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 87: Butterfly Follies

In the Dark Dimension...

Mercedes was pacing backward and forward while Dabyi sat in the sofa, polishing her finger nails.

"And your saying my bastard grand-niece is helping Eclipsa run Mewni?"Mercedes questioned. "This is a twisted turn of events."

"Not only that Serenity is also helping her get rid the oppression toward monsters."Dabyi added. "Sounds like something that your niece would do."

Mercedes angrily threw a bunch of daggers at a image on the wall that contained Dimitri and Ferelith with their two little girls; Marigold and Pamela.

There were crosses on Dimitri and Pamela's faces except for Ferelith and Marigold.

"So my little brother's other grandkid thinks she can bring a happy new beginning."Mercedes scowled and smirked darkly. "Not to worry. Once my lousy pest of a daughter gives birth to her baby, none of them not even those imposters won't exist."


In Mewni...

Star, Serena, Marco and King River were searching all over Mewni for Queen Moon's whereabouts ever since she disappeared from the Realm of Magic.

In that time, Star has become skilled at using spells without her wand.

The group were now infiltrating a dungeon tower that they already searched before and were fighting their way past it's security.

Serena wore a pink dress with fuchsia traits on the chest, shoulders, neck, gloves and the second skirt. The dress was divided into two parts from the waist down: the first was the long tail coats trailing down behind her legs and around the front was like a skirt with another smaller fuchsia coloured one beneath. The neck had a small pair of golden roses drawn on. The chest and shoulders were adorned with gold buttons. The orange haired girl also wore short pink gloves that go halfway up the arms and the suit had yellow lien and edges where the colours were separated. The boots she wore were pink and fuchsia with folds which have drawn roses on each with yellow borders. On her head, Serena wore a small pink hat with a prominent pink stripe and a gold rose in the middle of the cap.

Star blasted a guard knight through a wall using her wandless magic.

"Oh!"Star chuckled. "Not bad, me!"

More knights swung their weapons at Star and Serena.

Star dodged and fired back with more magic.

"Incoming!"Star called out.

Serena used her cane to blast magic at the knights.

Marco fought off a knight with his sword, El Choppo.

The Diaz boy looked behind him and ducks down.

The knights that Star sent flying crash into the knight that Marco was fighting and they fall down a flight of stairs.

"Nice!"Marco remarked.

As Marco, Star and Serena continued fighting, King River sinks his teeth into another knight's leg.

"Tastes like chicken!"River grumbled.

"Glittery Heart Slap Blast!"Star chanted.

Star sends two more knights flying with a purple heart-shaped blast.

"Rainbow Fist Punch!"Star chanted.

Star sends another knight flying into a wall with a fist of rainbow light.

The knight's mace strike his own face.

"Look out!"Marco protested.

Another knight hurled a wrecking ball at Star and Star jumped out of the way.

When Star hits the ground, her purse goes flying.

"My purse!"Star panicked.

Star catches her purse just as it flies out the tower window.

"Whew!"Star sighed.

The photo of Star, Marco and Serena's 'Beach Day' slipped out of the purse's open zipper.

"Noooo!"Star shouted.

Star jumped out the window, hanged from the ledge by her foot and caught the photo.

Star sighed in relief.

"Come on, Star!"Serena stated.

Serena pulled Star back inside the tower.

Star, Marco, Serena and River run to the top of the tower and reach a door covered with a lot of locks and chains.

"I got this."Star assured. "Narwhal Blast!"

Star broke the door down with a Narwhal Blast.

Then Star, Marco, Serena and River run inside.

"Mum?!"Star asked.

A Mewman prisoner hanged upside-down from the wall.

"I'm not your mum."the prisoner coughed.

"What?"Star and River said in unison.

"Huh?"Marco asked.

Serena groaned. "I told you third time is not the charm."

"For corn's sake, Star Butterfly!"Warden snapped. "This is the third time you've ruined my prison tower! Couldn't you have used one of the holes you already made?"

Warden shows Star, Marco, Serena and River two holes of the prison wall that were made by them before.

"Uh, sorry."Star apologised. "We just wanted to triple check to make sure we hadn't missed anything."

"I believe I told you before, let me say it again, Queen Moon's not here!"Warden reminded.

"You know, this is all your mum's fault anyway."the prisoner said. "Keeping secrets and conspiring with evil queens."

"I know things are a little shaky right now, but it's not my mum's fault."Star replied.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right."the prisoner agreed. "It's your fault!"

"Ugh!"Star scowled.

Warden tightened the prisoner's bindings.

"Yes, the moment you're in charge, you just hand the whole kingdom over to the Queen of Darkness and her frozen monster husband."Warden said with a frown and looked at Serena. "And you, Princess Serena, have decided to work with the evil queen instead of caring about your own family."

"Hey."Serena said with a frown. "First thing, Eclipsa is not evil. Second, she is my long distant cousin many times remove so that means she's part of my family. And last, I didn't betray the people I grew up with."

"Anyway with Queen Eclipsa in charge, I'm no longer allowed to imprison monsters."Warden admitted. "No. I've had to resort to imprisoning Mewmans, and...well, you know, I'm just not as passionate about that."

"How about just not imprisoning anybody?"Star suggested.

"How about you let me keep doing my job and I'll let you keep ruining everything for everybody?"Warden questioned.

"Fine!"Star answered.

Star, Marco, Serena and River leave the tower.

"Princesses."Warden muttered. "Am I right?"

"Totally."the prisoner agreed.


Outside the Tower...

The group walked inside a small canyon.

Cloudy was sleeping with Star's bags on his back.

"There's gotta be some place in Mewni we haven't checked yet."Star said sadly.

"Well, we have checked Lolosia and other locations, Star."Serena commented. "So it looks like we have run out of options."

Marco holds a map of Mewni with a lot of X-marks on it and makes another X-mark.

"Serena is right. We are running out of options."Marco stated and sniffed before looking at River and shuddered. "We could go to the Hot Springs again. It's been awhile since some of us have showered."

River shoved Marco's face in his chest and laughed.

"Drink in that musk, boy."River laughed. "Ha-ha! That's all natural."

"Okay!"Marco said and pulled away.

Star's compact mirror phone started ringing.

"You want to know why hygiene is important?"Marco asked. "It's because the world is a petri dish of bacteria!"

Star answered her mirror phone call to see Tom Lucitor.

"Tom!"Star remarked.

"How's the search going today?"Tom asked.

"Oh, it's going great!"Star assured. "We got tons of leads!"

"Isn't that the same tower you checked twice already?"Tom asked.

"Yes Tom, it is."Serena answered. "And now we checked it for the third time."

"Uh no, we didn't Rena!"Star lied with a smile and looked at her phone. "What do you know about towers? You live underground."

"There are towers in the Underworld, you know?"Tom reminded.

"Sorry, sorry."Star apologised. "You're right, Tom. You're not stupid."

"You never said I was stupid."Tom stated.

"Well, not out loud."Star admitted.

"Okay."Tom chuckled. "That's the Star I miss."

"Miss you, too, Boo! See ya soon!"Star remarked and closed the phone.

Serena studied the map while Marco talked to River.

"And then, when you go to eat the sandwich, your fingers are gonna touch the food you eat in your mouth."Marco said.

Marco's phone started ringing and he answered it.

"Hey, man."Marco responded.

"Hey, Marco..."Tom started.

Star sat next to Serena.

"We've looked at this a million times."Star said.

"Maybe we've been looking at it all wrong."River suggested.

"I don't think so, Uncle River."Serena replied as she stood up. "No matter where we looked, we still didn't find a trace of Aunt Moon."

Star and River sat upside while checking the map.

"Hey, you there!"A three eyed monster called out. "Is everything okay?"

"Uh, yeah."Star answered. "We're kind of in the middle of something."

"Oh, my bad!"the three eyed monster shouted. "I thought you fell down and broke all your bones. Ignore me!"

The monster started walking away and the back of his T-shirt showed Queen Moon's image.

"Wait a second! Wait! Wait-wait-wait-wait!"Star protested. "Hey-hey-hey, monster dude! Your shirt!"

Star runs up to the monster and pulled on his shirt.

"Whoa!"the three eyed monster said. "What'd I do?!"

The back of the monster's T-shirt had Moon's face and read 'COME SEE ME AT THE PIE CARNIVAL!'

"It's...It's her!"Star said.

"Moooon!"River cried.

"Come see me at the Pie Carnival."Marco read.

"Pie Carnival!"River grunted.

"It doesn't make any sense."Serena admitted. "Aunt Moon never liked that carnival."

"Why would your mum be at a Pie Carnival?"Marco questioned.

"She's probably confused."Star replied. "The time she spent in the Realm of Magic really did a number on her memory."

"Wait a minute!"the three eyed monster stated. "Are you Star Butterfly?!"

"What?"Star asked. "Oh!"

The three eyed monster vigorously shook Star's hand.

"It is an honor to meet you!"the three eyed monster remarked.

"Oh!"Star laughed. "It's nice to meet you, too. But about the Pie Carnival..."

"Yeah, the Pie Carnival."the three eyed monster chuckled. "Oh, they hate monsters there! But they gotta deal with us now, you know? Ever since you gave the kingdom back to Eclipsa, you've given us monsters a chance to live a normal life again!"

"Well, I guess I was just doing what felt like the right thing to do."Star answered.

"You did good, Princess."the three eyed monster assured. "Too bad your mom was such a dum-dum!"

Serena bit her lip at that respond.

"You take that back about my wife!"River snapped.

"Dad, wait! He knows where mum is!"Star reminded and looked at the monster. "Uh, monster dude? Please, can you tell us how to get to the Pie Carnival?"

"Oh, yeah, didn't I say?"the three eyed monster asked. "I guess I didn't—I was very excit-It's just over that hill!l

"Okay, thanks!"Star answered. "Bye!"

"Wait!"River ordered.

Star, Marco and Serena run to the carnival grounds.

The entrance sign reads 'PIE CARNYVALE'.

"Pie Carn-ya-val-lay. Now with Queen Moon."Star read. "My mum is Queen Moon!"

"They wrote carnival wrong."Serena commented in disproval.

Star ran into the carnival, pulling Marco and Serena along.

"Wait! Wait!"River demanded and tackled Marco to the ground.

"Dad, mum's here."Star reminded.

"Aah! Pie Carnival!"River protested. "Danger! Pie Folk!"

"Pie Folk?"Star asked.

"Pie Folk! The sleaziest scammers in all of Mewni."River explained. "What may seem like a fun carn-ya-val is but a trap to take everything you have. Your horse! Your carriage! Your wedding ring!"

"Did any of this actually happened to you?"Serena asked.

"I was trying to win a boombox."River admitted. "But now they've taken my wife!"

"Well, say what you want about the Pie Folk."Star stated. "But if mum's here, I'm going."

"I'm right with you, Star."Serena stated.

Star and Serena walked into the Pie Carnival.

"Sweeties, wait! Wear money belts!"River called out. "They're doomed."

"Uh, w-w-w-wait a sec. Look, we've been questing for weeks and I haven't had a proper meal."Marco said. "Let's get some food."

"You just touched my beard!"River scowled.

"C'mon, man. You're, like, the hungriest guy I know."Marco reminded. "You gotta be starving, too!"

"Of course I'm starving. I'm starving for my wife!"River whimpered. "My wife."

"Uhhh..."Marco started.

"We'll eat a proper meal at home after we find Moon!"River admitted.

"I'm just talking about a snack, dude."Marco answered. "This place is full of pies!"

"Full of pies?"River questioned and bites a leg of meat as he backed away. "Full of lies!"

"You...You have food?"Marco said. "River! Is that a drumstick?!"

Star and Serena walked up to a tall Pie Folk man and pulled on the back of his suspenders.

"Oh, hey, sorry to bother you."Star apologised. "Have you seen my mum?"

The man turned his neck 180 degrees to look at Star.

Serena shuddered a little.

"Uh, that depends."the pie folk man replied. "Who's your mum?"

"Queen—Uh, former Queen Moon Butterfly."Star answered.

"Ohhhhh!"the pie folk man said and bowed to Star. "Forgive me for being so common, milady! Your mama...uh, I mean, Queen Moon is over at the meet and greet. I'll walk you over. Hold my pie, would ya?"

"Sure."Marco answered and held the man's pie.

The Pie Folk man pulled up on his pants and leads Star, Marco, and River over to the meet-and-greet area just a few feet away.

A sign read a chair reads 'MEET MOON' and a sign over the chair with Moon's face on it reads 'CLOSED'.

"There it is! Problem is meet and greet is closed. I gotta go."Marco replied and looked at Marco. "That'll be six-fifty for the pie."

"Oh, right."Marco laughed and gives $650 to the man. "There ya go."

Star looked emotional at the 'CLOSED' sign of Moon's face causing Serena to place her hand on her shoulder.

"Excuse me, miss."the Merchant said. "Did I hear you're looking for Queen Moon?"

"Yes! Yes-yes-yes-yes-yes, yes, yes!"Star answered. "Oh, please tell me you know where she is!"

The merchant brought the group to his tent, where multiple pieces of Queen Moon merchandise were on display.

"Welcome to the exclusive Queen Moon Merchandise store! Or shall I say...Moon-chandise!"the Merchant stated proudly. "Here we have all your Queen Moon merchandise needs! Including thirteen different types of Moon Dolls! Our newest addition is the Supportive Mom Moon Doll!"

The merchant pulled a moon doll's string.

"You're doing just fine, sweetheart."the Moon doll commented.

"No!"Star snapped. "We don't want your dumb merchandise!"

"Maybe just...one or two."River suggested while holding a bunch of Moon Dolls.

"I thought you said you hated the Pie Folk, Uncle River."Serena complemented.

"Yes, but do I hate the Pie Folk more than I love my wife?"River asked.

"Ugh!"Star groaned in frustration.

Star, Marco and Serena leave the tent.

Around the carnival, people have Queen Moon merchandise and stood next to Queen Moon cardboard standees.

"She's everywhere."Star said. "Just look around. They all love my mum."

"Yeah and they don't love us, how is that fair?"Serena retorted.

"Sounds like you need a Supportive Mom Moon Doll."the Merchant admitted.

Star buys a Moon Doll from the merchant and hugged it.

"I thought giving the kingdom back to Eclipsa was the right thing to do."Star commented with a unsure look. "But...I don't know. Did I...Did I blow it?"

"You were Queen and you made a decision."Marco said and takes Moon Doll from Star and drops it on the ground. "Some people might just need some time to get used to it."

"At least the monsters are now living in better conditions than before."Serena admitted.

Star, Marco and Serena hear a fanfare.

A man on a stage playing Manfred addresses an audience.

"Fellow Mewmans! Let us tell you a tale...one that we all know too well."Fake Manfred said.

"Maybe this will take my mind off of things."River stated.

"The Butterfly Follies!"Fake Manfred announced.

The theater curtains opened to reveal a man playing a dull caricature of King River with a pie on his head.

"Ho-ho-ho!"Fake River laughed. "Being king of Mewni is the easiest job I've ever married into!"

The crowd burst out laughing.

"Who...Who is this idiot?"River asked.

"All hail your king!"Fake River belched.

The crowd laughed while most of them booed.

"Oh, no! It's me!"River panicked. "I'm the idiot?!"

"I'm all out of fooood!"Fake River shouted. "What do I do?!"

"There's a pie on your head!"the crowd stated.

"Oooh! There's a pie on my head?"Fake River asked.

The actor playing River stood up and the pie on his head falls off.

When he tried to catch it, he stumbled and falls onto it face-first.

The crowd laughed even more.

"I can't! I can't! He's so dumb!"the mewman laughed hysterically. "He's just like the real King River!"

River shoved the Mewman man away.

"This is an outrage!"River growled.

"Let's get out of here."Star admitted. "We don't have to watch this."

An actress playing a goofy caricature of Star Butterfly appeared on stage hanging from a rope.

"Papa! Save some pie for me!"Fake Star begged. "Star Butterfly!"

The crowd started booing.

"Oh, no."Star mumbled.

"I'm here to destroy the great Butterfly legacy with my love of monsters just like my favourite cousin!"Fake Star taunted and falls on her butt.

"But, dear!"Fake River protested. "What about your responsibilities to the Mewmans?"

"Here's what I got to say about Mewmans! Narwhal Blast!"Fake Star answered and farted.

The crowd laughed even more.

"That's not how the Narwhal Blast works."Star commented.

"Just ignore them, they're idiots."Serena scowled in disgust.

"Hey."Marco said. "Let's...Let's leave."

"No. No-no-no-no. No-no."Star replied. "I want to see where they take this."

"But I don't!"Marco admitted. "What do you think they're gonna do to me?"

"What's that I hear? I think my best friend is about to make an appearance!"Fake Star announced. "It's...Horse Face!"

The actress playing Star revealed a Pony Head puppet on her head.

The crowd laughed even more.

"My only friend!"Fake Star giggled and imitated Pony Head. "Girl, you know I'm so sassy! Hee-haw!"

Marco became sad while Serena folded her arms with a annoyed expression.

"You two always make such a mess!"

A spotlight shines onto the stage.

"Oh, no!"Fake River and Fake Star answered.

"But do not worry."

Queen Moon appeared from behind the stage backdrop.

The crowd gasped in surprise.

"Your Queen is here!"Moon assured.

The crowd cheered in joy.

"We love you, Moon!"the crowd cheered. "The rightful queen of Mewni! All hail Queen Moon!"

River, Star, Serena and Marco stared at Moon with stunned looks.

"Moon pie!"River said with tears of joy.

"Is that really her?"Marco asked.

"It has to be!"Star answered and runs to the stage.

"Star, hold on a second!"Serena demanded.

"Mama! Mama!"Star called out. "It's me, Star!"

The theater music stopped playing and Moon stared at Star.

Star climbed onto the stage.

"You're here!"Star remarked and happily hugged Moon. "Mmm!"

"Um, excuse me?"Moon asked.

"You don't remember me, but this hug feels good right now."Star remarked.

"Who is that?"the elderly man questioned.

"What's going on?"A man questioned.

"Who...Who are you?"Moon asked.

"Mom, you were in a magical dimension."Star admitted. "You lost your memory. There was a unicorn?"

"Um..."Moon said in complete shock.

"I know it doesn't make any sense, but you're my mum."Star assured.

"Indeed!"Fake Star agreed. "Queen Moon is like a mum to us all!"

"No, she is actually my mother!"Star argued. "I am the real Star Butterfly!"

"Well, I've got the wand!"Fake Star mocked. "But I don't know how to use it!"

The crowd started laughing.

Star blasted away the actress playing her with a Heart Blast.

The crowd gasped in shock.

"I don't need a wand."Star replied with a glare.

"It's the real Star Butterfly!"the man shouted angrily. "Get her!"

The crowd shouted in anger and started throwing pies.

"I'm sorry."Star apologised.

Star and Moon duck under flying pieces of pie.

"...but I need to queen-nap you!"Star said and grabbed Moon before running away. "You make terrible pies!"

"They are nothing but a big disgrace to all sweet pastries!"Serena shouted.

"You tell them, sweeties!"River chuckled.

"We gotta go!"Marco stated and grabbed River before running away.

Star, Moon, Serena, Marco and River were chased out of town by an angry mob with pitchforks.

"Warnicorn Stampede!"Star chanted.

Star summoned a pair of warnicorns and the group escaped on horseback.

"We'd love to stay, but we don't want to!"River called out.

When the group reached the outskirts of the village, the warnicorns disappeared.

"Mum."Star giggled.

"Moonpie!"River added.

Star and River hugged Moon.

"You've come back to me."River cried. "I was so scared I would forget your face, but you're as beautiful as I..."

River brushed Moon's face with his hand and her cheek mark smeared on his fingers.

"...remembered...Uh..."River stuttered.

"Um, I have to tell you something."Moon stated.

'Moon" takes off his wig, revealing himself to be another Butterfly Follies actor.

Star and River gasped in shock.

"You...cut your hair?"River asked.

"No, I'm not—"Erik said and cleared his throat. "I'm not the real Queen Moon. My name is Erik. Sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I was trying not to break character."

"I thought I smelled a rat."Serena commented with a frown.

Star hugged Serena while crying.

"We were so close!"Star sobbed.

"Oh, my gosh! You have a gift!"Marco said with a smile. "This is the most flawless contouring I've ever seen!"

"I used my new luminizer to highlight my cheekbones."Erik admitted.

"Sometimes Turdina likes to highlight with glitter."Marco said.

"I like to use glitter on my eyelids to make 'em pop!"Erik remarked.

"Sometimes I'll put a little bronzer on, and then blend it with my—"Marco started.

"MARCO!"Star shouted. "We don't have time for this!"

"Oh, my gosh. Can I just say it's an honor to meet the real Star Butterfly?"Erik asked. "What does it feel like knowing you single-handedly ruined your kingdom?"

"Look, she's been through a lot and she really doesn't need this from you."Marco stated.

"Yeah and she didn't ruin Mewni."Serena agreed.

"I understand, Princess Serena."Erik replied. "So it's your fault then?"

"Oh shut up!"Serena growled.

Serena transformed Erik into a frog flying squirrel.

"Serena!"Marco said with a glare.

"Get out of here before I feed you to Snookers."Serena threatened grimly.

Erik ribbits and runs away.

"Wait!"Marco protested.

Erik leaped off a cliff and started to glide and landed on the back of a crow before they fly away.

"Erik..."Marco whispered sadly.

"He got what he deserved."Serena assured simply.

Star walked up to River and took out the map before sitting on a log.

"I guess the only thing left to do is retrace our steps and start searching all over again."Star admitted.

"Or...we could go home."Marco suggested.

"Oh, you mean give up?"Star questioned with a glare.

"It's just that we've been out here for a while."Marco stated. "We'll be more efficient if we're well-rested."

Star looked down with a unsure look as Serena placed her hands on her shoulders.

"Star, we are not going to give up on finding your mum, but we need time to relax."Serena said.

"Exactly."Marco agreed. "We just need days of washing funk off our bodies. Or in River's case, weeks of funk."

River scratched his armpit and chuckled.

"Let's go home."Star admitted.


Afterwards...

Star, Marco, Serena and Cloudy entered the village while River makes a bed out of dirt.

There was a monster village known as 'New Monster Town' that was at the base of the Monster Temple mountain.

A little monster girl walking with her mother notice Serena.

"Hi, Princess Serena!"A little monster girl called out.

"Hi."Serena replied kindly with a wave.

"Come on, Dad."Star said. "Not again."

"I have no home without my Moon pie!"River protested. "I'm sleeping outside tonight!"

"Just leave him."Marco stated. "It's not our fault if he wants to be a drama king."

"Ugh, fine."Star answered. "I guess you're right."

In front of the Monster Temple, Eclipsa used the wand for floral decoration.

"Hey, Eclipsa!"Star said.

"Oh, Star! Marco! Serena! Welcome back!"Eclipsa greeted. "Any luck finding your mother?"

"No."Star sighed sadly.

"You know, have you checked the tower down the way?"Eclipsa asked.

"We've checked the tower."Serena stated.

"Three times."Marco whispered.

"Well, you never can be too thorough."Eclipsa responded.

"You want to bet?"Cloudy asked.

"What?"Marco questioned.

Star poofs Cloudy away.

"The castle's really coming along."Star remarked.

"It's a work in progress."Eclipsa responded. "Luckily, I've had lots of help from my transition team. I'd be lost without them."

Archibald flew over while holding tray of drinks.

"Fresh lemonade, milady?"Archibald asked.

"Thank you, Archibald."A lady lizard monster answered gently.

The laser puppies and Snookers come running out of the temple.

"Aah, puppies!"Star squealed. "Aw, did you miss us?"

Serena chuckled as Snookers licked her face.

"Stop."Serena giggled. "That tickles, Snookers."

"Let's head inside."Eclipsa suggested. "You must be tired."

"Actually, I could really go for some food."Marco admitted.

"No problem, I already had Gruncle Lazlo and a few cooks prepare a meal before we left."Serena commented with a smile.

Star, Serena and Marco entered the temple.

Not far from the young teenagers, the Butterfly Castle stood ruined and abandoned ahead.


Inside the Temple...

The Mewni royal guard marched past a mounted wall portrait of Eclipsa.

Star, Serena, Marco and Eclipsa walked through the temple foyer.

"Where's your father?"Eclipsa asked. "Still camping off-site?"

"You know my dad."Star replied. "He's processing things slowly."

Sir Lavabo gave clean clothes to a monster before noticing the two girls walking forward with Eclipsa and Marco.

"Princess Star!"Sir Lavabo called out. "I mean, Regular Star and Princess Serena! How goes the search for your mother?"

"It's going."Star responded. "Just...taking some time to recharge."

"Did you check that tower?"Sir Lavabo asked.

"Yes, several times."Serena replied.

"So, Lavabo, how are things going here?"Marco asked.

"I am busy performing my royal duties as always."Sir Lavabo answered.

"Mmm."Slime Monster murmured. "Fresh linen smell."

"I am...still getting used to seeing the fruits of my labor defiled."Sir Lavabo chuckled.

Then Manfred rushed forward while panting.

"Oh, Star! Did you and Princess Serena find your mother?"Manfred asked. "Things have been a bit, uh...different in her absence."

Star looked down in sadness.

"Star, might I borrow you for a second?"Eclipsa asked.

Eclipsa guided Star, Serena and Marco to Globgor's chamber.

There were monsters chipping away at the crystal with pickaxes.

"Wow."Star said. "This is quite a production."

"I've spared no expense to free my poor husband."Eclipsa admitted.

A bear monster's pickaxe breaks.

"Ohhh, not again!"the bear monster complained.

"That is...not working."Star responded.

"No, it's not."Eclipsa agreed. "But I just can't help but try everything I can to bring him back. You know what that's like."

"Yeah, I do."Star replied.

"Let's get you settled in."Eclipsa stated with a warm smile.

Eclipsa leaded Star, Marco and Serena to a room covered in skulls and candles.

"I'm afraid your rooms aren't quite ready yet."Eclipsa said. "Things have been a bit hectic around here."

"Ha-ha-ha! Don't worry about it."Marco chuckled. "I'm just happy to sleep in a real bed for once."

Marco lied down on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed.

But then something under the covers popped up, which crawled around under the bed and on the walls and scurried up the wall.

It was baby Meteora.

On the ceiling, Meteora turned her head 180 degrees and screeched at Star.

Star shuddered in fear.

"There's my baby!"Eclipsa cooed. "Come to Mama!"

Meteora jumped from the ceiling and into Eclipsa's arms.

Serena gently stroked Meteora's cheek.

"Aw, baby Meteora."Marco said with a smile. "Long time no see."

Meteora stared at Marco with a sinister gaze.

"Uh...a-are you sure she doesn't remember anything from before?"Marco asked nervously.

"Of course not! At least I hope not."Eclipsa commented. "That'd be bad for all of us, wouldn't it?"

Serena nodded. "That would be really bad."

Star casted the All-Seeing Eye spell.

"Oh! Would you look at that? My old spying spell!"Eclipsa said with a smile. "Back to work already, Star?"

"Yup."Star answered simply. "May as well start quadruple-checking all the places."

"That's...very thorough of you."Eclipsa responded. "But don't work yourself too hard. You need some time to rest."

"Ugh! This is pointless!"Star groaned as she jumped off the bunk bed and runs off.

"Star, wait!"Eclipsa protested.

"Okay, she's somewhere. But where is where?!"Star asked worriedly. "Ugh, I don't know what to do!"

Star finds Glossaryck pouring salt into a pudding cup and pulled up a chair and in front of him and sits backwards in it.

"Okay. Glossaryck, here's what's going' down."Star said. "I need your help, but I don't have time for any of your weird riddles. I am going to ask you a question, and you are going to answer it, okay?"

"Okay."Glossaryck answered.

"I think the reason I can't find my mum is because something happened to her when we went to the magic dimension."Star responded. "But I can hardly remember what even happened there. What did the magic do to my mum?"

"You're asking the wrong question. The real question is, what were you doing in the magic dimension at all?"Glossaryck questioned. "That was your first mistake."

"What are you talking about?"Star demanded. "I had to go there to find my mum! Just like me and Rena had to go there to defeat that jerkface, Toffee!"

"Maybe that was a mistake, too."Glossaryck replied.

A disturbed look grew on Star's face.


In Another Room...

Meteora was bouncing up and down in a baby jumper while Serena sat next to her holding a chocolate shaped bug.

"Say ah..."Serena instructed.

Meteora blew a raspberry and used her tongue to eat the chocolate bug.

"You cheeky bun."Serena teased with a smirk.

Eclipsa was folding clothes with Marco.

"I'm worried about Star."Eclipsa said. "If she can't even find Moon with the All-Seeing Eye, well, it's not a good sign."

"But she was in a dimension of pure magic."Marco stated. "I mean, maybe there's some kind of interference or something?"

"That doesn't really change how my spell works, Marco."Eclipsa admitted. "I'm afraid someone will have to have a very difficult conversation with Star."

"I know."Marco replied sadly. "There's just never a good time."

Star passed by the door of the room that Meteora, Serena, Eclipsa and Marco were in.

"Now might be a good time."Eclipsa whispered softly.


Afterwards...

Star was in her pajamas, sitting on the bunk bed's top bunk and staring at a photo in her hands.

There was a knock at the door.

Star turned to face Marco, who was also in his pyjamas.

"Hey."Marco greeted. "Could we, uh...chat?"

"Yeah, sure, what's up?"Star asked.

Marco sat next to Star.

"So...how is...you?"Marco said. "I mean...I mean, how is you are doing?"

"Ugh, you are so bad at small talk."Star commented with a frown. "Just get to it."

"Okay, okay."Marco replied. "It's just...we've searched everywhere in the kingdom for your mum, but we never seem to get any closer to finding her. Have you ever worried that maybe there's a...a tiny chance that...we might never find her?"

"Nope."Star responded. "We'll find her. I know it."

"But how can you possibly know that?"Marco asked.

"Because I have this."Star admitted and gives the photo to Marco.

"A picture of us that says Beach Day?"Marco said.

"Look closely, Marco."Star answered. "When exactly did we go to that beach?"

"What is this?"Marco questioned.

"It's a gift from Father Time."Star replied. "It's from the future."

"What?!"Marco asked.

"Father Time gave it to me and I keep it with me because sometimes I need a reminder—"Star started.

"Oh, my gosh, this was on our fridge! How long have you had this thing?!"Marco demanded. "That's, like, so many levels of time paradox!"

"Just listen, okay?!"Star snapped. "I don't know how, but someday soon, we're gonna have this awesome beach day and there's no way I'd be this happy if we never found my mum."

"Huh. Well...I'm not keen on paradoxes, but you and Serena both do look pretty happy in that photo."Marco stated. "Still a paradox, though. Let's get some rest. The sooner we find your mum, the sooner we get to go to the beach."

Marco lied down on the bottom bunk and kicks Star's mattress above him, making her jump.

"Good night."Marco said.

"Night night, Marco."Star answered and turned off the bed lamp. "Good night, future Star."

Star puts the Beach Day photo under her pillow.

As Star stared at the ceiling, a paper crinkled loudly.

In the bed under her, Marco unwrapped one of the Pie Carnival pies and is about to eat it.

"You bought one of their pies?!"Star said and falls out of bed.

"Star! I'm tired of corn, okay?"Marco asked. "Don't judge me."

"Those pies are garbage, so, yes, I will judge you."Star admitted.

Marco started eating the pie.

"Mm! Mmm! Star, you should try this."Marco suggested. "It's actually pretty good!"

"Yeah, who am I kidding?"Star asked. "I'm not above garbage."

Marco gives the pie to Star.

Star noticed the butterfly shape in the top of the crust.

"Marco!"Star gasped.

Star punched Marco in the gut, causing him to spit out the piece of pie he was chewing.

The blonde haired girl placed the chewed piece back in it's original place in the pie.

"Over, under, around and through!"Star sang. "Grab the little Mewni rabbit, pull him through!"

"What are you doing?"Marco asked.

"The crust! It's just how my mum makes it!"Star said. "She made them all the time when me and Rena were little girls!"

"So, do you think...?"Marco started.

"Yes."Star answered.

Star turned the pie over.

The bottom of the pie tin reads 'BAKED FRESH ON PIE ISLAND'.

"My mum made these pies."Star admitted.


Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter:)