"Twilight, look out!" William screamed as a high-rank raised his sword to Twilight`s back. The young monster reacted quickly, raising her own wand-blade and slicing his sword in half. The soldier stood there, stunned, and Twilight used that opportunity to kick him against the wall, knocking him out. She nodded to William and they started running again. They have been running through the castle, trying to get to the south tower as quickly as possible. After being discovered by Star and Toffee, Max, Morgana and the other helpful soldiers stayed behind to buy the two teens some time. Twilight fought off another soldier with her blade as William knocked another one out with his shield. The girl looked at the direction where they came from and worry filled her eyes. The cyclops noticed her fear about the others and went over to her. "Don`t worry, I`m sure others are doing fine. I bet my eye on it!" William shouted the last part of his sentence as he started running again. Twilight cracked a smile at his words as she ran after him. "You only have one eye!" she shouted back as they readied their weapons for the next wave of soldiers.
Weapons clashed as Toffee and Max fought in the middle of the grand hall. "How dare you betray us! We gave you shelter, warm meals every day and a decent profession!" Toffee shouted out of rage. Max actually chuckled at that. "You gave me an old wooden house, the same flavorless meals every day and a job where I work all the time and never get paid! Tell me, Master, how is it surprising I turned against you?" the werewolf shouted right back, spitting his title like venom, as they clashed their weapons again. The lizard grew angrier at that. How does this useless mut think he can talk back to him like that?
Across the room, Star was using her magic to fight Morgana, who used her hidden knives. Star had a hard time hitting the older monster since she was so damn slithery. Morgana threw another set of knives at the blonde woman as she created a force field around herself. After lowering it, she shot back her own blast of magical blasts. "Why are you doing this? We both know how you really feel!" Morgana shouted at Star as she tried to avoid her blasts and spells. "You don`t know anything! You don`t know how I feel, you have no clue what I have gone through!" Star shouted back as she sent another powerful blast at the monster woman. Morgana then noticed the small drops of tears in the younger woman`s eyes. They were almost invisible but they were there. How many years has she played this twisted game? How long has she suffered on her own? Being distracted by her own thoughts, Morgana didn`t notice one of the high-ranks sneak up behind her. Before Morgana could react, the guard stabbed her in the stomach. "Aaaaaahh!" the servant screamed as she felt burning pain in her abandon. Emerald green blood dropped to the stone floor as Morgana fell to her side. Max turned his eyes away from his opponent just in time to see Morgana fall to the floor and the green blood pooling around her. With a feral growl, the werewolf charged Star. But before he could get to her, Toffee used this opportunity to grab Max`s tail and sliced his throat open with no remorse.
Through the tears and pain, Morgana saw her trusted friend fall to the ground and not get up. She saw the alarming amount of blood come from his neck area. "Max!" Morgana cried even harder as she saw the other soldiers around her stop their fighting and look at the body of their trusted leader. Taking this chance, the high-ranks took their weapons and forced them to their knees. The kneeling soldiers lowered their heads and cried silent tears for their fallen friend and co-worker. Morgana cried even harder and ignoring her wound, tried to crawl to Max. Her whole body screamed in pain and her eyes were red but she was determined to get to her friend. "Come on, you stupid dog. You have to get up, we are counting on you. Maximus, this is not the time to joke around! Please, get up!" Morgana yelled as her mouth filled with blood but before she could reach the body, two high-ranks came and pulled her up by her arms and held her tightly as the woman thrashed and screamed at them.
Toffee dusted off his shirt as he looked at the sad party on the floor. The soldiers who had helped them were kneeling as high-ranks held their swords to their throats. Morgana was held by three soldiers as she tried to break free. "You all are such idiots. Did you really think you could sneak past us? Exactly what was the whole point of attacking us? You are just some low-rank guards, a useless general and an old snake." Toffee kicked Max`s body when mentioning him and walked to the other traitors. "Answer me, what were you trying to accomplish?" the lizard whispered as he lowered his mouth to Morgana`s ear. The woman only raised her head enough to glare at him through her bangs. Toffee tsiked at that and slapped her across the face and punched her right where she got stabbed. Morgana screamed as she coughed up more blood. "Leave her alone!" one of the soldiers screamed at him. The lizard stood up straight and looked at the soldier who had spoken. When the soldier saw Toffee`s cold stare, he lowered his head and stayed quiet.
Star saw the whole thing from her spot across the room. Shaking her head, she walked over to them. "I hate to interrupt this charming conversation but aren`t you forgetting something? Or rather, someone?" she asked her partner. Toffee`s eyes suddenly grew wide with panic and realization. "Go find Twilight imidietly and bring her and that young moron here. I will escort this group to the dungeons where they can think what they did for the rest of their lives." Toffee spoke with hurry as the high-ranks started to drag them away. Star saw that the wounded and hurting Morgana was also dragged with the rest of the group. "Wait! I think we should send the snake to the medical wing. Like it or not, she is the Main servant of the castle and my personal maid. I don`t think I would find anyone so talented as she is." Star spoke up at the last minute. Toffee glared at her as the woman glared right back at him. "Fine, do as you wish." Toffee finally gave up and started walking in the direction of the dungeons.
Twilight pushed the high-rank down the stairs as she and William climbed the last steps to the south tower. Walking into the top room in the tower, the cyclops pushed a loose stone on the wall and an entrance opened up. It was a hidden rope bridge that went all the way down to the forest, over the wall. It wouldn`t be seen from the outside since the bridge was hidden by the stone walls and towers around it. "Just go down here and follow the map over the mountains and through the Forest of Certain Death. It will be a long road but I am confident you can make it." William spoke as he opened another secret passage in the opposite wall. "How do you know about these passages?" Twilight asked as she pulled her hood on and fastened her wand on her belt again. "This castle is old and has a lot of these secret tunnels and passages. I was lucky enough to have the free time to look for them all." William said confidently with pride. His face then softened as he looked at the girl. "Good luck, Twilight. We will meet again one day." he spoke with a soft tone. Twilight couldn`t hold back herself anymore as she rushed over to him and pulled the cyclops into a tight hug. William wrapped his arms around her and hugged back. "I am going to miss you, William." Twilight whispered. "I am going to miss all of you guys." she added as they broke apart. William nodded in understanding as he walked into his own passage. Giving Twilight a last smile, the wall shifted and William was gone.
Taking a deep breath, Twilight started walking to the bridge.
It was an old bridge and some of the boards were missing. It didn`t help that a huge snow storm was raging outside. Fastening her coat and satchel, Twilight grabbed the railing tightly and started stepping down the bridge. Just when she had taken a few steps, a flash of light appeared before her and Star appeared.
Both females locked eyes, one with fear and panic, the other with swimming fog in her eyes. Twilight quickly took out her wand as her mother shot a magical blast at her. Shooting her own blast, Twilight tried to use this distraction to run past Star. Before she made it to the other side, Star grabbed her arm. Twilight tried to pry the grip from her arm but Star was stronger. "Where do you think you`re going?" Star shouted over the roaring wind. "I am getting out of here and far away from you and father!" Twilight shouted back as she used her claws to pry her mother`s hand off. Letting go of her daughter, Star tried to grab her again but Twilight had fallen on her back on the bridge. Before the girl could get up, her mother stepped on her tail with her heel. Twilight let out a shriek of pain as the sharp heel of the shoe dug into her tail. "Where will you go? You have never left the castle grounds and you don`t know anyone in the outside world!" Star shouted with anger. Twilight only glared back at her mother. "I am going to the Kingdom of Mewni! I am going to warn them about your and father`s plans to destroy them!" Star was taken aback by that. She did feel someone`s presence when she was talking to Toffee in the office but she ignored it then, thinking it was a maid or a soldier walking by. Looking back at Twilight, Star shouted again "Why do you want to warn them? They are the enemy, they have murdered, captured and tortured thousands of monsters and you want to help them?" Twilight used all her strength to pull her tail from under the shoe and stood up. When Twilight pulled her tail from under her, Star stumbled back. When she looked up again, she met the burning eyes of her daughter and her glowing crescent moon cheek marks. "I want to help them because you and father have been telling me lies! Lies about their nature and about your nature!" the young girl shouted with anger. Star`s eyes grew wide, fearing the worst. "Why would the Princess of Mewni want to destroy and kill her own kingdom?" Twilight continued as the snow and wind twirled around them. Star forgot to breathe at that moment.
How did she find out? Panic and many thoughts filled the blonde`s head as she stared at her child. Only, it didn`t look like her child. Her Twilight was quiet, obedient and shy. This alien Twilight is confident, strong and bold. Twilight`s voice brought Star back to earth. "Why, mother? Why do you want to destroy your own people, your own family?" Twilight spoke with a calmer tone. "You wouldn`t understand." Star said quietly. Standing up, she looked at Twilight with cold eyes as she walked towards her. "You wouldn`t understand a thing. You are just a child, too young to know what I had to go through!" Star shouted as her bent up emotions got the better of her. Without realizing, Star caused a giant magical explosion that caused the bridge to split into two. As they both shouted and started falling, Star looked at her daughter. She had tears in her eyes and was scared, unlike the girl she saw on the bridge just moments ago. Without a second thought, Star used her magic to lift Twilight higher and shot her over the castle wall with a blast. Using the rest of her energy, Star teleported herself back into the tower. Standing up on shaking legs, she stared into the snow storm, over the wall and the mountains beyond.
Twilight screamed as the bast hurt her and flew over the wall. She clutched her wand tightly as she hit the snowy ground and rolled down the hill. She hit many trees before falling into a freezing river. The last thing she remembered before anything went black, was biting cold, burning pain and a faint shout from Glossaryck.