A/N: Welcome chosen readers to another chapter of The Seven Shooting Stars of Light and The Thirteen Immortal Darknesses. In the last chapter, our heroes had just gotten to Marco's place with Janna who had still not woken up yet due to the fact that her heart has also asleep. In order to wake her, Marco and Ruby dive into Janna's heart to wake her up. Once inside, they are attacked by the embodiment's of Janna's, but they managed to beat them thanks to the discovery of new power. After that, they find themselves on a beach and after answering three questions, they are approached by a girl named Xion who revels that not only is she a Keyblade wielder but also that Janna is her descendant.
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"Then, you came here, and you were questioned by three young people. That was the final key to awaken him. Sora is awake. You can go home now."
- Ansem the wise
Chapter 9: The mending the of hearts and learning truths Pt.2
(Janna's Heart)
To say that Marco and Ruby were surprised would be an understatement. They were Completely caught off guard after Xion told them that not only was she a Keyblade wielder, but also that Janna was her descendent.
"Okay so let me see if I've got everything in order here." Ruby says after her little freak out earlier. "So Xion, you're a Keyblade wielder, which in turn also makes Janna a Keyblade wielder too right?" "That's right." Xion answered. "Well your half right Ruby. Yes I am a Keyblade wielder, but I'm an imperfect replica of one." She said which confused Marco and Ruby.
"An imperfect replica? You mean you're a copy of a Keyblade wielder but you came out wrong?" Marco asked to which Xion nodded.
"I was created for the soul purpose of becoming a copy of someone who was needed to fulfill the plans of someone who was after something very important. After I found out the reason for my existence, I also found out that my very being was causing one of my close friends to suffer. So I chose to end my existence to not only stop this person's plan. But also help my friend." Xion said before looking out at the ocean. "But I guess it didn't really change anything. In the end, that person managed to still carry out their plan and my two friends got hurt. I guess I really was nothing more than a puppet they could manipulate." She said sadly.
"But the fact that Janna's your descendent, means you are your own person." Ruby said getting Xion to look at her in surprise.
"Ruby's right Xion, the fact that you wanted to know your reason for existing and the cared about your friends and wanted to protect them to the point of giving up your own life, shows that you are in control of your life and that you make your own decisions." Marco added as Ruby nodded her head in agreement.
Xion looked at the two and smiled at them in appreciation for their words.
"Thanks you two, your right. The choices I made, I made of my own will." Xion said happy at being reminded that the choices she made were her own.
"Hopefully Janna can learn a thing or two about making her own decisions from the two of you."
"O-oh right, Marco remember? We still need to find a way to wake Janna up!" Ruby reminded which caused Marco to start panicking.
"Right! Xion! Do you know where Janna is?! I mean if she's somewhere here you should know and this is her heart and-"
"Okay you two, just hold on a second," Xion said holding up her hands to get the two teens to calm down.
"The two of you don't have worry, Janna's alright now." She said assuredly which confused Marco and Ruby.
"Wait, what do you mean Janna's alright now?" "Yeah, what are you talking about Xion?" They both asked.
Xion simple laugh a little as she looked back at the setting sun in the distance.
"You see, when you and Ruby defeated the Summoner, the Dragon, and the Knight, you actually freed Janna from the not only her own darkness, but the darkness that came from the Keyblade she had. Then, you both made your way here, and were questioned by three people. Two of which were different versions of Janna, and the last one was the source of the darkness that came from the Keyblade. That was last thing you needed to do to awake Janna's heart. Which is why I'm able to talk to you both and say thank you."
Marco and Ruby's hung open slightly at what Xion just told them.
"So if Janna's heart is awake, then that means Janna's awake too! Marco did you hear that-" Ruby stopped what she was going to say when she and Xion saw Marco crying with a smile on his face.
"Aww Marco you're so happy Janna's safe you're crying." Ruby said smiling while Marco frantically tried to whipped his tears away with his arm. "W-What are you talking about Ruby?! I've just got something in my eye is all. The last thing I want to hear is Janna calling me crybaby over something like this." Marco said still whipping the tears from his eyes as Ruby and Xion try not to laugh.
"At any rate, since Janna's awake now, we should probably get going now." Marco said summoning The Way to Nightfall to his hand. "Wait, Wait Marco, can I do it please? Please?" Ruby asked hopping up and down excitedly. "Yeah sure Ruby, go ahead." "Yes!" She cheered summoning Fenrir and pointing it towards the sky.
When she does a keyhole suddenly appears, a thin beam of light then shoots from Fenrir and hits the keyhole creating a doorway of light.
"Hey Marco, our way back is open now, come on I want to get back to show the others my new outfit and tell them what happened." Ruby said before she realized something. "W-Well not everything that happened you know what I mean!" She stuttered out trying not to blush again as Marco and Xion shared a laugh.
"Well we better get going now, it was nice to meet you Xion." "Oh Marco hold on a second," Xion said causing Marco to look back as she takes something from her pocket.
"Hold your hand out please?" "O-kay?" He says as he sticks his hand out to her. Xion then places the item in Marco's hand and closes it around it.
"Once your back in the real world, give that to Janna, I think she'll like it a lot better than a charm that messes with her heart." Xion said jokingly. "Whatever it is, I think me and Janna would agree with you on that one." Marco said placing the item in his pocket and smiling back.
"Hey! What are you two talking about?!" Ruby yelled getting their attention. "Come on Marco!" "Okay, Okay, keep your hood on Ruby. Alright, see you around Xion." Marco said as he and Ruby began to float up towards the doorway of light.
"Likewise, take care you two." Xion said waving good bye as they went through the doorway.
(Real World, Star's room)
Back in the real world, Jackie and Blake watched as Marco and Ruby started to wake up.
"Ugh, why do I feel stiffer than a wooden board?" Marco groaned as he sat up and looked to Ruby who was next to him. "You okay Ruby?" "Ugh well, aside from feeling like I haven't moved in 6 days, yeah I'm fine." Ruby said stretching a little bit to try and get the blood circulation going.
"Marco! Ruby! You made it back alright." Marco and Ruby turn around to see Jackie and Blake giving them both friendly smile. "Hey guys, did we miss anything?" Ruby asked as she continued to stretch her arms.
"That's kind of what we wanted ask you both since you look different from before you left." Blake said looking at the two curiously. "She's right, you're wearing different outfits and I think Ruby's hair got a little longer." Jackie added.
Marco and Ruby then looked at each other and saw that they were both still wearing the outfits they had gotten when they went into Janna's heart.
"Oh, well about that, you see- hold on a moment," Marco said quickly looking around Star's room and noticed something missing.
"Um Blake? Jackie? Where's Star? And especially, where's Janna?" he asked quickly standing up.
"Yeah, also, where are Yang, Weiss, and Rosa? Wasn't everyone here when me and Marco went into Janna's heart?" Ruby said getting to her feet as well.
Jackie and Blake looked at each other, then back to Marco and Ruby.
"Well Ruby, the things is that-" Blake started saying until she and the others heard voices approaching the door.
"Hey Weiss, can you get the door for me please? Hands kind of full here." "Well no one told you to race up here with everything you were carrying did they?" "Heh, true, I just wanted to get back up here and tastes this food Ms. Diaz made is all." "And that justifies running up a flit of stairs carrying all that food?! What if one of those puppies were there? You could have hurt one of them. Sigh, just hold on,"
They heard Weiss say opening the door for Rosa who was carrying a tray that had Empanadas, Chipá, Burritos, Tamales, and Tacos. They could also see that she was holding another tray that had smoothies on it while opening the door.
"Thank you. Hey Star, where should we put this stuff down at?" Rosa asked walking into the room with Weiss.
"Just put on the desk near the foot of my bed Rosa." Star said walking into the room carrying 4 pizzas.
"Are you sure it can hold all this Star? Your desk doesn't look all that big enough." Weiss said. "Hmm good point, one second,"
Star then zaps the desk with her wand turning it into a large table.
"That should do it, you guys can place the stuff on the table no problem now. Yang, Janna, you guys got the rest of the stuff?" Star called out excitedly into the hallway.
No sooner after that, Marco and Ruby's eyes widened as they saw Yang walk into the room with Janna who they could see was no longer wearing charm around her neck carrying a big bowl of Nachos while Yang carried in another tray of smoothies.
"Right here Star." Janna said walking to the table while talking with Yang. "So your telling me you guys came here from a different world where you go to school and learn how to fight monsters? And you even get to make your own weapons?" "Pretty much." "That sounds cool, wish I lived in a world like that." Janna said as she and Yang placed the nachos and extra smoothies on the table.
"Sooo, they were going to have a party while we were off saving Janna's heart?" Ruby asked with a deadpanned face. "Actually, it's a party for when you and Marco got back. And Janna's the one who suggested it, since she felt bad about what happened." Blake said which got Marco and Ruby to smile.
"They must be really busy with the party if they didn't notice that we're back." Ruby said. "That's the thing with Star when she throws a party, she and everyone that help get really into it." Marco said relieved that Janna's alright now.
"Okay I think they need to know now that the rescuers are awake now." Blake said looking to Jackie. "On it. Ah guys, can you all look over here for a quick second?" Jackie said getting the others attention.
"Yeah Jackie, what's up-" Star stopped mid-sentence when she and the others saw Marco and Ruby standing their smiling at them.
"Hey guys," Ruby said waving while Marco looked to Janna who was trying to wipe away the tears that were trying to escape from her eyes.
"Hey Janna, I'm glad to see you're alright and-OOF!" Marco hound himself thrown to the floor as Star and Janna hug/tackled into him.
"Marco you're alright! I'm so glad you made it back!" Star said happily clinging onto him. "Marco I…I…I" Janna stammered as she started to cry into Marco's chest.
"Janna it's okay." "No it's not!" She said loudly. "I mean I summoned monsters that I used to attack you, Star, and Jackie. All because of my stupid jealousy about not being able to do magic like Star could. I-I'm so sorry Marco." Janna mumbled sadly into his hoodie which was quickly getting wet from her crying.
Marco looks to Star who had already let go of him and gave him a look of concern. Marco then sat up and pulled Janna away so that they were facing each other.
"Janna, do remember the time we met in kindergarten?" He asked which shocked her that he still remembered something like that from so long ago. "Y-yeah, it was your first day and you were scared to talk to anyone in our class. So when it was lunch time and you went off to eat by yourself, I followed you without you knowing it." She said as a smirked started to form on her lips remembering what happened next which didn't go un-noticed by Star and Marco.
"Yeah and while I was drinking my milk, you snuck up behind me, and scared me so bad that milk actually came shooting out of my nose." He said while Janna and Star started to laugh along with the others. "Okay you guys, thank you. I've been laughed at about it enough times," he sighed as the laughter died down.
"S-Sorry Marco ha... it's just... too funny imagining milk flying out of your nose like a running faucet dude." Yang said in between laughs holding her sides.
"At least Marco can be funny. Unlike a certain someone whose puns tends to fall short of the mark." Weiss said which got Yang to look at her as if she grew a second head.
"And just how are my puns not funny?" "Hmm, it may have something to do with the fact that your puns are dryer that a burnt steak that's been left out in the hottest desert." "Oh? Is the 'Ice Queen' trying to be funny now?" Yang said and everyone instantly burst into laughter at that comment while Weiss huffed in annoyance.
"Again stop calling me that! Now if we could get back to the point of why Marco brought up the time him and Janna were both in kindergarten please?" she said looking to the two who were still sitting on the floor.
"Right, anyway, after Janna nearly gave me a heart attack, she started telling me all these funny jokes while we were eating. After that, we started hanging out more. You know when she wasn't too busy trying to sneak stuff out of my pockets like she's trying to do now," Marco said catching the pickpocket in the act. "Man, since when did you learn to be more aware when around me? Is it something you pick up when you get a Keyblade or whatever?" "Who knows?" He said smirking while Janna rolled her eyes and let go of him.
"Okay Marco, then could explain where you got this cool looking outfit from?" Janna said noticing that he wasn't wearing his iconic red hoodie.
"Hey yeah Janna's right Marco. Where'd you and Ruby get these new clothes from? You both look so cool!" Star said looking at the pair's new outfits with sparkles in her eyes. "Yeah you guys look incredible. And Ruby, did your hair get a little longer or am I seeing things? Because it almost makes you look a little bit mature." Yang said in a teasing tone.
"Hey! What do me a little mature! I can be very mature thank you very much." Ruby said folding her arms.
"Really? Because I seem to remember you cutting down a tree in frustration during our initiation test." Weiss said which caused Ruby to look at her in surprise. "Oh umm... I thought you wouldn't have heard when I did that heh." "It's hard to ignore the sound of a mechanical scythe cutting through wood when you're not that far from the person who's doing the cutting." She said while hung her head mortified.
"Umm, can I continue with what I was telling Janna?" Marco asked.
"Oh sorry about that." "Yeah please continue." They said as Marco looked back to the Filipino girl.
"Janna, the point I'm making is that despite being the weirdest person I've ever met, you're also a good friend and you know if there's anything that's bothering you that you feel you need talk to someone about, you can always come talk to me Okay?" Marco said causing Janna to quickly look to the floor, a light blush appearing on her cheeks.
"O-okay, thanks Marco." She says looking up at him smiling which also made him smile.
"Aww, you two look so cute." Star said causing both of them to quickly stand up and separate. "I agree with Star, which is kind of why I took a picture of the two of you hugging while you weren't looking." Rosa said holding her scroll out which had a picture of Janna holding onto Marco.
The two teens faces turned as red as tomatoes at seeing the picture.
"Hey! Rosa! When did you even take that picture?!" Marco asked. "Oh, I snapped it during your story Marco. I made sure to turn off the flash and lower the sound so no one would notice it." She explained grinning.
"GIVE ME THAT!" Janna yelled as she ran towards Rosa to try and grab the object.
"Yang! Heads up!" She yelled as she tossed the scroll to Yang who instantly caught it. "Got it!" "GIVE ME THAT STUPID PICTURE!" "You're going to have to try and catch it then!" Yang said as she tossed it over to Ruby next.
"What?! Don't pass it to me! Here Star, you take it!" Ruby said frantically throwing the scroll to Star who quickly caught and looked at the picture.
"Aww come on now Janna, I don't see why you're so embarrassed about it, this a really cute picture." "No it's not Star, it's lame and stupid and I'd like to make sure it never sees the light of day. So could you please give it here so I can get rid of it?" She said holding her hands out to Star for her to place the scroll in them.
"Hmm, okay Janna, you can have the picture," She said preparing to place the scroll in Janna's waiting hands. "Right after you get it from Jackie!" Star said suddenly tossing the scroll to Jackie.
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME STAR?!" Janna said as the mewman girl was trying not to fall over from her laughing fit. "I…I'm sorry Janna, it's…it's just too funny seeing you look so flustered like this." Star said as she fell to the floor laughing along with Yang, Rosa, and Ruby.
"It really is a cute pic Janna, I don't see why you think it's stupid." Jackie said examining the picture. "Hand the picture over Thomas now!" "Try and take it if you can then." Jackie said taunting her dark-blue haired friend. "Just remember you asked for it!" Janna said as she jumps at Jackie only to miss as the platinum blonde side steps to the left. "You're going to have to try harder to get this you know." "Hmph, believe me I know. So just hold still so I can get it!" Janna said as she kept trying to take the scroll from Jackie.
As the others laughed watching Janna chase down Jackie, Marco suddenly felt two familiar presences enter his mind.
'Hey Diaz,' 'Marco how'd it go?' Monster Arm and Riku said within his mind. 'Hey you two, It got a little dicey, but it turned out alright if you couldn't tell by the all the commotion going on right now.' Marco said as he saw Janna fall on her stomach after failing to grab the scroll from Jackie again.
"Come on Janna, you have to try harder than that if you really want this thing." The skater said egging Janna on. "The only reason I haven't gotten that stupid picture yet is because I'm going easy on you." "Oh really? I wonder if this thing can send pictures to the cell phones here in our world?" Jackie asked. "Yeah, that's not going to work on me. I know for fact that-"
"If I recall right, didn't you say that Ozpin upgraded the scrolls the last time I came Weiss?" Rosa asked the white haired girl. "Yes, Professor Ozpin did have the scroll upgraded during your last visit. He gave them the capability to be able to either send a message, video, or in this case an embarrassing picture to any device, regardless of if said other device comes from another world." She said which caused Janna to start panicking.
"So Weiss, if I wanted to like send this picture to a couple of our other friend's cellphones," before Jackie could finish her question, Janna was already closing in on her at a surprisingly fast pace.
"GIVE ME THAT STUPID THING NOW!" She yelled as she continued after Jackie.
'See what I'm talking about?' Marco said while hearing Monster Arm and Riku snickering as Janna kept chasing Jackie down. 'Well that friend of your's is certainly entertaining.'
'Ha, ha, entertaining? I've never seen anyone other than Marco lose their cool over something so ridiculous.' 'Hey! I don't freak out that badly, do I?' 'Oh big time, and I've seen you freak out over a lot of stuff.' Monster Arm said snickering.
'You can sometimes over-react to something's Marco. But unless it's in a dire situation, I don't see it being that big an issue.' Riku said.
'Uh thanks?' 'Anyway Marco, have you noticed something different about your friend since she woke up?' Riku asked in a serious voice.
'You mean aside from the fact that Janna is a descendent of a Keyblade wielder?' Marco said surprising both entities. 'hold on, that little trouble maker is a wielder?!' 'Yeah, after Ruby and I dove into Janna's heart,'
Marco then went on and explained to Riku and Monster Arm what happened while inside Janna's heart.
'Hmm, I didn't think that Xion's brief existence would allow her to be able to pass a Keyblade to someone.' 'Riku, did you know Xion?' Marco asked. 'Not personally, although she did travel with me for a couple of days wondering what she should do. In the end she rejoined with her original self to help stop someone from causing damage to other worlds. So it seems like destiny decide to allow her to pass a Keyblade to someone, in hope of protecting what she gave up her being for.' Riku said.
'Sheesh, you wielders go through a lot of drama. All this to be guided by something? Good thing all I had to worry about was getting lost in Marco's heart.' Monster Arm said confidently.
'I don't see how that's any better than-hold on a second,' Marco said stopping what he was going to say.
'What is it Marco?' 'Yeah why'd you stop mid-sentence like that?' They asked.
'I just remembered two things right now when Monster Arm was talking about being guided by something. Me and Star were supposed to give Rosa a message from Glossaryck. As well as give Janna something that Xion gave me.' He said.
'Well your about to get your chance to give this something to her.' Monster Arm said snickering which confused Marco. 'Alright, why are you laughing?' 'Look up and you'll see,' he said.
Marco then looked up from his thoughts and saw Rosa's scroll coming right at him.
"What the?! Whoa!" He said surprised as he fumbled with the it before catching it. "What the heck did I miss?" He mumbled before he saw Janna charging right at him.
"GIVE THAT TO ME RIGHT NOW!" "Whoa Janna! Hold on a sec-Whoa!" Marco hits the ground as Janna crashes into him. "Ugh, sorry about that Marco, you good?" "Yep, just fine. Except, your knee is kind of pressing on my chest, so it's little hard to breathe right now." "Oh shoot! Sorry about that hold on," she says quickly getting up off of Marco's chest and sitting on her knees.
"Aww, okay that's a whole lot better now." He said in relief. "Sorry again about that Marco, guess I was so focused on getting that scroll that when Jackie tossed it to you, sigh, I'm really sorry Marco." "Same here Marco," Jackie said coming over. "I didn't know you spaced out when I threw you the scroll."
"It's cool Jackie, I'm just surprised I caught it when I did." Marco said as he handed the scroll to Janna who hastily deleted the picture that was on it.
"Well, at least we got to see how Janna looks when she gets all embarrassed." Jackie said teasingly as Janna looked away from her and Marco unable to hide the blush that was quickly covering her face as everyone else laughed.
"Alright! If everyone is done laughing at my expense, can we start eating already?" "Heck yeah! All that laughter was starting to make me hungry anyway." Rosa said while Weiss rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Hold on a minute you guys," Marco said getting everyone's attention. "I just remembered, there's something that me and Star were supposed to tell Rosa." "There was?" Star asked confused at what Marco meant.
"Yeah Star. But before that," Marco then looks to Janna. "Janna while me and Ruby were inside your heart, we met someone named Xion who we found out is a Keyblade wielder." Marco said. "Okay, and?" she says confused at what Marco was getting at.
"And she told me and Marco that you Janna are her… descendent." Ruby said.
The room fell silent for a few seconds before Janna and everyone else yelled "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
"S-So hold on a second, you two are telling me that I'm…I'm…I'm-"
"JANNA'S A KEYBLADE WIELDER?!" Star yelled/finished for her stunned friend.
"Yeah Star, she is." Marco said un-covering his ears. "Also did you really have to yell it that loudly?" "Oh sorry guys, I guess I got carried away again ha- ha- ha." Star laughed sheepishly.
"It's that same level of childishness that makes me wonder if you and Ruby are distant relatives or something." Weiss said looking at the princess with annoyance.
"Alright Weiss relax, Star just easily gets excited, there's nothing wrong with that." Rosa said patting her friend on the back.
"Sigh fine. So is there anything else besides this message for Rosa and the fact that your friend here who looks like she's frozen in place is a Keyblade wielder?" Weiss asked looking to Marco and Ruby. "Actually there is. Xion gave Marco something to give to Janna when we got back. But we don't know exactly what it is." Ruby said un-assuredly.
"Yeah that's true. Xion didn't say what it was, but she said that Janna would like it. hold on a second I put it in my pocket before we came back, so it should…oh!" Marco says as his hand grabs what was in his pocket. When he takes it out of his pocket, he and everyone else sees a mini-black trophy token in his hand.
"What exactly is that Marco?" Star asked looking at the tiny trophy cup. "I think it's some kind of mini trophy keychain."
"And this girl Xion told you to give that thing to me?" Janna asked raising an eyebrow as she looked at the token with a less than impressed expression. "Well yeah. I'm not sure why though, but it does look like something I'd see you having Janna." Marco said smirking. "I'll admit there is something about it that's interesting to me. So let me see this thing real quick Marco," Janna then quickly snatches the token from Marco to get a closer look at it.
"You could have just asked you know. You didn't have to grab it like that." "Relax Diaz, besides it's supposed to be for me anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem should it?" she said tossing the token up in the air then catching it.
"Yep, now I defiantly know your back to your regular self." "What? Did I do something that made you think otherwise 'Safe kid'?" Please do not start with that name," Marco groaned as Janna smirked.
"Wait 'Safe Kid'?" Ruby asked in confusion. "Yep, it's mister 'cool outfit's' old nickname from the time he-" Janna got cut off when the black token suddenly started glowing with a bright light, forcing everyone to cover their eyes.
"What in the world is going on?!" Weiss said as the light grew brighter.
After a couple of seconds, the light started to die down. Once it did, everyone un-covered their eyes.
"A-alright, what was with that crazy light show? I mean, one second were talking and the next thing we know, this keychain starts shin-ning? Uh you guys? You might want to look at this," Janna said awestruck at what was now in her hand.
"Give us a minute Janna. That sudden flash really caught us off…guard?" Jackie said stunned at what she saw Janna holding. "Yeah guys? You really have to see this."
"Okay just hold on minute, I think my sights coming back," Star said as she and the others began to un-cover their eyes. When they did, they all had the same stunned expression on their faces like Jackie.
"Oh. My. Gosh!" Ruby yelled.
"But how… it was just a… and now it's a… What just happened?!" Weiss said completely shocked at what she was seeing.
"Marco Janna's holding a… a." "Yeah Star," Marco said just as shocked as everyone else at what Janna was holding right now.
The item had a curved skeleton like neck with a dragon skull at the top. The skull's eye sockets gave off a faint glow, indicating that there may still be life within it. The handle was gray and the guard was a darker gray that gradually changed to a dark-magenta color further down. Attached at the bottom of the guard was a keychain made up of three chain links with the mini black trophy at the end of it.
Everyone looked at the object that was now in Janna's hand with looks of both surprise and amazement. While a giant grin began to creep onto Janna's face
"Okay now this," Janna started twirling the new item in her hand. "Is something I would like. Guess even my ancestor knowns about the cool stuff I'm into." She finished resting the skeletal dragon neck on her shoulder.
"Okay. I'm going to take a stab in the dark here and say that this Xion girl gave you a Keyblade to give to Janna Marco." Yang said as if it was the most obvious thing.
"So not only is she a Keyblade wielder, but she just so happens to have a Keyblade inside her? It's official, we've reach a new level of un-believable." Weiss said shaking her head in tired way. "Wait, if this thing here is a Keyblade, how come it looks so different from the one's you guys have?" Janna asked.
"That's due to the keychain attached to the Keyblade." Rosa said.
"Wait the Keychain's the reason?" Star asked confused at what Rosa was talking about.
"That's right, the Keychains that are attached to Keyblades have the ability to grant a Keyblade new abilities and a new appearance. Most Keyblades have a basic or base form. But a wielder can change and increase the power and form of a Keyblade by changing the keychain attached to it." Rosa explained. "That's what I did when I received Neo Light Seeker from my Master."
"Hold on Rosa, your saying that your Keyblade didn't look the way it does now originally?" Marco asked her. "That's right. Here, let me show you something," Rosa then summons her Keyblade to her hand.
"Originally when my Master first gave me this Keyblade, it was called the "Kingdom Key D" and it basically looked like a golden old-fashioned skeleton key. Now, do you guys see this golden mouse token with the red crown on it?" She asked as they all nodded "yes". "Well the Keyblade's original token looked similar to this one, only it didn't have the red crown on it. I had to pass a… very personal trial in order to get this. Once I passed, I switched the original keychain with this one and well, you can see what happened." She says pointing to her Keyblade.
"Whoa, I didn't think Keyblades could change just by switching the keychain on them." Marco said still processing what he heard.
"Yeah but if that's the case, then what exactly are the keychains? And why do the Keyblades change when you change their keychains?" Blake asked.
"Unfortunately neither I or my master have an answer to that question Blake. It just one more secret about the Keyblades we can add to the list." Rosa said dismissing her Keyblade.
"Now Marco, you also said there was something that you and Star wanted to tell me?" Rosa said. "Oh right. So Rosa, do you know about this phrase "May our hearts be our guiding key"?" Marco said remembering what Glossaryck told him and Star. "Ohh, that's what you were talking about Marco." Star said realizing now what Marco meant before. "I kind of forgot about it since Glossaryck was so vague and all."
"It cool Star. He did kind of just tell us to say it to Rosa and then just left. Plus, being vague is kind of Glossaryck's thing." "You're not wrong there Marco." Star said in full agreement.
"Um Star and Marco? Could tell us who this Glossaryck person is?" Ruby asked a little confused about what they were talking about.
"Oh Glossaryck's my magic instructor, he's been with my family for a long time and he kind of lives inside… this," Star says pulling out her spellbook from underneath her bed.
"What's this giant book?" Blake asked.
"This is my family spellbook, every queen in my family has created their own spells and written them in this book." Star said. "And this Glossaryck person has lived in this book and taught each person in your family to be a queen? How long has he been doing this?" Weiss asked.
"Well I don't know, but since there have been like 29 queens of Mewni with my mom being the 30th, I guessing he's been doing this for a long time." Star said surprising the others. "Whoa so this Glossaryck guy has been with your family since the beginning," Yang said. "So this book has your entire family history in it huh?" Weiss asked looking at the book.
"Yeah you could say that. So Rosa, do you what the phrase Glossaryck told us to tell you means?" Star asked. But she and the other saw that Rosa had her back turned to them and it looked like she was trying not to laugh about something.
"Um Rosa? Are you okay over there?" Yang asked as she walked over to see if her red haired friend was alright. Meanwhile, Rosa was basically laughing in her head at what her Master's old teacher just told Star and Marco to say to her.
'Oh. My. Gosh! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh Master, if only I could be there to see the look on your face when you find out what's about to happen. Hahahahaha!' she thought still laughing internally until she felt someone's hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw that it was Yang who had a slightly concerned look in her eyes.
"Oh Yang, guys; sorry about going quiet like that, it's just…. Ha, oh my goodness. Star and Marco, do the two of you know what saying that particular phrase gets you?" Rosa asked smiling while the two gave her a confused look. "Well, what it just got you both is a nice talk with a certain someone I know who can answer all the questions you have. And that person just so happens to be my Master!" She said instantly shocking everyone.
"Wait a minute, so you're telling us just saying that phrase allows these two to just talk with your teacher at the drop of a hat like that?!" Weiss said utterly surprised.
"Relax Weiss, it doesn't work like that. My master just asked her old teacher to tell his current student and holder of the wand to say this in case of one of two things. Either something has happened on Mewni that requires my master assistance or well… my master would have to explain that one. She only told me that it involved the stars." Rosa explained.
"Okay, okay we get it. So when can we talk to this master of your already?!" Star said barely able to contain her excitement. "Just hold on Star, first off, from what Rosa said it sounds like Glossaryck was Rosa's Master's teacher at some point." Marco said.
"So?" "So, doesn't that make you wonder who Rosa's master really is if Glossaryck knows them so well?" "Hmm… A little I guess. But wouldn't that be all the more reason to talk with this person?" Star said. "I mean if they're from Mewni and Glossaryck knows them, then they can't be bad. Plus, Rosa wouldn't be such an awesome person if they weren't." She said with Rosa and the other agreeing. "Sigh, alright Star, I'll trust you on this one like always." Marco said smiling which made Star smile herself.
"Thanks Marco. So Rosa, how do we- Grrrr!" Star was cut-off by the sudden growling sound. Everyone turned and saw that the sound was coming from Ruby more specifically, her stomach.
"Ah, could we maybe do that after we eat something first?" She asked which was followed by the same growling sound. This time they came Star, Marco, Yang, and Rosa.
"I wouldn't mind eat before we actually talk to Rosa's Master. How about you Marco?" "Well I did just come back from fighting inside Janna's heart which does build up an appetite," Marco said holding his stomach like Star was both with sheepish smiles on their faces.
"I know I built up an appetite waiting for Ruby and Marco to come back safe. All that worrying really left me feeling famished." Rosa said in a mock tone of extreme hunger.
"You three honestly want to eat now, before you talk with someone who can possible tell us what exactly is going on?" Weiss asked. "Chill Weiss, how about this then, everyone who thinks we should eat first before talking to Rosa's mysterious master, raise your hand." Yang said and instantly raised her hand.
Star, Marco, Rosa and Ruby's hands shot up right after, followed by Blake, Jackie, and Janna.
"Now, all those who want to talk to Rosa's Master first, then eat raise your hands please?" Yang said already seeing Weiss place her head in her hand in annoyance. But as she started to raise her hand, her stomach made a very loud growling sound which caught everyone by surprise, including her. She looked around and noticed Yang and Rosa smirking at her.
"So Yang?" "Yeah Rosa?" "Do we count Weiss's growling stomach to the previous vote or-"
"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT YOU TWO, I GET IT ALREADY!" Weiss yelled blushing as everyone else laughed.
"Relax Weiss, it's not that big a deal." Yang said. "Yeah, if you were hungry too you just had to say so." Rosa said patting her on the back. Weiss sighed and looked as Star and Ruby raced over to the desk that had the food spread out on it.
"Well, I am interested in trying those Tamales," Weiss said looking on as Ruby and Star started digging into the food.
"Then I think we better get over there before those two start eating the table next." Yang said jokingly. "The last thing we need are those two and Rosa over eating. Hey!" Rosa said while Weiss gave her a knowing smirk. "You still have to show around that mall if we have time later." Weiss said as she and Yang made their way over to the others.
"I know, I know," Rosa said following after them.
After everyone had eaten (some going for seconds and thirds), Rosa then explained how they would contact her master.
"Okay now that our stomachs are full, time to get a hold of my master. Oh, she is going to be in for a surprise today." Rosa said. "So first off, we're going to be using your interdimensional mirror Star."
"Huh? My mirror?" "Yep, Just like how you use it to talk to people across dimensions, we're going to use it to talk to my master from the world where she is at right now." Rosa explained.
"Wait, the world she's in? What do mean by that?" Janna asked. "Okay, first I should explain that the place I came here from is a place far removed from any world or dimension that you guys know, and that can't be reached using dimensional scissors."
"What?! A place you can't get to using dimensional scissors?!" Star and Janna said in surprise. "So then how did you get here then?"
"Oh, my master gave me this,"
Rosa then pulls a pink star-shaped crystal that has a smaller red star inside it out of her pocket.
"This is a Star Shard, it allows a person, as well as anyone who is physically touching the person, to travel to different worlds. However, if the user doesn't know how to use it right, it activates randomly and the person won't know where they're going or when they'll be transported." Rosa said.
"That's amazing!" Star said excitedly. "Yeah, so is this how you got here too Ruby?" Jackie asked.
"Yep, Rosa's Master actually gave each of us a Star Shard of our own see?"
Ruby said pulling out a red Star Shard. Weiss take out a white Star Shard, Yang takes out a yellow Star Shard, and Blake takes out a purple Star Shard.
"I still find it interesting how such a small object has the power to allow someone to travel to different worlds." Weiss said looking at her Star Shard.
"This coming from the girl who's from a world were creatures of darkness roam around and the schools train kids to fight them?" Janna said knowingly while Weiss rolled her eyes at the comment.
"Anyway, what's the name of the world you came from Rosa?" Marco asked.
"It's called "The Land of Departure", it's a world that sits in between the Realm of Light and the Realm of Darkness, so it's a very special place. The people there live primarily in cities that are built on grassy mountains, but there are small towns on the ground below as well. The mountain cities are called "hierarchical cities", My master is actually the current overseer of The Land of Departure." Rosa said which surprised everyone, but she quickly put her hand up to tell them to wait.
"If you guys want to know more, then let's go call her already." She said calling Neo Light Seeker to her hand.
"Yes! My mirror's over there Rosa," Star says pointing to the spot closest to her bed. "Okay then, here we go,"
Rosa walks up and points her Keyblade at the mirror and begins to concentrate. The mirror soon starts glowing along with the Keyblade. Rosa then opens her eyes and thrusts her Keyblade into the glowing mirror surprising everyone as it begins to sink into the mirror until it stops at the guard. She then turns it as if she's unlocking something within the mirror, then pulls her Keyblade out of it.
"Okay, that should do it. Come on over you guys," Rosa said as Star, Ruby, and Janna bolt over to her, while everyone else walks over.
"Whoaaa, what did you do to it?" Janna asked.
"Oh, I just formed a small connection to the Land of Departure using the mirror as a conduit." Rosa said before turning to the mirror.
"Hey Master, can you hear me?" Rosa says into the glowing mirror.
"Huh? Rosa? Is that you? What's going on that you needed to contact me like this?" A female voice said from the mirror.
"Oh nothing much, except for one little thing." "Which is?" "May our hearts be our guiding key"," Rosa said and was met with a short amount of silence until the sound of something like a book falling was heard, followed by someone yelling "OW!" loudly.
Rosa really was having a hard time holding in her laugh at that point.
"R-Rosa?! Where did you-"
"Your old teacher told your descendent and her friends to tell me the message you said to give if something major came up. Also, two of the people from your premonition of this world turned out to be Keyblade wielders and the your descendent here really wants to meet you."
"Sigh... alright then, where are they right now?" The voice asked. Rosa then looks to Star and Marco. "Their right here with me, along with their other two friends and Ruby and her team." "So Ruby and the others made it their alright then?"
"Hello again," Ruby said walking up to the mirror with Weiss, Blake, and Yang behind here. "It's nice to hear from you again ma'am." "Yeah, good to hear your doing okay." "How have you been?" The three greeted politely.
"I'm doing fine thank you, I'm happy knowing you four made it to that world safely. Did you and Rosa find out who or what was summoning the Heartless there?" Rosa's Master asked which caused a crestfallen look to appear on Janna's face.
"Um... yeah we did find out what was causing them to show up. You see it-"
"IT WAS BECAUSE OF ME ALRIGHT!" Janna yelled suddenly.
"And who is this that taking responsibility?"
"My names Janna and I'm the reason those things showed up here, because I was jealous of the fact that one of my friends could do something I couldn't do. Then I stupidly went and listened to some people who ended up using me to try and make more of those Heartless. But the worse part about all this, is that I let my jealous take over and hurt my friends." Janna then looks at the Keyblade she remembered she still had in her hand.
"I don't even know why this thing wanted me as it's wielder in the first place!" She yelled as she raised the Keyblade above her, preparing to throw it to the ground to the shock of everyone.
But before Janna could, she felt a hand suddenly grab her arm. She looks and sees that Weiss was holding her arm in place, giving her a narrowed eye look.
"Don't. You dare. Throw this like it means nothing." She said in a serious tone. "What's your problem?" Janna said annoyed that the white- haired girl was stopping her.
"My problem is the fact that you are still beating yourself up because of something you had no knowledge of until now. You didn't know about Heartless and you didn't know about the Keyblade or that you could wield one." "That's why I don't deserve one, How the heck am I supposed to know how to use it if I don't even know about the things that go on in my own heart?!" Janna yelled back at Weiss who let out a frustrated groan.
"You're not the only one who knew little to nothing when they got a Keyblade!" She shot back which surprised Janna and the others except for Ruby, Blake, Yang, Rosa, and her Master.
"Wait, you mean that you-" Janna started.
"I felt the same way you're feeling right now when I first got my Keyblade." "What?! But during the fight at the mall it looked like you and Ruby both were experts." Star said. "Yeah, especially when you both turned your Keyblades into that scythe and rapier during the fight." Marco said.
"Actually Marco, when we did that, we were transforming our Keyblades back into their original forms." Ruby said. "Original forms? What's that mean?" Jackie asked.
"If I may? Allow me to explain that. But first, I should introduce myself." Rosa's master said getting everyone's attention.
The mirror starts shinning again before releasing a blinding light. When it died down, everyone saw a woman with red hair and pink eyes. She had pink inverted stars on her cheeks and she was wearing the same black coat they've all seen before. Around her neck was a small golden heart with a thin spiked cross coming from the bottom. On its left side was an angel wing and on it's right was a demon wing. However when Star saw her, her eyes widen in completely shock at who she was seeing right now.
"Star? Hey Star, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost or something," Marco says seeing the look on the Star's face.
"Marco? I think I am looking at a ghost, because I know who this person is." She says eyes still locked on the woman that appeared on her mirror who was smiling fondly at her.
"I figured this would happen when you met me, But I didn't think Glossaryck would be the one to tell you to give that message to my apprentice so you could meet with me." she said letting out a sigh of slight irritation. "He is really hard to understand sometimes I swear. But, never the less,"
The woman then smiles at everyone before she curtsies.
"My name is Master Asteria, though back on Mewni I was known as Queen Asteria Butterfly The Mother of Stars and tenth Queen of Mewni."
Marco's expression soon mirrored Star's when he heard the woman introduce herself.
"Wait, Asteria… Butterfly? Then your…. That means… your," Marco stuttered out trying to understand what he was hearing from the past Queen of Mewni who was laughing a little bit.
"I can see your very surprised about all this. It was a surprise for me as well when I awoke in a world un-familiar to me." Asteria said.
"Awoke? But it was said that you died of an unknown disease when you were 40 in the year 244, from what my mom told me." Star said remembering what she heard from her mother when she was told about the Queens of Mewni.
"That's true, I did indeed die that year. However something happened after my eyes closed for what I thought would be the last time." Asteria said remembering what happened on that day.
(Flashback, Year 244 of the Mewnian calendar, Asteria's Dive to heart)
"…. What? What is this place? What's going on?" Asteria asked confused as to where she is. "Is… is this the afterlife? But why is it so dark here?" She asks as she stands to her feet.
The moment she does, the floor beneath her erupts into a flock of white doves which startles her as she covers her eyes in a panic. When she lowered her arms, she looks down at the floor and sees that she's now standing on a platform. The platform had seven stained glass pillars, each depicting images that made Asteria's eyes widen.
The first two had images of her mother Festivia Butterfly and her father Quartz Stone, both of which had their eyes closed. The next two images were of her siblings Harvest and Hope Butterfly, just like the images of her parents, their eyes were also closed. The third set images showed her husband Orion Firefly and her daughter Etheria Butterfly and just like the others, their eyes were closed. The final image was of Asteria herself, but the only difference to her image was the fact that it showed that her eyes were open.
Asteria looked at each pillar's depiction of her family in silent confusion.
"Just…. Just where exactly am I?" She said quietly so focused on the images that she didn't notice someone walk up from behind and look over her shoulder.
"Hmm, very interesting don't you think? I'm not sure interesting is the way I would put it really. I think this is more along the lines of…."
"Huh?" Asteria says when she realizes there was someone talking to her. She turns her head to the left and sees someone wearing a black coat with a hood standing there behind her.
"Hello there," He says politely.
"AAAAHHH!" Asteria yells out in surprise as she falls back on the platform.
"Whoa geez, what?! What is it?! Is there something behind me?! Is it a monster or something?!" The black hooded person said in a panicked voice as he looked around for what caused Asteria to scream.
"Who are you? Where did you come from?" she asked him.
"Huh? What, that's the reason you screamed like that? Because I popped up behind you? Ah thank goodness, I thought for a second it was something really bad." He said bending over and sighing in relief as the former queen looked at the person in mild confusion.
"Well to answer your first question young lady, let's just say I'm someone who's seen a lot of things at one point or another." He says as he offers his hand to Asteria who grabs it as he pulls her back up on her feet. "As for where I came from well…. I sensed something interesting happen, so I followed the feeling and here I am." He said simply while Asteria looked at him strangely.
"…. I see. And where exactly is…. Here?" She asked looking around at the dark space around them. "Well currently were standing within the world of your heart young lady." "The…. World of…. My heart?" "Right, I'm guessing this kind of thing doesn't happen very often to you does it?" He asked curiously as he walked around her in a circle.
"No it doesn't, how did this happen? Why did it happen? It makes no sense." She said thinking of how she ended up in her own heart. "Well I makes perfect sense to me, somehow or another you managed to dive into your own heart."
"No I mean it makes no sense that I "Dived" into my own heart because…. Because I died, just recently." She said sadly looking to the platform picture of herself. "That's why…. This whole thing makes no sense to me. My life ended with me saying goodbye to my beloved husband and daughter not too long ago, and next thing I know I'm here in this place. What kind of game is fate playing at here?!"
"Well for starters, perhaps we should start with who I'm talking to right now." The hooded figure said getting Asteria's attention. "After that, we can figure out where to go from there." "Hmm, alright then," She said turning around to look at the hooded figure.
"My name is Asteria Butterfly, former queen to the Kingdom of Mewni." She said as she curtsies in front of the stranger.
"Kingdom of Mewni huh? could you possible tell me more about it if that's alright with you, your majesty?" "Oh don't worry, it's alright with me. And you can just call me Asteria please." She said as she began to telling the mysterious figure all about Mewni and its history.
"Ahh I see now, from what I'm hearing, it sounds like your kingdom was once part of the world when it was whole." "When it was whole? What do you mean when the world was whole?" She asked. "That can be explained... Once we take care of one small, little, detail first." "Okay, and that detail is?" Asteria asked.
The hooded figure walked pass her to the center of the platform. He then stopped when he was near the depiction of Asteria, kneeled down and placed his hand on her picture all while she looks on in confusion.
'What exactly is he doing?' she thought until she saw his hand began to glow with a white light and for some reason she felt as if her heart was getting warmer for some reason.
'What's... going on? Why does it feel like... something in my heart is trying to call out to me.' She thought as the feeling in her heart grew warmer and warmer until she saw the black hooded figure pull something that looked like a strange sword out of the image of her.
The blade was blue and decorated with stars, at the top of the blade was a crescent moon and a star. The guard looked to be made up of two shooting stars. Attached to the hilt of the sword was a small chain that had a crescent moon at the end of it.
The mysterious figure looked over to Asteria and saw the shocked looked on her face.
"Umm, you okay over there?" He asked as he made his way over to her.
"What did you just do?! What is that thing ?! What was that feeling coming from my heart just now?!"
"Whoa, whoa easy there, one question at a time Ms. Butterfly." He said playfully patting her head like she was a child. "First off, this is called a Keyblade." "A Keyblade?" "Yep, it's a weapon of immense power that can either protect or destroy depending on the wielder." He said. "And this so happens to be your Keyblade, Lady Asteria." He said holding it out to her.
"Huh? My…. Keyblade? But how-" "Well you see, I have to ability to draw out the Keyblades of people's hearts. Usually this is done outside of a person's heart, but given your… Specific case, I had to do it in the way you saw just now." He explained.
"Well? Go on, take it."
Asteria looked at it for a second, then took it within her hand.
"It… Feels very different from what I thought it would be. It also feels as though it's been waiting for me to come and find it." Asteria said as she looked at the mythical sword in wonder.
"Well I should imagine so, Keyblades have a will of their own and there for choose who they wish to become their chosen wielder." "So these… Keyblades have free will to choose who they believe is worthy enough to use them?" "That's right, they choose their wielders based on the strength of their heart and the merits that person has accomplished. So with all that in mind, it should come as no surprise that you Lady Asteria, were chosen by a Keyblade." "Wow, I had no idea," Asteria said as a smile soon appeared on her face as she looked about her Keyblade.
"Still though, why would this Keyblade pick me as a wielder? Especially considering that… I'm no longer among the living." She said sadly.
"Well, that's what brings me to this question. Asteria? What would you say if I said you could be reborn in another world? Of course when I say another world I don't mean another dimension like the ones you've told me about. I mean a different plane of existence that houses many different worlds of its own, ones that can't be found or reached by way of using Dimensional scissors." He says in a mysterious sounding voice while having his back turned to the former queen.
When he didn't hear her say anything, he turns around and sees Asteria just standing there with a blank look on her face, which made him tilt his head slightly in confusion.
"Umm... I said what if I told you that-"
"WHAT?! ANOTHER WORLD! I-I'D BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE?! HOW? WHY!?" She yelled suddenly causing him to flinch due to how loud she was.
"Say something sooner if you're listening. That was embarrassing for me!" He said hunched over with his hands on his knees. "Anyway to answer your questions Lady Asteria, let me just," he starts walking up to her while going into his pocket. Once in front of her, he pulls out a necklace and holds it out to her.
"What's this necklace?" Asteria asked looking at the item curiously. "Go on, take it." He says offering it to her. "Okay," she then takes the necklace and places it around her neck. The necklace soon started glowing with a soft pink light which startled Asteria a little, but soon stopped.
"What was that glowing just now?" "Oh that? Oh don't worry about it. More importantly Asteria, How do you feel right now?" he asked her. "Huh? How do I feel? Well I don't feel any... Huh?" Asteria looks at her Keyblade. "Am... I hearing things? Or did I-"
"Hear a voice coming from your Keyblade?" The hooded figure finished as the stunned mewman women looked at him. "Why couldn't I hear it before?" She asked. But before the hooded figure could answer, a familiar voice answers instead.
"That's because my Queen, while you're Keyblade did manifest from your heart, you also needed the body and the soul. The body to act as the container for your heart, and the soul to energize the body so it can carry out the heart's commands."
The two looked to their right and saw a small blue man wearing a yellow tunic with a magenta gem in his forehead floating there.
"Whoa! When did you get here!?" "Glossaryck?! How did, how did you get here?! Your supposed to be with the others back in Mewni!" Asteria says surprised to see her family's magic instructor here of all places.
"Relax my Queen, I am still on Mewni, this is a projection of my consciousness." Glossaryck said before turning to look at the black hooded figure.
"I thought that feeling in my gut felt familiar. Well... if it isn't sir "Pudding Cup" himself, how have things been going for you?" "Ah you know, this and that, teaching the next generation of a royal family how to properly use magic so yeah." The blue magic man said stroking his beard. "I see. So other than dropping by and stealing my thunder, what else brings you here to your former Queen's heart?" "Nothing really, I was having a cup of pudding after the passing of my Queen here, until I got an oh so familiar feeling that kept me from enjoying my pudding. And look who I find but the only other person who gets me sometimes." "Except your unknown attraction to pudding, which I can see on that beard of yours ha-ha." He said laughing as Glossaryck whips the pudding from his beard.
As the two continued, Asteria just looked on dumbstruck as they spoke to each other so causally.
"Excuse me!" She yelled getting their attention.
"Glossaryck, could you please explain who this person is, how you both know each other, and… and." "Alright, alright your majesty, just calm down and we'll explain everything as best we can." "That's right, sorry for leaving you out like that, it's just been awhile since we've seen each other."
"Sigh… it's fine. Just tell me right now… am I really alive again?" she asked them in a slightly hopeful voice.
The two glanced at each other, then looked back at Asteria. The black hooded figure walks up to her and places his hand on her left shoulder, while Glossaryck floats over and places his six fingered hand on her right shoulder.
"Yes my Queen, you are indeed among the living again." Glossaryck said in a comforting voice.
When Asteria heard this from him, her eyes began to water and she dropped her Keyblade quickly enveloped the two in a tight hug while crying.
"Thank you, thank you both so much," she said in between sobs as her tears of joy fell.
"Uh Asteria? Not that I don't appreciate the gratitude you are showing, but I think you are suffocating your former teacher here." "Huh?" Asteria looked and saw that Glossaryck's face was turning purple as he was being squeezed in between her and the hooded figure.
"Oh my goodness Glossaryck! I am so, so sorry about that." She said quickly separating herself from the figure freeing the little blue who graciously took in the much needed air.
"It's… it's alright your Majesty, okay was not expecting that." He said. "Well now that I can breathe again, don't you think it's time for my Queen to see where she'll be going to, hmm?" Glossaryck said looking to the hooded figure.
"Okay, okay. Now Lady Asteria, could you please pick up your Keyblade so we can begin?" "O-Oh! Of course!" She stammered out as she quickly pick up her Keyblade.
"Now before we do anything, let's go over a few things first. Now even though you have indeed come back to life, as you can see, we're still within your heart." He said as she nodded her head. "This is because you have not woken up yet or more specifically, you haven't let your heart connect with the world you'll be going to yet." Glossaryck added.
"So, how would I connect my heart with this world I'll be going to?" Asteria asked until she heard a faint whisper and then looked at her Keyblade. "Does it… involve using my Keyblade somehow?" "Well, looks like your starting to able to hear the will of your Keyblade." The hooded figure said knowingly. "Yes, your Keyblade will help guide you to the world you'll find yourself in. Just listen to it and your heart and you'll be find." "My heart?" Asteria asked confused. "That's right. In fact, there's something I always said to my students at times when they came to me for a bit of advice." He said facing her.
"'May you heart be your guiding key,'" he said placing his hand over where his heart was. "I say it all the time; you ultimately need to do what your hearts feels is right." He said.
"Well that shouldn't be too hard for you your Majesty, you've been doing what your heart feels is right for some time now." Glossaryck said proudly. "The love you showed for not only Princess Etheria and King Orion, but for the single mothers and widows of the kingdom, as well as the rescuing all those children, shows you have a very strong heart my Queen." He said as he and the hooded figure bowed in respect to her.
"Alright you two please stop, before I get the urge to hug you both again." She said smiling with tears in her eyes. "So I just have to follow my heart and trust Star Seeker to guide me correct?" She asked.
"Well, it looks like you now know your Keyblade's name now. When did you figure that out?" Glossaryck asked his Queen. "Oh, just now when it spoke to me. So how do I connect with this new world?" She asked looking towards the two.
Glossaryck and the hooded figure simply pointed up. Confused by what that meant, Asteria looked up and to her surprise saw a glowing keyhole above them.
"What is… is that a keyhole?" She asked. "Yep. It's also the gateway to the world you'll be in." The figure said. "Just point your Keyblade at the keyhole to open the gate. Once you do that, your Keyblade will handle the rest." "Okay then," Asteria said in a slightly sad voice which Glossaryck picked up on.
"Something's bothering you, right my Queen?" He asked only for Asteria to nod her head. "This is… most likely the last time… I'll see either of you isn't it?" She asked sadly.
The two walked/floated over to silently crying mewman woman.
"While it's true this will be the last time you and me will see each other again, that doesn't mean you won't see your old teacher here again." The hooded figure said cheerfully to her. "But… I hardly know anything about you, and in such a short time you've done so much for me. How can possibly repay someone who in a short span of time, has done so much for me?!" She said while crying.
"You know, her Majesty could possibly be the one to find those chosen few from that prophecy you told about." Glossaryck said the two's attention. "Prophecy? What prophecy?" Asteria asked.
"Sigh thank you for stealing my thunder again, big mouth!" The hooded figure said looking to Glossaryck who had a smug grin on his face. "Oh I'm sorry, did you want to be the one to tell her?" "Hmph! Not fair. What I was going to say would have blown her mind. Her jaw would have hit the floor at the sheer scale of this revel." He said boisterously.
"Umm… could you two please tell me what prophecy you are talking about?!" Asteria asked.
"Sigh well since my big revel was ruined," he said looking at Glossaryck who was still grinning, "I suppose I should anyway."
So the hooded figure and Glossaryck told Asteria about the realms of light and darkness, and of the Keyblade War.
"So your saying that at some point, someone will try re-create this X- blade, in order to reach this ultimate source of knowledge called "Kingdom Hearts" so that they can do with the worlds as they wish, is that right?" She asked them. "Yes, that's correct." Glossaryck said.
"So now that you know of what's to come, Asteria, what does your heart say?" The hooded figure asked her.
Asteria places her hand over her heart, then looks at the two with resolve in her eyes.
"I Asteria Butterfly, former Queen of Mewni, will do my utmost to find seven guardians of light that will help protect the light of all worlds."
Glossaryck smiled and looked to the hooded figure who he knew was also smiling.
"Well now that we've got that out of the way, I think it's time for us to part ways here you two." The hooded figure said.
"He's right your Majesty, time to go." "Right,"
Asteria walks to the middle of the platform, then points Star Seeker up at the keyhole. A bright, thin beam of light then shot from its tip and hit the keyhole creating a portal. Soon after that, she started to float up towards the portal along with Glossaryck.
"Guess this it then, take care and thank you for everything." Asteria said waving goodbye as she and Glossaryck floated away from the platform. "It was a pleasure, and Gloss, hope you find that giant bowl of pudding your looking for." The hooded figured shouted as he waved goodbye to his old and new friends as they passed through the portal.
"My Queen? It's time to wake, we've made it." "H-huh?" Asteria soon opens her eyes after hearing Glossaryck's voice.
When her eyes adjust to the bright light, she looks around and sees grassy mountains that have what look to be buildings supported by platforms on them. Asteria noticed that she was sitting on a grassy hill far off from the mountain cities.
"Glossaryck? What world did my Keyblade guide me to?" she asked awestruck. "My Queen, welcome to world known as "The Land of Departure". This is the world that sits in between the Realm of Light and the Realm of Darkness, it's here where you'll learn more about your Keyblade and the prophecy we talked about not too long ago." "I see," She said looking down the hill they were on to see some small towns and villages below.
"Glossaryck, could you tell me what that large building over there is?" Asteria asked looking at a castle-like building that had two lengths of golden chain connect it to twin peaks.
"That is the Keyblade Monastery, it's where people who are chosen by the Keyblade are trained. It's also where they learn about the Keyblade War and how to keep the darkness inside them in check. It's also where they hold an exam known as the "Mark of Mastery". In which those strong of heart that have been chosen by the Keyblade are tested to become Keyblade Masters." Glossaryck said.
"Oh I see. So what does one do once they become a Keyblade Master?" Asteria asked curiosity shining in her eyes.
"To answer that my Queen, it's better to find that out on your own." "Your honestly not going to tell me?" she asked as she saw Glossaryck start making his way to the Monastery with a grin on his face. "Come now your Majesty, let's get going." He said as Asteria sighed and began to follow.
'Still the same old Glossaryck,' she thought with a smile as she followed the little blue man.
(Flashback end)
Everyone had looks of amazement and surprise after Asteria finished her tale. All except for Rosa, who had already heard it before.
"Wow, who would of thought that one of Queens from my family went through something like that. You have got to be the coolest member of family ever!" Star shouted excitedly causing everyone else to cover their ears.
"Star! You didn't have to shout, we're all right here in the room." Marco said un-covering his ears as did the others. "Sorry Marco, but how can you expect me not to shout. I mean I am just now finding out that someone in my family is a Keyblade Master, and that Rosa is her student."
"Oh please, your giving me too much credit." Asteria said trying to hide the blush that was appearing on her face from Star's compliments.
"I agree with Star, you were able to come back to life and even become a Keyblade Master. I knew there was something special about you and Rosa when the two of you came to Beacon." Ruby said just as excited as Star.
"Someone who passed away after doing so much for her kingdom, only to be reborn in a completely different world and help protect it. You definitely earn your title "Mother of Star" and Queen of your kingdom." Weiss said just as impressed with everyone else agreeing with her.
"Master? Didn't you say you were going to explain how Ruby and Weiss are able to transform their weapons into Keyblades?" Rosa reminded. "Oh right, thank you for reminding me Rosa." Asteria said.
"Well, I assume Rosa already went over the abilities that a Keychain has on a Keyblade right?" She asked as they all nodded their heads. "Well Ruby and Weiss's weapons are what you would call "Pseudo Keyblades"." She said.
"Wait what does pseudo mean?" Star asked confused. "It means fake Star, as in not the real thing." Marco said. "So Ruby and Weiss's Keyblades are fake."
"In some ways yes. But since they put so much dedication and strong feelings into the creation of their weapons, they were "chosen" to become Keyblades. I'm sure you all know by now that Keyblades have a will and can choose their wielders, correct? Well since Ruby and Weiss's weapons were made with such strong feelings, they became like an intermediary for their Keyblades. So I gave them both two Keychains and well… you've all seen the result." Asteria said.
'That's the same way I received Way to the Dawn. Originally it was a sword called "Soul Eater", a sword that grew stronger when used with the power of darkness.' Riku said within Marco's mind. 'So Ruby and Weiss's weapons must have had a similar procedure, you know minus the darkness.' Marco said with a bit of humor.'Heh, it seems so.'
"Huh, well that explains how Crescent Rose can transform now." Ruby said amazed.
"Wait, you've been wondering why our weapons can transform into Keyblades since we got them for this long?" Weiss asked. "Uhh kind of?" "So why didn't just ask when Ms. Asteria first did it?" "Well why didn't you Weiss?" Ruby shot back. "I asked you first! You know if I see an amazing weapon I know nothing about I'm going to be too excited to ask question." "That makes absolutely no sense. It's not even a credible excuse." Weiss said back.
"Okay you two settle down," Yang said stepping in between her teammates.
"I think you both were just so interested in your Keyblades, that neither of you chose to ask about them. So let's just agree to disagree." Blake said.
"I'm good with that," Ruby said. "Sigh, alright then." Weiss said in agreement.
"Well since that's all said and done, Rosa? Could you tell me exactly what has happened?" Asteria asked looking to her apprentice.
"Well you may want to grab a set Master Asteria, because this is going to be a long story.
Author's Note: Finally I got this chapter out. Hey you guys, Happy belated New Year! Now that I got that out of the way, let's get into a few things shall we? First off, the Key to return Hearts; I know we have little to no info on it, so I just gave it the form of a necklace that the Master of Masters gave to Asteria. Speaking of the Master of Masters before anyone asks, no Asteria is Not the descendant of the Master of Masters so please don't ask me that.
Now another thing, someone in their review asked about Janna being Xion's descendant. Look, Xion has the ability to wield a Keyblade with the purpose of being a clone of Roxas and she was created from Sora's memories. Also as I stated in another review, this is an AU story. Also the events of Kingdom Hearts 3 happened before this story.
Now lastly, Greek-Alpha my friend, you get to choose which of the other story ideas you want to see me do next. I decided to upload a couple of new stories for the this new year, and since you leave the most reviews and their always the most interesting, I'm letting you pick.
So that's it, thank you all for reading and enjoy the new year.