Author's Note: I don't own Star vs the Forces of Evil or its characters, but only my OCs

Star vs the Forces of Evil belongs to Daron Nefcy

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The Untold Story of Serena Butterfly

Chapter 79: Butterfly Trap

At the Bureaucracy of Magic...

The sound of a gavel was heard in a courtroom.

Rhombulus, Hekapoo and Omnitraxus Prime sat behind the judges chairs and Eclipsa stood behind the defendant podium with her hands handcuffed.

"All rise! The court of the Magical High Commission is now in session."Omnitraxus stated. "Her Majesty, Queen Moon of Mewni, presiding."

Queen Moon appeared behind Omnitraxus and stood in front of the judge's chair in the middle.

"Thank you."Queen Moon said firmly. "We are gathered here today for the trial of Eclipsa—"

Then Sean bursted into the courtoom with a typewriter.

"I'm sorry!"Sean apologised and the courtroom door briefly closes on him and then came inside. "I-I'm sorry I'm late! We haven't had a trial in so long, I didn't know where to find the typey thingy. Usually Rhombulus just crystallizes everybody. With his laser eye. But a real trial! This is exciting!"

"That depends on where you're sitting."Eclipsa complemented.

"As I was saying, we're gather here today for the trial of Eclipsa."Queen Moon stated.

As Queen Moon spoke, Sean types loudly over her.

Sean stopped typing when he notice Queen Moon growling and he started typing slowly.

"We shall determine once and for all whether Eclipsa has committed the evil deeds recorded in our histories."Queen Moon commented. "If she is found guilty, the punishment will be—"

"Death!"Rhombulus shouted. "Death!"

"Rhombulus, we talked about this."Queen Moon reminded with a frown.

"Well, we crystallized her last time."Rhombulus responded. "Look how that turned out. "Death!"

"Hey! Sit down."Queen Moon ordered with a glare.

"Yes, ma'am..."Rhombulus said as he sat down on his seat.

"Well, that's all in order."Hekapoo replied and frowned. "But what are they doing here?"

Hekapoo revealed Star and Serena sitting behind her.

"This is supposed to be a private hearing."Hekapoo stated.

"Star and Serena were the ones who convinced me to hold this trial in the first place."Queen Moon said. "If Eclipsa is found guilty, I want them to be here to see it."

"Or if she's innocent which she is I wanna see all y'all's faces when you realize how wrong you were."Star complemented with a smirk.

"If you think you can just waltz in here and run your mouth off!"Hekapoo scowled.

"I can waltz wherever I want!"Star snapped. "I can run my mouth when I want!"

Serena scoffed and face palmed in disappointment.

This was supposed to a proper trial of Eclipsa not an arguing session.

"Death!"Rhombulus shouted. "Death!"

"No! I will hold you in contempt of court!"Queen Moon snapped. "Sit down!"

"Excuse me!"Sean interrupted. "Hey, sorry, but could you talk a bit slower, please?"

"No."Queen Moon whispered angrily.

Sean typed 'NO' on the typewriter.

"Queen Moon, what evidence have you brought us?"Omnitraxus asked.

"I'm afraid this is the evidence."Queen Moon responded.

Moon produces a large stack of papers, binders, stone tables and scrolls.

"It's less impressive than it looks."Queen Moon admitted. "These are all second-hand accounts, oral histories, folk stories, none of them verified."

"There's no way around it."Hekapoo said. "Come on, everybody grab a stack."

"You guys aren't gonna seriously sit here and read all of that stuff, right?"Serena questioned.

"Yes, I don't mean to fuss, but exactly how long is this trial meant to last?"Eclipsa asked.

Queen Moon sighed. "As long as it takes. Now to begin, we must organize each and every one of these documents by date and author."

Rhombulus groaned. "Sounds like math!"

"Once we've constructed a rough timeline, we can—"Queen Moon started.

"Uh, that won't be necessary. I request a Trial by Box."Eclipsa suggested.

"Awesome!"Rhombulus shouted and tosses the papers away.

"Well, it looks like I won't be needing these anymore."Hekapoo remarked.

"Sean, cancel my lunch order."Omnitraxus ordered. "We're gonna be done here pretty quick."

"Lunch?"Sean said and stopped typing.

"Eclipsa, are you sure about this?"Queen Moon asked. "The Box is a ruthless seeker of truth. If you attempt to conceal anything from it, crystallization may be the least of your worries."

"I'm tired of sitting around waiting for you to decide my fate."Eclipsa responded. "I'll give you the truth. All of it. And if that means crystallization, so be it."

"Sean, we wish to invoke Trial by Box."Queen Moon ordered.

Sean saluted. "Yes, your Majesty!"

Sean runs out of the courtroom and returns with an ornamental cart with a banner that reads 'BOX OF TRUTH'.

"The Box of Truth has arrived!"Sean announced.

Sean pulled on a rope cord and the banner pulled up to reveal the Truth or Punishment box.

Serena paled. "No way."

"Wait, is that Truth or Punishment?"Star asked.

"What? No, no, no, no."Queen Moon responded. "This is the Box of Truth."

"That, my friend, is Truth or Punishment."Star chuckled. "Me and Rena played it at my sleepover."

"You played it?"Queen Moon questioned. "The Box is not a game!"

"Who do you have a crush on?"the Box asked.

"Queen Moon!"Rhombulus answered. "Uh-oh."

Moon, Star, Serena, Hekapoo and Omnitraxus stare at Rhombulus as he blushed.

"It must be on the wrong setting."Queen Moon commented.

Queen Moon picked up the Box and turned it over, showing a display that reads 'PARTY' and a dial.

Moon turns dial to 'INTERVENTION'.

"We need to talk."the Box said.

Queen Moon turned the dial to 'BACHELORETTE'.

"All right, ladies! Are you—?"the Box started.

Queen Moon turned the dial to 'TRIAL'.

"Prepare for judgment!"the Box announced.

"The rules are simple."Queen Moon explained. "Each member of the Magical High Commission shall ask one question and the accused must answer."

Queen Moon turned the box on.

"To all who seek the path of knowledge, listen well to this decree."the Box said. "Surrender to the eye of justice. Swear an oath of truth to me."

A small mouth rose out of the box as Star and Serena watched.

"Ooh."Star whispered with a smile. "Different poem, different poem."

Queen Moon sticked pinky finger in box's mouth.

"I swear."Queen Moon replied.

Hekapoo sticked the pinky finger in box's mouth.

"I swear."Hekapoo responded.

"I swear."Omnitraxus vowed and sticked index finger in box's mouth.

"I, uh...swear?"Rhombulus said and sticked one of his snake heads tongue in the box's mouth.

Eclipsa sticked her pinky finger in box's mouth.

"I swear."Eclipsa answered.

"And now, it's time for trial by Box."the Box announced.

The box reconfigured to an eyeball shape and shined a spotlight on Eclipsa.

"Eclipsa, did you write the evil chapter in the Book of Spells?"Omnitraxus asked.

"Exhibit A!"the Box said and creates a hologram of the Book of Spells.

"Yes, I did. But for the record, I never called it the evil chapter. That was your people's name for it."Eclipsa stated and unlocked her chapter and flips pages containing her spells. "I wrote plenty of eviler spells that never even made it into the final draft. Writing is rewriting, you know."

The Box turned green.

"Truth!"the Box responded.

On a "GOOD/EVIL" checklist, Hekapoo makes a checkmark under 'EVIL'.

Star and Serena glared at Hekapoo.

"Whatever."Star scoffed with a glare. "Have you guys even read her chapter?"

"Hekapoo, the second question goes to you."Queen Moon instructed.

"Box, pull up the royal archives for me, would ya?"Hekapoo asked with a smile.

"Exhibit B."the Box said and creates a hologram of Eclipsa and King Shastacan.

Eclipsa stared at a hologram of King Shastacan before crossing her arms in disgust and looked away in anger.

"Did you abandon your husband, King Shastacan, and your kingdom to elope with a monster?"Hekapoo asked.

The hologram version of Eclipsa runs away from King Shastacan and goes up to a hologram of Globgor.

"Oh, hello, sweetie. Yes, I did run off with a monster. But could you really blame me?"Eclipsa asked with a smile before lovingly caressing Globgor's cheek with her finger making him growl contentedly. "How could I resist a smile like that?"

The Box turned green.

"Truth again!"the Box replied.

"Aww!"Star cooed sweetly and looked at Hekapoo. "Huh?"

Hekapoo checked off 'Evil' again.

"Hey, she was in love."Serena retorted. "That is not a bad thing."

"Uh-huh."Hekapoo said simply and ignored Serena.

Star looked at Eclipsa.

"Come on, Eclipsa."Star begged.

"Rhombulus, the third—"Queen Moon started.

"Did you eat those babies?!"Rhombulus shouted.

Eclipsa blinked her eyes and tilts her head in confusion.

"What?"Eclipsa asked.

"Ugh!"Hekapoo groaned in annoyance. "Bobipsa was the baby-eater, not Eclipsa!"

"Oh, right."Rhombulus said. "I wanna take my question back."

"There are no take-backs in trial by Box!"the Box reminded.

The Box created a hologram of Eclipsa tormenting babies.

"Well, I hate to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I have not eaten even a single baby."Eclipsa responded. "Now, I did hurt the occasional teenager, but only psychologically, and they always deserved it."

The Box turned green.

"We're on a roll here, people!"the Box announced.

Hekapoo checks off 'EVIL' once again.

"What is wrong with—?! Didn't you hear her?!"Star snapped. "She didn't eat those babies!"

"Star, sit down."Queen Moon ordered firmly. "We must respect the rules of the Box."

"Fine!"Star muttered and returned to sit next to Serena.

Queen Moon stood up from her seat.

"Are you sorry for what you've done?"Eclipsa asked.

"No."Eclipsa replied. "I'm not."

The Magical High Commission were angered by Eclipsa's respond.

"What?!"Hekapoo shouted.

"The nerve!"Omnitraxus scowled. "Outrageous!"

Hekapoo writes 'EVIL' in big, red letters on a scroll.

"That settles it."Omnitraxus said. "Rhombulus, if you would."

"Right."Rhombulus agreed and started charging his crystal gem.

"One moment."Eclipsa suggested. "I haven't asked my question."

"Wait."Rhombulus said. "What?"

Hekapoo burst out laughing.

"She can't ask us a question."Omnitraxus replied.

"Um...I think she can! Right, Mom?"Star asked. "My mum said! She said in the rules!"

"Technically, since Eclipsa was once a Queen of Mewni, she is still a member of the Magical High Commission."Eclipsa admitted. "And every member gets to ask one question."

Eclipsa cleared her throat and stood up from her seat.

Serena bit her lip.

This was it.

"What did you do with my daughter?"Eclipsa asked.

The Box of Truth shined a spotlight on the Magic High Commission.

Queen Moon and the Magical High Commission gasped.

"Uh, I have no idea what she's talking about."Hekapoo admitted.

"We didn't do anything with your daughter!"Omnitraxus replied.

"And honestly?"Rhombulus asked. "I-I'm kind of offended."

The Box turnes red.

"Too bad for you."the Box said and floated up. "EVERYONE LIED!"

The Box trapped everyone in a giant metal box.

"What's happening?"Rhombulus asked. "We told the truth!"

"Are you sure about that?"the Box questioned.

The giant box shrinks slightly causing everyone to panic.

"Not this again!"Serena mumbled in fear.

"Uh, c'mon, guys, spit it out!"Star demanded.

"We didn't do anything wrong!"Hekapoo protested.

The giant box shrunk again.

"The Box seems to differ!"Queen Moon responded angrily.

"We aren't the ones on trial!"Omnitraxus reminded.

"If you'd rather get to the truth more quickly, I can work with that."the Box retorted.

The giant box started shrinking steadily.

"That's not good."Rhombulus commented.

Star and Serena started pushing against the wall.

"Come on, guys!"Star suggested.

"Just tell the truth already!"Serena growled.

Eclipsa glared intensely at the Magical High Commission.

Omnitraxus was pushing against the wall.

"My magic's no good in here!"Omnitraxus said.

Rhombulus created tall crystal pillars to keep the box from shrinking.

Hekapoo created several clones of herself to push against the walls.

"Moon, please shut it off!"Omnitraxus begged.

"I can't do that."Queen Moon answered. "We all took the oath!"

Rhombulus' crystal pillars started to break.

"Oh, no."Rhombulus said. "Okay, I'm done! I want out!"

Hekapoo's clones poof into thin air.

"We're gonna be crushed!"Hekapoo shouted.

"You know, this is so unfair! You enforce the laws of magic on everyone around you, and yet for some reason, you can lie to us?"Star questioned with a glare. "How does that make you any different than the villain you say Eclipsa is?!"

Just as it seemed everyone was going to get crushed by the box, Rhombulus quickly spoke up.

"We got rid of your daughter, sorry!"Rhombulus apologised.

At the last moment, the Box turned green.

"Truth!"the Box stated.

The giant box disappeared and everyone returned to their original positions in the courtroom.

"What the heck, Rhombulus?!"Hekapoo demanded.

"I'm sorry, I'm tired of keeping it a secret."Rhombulus admitted. "Tell 'em Omni."

"Fine."Omnitraxus said. "Eclipsa, your ex-husband, King Shastacan..."

Omnitraxus' explanation was accompanied by holograms from the Box of Truth.

The hologram showed King Shastacan holding Baby Meteora with a blanket using a staff before he threw her away which shocked Eclipsa.

"He wanted nothing to do with your half-monster daughter."Omnitraxus stated. "So we swapped her out with a peasant girl. We gave her the royal magic wand and she became the next Queen of Mewni."

Then the hologram showed Baby Festivia touching the wand causing it to turn into a rattle and a royal crown was placed on her head.

A stunned look grew on Serena's face.

Festivia was just a peasant girl from the Mewni village.

Not a Butterfly.

Eclipsa and Meteora were her only blood relatives from the Butterfly family tree.

But this also meant Moon, Star and the rest of the 'Butterflies' were not the descendants of Skywynne from Solaria's side.

They were fake Butterflies.

"Eclipsa has been found guilty of crimes against Mewmanity."the Box announced. "However, the Magical High Commission has also been found guilty of tampering with Mewni's history and omitting the truth from the Butterfly family for generations. This concludes the trial. Although, if we're all being honest here, it seems like y'all still have some issues to deal with."

The Box of Truth deactivated and fell into Queen Moon's hands.

"So it was just as we suspected."Queen Moon stated softly.

"What?!"Hekapoo and Omnitraxus questioned in unison.

Queen Moon gets out of her chair and walked away.

"Uh, Moon?"Hekapoo asked.

Queen Moon walked up to Eclipsa's podium.

"We knew there was something missing from our family's history."Queen Moon admitted and took out the scroll. "Eclipsa's daughter should be recorded here in the royal archives, but she's gone."

"Wait a minute."Rhombulus said in shock. "This whole trial was a set-up?!"

Sean let out a panicking whimpering.

"You were planning this all along!"Hekapoo accused.

Star and Serena get up from their seats and went down.

"Actually...we all planned this."Star stated with a frown.

Serena slowly went next to Eclipsa while glaring at the Magical High Commission in anger.

Sean let out more panicking whimpers.

"We thought you might be hiding something."Queen Moon commented with a glare. "And it turns out we were right!"

"You lied to our family for generations!"Star scowled coldly.

Sean's mouth hanged open and he banged on the typewriter keys.

"We had to!"Hekapoo replied.

"Can you imagine if the power of magic fell into the hands of a monster?"Omnitraxus asked.

"Oh please!"Serena snapped angrily. "None of you didn't even give the poor infant a chance!"

"You let us live a lie."Star commented with a sad frown. "We shouldn't even have the throne. Eclipsa isn't even—Wait."

Star turned to Eclipsa, who looked back at her.

"You aren't actually my great-great-great-great-something-grandma."Star said sadly.

"No, sweetie, I'm not."Eclipsa responded.

"Star, I guess that means we are not cousins after all..."Serena admitted in heart break.

"Then... that means..."Star started and takes out her wand to hold it. "...we're no more royal than anybody else."

"You're still a princess, Star."Queen Moon assured.

"No, mum."Star responded with a hurtful look before looking at Eclipsa. "We're nobody."

Star used her wand to unlock Eclipsa's handcuffs.

A surprised look grew on Eclipsa's as she rubbed her free wrists and watched Star leave the courtroom.

"Star!"Queen Moon protested. "Star, wait!"

Star runs out of the courtroom causing Serena to follow after her.


Above the Roof of Butterfly Castle...

"Your still a princess, Star."

"No, mum! We're nobody!"

Unknown to the Butterflies and the Magical High Commission, Dabyi has been watching and listening to Eclipsa's trial using a small crystal ball.

A smirk grew on Dabyi's face before she turned into her crow form and flew away from Mewni to tell Mercedes what she has discovered.


Uh oh...