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Chapter 23: Lemonade
Tom, Janna, and Ponyhead arrived at Janna's house around 11:30 AM, right before lunchtime. It wasn't exactly Janna's idea to invite everyone over. It was more along the lines of Tom convincing her to have everyone come over. They sat in the living room, waiting for Star and Marco to arrive.
"So where are Star and Marco exactly?" Tom asked.
"I don't know. Star just texted me and said…" Janna took out her phone. "...running late. Will be there soon…cat-face emoji, heart eyes emoji, spider emoji, cake emoji, aaaaand about 20 unicorn emojis." Janna told Tom. Tom looked over Janna's shoulder, glancing at her phone.
"What does that even mean?" Tom wondered.
"Come on. It's Star we're talking about. It probably doesn't mean anything. She's probably hyped up on emojis since she got that new phone." Janna shrugged.
"Wait, wait, wait. I know what it means! Okay, okay, okay, listen up. It obviously means that B-Fly saw a cat that she thought was like, the cutest thing ever. Then she fed a gross spider some cake which, I mean, WHY would you waste cake on a spider?! Then the 20 unicorns is Star saying how incredible I am because we all know I'm so humble, generous, and beautiful." Ponyhead finished. She suddenly felt a vibrate from her phone. She took it and put it on the table, opening it up with her nose. She looked at her phone screen revealing a text from Khrysthalle.
"I just, like, saw this human and like, she was so pretty but...I don't want to feel like I'm not pretty because...like...I am though. Her makeup was so good though. So was her hair. Guys I think I'm having a crisis."
"No one cares, Khrysthalle! At least you don't have to work through blood, sweat, and tears to get your looks, kay!?" Ponyhead yelled at the phone. Tom and Janna stared at Ponyhead with confusion.
"Sister trouble, I'm guessing?" Tom asked.
"Seriously though. Being the head sister is like, so exhausting." Ponyhead told them. Ponyhead's phone suddenly rang. "KRYSTHALLE!" Ponyhead exclaimed furiously before taking the phone in her mouth and floating away to another room. Tom and Janna sat there with blank expressions until Tom realized…
...he and Janna were alone.
"So...Janna. We're alone now. So..." Tom told her as he put an arm around Janna. He began to lean in to kiss her. Janna wasn't looking at him though. She didn't know that he wanted to kiss her.
"I hear you loud and clear." Janna said before running upstairs to her room for a quick minute.
"Wait, why are you going-" Tom wondered. All he wanted to do was kiss her. This confused him. He continued to sit on the couch, whistling as he looked around the room, waiting for his girlfriend to come back. Janna came back down the stairs, holding a large, old book in her hands.
"Time to conjure up some spirits." She said to him, determined
"No, Janna. That's not what I-" Tom started.
"Okay, let's see…" Janna said as she opened up her book, flipping through the pages. "Now that Mewni is part of Earth, maybe there's monster spirits."
"Janna, I don't think-" Tom tried talking again.
"So that means we can conjure animals, monsters, mewmans, or humans. Take your pick." Janna told Tom.
"Look. I know that's...you know, 'your thing' but I'm not really into 'raising people from the dead' and all that. I mean, I did it once for Marco but that's one of the only times I've ever done it." Tom said.
"That makes no sense. You're a prince of The Underworld." Janna spoke.
"Yeah...I'm like my dad. He's not into it either." Tom told her.
"Weird." Janna said. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Janna walked over to the door. She opened it, revealing a panting Star and Marco, still in their outfits they were wearing when they were at the beach. Star leaned a hand on the door as Marco bent down, holding his knees, both out of breath. Janna stared at them blankly. "...hey."
"Where were you guys?" Tom asked.
"It's...a long story." Marco said, panting.
"No...it's not...Marco." Star told him.
"It's...an expression!" Marco replied.
"Look, okay, I have to go!" Ponyhead told her sister through the phone as she walked into the living room. "...NO KHRYSTHALLE! I'M NOT GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR HIGHLIGHTS!" She listened to her sister through the phone once again. "HEY! GIRL! You know who needs them? Whistine! Her hair is like hay that's about to fall off her head, you know that?!" Ponyhead loudly stated. Star, Marco, Tom, and Janna blankly stared, wondering what in the world was happening on that phone call. Ponyhead realized that Star and Marco were at the door. She froze for a few seconds before reacting. "Yo! B-Fly! Earth Turd! Where have you been?!" She asked them, pretending as if that phone call never even happened.
"Aaaand we're back to Earth Turd again." Marco muttered under his breath, annoyed.
"Look, I know we're late but...okay. We had an "impromptu" date at the beach last night and...uhh..." Star stopped, finding what happened with the two of them a little embarrassing.
"We might have been woken up by an officer." Marco finished as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Wait, hold on. You guys fell asleep on the beach?" Tom asked, astonished.
"You had to be there last night to understand, Tom. Hmm...maybe you should go there with Janna one night." Marco hinted to him.
"Well, I..uh…" Tom blushed.
"Dude, they know we're dating. Why are you so embarrassed by it?" Janna replied. Star came closer to Janna.
"He was like this with me the first time Tom and I dated." Star whispered to her so that Marco didn't feel uncomfortable.
"Really? Well, I know how to fix that." Janna started as she got a watch out of her pocket.
"Janna! Were you thinking about hypnotizing someone again?!" Marco asked her, finding hard to believe that Janna wants to try that again. Then he wondered, "Wait, why am I surprised?" Janna suddenly turned her curious eyes to Tom. Tom held his breath.
"Wait, why me?...and hold on. That's my watch!" Tom pointed.
"Welcome to my world, man." Marco told him. Ponyhead was looking out the front door, searching for someone.
"Yo! B-fly! Wasn't Sky supposed to be with you two?" Ponyhead asked.
"Yeah but...she gave me a call while Marco and I were on our way here. She'd rather have some alone time." Star told her.
"Is she...okay?" Tom asked.
"Don't worry, she's fine. I promise you she'll tell you guys everything when she's ready." Star told them. Tom, Janna, and Ponyhead turned to Marco to see what he thinks about all this.
"Star's got this handled. Trust me on this." Marco told them with a hopeful smile. Suddenly, Star's cheekmarks began to glow and flicker. Star didn't notice...but Marco did. He gasped.
"Star! Your hearts!" Marco exclaimed, pointing to her face.
"What about them?" Star asked.
"They're...flickering!" Tom said. Star took her hands and touched her cheeks.
"What the-...why are they…" Star wondered.
"I don't know but I think we should keep an eye on them for the rest of the day. It could be something important." Marco told her. All of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. Janna turned to the door once again, opening it, revealing a troubled Skywynne standing in front of her, looking down at the ground.
"Skywynne!" Marco called. Tom got up off the couch as everyone stood there in silence, waiting for Skywynne to speak.
"...I'm sorry for being so quiet." Skywynne looked up. "I'm...I'm ready to speak to all of you now." Skywynne told them.
Janna brought a few extra chairs into the living room along with some snacks, such as chips and pretzels. They all gave their full attention to Skywynne and what she had to say. The fact that she was afraid to tell everyone meant that this had to be really important. Skywynne was a little nervous to speak. Her hands were shaking as she held a chip in her hand. She placed the chip on the table.
"So...I may have done something that caused all of this to happen." Skywnne told them.
"Aw come on. I'm sure it wasn't anything too serious." Marco told her. He nervously chuckled. "Right?...uh, right?" Skywynne looked down to the floor. She took a deep breath in, and then out.
"I guess I should start from the beginning of my reign; my coronation. My mother wanted to hand the crown over to me due to the fact that she found ruling to be 'boring' and wanted to move to her vacation home inside a nearby volcano." Skywynne told them.
"Was your mom any good at being a queen at least?" Marco asked.
"She was...adequate, in my opinion. My grandmother Luminosa was much better at it. She had a complete interest in ruling the kingdom. She governed over the land with a fair hand and absolute kindness. She was much more suited for it. My mother? I mean, she has always given me great advice when needed but she just didn't want to rule. So, she gave me the crown and I became the new queen. To be honest, I had the urge to be a better queen than my mother. In fact, I vowed that I would."
"So what does this have to do with what's going on with Mina?" Janna asked. Skywynne bit her lip.
"She's obviously getting to that, Janna." Star spoke.
"There was someone else who desired the crown more than I did. Her name...was Astroida." Skywynne told them.
"Astroida?" Tom repeated.
"Who's she?" Ponyhead asked.
"Yeah. She wasn't anywhere in the book of spells." Marco added. He glanced over at Star.
"All record of Astroida was taken out of the book for the safety of the kingdom." Star told Marco.
"Wait, she was taken out of the book?" Skywynne asked.
"Yup. Glossaryk told me." Star told her, pointing at her head.
"Ooooookay. If this person couldn't even be in the Book of Spells, she must be really bad. I mean, Eclipsa's chapter was just locked, not taken out." Tom mentioned.
"Well...I should probably tell you that...Astroida was...my sister." Skywynne told them. Everyone gasped.
"You had a sister?" Marco asked.
"Yes. She was about 2 years older than me. We were...like best friends. Astroida and I would spend every minute of every day together. I recall when we were very little, we would play in the garden and pretend to be the guards." Skywynne chuckled as memories came to her mind. "We would watch over the small creatures that lived in the bushes and trees, almost as if we were their protectors." Skywynne told them. Everyone smiled, listening to the stories Skywynne had to tell. "There would be days when we would mess with the guards too...which I regret, somewhat, knowing how difficult their job can be."
"That sounds so much fun. I always wanted a sister." Star said. Skywynne's emotions grew somber.
"...it wasn't always like that though." Skywynne told them.
"What happened?" Marco asked. Skywyyne took another breath.
"As tradition goes, the firstborn in the family is supposed to earn the title as ruler. So...Astroida was supposed to get the crown but...there was a reason I was given it instead of her." Skywynne spoke.
"Wait, why didn't Astroida get the crown? If it's tradition, why break it?" Tom asked.
"As Star knows very well, magic runs through each generation of the Butterfly family's DNA." Skywynne explained to everyone. Marco leaned over to Star to whisper something to her.
"Star? If...if it runs through Butterfly DNA, how did you-" Marco asked quietly.
"I have noooooo idea." Star whispered back to him. "Trust me. I've tried asking Glossaryk but...yeah. You know how secretive he is."
"Have you never heard of the phrase, 'Some things are best kept secret.'?" Glossaryk told her from in her head. Star rolled her eyes.
"Well, there are some that can learn to use magic at an early age. However, with the help of Glossaryk and the magical high commission, us, Butterflies can learn to control it and use it wisely. Magic can, sadly, corrupt your mind and harden your heart if you aren't guided in the right direction with it. Astroida...apparently mastered her magical powers way too early...and on her own. I was only about 6 when I realized it. I would take a peek into her room, seeing her conjure spells that she didn't realize had some destructive qualities. There would be times when her spells would go wrong, destroying her room. Mother would have to come in and fix it." Skywynne explained.
"Were any of those spells in the book of spells?" Tom asked.
"No. I didn't think it'd be wise to do something like that. Besides, my mother had the previous book of spells when Astroida would come up with these spells. I wonder if my mother ever wrote them in that book. It's long gone now because of the fire so there would be no need to worry about Astroida's spells being used in the future." Skywynne replied.
"So what happened with Astroida?" Janna asked.
"Well, years went by and Astroida became more distant from her friends and family...and her magic became even stronger...and more destructive." Skywynne said. "I don't think she was intending to put any harm on anyone, but there were many that feared she would someday due to what magic can do to one's own common sense. I recall when I came into her room one day to talk to her. I was 15 and she was 17."
"Hey uh...Astroida?" Skywynne spoke, knocking on the door. "I was wondering if I could borrow one of your pairs of mittens? It's cold outside and mine ripped when I was helping farmer Crimson with the pig goats. One of them chewed them up." Skywynne came into Astroida's room, seeing her sister writing some notes down in her notebook while sitting on her bed. "A-...Astroida?"
"What? Oh, yeah. In the drawer over there." Astroida told her. Skywynne went over to Astroida's dresser, pulled a drawer open, and grabbed the mittens. She heard Astroida whispering to herself. However, Skywynne couldn't exactly make out what she was saying. Skywynne grew concerned.
"Is...everything alright?" Skywynne asked her.
"Hmm? Oh uh...yeah." Astroida told her. Skywynne walked over to her sister, looking over her shoulder, trying to see what was on the book. Astroida slammed it shut, glaring at Skywynne. "Did I say...you could look at my book?" Astroida asked her angrily while giving her little sister a creepy stare.
"Um...I'm sorry...I…" Skywynne started before she darted out of the room.
"I went back into Astroida's room while she was out so I could see what she was keeping secret. After being given a look as she gave me that night, I only assumed the worst." Skywynne told the group.
Skywynne tip-toed into Astroida's room, making sure not to make a sound. She went over to Astroida's night-table, seeing the book laying on top of it. She took the book in her hands and walked out of the room, making her way back to her own room.
Once she was in her bedchambers, she shut the door, locked it, and sat on her bed. Skywynne opened the book. What she saw...scared her quite a bit.
There were drawings and notes…
Drawings of Astroida's vision of a perfect representation of her rule…
There she was...standing on a tall pillar...while everyone else below was dressed in tattered clothes, bowing down to her.
Skywynne turned the page, seeing the poem Astroida wished to be given the day she became queen.
Astroida the Paramount
Is above all those who live
If a subject dared do wrong
Their life he or she would give
"Astroida?" Skywynne said in disappointment as she dropped the book in fear and disgust.
"Woah." Marco said in astonishment and disturbance.
"And we all thought Mina was-" Janna started.
"Janna! Be a little sensitive!" Star loudly whispered. Janna realized that maybe her comment was a little too much for Skywynne to take.
"Um...nevermind." Skywynne took a second before speaking again.
"After that day, I decided to stay away from my sister until proper action was taken to help her. Astroida would try to prove to my mother as well as Glossaryk and the magical high commission that she was capable of more than any previous queen by showing her the spells she created. She thought that mastering magic at such a young age by herself showed potential and strength. Everyone else thought of it as the exact opposite."
"That it could corrupt your mind and make you feel above everyone else?" Marco asked.
"Weren't you listening, Earth Turd? She just said that like, a minute ago!" Ponyhead responded.
"...speaking of someone feeling as if they are above everyone else." Marco breathed.
"...I don't know what you're talking about." Ponyhead said before she turned around, seeing a tiny mirror on the wall. She floated over to it. "Well, hello you mighty fine hunk of pony!" Ponyhead told herself before posing in front of the mirror. Marco sighed in disappointment, while at the same time, not being surprised at all.
"As I was saying, Astroida became set on becoming queen and ruling over the kingdom. I sensed that Glossaryk and the magical high commission saw this as a risk, especially after I discovered that Astroida's journal went missing. I had a feeling that either my mother or Glossaryk or the magical high commission took it without either me or my sister noticing. Still, they worried that with all of the power she had along with the skill she possessed with magic, something could change her thought process...making her lose all of her morality and compassion. It's been done with those who try to wield the magic wand for themselves, which also possesses a little magic of its own." Skywynne told them. Star recalled a few that tried controlling the magic wielded within her wand; Ludo and Lobster-claws. They went mad with power, being unable to fully control themselves with it.
"Magic wands are sort of like a tool for those first learning how to wield magic. There have been some queens who were able to learn magic before they gained the wand. On the other hand, there have been others that couldn't bring out the magic inside of them until they've had the proper training with the wand." Skywynne continued. Star raised her hand.
"Yup. That was me." Star said out loud.
"You know, Star, you never told me how you did with your wand on the first day you had it. Like, I know it wasn't anything good but-" Marco recalled.
"Ohhhhhh yeah...I kind of...uh...set the kingdom in accidental flames." Star told him. Marco's eyes grew wide.
"...you did wha-" Marco started.
"It's a story for another time, Marco. Pay attention." Star said to a very shocked Marco.
"Oh...um...well, the Magical High Commission had a meeting with my mother and Glossaryk about Astroida and the threat she could bring to the kingdom. I don't know exactly what was discussed between them because I wasn't there. However, my mother came to me one day while I was in my room.
"Oh, Skyyyywynnnne!" Skywynne's mother, Lyric, called from outside her room. Skywynne was in her room, brushing her hair in front of a mirror on the wall.
"Hi, mother!" Skywynne said to her. She noticed that her mother was a bit nervous about something. It made her a bit worried. "Everything alright?" Lyric took a deep breath, releasing it a second after.
"Remember how...when you were little, I explained to you how being a queen works? How you earn your title and what happens when you pass your crown to the next in line?" Lyric asked her daughter.
"I believe so. Why remind me?" Skywynne asked. Lyric took a second to figure out how to tell Skywynne gently about what was going on.
"Well, honey...I have been talking with Glossaryk and the Magical High Commission and...after much consideration...we have all decided to name...you...our next queen." Lyric told her. Skywynne stopped brushing her hair. She froze stiff.
"I'm-I'm-I'm...I'm sorry?" Skywynne repeated. Lyric sat on Skywynne's bed.
"Skywynne? You will be Mewni's next queen." Her mother repeated.
"But...bu-...what about Astroida! You told me that the-" Skywynne started.
"The firstborn becomes queen first? I know." Lyric told her. "Honey, why don't you sit next to me?" She asked her daughter as she patted next to her.
"Mother wouldn't tell me the reason why I was becoming queen instead of my sister. There was no need for her to tell me though because I already knew what was going on. Of course, I was in a little bit of a panic because I had no idea what being queen meant. My mother said I would have some assistance from those higher up to help me out which brought me a little bit of comfort. What really worried me...was the response I would get from Astroida." Skywynne told everyone.
"I'm guessing the response was far from good..." Tom asked.
"Well, she confronted me the next day." Skywynne spoke.
"You took away what is rightfully mine! I was supposed to be queen!" Astroida exclaimed in anger.
"Astroida, I had nothing to do with-" Skywynne calmly started. Astroida thought this was all her doing. If only Skywynne could get it through to her.
"I worked so hard to master magic at a young age! I worked so hard to show I had potential! You didn't do anything to prove you can bear the weight of the crown! You don't deserve it! I do!" Astroida continued to yell.
"Astroida? I-" Skywynne tried to say until Astroida covered her mouth with her own hand. Skywynne held her breath out of fear. There was no way to speak to her now.
"You will pay for this. You'll be a horrid queen and regret this one day. You'll get what is coming to you, whether it be from me, mother, or from the kingdom." Astroida told her before removing her hand from Skywynne's mouth. "Stay away from me if you know what is best for you." Astroida walked away as Skywynne started to cry.
"What's happened to you?" Skywynne asked quietly.
"Skywynne...I...I'm so sorry." Marco told her.
"Thank you for your sympathy but I'm afraid that is not the end of the tale." Skywynne spoke.
"Wait, there's more?" Janna asked.
"Yeah, unfortunately." Star told her.
"Yes. Things did get worse once the third year of my reign came into fruition. I was working on a spell. It was a harmless spell. It was a spell that would delete gravity. I meant to only delete it in a small space in my bedchambers. I meant to do no harm but-" Skywynne started getting emotional.
"Skywynne? Did...did anyone get hurt?" Marco asked. Skywynne felt as if she was about to be sent into tears. Star got up out of her chair and came over to her.
"It's okay, Skywynne." Star said, holding onto her shoulders for comfort. Skywynne tried getting her breathing back under control before speaking again.
"...instead of deleting gravity in one small space...I…" Skywynne swallowed. "I deleted gravity off of all of Mewni." Skywynne said somberly. Everyone gasped.
"I didn't think that deleting gravity off an entire planet was possible!" Tom asked. Skywynne nodded.
"With magic, anything is." Star told him.
"Little did I know what kind of consequences would come out of it." Skywynne added.
"Astroida!" Skywynne called out. She was outside the walls of the palace, watching as many of her subjects floated in the air. The whole kingdom was in chaos. Everything, even the castle, was beginning to lift off the ground. Pieces of the castle would break off, disappearing into the atmosphere. "Astroida?!" She called once more. She had a ribbon undone from her dress, tied to one of the fences of the palace so she would stay on the ground as best as she could. She saw her mother safely holding on to a column nearby. However, there was no sign of her sister. "Astroida!" She yelled again. Suddenly, she looked to her right, seeing Astroida lifted off the ground, heading towards space. "No! Astroida! Make your way to me! Grab my hand!" Skywynne exclaimed as she reached out to her. There was no luck though. Astroida was out of her reach.
"I told you that you would mess up!" Astroida yelled in tears. "I swear, if I am alive after this, you are going to pay the next time we meet! I swear on that!" She screamed. Astroida continued to lift higher and higher until...she was gone.
"Astroida!" Skywynne exclaimed louder, knowing that her sister…
...was gone.
"I was able to reverse the spell and return everything to normal...well, as normal as she could make it but...there was no way to get Astroida and the other 15 mewmans back." Skywynne finished.
"...oh my gosh." Marco breathed. "Skywynne...I-" Skywynne held a hand up.
"Thank you for your sympathy but there is no need for it. I made a mistake and...and I've learned from it. I'm very careful with magic now, especially from what I've been through with both the gravity deletion and Astroida's dangerous spell making." Skywynne told the group. "So to answer your question from a few days ago...yes. I may know who those 15 men are. Janna, do you have a pen and paper?" She asked. Janna walked over to the dining room table, where a pad and pen laid on the tabletop. She brought it over to Skwynne, who took it in her hands. She began to inscribe on the pad. However, this was a language that was unknown to many of them. Star, however, looked at it weirdly.
"Why does this writing look familiar to me?" Star asked herself.
"I did write this in my chapter of the book of spells." Skywynne told her.
"Ooooooh…can you tell me what it all means because I...uh...can't figure it out. Trust me. I've tried." Star replied.
"Well, to be safe, I wrote all of this in the book of spells in this code, which is called low-mewnian writing. This language was a shared skill only with the Butterfly family. No one else in Mewni knows of this writing. It is a code that only the queens use to communicate in secret." Skywynne explained.
"Ooohhhh...so that's what that ancient writing was in the book." Marco realized.
"Yes. Now, because this is crucial to the survival and protection of your world, I will tell you the translation." Skywynne grew serious. "After hearing the last words Astroida said to me, I highly believe that these 15 men are the descendant of the 15 that went missing the day I deleted gravity...and are here to seek revenge against me and all living beings in your world."
"Wait, how do you know it's the same men? It could be some random dudes that lived on Mewni or Earth." Janna said.
"...one day, there was a note placed underneath my bedchamber door. I still don't know the name of the recipient but...it said that the 15 men were alive and living in a bustling world, which I wrote in low-mewnian in the book. I would assume at this point that the note was talking about what was previously known as Earth." Skywynne told them.
"Wait, so...you think someone from Earth sent you the note? How would the sender know unless they were actually on that bustling world?" Marco wondered.
"I would assume so...somehow…" Skywynne replied.
"One thing we do know for sure is that with Mina helping them, we're in deep trouble now." Star said.
"Wait a second." Tom interrupted. "Skywynne. You said there were 16 people that were lost, including Astroida?"
"That's right." Skywynne replied.
"Then...why did Manfred say there were only 15 men?" Tom wondered.
"You know, Tom's right. Where's number 16? Did Manfred count wrong?" Marco asked.
"Not sure. What if he did count right and number 16 just didn't make it?" Janna thought.
"Maybe. What we need to focus on right now though...is a gameplan." Star said.
"Um-" Skwynne sounded. Everyone turned their attention to her. "So...you all aren't upset with me? About anything?" Skywynne asked, concerned that everyone would think differently of her now, and not in the best way.
"Why would we be upset? You didn't do anything wrong. Sure, the gravity deletion spell went a little haywire but you couldn't have known what would happen." Tom told her.
"Yeah. Skywynne, we all have made some mistakes. None of us are perfect." Marco said.
"Except for me!...well okay, I'm not perfect but I'm kind of close." Ponyhead proudly proclaimed.
"Sure you are, Ponyhead." Tom replied sarcastically.
"See, Skywynne? I told you they wouldn't hate you for any of this." Star told her. Skywynne smiled.
"I'm really glad to have met all of you. Thank you...for being here for me." Skywynne replied. The group gave her a very reassuring smile. Suddenly, Star's cheekmarks started flickering again.
"Seriously, what is up with your hearts, girl?" Ponyhead asked.
"I don't know. I just...I just have this weird feeling in my gut." Star said.
"You think the hearts are trying to tell you something?" Marco asked.
"I don't know. They've never done this before." Star said before grabbing some pretzels from the bowl and putting them in her mouth. Her mouth started feeling a bit dry. "Hey, Janna? Got anything to drink or slurp or…" Janna thought for a minute before snapping her fingers.
"Oh hey, I got some frozen lemonade popsicles I made a while ago." Janna said.
"We'll get them. They're in the freezer, right?" Marco asked as he got up.
"Yup." Janna replied before Star and Marco made their way to the kitchen. Star's hearts got brighter the more they went into the kitchen. Marco took notice to it.
"What the heck?" Marco spoke. Star looked at herself in the reflection coming off a nearby microwave.
"They're getting brighter!" Star said to herself.
"You think this means something?" Marco asked.
"I wish I knew. Maybe I'm just thirsty and this is something Glossaryk added to my hearts as a joke." Star said. She was expecting a response from Glossaryk...but there was nothing said. "Huh…"
"What?" Marco wondered.
"Glossaryk didn't say anything...I must be right." Star said as she opened up the freezer. She noticed some yellow popsicles on one of the shelves.
"Oooo!" Star said before noticing Marco taking a good look at it, twirling it around in his hand as he observed it. "What's up with you?"
"I don't know. I just feel like...this looks familiar to me or...or something." Marco said. He then shrugged. "Eh, I must be overthinking because Janna made it...thinking she...I don't know, poisoned it or something."
"I'm sure there's no harm in it, Marco." Star told him. "Cheers?"
"Cheers" Marco repeated as they clinked their popsicles together, biting into them a second after. Marco grimaced, not liking the flavor at all. "This tastes awful! What do you think Sta-" Marco stopped.
Star's eyes were glowing a bright yellow.
"S...Star?" Marco called. He wanted to tap her. Marco then wondered if that was a good idea or not. "Okay, I was right. Janna! What are in these pop-" Marco stopped talking.
Star began to float…
Marco didn't notice...but his moon cheekmarks came back...and they were glowing too...
Then, Star's whole body began to glow…
A few objects in the kitchen began to float too...
"Uh...guys!" Marco called out to his friends as he watched his best friend slash girlfriend lift off the ground. He noticed a few objects moving his way, about to plummet him. He dodged left, then right. He jumped up in the air after noticing something coming towards him from down towards the floor. Suddenly, she started descending back to the ground. Her eyes went back to normal with her blue irises showing. Marco's cheekmarks faded away as everything in the kitchen came back down as well. Star immediately went limp. Marco caught her right away in a panic.
"Star? Star! Are you okay?!" Marco asked loudly. Star started coming to.
"Huh...wha…" Star mumbled. She, then, saw Marco holding her. "What just...happened?"
"Surprise!" Glossaryk spoke, instantly appearing in front of their very eyes.
"AHH!" They shouted.
CHAPTER 24 COMING SOON!
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