"Now, there's Asteria Butterfly." Star pointed the 10th queen of Mewni.

There was Asteria with Glossaryck behind her. She has pink eyes with orange hair, and pink star cheekmarks. She wore a pink dress and a brown cape. Her wand has a pink hilt with a large golden rim that supports a pink crystal star in the center. The base tip in gold and pink wings on the sides. She stood in front of a lake with a dome-shaped building called the Sanctuary. And in the starry sky, there were Mewnian constellations that were quite different that Earth constellations.

Asteria's pedestal rose up and glowed.

Asteria the Mother of Stars
From the stars in the sky to those stolen
All loved by the queen of deep scars.
Thanks to the loving and brave heart of
Asteria the Mother of Stars.

"So, why is she called 'The Mother of Stars'?" Marco asked. "All queens are mothers."

"It's true, Marco, including my mom, but her story described her that." Star started to explain. "You see, before she was entitled 'The Mother of Stars', Festivia named her Asteria because she was the second 'star' to be born after more than 150 years since Estelaria the First star, which in Low Mewnian means 'daughter of the stars'. When she was younger, she loved to play 'mother' to her dolls, and when she got a telescope as her birthday gift, she would climb the roofs of the bedroom tower to admire and observe the stars."

"She almost reminded me of Estelaria." Marco interrupted as he looked at Estelaria's tapestry.

"Well, almost, I know Asteria and Estelaria's cheekmarks were stars, but they have different observations about the stars." Star said. "Festivia placed Asteria to study astronomy. A year later, Asteria was just 10, but she finally discovered where babies came from and how they were born, because she thinks babies were born in ears of corn, so she reduced her dream of being a mother, and avoided boys of all times, until she was 12, of course. Then, she met Orion Firefly, and the two meet secretly meet while taking her pet wralligator, Gravnogk, for a walk."

"Wait a minute, Star." Marco interrupted. "What's a 'wralligator'?"

"It's an alligator version of Mewni." She replied.

"Oh, then that explains the name." He exhaled.

"Back to the story, Asteria received her wand, that almost look like Estelaria's, and everyone almost agreed that Asteria would perform a grandiose and 'bold' act like Estelaria. As Royal Princess, the days of Asteria became more arduous. In addition to continuing her studies in astronomy, she went on to attend the meetings of the Royal Council, needing to learn to manage her time to still be able to practice her magic and meet occasionally with Orion. Although she ended up exhausted everyday and had very little time for leisure and rest, Asteria didn't complain. Although not as exceptional as Estelaria, Asteria had excellent control over her magic. She made no great additions to the ancient book of spells, having her deeds done more to the kingdom. Her most well-known spell was the 'Shooting star Explosion'. Then, when she spent the day with Orion, Asteria ended up banging her elbow on a loose brick on the wall of the hallway. The brick ended up revealing a secret passageway to one of Hemera the Builder's hidden rooms."

"That's one of the rooms that Hemera built, which she didn't told anyone before her death." Marco guessed.

"That's right, Marco. If we have time, we'll find the other secret rooms. So, anyway, Asteria some sickness lately, so she took the 'Crescent Moon Sensor Spell' test, which she was pregnant."

"Too soon?! But Asteria wasn't married yet."

"That's a shock to Asteria's parents. So they force Asteria and Orion to be married, which they were still young, to prevent a scandal brewing around Asteria. Their wedding was and still is considering an a landmark event in the history of Butterfly Kingdom. At the age of 16, Asteria became the youngest queen of Mewni crowned until that time, a year younger than Estelaria the First star."

"Well, some teenagers were like back on earth, and they have no other choice to accept their unexpected future." The human boy said.

"Yeah, that was tough. But this part is more sadden than early marriage." Now Star felt a little guilty. "So, after Asteria gave birth to her daughter, she recovered fast, but she felt sudden pains and all. Asteria had a rare disease of unknown cause that caused her such pains and bleeding. Te healer had also said that Asteria could no longer have intimate relations with her husband, because it would aggravate the symptoms, which would eventually kill her."

"And she would not be able have children again. That's bad."

"Yep. Because of having one child, Asteria was very overprotective. Then, she received the news that more than 100 children under the age of 5 had mysteriously disappeared after hearing a flute song from the streets while the town slept. Luckily, her daughter used earplugs due to an ear infection she had contracted the night before. The search party was made to find the missing children. But after two days without any clue, the hopes that the children were found disappearing and the searches end soon. But Asteria didn't agree and felt that the searches should continue… even if she had to do it herself."

"So, she was on her own?"

"She just took her wand, her brown cape, and her pet wralligator accompanied her in her journey. Asteria set off for the forest at night. She used the "Compass Spell" too that was from cosmic the Explorer. Then, after 12 hours of walking, she found the missing 100 children in a cave in a region near the Jaggy Mountain. They were being held captive by a group of mercenary monsters who had been hired by the King of Monsters to capture Asteria' daughter, but their plan ruined since the monters didn't knew the princess has earplugs. So, Asteria rescued them all, and escaped. She had intended to arrive in the kingdom the following afternoon, however, this idea was thwarted when the storm almost arrived, and Asteria feared that the children will get ill and die from sickness. Then, Gravnogk, her pet wralligator, began exchange weird 'bwah' sounds with a wild wralligator at the edge of the lake, and seconds later, a sanctuary emerged in the center of the lake." Star pointed Asteria's tapestry with the sanctuary behind the queen. "That ancient magical recovery site built by the Magic High Commission thousands of years ago."

"Hey, is that the place where you and your mom hid?" Marco asked.

"Yeah, the queens of Mewni came there for generations, and they hid their in times of danger, but I told mom it's a terrible plan to hide while toffee was out there." Star grunted, remembering their argument back at the sanctuary. "Back to Asteria, she and the children stayed there for three days while the storm fell uninterrupted. She took care of the children while staying there, and feed them with fishes that Gravnogk and the other wralligators brought to them from the lake. Unfortunately, some children eventually died of disease and poor health. After the storm, the bodies were cremated, and Asteria told the others 'They're among the stars.'"

"There are some beliefs on Earth that some people turned into stars after their death." Marco said, scratching his neck.

"Everybody knows that, Marco, but some mewmen here, didn't believe on those things. After the storm, Asteria and the surviving children left the sanctuary, but her pet wralligator refused to join them as he wanted to stay with his fellow wralligators. Asteria understood that."

"AAAAWWWWWWW!" Both Star and Marco sighed with their eyes sparkled.

Then, Star snapped out of it first as she proceeded to continue the story. "After five days off, Asteria finally returned to the kingdom with 87 surviving children. Despite some losses, the people saw the feat of their queen as a true miracle. The acts of Asteria were so grandiose that even a reprimand from her parents and husband she took."

"Wow, Asteria was a hero!"

"She surely is! It was shortly after her return that the first records of commoners praying for the living queen at Celestum began to appear. After years of study and observations, Asteria noticed that the dwell time of 10 constellations in the ecliptic sky almost coincided with the current Mewnian calendar. The new calendar, called the Asteria calendar, kept the division of 10 months of 36 and 37 alternate days, however, they began to carry the names of their central and brightest constellations during their period." Star used her wand to poofed up a large stick, and pointed each constellation one-by-one on the tapestry. "Corn, Admirestar, Warnicorn, Dwolf, Rabbit, Dragonette, Razor crane, Gravnogk, Pig-Goat, and Butterfly!"

Marco just stared at awe on the constellations in Asteria's tapestry. He had never seen those constellations in his life. No one on Earth did. "They're quite beautiful. I can describe them so easily with their names. We have many constellations back on Earth. Orion, Scorpius, Taurus, Sagittarius, Draco, Cygnus, Capricornus, Boötes, Aquarius, Pegasus, Gemini, Cassiopeia, Canis Major, Lyra, Hydra, Leo, Hercules, Ursa Minor, Cetus, Ophiuchus, Aquila, Perseus, Eridanus, Centaurus, Andromenda, Virgo, Carina, Crux, Auriga, Monoceros, Canis Minor, Puppis, Delphinus, Crater, Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici, Triangulum, Lepus, Lacerta, Vela, Corvus, Lynx, Corona Borealis, Sculptor, Sagitta, Coma Berenices, Lupus, Scutum, Leo Minor, Sextand, and Ursa Major." After Marco listed the constellations, he found Star sleeping on top of Cloudy as she drooled and snored. "STAR!"

Star heard him as she startled and jumped. "Marco, why are you yelling?!"

"I've been mentioning the constellations for like more than a minute, and you fell asleep!" The human boy exclaimed.

"Ugh, there are so many!" Star groaned exhaustingly.

"So, is it my fault the constellations are so many?"

"Okay, okay, I don't wanna fight like this Marco. Please, stop! So, where were you?"

"You just told me the names of the Mewnian constellations?"

"Oh, right..." Then, the princess realized there are not enough stories to tell about Asteria. "Actually, that was it. That's all I know about Asteria."

"Huh. I guess it's my turn to explain the constellations back on Earth." Before Marco can explain further more about the constellations, Star groaned loudly in tiredness as she laid her back on Cloudy. "I'm kidding, Star." Marco chuckled. "It would take a long while to study and explain."

Sorry this chapter took so long. I was busy in school since it's the second semester and I'm a senior. While writing this story, I've been doing a little research about the constellations here on Earth. They're quite many, but I'm not very sure that some are the constellations since they're also called 'Zodiac signs'. Just correct me if I'm wrong, and I'll fix it.

I have watched the new episodes of "Star vs the Forces of Evil" this month, and I think this story took place before the episodes start and before Marco moved back to Earth.

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