the Diaz home was supposed to be.
"Good morning Marco!" Star laughed as she jumped into the pool, splashing Marco in the face.
Both of them laughed as they splashed each other.
"Hey Star, did you ask my parents before you made the pool? I don't want them freaking out." Marco said, calling a quick time out from the splash fight.
"I'M FREAKING OUT!" Rafael shouted, wearing a pair of goggles with his swim suit as he jumped into the pool.
Well, crises averted.
Like he was about to say, all in all it wasn't so bad.
Now if only he could go a day without walking in wet socks.
Xxx
"So she is here."
The person who spoke sat on a high chair, gazing into a crystal orb that showed him Star Butterfly as she played in the pool with Marco.
"I knew this would gain your attention."
Behind the chair was a blue-skinned humanoid lizard creature with slicked-back dark purple hair, and yellow eyes. He wore a black suit with a white shirt underneath it and a red tie. What stood out about him however was the fact that his middle right hand finger was missing.
"And what do you want from me, Immortal One?" The man asked, glancing over his shoulder. "I know you wouldn't show me this unless you had plans of your own."
The Immortal One was one of many titles the lizard like being behind had gone by over the years that had struck fear in all of his enemies. At least before he was stopped by a young Mewnian Queen years ago when he was close to attaining his dream of finally overthrowing the Butterfly family and returning Mewni to the rightful people. He had already proven himself by killing the previous Queen and thought nothing of her daughter which had proven to be a mistake. When she showed him he was not as invulnerable as he believed his armies fled in fear, leaving him to dust himself off and walk away with grudging acknowledgement for his opponent, Queen Moon.
His defeat had forced him to realize his mistake.
He had thought he could conquer Mewni by force, believing the kingdom had become too complacent in their luxurious lives and when he successfully killed their Queen he believed it was a sign that he would be victorious. When he was defeated he was forced to acknowledge he had been overconfident and that had led to his downfall and that brute force wouldn't bring him the victory he sought. So instead he put away the armor and weapons, reinventing himself as a patient planner that spent years waiting and plotting to overthrow the Butterfly family. He traveled all over Mewni, going to secret places and learning about Mewni's history, culture and magic.
It had taken years of careful plotting, bribing and stealthily learning everything about the magic of the Buttefly family while gaining the influence he needed to ensure he had eyes and ears everywhere to ensure he would know every move the Butterfly family would make. It had taken even longer to learn more about magic of the Buttefly family since he had actually had to travel to the remains of the former world the Mewnians had escaped from and learn about the source of their magic.
The mere fact he had learned about their magic was enough to make him grin in accomplishment, knowing he was one step closer to his goals.
It was because of this knowledge that Hex had escaped when his plan to assassinate Queen Moon had failed and allowed him to flee where the Queen and his husband wouldn't find him. Though the Immortal One had hoped that Hex would be successful he had already prepared his own set of back-up plans when it became clear that Hex had failed. Still when he heard of Moon's child being sent to another dimension he was quick to learn whatever he could about this Earth dimension from his spies in the Butterfly Kingdom and what he heard had suggested that he perhaps needed to visit an old friend whom he thought had taken residence in a backwater dimension with no magic whatsoever.
"I do but given that the friends the young princess has surrounded herself with I thought it'd be prudent to seek out assistance from someone who knows this dimension better than me. I have heard of this dimension from the rumors circling the Butterfly Kingdom about how this world is full of warriors and monsters and that she is training with some of them even now. I wouldn't want to send weak innocent monsters into a death trap so as long as I can avoid it." The lizard replied calmly. "You seek to master all magic. Perhaps I can aid you in that goal if you are willing to assist me."
The man smirked. "Calling in that favor I owe you for aiding me in attempting to assassinate Queen Moon all those years ago and for helping me escape?"
"You can call it that." The lizard replied calmly.
"Very well. Tell me of your plan, Immortal One."
"You may call me Toffee."