WH: *Walks out wearing men in black get up facing the audience* This is top secret information I am about to tell you so after I tell you I am going to use this so those of you who don't need to know will not know. *pulls out a Neuralyzer from men in Black." Starco will happen in my story when *Flash* and that's what's going to happen when it will happen people, thank you for listening. *walks out of the room before stopping and looking around confused* Wait did I eliminate my own memory of what's going to happen? Oh no wait it's still there no worries.
A screen flickers to life like a video camera is recording revealing a room shrouded in darkness with a table in the center with two figures seated in chairs on either end. Lights come on to dimly illuminate an interrogation room like that the police would use except more sleek, professional, and somehow more intimidating. Sitting at the table is a 'man in black' on one end and Alfonzo on the other end looking really nervous and fidgeting. The man in black spoke up coolly and calmly, relaxed the way an alpha predator would as he stared down Alfonzo behind his super thick sunglasses.
"Name Alfonzo Dolittle, age 15 years, son of Lily and Steven Dolittle, known association with a humanoid lizard alien entity named Star Butterfly who has caused undue disruption and destruction. How long have you known this Star Butterfly?" Alfonzo gulped and spoke nervously.
"I'm going to wait for my lawyer before…" He froze as the man locked eyes with him before shakily answering guessing that he didn't have a choice in waiting for one. "Since mid-January sir, January 15th to be exact; the day after Star arrived on earth Marco introduced her to us." The man in black nodded letting his gaze fall slightly from Alfonzo to let him know he was doing the right thing.
"What is your relationship with this Star Butterfly?" The camera flickers revealing a changed scene with everything the same except a very nervous Ferguson is now sitting at the table and speaking.
"I am a friend of her sir, one of the few true 'friends' she has as far as I can tell." The man nodded and continued.
"Why is that?" Ferguson hesitated a minute before answering.
"Well… it's due to some fearsome bullying in the past on her home world. Apparently half-Monsters like herself are looked down upon by everyone the way black people were looked down on in the 1950's south." The man in black looked directly at Ferguson with renewed interest as he spoke.
"A half-Monster you say… what is her other half?" The camera flickers again revealing a surprisingly relaxed Oskar sitting at the table now answering the same question.
"Mewman man, the other main race of her home world called Mewni, I think. She never really talked that much about her home world with us." The man nodded letting his gaze fall slightly as he asked more questions.
"Any reason why she doesn't talk about her home world?" Oskar shrugged and strummed at a keytar that wasn't there.
"Don't know as I never asked and she never really opened up. My best guess is that she doesn't like her home world as much as earth due to the prejudice she suffered there but that's just a guess man." The man in black nodded and asked his next question.
"So what do you know about her home world?" The camera flickered again revealing a suspicious and nervous looking Jackie in the chair now looking around at the walls as she answered the question.
"Well I know it's some sort of fantasy like world like Dungeons and Dragons or something like that with all sorts of mythical beasts and whatnot. I only really took notice because Star introduced me to some mermaids at one point when me an Marco accompanied her to the underworld." At this the man sat up looking at Jackie intently asking another question.
"Where is this 'underworld' you visited?" Jackie returned his stare unflinchingly and answered calmly.
"It is a place in her home world of Mewni which is technically a geographical location and a kingdom ruled by a family of demons called the Lucitors. I'm actually friends with the prince of that realm who goes by the name of Tom." The man kept his gaze on Jackie as he spoke his next question.
"Demons, Monsters, and Mewmans; do you know of any other races on that world?" The camera fluctuated again revealing a slyly smiling and surprisingly excited Janna answering the question.
"Well I've heard of Gryphons, giant intelligent rats, a race of pigeons of all things, Waterfolk who live in the seas, giant disembodied levitating unicorn heads known as Ponyheads, and one called the Dawi Zharr which Star claims directly translates to 'giant Dwarf' in their native tongue." The man nodded taking this all in as he leaned back again and got to his big question.
"So what can you tell me about their magic?" Janna got really excited upon that question and spoke up excitedly.
"She has this family wand that has been passed from queen to princess for who knows how long and it is awesome. This is like the old school type of magic where when you have it you can do anything you want with it if you can think it. She usually uses it to fight off bad guys who come to steal it or to help out others with random tasks, which is cool I guess." Janna lost some of her inflation with the man perking up at one line in particular.
"You said 'from queen to princess', what do you mean by that?" The camera flickered again showing Angie was now sitting in the chair looking surprisingly professional as she calmly answered his question.
"The Butterfly wand is a family heirloom that Star's mother got from her's and her mother before then as a sign of royal power. Although I think that they can learn to use magic without the wand from what Moon has told me." The man nodded and continued with the questioning.
"Who is this Moon that you spoke of?" Angie replied in her calm and collected manner.
"She is Star's mother and the queen of Mewni, the main kingdom of the continent of Mewni in the world of Mewni." The man in black raised an eyebrow at Angie who sighed as she replied. "I know it sounds strange but to them it makes perfect sense." The man in black nodded and asked his next question.
"So, if Moon is the queen then what is the political situation like in Mewni?" The camera shifts again revealing a worried looking Mr. Lancer twirling his fingers as he answered the question.
"Well fortunately I talked with some adults from the kingdom so I actually have a good answer there. The kingdom of Mewni is a constitutional Monarchy with the constitutional part initiated by Moon after she came to power due to her view of one person having too much power and being too easily manipulated. Over the continent of Mewni the kingdom of Mewni is actually very important as the queen serves as a 'spiritual high queen' providing an example for what other kingdoms should strive for. Of course with Queen Moon taking a Monster by the name of Toffee as her husband it was considered an EXTREMELY unpopular decision by many. In fact the way Moon seized power after a civil war that wracked the kingdom with her taking a Monster husband sent shockwaves throughout the whole continent with lots of unforeseen side effects. Civil wars and internal strife have seized most of the kingdoms in their world as Monsters and lower class Mewmans rebel against those in power in a manner more similar to the French Revolution then the American Revolution. In a strange twist on this though many kingdoms next to or close to her kingdom are actually rebelling against their old rulers just to join the Kingdom of Mewni as Moon is very popular with those below the nobility." The man in black nodded in content as Lancer finally finished up his words and went on to the next question.
"So Moon started a war and took a 'Monster' as he husband. Why did this war start?" At this the camera fluctuated again revealing Raphael sitting at the table looking very vulnerable as he answered the question.
"Well she didn't like how the lower classes were being treated, especially the Monsters. She also found out a group known as the Shadow Clause was manipulating the queens like puppets for their own goals." At this the man in black looked up again with interest and his next question.
"So this Shadow Clause, is it still around?" Raphael shook his head no very wildly and spoke fast.
"Oh no, Moon wiped them out when she started what they call the 'War of Moonlight Shadow' when the fighting got fierce." The man in black nodded his interest fading slightly as he moved onto his next question.
"Tell me, what do you think of Star Butterfly?" At this the camera shifted and blurred again clearing up to reveal Starfan13 sitting at the table looking at the man angrily as she spoke.
"Star is not the bad guy here ok. She is an awesome princess from another dimension and nothing will change it you got that?" the man in black nodded not at all perturbed by Starfan13's outburst and continued with his questioning.
"So you believe Star Butterfly is no threat in any way to earth directly or indirectly?" At this Starfan13 got a noble face about her as she stared the man in black down replying boldly.
"She would not hurt anyone unless if they tried to hurt her and she would protect us from anything that followed her here; she is just that good." The man in black nodded to that taking it down as if it were a side note and continued.
"So do you think Star's traumatic past is at all influencing her magic or how she does things in a negative way?" The camera shifted again revealing Marco was sitting at the table now constantly glancing around as if someone was watching him as he answered.
"We don't lock people up just because they have had traumatic pasts and a hard time as a kid so why should we do that to Star? She needs people there to let her know she is not an evil entity like so many people back on Mewni believe she is just because of how she was born." The man in black fixed Marco a dead eye stare through the glasses that made Marco sweat as he spoke again.
"Answer the question Marco Diaz." Marco gulped and nodded responding.
"No, I do not believe she is a threat." The man in black stared him down for the longest time before moving on to the next question.
"So the multiple incidents of damage in the past, most notably an event at a football game, are not accurate representations of what will happen in the future?" At this the camera flashed with static to reveal Star was sitting at the table holding her tail and rubbing it while keeping her eyes on the floor like she was about to be locked up just for being there.
"I make mistakes and mess up ok. I want to be good but I just do something wrong and I get scared and things just get worse and the cycle continues on and on and…" The man in black raised his hand making Star fall silent with a wince, making a flicker of sympathy fall over his face as he asked his final question.
"Do your parents want anything on earth or from earth that would justify opening up diplomatic relations or… otherwise?" Star paused for a moment and looked up at him with tears in her eyes responding slowly.
"They sent me here because earth is a safe backwater where no one would look for me so I can safely learn how to use my wand. Earth has nothing they would want at all except for friendship. My mom was and is a warrior but she doesn't want war with earth, she has too many problems back home to go picking a fight with you guys." The man in black nodded and stood up from the desk and spoke shortly.
"Wait here." He turned and left the room leaving Star to huddle in the cold room holding onto her tail and sneezing slightly.
"Well? What do you think?" The man in black turned towards the round table where three individuals sat; a woman in 'men in black' get up, and older man who looked to be a one star general, and some sort of automaton looking entity that had brief wisps of steam going in and out of it. "My objective view is we should wait for confirmation from headquarters before proceeding." At this the general laughed slightly at this and spoke up in a Texas accent.
"Those clowns have done a lot to save earth in the past but they take too damn long for this kind of stuff. Technically we are splitting hairs by bringing them in for the interviews but it was damn time some sort of action took place. My view is we should just alter the memory of everyone while we still can and take Star in to see if her 'parents' will come to talk to us, just to be sure nothing bad is happening." At this the automaton figure began speaking up in a German accent very sharply at the general.
"You remember vat happened last time you did that right? Just because she ist an alien from another vorld does not mean she is ze bad guy despite vat she has done. If she vas being malicious she vould have acted long before zis point and concealed herself more carefully." The woman spoke up at this point with a cool and calm British accent close enough to, by some standards, be considered cutting off the automaton.
"The bird, cat, and dogs we retrieved were entities made solely of magical energy solidified into a surprisingly stable living substance. IF she has that much power at her command to quite literally create life from nothing she is to be considered a threat no matter what. She herself claims she does not know how to use her powers and if she can't command them properly or loses them to a more ill-intentioned entity we could be dealing with a god-like threat. The fact she did not have her wand on her and doesn't know where it is right now just goes to show how poorly protected it is." The general guaffed at this and sat up staring at everyone before speaking low.
"Do you all know the threats we face and how hard it is to keep the populace ignorant of these matters? We need STEEL control here if we wish to complete our goal and keep humanity from being exposed to greater threats." The man in black spoke up now with a curious tone of voice.
"What if we began educating the people about these threats and how to deal with them? Give them the truth." At this the general laughed in a way that made the other three uncomfortable before speaking.
"Truth? Truth? They can't handle the truth Agent J. We live in a world that needs these walls of ignorance to keep the people from having to make a choice which could doom the world. The average person isn't ready and probably never will be to handle such responsibilities in dealing with these 'outsiders' from other worlds. People will chose to side with foul creatures like the Ancient Ones or world conquering aliens because they simply can't comprehend how we will be treated under them. We have a responsibility greater than anyone could possibly fathom and do you know how everyone will react to us, especially the 'PC' or 'conspiracy nut' crowd? Disgust and bitterness that we resort to such tactics to keep them safe and cursing us while weeping for the ones who could enslave them at BEST! And those that do comprehend such things will usually remain silent because they are cowards who don't want to be put on the front line and risk everything for man-kind. We use words like 'honor', 'code', and 'loyalty as the backbone of a life spent defending something while these people use them as a punchline. We have neither the time nor the patience to explain to these people who rise and sleep under the blanket of freedom we provide the 'manner' in which we provide it in! IF they just would say 'thank you' and be on their way or be willing to pick up a gun themselves fine; but I do not give a DAMN on the 'truth' some of us think these people are entitled to!" As the General took in a few breaths from his rant the reality of their situation crushed in on them once again and Agent J bowed his head replying in a professional manner.
"It was just a hypothesis sir; many people seem far more open to not just the outer worlds but what needs to be done to protect us and what could lie in wait out there." At this the female agent spoke up again almost rudely.
"Just because they know about it doesn't mean they will help protect man-kind. One of the people brought in was illegally hosting an undead voodoo witchdoctor in her home and when the threats of him were brought up she simply responded 'that what makes it fun'." After a brief silence everyone turned to the automaton as if waiting for his judgement with him speaking up in a heavy tone of voice.
"Keep zem under survalliance and in our custody until we get confirmation; if people outside begin asking questions alter zeir memory." He motioned to the general who nodded somewhat satisfied with the turn of events responding promptly.
"At least something is getting done."
"And a lot faster than you might think." The quartet turned to look as a door opened with what appeared to be a red humanoid with a devil's tail, cloven feet, two filed down horns, and wearing a trench coat stepped into the room staring at them in indifference. "And this man is going to explain why it's a bad idea to use your original plan general." He spoke it in such a way that it just annoyed the general as Toffee of all people stepped into the room wearing his black royal suit with gold tasseled shoulders and a monotone look on his face.
"Hello there commanders, I am King Toffee Butterfly of the Kingdom of Mewni from the world of Mewni; or Star's father if you prefer?" Everyone raised their eyebrow's at this with Agent J speaking up.
"Daaamn wonder what her mother looks like?" Everyone looked at him oddly. "Sorry, I sometimes speak without thinking." Toffee nodded nonchalantly and continued.
"We would not have sent our daughter here unless if we had some insurance against groups like yourselves from kidnapping our daughter and her friends. Are you familiar with an EMP?" He spoke it as if it was a completely foreign word to him with everyone nodding with worried looks on their faces now worried. "Well I have helped Moon acquire a spell that not only will do something along those lines as well as alter smokeless gun-powder and percussion caps making them useless and affecting powered engines; like steam, nuclear, etc.; not protected by a magical barrier making them unable to function. And we can make this affect spread across the entire globe if need be and last for a decade." At this a deathly silence fell over the room as everyone took in the implications of Toffee's words with the automaton speaking up.
"You vould doom billions of souls just because your daughter vas taken into custody?" Toffee shook his head no and promptly replied.
"If she was kidnapped by a group like yourselves because you deemed it necessary when it was not. We have eyes on you and the minute you do something like this we will approach you outright demanding an explanation. And if it does not meet our satisfaction and you do not release our daughter and her friends unharmed…" He let the sentence end there letting the implication sink in with the general replying in a shaky yet stoic voice.
"You would do all that for your daughter?" Toffee faced him and gave him a massive, wide eyed, crazed and carnivorous smile that made the general shrivel slightly as he replied in a creepy manner.
"She is my daughter and one of the few things in the cosmos that can make me feel anything other than a primeval urge for self-preservation and thus is both unselfishly and selfishly one of my most precious things. DON'T PUSH ME!" His face went back to normal as he returned to a monotone voice. "Now I would like to see my daughter and everyone else for that matter before I take them back home. Oh and if you don't let me show my wife our daughter in 15 minutes she is going to launch localized warning version of the spell at earth so I suggest you hurry."
To the Guest: The opinionator, thank you for reading my works all the way through. Honestly, and this goes for everyone, I write what I want to read so I am just assuming I have good taste if this many people are complementing me.