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Chapter 3 - Trips, Dimensions n' Authors
"Where HAVE you been?!" The woman yelled to Star and the gang, mostly at Jackie if anything. That yell was loud enough to wake up Marco's parents who came downstairs to see their son and his friends after being confronted by the woman. "Ah, hello Marco, Janna. Always nice to see you." She greeted with a smile. She then glared back towards Jackie before speaking her case.
"Your bed was empty, there wasn't any notification on where you were going, your sister's van was missing...I thought something bad had happened to you or, you'd been abducted by thieves or something!" The woman continued to speak before she noticed Star. "Oh and you must be Marco's friend, Star Butterfly, right?" She said before shaking Star's hand. Kelly and Tom looked at each other confusingly while Ponyhead and Tad hid behind them.
"And you are...?" Tom asked politely. "I'm Ellie Mckenzie Thomas, Jackie's mother. But please call me Ellie." The woman known as Ellie said before she then looked towards Marco before speaking with a bit of worry in her voice. "Oh, also I really hope that my daughter didn't cause you kids any trouble." She said sincerely. Offended by this, Jackie decided to explain what they'd been through. "Just to let you know, there were wicked people holding Star against her will Mom. The door to her room was locked up and bolted. That plus, they were trying to send her to someplace very dark and eerie." The young skateboarder argued strongly with the woman that she called her mother.
It didn't work as her words were sort of used against her in a way. "Well then you'd better hope that I don't end up locking you in your room Jacqueline Thomas!" Her mother said in a very threatning way. "Jacqueline Thomas? I thought your name was Jackie Lynn Thomas." Star said after listening to that conversation, Jackie soon explained that She prefered Jackie Lynn Thomas as she thought that Jacqueline was a lame name. "Oh...are we interupting you?" A voice came from behind Ellie. The voice actually turned out to be coming from Angie Diaz, Marco's mom.
Marco then said that nothing was being interupted and that he and the gang were only after getting back in the house. "Hmm...Oh, and you found Star again." Rafael said with a hint of glee in his voice. ''Hey there...'' Star greeted sheepishly. "Well anyways, how about we all get ourselves some grub before we all get cranky?" Angie then spoke to everyone, everyone then agreed with her before joining everyone in the quite crowded kitchen.
Later after Breakfast
Having been told that Ellie was looking everywhere for Jackie since last night, everyone was hanging in the lounge where they were currently talking about all students of Echo Creek going into the high school for a couple of hours. "Huh? Why do we have to go back today? It's still summer right?" Star asked with a hint of confusion. "Near the end of summer." Janna corrected Star. She then explained that Star had been gone for that long that it was almost the dawn of school term in September.
Star then groaned, regreting even leaving for Mewni even more than she had done when she left her friends behind. Just then about the time when Marco was explaining about some kind of school trip to Star, a hyperactive and quite annoying little boy came in on Jackie's skateboard and acted like he was riding a bike. "Weeee, Mommy Mommy look at me, I'm werning how to dwive a bike." He squealed in delight as his mother stroked him on the head. "That's wonderful honey." Ellie said before Jackie realised that the little boy was actually using her Skateboard.
"Joey! That's my skateboard, you're gonna get your germs all over it." The young skateboarder said before trying to take her skateboard back off her little brother. Ellie then attempted to get Jackie to let her brother have a turn with the skateboard. Jackie however, insisted that she needed the skateboard for the championship in London. "Mom said I can use it if I want." Joey mocked her older sister with a funny face. The little boy then looked towards Star before his expression turned into a frightened one. "Hi there little man." Star greeted him with awe, Joey's only response was dropping the skateboard and hiding behind the couch.
"Finally." Jackie said with relief, before joining her friends on the couch. "Er...What did I do to him?" Star asked Jackie who wiped her skateboard a little. "That's Joey, I told him that you were a witch. I also said that you'd turn him into a troll if he got you mad. The funny thing about it is, he actually believed me...and it also resulted in me getting grounded for a week." Jackie explained, mentioning what the deal was, regretfully.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. Angie and Rafael answered it and a man in his near late thirties and an eighteen year old girl entered. "Morning Angie! Buenos Diaz Raph." The man said as he entered the house, greeting everyone. "Ah Kayden. Good seeing you again old friend." Rafael said as he shook the man's hand as if he was an old friend of his. "Same with you." The man known as Kayden said.
Joey then ran over to Kayden as if he was his father as Angie greeted the eighteen year old as if it was the first time in years that she had seen her. "Well, Ellie. Last night was really rough, but worth it for a few hundred dollars." He said as if he didn't mind doing whatever he did for a living. "Er...few hundred dollars?" Marco asked his...friend. "Dad actually does a lot of races and competitons. Like Surfing, Driving etc. He usually has a few sponsors that pay him a good sum of money." Jackie explained as she also said that her father's skateboarding is where she actually got her skills of it from, along with the skateboard from her uncle.
"Kayden. There's something that I need to talk to you and Amy about. Amy, would you mind coming here for a minute?" Ellie said before asking her oldest daughter to come with her. "I told you mom, it's Amy Maria." The eighteen year old said as she rolled her eyes. She then sat down on the couch where Star and Marco were sitting. That's when she took notice to the pair. "Also, who might you be?" Amy Maria asked curiously to Star. "Hmm? Oh sorry. I'm Star Butterfly, but my friends call me Star." She said with her neutral expressions, this caused the older girl's face to light up with surprise. "Woah...are you really?" Amy asked before putting her phone down on the coffee table.
"Yeah, and the others that you don't know are Tom Lucitor, Princess Lilacia PonyHead, and then theres Kelly and Tad, they're also good friends of mine also." Star said as she introduced her friends from other worlds. "Sup gurl?" Pony said, coming out from her place and greeting the teenager who was a little scared of her at first. "Hey there." Tom said as he winked towards Amy. "Hello.'' Kelly said while waving, resisting an urge to bonk her on the head. "How's it hangin?" Tad spoke as he appeared on top of Kelly's head.
The teenager was stunned at this point when she first saw Star's friends and eventually smiled and greeted them back one by one. "Well then. Jackie's told me and my family all about you. It's really a shame that you left Star, 'cause I really wanted to meet you. But now that you're back, you can spend the last few weeks of summer. Anyways, when did you get back?" Amy said before she asked the question, Star was going to answer but Ellie ended up taking her place on that one. "This morning. You're sister and her friends modified that GMC van of your's before somehow flying it to a magical kingdom and back last night." Ellie said as she turned towards her eldest daughter.
"So? Mom, Jackie's gonna be using it soon enough. So why can't she start now?" The older girl asked curiously. Kayden then realised about what Amy Maria was talking about. "Wait, Jackie did all that? All in one night? How'd it go, was there any-?" He began, only to be cut off again by Ellie threatning to hit him over the head for encouraging Jackie. He then panicked before speaking with a falsly harsh voice. "That was the wrong thing for you to do Jackie, don't do it again. Without me there to see the whole thing.'' Kayden said before winking and whispering to Jackie.
As soon as the explaination was over, Marco continued to explain about the field trip. "Anyways, the field trip usually happens every three years. Principal Skeeves organizes a trip to anywhere in the world where all the students study up on the most oldest places in the world...that plus they goof off to view all the sights and mostly have fun wherever the place that they go." The misunderstood bad boy explained. "This year's trip is one of the oldest cities in europe: London, also known as the capital of merry old England." Janna said with a hint of excitement.
"Yeah. The Skateboarding Championship will be held at Trafalger Square, near where we'll be staying for the next two and a half weeks. Me, my Dad and my Uncle managed to get a good sponsor for me to enter along with the other competitors and they'll let me know where the place is." Jackie explained to her friends as her father nodded in agreement.
Having gotten all the info that she needed, Star was excited about going to London, since it was a new place on Earth to explore with her friends. "Now we have to be at School by 11:45, which gives us...around a few moments to get ready. So when we get there, we'll be given the information, the date of departure, the requirements for this trip and most importantly...we need a map of the entire city." Marco explained what he was told from his point of view.
"Woah...London sounds like a great place." Kelly said, feeling like this was the place to explore. "Aw yeah! If B-fly's goin' then so am I!" Pony added with amazement. "Well, I know we broke up, Star, but I'd like to see the world too. Besides, if anyone is after you, I wanna be there to help." Tom then said firmly with a smile. "Hey hey! I wanna come too!" Tad then yelped, desperately wanting to go too. "I'm going anyway...just to get a few souvenirs from London." Janna said with a mischievous tone.
"Well then, what are we waiting for you guys?" Star asked rhetorically as she rushed away briefly and got changed into one of her other outfits and came back. "Let's get back to Echo Creek High! I've got a spell to warp us there in an instant." Star said, grabbing Marco, Pony, Janna, Kelly and Tom whilst preparing the spell. "Wait, wait, Star, don't forget Jackie or the others, but please do-" Marco began, worried about the spell before being cut off by Star. "Wonderful Warper!" She said, casting the spell before the four teens were gone in an instant flash.
Everyone else, including Jackie and Tad, just stood there in disbelief, confused and shocked at what happened. "Uh...is Star always like this with you?" Ellie asked awkwardly. "Usually...but in a good way." Angie explained in a calm manner. "Well, so much for having Star back for a moment. Nevermind, Amy, could you give us a ride?" Jackie then asked, requesting a ride from her sister whilst the others wondered where Star, Marco, Kelly and Tom had gon with worry.
Somewhere nowhere near Echo Creek High
Star, Marco, Pony, Janna, Kelly and Tom appeared in a flash, causing them all to land on the floor. "Ow...my head." Tom groaned in pain as he rubbed his forehead. Marco and Janna helped Star to her feet and Kelly managed to get onto hers in mere seconds. "Ok, question: Where are we and why is it night time?" Marco asked after noticing that it was dark out of a window with an unfamiliar sight. "Woah...ok, this is definately not Earth." Star said in realisation after she noticed that the dark place wasn't Earth.(1)
The gang then noticed that they were filthy and that Star didn't have her wand anymore...wait, what? Star screamed in fright as soon as she noticed that her wand was nowhere to be seen. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no! My wand's gone! We must have left it behind!" She said, panicking loud enough to attract unwanted attention. "Star, it's ok! We're gonna find it, I mean it can't be far." Marco said, not only calming down his bestie but also making sure they weren't caught.
"Right guys, let's split up and look for the wand. If you see it, call us." Tom then said as the teenagers agreed and then searched the place, which seemed to be more of an old trinket store full of dark items, for the wand. And they needed to do it before anything else could happen. Star searched high for the wand upon the shelves and Marco searched the lower shelves. "Anything up there Star?" Marco asked before Star looked at him and shook her head sadly, having not seen anything that even looked similar to her wand.
Ponyhead searched in a strange section with a lot of strange balls. However...she realised that the balls weren't balls...they were shrunken heads...which were staring directly at her. Suddenly, they attacked without warning causing the poor unicorn head to jolt out of the section in fear. Janna on the other hand, wasn't even trying to look for the wand, instead she was more intersted in stealing all the rare and shiny items that came across her eyes...by filling her pockets with whatever. "Uh Janna, are you trying to find the wand or priceless items?" Marco asked in annoyance, reminding Janna about what she had to find...which she took too seriously after hearing Marco.
Tom meanwhile, had to look through every shelf that was either higher than him or lower than his waist, and in every cabinet and evey chest as well. So far, he had no luck of finding the wand no matter where he looked. He almost burst into flames in absolute fustration thanks to a bunch of laughing items until he burnt them and calmed down before continuing his search for his ex's royal magic wand.
Kelly on the other hand, searched through the plant section viewing all the different living plants, especially a few herbs for boosting agility on her homeworld. After trying to pluck a few leaves, Kelly noticed a very rare and exotic dewdrop plant with Star's wand right on the top of it's tentacle's grip. "Guys! I found the wand. It's over here!" She said after calling her friends. Kelly then decided to get the wand for Star on her own.
After the gang finally got to Kelly, they saw her climbing up the giant plant gently without harming it. While the others were impressed by Kelly's instinct as a Woolett, Marco and Ponyhead on the other hand took notice of something beside the plant, an explaination of the plant: Dewdrop Wrappus: One of the rarest species in the history of Mewni. Warning, Is known for it's tentacles which are capable of... As soon as they both saw the rest of the sign, Marco ended up confused but Pony on the other hand, knew exactly what the plant was and explained to Marco. "Er...Kelly? I think you should get the heck off that plant..." The karate kid then said with worry, having understood Pony.
By then, Kelly managed to reach the wand and grabbed it when she heard Marco. "Why? What's the matter Mar-'' Kelly never got to finish before the plant's tentacle came to life all of a sudden, and wrapped one of it's dewdrop tentacles around her. Yelping in fright, Kelly tried to free herself but was unable to as the tentacle had pinned her arms to her sides. "Get off her you eco-freak!" Marco said, attempting to help Kelly along with Star, only to get thrown back into one of the shelves and making it fall over.
"Oh great, someone would have heard that by now." Tom groaned before looking to the window. Shockingly, he could see someone he knew, looking in through the glass but taking no notice of him or his friends. Knowing that this person might enter the shop, Tom had to act fast. However...Kelly had acted for him when she kicked the pant in the stalk and stopped the noise. The teenage woolett was immediately released from the plant's grip and allowing her to fall to the floor. "Guys we gotta hide, now. There's someone coming in." Tom said as he saw the same figure, starting to make her way to the door of the building.
After grabbing Star and Marco, the gang ran to a large chest that was bigger on the inside and able to fit all of them inside. In doing so, Star forgot her wand. "I think we're in a shop in some evil filled dimension." Star said after experiencing the place for herself. ''Really? You think you could have chosen a more later time to say that?'' Marco argued quietly as he closed the chest's lid. "Guys, can we keep quiet for one se-" Kelly began, only to stop when she felt a sharp pain in her waist. "Ow, Pony could you get your horn out of my back?" She said, glaring at Pony, who was upside down and very uncomfortable.
"Well I would, if you can tell Tommy over here to stop pushing my head." Pony said as she showed that Tom had his back pressed against Pony while trying to get comfortable. "Look you guys, I'm just trying to keep comfortable. It's a pretty tight space isn't it?" The demon said as he glared back at Pony. "Hey Shush! Someone's coming." Marco said, peeping out of the chest along with Kelly and Star, who saw her wand, dropped onto a box. "Er...Marco? Did you forget to pick up my wand?" She asked her bestie quietly. Marco then looked at Kelly and the two looked at Star, blaming the plant.
Star tried to go out and get her wand, but she was suddenly dragged back into the chest and pushed down again by Marco, who tried to keep her out of sight. Star would've been annoyed with him for trying to kiss him, but then Marco pointed out that the same person who was looking through the window had entered the store. When they walked into the store, they were revealed to be a female demon who looked around the store for any facinating items that came across her path.
She had three eyes like Tom was, had ice blue skin, dark ice blue hair in a punkish hairstyle and her eyes were blue, and wore an ebony leather jacket with sharp spikes on the sleeves over a dark blue and white stripy shirt, she also wore a dark blue denim skirt, cobalt blue spandex leggings, punk looking boots. The female demon ended up spotting Star's wand and picked it up for a good look. All of a sudden, a second figure entered the store, a cloaked hunchback figure with horns, who smacked the female demon very hard on the back of her hand with a cane baring a skull at the top.
Upon being hit, the female demon dropped Star's wand. "Whatever you do, don't touch anything in here whatsoever. Do you understand me?" The figure said coldly to the female demon. "Yes Uncle. I promise." The female demon said to her uncle with worry. Luckily for the gang, the wand didn't change form and neither of the two demmons noticed that they were in the chest. "Who are these guys? And what the heck is going on Marco?" Star asked as she and Kelly peeped out of the chest along with Kelly. "I dunno, but I'll bet it's not good." The young boy replied as he saw the shopkeeper come into contact with the uncle.
"Hello, Mr Reaper. Good business as always." The female demon's uncle said to the person called Reaper, who was a hooded figure with a skeleton mask that ran the entire store. "Ah Krampus, my good friend. How've you been keeping?" The storekeeper greeted evily to the figure known as Krampus. Tom meanwhile, tried not to lose it, like he knew exactly who the two figures were. Thankfully he was pushed back down by Janna, who wanted to see what was happening for herself.
"So I trust you have 'the item' that I need to deliver to one of my clients?" Krampus asked Reaper. It was then that Mr Reaper smiled, pulled out an item which was wrapped in leather that was tied with withered string and placed it on the counter. "It's took me a long while, but I managed to have my spies sneak it out from under their very noses." Reaper said as he allowed Krampus to unwrap the item.
"Aw...He's a thief too? I wish I could have-" Janna started, only to be cut off by Tom, Kelly and Marco who put their hand over her mouth to keep her quiet. "Shh. We don't want the shopkeeper finding us." Marco whispered in annoyance before looking at Krampus finished unwrapping the item and observing it. "Or my uncle for that matter." Tom said to himself. "What was that?" Kelly asked, turning towards Tom in confusion. "Nothing, nothing at all." Tom spoke dismissively.
Neither of the gang could see what the item was or why it was wanted by Krampus, however, after seeing only a darkish pink aura glowing from the wrappings, Star and Marco looked at each other in concern, like this had something to do with destroying Mewni.(2) "My goodness...it still exists. The Crystal from The Devil's Tr-" Kramps' niece started before being hit on the shoulder very hard, telling her to shut up.
"Having retrieved this for you, It's gonna come with a high price." Mr Reaper said as did a money gesture. "Already taken care of." Krampus spoke with a wicked smile before he snapped his fingers to call his niece, who set a plum chest with a skull, onto the counter. She then opened the chest to reveal the contents to be demonic gold and jewels...precious jewels. Reaper gazed in amazement at the jewels and gold while Star, Marco and Kelly look at the shopkeeper in disgust...well Janna mostly looked at the gold in awe too.
"Eugh...what a creep." Kelly said in absolute disgust. "Yeah, I mean come on. Even Star's more precious than gold or jewels to me." Marco said before he realised what he said and slowly looked at Star as the rebel princess blushed. "Er...Marco? Did you...?" She started to say before her cheek marks began to glow unexpectedly, which made the gang nervous. "Oooh no, this can't be good." Pony whispered as she noticed the female demon looking at the chest they were in.
"A small portion the gold from my family's wealth I give unto you as promised..." Krampus said as Mr Reaper gazed at the treasure that was given to him. The female demon meanwhile, was looking around the shop before catching a glimpse of two glowing hearts inside the large a few feet away from her. "Oh no..." Star said as she tried to hide her glowing cheek marks from the demon.
"And the chest, you can have that for nothing." Krampus finished as Reaper chuckled excitingly. It was then that he noticed his niece looking at the chest that Star and the gang were hiding in. Just as she had her hands on the lid and open the chest, the demon's uncle shut it all together with his cane. "WHAT! have I told you?" He asked firmly while Reaper took the chest into the back of the store.
"I'm to touch nothing. So sorry uncle." The demon said as her uncle Krampus then grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of the store. "Nice to do business with you Reaper. Good day." Krampus said to Reaper as he and his niece left. "Good day to you too Krampus." Mr Reaper said with a cackle before he then went into the backroom to count out his gold.
When the coast was clear, Star, Marco and Kelly opened the chest's lid to see if anyone was there. Looking around, neither of them could see anyone in else in the store. "Alright you guys, the coast is clear. Now let's get out of here and get to Echo Creek before more trouble finds us." Star said as she, Kelly and Marco got out of the giant chest. Ponyhead then floated out and afterwards and the rest of the gang got out of the chest to get out of the store, not wanting any more attention.
On the way out, Star grabbed her her wand, which was not harmed thankfully much to her satisfaction. "Yo B-Fly, come on!" Pony yelled quietly to her bestie. "I'm coming. Sorry." Star replied as she, Marco and the others walked out the door. It was also right before the Shopkeeper came back and barely noticed that the kids were in the store. However, he did noticed that one of the shelves was after falling down, a badly damaged plant and one of the chests being opened widely. Other than that, he was confused as to what happened.
Once outside
Star and the gang assumed that they were in some black market underneath Mewni and hoped to see the light of day, but then the whole gang saw that they were in a dimly lighted dimension that was ominous. It spooked them out a little when they saw where they were. From the looks of it, they had ended up in a dark allyway full of creepy looking monsters that Star and Marco never encountered before. Plus, there were scary looking shops such as: Witches Magic of Evil, Beelza's Vicious Monsters and many more down a dark tunnel that was left to the whole gang.
"Er...B-Fly? Where are we?" Pony asked Star nervously. "I...I don't know. I've never been to this dimension before." The young princess said with worry, her eyes began darting all around the place for a way out. Kelly and Marco were also preparing to fight just in case. "Ok, well...we can't go that way, we came from this way...so, maybe we could-" Tom started, but stopped when the face of a wicked old rat witch appeared, having a face that looked terrifying to the girls.
Now normally, Star and the gang would have started attacking the monsters, but none of them were able to because of the fact that they just wanted to get to Echo Creek high for the meeting on the trip to London. Plus they were too afraid to fight in case something bad happened. "Poor, Poor dears. Are you lost, children?" The witch asked kindly despite her wicked grin. Marco was absolutely driven with fear and decided to get out of the alleyway as soon as possible. "Er...no, we're not lost. We're just-" He began before letting Kelly finish off. "-Looking around this place, that's all." She said, before pulling out her sword and leading the gang towards a lighter part in the allyway.
However, it the way to the light was suddenly blocked by a Menacing looking Chupacabra, a freaky Winged bipedal horse and a scary anthropomorphic devil dragon. Upon hearing their growling, the gang backed up, and Stary felt the witch's hand on her shoulder. "Come with us my children. We'll show you someplace nice." Upon hearing that, Star and the rest of the gang backed away from the old witch.
"Er...no thank you...we're just..." Marco started until the three monsters started grabbing the gang. "Guys, we're fine! We just wanna leave that's all!" Tom said as he nearly lit himself on fire. Janna stole one of the thugs' blades and Pony tried not to get dragged into the dark tunnels even as Tom spoke. Star and Marco tried struggling their way out of the devil dragon's grip but it was no use. "Star, Marco! On my mark, get ready to-" Kelly began as she prepared to attack, but in that moment of fear, a familiar voice cut right through the cloud like a sword in the wind.
"Star? Marco?" Everyone stopped what they were doing as they looked towards the light side of the alleyway. A figure was standing at the entrance. A figure...that Star and Marco knew for a long time. "B-Buff Frog?" Star said in disbelief. She was then able to make out that it was him, and boy was she glad. The big frog on the other hand was a little cross to see them in the alleyway. "What do you kids think you're all doing down her? Come on." He spoke with a firm but harsh voice. Thankfully, Star and the gang then ran off to join Buff Frog having escaped the tight grip of those monsters and leaving the alleyway far behind.
At Echo Creek High
11:37 AM
As a portal appeared next to Echo Creek high, Star, the gang and Buff Frog stepped out of it and walked up to a familiar building that Star had attended and possibly will still attend: Echo Creek High. "You kids are messy...and lurking down the dark alleyway of the Dark Dimension? Tis a horrible place, not to mention that mewmans would think that you'd be up to no good." Buff Frog said with a serious tone. "Look, we were lost. Star's spell went wrong. None of us had any idea where we were or what was going on and-" Marco explained, saying what had happened in the dark dimesnion.
Star then cut off Marco when she realised something. "Wait a minute. What were you doing down that alleyway then?" Star asked suspiciously. "Me? Oh, I was merely looking for employment. Times are hard for some of us and due to Mewni being on high guard and increasing defences, so it's hard to come by good people to look after my babies. Tis' one of the reasons why I have to travel to London to find the source sometime soon." Buff Frog said while explaining the reason from his point of view.
As they arrived at the school's entrance, Star was met with a couple of familiar faces. It turned out to be Star's original crush, Oskar and her personal fangirl Starfan13. "Star! Oh my gosh, It's you!" Starfan squealed with excitement. "Yeah, I agree! Long time no see." Star heard the two of them say as they ran up to her. "Amazing, I'd never expected to see you guys again." She said as she hugged the pair of them. "Yeah, where've you been? Everyone was real worried as soon as I heard that you left." Oskar asked as if it were the first time in years that he had seen Star. Boy was it good to see that he or Starfan had changed in the slightest.
"Well then, are you kids gonna be alright?" Buff Frog asked Star. "Yep, we will be now." She replied before saying goodbye to Buff Frog and joining up with the rest of the classmates that she knew. To her suprise, they were all going over the moon when they saw her for the first time in months. All the while, the big frog went over behind a car where he met Hekapoo. "You are very lucky I got the message in time. They were being harrassed by horrible monsters in the dark dimension." He said, much to Hekapoo's surprise. The pair then left for Mewni and left Star in safe hands.
Inside the school at the same time
Star and Marco were met by the rest of the students from Echo Creek High. Everyone were absolutely overjoyed to see that their crazy magical friend had returned from Mewni. Especially Sabrina, Ferguson, Alfonzo, Toby, Justin and Ingrid. Most of the Students asked Star about where she had gone and why she left...but she kept that secret for now, because she didn't want to ruin the mood.
It wasn't before long that Jackie met up with the gang. "Guys! Oh thank goodness you're all ok." She said as soon as she hugged them. "Yeah, I mean, where were you guys? We were waiting and we got worried when you didn't show up." Tad then spoke with absolute relief. "Don't worry about it. It was just had a little trouble we had but it wasn't anything to worry about." Janna explained calmly despite going through one of the most freakiest experiences within the dimensions. Justin then mentioned that they were to attend to the gym hall for the meeting as soon as possible.
After walking all the way to the gym, Principal Skeeves had gathered all the students and most of their parents there so that he could explain about the trip to London. Star had to tell Pony, Kelly, Tad and Tom to stay outside just in case they freaked out the principal, and they agreed. "Welcome everyone. And thank you very much for coming in on short notice today. Anyway, let's get on with it." He started off his speech as everyone murmmured.
Skeeves' Speech:
After another triennial of waiting for this day, I am finally proud to anounce that our world tour trip will be happening as soon as you're all settled back into school for the first two weeks. Only then will we travel to this year's destination and one of the oldest cities in the world, London in the United Kingdom.
We will have some of your parents coming with us on this trip in order to help out with something special whilst you're all out and about in the city. Meanwhile most of the teachers will be guiding you towards the sights where you'll be told to study everything about them, as you will have an exam on the history for this when we come back.
Now while you are on the trip, you are to obey the teachers' orders, no goofing off without permission, no doing anything wrong of any sorts. If I hear one word about this, I will have the student(s) responsible fail the exam instantainously...or sent home, depending on the matter.
Enough about that. Anyways, here is what you will need to pack for when we go to London: A few pairs of outfits for this trip, a big notepad with pens and pencils, history books on London and most importantly: a fee for this trip. I would also recommend that you all bring toothbrushes, blow up beds and...well whatever you kids like to bring along that you'd usually have with you.
I will need the right amount of money in order to buy the tickets for the plane, along with that I would say that we'd also need to prepare for a splended meal as a special treat for one of the nights.
Also, not only will we be visiting this old city, but we've also been invited to the expo on the next part in the best selling book series in the world: Willow and the Wisps.
End Speech:
"And that is pretty much all I have to say. So without further more, Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages,(3) Monsieur Andante Inferno. The one who made this trip possible." After that speech, Skeeves stood aside to reveal a man wearing a metalic bronze vest top over a white long sleeved work top. He was also wearing a long red coat and silver gloves. He had brown hair and grew a little bit of a beard. Everyone applauded the author as he gave a nice greeting to them all. All except for Star, who seemed absolutely confused by the man. "Er...Marco? Who's that strange man upon stage?" She asked out of curiosity.
"Wait. You guys have never heard of the Andante Infrerno?" Marco asked excitedly. Star meekly shook her head in confusion. "He's only...The best author in the world." Jackie said as she got Star's attention just by adoring the author. "Aaaand...he'll be giving out a preview of his upcoming graphic novels for Willow and the Wisps." Justin butted in as he mentioned the rumors off of his phone.
Just then, a photographer came through from the back of the gym hall and started to go past the students. "Excuse me please kiddo, sorry miss. This is for the newspapers of Echo Creek." He spoke as he set up his camera and started to take some pictures of the french author himself who posed fantastically as if he was being epic. Andante did a couple of poses before he noticed a certain sapphire eyed blonde girl with hearts on her cheeks sitting in one of the rows. Oddly enough, he seemed to recognise her instantainiously.
"Mon goodnéz. Eet cannot be...Is eet? Eet is... Eet eez Star Buttairfly!" Andante Inferno said aloud. Star was suddenly felt nervous with all of the students looking at her. Marco felt a bit uneasy after their experience in the dark dimension. "Star Butterfly? As in the magical girl? Ooh this'll also look good for the papers." The photographer said as he squeezed through the students, grabbed Star and brought her up to Andante was. Marco had tried to grab Star but he wasn't fast enough. "Nicé big smile Miss Buttairfly, todai you and ai weehl mak la front papair." He said as a picture was taken of the duo as Star smiled nervously.
Andante then began to speak towards the students and their parents. "Ladees et jen-téllmen and students of Echo Creek, zis eez cairtain-lee an astoundeng momont. You see...When young Star-lee came bak haire fair le first time een déux months, she was actual-lee planneng on purchaseng ze first of mon book Sairees: Weehlow and ze Wisps - zé Pure Rainbow Crystal which 'as been celebrateng eet eez 12th annivairsary as le best-selleng novel een le whirld. But lit-tell did she know, zat shé would actual-lee bé léaveng...Wiv all of le books zat ai 'ave writtén zo far, not on-lee een limitéd edishe-on but also...Wiv not chargé added." The french author said as he handed Star about eight novels on Willow and the Wisps. As she got an applause, Star actually started adoring the books.
"Also, Monsieur Inferno has volunteered to teach some of the students about London and also about mythical creatures that cannot possibly exist, his class will be over at the big scoop for the two weeks. It's near the hotel where we are going to be staying for this trip. Well...that's everything I have to say, so I suggest you kids get all the items that I have told you to get and make sure to get your trip outfits as well, thank you all for listening." Skeeves added before he concluded his speech.
When he was finished, everyone left the gym. Star then managed to regroup with the others having thanked Andante for giving her his book collection. "Woah...he actually knew you. How does he know you?" Marco asked Star who shrugged in confusion. "Maybe it's got something to do with you gaining his attention from the time you've been here?" Janna suggested. "Maybe he was originally from another dimension and that his books are based on real life?" Marco suggested in confusion.
"Maybe he's all human and that Marco's gone crazy." Janna then concluded with a bit of a snicker. "Janna, what the heck would you know?!" Marco yelled in shock. "Well, you did have a bit of a breakdown when Star left, so nothing's new there." Janna pointed out much to Star's surprise and Marco's annoyance. He would've pounced on Janna, but thankfully, Jackie held him back. "Alright, alright! Enough you two!" She yelled, immediately breaking up the fight. "Alright...anyway, we'd better get going and get the stuff from the mall." Marco then said calmly before he and the girls left the gym like everyone else to meet up with Kelly and the others.
Whilst on the way out, none of the students realised that there was a familiar pink kitten hiding behind the curtains of the stage. Faye kept her eyes on Star even when she was leaving the gym before she told Pegapup, Kabutobot and several other critters that she had forged a plan together in order to prevent Star from staying on Earth before she huddled them all in.
Outside the gym
Star and the gang were currently hanging with Justin, Ferguson, Alfonzo, Sabrina and Toby. "So lemme get this straight, your own mother was being paranoid because of this crazy woman and some kind of scary possessed bird who wanted revenge on you?" Ferguson asked, trying to make sure that he didn't miss anything out. "Yep, that's everything. While they didn't come for her yet, we thankfully managed to get Star out of there before all heck broke lose." Tom said, giving a full explaination.
"So...about this trip, has this school ever been to London before?" Kelly asked, changing the subject to the School trip to London whilst tying her hair into a ponytail "Oh no, this is gonna be our first trip to london overall." Justin said, seeming pretty excited about going to London himself. "Also, you're not gonna believe this. The trip was possible because Andante met with Principal Skeeves and allowed him to visit England with him." Janna added, feeling a hint of excitement. "Woah, this guy sure likes doing stuff with his books doesn't he?" Tad said as he floated along side Kelly.
"So we need all these items for the trip...along with a pair of clothes too. There's only one place that we're gonna get all of these things: The mall." Marco said as he read the newfound list that he had written down whilst Skeeves explained about the school trip. "Sooo...we're taking the periwinkle van right? Jackie, does your sister mind if we borrow the van again?" Kelly asked Jackie, who knew her sister a little too well. "Yeah, she doesn't mind, as long as we don't dent it." She responded with a shrug.
Once Star heard this, Janna handed her the keys to the van, whom she had taken off of Amy, before her face lit up with happiness...plus craziness. "Alright! Come on you guys, let's go to the mall. I'm driving!" She said before running all the way over to the purple vehicle and unlocking the driver's seat door. Everyone else, except for Marco and Jackie, then ran towards the van. Marco and Jackie then looked at each other before realising something important. "Wha...? No wait! Star, you can't drive?!" Marco said, remembering that Star hadn't learned how to drive any vehicle, however, he and Jackie were dismissed when they were pulled into the back of the van by Tom.
"Relax, this is my ex-girlfriend we're talking about. What could possibly happen?" Tom asked as Star turned on the van's ignition. "And away we go you guys!" Star yelled before driving off the parking lot and all the way towards town. As soon as Marco's and Jackie's parents got out to the car park, Ellie was fustrated when she found out that her daughter had taken her eldest daughter's van again. "I'm gonna kill that kid." She said despite knowing that Amy was eventually goning to buy a new vehicle. In fact, Ellie was a little shocked about this as well.
Having briefly seen Star at the wheel of her own van, Amy turned towards Angie in concern. "Question...does Star know how to drive a vehicle?" She asked, feeling like she was going to crash the van. "Uh...not really. But hopefully she won't, I mean, what could possibly happen?" Rafael asked, trying to look on the brighter side of things. However, due to Star's complete lack of knowledge on driving an actual Earth vehicle, he was proven wrong when Star used her own mewman instincts, from her father, and drove the van like a lunatic. Something told Marco that he and the gang were in for a wild ride...
Well...that's this chapter over and done with. I hope it wasn't too dark for anyone. Anyways, next up: Shopping Mall Montage.
(1) Incase you're wondering, the wonderful warper is an ancient spell that teleports the user to a random location. It functions like the dimensional scissors only this is unpredictable to users. (It's a spell that's still a work in progress to Star)
(2) That item's gonna be very important to the story.
(3) Monsieur Andante Inferno: An eccentric Frenchman who is known to be one of the best authors in the world. He wrote a lot books known as the Willow and the Wisps series which have been the most popular books in the world. He is also currently working on his 9th novel during Star's adventures.
Until Next time...
Negaboss2000 out ^^