Alright readers, after spending a whole week preparing notes for this story, I am finally ready to get this second story of SVTFOE into action.
Now first of all, as I said in my profile, this story will take place 5 months after 'The Retribution and Star's Evil Twin'. If you haven't already, I'd recommend that you read that story first so there's no confusion.
Also, this story will be written similarly to the first story I did, but this story is focused on only four teams all at once. If you're all wondering, it'll be like chapters 7 and 16 at the parts where it switched from Star to Nebula and back again periodically, except this will be done more frequently, excluding this chapter of course.
Another thing, except for this chapter, there will be no author's note given at the beginning of the chapter, and the author notes at the end will be brief and short unless I have to explain to you guys.
Lastly, this story will have more references to the show, better use of dimension traveling, more characters featured, and the stuff that was a problem with the first story will be absent such as Janna scavenging for treasure and Marco riding in a vehicle. Marco won't be in a vehicle this story; he'll be able to fight with his karate moves while this story will be inspired by Sonic Heroes as I said in my profile. I'm making these changes so the story could be better than the first, so I hope you understand.
Well with all that said and done, I think it's time to get this story started. So without further ado, here is the story, and I hope you enjoy it, everyone!
DISCLAIMER: All the rights to the characters of SVTFOE are owned by the creator Daron Nefcy, and the Disney Corporation.
PROLOGUE-START OF A NEW JOURNEY:
AT LUDO'S CASTLE:
Ludo Avarius, commonly known as Ludo by those who know him, had just gotten done with sealing up something in his top-secret closet as the Avarian wiped the sweat off of his forehead.
"Whew, that was quite a hassle," Ludo panted as he closed the top-secret closet and inputted a pass-code to enter so no intruders could get in. "Who would have thought that one of the only robots that I built during my spare time would have gone haywire like that?"
That's right; during his spare time, Ludo had felt like building himself a robot minion. Taking a page from St. Olga and the guards of that school, Ludo had constructed a robot with a robotic heart, except this one doesn't explode when pulled out and tossed. The robotic heart was put into the chest compartment and sealed shut. The robot was also given a color scheme to match his trademark colors.
Originally, the robot minion was created for Ludo to create the ultimate fighting robot and killing machine to assist him when danger occurs. Unfortunately, because he was new with the concept since he never built a robot minion before, the robot proved to be overpowered and deemed too dangerous for him to handle. As a result, he then assigned the robot a new task by having him remain in the top-secret room and guard a single capsule that was in there. The capsule in question contained a certain someone that one of Ludo's monsters found in the woods behind his castle. Since the person was in a coma, Ludo felt this robot had to be kept in a capsule and locked in his top-secret closet with the robot minion assigned in there to guard it.
Once he wiped his forehead and again and sighed, Ludo walked off and retreated to his throne room and onto his chair that had a bunch of pillows stacked up for him to sit on.
"Well, I guess it's about time I give up on constructing a robot minion for my army," Ludo made himself comfy. "And that robot minion I put in that closet is not going anywhere anytime soon, that's for sure."
Ludo then took out several blueprints he had that contained the works of a brand of androids that he had wanted to develop, but after the hassle he had with the robot he built, he decided to discontinue the idea. As such, he crumbled up the blueprints and tossed them into a nearby bin that was used for garbage. Ludo just sat there and started to think to himself.
It has been 5 months since he has done anything drastically evil, and the last time he did anything seriously dangerous was during the Space Colony GOD scenario. His mind started to wander back to that point in time and remembered a lot of the stuff that occurred: Nebula Dragonfly, the Galactic Cannon, his grandfather Gudo Avarius, and his cousin Victoria. In the end, Ludo had realized that his grandfather, whom he admired during his early years and from that time, was revealed to have gone insane when his granddaughter was killed and had wanted to implode the entire universe. Not even Ludo dreamed of having the universe be blown up and destroy everyone in plain sight.
Ludo hasn't seen or spoken to Star Butterfly or any of her friends in months. The last person Ludo spoke to among that group was with Marco when they were departing from the Space Colony. After he shared with the karate boy about his childhood and his dreams, they had headed back to the desert dimension. Ludo had gotten out his dimension scissors and cut open a portal where his giant spider and eagle entered as he proceeded to follow. He remembered the last comment he exchanged to Marco when the Latino asked him a question.
"Hey Ludo, where are you going," he asked the Avarian as he stepped into the portal and looked at him with determined eyes.
"Next time I come up with something like this, I won't get any help from anyone," the Avarian told him. "I'll use my power to take over the universe! Just you wait and see."
And he stepped into the portal which vanished, leaving Marco standing there to think to himself.
However, despite that comment that he gave to him, he had no motivation to carry out any type of evil plot that he could unleash on the universe. Long story short, Ludo had seemingly retired from evil and has not committed any evil crimes of the sort.
So nowadays, Ludo would often spend his time at the castle doing stuff such as watching TV, playing basketball with his brother Dennis, having his monsters put on a dinner and a show, and even had himself and his monsters put on a personal circus performance in his castle for entertainment and enjoyment.
In his spare time during the past 5 months, Ludo had constructed another robot before the one he stuffed into the closet. In a pitiful attempt to commit some sort of evil crime, which was to no avail, Ludo was inspired by how Nebula was at odds against Star until she had a change of heart, to create a robot that was modeled after Star and was designed to look like a robotic version of the Mewni princess. He had sent this robot out to eliminate Star a couple of times without her noticing it was his doing, but because he isn't used to creating a robot, the drone had a bunch of bugs and glitches in its system, combined with the fact that whenever this creation came in Star's path, she would overtake it and defeated it like it was nothing. This led to Ludo believing that the robot was considered to be a defect and as such, he gave up on its purpose and put it in the containment capsule that was placed right behind his throne chair, where it stood in there, waiting for the right moment to strike back.
In addition to that, Ludo and his monsters came across an entire fleet of abandoned battleships that he had redesigned to resemble various birds. But because he had no further use for them, he had them kept underground right underneath his castle where they stayed there for safekeeping.
Well, Ludo didn't have a use for them, but someone else did.
A pair of red eyes that came from the containment behind his throne chair started to flash, feeling this was the right opportunity to seize the chance. The robot that was in there was treated as some sort of science experiment while the Avarian in front of it was not even trying to commit an evil deed. Even though it couldn't comprehend emotions, the robot felt nothing but infuriation and rage, since this wasn't how it was supposed to be treated, and now action was going to be taken not only against Ludo but the rest of the universe and especially to the girl it was modeled after; Star.
Ludo remained completely oblivious to the droid's planning as he was lost in thought. Perhaps maybe it could be a good time where he could become a better person and do things for good. It would have been a lot better than being thwarted by the butterfly princess time after time.
"You will do as I say!" A cold mechanical voice spoke out of nowhere.
Ludo snapped out of his thoughts and turned around the room to see who that was. Seeing that there was no one in there and seeing that the android in the containment was just standing there motionless, Ludo shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing.
"Oh well, it must be the bugs that are still programmed in the creation."
Then a shatter was heard from it as it caused glass from the containment to scatter in all directions of the room. This impact was enough to send Ludo flying off of his chair and landed onto the floor. When he looked up, he saw that the creation from the capsule had broken free and was approaching the Avarian, planning on handling things the way they should have been handled.
"What do you think you're doing," Ludo hissed, hiding the fact that his own heart was beating at a fast rate.
The robot seized the chance and grabbed the nearest chair near the table and tossed it in the direction that Ludo was in. Ludo managed to duck the incoming chair but it did break upon hitting the wall, causing him to jump. As Ludo rolled under the table, the robot dangerously approached him before stumbling on the blueprints in the bin. Feeling that Ludo had no use for them, the robot decided to take possession of them and use them for the plan that it came up with. Processing this and some other pieces of papers that Ludo had lying around, the robot was planning something big, and it wasn't pretty based on its glowing red eyes.
"I'll ask you again; what are you doing!?" Ludo barked from under the table as the robot bent over to his height.
"I refuse to standby in that capsule any longer," the robot spoke in a metallic manner. "You have treated me as nothing more but a science experiment and you have kept me sealed up long enough!"
"I have no further use for you! You are defected," Ludo snarled. "You should be lucky that I haven't turned you into scrap!"
"Or stuff me into a closet."
"That robot betrayed me!"
"As have I, ex-master Ludo Avarius."
The robot proceeded to fire a red laser towards the Avarian, which caused him to feel a sharp and undeniable pain throughout his veins. The robot unleashed every single ounce of wrath flowing throughout its wires and circuits.
"You call yourself a ruler of this pathetic army you're running? I spit at you for your pitiful attempts at being a worthy ruler of your monsters," the droid continued to sneer. "All the potentiality and raw power you have in your possession being wasted because you are a horrible leader!"
"W-What's that suppose to mean," Ludo stuttered as the robot grabbed him by the front of his cloak.
"It means that you are no longer the ruler of this army since I'll be the one taking control of your army," the robot blared. "I will take over the universe and dispose of Star Butterfly, like what should have happened long ago! And I have processed the perfect plan to make that into a reality, and the first step is disposing of you!"
"You think you can control my army better than me," Ludo snapped. "What makes you think you'll do a better job at leading my army than me!?"
Without a word, the robot dragged Ludo down the hall and opened up another closet where the robot tossed him into.
"Let's see how you like being cooped up in a tight spot without being given further instructions," the creation sneered.
Ludo couldn't believe it. This was just like the time where Toffee convinced his monsters to overthrow him and kick him out of the castle. Except for this time, it was by one of the two creations he made and he was being locked up in a closet. Ludo was beyond shocked as he then shouted.
"Wait, you can't do this," he begged. "Those are my monsters! That is my army!"
With a cold flashing glare, the robot shook its head.
"Not…anymore," the android blared coldly. "And by the way, you won't need this anymore."
The robot showed the dimension scissors in its hands as it planned on keeping Ludo locked up in that closet what it got its plan underway.
With a snap, the robot summoned two muscular monsters who restrained the giant spider and the eagle in their grasps, knowing that they would aid Ludo in his time of need. Tossing both of them into the closet with Ludo, the muscular monsters dusted their hands off as the robot then slammed the closet door shut and locked it from the inside.
Ludo shook off his head as he looked at his comrades and wondered how he was going to get them out of this mess. In the corner, he found two walkie talkies that still worked. It was then a plan formulated in his mind.
"Hold up girls, I think I have a plan on how to get us out of this mess," Ludo grabbed both of the talkies and showed it to them. "But the plan I have in mind is very risky. I just hope that it works."
And thus Ludo began a plan to send one of the talkies out to an agency that could rescue him. He just hoped that this plan would work…
ON EARTH – NEAR THE PIER IN ECHO CREEK:
On the bench that was near the pier in Echo Creek, we see a nerdy girl who was sitting there with the newspaper in her hand that she picked up. The girl was known as StarFan13 but had been also known as Daron. Adjusting her glasses, she looked at the newspaper for the umpteenth time. But what caught her attention with it was the photo that was on the front cover. While there was someone that was caught running off with a gold medallion on a chain necklace, and an orange color seashell necklace, she noticed the person stealing them was vaguely shown as Star Butterfly. The problem with that is that the person who was running was too blurry as were the things she was stealing. All she could make out was the long blonde hair and her backside. Though she saw the seashell necklace from somewhere before (not being able to remember where precisely), the medallion necklace didn't look familiar to her at all.
"Oh, I wonder where Star is…" The fan of Star's sighed sadly.
It had been 5 months since she saw Star. The last time she saw her was when they left the space colony GOD and they all split up to their respective homes. Since then, it was clear that Star vanished without a trace. She missed her; she missed her idol so much. She just wanted nothing more than to see Star again in person. The picture in the newspaper did give her some leads that she's out there somewhere, but there was no information as to where she was heading.
Sighing in forlorn again, she put the paper down on her lap and just sat there, thinking about the possibilities.
She was completely oblivious to a portal opening up nearby as someone came out of the portal in a panic. Daron didn't notice until the moment where the person then flew on over and collided with the nerdy girl, causing her to fall onto the floor with her newspaper.
When she saw who had just knocked into her, she recognized who it was. The person in question was known as Princess Lilacia Pony Head but preferred to be called Pony Head as Star calls her that. Pony Head was shown to be a literal head of a unicorn without a body, hooves or tail. Instead, she just had light blue fur, a magenta-colored mane, teal eyes with gold stars for pupils, and a teal striped horn. On each side of her neck, there is a pink heart, and sparkles and glitter were falling out of the bottom of her neck, an indication that showed she could fly. Pony Head was widely known as a party pony and Star's best friend on Mewni, and Daron recognized her from those times they hung out together.
As Daron sat back up, Pony Head realized her mistake and then spoke.
"Oh, hey Daron gurl, I'm so sorry that I ran into you like that," she spoke in a girly fashion. "But I'm in a hurry and I'm looking for something important, you know."
Daron shook her head and tried to get the floating unicorn head to calm down.
"Whoa, calm down a minute Pony Head," Daron assured her. "Now tell me what has gotten you all riled up?"
"Well, I was just enjoying myself like I normally do, but I then noticed that my precious belonging has been stolen, so I'm on the lookout for it!" It was clear that Pony Head was desperate as rainbow-colored tears dripped down her eyes.
"Now hold up a minute Pony Head," Daron asked. "What is it that you're looking for?"
"Well…it's a medallion," she told her. "It's not hard to miss, but it's one of a kind, and its color coated gold and it's attached to a chain necklace. That medallion means the world to me, Daron!"
It was then it clicked in Daron's mind as she figured it out.
"Wait up Pony Head, I think I know what you're talking about," she picked up the newspaper.
"You do?"
"Yes, look at the front page for yourself."
As Pony Head saw the front page of the newspaper, she saw the medallion that she was looking for.
"Ah-ha, there's the medallion," she cried out. "That's the one!"
"And from what I can make out vaguely, it looks like Star Butterfly has possession of it."
"Okay, but where is B-Fly," she wondered. "If you must know Daron, I haven't heard from or seen her in five months."
"Same here, and I wish I had the answer to that," Daron sighed. "But this newspaper doesn't have any information that could lead us to Star and your medallion."
"Well that totally sucks," Pony Head huffed. "At least I know that Star has possession of it."
"Yes, but now we need to figure out how to find her."
"I know," the floating unicorn head groaned. "But where do you think B-Fly ran off to with my medallion?"
Daron didn't know the answer to that since she rubbed her chin while Pony Head scrunched her face to think for a minute.
As they did that, someone else skateboarded past them who was on the look for something too. This caught both of their attention as they recognized who just passed them. The girl riding the skateboard was revealed to be Jackie Lynn Thomas. Jackie was shown to have tan skin, shoulder-length platinum light blonde hair with an aqua streak on the left side, and she has three freckles on both of her cheeks. Because she had aged two years, while her body and bust were curvy back then, it was even bustier to look at now. She had on a green and white raglan shirt, cyan jean shorts, green and white knee socks, and blue and white sneakers. Normally she would have had an orange color seashell necklace on the front, but she didn't have it on and it was assumed that she was looking for it.
Truth be told, she had spent her time skateboarding when she wasn't hanging out with Marco. All those times that she spent with Marco were enjoyable experiences. She even found out that Star had gone missing for 5 months, to the point where the skateboarder girl still went to support him in hope that she'll return.
Daron and Pony Head recognized her since she went to the same sleepover at Star's house that one time with that weird cube box thing that trapped them.
"Oh, Daron is that who I think it is," Pony Head started.
"It is, that's Jackie Lynn Thomas," Daron answered. "The coolest girl in Echo Creek and is the same girl that went to the same sleepover we went to at Star's house when we were trapped by that Truth or Punishment box."
"Oh yes, I remember that freckled-faced skateboard girl," Pony Head remarked. "But anyway, what is she doing here?"
"I don't know but by the looks of it, it looks like she's looking for something."
"What do you think she's looking for?"
"Only one way to find out," Daron looked determined. "Let's go find out for ourselves."
"I'm way ahead of you, gurlfriend."
Both of them decided to find out what Jackie was looking for while Daron kept the newspaper in her possession.
Jackie was still riding on her skateboard and skimming the ground on both sides, and wouldn't have stopped if she didn't hear a voice behind her.
"Hey Jackie, wait up a moment!"
She turned and saw Daron and Pony Head heading for her and stopped. She knew them from that sleepover they went to once and she faced them. While maintaining her stoic yet chill expression, she smiled.
"Oh, hey Daron, and Pony Head," the skateboard girl greeted them. "Listen, I'd love to chat but I'm in the middle of looking for something."
"Well, what are you looking for Jackie gurl," Pony Head asked. "It just so happens that I'm looking for something too."
"Pony Head's right," Daron agreed. "Just tell us what you're looking for and we can help you."
Jackie sighed and decided to tell them.
"Okay, well do you two dudettes notice that I'm not wearing my seashell necklace," she asked them, resulting in them nodding. "Well, that's what I'm looking for."
"And what color was it again if I may ask?" Pony Head interrogated as Daron had this funny feeling what color it was.
"It's colored orange, and it's not hard to miss."
It snapped in Daron's head and she remembered it.
"I remember now Jackie," Daron got her attention. "I have a newspaper that has an article with a photo that might just be your necklace."
"Oh, uh may I see it?"
"Sure thing," Daron took it out and showed her the photo on the paper and looked at it. She then saw the seashell necklace for herself.
"Oh yeah, that's my seashell necklace," the skateboarding girl remarked.
"And the person in the picture vaguely represents Star Butterfly."
"And she also has mah medallion too gurl!"
"Okay, so that's a start," Jackie nodded. "But where is Star located? From what I know from Marco, Star had disappeared without a trace for five months."
"We know," both Daron and Pony Head said together.
The three of them stood there to think for a minute when Daron came up with a brilliant idea.
"Hey, I have just the perfect idea," Daron announced. "Perhaps the three of us can form a team so we can look for the medallion and seashell necklace together. What do you say about that?"
"Hmm, a team huh," Pony Head thought about it. "I guess it would be a great idea for the three of us to form a team to find our stuff. After all, I've been dying to see B-Fly again, and I would love to speak to her."
"Yeah, I think the three of us teaming up together would be radical," Jackie picked up her skateboard and pocketed it. "I'd love it."
"Then it's settled," Daron pocketed the newspaper so they can use it for reference later on. "We shall head out and find the stuff that you're looking for."
"Allow me to do the honor," Pony Head got out her dimension scissors for this occasion. "We will travel into another dimension to find B-Fly, and I know just the perfect place for us to start."
She cut open a portal as she then directed her team.
"Well cmon you two, mah medallion ain't getting any younger," Pony Head sassed. "We gotta get a move on."
"Of course, let's shove off," Daron smiled with her braces showing.
"I'm way ahead of you Daron and Pony Head," Jackie grinned. "Let's rock."
The three of them then entered the portal and traveled to another dimension to start their search, as the newly formed team called Team Sparkle had started their journey…
BACK IN LUDO'S CASTLE:
In the corridor of Ludo's castle where the top-secret closet was located, there was nothing in sight except for a dimensional portal that appeared overhead. Emerging from the portal and landing on the ground by her feet was revealed to be Janna Ordonia. The Filipino had a wardrobe change to her outfit. Rather than the outfit she normally wears, she was donning a black color spy uniform with a skull-shaped buckle on the front where her skin is showing from her chin to the mid-center part of her breast. She kept her barf green beanie on though since that was her prized possession. After the events that took place 5 months ago on the Space Colony GOD, Janna had been taking a break since she felt impacted by the death of Nebula. She still remembered the moment when it was revealed she died and Star gave her those gold bracelets. To occupy her time, she had gone back to admiring the occult, looking into macabre originated topics, and had caused several mischievous pranks. Aside from going to another dimension where she constantly pranked a certain treasure hunter she liked, leaving him notes that let him know of her affection for him, she hung out occasionally with some of her friends, such as Hope Hadley and Leah, and often with Jackie and Marco, but other than that, it didn't feel the same as it did when she hung out with Nebula 5 months ago. Combined with the fact that Star had disappeared without a trace, what else was she supposed to do? She also started to become irresponsible and inattentive with her spy duties, but she did give the excuse that she just needed a break from it all. It wasn't the same anymore.
She took out the gold bracelets she got from 5 months prior and looked at them for a minute with a sad look in her eyes. She then shook it off as she put them back into her pocket. To get her mind back into things, she went back to doing the thing she loved best; finding supernatural artifacts and claiming them.
Janna had heard the rumors of Ludo owning a secret supernatural artifact that was located in his castle, which was being held in a top-secret closet.
And it was going to be hers.
Typing in a passcode that she stole from Ludo, she caused the closet door to open as she waved her hand in front of her face and entered the closet.
"Alright, this must be it," she smirked. "I found Ludo's secret supernatural artifact!"
What was in front of her was a capsule that was filled with green liquid and had someone contained in it. Janna felt like it was something worth checking out as she approached the capsule and started to press in code to the keyboard in front of it.
What she wasn't aware of was the fact that two glowing red eyes were activated in the shadows of the room as two mechanical stomps were heard. The being that was standing in the shadows was identified as a tall robot with a yellow-green top, red eyes on a black lens, a bulky looking body that's colored green, two shoulder pads colored yellow, legs connected to a torso, two arms with two robotic claws, that also come equipped with missiles, arsenals, and other weaponry choices, a jet boost servo on both sides of the torso, a hover boost on the back of the shoulders, a skull buckle on the front torso, and some text on the left side of his chest that said L-020. There was also a symbol on the right shoulder blade, but it was too dark to make out.
Once Janna had pressed in some keys, the green liquid started draining and the person was revealed to be the last person Janna expected to see again. It was shown to be Nebula Dragonfly who had her eyes closed. This caused Janna to gasp in a shocking state. It didn't take long for Nebula to flash open her red-colored eyes and see what was around her.
The moment the capsule opened did the robot started to open fire, destroying everything in the room. Sensing the danger, Nebula tackled Janna to the ground to get her out of harm's way. Nebula gently patted her onto the ground and then spoke in a whisper.
"Stay here."
Nebula then jumped away from her as Janna then whimpered.
"N-Nebula…?"
Janna then noticed the robot that was firing away in the room and that he had his sights set on Nebula. Janna was confused but couldn't speak due to the shock that surrounded her. Nebula had bounced swiftly from corner to corner, dodging all the ammunition that was aimed at her and was planning to strike back.
"MUST ANNIHILATE ALL LUDO'S MINIONS!" The robot bellowed as he kept firing away at Nebula. This got Janna confused by what the robot was blaring about.
"Huh?"
Nebula found a clear spot to attack the killer robot that was on a war-path and jumped to charge at him.
Janna saw that Nebula and the killer robot that was identified as Upsilon due to the 'ϒ' symbol on his right shoulder pad were about to kill each other. Fearing that this could turn ugly, Janna got in between them and broke it up.
"Hey, hold up a minute!" She stopped both of them. It was more pressure than she could handle. As such, she panted and caught her breath while the tension in the room simmered down a bit.
A FEW MINUTES LATER…
Janna then heard the explanation from both Upsilon and Nebula as she was still wrapping her head around it. She sat on a platform above and stared at them.
"Okay, now I get it," she concluded. "Now I know what this is all about."
She directed her attention towards Upsilon first.
"You're mad at Ludo for sealing you in this room, right?"
"That would be accurate," the robot replied.
"And you, you can't remember anything, can you," Janna asked Nebula who had amnesia.
"Hmph," Nebula huffed and crossed her arms, which Janna took as a yes.
Even though Nebula was back surprisingly, she had no memory, so Janna had a plan. She was going to help Nebula reclaim her memory and help Upsilon get to Ludo to unleash his revenge.
"Alright, then it's settled," she jumped down and got the amnesiac girl and killer robot to join hands. "Now the two of you shall make up so we can search for Ludo together."
Once she got both of their hands together, she placed her hand on top and thus forming a team of her own.
"Alright dudes, this makes us a team," Janna smirked in accomplishment. "We shall be known as Team Dread."
Neither Upsilon nor Nebula objected to that; the former was willing to hunt down Ludo while the latter just couldn't remember anything.
"Okay then, what's your name?" Nebula asked.
"It's Janna."
"Janna, what do you suppose we do now?"
"I'm glad you asked Nebula. I have a pair of dimensional scissors that could lead us straight to Ludo," she got out her dimensional scissors. "And I know the best place for us to start too."
She cut open a portal and directed her new comrades to the portal.
"Well let's go you two," she directed. "The sooner we get going, the sooner we can catch Ludo."
"Affirmative: I will comply." Upsilon entered the portal.
"Let's get this over with," Nebula said bluntly as she entered the portal too.
Janna then entered it when she realized that since her teammates were an amnesiac Nebula and a killer robot Upsilon, they needed to be broken in. Once she entered, the three of them went through and the portal behind them vanished, leaving the wrecked closet behind them as it was as they started their new quest…
IN ANOTHER DIMENSION – IN A HUGE SHACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST:
Elsewhere, in the middle of a forest in another dimension, there was a huge shack that served as the main headquarters. The shack was owned by the Demonstrix; which was a trio of three different monsters whose main objective was to serve the community to show that some monsters can be good guys just like anyone else. Having formed over 12 months, the group had been achieving their goal and helping others out there…
…or they would have, but for the past 5 months, they've been nitpicking bones just to land themselves into a job that could help or benefit the community. The reason for them not being able to do so: it turns out Star Butterfly had been helping other people in her absence, thus rendering the Demonstrix into a pickle as the princess of Mewni had taken every single job that they could have accepted. This came as a result of Ludo retiring from evil and Star needing something to do to get her mind off of things. It was clear that they needed some miracle to happen soon, so they just stayed there and waited for someone to come and hire them.
Inside the shack, it looked like a typical office area with a ceiling fan. There were two members of the Demonstrix inside. One of them was kicking back at his desk and listening to the radio. He was revealed to be a frog monster that was known as Yvgent Bulgoyaboff but was often referred to by others as Buff Frog. Buff Frog was shown to be a tall frog monster that was pale green, had yellow eyes, dark green lips, and webbed wings on each side of his head. He has a bulky upper body, but disproportionately short legs that despite the length could jump to an incredible height. He was also wearing a tunic that was light green, and a gray belt with a skull buckle.
Buff Frog was the one who created this group himself. This took place when he had seen his 12 tadpoles; one daughter and eleven sons, growing up into frog monsters. In addition to that, Buff Frog had felt that after he was declared the 'Monster Expert', but ended up leaving the Butterfly castle along with some other monsters, the frog monster came up with the perfect solution on how to show monsters can do good things. So he started the Demonstrix while trying to find two partners for the positions.
Ultimately, he had wanted Boo Fly to join the crew since they were such good friends. Unfortunately, this happened at such a bad time when Boo Fly had become a father himself and now had his children to take care of, so he had to decline the offer. However, he did offer to help him find two potential recruits that could work for him, and he did just that.
One of the people that were recruited for the job was sitting in the corner of the room. The person was revealed to be a demon, and he was often known as Thomas Lucitor, but he prefers to be called Tom. Tom was shown to have spiky salmon-colored hair, very pale lilac skin, three red eyes (one in the middle of his forehead), black eyeliner under and around his eyes, two pale-orange white-tipped horns on the sides of his head, sharp teeth, and pointy ears and nose. For attire, he was shown wearing a red tattered T-shirt with a bright red star within a maroon circle in the center, long dark-red wristbands, maroon ragged shorts, a dark gray studded belt, brown-tipped orange boots, a hoop earring on his right ear, and two studs in his left ear.
After the whole Demoncism ordeal, Tom has been trying everything to become a better person and a better prince. It's also revealed that he has been taking meditating lessons to control his anger and it has been doing him some wonders. True he still does get angry on occasions but it's not nearly as bad as it once was, showing he improved in that category. At one point, he had offered to join the Demonstrix as a way to help out the public, and so he could commit his atonement. But what convinced Buff Frog to allow Tom to join was the fact that he said that one time that even though he's a half-monster and a rich monster at that, he is still a monster. These words were more than enough to convince Buff Frog that he had the potential to work for him, so here he was; meditating to himself at the moment.
The other person who works for the Demonstrix was heading right for the shack with some good news for his comrades while carrying a small package in his hands. The person was revealed to be a gargoyle, and his name happens to be Archibald. Archibald was shown with having purple skin, two horns on his head right between his ears, two fangs coming out from his mouth, and had two purple wings on his back that allowed him to fly. For clothes, he was wearing a yellow color suit with a bowtie, dark yellow pants, and brown shoes.
Archibald was suggested by Boo Fly to work for him. While he has worked for Eclipsa as her servant for years, Archibald wanted to do something more exotic with his life and was thrilled to be able to get the chance to work with Buff Frog and Tom. Even though he can be quite eccentric, Buff Frog decided to have him join the crew due to his potentiality as a gargoyle.
As Buff Frog and Tom were doing their stuff, the latter took notice of someone heading for the shack. He looked curious by this but didn't have to think of it sooner since Archibald stormed in with a package in his hands.
"It's here, it's finally here!" Archibald shrieked in excitement as he crashed right into Buff Frog, causing the frog monster to toppled over and yelped with Archibald falling on top of him, losing his grip of the package which was then sent flying.
Tom had witnessed this and had used his telekinetic powers to stop whatever was in the package from falling and breaking. Once it was put onto the desk slowly, Tom released it and sighed in relief.
Buff Frog sat back up as Archibald jumped onto the desk. The frog monster was not pleased with what the gargoyle had just done.
"Vat's wrong with you," Buff Frog grumbled, speaking in that strong Russian accent he's known for.
"It's here Buff Frog, it's here! We've got work!" Archibald cheered in delight.
Buff Frog's annoyance had faded as he then guffawed.
"Vat," he yelled in shock.
"Take a look and see for yourself sir," the gargoyle grabbed the package and turned it upside down, causing what was in its fall in Buff Frog's hands, who fumbled with it and preventing it from falling onto the ground. The thing that fell into his hands was a walkie talkie. The talkie was on his lap as a distorted voice was heard on the other line. The voice belonged to their new client.
"Hello, Demonstrix? I've heard good things about you, and I require your detective agent services," the client informed them. "And I can pay handsomely."
This was enough to get Buff Frog to stand up with the talkie in his hands along with Archibald. This was their first job in months and both of them were eager to accept the job. While the client was giving Buff Frog the location they have to go to, Tom was feeling a little more perplexed. Although he was more than thrilled to have their first job in five months, he couldn't help but notice how their new client was very suspicious. It gave him that funny feeling that something bad will go down upon doing this.
"Hey guys, I got a suspicious feeling about this new job we are accepting." Tom voiced his thoughts.
"Oh come on Tom, don't be ridiculous," Buff Frog assured him. "Besides, you know policy; we never turn down work for our community."
"Yeah, that is our policy," Archibald stated. "Plus this is the first job that we have been given in five months and we can't turn it down, especially since we're getting paid for this job."
"I guess you have a point." Tom sighed.
"Alright you two, let's go." Buff Frog ordered as he went out the door.
"Yes, sir!" Archibald saluted before flying out after him.
"I'm right behind you." Tom then walked out after them.
Once the Demonstrix were outside, Buff Frog had cut open a dimension portal which led to the first dimension that they were issued to head too. Both Tom and Archibald entered the portal while Buff Frog stared at the sky for a second, seeing that Star hasn't interfered with this job.
"Ya hear that Star!? This is our first job in months, so where are you at!?" He called out to no one in particular.
"Hey Buff Frog, why are you talking to yourself," Tom poked his head from the portal and asked him.
Buff Frog didn't answer. Instead, he went into the portal too as it then vanished once they entered the portal, taking on the first job they've been given in months…
IN AN ARIZONA-STYLED DESERT DIMENSION:
Speaking of Star, the princess of Mewni was revealed to be traveling through the Arizona-styled desert by flying all by herself. Her outfit was different this time. She was wearing a teal-colored dress with stripes in violet, orange, peach and purple on the chest, white laces on the bottom, and a white bear face on the left side towards the bottom. She is also described to be wearing pale light sea green and white striped leggings, pink boots with white bunny faces and dark pink bottoms, and a silver bracelet with spikes.
After the Space Colony GOD scenario that happened five months ago, Star had been deeply affected by it and the death of Nebula. Because it hurt so much, she had been absent and left everyone without a trace. True she has helped some people on occasions and has seen her parents back at the Butterfly Castle, but other than that, she hasn't spoken to any of her friends, which included Pony Head, Daron, Andrew, and even Marco. The tragic death of Nebula cut deeper into Star's skin than she thought so she had gone missing from her friends. Aside from that, Star had heard that Ludo had retired from evil 5 months ago, and while that seemed nice, it left her with almost nothing to do. Perhaps maybe she should return to her friends and start a new adventure.
All of that was going to happen since while Star was soaring through the air with her wings, above her was a red color airplane. The person who was piloting the plane was revealed to be Marco Diaz, who was also accompanied by Andrew Tresor, with his hat and everything. Just the sight of Star was enough for Marco to crack a sincere smile for the first time in months.
"Hey look, it's Star," the Latino pointed. "We've finally found her."
"Well, let's go and get her attention," Andrew suggested in the back.
Nodding his head, the plane descended right towards Star as they were at the same flying level that she was. When Star saw Marco and Andrew on the plane, she couldn't help but grin at them.
"Hey Marco, and Andrew," she greeted. "I haven't seen you guys in months! It's been a long time since we hung out!"
"Hey Star, I think you better check this out," Marco held out a letter that he got for Star to grab.
With one fling, Star grabbed the letter as she read what it said while flying backward the same direction she was forward. The letter had a picture of Ludo on the side which moved and spoke like magic. Ludo on the letter started to speak.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, guess what Star Heroes? I've finally unraveled the ultimate weapon! In three days, I'll conquer the universe. Think you can stop me? Haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Star didn't frown when the card spoke like this. Instead, she smirked; this was exactly what she needed to do for the first time in months. Aside from that, she didn't see it as threatening and thought of it as something else.
"Well what do you know," she cracked a grin, letting go of the letter while flying forward again. "It looks like an invitation to a party."
As the plane and Star started to lower close to the ground, Marco took this threat seriously.
"What do you think we should do Star?" He had to know for sure.
Andrew while seeing it as a threat too, felt confident as he decides to assure the Latino that they have this covered.
"No worries, Marco," the treasure hunter assured. "We've got this one covered."
"Yeah, you guys think I'd want to miss out on this," Star cheered as she took to the ground. "It's about time we get that Ludo and split him wide open. Yeah, let's rock and roll and party guys! Let's go as Team Star and start our first adventure in 5 months!"
"Alright Star!" Marco and Andrew said simultaneously. Marco put the plane in autopilot and directed it to head back to the Earth dimension where it'll land safely at Marco's place. After he did that, he jumped out of the plane along with Andrew as the both of them raced after Star who had taken out her dimensional scissors and cut open a portal. She then entered the portal, with Marco and Andrew entering the portal behind her as it then closed up, as the three of them started their new journey for the first time in months…
END OF PROLOGUE!
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT! THIS CHAPTER REVEALS ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS AND WHO THEY ARE!
NOW I HAVE SOME STUFF I NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU! FIRST OFF, THIS CHAPTER IS PRETTY LONG FOR A FIRST CHAPTER, BUT THAT'S WHY AFTER THIS CHAPTER, THERE WILL BE NO A/N AT THE BEGINNING AND ALL A/N AT THE END WILL BE BRIEF UNLESS I'M GIVING AN EXPLANATION LIKE THIS ONE!
SECOND OF ALL, I DECIDED FOR THIS STORY THAT ANDREW TRESOR FROM THE PREVIOUS STORY WILL BE ON TEAM STAR BECAUSE I WANT HIM TO SERVE AS A FOIL TO STAR; WHO WILL ALSO CALL HER OUT WHENEVER SHE DOES ONE OF HER RECKLESS STUNTS. MARCO ON THE OTHER HAND, WILL SERVE AS THE VOICE OF REASON AND THE MEDITATOR BETWEEN THE TWO IN THIS STORY, SO THEY WON'T GET AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS! I HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE!
ALSO, YES, NEBULA RETURNS IN THIS STORY BACK FROM THE DEAD, BUT SHE IS SHOWN TO HAVE AMNESIA. SO WHILE SHE ALREADY HAD AN ESTABLISHED BACKSTORY IN THE FIRST STORY, THIS STORY IS JUST HER RECOVERING SOME OF THE MEMORIES THAT SHE CAN FOR THIS STORY! SPEAKING OF THE TEAM THAT NEBULA IS PART OF, THIS STORY WILL HELP DEVELOP JANNA INTO LEARNING THAT SHE HAS TO STOP BEING IRRESPONSIBLE SINCE SHE'S FORMED A TEAM WITH AN AMNESIAC NEBULA WHO STILL CONTAINS THE ULTIMATE POWER AND A KILLER ROBOT THAT'S THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING MACHINE! BECAUSE OF THIS, BOTH NEBULA AND UPSILON ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO REGULAR PEOPLE, SO JANNA WILL HAVE TO GROW SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN HER UNLESS SHE WANTS THEM TO KILL INNOCENT LIVES.
THEN THERE'S PONY HEAD. IN THE SHOW, SHE'S DEPICTED AS SOMEONE SELFISH, ARROGANT, SELF-CENTERED AND THINKS EVERYTHING IS ABOUT HER; SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ABOUT HER. DON'T WORRY, THIS STORY IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT SO SHE CAN BECOME MUCH NICER AND LEARN THAT IT ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT HER!
AND THEN THERE'S THE REASON WHY I HAD JACKIE JOIN ONE OF THE TEAMS; ONE, JACKIE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS, AND TWO, I FEEL THAT JACKIE WAS SLIGHTLY UNDEVELOPED EVEN WHEN SHE BECAME MARCO'S GIRLFRIEND! THIS STORY IS GOING TO EXPLORE SOME MORE DEPTHS WITH HER LATER ON!
AND THEN THERE'S THE DEMONSTRIX, WHOM I WAS INSPIRED TO MAKE FROM THE EPISODE 'ON THE JOB' AS WELL AS OTHER RESEARCH ABOUT MONSTER DISCRIMINATION AND HOW THERE ARE SOME MONSTERS THAT CAN DO GOOD THINGS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! 'DEMON' IS…WELL, DEMON, THE 'MONST' PART COMES FROM MONSTERS, AND THE 'RIX' PART WAS SOMETHING I JUST ADDED TO IT.
AS FOR ARCHIBALD, IN THE SHOW, HE WAS SIMPLY A SATELLITE CHARACTER THAT HAS THE ONLY PURPOSE INTO SERVING ECLIPSA AND HELPS THE HEROES ON OCCASIONS. SO I DECIDED TO HAVE HIM BE GIVEN A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS STORY!
AS FOR ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS, THEY WILL BE GIVEN SOME BACK STORIES BEHIND WHY THEY LIKE WHAT THEY DO OR SOME OTHER STUFF! THAT IS A PROMISE!
WELL ASIDE FROM THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT. SO REVIEW IF YOU LIKE UNTIL NEXT TIME!