Moon stared out the window of her room as she finished putting her hair up in the Mewman heart-shaped style for formal occasions. Today she was being officially crowned on her 17th birthday as queen of Mewni and she was not feeling up to it still. She heaved a hearty sigh as she finished up her hair and heard a knock at the door.
"Come in, I am decent." Moon turned to see Toffee walk in.
"I know it takes a while to prepare such formal clothing but this is a while even for you Moon. Anything wrong?"
"No, just finished up actually. Shall we?" Moon offered her arm which Toffee took.
"Moon, I know you to well for me to just accept that nothing is wrong." Toffee raised his eyebrow which made Moon sigh again.
"He should be here to help us celebrate Toffee, he shouldn't have died like that."
"I know, but this is reality and so many others have died in addition to him. Not to tone down his loss but he in a way chose his fate. What do you think would have happened if he hadn't…"
"I would rather not talk about this Toffee."
"You have been saying that for weeks and nothing has gotten better. If you don't get it out it will haunt you Moon." Toffee gave a look of such concern that Moon just grabbed onto him not crying but borderline.
"I just wanted my family back together, is that a crime that the universe had to punish me for."
"You seek to blame something when it is not there Moon, this is how reality works." Toffee embraced Moon softly.
"I know, but it hurts that I will never see him again."
"I loved him to Moon, as a comrade, commander, and father more than most other people I've met." They stood there in long silence until Moon pulled away from Toffee to look at him.
"How will I know what to do without him, he has been there since this war began eager to guide me and would have helped me in the future on how to rule."
"Moon, you seem to have forgotten I was actually the most influential one when it came to ideas and gave your father most of his." Toffee gave her a smug smirk that somehow cheered Moon up.
"You… are not wrong. *giggle* My dad did rely on you more then he probably should have."
"You don't need to worry about that Moon, we can't rely on each other too much these days honestly." Toffee bent down and kissed Moon with Moon returning it softly and sweetly.
"Master Toffee and Moon, it is time." The duo looked up to see Butler holding his pocket watch with a small smile on his face.
"For once I feel ready as well as am ready." Moon smiled and stepped forward confidently dragging Toffee along slightly before he matched her pace.
After a few minutes they made it down to the main entrance of the main keep where Willow was waiting with Red Star and Stormbringer, Odrick's Warnicorn. Moon looked around in confusion until Toffee leapt up onto Stormbringer and gestured to Red Star with Moon looking to Willow in slight shock.
"I thought of mixing things up a little, this is technically a whole new age after all." Willow smiled at Moon as she walked over and hugged her daughter. "Just remember, I am so proud of you and always will be no matter what you do from here on out."
"A little vague but works well with me as I have Toffee to keep me in check now." The four shared a chuckle with the Warnicorns seemingly joining them.
As Moon mounted Red Star the doors opened and they were greeted by a courtyard with several nobles applauding politely at first before falling silent as Moon and Toffee moved forward. Normally Moon should have been on foot or on the back of the Warnicorn ridden by her husband or betrothed so Moon riding with Toffee as an equal sent murmurs through the crowd. Moon did see many of her friends in the crowd to which she openly waved, in a polite and princess fashion still, to them as her friends waved first. She also saw several Monster chiefs in the crowd as well as Stalvard with the current queen of the Ponyheads waving at her as well or giving her signs of respect. Moon smiled as they left the courtyard and went outside of the castle into the city where crowds of people began cheering her wildly much to Moon enjoyment and embarrassment.
As they moved through the city slowly Moon saw several people she recognized including Margaret and Ichabod in the crowd cheering her on as well. She even saw Oliver looking a bit more grown up sitting on the edge of a roof flashing her a grin with several boys behind him waving at her. Moon just smiled and waved back at everyone as they made their way through the city until they made it to a place known as the grove of queens'. The grove of queens' was a small place just outside of most of the surrounding city which was a small idyllic swamp, if you could call a swamp that, with a ring of Willow trees surrounding a white pillar of stone. This stone had the names of every single queen of Mewni who was officially crowned carved in by the queen's own hands. Moon stepped off of Red star with Toffee following her led and walked into the central area with people clustering around the edge trying to see what was going on.
Moon came before the stone where Lekmet stood holding a chisel and a hammer on a purple formal pillow smiling at Moon. Moon took up the hammer and chisel and began carving her name into the rock as the one who would be crowning her began speaking.
"We gather here today to honor the official crowning of Queen Moon Butterfly the 40th queen of Mewni. May the heavens guide and the Stars forever shine upon thee as you lead our nation to the future." Moon finished carving her name in and kneeled for the man to place the crown atop her head. "Now arise Queen Moon Butterfly."
Moon rose as people around her cheered or applauded politely and resisted the urge to adjust her crown to a more comfortable position on her head. Even now she was wondering how her mother put up with the crown and hairdo all the time when she could barely get over the hairdo alone. As Moon emerged from the grove she saw Master Oogaway come up with everyone watching making people fall silent in confusion. Moon guessed what was going to happen but what happened next blew her away as Oogaway took the sickle of the Druid's and handed it hilt first to Moon.
"What? But this is…"
"I know my child, but you are the queen of both Mewmans and Monsters and should hold both items of importance. The chiefs are in consent as are the Druids." Oogaway motioned to a group of druids and Monster chiefs who nodded at Moon. "Besides, I have a bigger one." He smiled as Moon took the sickle and smiled back at him.
"Let all hear this now," Moon turned to everyone, using magic to make sure everyone could hear her. "A lot of pain has transpired between both our peoples and the road will be long and hard to right all the wrongs that have been committed. But I will not back down and insure the future everyone needs will come about, this I swear as your queen." People applauded this time with a bit more effort than they had before for some reason. "Why are they cheering Toffee, I only stated the obvious?"
"Well sometimes that is all that needs to be said." Toffee smiled then picked her to kiss her with Moon going into Mewman form to flutter next to him giving out an even bigger if a more confused cheer.
"Wait, what?" Heckapoo asked in confusion.
"Yeah, I don't get it." Ponyhead spoke with Moon's friends nodding in agreement.
Several hours after the crowning with the evening festivities going on Moon had decided to break news to her friends.
"When I fought with Silvicar he said "As long as the Butterflies and other Mewmans hold power there will never be peace in Mewni." And he does have a point there. One person holding all the power is a risky situation no matter how you put it. So, what I wish to do is create something that I heard worked on earth called a senate where officials are picked by the people in each area of the kingdom to come forth and insure the people's voices are heard. Also, I am putting by Toffee's request a separate group of judges to specifically interpret laws with a point of indifference so people can't interpret the laws on a whim."
"Are you sure this is a good idea Moon?" Her mother looked at her with only concern for her daughter's well being making Moon glow internally.
"We can't let one person have too much power as what if they decide to not be honest and do whatever they want."
"She does have a point, it would put many people at ease knowing they have someone high up that will keep the queen in check if need be." Buff Frog spoke with Fulntrut and Lucy nodding in agreement.
"As much as I like ye, I'm a might bit uncomfortable with one holding too much power." Lucy got more nods of agreement from everyone else.
"What if the people make bad decisions Moon?" River spoke out of concern to which Toffee replied.
""It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except that all the others have been tried" Democracy may not be perfect, but at its worst it is better than any other at their worst. Think of it as a safety net." Toffee smiled as everyone seemed to get it now. "Besides, the people will equalize each other out for the most part as the goal of democracy is compromise, which we sorely need in this kingdom as of late."
"Well, you are queen so you are free to make this decision, just remember we will have your back no matter what." Helsinki spoke smiling at Moon with the others nodding along.
"So, the rebuilding starts tomorrow, let's party and have some fun before then." Ponyhead yelled out as everyone followed him except for Willow, Moon, and Toffee.
"You guys go ahead, we'll be there in a minute."
"So I did it dad, I know you are proud of me but I wish I could hear you say it still." Moon spoke to her father's grave mural in the crypts below castle Butterfly.
His mural beneath his statue looked like a Lion defending a Butterfly against a great shadowy mass encroaching upon them. Moon had not actually come to visit it since her dad died as she was too busy and was trying to avoid it and she had to admit it looked rather like him. She felt Willow and Toffee's presence behind her as a cool wind blew through the crypt making her shudder.
"Thank you for all you have done for me and my friends, I will ensure that no one forgets you. I wish I actually had a last request from you so I could satisfy you somehow. I know it sounds odd but I figured you would have wanted something. Well I'm off to celebrate before leading the kingdom to a bright future, I hope." Moon smiled sadly as she turned around back to the duo behind her and they began walking out of the crypt.
"You aren't going to leave me again, are you Moon?" Moon sighed and looked at her mother's eyes feeling the insecurity pour off of her.
"Mom, I love you and I won't leave you alone ever again." Moon hugged mom as she felt the wind pick up and thought she heard a voice.
"Did you hear that?" Toffee spoke confirming her thoughts.
"Oddy, what do you want to say." Moon smiled at mom's nickname for Odrick.
"Give me Grandchildren." Moon turned a beautiful shade of crimson while Toffee and Willow began laughing so hard they couldn't stand.
"Of course you would say that." Moon said holding back her embarrassment as best she could.
"Come on Moon, let's join everyone else." Toffee said turning and walking to the crypt's exit.
Moon smiled and bounded behind him ready for whatever the future brings.
Please note, this is not the last official chapter of the story. There will be a separate story one-shot called "The Moon and Monster's night" which will be rated M for lemons between Toffee and Moon. Please note, approach with caution as Toffee is in fact a lizard and if you think to much about it will become disturbing no matter how much they love each other.
Also, the votes are in from a request I made from people earlier and the choice is made. I started this thinking I would only do this story but everyone's support has made me question whether or not I can still contribute more to this. I figured I could add more to this and with the people's influence I am creating a direct sequel to this story which will be called
*Omnitraxus starts a drum roll*
"Star The Monster Princess"
Stay tuned people, I have no idea when this is going to start or how frequently I will be posting this as I now have a full time job and volunteer fire fighter commitments as well. The Epilogue will be coming up shortly for this story, the end is in sight. Unless if it is already complete...
Spongebob Narrator: They are sick of that joke, just move along.
Ok fine whatever jeez. See you next time.
