Greetings from Negaboss2000 once again
Back with another chapter of the mysterious hollow.
And for those of you who are wondering, I didn't forget about this story ^^
Chapter 9 - Meeting Eclipsa and the story of the Hollow
The next morning.
Marco woke up nice and early and wanted to get ready for today, when he suddenly felt someone wrap their hands around his waist. He thought it was Star at first until he turned around to see Hekapoo in bed between Star and him.
Upon seeing her, Marco screamed like a little girl, alerting Hekapoo who screamed too and everyone else within the room who woke up in shock. Marco was then shut up by the fiery girl who woke up screaming too, but then punched him in the face and sent him flying onto the bed beside. "Ow, ok that hurt. Anyways, what the heck are you doing here?!" Marco asked in anger. "Hehe, you didn't think I'd leave you alone for the rest of the night did you?" Hekapoo said rhetorically with a smirk. "Ugh, figures." He groaned as the others stared at what was happening.
"Uh...shouldn't you be with the High Commission?" Kelly asked in confusion as she got her hair out of her face. "Nope, no plans whatsoever. Besides, I'd prefer to hang with you guys for a while." Hekapoo said as she turned into her human disguise once more. "Yes...I mean...cool, yeah that's totally cool." Tom said while correcting his attitude when the gang looked at him in annoyance.
The gang then got out of bed and got ready for the day, but soon noticed that Star had fallen back to sleep. "Yo B-Fly, you ok gurl?" Pony asked with concern as she gently nudged her bestie. Star then woke up, yawning heavily before rubbing her eyes. "I'm up...just..." Star began slowly, but decided not to finish the rest. "You ok Star? You look like you didn't get any sleep last night." Marco said in concern. "I'm fine...I just had a nightmare last night." Star admitted, rubbing her tired eyes until she felt satisfied."I'm fine...really, I am." She said again firmly.
Deciding not to ask another question, Marco then decided to go downstairs for breakfast with the gang following closely behind. "Pretty strange what happened yesterday." Jackie said as she rubbed her eye. "Totally...I mean, I dunno if Toffee or Ludo is behind this, so we gotta keep an eye out for now." Star said firmly as everyone agreed.
Down in the diner however.
The gang were getting breakfast and were having a relaxing time, when Principal Skeeves showed up and got everyone's attention. "Good morning everyone. I know it's almost class time for you, so I'll keep this simple. Buckingham Palace was broken into yesterday." He explained, causing a lot of students and staff to gasp
"Now some of you may have heard of this. Yesterday, somebody jumped over the fence of Buckingham palace and stole the crown jewels. Now I know you're wondering why I'm bothering to say this, but I've been told to say this. So if anyone has any info on who stole the crown jewels, then come and meet me at 4:30 today." Principal Skeeves explained as whispers spread throughout the various groups. Star and the gang then looked towards Janna who was currently drinking her juice.
As soon as Janna noticed however... "Uh...what?" She asked in confusion. "It was you wasn't it?" Jackie said, unamused at hearing what she did yesterday. "What was me?" Janna asked unconvincingly. "Don't act stupid. You took the crown jewels from Buckingham Palace." Marco harshly whispered, nearly causing Janna to freak out. "Keep it down. Ok, I admit that I did take them, but I couldn't resist doing so." She said before snickering quietly.
"What were you thinking?!" Tom whispered harsly, nearly exploding if it wasn't for Tad throwing his water onto the demon's face. "C'mon, we both know that there's nothing that can hold me back." Janna said with a smirk. "You're lucky I didn't tell your teachers or the high commission about this. Anyways, we'd better get to class, it's nearly 10 already." Hekapoo said, changing into her human disguise. "Uh...she doesn't go to class...does she?" Jackie asked in confusion. "Dunno...she is pretty good to have around though." Kelly admitted as she tied her hair up into a ponytail.
After they left, Sensei Brantley had just come downstairs when he noticed Andante still in the lounge. "Uh...Mr Inferno? What are you doing here?" Brantley asked with confusion. "Hmm? Oh, wéll... This woman said ai could 'ave ze dai off... Fair zum reason ai do not undairstand." Andante stated with confusion. Hearing this, Brantley was unsure if this was actually what he was supposed to be doing. "Um...Woman, who?" He asked in confusion, thinking that someone else might have taken his place.
During Class.
The gang had been asked to show off the magic within the wand, so they decided to, just to entertain the students. Brittney didn't show up, mainly because she was in hospital with the staff trying to fix her face with no luck so far because of yesterday. Whilst entertaining everyone, Star then heard footsteps coming, causing her and Marco to quickly run back to their seats. Surprisingly however, it wasn't Andante, rather...it was then a woman showed up, she was cloaked. "Oh...hello ma'am. Are you lost?" Marco asked in confusion.
"No darling. I think I'm in the right place." The woman said, sounding very posh from Star's persepective. "Um...do you know where our teacher is?" Jackie then asked with a bit of concern. "Oh don't worry, he's fine. So I'll be teaching you today, and I also want to ask everyone a few questions afterwards too." The woman said before pulling off her hood to reveal herself as none other than Eclipsa Butterfly. Upon seeing her face, Star and Hekapoo became absolutely shocked, the gang also had a look of concern across their faces.
"Hello to you all. My name is Eclipsa Butterfly, ex-queen of Menwi and I come before you day to teach my lesson unto you all." Eclipsa said with pride...and also confusing all the students when they looked at each other. "Who?" They asked, shocking the ancient queen herself. "Who? Didn't you hear a word I said?" Eclipsa said in annoyance, but she couldn't blame them, after all...they weren't mewmans.
Shocked at the revalation, Star then went closer to the Queen of Darkness, looking at her clothes, her cheek marks, her hat and even her eyes to an extent. "Uh...Star, how is this woman related to you?" Marco asked in confusion. "She's an evil queen who turned on her own kind all those years ago and fled Mewni with a monster for her lover. I'm not sure why to be honest, but it sounds pretty interesting." Star explained with amazment.
"Is that so? Well I'm glad to know someone who appreciates me." Eclipsa said as she hugged Star. "And judging from those heart shaped cheekmarks, you must be my decendant, from Festivia, correct?" The dark queen then continued. "That's right. How did you know?" Star said with a gasp with her usual enthusiastic voice. "Oh, I have my ways." Eclipsa finished with a smirk. "So...now that we've gotten to know me, I'd say it's time for a magic lesson today...plus a few hints on how to befriend monsters." She then said with a calm voice.
After a few moments, thanks to the help of Star's Magic Book, a lot of the students, and even Jackie were using Star's wand for a bit of fun. Janna mostly used the want for stealing money from other's pockets much to Marco's annoyance, Jackie then used it to turn herself into a mermaid, revealing how she ended up in that aquarium yesterday. All the while however, Moon got word that magic was being used from across the river much to her shock.
Back with the others, Kelly was using Star's wand to make her hair long or short. Eventually she handed the wand to Marco, who was a bit hesitant. "Well...? What are you waiting for Diaz?" Justin asked with a snicker. "Um...this is my first time using the wand, and...I'm not sure if I can do it without hurting anyone." Marco admitted before Eclipsa creeped up behind him.
"Well go on then. Use one of the more powerful spells and prove me wrong. Unless you're chicken." Eclipsa stated before clucking like a chicken, mainly to motivate Marco instead of making him annoyed. She then left to buy a few snacks while she left Hekapoo in charge. Then taking off his blue hoodie and wanting to prove Eclipsa otherwise, Marco then started searching for a spell that would have been able to prove the ancient queen, and to his surprise...he found one in her chapter.
Without hesitation, he began to conjure the spell. "I call the darkness unto me..." Marco started speaking. As he did, storm clouds formed above the students, making them feel very uneasy. In the process of doing so, a pair of cheek marks in the shape of a crescent moon were suddenly appearing on Marco's face.
"Uh, what's going on?" Kelly asked in confusion. "Dunno gurl, but I think I'm starting to freak out here." Pony said with fear. "...from deepest depths of Earth and sea. From ancient evils unawoken..." Marco continued as dark veins began to creep up his arms.
Star was absolutely horrified on the outcome and wanted to stop Marco, but didn't want to interrupt the spell just in case it hurt him harshly, or rather, Hekapoo stopped her from doing so just in case. "...break the one that can't be broken. To blackest night, I pledge my soul and crush my heart to burning coal." Marco continued, now making Star even more scared for his safety.
"To summon forth the deathly power, to see my..." But before Marco could even finish, a loud voice was heard from the Students. "STOP!" Moon's voice yelled frantically, causing Marco to drop the wand in panic. The yellow moon cheek marks and the dark veins on his arms then disappeared along with the clouds which let some light into the city once more.
Marco then turned to see Moon and the High Commission rushing towards him and approaching with panic. "You're not to use that spell, it's the most deadliest one in the history of the Butterflies!" Omnitraxus yelled with panic, instantly looking at the boy's arms. "I had it under control, I did exactly what it said in the book." Marco explained, trying to ease their panic, which didn't work and only made it a little worse. "And what did the book say on the effects that spell had caused?" Rhombolous asked angrily.
"Uh..." Marco started before all eyes turned to Hekapoo. "Ugh, Hekapoo, you had one job, just one! Keep an eye on the kids to make sure nothing happened, and you already messed that up." Moon said in annoyance. "Hey, don't look at me guys, I didn't get him to do that spell!" Hekapoo said in her defence. "Well if you didn't then who did?!" Rhombolous asked in demand. At that moment, Eclipsa came back with a few candy bars in her arm. "I'm back everyone, so what did I miss?" She asked but stopped in shock when she saw the rest of the High Commission.
"Eclipsa?" Arthur asked with disbelief, only to see the Queen of Darkness herself smirk at the elder knight. "Arthur...it's definitely been a while. Hasn't it?" Eclipsa said as she approached the elder mewman gently. "Definitely..." Responding speechlessly, Arthur glanced in shock at her, like he knew her. "Welp, now we can put you back in your icy prison from whence you came you evil witch!" Rhombolous spoke, preparing to Refreeze the queen of Darkness, but immediately stopped by Arthur. "No! Stop! There is no proof that she's evil. She may look it, but..." He began, but shrugged off the rest.
Rhombolous then stood aside in annoyance. "Fine. But after the festival is over, she's being frozen again! And she better not spoil the party." Omnitraxus stated, feeling a bit annoyed with Arthur defending the queen of Darkness. "Festival? What festival?" Eclipsa asked in confusion. "The festival to celebrate your defeat. The celebration where we rejoice on you being defeated by Festivia and the knights of the grand oak." Rhombolous stated firmly. "And you'll be sad to know, that your Mysterious Hollow, is nowhere to be found. So you'll never be able to use that confounded machine of yours ever again." Omnitraxus then said, peering closer towards Eclipsa and making her a little nervous.
Hearing this, Star became quite curious. "Um...Mom? I've been thinking about yesterday. And I can't help to ask, what is the mysterious hollow?" She asked, gaining her mother's attention and Arthur's too. "It's not my place to explain to be honest." Moon said uncomfortably, but then noticing the other students eager to hear the story. "Oh come on dear. Star's bound to find out eventually, so why not tell her?" River insisted with encouragement.
Giving up, Moon then sat down in front of all the students to explain what The Mysterious Hollow was and it's overall history. "300 years ago, during Eclipsa's reign. She decided to flee from her homeland, as well as her mewman husband Shastacan, and go to Earth with her monstrous Husband Globgor..." Moon started, but was cut off by Tom.
"Er, Globgor...? Were you speaking English? I didn't understand that." He said bluntly. "It was the name of the red monster with white hair that she was wed to, ok? He was the king of the size-shifters! Anyways...When they both came to Earth, they both created this wondrous place called, The Mysterious Hollow. Basically, it is an ancient hidden world built beneath the city of London. It was said in legend to be a hollow shell of it's former self...So it was once a peaceful world which is now the darker side of it's former self." Hekapoo explained, joining in and gaining everyone's interest.
"Wow...so how did this place get dark in the first place?" Kelly asked, hoping to get some form of answers. "It was corrupted by it's own magic turned against it, but the real cause of it, was the immense power of an evil machine called: The Jagged Crown, a floating mechanical fortress which harvests the magic before corrupting it with hatred, lust and greed." Rhombolous explained, shivering in fear as he explained the darkest powers of the flying fortress.
"But even so, there was an ancient gemstone which prevented the magic from being corrupted. However, that crystal was soon corrupted by the Jagged Crown itself...and that's when Globgor built it into the key and the most feared weapon known to us, The Devil's Trident." Hekapoo explained, sighing in some form of regret. "The what?" Marco asked, not understanding what the High Commission were talking about.
"The Devil's Trident." Eclipsa said, speaking up beside the gang. "It is an ancient weapon which was used 300 years ago." Omnitraxus explained, Rhombolous stated that it was used by Eclipsa herself, but Moon and Star were a little confused at that time. "It says it right here. The Devil's Trident is the ultimate key to the Mysterious Hollow and deadly weapon in Mewman history, capable of corrupting the very soul from it's victims or the very magic from the universe. It gives it's user more strength and ultimate magic to turn monsters into their truest selves...but the user is driven mad with power." Glossaryck explained, opening a chapter on the magic book to reveal a secret chapter on the trident itself.
One part of the explanation was rubbed off below where Glossaryck finished explaining, he thought that it was very strange why it was erased from the book but he decided not to ask any more about it for now. "So then, all those years ago, Eclipsa wanted the wand forever, but was denied by me. Only then did she fly into a rage so powerful, it shook Mewni to it's core. She was using the Jagged Crown to drain the magic of Mewni and use it against her own people. Thankfully, Festivia was able to put a stop to this and froze her own mother in ice. Then afterwards, we locked the Jagged Crown back into the hollow and split the crystal on the trident in half." Omnitraxus continued with a serious attitude.
"But this didn't stop anything, when every queen from the past turned fourteen, the hollow would awaken and attack. We brought in many culprits, but none of them had any connections with the hollow." Rhombolous then said. "But the rumour had it, that only monsters knew where the mysterious hollow was, having being handed down through history that is." Hekapoo then said, immediately confusing Marco. "Hang on, hang on. If only monsters know where it is, then why call it The Mysterious Hollow?" He asked in confusion, causing the rest of the gang just groaned and even Tom slapped his hand on his forehead. "You're missing the whole point. That was years ago, nowadays neither any mewman or monster knows where the Hollow was." Hekapoo yelled in annoyance, only to be stopped by Arthur.
"That being said however, one of our very own ancestors discovered that there were mysterious bits of knowledge about the hollow. These were called The Secrets of the Mysterious Hollow, which were said to be the key items to finding the entrance to the hollow itself." Arthur explained, gaining both Star's and Marco's interests for some reason. "They also mentioned that the information was hidden in a mystical crystal that was said to be powerful enough to reveal memories of the past." Arthur said, finishing up the whole explination to the Mysterious Hollow.
"Woah..." Star and Marco said in unison. "And now that we've told you everything, you'd better not go looking for the hollow. So now, get back to your daily lives or...I dunno what you kids do. Anyways, Keep an Eclipsa too. She's trouble." Rhombolous whispered after he shivered in fear before walking off. "Also Star, I'm still awaiting you to prepare the party in two days time. So I suggest you get a move on." Moon said sternly.
After Moon left, Andante had arrived just before the school staff arrived. Thankfully everything went well and they didn't notice a thing out of place. "How are we going to pull this off? I mean, this party is in three days time." Marco whispered with concern. "Hmm...maybe it's time to call in a favour from an old friend." Star said, knowing a few people who she wanted to invite.
All the while however, Glacia was watching the class from afar, still annoyed about her being decenant of frauds as she'd put it. However, she saw Eclipsa meeting Star...but not acting like she had heard from the legends, and the way Eclipsa mentioned Festivia, something was off to her. "Eclipsa knew Festivia? Hmm...odd." Glacia stated before running off, keeping the secret in her head.
And there we go
Sorry the chapter was short, but the other chapters will have a lot more in them next time ^^
For now, stay turned and see you in the next chapter
Negaboss2000 out ^^