Marco and Moon returned to the tapestry room after having soup for a midnight snack.
"Thanks for the soup, Queen Moon." Marco thanked as he sat on a chair.
"You're welcome, Marco." The Queen tilted her head, "My mother taught me how to cook those kinds of soup. She was a chef. Her food are so delicious." She remembered how wonderful her mother's food are. She then snapped to reality, "Anyway, let's go back to the story, shall we? Let's now move to the 14th Queen of Mewni.
Behind her was a tapestry of an albino woman wearing a pink dress that covered her entire body except for the face, which was covered by a hood. In the cheeks, infinite symbols in the pink color. Her red eyes looked at her wand, whose head was a crystal ball with a galaxy inside it. Below the woman, a strange luminous wheel. She was in a forest, on a starry night sky.
Then, the pedestal lit up, and the words of it glowed.
Galaxia the Clairvoyant
'Preventing wars and diseases
foreseeing the future
This was the power
of the queen of unique nature'.
Queen Moon started the story of Queen Galaxia, "Galaxia was born albinism. In public, though, she was a much more restrained girl. Her albinism forced her to wear clothes that covered her body entirely due to sensitivity to the sun, eaving outdoors with parasol and hood only before 9 am and after 4 pm. For several times people thought she was blind, as in the case of two daughters of servants who passed their hands before her eyes and were startled when she looked at them, or when she heard from other kids saying she didn't need bands to play a game, Blind Pig-Goat. There were also those who were afraid or disgusted with her, thinking that her illness was contagious."
"Is it because of the eyes?" Marco guessed.
"Um, yes, mostly." Moon replied.
"I don't know about that. I think she's quite beautiful."
"Well, if Galaxia was here or saw you in her vision, she appreciated your compliment."
"Uh, what do you mean by that?"
"Oops! Sorry for spoiling it. We'll get to that part later, but when she was 9 years old, Galaxia began to show interest in the study of time after she found her grandmother, Skywynne's, dusty diploma in a closet. Skywynne took Galaxia to meet the Plains of Time. She approached the River of Clocks, and fell."
"Oh no. What happened to her then?"
Marco remembered he has been in the Plains of Time with Star when they chased off Father Time. They even crossed the River of the Clocks, but never fell into it, just jumping on clocks that changed their ages.
"Galaxia woke up 20 days later in her room." Moon continued, "She soon made herself ready for her Lonely Star Ball, which would happen within 2 weeks. However, it must be reported that the princess didn't seem… 'normal'. On several occasions, Galaxia claimed to see, hear, and feel things that other people couldn't do, such as, for example, one week after awakening."
"Does this mean she can see 'the future'?" The human boy asked.
"In other words, yes." The queen said, "She can also see them in dreams. The future isn't the only thing she predicted. There was a time when she made her morning walk through the garden, she saw a body of a girl with red hair fell from the sky, right before her eyes. Galaxia was afraid and rescued. However, as she looked around again, she saw no dead body anymore, just the place she walked… before the Celestum at the foot of the Tower of Jokinna. Galaxia also saw a girl with purple hair left an orange watch on a bench in the castle garden."
"Wait a minute?!" Marco interrupted, trying to recall those people who Galaxia saw, "That girl who fell from the sky was Jokinna, and the other one who left the orange watch on the bench was probably Noturna, Skywynne's sister."
"Aww, Marco, you recalled those two. Yes, that was them. It was a from there that the life of Galaxia began to mess up. Visions, dreams, and sensations that didn't seem like allusions were almost daily." Moon explained, "Confirmation of suspicion came the following night as Glossaryck guided Galaxia through Dreamland, where Dreamonius, Lord Racoon of the Border between the Material and Spiritual Worlds, confirmed that Galaxia could see, hear, feel, dream, and even smell moments of the past, present, and future. Dreamonius also explained that for Galaxia to have control over her powers, and not them over her, the princess would have to maintain balance and spiritual well-being. He gave her one last message; to return in 40 years."
"Dreamonius, huh? Well, he did explained why Galaxia has the power to see the past and future. So, she can see the future anytime she wants?"
"Not at all. She began to have fewer visions, gaining even a certain control over them, as in the times when she used her powers to read her cousin's hand and predict her future. She also knew when her grandmother will die as she said she loved her. When she inherited the wand, Galaxia started to study Skywynne's spells. When Queen Soupina got through a hypertension crisis amid a council meeting, Galaxia had a conversation with her mother and persuaded her to let her assume her royal duties on behalf of her mother, and then, a week later, Galaxia became queen."
"Already? Huh. That's fast." Marco said.
"Galaxia was a responsible princess, Marco." Moon chuckled, "She can predict the future. She's fit enough to be queen. After her pet ravencorn, Blackhole, disappeared for a few days and she slept holding the feather of her pet, and during the dream, to have seen through its eyes what it could see. The next morning, the bird was rescued with a broken wing on a tree in the vicinity of the Forest of Unlikelt Spider Bites. As she delved into this discovery, Galaxia would learn that she could see through the eyes of a certain animal if she had something of it. This became known as the White Vision Spell."
"White Vision Spell? What's that and how come I never heard of that before nor Star used it nor found it in the spell book?" Marco inquired.
"I'll explain along the way, Marco." The queen answered as she continued, "A curious fact about the White Vision Spell is that when performing both spells, the magical emergence of a wheel full of symbols on the ground, which would later ne known as 'Galaxia's Wheel'."
"Oh, so that's what Galaxia is standing." The boy pointed the wheel on the ground where Galaxia was standing in her tapestry.
"Yes. That's Galaxia's wheel when she performed the White Vision spell, but the real meaning of the wheel is a mystery discussed so far." Moon explained, "Due to Galaxia's clairvoyant abilities, it doesn't have a wide range of heroic deeds and wars fought with the same weight as her ancestors. She was known to prevent major conflicts from happening. Although, it has to be reported that she would play a crucial role in one of mewmanity's greatest historical events."
"Wow! That was awesome!"
"Of course, there was the 1st Mewnian War. That one can be found in the special chapter and will not be covered in the spell book. However, it's only to be said that thanks to Queen Galaxia, an armistice was declared through the treaty of Gorge. Galaxia manifest support for the Clifford and the Hundred of Kingdoms of Rainbow Isles to end the Southern Seas War between the kingdoms of Waterfolk and Delphinidae. After the signing of the Treaty of Two, it's officially declared the end of the 1st Mewnian War."
"That was cool! When Galaxia predicted the future, her people are ready for wars."
"Exactly. Just then, a fortune-teller said Galaxia when she came to her that something will happen in her daughter's future. So, Galaxia performed a predictive spell. She never made it clear what she saw, only that the feeling was that 'as if the winds of a winter storm began to bother the little spark of a fireplace.'"
"What does it mean?"
"You will know soon. At that time, that was the last time Galaxia used the wand to predict the future. When she had a daughter and inherited the wand to her, the controversies involving the princess chapter, but to this day, the question of why Queen Galaxia has not deprived her daughter of the position of heiress, especially with the ability to see the future, is discussed. Although Galaxia said she was unable to see the future of her own daughter, there are those who believe that she had in fact seen all possibilities, and that the princess might be the best option…, or at least, the least worse. Galaxia returned to Dreamland, just as Dreamonius had requested in the past. Details about this visit in unknown. However, it must be reported that after that meeting, Galaxia made a 40-day trip to The Phantom Isles of the Ancient Mewnian Empire, and upon returning ordered the installation of 33 black monoliths with carved symbols around the town. Galaxia also got a new routine, spending most night going to a secret room where she performed the White Vision Spell."
"So, the secret room is where Galaxia performed the White Vision Spell every night from then on?" Marco questioned.
"It was secret now, Marco." Moon replied, "That's why her daughter never knew, until she followed her mother, which made her the only eyewitness to the terrible event." Marco's eyes widened as he made sure his ears are open and hear clearly to learn what happened next, and why it was a terrible event. Moon cleared her throat, "Galaxia performed the White Vision Spell, holding the ravencorn feather when she began to describe a vision of many years in the future. Suddenly, the Queen seemed to choke, and after a shrill cry, her eyes emitted a strong burning light and fell to the ground. She still had vital signs, however, she was spiritually dead. She was a body without a soul. Her death was officially declared 9 days after the incident, when her vital signs ceased."
"What?! What happened?!" The boy exclaimed, " How did she die like that?!"
"She just lost her souls, basically. Galaxia was buried in the Crypts of Butterfly Castle, alongside the other heroines of the most glorious Age of Mewni's history."
"The Age of Heroes." Marco stated, "Galaxia's story was very interesting, but has a tragic ending."
Queen Moon sighed, "That's why nobody used the White Vision Spell anymore. Not even me, or the other queens, or even Star. It is a combination of Galaxia's natural powers. I hope you're ready for the next queen, because that's when a new age began."
This was suppose to be the last queen that Moon should tell the story, but there's someone wanted Eclipsa to tell the story about her daughter, Luna, and I was still thinking Eclipsa should appear and tell the story of her close ancestors, and the next queen isn't close to Eclipsa yet. Plus, the date in Mewni will skip when Marco leaving Mewni and came back again, and met Eclipsa few days later. So, get ready for the next queen.
