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Chapter 25: Sharing is Caring
Star and the gang explained everything that they've been told about Mina and the men who are in leagues with her. Moon and Eclipsa felt a sense of fear within them. Mina was extremely powerful the last time she tried to take over Mewni. There was no telling what she could be capable of now with these strange men by her side, especially not knowing who these men were. Moon made sure to pay close attention, considering what Mina attempted back on Mewni.
"So Mina, according to Manfred, is working with these mysterious men so that they can enact revenge on Skywynne after a gravity spell took their ancestors away from Earthni?" Moon asked, just to clarify.
"Yup." Star responded.
"And you believe she is out to possibly steal the magic you now possess within you?" Eclipsa added, pointing to Star.
"Yeah. And that's not all of it. There's more of the magic back in the house." Marco said. Moon let out a sigh, feeling a bit of distress from the thought of Mina's crazy schemes again.
"What do you plan on doing with it?" Moon asked.
"Well, keeping it away from Mina for one thing, obviously." Star said.
"I have a little tidbit of a question. Have you considered...you know...distributing to the magic?" Eclipsa asked.
"Yup. Skywynne needs it to go back to her time so...yeah." Star said, gesturing her hand to Skywynne. Skywynne shyly smiled and waved.
"Well, yes but what we mean is...giving some of that magic to us." Eclipsa asked.
"Huh?" Star spoke.
"Listen to me, Star. Mina is powerful, with or without magic. There is no way you can stand against her alone, nor will I let you do this alone. You could use our help." Moon told Star.
"She's right, Star. Giving us the magic gives us a greater chance of defeating Mina and preventing her from enacting her plans." Eclipsa told her. Star looked away, contemplating what they were telling her. Star was already comfortable with only Marco and herself possessing magic. Did she really want to give it to anyone else? She knew she had to give Skywynne magic. If she didn't have magic when she goes back to her own time, that would change everything in the time stream. Plus, what if she needed the magic to get back to her own time, to begin with?
Could Star trust anyone else with magic though? Eclipsa? Yeah, she was pretty trustworthy with the magic in Star's opinion. She's saved Star a number of times. Her mother though? Star was very reluctant on giving any magic to her. The reason she destroyed it in the first place was that she wasn't able to trust others with it, especially after what her mother did by giving it to Mina and her devoted followers. Did Star really want to give the one person who went behind her daughter's back, forcing Eclipsa to step down and help Mina enact her plan of taking over her home, the power of magic? Star felt as if the only two people she could ever trust with magic were herself and Marco. She had no choice but to trust Skywynne. The question now remains.
Will she give them or anyone else the magic?
"...no." Star said flat out.
"I beg your pardon?" Moon spoke.
"No one else is getting any of the magic." Star replied.
"Uh...Star?" Marco said.
"I think you're making a mista-" Eclipsa started before Star held a hand up, silencing her.
"...my decision is final." Star proclaimed. She took a breath, about to speak before letting it out in frustration. "Excuse me." Star added, walking past Eclipsa and her mother and into the Diaz house. Everyone watched as she walked away.
"Dramaaaaa." Glossayrk spoke with attitude.
"Really, Glossaryk!?" Marco exclaimed. He knew this wasn't anything like Star. Something was up. Marco sighed. "Let me go talk to her." Marco said before walking towards the house.
Marco walked into the kitchen, seeing Star angrily chowing down on a box of Sugar Seeds. She stopped chewing the cereal and looked inside the box. She grumbled.
"Not enough sugar." Star said before grabbing a container of sugar, pouring it into the cereal box.
"Star? What's going on?" Marco asked.
"Okay, what makes you think something's going on? There is nothing going on." Star nervously chuckled. Marco cleared his throat.
"Exhibit A?" Marco said, pointing at the sugar seeds that had a mountain of sugar so big on top of it, it was overflowing out of the box. Sugar kept pouring out of the container in her other hand. Star looked down at the cereal before her eyes went wide. She immediately brought the container of sugar upright again, gently placing it on the kitchen counter.
"Star? I know you. You always gorge on sugar seeds when you're upset. You might as well come out and say it." Marco said bluntly. Star took the box of sugar seeds and placed it on the counter next to the sugar, frowning. She breathed in.
"Marco? I...I can't trust anyone else but the three of us with magic." Star said.
"What? Why? I feel like they could really help us if they had-." Marco spoke.
"Come on, Marco! You've seen what trouble it caused back on Mewni! My own mother went behind my back and put Mewni and everyone on it in danger by granting magic to Mina! Why can't I be so sure it won't happen again?" Star said before making her way to the living room. She sat on the sofa with her arms crossed. Marco followed her into the living room.
"Star, listen. I know your mom was wrong to give Mina the magic but...have you thought about why she did what she did?" Marco asked.
"Well, duh. It was because she wanted to take control of Mewni again. She didn't like the way Mewni was and she wanted her old life back. It's how she always is. It's her way or...I don't know! For her, there's no 'or'!" Star said. Marco shook her head.
"I think you got it all wrong." Marco replied.
"Uh-huh. Sure. Okay; says someone who didn't live with her for most of her life. Yeah."
Star told him before letting out a breath.
"Okay, Star? You and your mom just had a heart to heart moment a few minutes ago. You were crying, Star; crying. You were so happy to know that you could come to your mom for anything. I mean…what happened to that?" Star wrapped her arms around herself, trying her hardest to doubt everything Marco was telling her. Sure, Star loved her mom to bits. The fact that Moon went behind her back and gave magic to the enemy made Star's blood boil. Marco could see the sheer denial in Star's face. He really wanted to help her see the light and know her mother's true intentions.
"Look. You don't have to listen to me but...have you ever tried seeing things a little differently? Maybe it's time to show your mom a little forgiveness." Marco said.
"Forgiveness? Forgiveness?! She never forgave me for the things I've done with magic. Why should I forgive her? Why should I change my mind about what she did!?" Star asked him, fueled with anger.
"I would listen to him, Star." Moon said, coming into the living room. Star and Marco jumped and turned their heads, hearing her voice before seeing her standing in the room.
"Look at that. She's eavesdropping now. That's mature." Star said in annoyance before turning back around, facing away from her mother.
"Star, I know that you are a bit crossed with me but...please. Can I explain myself?" Moon asked. Star turned her head slightly to look at Moon again. She motioned her hand towards a chair sitting next to the sofa, looking down at the ground. Star and Marco watched as Moon made her way to the chair. Moon sat down slowly, taking a breath.
"I understand that you think that what I did was for control and power." Moon started.
"Yeah. Yeah I do. Why wouldn't I? That's how you've always been. You've been like that with me for years; wanting me to be 'composed' and 'proper' like a 'true queen'. It's a fair assumption." Star spoke. Moon looked down in sadness. Hearing her daughter say that all she sees in her is selfishness and greed is nothing to be proud of. Marco decided to stay silent and let them talk it out.
"I know I should've informed you about it because you were just as much as involved as everyone else but...I couldn't risk your safety. I wasn't even considering my own needs when I gave the magic to Mina." Moon told Star. Star lifted her head up to look at her mother. "That day when...when Toffee almost ended your life...I came to a realization. I wasn't protecting my family as much as I should have. I've already lost my mother to Toffee. I wasn't prepared to lose anyone else, whether it be your father or you. I had to do something, even if it meant something I wasn't too fond of doing, like forcing Eclipsa to step down or giving Mina the power of the magic."
Star was speechless. She didn't expect to hear something like this from her mom out of all people. Her mom has always been so strict and firm with her and how to conduct herself as a princess of Mewni. Star never took the time to think that her mother was not doing it for her own needs, but for the protection and love of her daughter. She felt awful, mistaking her mother's motives as selfish acts instead of actions of love of care. Star couldn't have been more wrong.
Marco was right. She wasn't able to see past what her mother did to actually see why her mother did it. Star held such a grudge over all of this that she wasn't forgiving at all. It was almost like how the mewmans were with Eclipsa; knowing she abandoned the throne because she was in love with a monster, knowing that it was all out of good intentions. Star felt ashamed and incredibly guilty.
"If you don't want to give me any of the magic, I'll accept that. Just know that everything I tried to do...and everything I did wasn't for myself or my own desires. It was for my family." Moon gently placed her hand on her knee. "It was for you."
Star's emotions took hold. She was blind to the truth and it took Star this long to realize it. She got up, grabbing her mother in a hug.
"I'm sorry, Mom." Star said.
"No, Star. I'm sorry for not telling you about it before I did it. We both made mistakes." Moon told her.
"And we're both forgiven?" Star asked.
"Of course." Moon replied. Marco watched as Star and her mom had another mother-daughter moment.
"Awwww." Marco spoke without realizing it. Star and Moon looked at Marco with raised eyebrows. Marco froze, clearing his throat as he pulled the collar of his shirt nervously. "Sorry." Star let go a minute after.
"Oh, by the way, I know that you did what you did to help but...just promise me that you'll let me know if you plan on giving your magic to an evildoer bent on taking over our home, okay? Actually, tell me anything that you plan to do with the magic other than...you know...harmless little spells?"
"You've got yourself a deal." Moon told her. "Oh, sweetie. If I ever hurt you or scared you, understand I didn't mean anything by it. I'm only doing what is best for you...like my mother taught me." She told her daughter. Star smiled.
"Yeah. I guess you're right." Star looked over to her right before looking back at her
mother. "Thanks."
"It's what mothers are around for." Moon spoke before standing up. "Now, I think everyone outside could use our company." She began to walk over to the kitchen to go out the back door before stopping, turning her head. "Lots of love, Star. Remember that." Moon smiled before blowing a kiss. Star reciprocated, pretending to catch the kiss in her hands.
"Love you too, mom." Star said as she watched her mother walk outside. Star stood up before Marco did the same, stretching his back.
"Well, now that all that's settled, how about we-" Marco started before he felt a tug. Marco stopped in his tracks, turning his head to Star, who was holding his arm.
"Wait. Before we go back out, I...I have to talk to you about something." Star told him.
"Oh! Uh...okay. What's up?" Marco asked. Star hesitated before speaking. She let out a breath.
"Remember when Skywynne accidentally dropped her bag...and all those papers dumped out of it?" Star asked.
"Yeeeaaahh. Why?" Marco asked.
"Well…" Star said before reaching in her overalls pocket, taking a folded piece of paper out of it. Marco gasped.
"Star! That's stealing!" Marco told her.
"You'll understand why I took it once you read what's on it." Star said, reaching it out to him. Marco hesitantly took it in his hands, a little afraid as he began to read what was on the paper. The words he read...sounded very familiar to him.
"...I call a spell which...has no name. My strongest spell with...with which I reign?" Marco's eyes went wide. "Star, this is-"
"The spell with no name…yeah." Star responded.
"Wait, hold on. I'm confused. I thought Eclipsa got this spell from her Solaria." Marco said, pointing at the paper.
"Well, I guess Solaria got it from her mom." Star said.
"Star? You told me about this spell and how powerful it is. This could wipe out all of Earthni if she uses it!" Marco spoke.
"I know." Star said calmly.
"We...we have to hide this somewhere! She can't use this spell! We have to make it so it was never written!" Marco said, frantically looking around for a place to hide the paper. Marco felt a sudden touch on his shoulder.
"We can't do that, Marco." Star said.
"What?" Marco spoke.
"Eclipsa used that spell to save my life. If Skywynne never remembers that spell, I would...you know." Star told him before she made her right hand in a fist, pounding it into the palm of her left hand, pretending to stomp or squish something.
"Oh." Marco replied, slightly mortified.
"Yup. Taking the spell away means...taking my life away. You have to remember, Marco. We can't mess with past events, especially something involving this." Star told him, taking the piece of paper from him. Marco glanced at the piece of paper. Fear began to consume him.
"...what do we do?" Marco asked.
"The only thing we can do; make sure Skywynne doesn't use this spell while she's here in our time. We do whatever we can to prevent it from happening. Once she's back in her time, she can use it to her heart's content." Star told him. "The only thing I can't decide is whether to hold onto this or put it back in Skywynne's bag." Star pondered, staring at the piece of paper.
"I mean, if you held onto it, Skywynne wouldn't remember it as well as she would with it. You could always put it back once we figure out how to bring her back to her own time." Marco spoke.
"True. True, true, true…" Star said over and over, pacing back and forth, deciding what to do. "Okay, we'll hold onto this. Maybe she uh...won't remember." Star shrugged.
"Hopefully." Marco added.
"Yeah...hopefully." Star said. She went over to a tile on the kitchen floor, lifting it up with a grunt. A little square compartment was revealed. Marco was in shock.
"Star!" Marco exclaimed, thinking that Star was destroying the kitchen.
"Relaaax. I'm just getting this." Star said as she reached into the compartment, bringing out the magic, now contained in the jar Janna had it in before. "Hey, bring me over some paper cups, will you?" Marco nodded at her.
"Well, glad to see you've changed your mind about the magic." Marco told her as he smiled at her. He went over to one of the cabinets, grabbing three paper cups. "Soooo were you going to tell me that you made a little secret compartment in our kitchen floor?" Marco asked as he walked back over to her.
"Oh...uh...yes!" Star said as her voice cracked. Marco gave her a straight face.
"Staaaar?" Marco spoke. Star tried resisting but failed. She groaned.
"Fiiiine. This was in case you took the sugar seeds away from me again." Star told him as she put the tile back in place.
"...you made a secret compartment…for hiding sugar from me?" Marco asked.
"Oh come on, Diaz...can you really blame me?" Star asked with a smirk.
"Yeah, true. Why am I surprised?" Marco chuckled.
"Besides, we need a place to hide this. We can't let anyone else get their hands on it." Star told him. She let out a breath. "Alright. Let's go."
Star and Marco walked over to the back door, out of the house and into the backyard. Everyone outside turned their heads, seeing Star and Marco make their way towards them. Marco was holding three paper cups while Star held the jar of magic. Moon and Eclipsa both stared at it in awe. Sure. They knew that magic was still alive and that it has been found. However, they still had a little smidgen of doubt in their minds. Seeing it in front of their very eyes was something to behold. Star first took the time to apologize for her recent behavior before doing anything else.
"Look. Um...sorry for...being so...you know." Star told them. "I was way in over my head to-"
"It's okay, Star. We all knew what you've been going through so...we understand why you were feeling that way." Eclipsa responded.
"Thanks. Well, everyone? Grab a cup." Star told Moon, Eclipsa, and Skywynne. The three of them walked towards Marco, grabbing a cup from him. Star felt a twinge of fear when Skywynne took a cup in her hand. All that flooded Star's mind was the thought of The Spell with No Name. She and Marco had to do whatever it took for her not to use that spell, no matter what the circumstances were. Star had no choice though. Skywynne had to consume some of that magic if she wanted to go home. Once Moon, Eclipse, and Star were ready, Star opened the lid to the jar, pouring a very slight bit of magic into each cup.
"So we have to...drink it?" Eclipsa asked.
"Yup." Star said.
"I...um...do we have to?" Eclipsa added.
"You have two choices; either drink it or not get any magic back at all." Glossaryk told them.
"Well...if that's the only way." Eclipsa responded nervously.
"Before you drink this, I should probably warn you that it tastes super gross." Star told them. Skywynne, Moon, and Eclipsa, all stared at it with disgust.
"Wonderful." Moon spoke.
"Yeah. It tastes like...sweaty socks and...and sewer water." Marco told them. Everyone cringed at the thought.
"Anyway, drink up!" Star said confidently. The three stared at the magic, a little scared of how it was going to taste, now that they heard how awful it is.
"Well, it's all for a good cause so...bottoms up?" Moon spoke.
"If we must." Skywynne replied as she, Moon, and Eclipsa clinked their cups together, drinking the magic. They all brought their palms to their mouths, trying their best not to get sick from the taste.
"Hey uh, Star?" Marco asked.
"What's up?" Star asked.
"Should we have maybe had them drink it one at a time?" Marco asked nervously, biting his lip
"Why do you say that?" Star asked. Suddenly, Moon's, Eclipsa's, and Skywynne's eyes began to glow.
"That's why." Marco said, pointing to the three of them.
"You couldn't have mentioned this any sooner?" Star asked.
"I was distracted!" Marco said before Moon's, Eclipsa's, and Skywynne's bodies glowed as they floated in the air.
"Woah. So that's what I did?" Star asked, pointing to them.
"Yeah." Marco said. Objects from the backyard began to lift off the ground. "...aaaand that too."
"Cooooooool." Suddenly, Star and Marco felt themselves being lifted off the ground.
"You didn't do this though!" Marco asked.
"Ah! Oh oh okay! Why are we floating?!" Star asked in a panic.
"It's the magic regenerating within them. It's quite a powerful process." Glossaryk told them.
"YOU THINK?!" Marco exclaimed. He suddenly heard the groaning of wood and metal. He turned himself around, hearing the house starting to creak. "Oh no no no no no."
"What?" Star asked.
"If they don't finish their magic regeneration soon, the whole house is going to float away!" Marco shouted. Star turned to look at Moon, Eclipsa, and Skywynne, still in their magical regenerative stages.
Moon's diamond cheeks appeared.
Eclipsa's spade marks appeared.
Skywynne's hourglass cheekmarks appeared.
"Come on, come on, come on. Hurry up already!" Star said to herself. Marco went over to the house and grabbed it, thinking he could keep it down to the ground. Star turned her head to Marco.
"You really think that's going to save your house?" Star asked.
"I don't know!" Marco said. "I'm just glad Mariposa and my parents are out in town!"
"Glossaryk! How long does this take!?" Star asked. Glossaryk revealed a watch, watching it closely.
"Mmmm…" He hummed as he stroked his beard. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnndddddd…" He pointed his finger in the air.
"Glossaryk!" Star and Marco shouted.
"…done." Glossaryk spoke as he pointed to Moon, Eclipsa and Skywynne. Star and Marco turned their heads to them, who suddenly started to dim and float back to the ground, along with Star, Marco, Marco's house and all the objects around them.
"Yes!" Marco exclaimed in happiness, realizing that everything was going back to normal. Everything and everyone was back down on the ground, including Moon, Eclipsa, and Skywynne, who were all lying on the ground, coming back to. Star and Marco ran to them.
"Are you guys okay?" Marco asked. They all lifted their heads.
"Hmm...oh. I'm...fine." Moon spoke, holding her forehead.
"Except for the fact that...it felt like I was hit by a boulder but-" Eclipsa spoke.
"Ohhhh that's how I felt." Star said.
"So...we have magic again?" Skywynne asked.
"Uh-huh. But you'll need to learn to wield it again." Star told them.
"Yeah. Your bodies have to readjust to the new magic you have. Star had to do the same thing." Marco told them.
"Yup. It's magic in its purest form since it's from the realm. So…" Star took out her wand from behind her, holding it across her body with both hands. "Who's first?" She asked with a smirk.
A while after Moon, Eclipsa, and Skywynne worked on regaining their magical abilities with Glossaryk's help, night time had finally arrived. The day felt long; so long that Star, Marco, and Skywynne all decided to go to bed early. It was 8 PM and they were absolutely beat. The past few days have definitely been eventful for them. They were ready to take a long snooze. It didn't take long for them to fall asleep. Glossaryk was still awake, watching a cooking show on Marco's laptop while eating a pudding cup.
"They call that a pie? I've seen better." Glossaryk reacted as he ate a spoonful of pudding. He started smelled something a little funny in the air. He looked up, seeing a pink-colored gas around him. "Hm…" He hummed. Glossaryk began to get sleepy until suddenly…
Everything went black.
He woke up slowly, trying his best to observe his surroundings in his slight state of consciousness. Once he was a little more conscious, he was able to see that he was surrounded by a type of clear glass. That's when Glossaryk realized that he was trapped in some sort of container, floating in the air in a dark room. A ceiling light shone above him, almost like he was in an interrogation room. He took his hand and knocked on the container wall.
"A crystal box formulated from the same material as Rhombulus' crystal, made so that no magic can penetrate it." Glossaryk spoke. "You don't have to tell me where you obtained this. I already know."
"Cryptic and knowledgeable." A man said, coming out of the dark shadows from one side of the room. Fourteen men followed behind him. "Just as the legends have told us."
"Well, I'm...flattered...that you know of me. A name from you would suffice though." Glossaryk told him as he snapped his fingers. Nothing happened though. "Right. No magic...no pudding."
"My identity is kept secret for...confidentiality, shall I say. We don't want to expose our little operation now, do we?" The man said.
"Mm...so what do you want exactly?" Glossaryk asked.
"You know of magic from the past...present...and future. You know of every spell ever written and every moment when magic has been at its most powerful." The man continued, putting his hand into a fist.
"Ah, ah, ah. There is some magic that I do not know of. I'm not a magic encyclopedia. Now you're expecting way too much out of me; doing all the work. Really." Glossaryk sarcastically said to him.
"Really? Well, let's see if you know the answer to this." The man spoke, bringing his face closer to the glass container.
...
"Tell me a spell that can raise the dead."
CHAPTER 26 COMING SOON!
P.S. Sorry this chapter took so long to write! I had writer's block hit me TWICE with this one. I was finally able to overcome it though! I should have the next chapter done between now and about 2-3 weeks from today. My hand's still trying to heal from the carpal tunnel so I need to give it a rest once in a while. Still, I hope you liked this chapter! Stay tuned!