Hello everyone, finally, glad this chapter didn't take another month to finish. School has made making chapters very inconvenient. Anways, I'm back to making this story, probably going to try to squeeze in two or three more chapters after this one, before going back to another story of mine that really needs to be updated.
So yeah, just like I planned, this chapter is about Star and Steven meeting Lion for the first time. It was a little harder to make this one than the others, and over all, I think this chapter came out ok, not one of my best, but ok enough. Though I will
say that this has more Moon than I originally planned on having.
Shorter chapter this time, which might be what most of these 'buffer' chapters might be for now on, whenever I make one that either a flashback or detracts away from the main Steven and Star dynamic.
Oh, and before I forget, I would just like to thank cartoonman from StoriesUnleashed for helping me with the last chapter. He gave me Ideas that were able to help clear the way for last chapter, and I really appreciate that. Don't be afraid to share any ideas or thoughts. Whether or not I use them, either way they help me concentrate on writing.
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Moon wouldn't have thought much of it. It was something she was too use to by now, so this shouldn't have been any more shocking than anything else in the past. Yet looking at the sight again, she didn't know how to respond to it.
Star, as of the moment she had walked into the room, found her eldest child, a now eleven years old, hanging from the ceiling. That wasn't strange, not really. Her doing it while she was in her younger brother's room, that in all honesty made things sound a little more normal. But her hanging from the ceiling as her brother held her by the arms, as he sat on the ceiling upside down, now that made things a little weird, which again, didn't say that much.
"Are you okay sweetie?" Moon asked her youngest child, a now six year old Quartz. Aside from parts of his hair covering his face, he seemed rather comfortable in his uncanny position.
"Ah, yeah, I doing fine, mom." The boy said with a smile, or frown depending on the perspective. "I've been stuck like this for most of the morning. I woke up floating in the air, and, and while it's cool, I kinda want to get down. Star tried to help drag me down, but, but that hasn't really worked out." He chuckled a little nervously.
"What are you talking about?!" Star said in her usual hyperactive tone. "This is amazing! Now I can finally have that indoor rope swing I keep asking for!" She proves her point by swinging her body back and forth, simulating what she had wanted.
Quartz of course was starting to have trouble keeping ahold of her wait as his fingers slowly began to lose their grip. "You should watch.." The prince began to warn his older sister, though it came out to late as she found herself flung forward at her mom, who, with a simple wave of her wand, held the elder Butterfly child in her place with a bright blue glow. The two young royals were of course awed in this sight. Their mother hardly ever showed of her magic in front of them, or at all for that matter. Quartz figured maybe it had something to do with the fact that she would be handing it off to Star in a few years, practicing how to handle things without the aid of magic.
Moon, however, was hardly as amused as her children were. "That's why you don't have a rope swing in the castle, Star." Star merely gave off a shrug of the shoulders as she pointed her wand now at her younger child, surrounding him in a similar blue glow. "Okay, I'm going to bring you down. Just, try to calm yourself. Don't get to excited now." She asked of him.
Quartz, not really understanding why she would say that, just nodded as he closed his eyes, trying to empty his stomach of any butterflies and excitement. It felt very tingly to be held by his mother's magic, and he fought the urge to laugh at it. He held in his chuckles though, very poorly, as he was planted on his feet, wobbling a little as he felt the blood rushing back to the rest of his body. "Heh, heh, why's the world spinning so much? Why, why can't I get stable?" He swung back and forth like a drunk hobo, struggling to keep his balance. His sister caught him as soon as he feel forward, preventing a collision with the ground.
"Seriously, why can't I do that? Why does he get to fly? I'm older, I should be the one flying around!" Star shouted a little to loudly, making the prince slightly uncomfortable. It wasn't like he was trying to up stage her or anything, he would just get really excited about hanging around his sister, and bam, he would find himself floating. "Where's my flying? Where's my bright sparkly crystal that gives me powers?"
"You do have one. It's the royal wand. And you'll get it when your fourteen." The Queen bluntly stated as Star gave a defeated sigh. "Take your brother somewhere, walk with him outside." She order, and the two felt no objection to follow this order, as they both left the room, Moon following suit.
"He's getting stronger." Moon spoke to herself. As Quartz got older, it was becoming more and more apparent that his abilities were growing along with him. Floating to the ceiling was only one out of the many cases in which his gem activated. Though if she was watching him as well as she thought she was, than he had yet to show any signs of the abilities that he had shown to have when he was a baby. She figured it was Star's magic that gave it a jumpstart, though they always popped up randomly whenever they were around each other.
And that's what scared her. Sooner or later, someone was going to make the connection between him and the Rose Guard, and she still didn't know if that was the best thing for her adopted son, especially at a young age. The entire kingdom would be elated if they knew the connection, heck, Quartz himself probably would be amazed if he knew right now. But others would know as well. Her enemies would know, and the magic High Commission would know, and if there was anything that the Commission did well, it was controlling and containing beings of power and magical stature. That, that is way too much for one kid to go through, especially a kid like her son.
Speaking of which, Moon grimaced as she made her way towards her room, and dialed up the number on her magic mirror. One of the members of the Commission has been trying to get ahold of her for a while, and Moon's bee trying to hold off on it for as long as she could. If there was even the slightest chance that they would be talking about the Rose Guard, than she didn't want to risk it at all.
"Mirror, Mirror on the wall, call Heckapoo." She groaned as she prepared to talk. This was simply a call of business. There was no guarantee or grant that they would bring up their old ally. They were the High Commission, they had more important things to talk about, like saving the universe, or planting corn.
An image of a white skinned woman with pointed ears and sharp nails came up on the screen. She has fiery red hair with a matching orange and red dress. Her hair was out of place though, as if to indicate a lack of rest or a rise in stress. "Moon. We need to talk about the Rose Guard and what she left behind."
Crap.
"Easy does it, Quartz. Easy does it." Star kept saying to her brother as they both walked down the hall. "Just like when you were a baby, follow my lead and you'll never be lead astray, ever."
"You mean aside from the time that you lead us and we got lost in the halls?"
"Oh, you only remember that day because Mom and Dad told you about it. I'm training to be a queen, so obvioully, I need someone to practice my leadership skills on." Star argued.
"Hm, can't really argue with that." Quartz complied, leaving a triumphed smile on Star's face.
For a little while after that, the brother and sister said nothing, mostly because Quartz was still trying to get his balance back, but the silence remained. Quartz always did find it amazing that he did have magic, it made him feel more like family around the castle, but it got a little uncomfortable whenever Star would say things like 'I'm the one who should be flying around!'. It kinda felt like Star was jealous of him.
"Ah, Star." Quartz finally said, once they reach the outside of the castle. "Can I ask you something?"
"You just did, but I'll let you ask another." She joked, letting out a little laugh. "Don't be soo serious, Quartz! That's mom's job. I'm your sister, we can tell each other everything. For instance, I constantly sneak in extra cake for a late night snack." She gleamed. "Don't worry, I saved some for you."
"Heh, thanks." If Quartz was grateful for one thing, it was that his sister's cheerful smile made things a lot easier to talk about. "Are, do, do you know what you're going to do once you have the wand?" He asked. "Like, do you have a plan for it once you turn fourteen?"
"Of course, pfft." She casually replied. "I'm going to be the best magical princess ever!" She jumped in the air to show off how excited she was. "I'm going to use it to blast away every monster that surrounds our kingdom and have a party every single day! And the kingdom will be there, and all my friends, and you, and, and I'll make it an official law for everyone to learn how to ride a unicorn!"
"Yeah, Yeah, that sounds amazing, really." He commented, chuckling on the reality Star played in her head. "I, heh, I just wish I had a plan for my magic."
"What do you mean?" Star leaned her head a little, definetly not expecting this type of response from her brother."
"I, I like to listen to all the Butterfly's stories. They, they're all really, really great to learn about." He responded. "Everyone seems to have one. Mom, Salaria, Celenia, each one of them has a great story to tell. They all had their magic, and they all knew what to do with it." His eyes lit up. "And, and you already know what you want to do with your magic once you get it. Me, I, I just have mine." His head slowly begins to look down again. "I don't know why, I just, I just have it."
His reply was met with a hug. But unlike most, this wasn't one full of energy and bounciness, the kind of hug that made you almost want to stop it, but the kind of hug that was slow. The kind that took it's time to tell someone how much they cared for you.
"You shouldn't be asking yourself those kinds of things, Quartz." Star responded, looking at him straight in the eye. "You're younger than me, and I'm not going to have any brother of my moping, ever! Your special to me and this family!" Her hug tighten a little to show off her seriousness. "Never doubt that, never think that, and never, ever, stop being happy, okay?"
"Okay, okay, I'll, be happy, I'll always be happy!" He screamed out, laughing as his big sister finally let go of her grip. "I stop it, though, it would be a little easier if I knew how to summon my powers already." He looked out his hands, and pressed them forwards, hoping for something to happen. "Nothing."
"If that's the case, then leave it all to me!" She picked up her brother once more and ran off the stables of the kingdom. Rows and rows of horses, manticores, and unicorns were all lined up in front of each other. They paid little heed to the two children that had entered the room, being far too occupied by eating and sleeping to focus on the tiny intruders. "I remember everything that happened to you on that day! If we can just, relive that moment somehow, than maybe we can get you to remake that giant spike ball again!" She gleamed.
"That's, that's actually a great idea!" Quartz agreed. "We just need to put myself in danger, then I'll be able to do my magic!" His enthusiasm then dies down for a second. "But, how are we going to do that? I don't think we have monsters around here to hurt me."
"Duh, that's why I'm going to find one!" Star shouted once more. "We're going to find a big, scary monster like the one that almost killed us, and we'll get it to attack us! And just like before, you're spike ball will be there to protect us from any harm. It's fool proof!" She reasoned, opening one of the stalls and getting on one of the less tamed unicorns.
"But how are you going to find one?" Quartz skeptically asked once again, accepting his sister's hand as she helped him up on the steed.
"Oh Quartz, you know that if there's anything I'm good at, it's making monsters mad enough to attack me." She reassured, before hooking the reigns. And in no time at all, the duo burst through the streets of Mewni in blazing speed.
As a member of the Magic High Commission, one thing that was made absolutely clear was formality. Meetings were held always with high regard and seriousness. Yes, there had been times where members acted less than ideal, like when tantrums were thrown and being distracted by little things such as cans, but for the most part, everything was formal. And the members themselves tried there best to uphold this. Omnitracksis, who was pretty much an entire dimension of his own, Leckmen, one of there oldest and wisest members, even the more childlike ones like Rhombulous did their best, most of the time.
Heckapoo, the fiery demon and the keeper of the dimensional scissors, was no exception to this. She may have had her mischievous side whenever the mood called for it, but she took her job quite seriously. She always thought out her plans and ideas, making sure to end threats as quickly as possible, which is why she was considered to be one of the most dangerous people around.
Moon, if she hadn't gotten a look before hand, wouldn't have known if this was the same woman that had such fear and dignity to her name. Aside from the bags under her eyes and messy hair, her dress was all torn up, almost in patches, her arms and a part of her face were covered in scratches and scrapes, which also showed that she hadn't been introduced to a shower for quite some time. And when Moon looked closely, she could've sworn that she had some burn marks on her body. A fire demon, being burned, something that really shouldn't be possible.
"Hello, Heckapoo." Moon answered in a nervous tone. Heckapoo seemed really urgent on the mirror, almost as if she had discovered something. It was a scary thought to think that she was talking about Quartz. The Rose Guard was a invaluable ally to Mewni and to the Commission, often a voice of reason whenever tensions were high. It was a sad day when she left, but even to this day, the Commission were hardly ones to bring up their past ally, at least when it came to current events and affairs.
"Hey, hey Moon." The scissor master spoke in an unusually casual manner. Her voice was slightly slurred, almost as if she couldn't completely control what she was saying. "I, I really need your help on this." She practically begged.
"What, what could you want?" The Queen asked almost defensively. So far, nothing indicated that she knew the truth about her son, but she wanted to be as aware as possible. One slip of the tongue, and it would be all over. "You've mentioned the matter had something to do with the Rose Guard."
"Yes. You, you wouldn't happen to know, where she is, do you?" Heckapoo, said, almost pleading for an answer. "You were close to her after, you know." She put out there, feeling a little stupid for bringing up a sensitive topic. "Did she say anything that could've indicated where she could've gone?"
"I, I, really couldn't say." Technically, that wasn't a lie. No one new where she had gone. "She asked to remain private. We all swore to respect that." She answered, feeling slight relief that she wasn't going in the direction she assumed they were.
The fiery Commission groaned in frustration. "Ahhhhg. Uhhhhgh, Whhhy?" She spat at, almost losing her footing in how tired she was. "I, I really, really could've used her help on dealing with this!" She let out a scream, opening a portal to show the Queen what she meant.
The two ladies stepped in, and they entered a random dimension with a clear and open space, though the air around them showed them a different story. A whole bunch of small and pink portals were left open, unattended and unguarded. Random stuff from each dimension poured into the ground, from fire, to water, to a bunch of bugs covering the entrance of one of them.
"All of these portals are being randomly opened, and I've spent the last two months outside my dimension trying to close them all! But close one, and two more open up! It's a never ending cycle that keeps going on and on and on and on and.." she began to trail off in a tired gaze, one that she would've been stuck on if Moon didn't take two fingers and dab her on the fore head. "Thanks."
"Well, this is troubling, but what does this have to do with her?"
"It's because she's responsible for these things!" Heckapoo screamed, where in the distance, a large blur roamed freely in desert like field. "You!" She yelled once more, opening up her own portal to catch the thing off guard. With a fierce growl, she launched forward, only for the beast to let out a booming voice, enough to disorient the two commission members and buy itself enough time to escape.
"What, what was that thing?" Moon question, still not sure exactly how this fit to what they were talking about.
"Something that I promised the Rose Guard to watch over." She sighed as she picked herself up. "He usually stays in my dimension where it's no problem, but he's been making these portals lately, and I can't catch up with him." Her gaze saddens as she throws her arms down. "It's frustrating, and I really, really need to sleeeeep!" She practically cries as Moon awkwardly stands there, not to sure how to feel about watching her fellow member losing her composure.
"Well, I, I guess I can help. I got nothing really to focus on today, other than keeping my children out of trouble." She answered, just grateful that Quartz was being kept under the radar for the moment.
"Oh, heh, I almost forgot to ask you about that." She should've expected that to happen. "How's your son doing? I heard that he was starting to develop his own magic."
"Oh, well, it's, it's a, it's going." She lamely replied. "I, it's still going to be awhile before it develops into anything. Right now, we're just focusing on making sure he's not going to do anything dangerous with it."
"And where is he now, exactly?"
"I put him in the care of Star for the moment." Heckapoo stared at her like she was crazy. "In hindsight, I've should've given them more specific instructions. But it's not like they'll be able to get into much trouble all by themselves." Heckapoo still stared. "Again, I really didn't think that through well enough."
Despite the doubt Moon had in her own words, she was, strangely, right about Star and Quartz not getting into trouble. Not for a lack of trying, mind you. The duo were indeed on a fast past ride all over Mewni once they reached the outside of their own kingdom. Though they immediately ran into a problem once they did.
"So what's your plan with the monster again?" Quartz thought of asking once they were able to pick up the pace. He tightly held on to his older sister as she leaned forward with a determined grin.
"To find one and have you beat it up with your magic bubble powers!" Star yelled into the face of the wind that was brushing against her face.
"I got that, but, exactly how are we going to find a monster?! Do you know where one is or where they hang out or something?!" He yelled in equal volume.
"Not really!" She answered honestly, though not discouragingly. "I just wait until I find or do something that makes a monster mad!"
Quartz nodded his head, knowing that his sister's logic always yielded the same results, chaotic and fantastic fun. "Do you at least know what you need to do to do that!?"
"No!" She responded. "I don't know how monster's think or feel! For all I know, they live like animals and only rely on there instincts! I mean, just look at Ludo!"
Quartz did remember the little bird man that plagued the kingdom on occasion. Leader of probably the only group of monsters that stay together, the sad little monster spent most of his time in a castle of his own, ordering his minions to steal the wand, though most of the time they hardly got beyond the walls of the kingdom. Quartz often wondered why they didn't just send some troops over to his castle and arrest them, though when he told Star about his inquery, she responded with 'oh, he's just too annoying to really be bothered with.' The prince supposed it was true. The bird man himself wasn't really scary so much as he was just an angry man with issues.
So for most of their 'search', the royal siblings found themselves just wandering around in a circle as they enjoyed the ride they were on. It was such a fun and thrilling ride that the two pretty much forgot all about what they were suppose to do. It didn't matter whether or not they did what they set out to do, all that matter was them enjoying the moment.
Of course, that moment didn't last as long as it should've, for the stamina of the warnicon, as great as it was, had a limit, especially when carrying the two balls of energy. The steed finally fell apart, stopping mid run in exhaustion and proceeded to lay on the ground. This sent the two ridding royals into the air, sending them into the ground with a sudden 'thump'. The two were too happy of course to notice as they just started laughing at the situation rather than groaning in pain.
"What, why are we doing this again?" Star blurted out, still chuckling at what just happened to them. She reaches out her hand and helped her brother off the ground.
"We were doing this so I could find a way to use my magic, but it doesn't look like we'll be doing that today." Quartz said with a small smile, a little disappointed that this was not what was going to happen today. "It was really fun just riding with you Star. We can head back now." Both of them stare at the still panting warnicorn. "Guess we also have to wait on that though."
Star spoke again as the two walked in no specific direction at all. "Hey, I said I would help you bring your magic, and I'm not going to stop until I fulfill my promise."
"But there's no monsters around, how are we going to anything about it if I don't have anything to fight?"
"I always find something to fight, Quartz." She stopped as she leaned against something big, tall, and soft. "Plus, we're Butterflys, since when has the impossible ever been an impossibility?" She leans in more into the soft wall, just now noticing the furry nature of it. "Since when do pink pillows grow out of the ground?"
"And when did pillows start breathing?" Quartz added, making the two twins walk back a little in fright when they saw that the large pink lump was moving. Rising above the ground it rested on, the large pink lump stood tall above them, a little bit bigger than the warnicorn that they rode. It definitely was a lot stronger as it's big, strong, and hairy legs moved slowly, a large thump could be felt around the area. The two royals only looked up at the large creature, having a big mouth with a heart shape nose, and a large, fluffy light pink mane surrounding it's entire head. The creature looked down at the two kids, only giving out a large yawn before lying back down again.
"Is, is that a pink Lion?" Star questioned, more curious than afraid once she saw the lax nature of the creature. Quartz continued to be quiet as he slowly approach the creature. Before his sister could offer anything to say or do, the young prince had set both of his hands on the creature's muzzle, lightly petting its face and forehead. The lion's blank stare offered no really reaction to what it was feeling or if it was enjoying it as it allowed the little prince to touch him.
"Awesome." The boy whispered, continuing his petting as he leaned forward. "It's like touching a huge pile of cotton candy without the stickiness, like the pile of cotton candy that we found the other day."
"Hey, at least with the cotton candy, we got to stick together the entire day, until Mom forced us into a bath." Star off handily mentions as Quartz got closer. "Be careful. I don't want to see you get hurt over a large kitty cat."
"But you constantly ride wild unicorns. How is this any different?" Quartz slightly ignored his sister as he continued to pet the creature. Once it was made clear it wouldn't do anything else, the little prince began his climb of the ball of fluff and fur.
"Yeah, but unicorns aren't meat eaters, and I'm me. I'm always trying to do stuff like that." She asks, only to see her brother mounting himself on the large pink cat. The boy just hugged the lion's huge mane as he practically sank into it. "Fine, but at least let me join in. We don't know if this things a monster or not."
"How could you say that about Lion?" Quartz accused his sister as he lifted his head from the Lion's hair. "He's the most lovable pink animal in the world, just look at that face." He points to the Lion's face, who's expression was as blank as ever, staring up at the blonde princess. "He's friend. A friend with claws that could rip up our flesh, but a friend nonetheless." Star just stared deeply into the creatures eyes, increasing the seriousness of her gaze every few seconds.
To the slight surprise of the cat, who only slight flinched in reaction, Star immediately dropped the stern act as she dived in and gave the beast a big snuggle. "Aww, how could I ever stay mad at this face!? You're right, Quartz. It's adorbable." She spoke as she hoped right onto the back of the Lion, holding tightly on to her brother as she settled. "Okay, enough gushing, lets see what this baby can do!"
Nothing happened. The two royals said nothing as a full minute of silence filled the air, no one making a sound, though the siblings still held on to there excited gazes anyways.
"Is he sick or something?" Star murmured through the skin of her teeth, keeping her smile big and wide.
Hold the same expression, Quartz answered. "I, I don't think so. Maybe we need to ask." He leans slightly to the right, whispering in the large cat's ear. "Hey buddy, I know you just met us, but we would like to ride with you today, please? Would, would that be any trouble at all for you?" His eyes got really big, even though the cat could only see him from a side view.
As if to respond, the Lion slowly got up and began to walk forward. The prince immediately wooed in excitement, though the smile on Star's face quickly began to fall as she began to sigh.
"This is not what I expected a lion ride to be like. Soooooo, boooring." She groaned as the lion growled, almost like it took offence to that comment.
"Hey, this is probably the only time he's ever carried someone, let alone two people. Just give him time, I'm sure he'll speed up once he warms up to us." Quartz defended, though it did little to lessen Star's frustration.
"I mean, he's a large cat, a pink lion, I just thought that would entitle something a little more amazing than, than this." Star continued to complain, although the lion's eyes begin to narrow a little. "This is no better than a regular pony ride. we might as well get back on that tired unicorn, because this thing's going slower than..."
Whatever comparison Star was going to make was completely left unsaid as the Lion immediately picked up the pace, speeding at incredible speeds as the two kids struggles to hand on and gain balance. Of course, Star's attitude picked completely back up as she howled at the rush of wind being blasted in her face. "See, that's better! Who says complaining gets you nothing!?'
"Ah, Mom says that, Star!"
"Exactly!" She shouted with no guilt in her voice whatsoever. "Come on, you were thinking it to, don't deny it, little brother."
"Heh, maybe it was fine for this time." The prince chuckled as he held on to the Lion with an even harder grip as the speed. "It's okay, Lion. You're a special cat either way." His hold turns into a hug as the lion continued to press forward.
The Lion, still with a face full of determination, suddenly, making a sudden sharp turn to the left, narrowing his eyes as it sped up, a soft vibration emitting from the creature as it was felt by the two siblings.
"What, what's going on.." Quartz began to question, pretty sure that something exciting was going to happen next. And of course, right as he expects, the Lion lets out a tremendous roar from it's mighty breath, a bright, pink glow shooting out from his mouth as it launches out in front of them, taking on a more circular shape as it flattens a little. "Is, is that what I think it is?" The boy shouted as they came closer and closer to the portal.
"I have no idea, but either way, we're about to find out!" The older sister shouts in excitement, as both elated children embrace themselves, as the large pink creature leaps forward into the glowing circle, and closes as it engulfs the three bodies in it.
"So, what exactly is your plan for catching this creature?" The queen asked a little quietly, seeing as how as of the this moment, Heckapoo was not going to be the easiest person to communicate with. The demon's eyes were becoming bloodshot as it became more and more apparent that her lack of rest was starting to affect her thinking.
"I'm, we're, we're going to wait for it, no, wait, yes, we're going to wait for it." She smiled tiredly, determined to get it over as fast as possible. "Every so often, that fur ball keeps popping into my domain to rest, so all we need to do is wait for the moment he comes through that portal, and wham, we hit him with everything that we got!" Her chuckles emitted an eerie tone to add to Moon's discomfort.
"Isn't that a bit extreme, especially something that the Rose Guard held dear?" She tried to reason. The last thing Moon wanted to do was see something of hers get damaged or hurt, considering who her own adopted son was.
"Yes, yes it is. And extreme is something that we need to have in order to deal with this thing! It's smart, it's cunning, and it, just, won't, let, me, rest! It needs to be stopped! Stopped, for goof, for good!" She quickly corrected her pronunciation, though it did nothing to ease the Queen's nerves.
"I suppose I can see where your coming from. I, I guess it's just been a while since our old friend has been brought up." Moon spoke with a little melancholy in her voice, which was enough to get the frantic red head's attention.
"Yes. Over a decade or so. I, I guess I hadn't really noticed." Heckapoo said, thinking about it. Time wasn't really something on her mind, seeing as that her home timeline was a lot faster than most. Years, decades, even centuries in her own domain could count for mere seconds or days anywhere else. It didn't give her a lot of time to be sentimental over things, or people for that matter. She suppose that's why she agreed to take in the Rose Guard's 'pet' when she asked her to. She was one of the few who could stay their for as long as she wanted to without the effects of time hindering her. The same applied to the creature she watched over. "Ugh, where does the time go?"
"It gets a little easier each day." Moon comforted the pale skinned woman. "It helps to talk about it a little, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, I suppose it does." The tired commission Member lightens up a little, allowing herself to relax. "You, you think that we could try to find her? It, it would make a lot of things a little more easier around here, wouldn't it" She asked the Queen, who was caught off guard at this.
Fortunately for the Queen, that only happens for about three seconds as a bright pink portal is brought suddenly into the air. Both woman stare at it, though for different reasons. Moon stared at it in slight shock, while Heckapoo stared at it in anger and frustration.
"Your not going to escape me this time! I'm stopping your travels right now buddy!" The fiery lady launched forward, not even giving Moon a plan or a chance to speak her mind as she took out the two halves of her own dimensional scissors, and prepared to strike...
whomp.
"Hey, no attacking the pink Lion. He's our friend!" An echoey, young voice came up suddenly, making the hot headed commission member blink a little in surprise. On the creature that she had spent the last two months chasing, was the two children of her fellow member, riding it's back, and from the sounds of it, were having a lot of fun doing so. Though another thing caught the commission lady's attention, something that the Queen in secret groaned in frustration.
Around the three people that had just come in, was a bright pink, slightly familiar, bubble, protecting all three of them from whatever attack that Heckapoo had just pulled.
"Quartz, you did it!" Star shouted as she picked up her little brother, which caused the bubble to disappear instantly, though the smiles on the children did not. "You made your bubble again, and you protect Lion! That's what your good at! Protecting people, protecting me! Like, like some sort of hero, or, like a knight!" The boy could only blush at his sister's praise, as both royal siblings began to acknowledge the audience of two that they know had.
"How, how did you, how did.." Heckapoo tried to ask them, a little stuned that these kids were holding on two the most troublesome thing that she had experienced in recent memory. She couldn't really think outloud
"How, how are you here? And why are you on that, creature?" Moon finished for her, slightly angered, though more relieved mostly out of the great timing that it gave her. She had to give her kid's antics a little more credit than she would have.
"Oh, Star was just trying to help me with my magic, and we met this buddy right here in the middle of nowhere." Quartz happily replied as he continued to hug the creature.
"He started to run, and the next thing we knew, we were traveling everywhere. A desert, the underworld, outer space, a dimension where there were nothing but blenders..." Star spoke up next.
"Oooh, don't forget about that one filled with fish people. That yellow cheese guy was hilarious!" Quartz chimed in.
"Eh, I've seen funnier. Ooh, what about that universe where all those super people were fighting each other? That had everything! Action, powers, destruction!"
"It was okay, but I thought it was a little too dark and grim for my taste." The child shrugged.
"Wait, so you've been portal hopping all day with this thing?" Heckapoo asked once she was able to find her tongue again.
"Yeah. I just asked him nicely to take us somewhere, and he listened." The prince answered, petting the expressionless pink cat.
"He's the most friendly vicious and wild animal that I have ever met." Star joined in on the petting, and knowing her past with that sort of thing, that really didn't say that much.
"Wait, all I had to do was ask it?!" Heckapoos screamed, her flame getting more bigger.
"Well, did you ask it nicely, and pet him, and tell him he was a good boy?" Quartz, unfazed by the lady's anger, questions, and Heckapoo was then rendered silent again, which told you all you needed to know about her answer.
"Guess he was waiting for someone to ask nicely." The little prince conclude as both children were suddenly dragged by the arm by their mother, who seemed to be in a rush.
"Well, I guess that settles that. It was great catching up with you, Heckapoo, see you at the next meeting." Moon quickly said, wanting to get out of there already. She had narrowly avoided Heckpoo's radar, she didn't want to risk it any more than she had to.
"Wait, we can't just leave Lion here!" The princess broke free from her mothers hold, grabbing her brother as she did, both continuing to hug the non-expressive beast.
"Lion?" The fiery commission member asked, confused by the name.
"Yeah, that's what I called him." Quartz answered. "Because he's a lion, and because he's more of a lion than any lion that I have ever met."
"Doesn't that face just scream, 'hey, I'm a Lion. I'll do liony things, lion, lion, lion, growl, lion." Star mused as the two royal siblings deepen the hug with the large cat, who continued to carry a face of apathy.
"Can't we keep him? He already listens to me. Watch. Lion, sit." The boy spoke up to the creature, who remained uninterested in what the boy was saying. "Lion, sit. Lion. Lion. Sit." He repeated over and over, only to have no response as the Lion stared forward. "Eh, we just met. It's, it's going to be a while before we're there, I guess."
"Now hold on, we can't just take this.." Moon began to outburst, knowing that this was probably a bad idea. On one hand, she would be watching over another thing for the Rose Guard. But that what lead to the problem, it still belonged to the Rose Guard. Quartz narrowly avoided suspicion today already. Holding something else so close to the Rose Guard was just too risky.
"Yes! Please, take him!" Heckapoo shouted in a frantic and begging manner, desperation soaked every word she had spoke. Everyone's eyes, even the Lion's, pointed towards her. "Sorry, sorry, but this is the most still he's been for years, and usually by now, he would've tried to escape." Heckapoo sighed, hoping to avoid anymore embarrassing outburst like that again. "I, I know this might be a bit much to ask, but, can you please, PLEASE, take him with you? I, I think he might stay still a bit longer if he goes with you."
"I, I don't, I don't know. Maybe, I need to think about this a bit longer." Moon began to question. It was fitting, in a sorta cosmic sense, to oversee the lion, especially since Quartz had already formed some sort of relationship with the creature. That, and she might never he the end of Star's complaining if she didn't accept it.
"Look, I know it might be a bit much to ask, but the Rose Guard was closer to the Butterflys more than any other member of the Commission. If anyone deserves to watch over it, it's you." Heckapoo pleaded. "And it looks like your children have already bonded with it. Plus, your son was able to summon that bubble thing to protect it. Maybe it could prove to be a, educational experience for him."
Again, Moon held her breath for a second in slight fear, though she allowed herself to breathe a little easier once she reminded herself that Heckapoo didn't question Quartz's magic. She saw it in action, but she made no connection to him at all. Good.
"Alright, if it's okay with you, I guess the Butterflys are having a new pet?" She said with an unsure voice, though it was quickly drowned out by her children's shouts of joy.
"Alright, a fierce, destructive, and adorable pet of our own! Can this day get better or what?!" Star elates.
"I'm going to ride it all over the castle. Oh, just think of it, the adventures we can go own, the battles we'll face, the snacks that we can eat late at night." The prince began to fantasize.
"Yep, you get to have him all on your own, no take backs, no contracts, just get him out of here!" Heckapoo, losing her patience, said as she opened a portal back to the castle at Mewni. "Okay, we've had our fun, so, take that giant ball of fluff and get out here!"
"Wait, we can wait a while. Maybe tomorrow we can take him so that we could.." Moon tried to voice her opinion again, though once more, she was interrupted as she was shoved from the behind, being pushed forward into the portal by Heckapoo.
"Nope, no need to prepare, he's mostly independent, he doesn't require much, just take him and he'll adjust." Heckapoo quickly said before making Moon go through the portal. "Okay, in you go, kiddos. Enjoy your free cat."
"This is the greatest! Thank you, Miss Poo." Quartz politely said before leaving, on the back of the creature along with his sister. Heckapoo was too tired to take offense to the Prince's accidental insult, so she instead waves back kindly to the young boy, before quickly closing the portal and throwing away her scissors.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you..." Heckapoo repeated over an over, saying it a little more slowly as the fire on her head began to get smaller until it eventually went out. Her body suddenly fell limp on the flow as her eyes closed on her, a slight smile forming as she finally got the chance to rest.
She was happy to help a friend, but this took it way to far. When she got the chance, she would find the Rose Guard, and deliver that overgrown cat in a body bag, well, if she got the chance, and if she could get away with harming the pink annoyance.
Oh well, it was the Mewman prince's problem now. Who knows, maybe he could prove to be the perfect owner for such a creature.
She was sure the Rose Guard wouldn't mind the decision she made.
Next time, it's going to be my First Episode Addaption! Hooray!
So prepare your wings, we're diving into Mewberty!