Butterfly Castle, The next day

"Ugh….. what happened?" Marco said as he woke up. He looked at his surroundings, and figured he passed out again, although he was again in Star's room, but this time without Star in his side.

"I must have passed out again damn it…. but I don't remember why.." then something caught his eye. He looked at his hand, and saw the time blade still attached to him. What the? It's still here? How? He heard footsteps as he heard Star, Moon and Heckapoo talking about him.

Star's POV

"How long has he been out mom?" "Hours, with no sign of waking up"

"Star, you said that this happened before the meeting correct?" Heckappo asked.

"Yea, I tried to wear the blade, and I did but only for a few seconds, before I reached the state of what Marco experienced earlier." "How was it like being in that state?"

"I-I felt power surge through me…. power so strong I doubt someone can stop it.. It's all my fault!"

"No Star it was mine, I didn't realized how powerful it can get before it was too late." Moon replied.

Heckapoo was not into the blame game. "So, we need to remove that weapon so we can examine it, because it is dangerous alright, in fact it could possibly be the powers we've been looking for for ages."

"What do you mean Heckapoo?" Moon questioned.

"That bubble you just got hit with, it could possibly be one of the powers Eclipsa's grandmother Skywynne's secrets that she has been hiding from us all this time." "What?" Both Moon and Star replied.

"What's that secret all about?" Star questioned Heckapoo.

"Im not sure. But her granddaughter probably knows. Maybe you should go ask her instead, as much as I want to chat for hours, we still have a mission to find Meteora."

Huh, a secret? Star thought. "Oh. Well then goodby-"

…...

…...

"e" "Goodbye, Star, Queen Moon. Hope Marco the best." And with that, the demoness opened a portal and disappeared. "What secret do you think Eclipsa's grandma is hiding?" "I don't know dear, but let's just hope that it would solve this problem." They kept walking until they reached Marco's room. Marco looked odd, he was sweating nervously, which made Moon curious.

"You're awake!" "Uhh, yeah! Im awake." "What's wrong Marco?"

"Uhhh.."

Butterfly Castle, the same day….

"So, you didn't listen did you?" Marco gasped… that voice was familiar, the voice from his dream (or nightmare) "You again?!"

"Surprised? Oh and don't ask if you're in another dream, im real."

"Wh-What are you doing here?"

"Im here to give you a second chance…." "To what?"

"To get things right! You didn't listened to my warnings, now the MHC is starting to get the blades."

"Oh yeah, by the way, how did you get that? And more importantly, why are they here?!" Marco asked.

"The time blades? You never heard of them?" Marco shacked his head.

"Long ago, one of the Queens of Mewni, Skywynne, Queen of Hours, secretly created a power that is so powerful, it could rival the wand or even surpass if used correctly. That power is to control different parts of time. Slowing, forwarding, stopping, or even reversing time, the time blades. Skywynne was super proud of her creation, but the MHC was not amused. They demanded to take those blades and keep it for themselves, thinking that the Queens and her descendants would end up using it causing Mewni's destruction. They said that they would keep those powers away from anyone for their own good, but Skywynne saw a different reason, to use it to keep themselves in power, doing anything that could accomplish their tasks. They were paranoid, trying to keep themselves as relevant as possible. So Skywynne denied having the time blades in the first place, and secretly hid it in a temple that no one, not even the MHC can locate, if they even believe it. Fortunately for her, the tension decreased and eventually the commission forgot about it, thinking about it as a myth."

"Wow…. so the MHC was power hungry all this time? No wonder they treated Eclipsa like that.."

"And it looks like the blades chose you, avoiding the royals and the commission and their magic. And it is your job to deliver it safely."

"But I don't even know what it can do. And it looks like you have one as well, what does your blade do?" "This thing? Well it glows green, but you're already experiencing its powers. We both do actually.

"What?" Marco looked around to see that, just like his blade, time seemed to slow down. But this time, they were in no bubble. Forwarding time… this must be it…

…...

"What the?" "Well it looks like it finally arrived."

"What arrived?" "Your next destination." Acronix has been waiting for this to happen. The red blade has finally arrived! Soon just 1 left and we will conquer….

"Can you also explain why I keep getting unstable when wearing this?"

"Simple, you can't tame its properties. Learn do tame it, and you will do wonderfully with it. Looks like they are close, I must go. If you wish to continue your destiny, meet me at the forest of certain death, while you still have a chance." And with that, the figure left, seemingly with no caution.

Then time seemed to turn back to normal. Yep it was definitely forwarding them so fast their entire conversation seemed to be as fast as a footstep.

"You're awake!" Star ran and hugged him, it was good to be awake. "What happened?" Moon asked.

"I-I had uhh dream.." Man its hard to make things up today.

"Im glad you're awake Marco, that blade is so dangerous, too much even for me." said Star.

"Tomorrow were going to see Eclipsa to find out what this thing is." said Moon pointing at the blade "Are you going with us?"

"NO-no Queen Moon, I think I should just rest this out." "Very well, we just need the weapon then. May I take it?"

"I-Im sorry your highness, but I c-can't" "Um, why?"

"Because… because it's too dangerous for magic users."

"Like what Star did? Don't worry Marco, im older and more experienced than her, just give me the weapon."

"No…." "Im sorry, what did you just say?"

"I SAID NO!" Marco shouted at Star's mother. Star widened his eyes. Did he just shout at my mother? Im not liking the look of this… Star looked at her mom, her face looking a bit angry, but mostly questionable. Marco would never shout to anyone, especially royalty. After a long silence…

"Ok then Marco…." "Queen Moon Im sorry! I didn't know what came over me.."

"Im sure you just need some time resting. It's fine." (It was not entirely fine by her tho)

After that weird end, both girls left Marco to rest.

"Mom what happened there?" "I don't know Star, but I do know that something about him is changing… and im not liking it…(obviously)"

"Lets just hope we can find closure to this before something else weird happens to him.." Star was now getting worried for her best friend.

?,?

So brother it has finally arrived?" Asked Krux.

"Yes! after all these years, we can finally start our plan to conquer Mewni, and beyond!"

"Now calm down, you still have your energetic youth on you, but while you're gone I spend the last decades planning…. and I can finally execute it. With the red blade we can potentially start attacking, but we need an army first."

The red blade…