Whoa, nearly 9000 words! I expected this do be at least 5000, but I just had so much fun writing it that more ideas just flew into my head. Luckily my schedule's clear for the next few days, so I had all day to write this. I'm surprise how much attention this story has gotten ever since I've came back . I love to see how much people adore this idea I had. Enjoy

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Being in a magical kingdom in a far away dimension, it is pretty normal for things around it to get pretty weird and wild. The citizens of said kingdom were accustomed to it. In fact, it was considered an odd day if something didn't happen.

That day, just so happened to be today. It was already past lunch, and nothing eventful had happened. Tons and tons of the citizen were roaming the street, just waiting for something chaotic to happen. The lurked in the shadows, walking along the walls, making sure they were ready to duck and cover if the moment called for it. But, nothing. It was, as hard as it was to believe, a normal day in Mewni.

It just so happened that the arbitrator to all of this uncanny calmness happened to come from Mewni resident 14 year old princess, Star Butterfly. She was just sitting out on the ledge of the castle, with a rather somber expression on her face. Oh how could it all go so wrong? How did she screw everything up so badly? And, oh, why did he have to take the fall for her?

She was so lost in thought, that she hardly noticed the little ripping sound made right behind her, and she didn't turn around to see the flying sentient horse head pop out from the rip in time and space with a pair of scissors. "Yo, what up, Star?" The elated princess pony head announced as she put away her scissors. She floats right in front of the saddened princess, who doesn't even bother to look up. "Come on, come on! I'm the one who's suppose to have the long face! You should be celebrating! Your 14, you have the most powerful tool in the universe! Why are you all up in here mopping about?" The floating head pressured on, trying to squeeze it out of her long time friend.

"A, ah, a Pony Head?" Star finally speaks out, in a soft, sad tone. "Do you, have ever felt bad about something you do, and feel really bad when you don't own up to it, especially when others might be affected by it?"

"Nee-ope." The horse head bluntly stated. "I never have regrets! Cause everything I do is awesome and always right." She brags on about herself with a smug expression, though that seems to make the princess even more sad as see continues to groan.

"Come on, what wrong with you? And where's the little Q-fly? Today's the day of our monthly bet. We try to outmatch each other in a cutest face contest, and I do not plan on losing a 25th time." She spoke, and Star moans even louder at the mention of her little brother.

"Y-yeah, my, ah, actually, this, he's kind of the reason why I'm so bummed out at the moment." Star says with a little distaste in her mouth.

"OOOO nonononono! Girl, what did that boy do!?" Pony head says with genuine shock in her voice.

"Ah, ha, haha, ha, yeah, that's, that's the thing." She said very uneasily. "It, it was all me. I, I put my brother in loads of trouble." She says as she begins to remember. "It, it all started yesterday, on the morning of the celebration..."

flash back, nearly 20 hours ago.

It was a bright mewnian morning, and all was calm in the castle, for the most that is. The princess had yet to wake up, so for the time being, it was quiet. Star laid in her bedroom, not thinking about the responsibilities that she was about to uphold within the next few hours. She laid calmly, not really feeling in the mood to get up. She waited this long to get the wand, so maybe the rest of the kingdom could wait another...

"Butterfly Bomb!" A voice shouted from up above. Star immedietly reacted by sitting up straight, though this did little to prepare her for what came next. All of a sudden, about 110 pounds of body mass fell on her shoulders, having being dropped from the ceiling. Star, having literally no time to properly react, just fell face first onto the floor as her morning attacker landed on her back, and sat up as he crawled towards her head. She smiled as the little arms of her brother hugged against her head, as he leaned forward, now looking at her face to face, upside down.

"Hello! How was that?" The 9 year old Quartz questions.

"Hmmm, late me see, about a 8 on the surprise scale, a 4 out of five on the tackle meter, and as always, a three out of three on the cuteness measurer." She elatedly chuckles as she grabs ahold of the little Gem boy, now throwing him into the air repeatedly.

"Whoa, let me done, le, let me down!" He cheerfully screamed as he struggled to get his words out with all the laughter he and Star were both emitting.

"Hey." Suddenly, out of nowhere, Moon Butterfly enters her daughter room. "I know that this is..." She trailed off to look at her daughter, who was still throwing Quartz into the air. Star was able to get one good look at her, before freaking out, and throwing her brother a little to hard the next time he landed.

"Oh hey mooooo..." He was able to speak out before Start threw him again with an unexpected amount of force. Acting solely on instinct, Quartz summoned a spikey ball as he flew through the air. He ended up colliding with the ceiling, crashing halfway through it as he dangled from the sky. "Hey mom!" He spoke again, this time his voice all echoey from the bubble. "Whatcha doing? I'm just, hanging around with my sister." He chuckles at his own bad pun as Star tries to look at innocent as possible, something she's always failed at doing.

"Hey, Mom. I, I, he ha, well, you see, me and Quartz have this ongoing contest on who can come up with the best wake up call and I was, and he.." She struggled to say, not really prepared to explain the craziness of the situation.

"I don't want to know." Moon said with a slight sigh. "Well, actually I do want to know because this explains why there are so many cracks in the walls." As if to emphasize her point, the walls of Star's room begin to crack up a little, and in no time at all, Quartz fell to the ground, as well as a chunk of the ceiling, from which he was protected from by his bubble. "But I'll put that aside." Both children sigh in relief. "For now." The Children begin to shut their mouths. "I just came to tell Star to get ready. The ceremony starts in three hours, and I don't need any crazy or destructive antics to happen before hand. Do I make myself clear?" She said with a stern gaze that made the children shrink a little with fear. The Queen waits for no answer as she leaves. Once again, the children sigh in relief as they turn to face each other.

"Oh, that, that was close. I thought for sure she would go all super psycho discipline on me again."

"I don't know why you always about that. It only happened one other time."

"Yeah maybe. But you don't have to live in constant fear of it every time you do something. Your always on her good side." Star said a little irritably. "Why single me out?"

"Hey, she our mother." Quartz countered. "That's her job. And maybe she'd be a little easier on you if you'd at least give her a head's up before you do something reckless."

"No, that completely defeats the purpose! If I told her what I do, then I'd never be able to do anything! What am I suppose to tell her? 'Hey mom, I 'm going against you warnings and going off to fight monsters that may or may not have a blood oath against me for something I may or may have not done to them.' No with her, its all, 'don't mess with the cornfields, Star. Don't use the guards as target practice, Star! Don't use your food as weapons, Star!' What else am I suppose to do with it!? I'm trying not to be wasteful!" She shouts as she spits right in his face.

Quartz just wipes away the saliva from his face. "You really don't see it, do you?"

"What?"

Quartz just slaps his forehead as he tries to hold it all in. "I'm just saying, you need to heed Mom's warning, especially today of all days." Quartz warned, getting a little more serious. "Today you start a big moment in your life, and you definitely do not need anything to mess it up. You don't want to go to, that place, do you?" He says with fear.

Star immediately knew what he was talking about, and it sent a shiver down her spine. Her mother had been talking about it for months now, to send her to Saint Olga's school for Wayward Princesses. That place, oh it gave her nightmares. Everyone in the princess community had sworn to try to help each other stay off the radar. Heck, she couldn't even tell you the number of times she and pony head had to help each other to cover some of their more, questionable antics. In fact, if Quartz wasn't such a good confider in secrets, she would've been sent to that prison ages ago.

Despite the whole warning, Star continued to shove it off as she brought forth a smile on her face. "Oh Quartz, your so cute when you get all worried for me." She laughed off as he squeezed his cheeks, causing Quartz to playfully role his eyes. "Nothing's going to bring me to that awful place, and nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to separate us. Now, on to more pressing matters..." She says in a voice that actually makes you think she was being serious, until she laughed, bopped Quartzes nose, and made a dash for the door. "Race you to the bottom!" She screamed cheerfully.

Quartz, deciding to push he worries aside for now, smiled as he leapt out the door, and raced right beside his sister. Both young royals cheered as they tried to gain the advantage. Star, being the eldest, was of course, in the lead. She pushed aside anything in her way, hallway armor, guard, maids, that weird mime that was there for some reason. Nothing would stand in her way, absolutely no...

boing boing boing.

Star, not slowing down, slightly turned her head to the left as tried to follow the sound. She saw the sight of her brother, and she saw him walking on the walls. He used all the strength he had in his legs and used them to bounce back and forth on the walls. He laughed as he sees himself gain the advantage and lands on the ground. "Hah, maybe you should try paying attention to Mom's magical lectures. You'd never know what you might learn." He giggles as Stars reaches out to grab him in frustration.

"No fair! You were born with your magic."

"Hey, I can't help it if its apart of my natural ability." Quartz brags. Unfortunately, he does not see the flight of stair right in front of him, so he's taken by surprise as he takes his first step, and is thrown into the air. He panics a little, making sure to focus on not falling. He begins to slow his decent, and it looks a like he would land on the ground nice and safe. He did not, however, account for his sister.

Star, not wanting to be beaten by her younger sibling, jumped on the stair rainging and leaned forward to increase her speed. She of course, did not think twice about it, and forgot all about safety, and slowing down, and most of all, stopping. So as soon as she hit the end, she was sent flying into the air, right into her brother as he was about to land. They both crashed, and found themselves covered in the broken and scattered remains of some of the nearby armor decorations.

"Ha, how's that for natural ability?" She laughed, believing she had gotten the best of her brother. Both kid just laugh in utter amusement as they try to regain their balance.

"Okay, assuming your going to be like this until the ceremony, what do you suggest we do, before anyone comes by and sees the mess we've made, again." Quartz asked, his point being all the more prevalent by the chandelier shaking, and the family portrait behind them falling off, tearing right through them.

"Hm, I think I can think of a thing or two to do." She smiled very suspiciously as Quartz suddenly got a very bad feeling about this.

"You just had to disturb them, again!" Quartz said as he and his sister found themselves back to back, fighting back a who's who of monsters in a dark and damp cave. Star pulled a left hook as Quartz summoned his shield and deflected a sword slash. He pressed against his sister's back, signaling her to lean down, allowing the little boy to flip over and kick another monster in the face. The creature whined in pain as Star turned around and gave him yet another kick in the face.

"To be honest, I don't know why i'm fighting them. This is either the batch of monsters that want to destroy me for stealing their prize artifacts, or the ones that are just sore over stopping them from stealing the corn." Star managed to say as she gave a round house kick to a bee like monster.

"Really? Because I thought this was the batch of monster's you disturbed the banquet of." Quartz suggested as he lifted up his hand, and brought forth a small but bright, shiny, and spikey ball. He chucks over a small group of the monsters, causing them to explode. He walks over to a bear like creature, and holds him slightly by his shirt. The creature seemed slightly scared, thinking the little boy was going to do something worse to him. To his surprise, the boy instead continued to talk. "Hey, uh, exactly why are you trying to destroy my sister? I need to debate whether or not I need to feel bad about this."

"I, I really don't know. I think it has something to do with treasure that she stole, though I'm personally just going along with everyone else. I, I like being apart of a crowd."

"Really? You just doing it because everyone else is?" The bear creature nodded. "You know, the best way to fit in a crowd is to be different from it, right?" The bear's eye's widen in shock. "It's true. If you do everything everyone else does, than nobody's ever really going to notice you specifically. Do something unique, not only for everyone else's sake, but for your own as well."

The bear smiles as Quartz help him to his feet. "You know, your right! I am an individual! I'm going to stop following the crowd and stand out as my own be..."

Sadly, the little boy does not get to see the fruits of his little speech as Star, swinging from the cave stalactites, gave him a giant kick to the face, knocking him out unconsciously.

"Star!" Quartz said quite irritably as his big sister picked him up and put him on her back as she ran for her life. "I was getting through to that one. I think he actually wanted change for the better."

"Oh sweet little Quartz, your naiveté is as endless as your cuteness. When are you going to learn that monsters, especially those that try to destroy me, never change?"

"But how many of those monsters want to destroy you just because you did something to them first?" Quartz countered a little accursedly. Fortunately, for Star at least, her answer was interrupted by a sudden cave in. Rocks and boulders of various sizes begin to chase down our young royals. Star screamed with delight as the adrenaline finally kicked in, allowing her to run at full force, while Quartz just screamed in terror, barely able to hang on by a finger as he saw how they were literally seconds away from being 6 feet under. They barely saw the end of the tunnel as Star launched herself forwards, landing both herself and her brother on the dirt floor as the cave closed in on itself. Both of our young royals were breathing heavily as they got up. Star, from the utter thrill she had just received, and Quartz, from the brief time he swore that his heart stop beating.

"Star, you know that I love you, and I live to be along side you as you take this journey called life, but wasn't that cutting a little close?"

"Are you kidding me?" She shouted as she began to hop up and down like a hyperactive bunny on a sugar rush. "That wasn't nearly close enough! Life is going to be just a dangerous with me carrying that wand around. If we can survive this without it, than we can survive anything with it!" She reasoned as she searched the area for something. "Now all I need is a wild warnicorn to ride around on so that I can make my epic entrance at that ceremony thing." She elatedly said as she tried to run. Luckily, Quartz manage to grab ahold of her dress, making her stop at the feeling of the tug.

"Star, I know I can't stop you from making a epic entrance, so let me at least take care of how we deal with this." Quartz then whistles as loudly as he could, slightly confusing his older sibling. But soon, both heard a mighty roar. They turned and saw a giant pink portal in the sky, and both siblings knew then exactly what happened.

"Whaa, bu, I, did, I, a, I , I thought that he ran off?" Star asked as she continued to stare in awe at what she was witnessing.

"Eh, he does his on thing most of the time, but he always comes when I really need him. Now come on, we don't have much time." Quartz said as he walked towards the portal, dragging his sister along for the ride.

5 minutes later

It was a full turnout. Nearly all of the kingdom turned up to witness the grand event. Not only was the most dangerous weapon about to be passed on to the little adventurous princess, it would also show off exactly what the future held for the kingdom. Five minutes had passed and the ceremony was about to start. While the citizens were getting ready to watch the all important event, the King and Queen of Mewni held unimpressed expressions on their faces as they waited for their daughter to show up.

"I can't believe it. Today of all days, she couldn't arrive just a little bit early." The irritated Queen sighed.

"Relax my dear." The King tried to calm her down. "I'm sure she's just celebrating early. Her brother's with her, isn't he? Quartz is responsible enough to know to bring her on time."

"Yeah, on his own, but with Star? You know the influence they have on each other works both ways, right?" The Queen rubbed her head as she closed her eyes. "Sometimes I wonder if I'm handing the wand over to the right child."

"Moon, dear." River placed his hand on her shoulder. "Star may be a bit, enthusiastic, but today is her day to prove herself. Let her works speak for themselves." Both gave each other a small smile as the room began to suddenly shake. The citizens looked worried as they prepared for the worst, though Moon and River stayed still, knowing fully well what was about to happen next.

A giant, bright and glowing pink circle appeared in the air as a thunderous roar popped out from it. Then, jumping out from it came a bright pink lion that skidded its way onto the floor. On top of him was the little prince of Mewni on the front, with his older sister riding right behind him. Leaving no time to calm down, Star leaped off the Lion and preceded to approach her parents in a hyper and giddy fashion. She huffed and puffed without break as she reached out from the wand. Her parents once again put on their stern expressions as Moon prepared to hand out her staff.

"Now Star, taking this wand is a big responsibility." Her mother warned as she tried to keep it out of the reach of Star's grabby hands. "If it falls into the hands of evil forces, than the universe could be destroyed."

Star, still huffing, waited for no more explanation as she snatched the wand from her mother's hand, shocking them both and making them shrink back just a little. She laughed as she held out the wand, where in a magical flash of color, changed forms. It was now mostly purple, with a bright yellow star in the middle of the end orb tip. It was surrounded by tiny hearts, which laid atop a layer of blue, and it had little white wings on the side. After brief gasp of surprise, she focused back on her parents. "Don't worry mom." she said ever so casually. "I can handle it." And with that, she skipped out of the room, swinging around her arms, with the wand in hand, as she made her way to the door. The guest began to scatter out soon after, though that was mostly because they were afraid of the giant pink cat in the room. He had done nothing upon entering, though that did not stop all the guest from hustling out the door. Soon, all that was left were the King, Queen, and pink lion, who decided to take a nap.

"So how was today's morning "run" dear." Moon said with a now lightly softer tone, though making it clear that she knew that running was the last word to describe what the duo had really did earlier.

"Oh, it, it was quite eventful, ran into some real hurdles, almost didn't make it though them. Star had to carry me halfway through it." Quartz vaguely said, remembering their near death experience with the cave in earlier.

This little moment was interrupted by the king. "Are you guys doing that thing again where you act like your talking about something else but are really talking about something you don't want star to hear?" Both gave the short statured king a look of, 'are you serious', which made the king step aside. "Please, by all means continue, i'll just, watch the corn, or something. Carry on." He awkwardly spoke as he left the room.

"Well your father isn't wrong. So tell me, how bad was it?" Moon said with a little worry.

"Eh, not as bad as previous attempts, but still.." He said as he scratched the back of his neck nervously. Quartz loved his sister very much, from her laugh to her ambitious attitude, but he knew somethings were best undone by her. So Moon long while ago made him sort of her unofficial informant so that she could at least know what was on Star's mind whenever she did something. Quartz felt nervous telling his mother about it, in fact, its why he never told Moon about some of her more life threatening exploits. "At least this time she wasn't the one who started the fight."

"Were they monsters she's disturbed in the past." Moon questioned a little skeptically, making Quartz shake his head a little uneasily.

"I, I don't get it mom. Why, why are we always at conflict with them? I get that they outnumber the Mewnians, but why even have all this, this trouble? Why can't we just have peace with them?"

Moon sighed, noting the amount of irony in that statement. "Some things aren't that simple, little Quartz. A, a long time ago, we tried to bridge peace with them, but, sometimes, some people don't want peace. Sometimes, all people want is to bring others down." She started to lower her head, a notion that Quartz did not let go unnoticed. He wondered exactly what his mother was talking about, and why she seemed so upset about talking about it.

Moon didn't stay like that for long. She began to walk as she picked Quartz and placed it him on his lion again, who awoke at the weight of the little boy on top of him. "But now's not time for a history lesson. Go on, my son. Catch up with your sister. Make sure she doesn't cause too much trouble." She chuckled as the little boy motioned his lion to leave. And with a mighty leap, the Lion opened another portal, and they both disappeared into the bright pink circle.

"He's really becoming more like her, isn't he?" The voice of River came up again. Moon just turned around to face her husband. "She always did want things to end peacefully. Its amazing how he virtually knows nothing of his mother, yet he remains to be soo much like her."

"I suppose that's for the best. She, she always tried to leave a positive image everywhere she went. She always had a way with filling you with hope. I know I needed it when the time came. I'm just grateful that I can finally return the favor." She said as she unrolled a peace of paper from her hand. "I, I just wish this fate wasn't so entangled in chaos. Will, will they be ready, dear? Can we really hope that they can make through all of this?

"I'm sure of it, my dear." River comforted as they both took a look at the writing on the paper. On it, was some sort of rhyme

Come together, will two little stars

one of mewni, another from afar

be they foe, or be thee friend

beside each other till the end

either chaos will begin to cease

or nothing shall ever know peace

for whatever these stars bring

they'll lift their voices, and begin to sing.

and in that day there shall be a sight

that will bring about the darkness, or the light.

"Come baby! Show me what you can do!" Star shouted as she stood on the outside of the kingdom. She had been waiting for this moment all her life, and it was finally here. In no way was she about to let this opportunity slide. She was going to abuse this privilege to the max.

"Okay, lets try something simple. How about, Narwhal blast!" She randomly screamed as she waved it in the air. Soon, a bunch of narwhals shoot out of the little wands, and filled the air with all of their grace and wetness. Quartz just so happened to come in as he watched her sister get to work with that wand.

"Wow." The little boy said in awe. "I don't think Mom's ever used a spell like that before."

"I know, right!?" Star screamed as she came by his side. "I just said like the first thing that popped into my mind, and poof, it appeared." She ooed as she waved the wand around even more. "Let me try something else. Cookie Cat Chaos!" She screamed. Soon, it shot out something again. This time, it launched about 50 or soo giant cookie cats into the air as they all came down on the two sibling staring in all. It all come down with a splat. Popping out of the creamy and cold mess. Star looks with pride as Quartz begins to scoop up as much of the delicious frozen treat as much as he can into his mouth. "Thnkl u ssssssoo muccch staa! He muffled as his face dripped with melted vanilla and strawberry cream.

"I know, I know, I'm amazing. I'm the best at this thing!" She bragged as both siblings made they way out of the gooey mess. "With this baby on my side, I can do anything I want!" She elatedly shouted as she prepared another spell. "Lets see, Laser puppy charge!" She shouts as dozens and dozens of the little creates rush out of the wand. They all barked and chirped as the licked the leftover cream on Star and Quartz.

"Stop, stop, stop, please, its too, its too cute for me to handle!" Quartz laughed as he was attacked by all the tongues and love from the baby dogs.

"Seriously. Mom lets you keep a giant Lion, how come she's never allowed me to bring one of these little guys home?" She questioned as they she petted one. But her question was quickly answered as the dog begin to randomly shout lasers from their eyes, some of them almost hitting the two siblings. They backed away as the puppies ran through the entrance. They yelped for joy as they began to spread everywhere and hoot their bright and destructive lasers everywhere. The citizens begin to panic as the fires tart to spread.

Both Star look at the sight in horror. "Star! Do something! Can't you, I don't know, unspell them back into the wand or something!" Quartz shouted.

"I-I, I don't know! This is my first time using this thing." She shouted as she began to panic wildly. She waved the wand around franticly to fix the mess. "ah, destructive clean up crash?" She nervously said as she stretched out her arm and pointed it near one of the nearby fires. All it did was summon a bunch of unrealistically big cleaning supplies as it made several indentions into the ground and nearby walls. What made it worse though was the fact that it seemed to help the fires spread even more. Star said She waved her wand again, hoping to get right. "Thirds time a charm. Clean destructive crash..."

about a half hour later.

Star attempts to make things better did not go over so well. She summoned spell after spell to fix the damage she was making, but no matter what she said, it somehow just added to the chaos. he tried everything. From janitor lion creature, too healing rainbows, which for some reason, also caught on fire. "You don't see that everyday." Quartz said in awe as he started to help evacuate the people. As a brave night, he dove into fire buildings, despite the warnings of his sister, as help drag out as much people to safety as he could, which was easy with all the bubbles and shields he was able to make. Though, that didn't come without cost as he began to feel dizzy as he waltzed by his sister. "You doing alright?" He said tiredly, checking on his sister's progress.

"Maybe adding destructive and crash wasn't the best choice of words." she said idly as she dragged her brother away from the spreading fire, which seem to go on and on without break. All the laser puppies running around did not help at all.

"Star, what're you doing!" Quartz shouts in shock."

"What does it look like? I'm trying to get us to safety! The guards can handle the mess. I'll just, stay out of trouble or something!" She shouted but as she made her way to the castle exit.

"No!" Quartz shouted again, planting his feet on the ground. "We can't jut leave the kingdom here to suffer! The fire is everywhere! Not to mention their might be some people still stuck inside." He said as he marched right back into the fray.

"Quartz, Quartz,, QUARTZ!" She shouted as she tried to run after him. "Why did I teach him to be brave in the face of life threatening danger!?" She regretted.

Quartz was know running as fast as his little legs could carry him. He through out his shield a couple of times, using the wind backlash to snuff out the flames. For the more bigger ones, he focused as hard as he could, an surrounded them in a bubble so that they wouldn't spread any further. He was getting successful in shrinking down the fires, but the more and more he used his bubbles, the more tired he grew. The heat growing in the air was exhausting him, making him huff and puff as he struggled to stay conscious. He was just about to make his own way to safety, when he heard a tiny, little squeak.

"help." Barely being audible enough to hear, though till close enough to grab the little prince's attention. Not letting his fatigue get in the way, he made his way toward the cry for help. It wasn't easy with all the rubble and fire in the way, Quartz had to duck dodge and jump in almost everyway imaginable just to avoid getting burned.

At long last, he made his way to the source: a little girl who didn't look much older than him. She curled up in a ball, crying herself to sleep. "Help. Help. Please help." She weakly said again as she tried to close her eyes.

"Oh no you don't!" Quartz yelled as he made the girl rise to her feet. She barely was able to regain balance as the little prince led her through the blaze. Ducking, dodging, and jumping, Quartz repeated his routine, though this time it felt antagonizing. Not only did he have to put the girl's safety above his own, he know had to use most of the stamina he had left just to keep himself awake. They were able to make through the fiery maze with little difficulty. The entrance was only a couple of yard away. He had done it. He had brought this little girl to...

crackle, crackle, crackle

Quart turned around to see what was happening. One of the bigger building was about to fall down, and their was little Quartz could do in that moment. If he tried to run for it, he risked being smashed, and he was in no condition to use any of his magic to avoid it. He took one look at the girl right beside him. She could not take this heat anymore. Jut a few more minutes in their and she could most likely die from all the smog she was breathing in. He quickly scanned the area for something he could use, when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw her.

Star was right there, just a little ways behind where the building was going to collapse. In that moment, he knew what he had to do.

Star was shouting to her little brother to get out of there. She saw how exhausted he was getting out there. If he didn't do anything soon, he was going to pass out. She stepped forward, trying to reach him, but that's when Quartz did something unexpected. With all the strength he had left, he picked up the girl over his head, and he chucked her over to star, who caught the little girl just as the building crashed down to the ground, leaving Mewni's little prince trapped.

"No, NOOO, NOOOOOO!" Star screamed as she shouted his name, banging on the wall of brick that separated them. Quartz himself was spent. He had no strength left in him. With a small smile, he managed to say one word before he close his eyes. "Star."

Somehow, someway, Star heard him. She heard his last cry out to her, his last plea. It tore her up in the inside as she continued to hit the wall with all the strength she had. But it was fruitless. She fell to her knees, being filled with the guilt that this was all her fault. Her brother, her brightest Star, the best friend she could ever ask for, was going to die, all because she wasn't what her brother was, responsible, brave, and willing to clean up her mistakes.

In her river of tears, she opened her mouth, but words didn't come out. She had no idea what could be said. She had no idea why she would ever speak again after today. But, she, she felt something deep down in her. The feeling, the feeling she felt deep inside, it needed to come out. Her entire thought was on her brother, so she did what he would do when he felt like expressing hard feelings.

Once a long time ago

I was here all alone

sitting here in the sun

no one to have some fun.

The day you came was so great

I had reason to celebrate.

being there you always were

I love you as my brother.

Please don't go, please don't flee

we can laugh and play for eternity

Never met one that was on par

with the princess known as star

as one, we can do anything

you are why I choose to sing.

Oh little quartz can't you see

together, forever, my brother you'll be.

With every word that she sang, tear began to flow more and more. She was just not willing to let go of her brother. Little did she know, the hearts on her cheeks began to glow a bright light as she leaned her head on it. "Please Quartz, show, me, show me that your still here."

She didn't see it, but on the other side of the damage building, Quartz laid completely knocked out. He was confined, but he has enough room to at least change his position. The stars on his cheeks glowed as his body began to flinch. He moved and moaned until he felt a sudden flow of energy. It hit him quickly, shocking him awake, but his stars were still glowing. He saw his confinement, and immediately began to cry for help. "Star, Mom, Dad, anybody, can anyone here me!?" He screamed, fearing that his voice might go in heard.

Star had finally removed her head from the brick it laid on. She was about to turn around when she noticed the glowing hearts on her face. "What the.." She began to question, as she heard a slight voice pass through her ears.

"can anyone here me?!" The voice shouted, and Star needed no time to know who was calling out to her.

"Quartz, Quartz, Quartz, can you hear me!? I'm going to try and break you out!" She shouted as she prepared to wave on last spell. "Okay, focus, do it for him Star," She spoke to her self, filled with determination. "Do it for your brother." She pointed it outward as she twirled her body around in an almost dance like motion. "Laser debris safety sweep away!" She shouted as a powerful red stream of light shout out at the pile of brick and cement. For a moment, the smoke blocks her vison, and Star starts to become worried that she might've put too much power into that one, but once the smoke clears, she sees everything clearly. She took one look at her brother. All of his clothes were torn, and he was missing a show, but aside form the small scrapes and burns on his body, and the look of fatigue still prevalent on his face, he was fine. "Quartz." The sisterly princess simply said as she ran up to her little brother, picked him up and swung him around as she did when they were younger. Quartz was too tired to fully enjoy this moment. So he smiled weakly, gave a small "thanks." and passed out once more. Star stopped spinning as she held her brother close. There was no way anything else would keep the two siblings..."

"Star, what did you do!? And what happened to your brother!?" The furious voice of Moon butterfly came in. She walked aside her husband, who was equally just a furious and shocked over what had happened.

Star was speechless as her eye widened along with her mouth. Thus was not the best situation at the moment, and she was in no condition to explain herself, so she did what she thought was the only sensible thing to do.

"Quartzneedshelpandhesavedalotoflivessorewardhimwhileigooffandthink!" She explained as she placed the little boy in her father's eyes, and both parents watched in disbelief as Star disappeared off to who knows where.

"And that's why I'm sulking here. I've been here almost the entire night." Star said as she finally finished explaining herself to Pony Head.

Pony head usually was one to not really care about mistakes, or the problems that others were facing. But hearing that, well for once, a sarcastic whaaa did not feel like the right answer. "Whoa, girl, that's, that's heavey. I don't think any amount of fun or party's will get you out of this rut? So is the little Q-fly okay?" She asked with concern.

"He's fine, he just spent most of the day today resting off the exhaustion." She sighed as she stood up. "He's brave, he's responsible, he's willing to cover my butt for every mistake I make, heck, he's even better at magic than me!" She groaned. "Why can't I be the better sibling? Why can't I be a good sister?!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Pony Head interrupted. "Girl, I don't know much about this department, but I've known you almost all my life. You are fun, your bold and adventurous, your willing to take risk, you kick butt better than anyone I know, from my perspective, you are a good sister." She smiled as she watched her little speech work on Star. "And I know for a fact that the Q-fly feels the same way."

Speaking of the little prince. He had just awoken from his slumber, and noticed all the bandages on his body. He had suffered from heat stroke and had first degree burns on his arms and legs, which somehow felt as weak as blubber, yet a stiff as cardboard at the same time. He made his way to his parents chamber, where he could listen in on their conversation.

"How bad is it?" The Butterfly Queen asked, knowing that no matter what, she was going to hate the answer.

"Well, nobody died if that's what you were worried about, but.." River said with unease as he read the long report. "There are a reported 90 casualties, and about $500,000 in damages, and that doesn't cover the medical bills that we will have to pay, as well as the extra will be spending to fireproof the place. That flaming rainbow is still out there," River announced, he point being made when he looked out the window, and the fiery arc was still there. A bird flies into it, cooking it to an extra crispy dinner for someone to grab later. "All in all, this is the worse case yet for Star."

Moon just sighed again as she closed her eyes. "She was reckless. She put the entire kingdom, her brother included, in danger. I believe that we may have no choice now." Moon said with a stern gaze. Quartz eyes widen as he realizes what his mom was getting at. "I think its time to send her to Saint.."

"Wait!" Quartz busted into the room, shocking both parents. He ignored any lingering pain as he tries to get his point across. "I know that Star messed up big time, and yes it put me in danger, but you're ignoring the whole picture!" He yells, which causes the two royal adults to step back a little, not sure of what to make of a stern version of their usual happy and joyful son. "You made it my job to watch Star closely, Mom. I know that some, okay, a lot of the things that she does is crazy, and really wild, but there's good examples in those! Whenever we fight monsters, she always makes sure I'm safe, making sure none of them lay a hand on me. And whenever she does fight, she does the sake of the kingdom, most of the time." Quartz sweats a little, knowing in that moment he failed to hit his mark. "You might see her as flighty, and, well, she is.." Quartz continued, making sure that his parents were taking what he said to heart. "But she knows when to straighten out. She knows when to take responsibility. She could've just left after I leapt in to stop the fire.."

"You did what?!" Moon said in surprise, not getting that little tidbit before hand.

Quartz chuckled nervously chuckled as he tried to continue as if nothing happened. "She stayed, she helped me get a girl to safety. And when I was buried under all that rubble, she stayed by my side, making sure I was still there, still alive, and that I was able to get free." Quartz said with pride in her older sister. "She took on the most responsibility that day, and while she has some, things she can work out, I believe, no, I know that she can handle this. But she'll never get that opportunity if you send her to the reform school." Quartz pleaded, making the parents look at each other in astonishment. The children often had a knack for praising each other, but this was on a whole other level. They just seem to get better and better with every one. The question remained now, would they heed it?

Star charged into the throne room, where waiting for her was her parents. "Ah, Star, we were just.." He dad greeted, though star stopped him before he could start.

"Look I know that you guys are upset over what happened yesterday. I messed up, I used this, this great power, and I used it to royally mess up." She confessed as her parents try to talk again, only to stop them once again. "I put a lot of people in danger, especially Quartz. He's, he's my responsibility to look after when we're alone, and, and I failed at that. I, I can't handle the very thought of hurting him. I, its, its unforgivable." She sadly says a she looks down.

"What are you saying Star?" Moon asked, pondering if she was going to say what she thought she was going to.

"I'm saying, that I take responsibility for everything that happened yesterday. I'll, do whatever I can to make it up, even, even if it means going to Saint Olga's." She shivered at the mention of that horrid place, fearing that's was going to be the most likely outcome of today.

She was surprised that instead of cuffs being placed on her hands, she saw both her mother and father clapping. She swore she saw the tiniest drops of tears in her mother's face. "Quartz was right. He said that you had taken up responsibility, and you have proven his words true." River applauded, much to Star's dumbfoundment.

"Say whaaa.."

"You've proven that you can carry this responsibility, and this power." Moon smiled as she approached her daughter.

"So let me get something straight: I'm not going to Saint Olga's?" She said, almost shocked at the very possible of that impossibility.

"No." Moon said, with Star jumping for joy. "Not yet at least." Moon playfully added, making Star silent for the moment.

"Quartz said that you needed the opportunity to grow, so we're going to do something different." River spoke up. "We're sending you to a safer dimension to train in. A place called Earth."

"Earth?" Star said with confusion, not recognizing the name of that place. Though that was put aside to another realization. "Wait as in I'm leaving Mewni? What about Quartz? Is he, is he coming at least?"

"Star." Moon said softly, not wanting this to turn into another magical meltdown. "Quartz has to stay in Mewni. Part of the deal was to take some more advance lessons with me in exchange for this. You'll be able to see him, not to worry. Now run along, you have until tomorrow to prepare." Moon dismissed.

Star walked out and on the stairs. She could barely comprehend what had just happened. She had never seen her parents so cool with one of her antics before. This almost felt like a dream, one were she wasn't sure if it was pleasant or unnerving. She came to the top, where waiting for her, was her little brother, who greeted her with a bright smile.

Star, of course, felt a little nervous, not still not sure if what her mom said was true. "Hey Quartz, I'm, I'm sorry about what I did.."

"For what? Saving my life?" Quartz smiled as he lightly punched Star's arm. "I'm the one who should be sorry. I've should've waited for you to help."

"But that's the thing. Your the one who got me involved. If I had it my own way, I would've tried to hide from Mom and Dad. I, I was the one who created the fire. Your the one who contained it, who saved the girl, and the one who buttered up to Mom in order to save my hind." She said with a little shame.

"Star, I know we're both one to exaggerate, but what I said wasn't buttering up. That's what I saw yesterday, and its what I still see in you. A brave, joyful, slightly tipsy, and great friend." He moved in for a tight hug. "And an even better sister. Don't worry about moving to Earth. I'll visit whenever I can. Now lets enjoy the rest of the day."

Star could barely believe it as she followed in Quartz's lead. He truly was the best brother she could ever ask for.

She may be named star, but Quartz shinned brighter than she ever could.