Star sat just outside of the castle's private hospital fidgeting nervously as she held onto her new wand with one hand and rubbed her tail with another. An electrical shock and muffled scream came from inside the hospital making Star wince and let out a silent sob as she could only imagine what Marco had been going through for the last few hours. A soft whine came from next to Star as BuckBeak leaned down next to her preening her hair slightly trying to put her at ease. The fact that Buckbeak had entered the castle and waited for Star after dropping Marco off despite how much he hated indoor spaces was a sign of how worried he was for Marco. She knew that the two had not known each other very well but Buckbeak seemed to sense how much Marco meant to Star as he tried comforting her. As he did this a soft meow came from below making Star look down to see a familiar blue cat with a snake tail and Oni face bat at her feet. Star sniffed and scooped up Nacho holding him like a stuffed animal sobbing silently into his side before a question entered her mind.

"Wait, how did you get here?"

"Oh we brought him here." Star looked up again to see Angie and Raphael come up to Star with Raphael speaking. "Sorry we took so long to get here as the castle is just so…" He didn't finish as Star began sobbing and started spluttering holding a shocked Nacho tightly.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean for this to happen-"

"Shhh shh shh." Angie rubbed Star's hair calming Star down as best she could with Buckbeak and Raphael moving in close. "You're not at fault for this Star. In fact I don't even think you really did anything wrong as far as I can tell." A whimper came from the care room making everyone wince. "So he's been in there all night?" Star nodded with tears still rolling down her face at what was happening and spoke softly.

"Yes. *sniff* I just want Marco to be ok." They sat there embracing each other for a period of time until they suddenly heard the door to the infirmary open. Standing in the doorway was a humanoid tortoise who had a soft perpetual smile on his face that gave the impression he was everyone's grandfather speaking up in an aged and wise voice.

"We are finished my child, and Marco is well." He barely finished his sentence when Star wriggled out of everyone's embrace dropping Nacho with a yelp and slipped by the tortoise into the room.

Inside it looked like a typical hospital operating room from the late 1800's looking almost painfully clean and white. Willow and Moon were in the room wearing nurses clothing with their hair tied back into buns looking exhausted after using a lot of magic on the surgery, now trying to help Marco sit up. He appeared gray faced and exhausted from his ordeal but the minute he saw Star he smiled and spoke softly.

"Star… yo…" Star slipped across the room instantly and grabbed onto Marco sobbing loudly as she held him close.

"MArcO *sob* yOU're aLIvE!" Everyone else around them just stood there watching the two friends reunite with smiles on their faces as Marco spoke in a weak voice.

"Star… why did you sacrifice your wand for me?" Star blinked in confusion as Marco continued. "I'm not worth it especially after what I said to you earlier and how I've taken advantage of you in the past to keep up a failed relationship with Jackie." As people murmured to each other in confusion over this Star held him tightly and spoke to him.

"Marco, that stuff doesn't matter to me; you are one of the best people who has ever come into my life. *sniff* You protected me, guided me, comforted me, even acted as my therapist. *sniff*I don't know what I would do without you now." *Throb throb* Star felt her heart beat heavily at holding Marco close and smelling his distinct scent while rubbing his fluffy black hair. As the two reconnected Willow and the tortoise shot each other looks that said 'they are so cute' as Moon spoke up.

"Well, if you wish to thank anyone for this it would have to be Archdruid Oogway over here. No one is as good at non-magical healing as he is." The two looked up seeing Moon pointing to the tortoise who spoke up with a chuckle.

"Please just me Oogway my children. Now I must leave unfortunately as there is a dragon lost in literal and metaphorical woods that needs my guidance. Buckbeak, I know I am asking a lot…" Buckbeak just chittered in a laugh and squawked to Oogway.

"*No problem, I'll take you where you're needed. Besides I wish to get out from under these 'ceilings' that are everywhere.*" The two left with Angie and Raphael coming in close hugging their son with Star getting out of the way.

"Hijo… you are ok." Raphael seemed to be at a loss of words as he hugged his son close with Angie speaking up as well.

"We should have stepped in sooner and contacted Moon given how you fought with these people in the backyard so frequently. We're sorry for not doing something sooner." Marco chuckled weakly and hugged them as best he could before speaking.

"No, it was my fault for getting involved in this. Although with these guys gone we won't be worrying about them anymore. Say, who were the ones that swooped in and dealt with those guys?" Marco looked up to Moon with his parents doing the same as Moon replied.

"They are the 'Guardians of Mewni' an elite magical fighting force that police that kingdom of Mewni and protect against any internal threats. We were lucky a patrol was in the local area when your parents contacted me about what had happened or you probably would have been dead by now." Marco nodded dully as his parents continued to hold him close with Star speaking up.

"Wait, how did you guys get in contact with my parents?" Angie spoke up to this.

"Well I went to call them on my phone but the call was being blocked for some reason so I had to use your mirror…"

"… call Queen Moon Butterfly!" Angie spoke desperately as the call processed before it answered.

"Call is being blocked by recipient."

"Maldito infierno the last five ways to call were blocked, how are we going to reach them?!" Raphael swore in Spanish as he sat down in frustration with Angie thinking a mile a minute.

"Wait… mirror mirror on the wall, call mom."

"Calling mom." Raphael looked up eagerly and spoke up.

"Wait, that simple?" Angie shrugged and replied.

"Moon would never block her daughter like we would never block Marco. Now what is so important that they had to block…" Angie never finished her sentence however when a scene was finally revealed on the mirror.

Moon was dressed up in a very skimpy costume with a bit of what looked like a stereotypical princess garb being taken off as she pole danced seductively. Sitting on what appeared to be a throne made out of bones and skulls sat Toffee who was dressed up in some type of armor meant to exaggerate his muscular image rather than provide protection. Some faint and slow music was playing in the background adding atmosphere to the scene that Angie and Raphael were witnessing. As they watched Moon flung off the last of the princess garb and twirled around the pole facing the opposite direction of Toffee. She then bent backwards so she could look at Toffee softly biting her lower lip and spoke to him in a winded if eager manner with fake fear in her voice showing she was acting.

"Onko tämä hyvä herrani? (Is this good for my lord)" Toffee smiled and licked his lips in comically exaggerated lust and spoke commandingly in an exaggerated reptilian tone to Moon.

"Itse asiassa se on, mutta tarvitsen enemmän sinua prinsessa. (In fact it is, but I need more from you princess)" He made to get up but then stopped his acting and looked around in confusion. "Onko sinulla koskaan tunne, että joku seuraa jokaista liikettäsi? (Do you ever feel someone follows your every move?)" Moon immediately stood up looking around a second before eyes fell on the mirror and on Angie and Raphael's somewhat shocked faces with Angie speaking.

"Ummmm, can we talk to you in a way we can understand you?" Toffee looked over at the voice and double took at this speaking to Moon.

"Luulin, että peitit peiliä? (I thought you covered the mirror)" Moon snapped her fingers with a bluish glow settling over her and Toffee with Moon replying.

"I didn't think it was necessary as I blocked everything." Raphael spoke up.

"Um, apparently not your daughter's mirror." The two both blushed at that with Moon looking down embarrassed and speaking.

"Oh yeah I never block Star's calls. Well at least Star didn't see that. So what did you two call us about that was so important you had to use our daughter's mirror?" Angie spoke up again overcoming her shock at what she had just been shown.

"About that, our son has just been kidnapped and your daughter has gone after him alone." The duo stared at Angie for a second before replying in unison.

"What?!"

"… fortunately Moon was able to locate Star with magic, scrying she called it, so they could swoop in to rescue you two." Moon was blushing a brilliant crimson at this with Marco and Star having deadpan disgusted looks on their faces. "What?" Marco spoke in a weak tone of voice.

"TMI mom... TMI!" Willow chuckled at this and turned towards Moon speaking to her in a jabbing fashion with a smirk on her face.

"It seems like the 'spark' between you two has only gotten stronger as time has passed." Moon hid her face blushing even deeper as she replied sarcastically.

"Yes mother, nice to see you are pleased about this. Now then to change the subject…" Moon righted herself as much as possible and turned towards Star. "… why didn't you tell me that you two were being attacked by my cousin Mavis and Lord Mildrew of all people." Star got nervous again and held her tail close to her and she answered shakily.

"It didn't seem like a big deal at the time and I was afraid you would take me away from earth." Everyone stared at Star in confusion. "I didn't want to leave earth; almost everyone treated me so nicely despite the fact I'm…" Star paused and glanced at her tail making everyone give sympathetic looks at what she was implying. "Also Marco is just one of the best people I have ever met and I want to stay with him for at least a little longer." Star looked at Moon with big sad eyes. "Please don't take me away, I just got Marco back." Moon stared at her daughter sympathetically before she started chuckling and answered.

"My dearest little MonStar." Moon kneeled down and hugged Star tight. "You did exactly what I would have done at your age to be completely honest. Alright my dear; now that the threat is contained you may remain on earth but only if you tell me about any threats that come in the future, got it?" Star nodded and hugged her mother back.

"Got it mom." At this Marco fell back onto the operating table with what little color draining from his face making Willow speak up.

"Say perhaps we should all give Marco some rest, he's been through a lot after all." Everyone nodded and got up to leave with Moon using a spell 'Levitato' to raise Marco up floating in the air before speaking.

"I will take him to a proper area to rest up, the rest of you get some rest yourselves." Everyone nodded and split with Moon taking Marco to a bedroom for him to properly rest. "My daughter does think very highly of you, I could tell that before this evening with how she goes on about you. What do you think of her?" Marco sighed at the strange sensation of floating through the air and replied.

"She is an amazing person, one of the most… actually the most amazing I know of. She is easily my best friend despite only knowing each other for several months." Moon chuckled at this before Marco got a dark look on his face. "Is it true… what happened once you ascended as queen after the war of Moonlight Shadow?" Moon froze midstep at this and looked at Marco who gave her an exhausted and saddened look making Moon sigh. In that instant Marco saw Moon instantly age several decades as she replied in a somber tone.

"Generations of pent up hatred and frustrations were not going to just go away like nothing had ever happened. When I became queen the commoners and Monsters saw the other nobility as the ones who had upheld the Shadow Clause through thick and thin and took everything out on them. When I tried to make them see reason the few I did manage to approach turned on me claiming I was just pandering to them in order to get my crown. *sigh* I offered sanctuary in my castle for any noble willing to bend the knee to their rightful queen but the people got many before they arrived. And some didn't even bother thinking I had set the people on them to clear out my rivals and joined rebel groups revolting against me. The winter was called the 'red winter' for all the blood on multiple sides spilled because of the pent up tensions suddenly being released. I tried offering peace in the spring when all had calmed down and mostly succeeded but some viewed my offer of pardon as a blow to their pride like they had been doing something wrong the whole time. Since then lynch mobs going after Monsters, revolts by traditionally minded Mewmans, and people joining the Forest Barbarians are almost routine in parts of Mewni; and I am near powerless to stop it because the people who still fight don't want to negotiate with a 'Monster whore' as they call me behind my back." Marco blinked in shock as he registered this story feeling strangely better if more saddened at hearing Moon's side of the story.

"So is it true about River and his parents too." Moon sighed and chuckled bitterly.

"River wanted to lead the assault to see if he could talk his parents down but his father attacked him calling him a traitor to his people. His mother fell into despair over what had happened and River has been taking care of her ever since." Marco blinked taking in these events as Moon continued. "I guess you've heard everything from the other side's view as well and I am not sure if this makes anything better or worse for you." Marco sighed and spoke with a slight smile.

"It actually makes things better hearing both sides of the story and knowing you are at least trying to do everything right." Moon smiled sadly at him and leaned over to kiss his cheek speaking softly.

"I can see why my daughter is so fond of you." Marco blushed slightly upon hearing that as Moon finally arrived at his room and floated him in. "Please do rest and don't worry about your school as Lancer will know about everything directly from me." Marco nodded yawning as Moon tucked him in and left smiling at his cute face thought to herself 'I have a feeling Star views you as more then 'just friends' my boy.' As Moon closed the door she saw Toffee coming up with a serious look on his face and Star's wand on a pillow. "Oh boy now what, I just got out of intensive surgery?" Toffee simply looked her straight in the eye and spoke.

"Anything seem odd about this wand?" Moon looked down at it and Toffee pointed out the black part where half of the star seemed to be missing. "I need you to pick it up for confirmation." Moon sighed in annoyance and picked it up having the wand change back to her format… with half of the heart crystal on top missing.

"Oh that's not good." Moon immediately took off letting her hair down and stripping off her outer clothing leaving behind a pale blue t-shirt and black pants with Toffee close behind her.

Running through the castle quickly they got to the queen's small council chamber where there were two other figures sitting there illuminated by the red light of dawn streaming in through the window. One was a pale skinned yellow eyed woman with red hair and yellow horns forming a semicircle wearing a large formal yellow dress and another being what looked like a deer skull with a pair of antlers made out of swords and purple mist behind it looking out of a mobile crystal ball. They both looked up as if ready to start the day but the looks on their faces turned worried the minute they saw Moon's wand again. Moon answered them preemptively.

"Yes Heckapoo and Omnitraxus, I am afraid this has happened." They looked at each other in worry as Moon went to the rooms mirror and called. "Call Glossarick." After a minute of tense silence overlaid with elevator music Glossarick finally answered the mirror wearing a towel and shaving his legs. "Glossarick, we have a situation." Glossarick chuckled and spoke in an annoyed tone.

"I have no doubt you do if you've resorted to calling me while I'm trimming the hedges. Hmmm, seems like something is up with the wand considering you have it back from Star am I right?" Mon sighed and nodded at him explaining.

"There was a situation where Star had no choice but to destroy the wand and now we have the theory that it may have been cleaved." At this Glossarick perked up taking interest in this throwing his razor to the side speaking up.

"Hmmm, an interesting word cleave as it can mean multiple things. You can 'cleave something apart like if I were to do this…" He pulled his arms apart letting the towel fall down. "… I have cleaved the towel from myself." Heckapoo, Moon, and Omnitraxus covered their eyes groaning in disgust while Toffee stared at him in his monotone expression. "And if I were to do this…" Glossarick then wrapped the towel back around him. "… I have cleaved the towel back in with myself." Heckapoo spoke up at this her voice tinted with disgust.

"Did you really need to provide a physical example for this?" Glossarick shrugged nonchalantly and spoke up again.

"It just helps to illustrate my point. I do hope you have collected all the pieces of the wand." He raised his eyebrow at the group with Toffee speaking up.

"The Guardians are searching the area now, including the area within 10 miles as the explosion could have knocked it far away." Glossarick sighed as if bored with the conversation now and spoke up a final time.

"I should hope so; I need to finish this so if you need me you know where I am." He then hung up with Toffee b=glancing over to Moon and speaking up.

"I still have trouble believing he is the most powerful magical entity in the cosmos." Moon nodded and replied.

"Same here." They were brought out of their reverie by a knock on the door. "Come in." Rhombulus opened the door peaking in anxiously.

"Sorry for bringing her like this your majesty but you didn't pick up my call." At this everyone looked at Rhombulus in confusion with Moon speaking again with an annoyed sigh.

"I've had a very busy evening and night so it's ok that… wait what do you mean by her?" Rhombulus then stepped aside opening up the door fully.

Right behind him was a porcelain doll of a woman of short stature with dark green hair, nearly grey lavender eyes, and dark red spade marks on her cheeks like Moon's diamonds. She was wearing a purplish-black dress with a white bib in the front bearing a crescent moon on it and a large black sun hat with a branch and some white feathers attached to it with a pair of lavender gloves to top it all off. She had this soft knowing smile on her face as she gazed around the room with her eyes falling onto Moon and getting an even bigger smile speaking up with a cheery British accent.

"You must be Moon, how much time has passed since we last saw each other?" Moon to the shock of everyone smiled right back and walked towards her.

"20 more years it seems my dear. Nice to see you didn't start acting evil the minute you got out." The woman chuckled and embraced Moon who hugged her back with everyone staring on in confusion or shock.

"Well that madness I had gotten has been quite cleaned up thanks to your deal with me; so no evil 'queen of darkness' as everyone would put it." She giggled and looked around with her eyes falling on Toffee. "Is that your Monster lover by any chance?" Moon chuckled and walked up next to Toffee hugging him with Toffee hugging her back in confusion as Moon spoke.

"Well he is actually my husband now; we have come a long way in the past 20 years you know." At this Toffee finally spoke up looking at Moon in calm confusion.

"I must say, who is this person you seem so chummy with that I don't know of." Moon chuckled and stepped back doing a dramatic bow gesturing towards the woman speaking up.

"This is the woman who gave me the spell which helped me defeat Etheria and put down the Shadow Clause, although you would know her by a different title, Eclipsa Queen of Darkness and the first Monster Lover."

25 miles away from the ruins of the former Forest Barbarian hideout a 25 foot tall figure methodically walked across the land as if guided to a specific place. The figure was burly and shrouded in a black and tattered robe with what look like a forest of dead branches coming out of its head making the figure look even bigger. 2 amber beady eyes scanned the landscape from a face that looked a strange mixture of a frog and a human with pointed ears looking for something. Beneath the figure several green and gangly stooped figures walked on two legs or arms and legs snuffling around and barking at each other showing mouths filled with broken glass instead of teeth strangely complimenting their overly sized milky white eyes. The large figures eyes finally fell on what it wanted and it barked a quite order to the small figures who moved forward working quickly. In front of them an obsidian sword with a platinum hilt shaped like a dragon was stuck out of the ground which the large figure reached down and picked up handling it like a butter knife. Next to it a skeletonized forearm and hand gripped onto what looked like half a star that was embedded into the palm glowing a toxic green color. As the large figure watched the half star flashed in a manner similar to Morse code giving the message 'onto stage two'. The large figure smiled and chuckled as the small figures dug around in a haphazard pattern with one being sure to cover the wand in dirt so a mildly intense search would find nothing; unless if the wand glowed brightly. When the small figures were done they bowed to the large figure who motioned for them to follow and walked away from the scene swiftly to avoid detection leaving the half star buried and waiting.

The Croods- Dun Dun Dun watch?v=5JSCbEKsguQ

In case if any of you were wondering where I got the language 'Mewman' from I just typed the words into google translate and had them translated to Finnish. Sorry to anyone from Finland whose language I likely butchered here.

Next up, Star figures things out with her 'New Wand'.