Jack and the soldiers appeared in the middle of Echo Creek Academy. Jacks wand turned into a bracelet which put on his wrist before collapsing to the ground. One of the soldiers lifted him up and supported him.
"Where are we? Are we dead?" he asked.
"No we're not dead. We are on Earth." Jack said
"Why? The princess needs us!"
"What good are we to her if we're dead?
"Good point Mr Frost."
"Call me Jack. Now we need to get to where Star has been staying for the past few months."
"Okay."
"I'll give you directions as we go. I'm too weak to do magic." The group set off towards the front of the school then went down the street in the direction of Marcos house. It took them about a quarter of an hour to get there as they were all exhausted and when they did arrive one of the soldiers knocked on the door. Marco was the one who answered.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm am Private Ryan from the Mewnian army and these are some of my comrades."
"So why are you here?"
"Let us in Marco." Jack said. He stumbled to the front of the group and Marco gasped.
"What happened to you? Where's Star?"
"Let's just say things didn't go according to plan. Can we come in?"
"Sure, I'll get some bandages and painkillers." Marco ran off to the kitchen as Jack and the soldiers walked in. Marco came back in with some bandages and wrapped Jack up as best he could then gave him some tablets to take. "Do you need rest? You look pretty beat up."
"No. I need to save Star. We'll use her room as a makeshift war room."
"Okay then." Marco led the group up into Stars room. "What needs to happen?"
"We need a plan of attack. I have a weapon we can use but I need some help. These soldiers would lay down their life for Star but the question is, are you willing to help?"
"Of course! I can't leave my best friend in trouble."
"Good. The soldiers here are better at planning than you so I'll send you off on a side mission. Remember that katana from the prophecy?"
"Yeah I do."
"Well that is real, very powerful and you need to go and get it. It is in the basement of St Olgas."
"REALLY! I have to break in there again!?"
"Don't worry. I'll go with you, I have certain contacts in there."
"Fine." Jack turned to the soldiers.
"Okay boys, I'll give you the basis of the plan and you work up from there. When I get back I'll help work out the kinks and we'll decide when to initiate it, if a lady called Mrs Diaz comes in here just say you are saving Star. Got that?"
"Sir Yes Sir!" the soldiers said.
"Good. Now I'm assuming all of you know about the stone titans. The ones every royal family used to have." All of the soldiers nodded so Jack continued. "I have one hidden away on Mewni so we can use that. Another thing I can do is boost your strength and resilience so you are stronger and tougher. But if I do this the spell will last forever. I used it on Marco and now he will always be tougher. Are you okay with that?"
"Yes." The soldiers said
"Good. Now get planning and me and Marco will go get that katana." Jack and Marco left the room went downstairs. Mrs Diaz and Ambrosia came in the back door and spotted them.
"What happened to you?" they both said.
"No time to explain. Me and Marco need to be somewhere."
"Where's Star?" asked Mrs Diaz.
"In trouble. Now we really need to go."
"I'm coming to! I want to help!" Ambrosia said.
"Come on then." Jack said. "Also Mrs Diaz, there's a group of soldiers in Stars room so don't be alarmed when you see them. They're here to help." Jack sliced the air in front of them and a portal opened which the trio walked through. They came out in the wasteland outside of St Olgas. A small yelp came out of Ambrosias mouth and she squeezed Marcos arm.
"Why didn't you tell me we were coming here?"
"Don't worry. I know St Olga." Said Jack. He walked up to the guards at the gate and they raised their weapons.
"What are you doing here? Leave at once!"
"You wouldn't want to kill St Olga's nephew would you?"
"Impossible. Jack Frost is dead."
"That's what she told you. Know let me in."
"No."
"Let him in boys." St Olga said. The guards turned and looked at her.
"But he's a boy! We're not supposed to let them in."
"I trust him." The guards walked over to a lever and opened up the gate. Marco, Jack and Ambrosia walked into the courtyard.
"What do you want Jack?" asked St Olga. "I'm a bit busy. I've had a boy break in, break some of the robots and affect the way the girls are acting."
"Two things. I'm here for something and that boy is behind me."
"YOU! I'll kill you!"
"Now aunt, no need for that. The universe is at stake and we need to go to the basement."
"Is this about the attack on Mewni?"
"Yes. The prophecy is in the final stages."
"Oh. Follow me." The trio followed St Olga into the building. Ambrosia said hi to some of her friends that were still there and once again the princesses stared at Marco. They made their way to a set of stairs and went down. At the bottom of the stairs was large door made of some sort of metal. St Olga completely ignored it and went over to the wall opposite. She placed her hand on it and drew a pattern of sorts which opened up a secret door in the wall. The group walked through it and down a long hallway. They reached another door which St Olga opened up with a key that hung around her neck. Behind the door was an immense room filled with armour, weapons, treasure and more. Marco and Ambrosia got distracted by everything there but Jack and St Olga walked purposefully towards a display at the end of the room. Inside of it was a katana that had a black hilt with a red stripe running down the middle. It was in sheath that was pitch black. St Olga opened the case and handed the sheathed katana to Jack. He pulled it out and examined it. The blade itself had a red streak running up the middle that joined the one on the hilt. He tested its weight and nodded.
"Good. Do you still have the armour?"
"Yes. It's just over here." She walked over to a cloth and pulled it off to reveal a suit of red samurai armour. It had a dragon on the chest and was made of metal.
"Good, still enchanted I presume."
"Yes."
"MARCO! COME HERE!" Jack yelled. Marco came running with Ambrosia from the other side of the hall.
"What is it?"
"If you're going to help me you'll need some protection so I'm giving you this armour and this katana."
"Is that the katana from the prophecy?"
"Yes. This is a very powerful sword."
"What does it do?" Jack pointed it at the display case and fired red lightning from it, destroying the case.
"That."
"Why are you giving this to me? I don't know how to use it!"
"This armour is a relic from the start of your family line. Your first ancestor, Ubaldo, wore this armour and used this sword to try to bring peace to the worlds Audamar attacked. He became a beacon of hope for all people. His enemies feared him and his allies loved him. Eventually he became old so he gave the armour and the sword to his daughter. It went on like that until just over a thousand years ago your family disappeared along with the red menace as the wearer of the armour came to be called. It seems that the next in line moved to Earth and the armour disappeared. Somehow it made its way here and now you will wear it."
"That is pretty cool. So how do I figure out how to use it?"
"The armour contains knowledge from Diaz who has worn it. Once you put it on you will become as skilled as those before you, know the strategies of your ancestors and the weaknesses of your enemies."
"It looks a bit big for me."
"It's enchanted so it will shrink or grow to the size of the wearer. Do you want to wear it?"
"Hell yeah!" Marco stepped up to the armour and inspected it before putting it on. Jack attached the sheath this waist. "This thing lets me move pretty freely, how tough is the armour?" Jack grabbed the sword from Marcos waist and swung it at the suit. It barely left a dent and just bounced off.
"Strong enough to stop that." Jack said as he put the katana back in its sheath.
"Shall we go now?" asked Ambrosia
"Sure." Replied Marco.
"See you later Aunt Olga" Jack said. He opened a portal and they went through into Stars room. The soldiers turned and stepped back in surprise.
"Is that the Red Menace?" one of them asked
"It's one of his descendants. Now how's that plan going?"
"We just finished up. Once you check it we're ready to go." Jack walked over and looked at their plans. They had drawn a map of Mewni and the surrounding area which and some writing and arrows drawn on it.
"Good. Just a few things could be different." He indicated a spot in the forest of certain death. "That's where the titan is so we should probably attack there. Now knowing the evil one he probably has his army surrounding the castle and maybe some airborne ones guarding the skies. Our best shot is a co-ordinated group attack from the forest of certain death. Any questions?"
"What about us? We're just soldiers, we can't take on an army."
"Remember I'm going to use magic to make you stronger and give you better weapons and armour."
"Oh yeah. When do we attack?"
"Tomorrow. We all need a good night's rest before the battle."
"Agreed. We should probably try to sleep now."
"You do that, I have to say goodbye to someone first." Jack opened a portal and stepped through.
Cassandra was bored. She missed going on fun adventures with Jack. She couldn't stop thinking about him. He was going to be leaving soon and wouldn't be back for years probably. She went about her school day like a robot. Doing everything she was asked to do without saying a lot. Some of the teachers had become concerned with her behaviour and some asked if she was being bullied. All she did was say 'no' and keep walking. In last period some of the so called 'cool' kids were talking about a really cute boy who was hanging around the front of the school. She just ignored them and hoped that whoever he was didn't see her and tease her, last time a cute boy was outside school that was what happened. At the end of school she waited until a big crowd was leaving and tried to blend in with them but it didn't work.
"Cassandra!" said a familiar voice. She turned to see Jack standing by the school gates wearing black shades.
"Jack!" She ran up to him and gave him a hug which he returned. The 'cool' girl's mouths dropped at the sight. A cute boy was hugging Cassandra, they were shocked. Cassandra and Jack began walking down the street. "So why are you here?" she asked
"I'm here to say goodbye."
"Is it already happening? I wanted to have more adventures!" she complained. Jack grabbed her shoulders and turned her so she was facing him.
"Look. I know you don't want me to leave but I'll give you something cool so you can keep going on adventures. Okay?"
"Sure. What is it?"
"First of all I'll give you this." Jack flicked his wrist and his wand formed in his hand. "This is my wand, with it you can do cool and magical things. Now put your hand in the hole at the top." Cassandra did and the wand became a bracelet around her wrist.
"Woah. It's awesome, thanks Jack!" she said.
"And I'll also give you these." Jack held up a pair of scissors.
"Ummm. What are those?" asked Cassandra.
"These are dimensional scissors. With these you can go anywhere in the known universe." Cassandras eyes went wide.
"Awesome! How do they work?"
"All you have to do is use them like regular scissors. You chop the air like this." Jack chopped at the air like you would paper and a portal formed.
"Nice!"
"I know, now we get to the goodbye." Cassandra gave Jack another big hug.
"I'm going to miss you Jack."
"And I'll miss you. Remember to be happy, I don't want to come back to a sad Cassandra."
"Okay Jack. Just promise me you'll come here when you return."
"Of course. I'll be needing my wand back." They both laughed and Cassandra punched his shoulder.
"Well see you round Jack."
"Bye." Jack smiled sadly then opened a portal and went back to Stars room. The soldiers were already asleep in the makeshift beds they had made and Ambrosia and Marco where checking out his new armour and sword.
"Your back!" said Ambrosia. Her smile disappeared when she saw Jacks sad face. "What happened?"
"Saying goodbye is always hard. I just want to sleep." Jack walked over to Star bed and literally collapsed onto it.
