Nothing to note here honestly about this chapter so... what am I doing up here again? *stares into space for a second while a fly buzzes by* "Ah whatever, let's get started.
All was quite in front of the Diaz household with the only thing breaking up the normal décor was a carriage pulled by unicorns parked outside along several cars. The silence was broken however when a car with an oversized knife tied to the front of it cut a portal in midair and dropped down landing on one of the cars. A car alarm sounded for a second before stuttering off with banging coming from inside the car as well as voices.
"Gemini, the door is jammed."
"Let's see if it's unlocked first. *car beeping* No it's unlocked, be right out." Gemini opened the driver side and leapt out of the car running to the other side pulling on the door. "Just give me a moment." He strained against the door for a minute before pulling it open with Ms. Heinous and DuBois's head falling out.
"Ow ow ow, sacré bleu what did you land on?" Gemini got up replying to DuBois's words.
"I think I landed on another car." Heinous stood up adjusting her hair and turned to Gemini.
"How do I look?" Gemini smiled before replying.
"Like you have just stepped out of the salon." Heinous scoffed before fixing her dress and moving to the car's back door.
"A bold faced lie but I'll accept it anyways." She opened the door nodding to DuBois. "This is the correct place yes?"
"I would stake my life on it, if it was still worth anything." Gemini opened the back door reaching in and pulling out something.
"Well no matter." As he spoke Gemini put on what appeared to be a flame-thrower rail-gun combo device he slung over his back. "We will check and if they are there we will wreck our recrimi-ni-ni-ni…"
"Recrimination Gemini, you really need to work on your stutter." Heinous spoke up at Gemini's words as she detached the knife from the car. "Now then, let's get started." She picked up DuBois's head with Gemini chuckling as he approached the door.
"With pleasure." He activated a switch with a bayonet built like a chainsaw emerging and turning on.
"And this is his first year school photo. Doesn't he look adorable?" Angie held up a photo book with a six year old Marco in a grey sweater vest and red bowtie looking over to the camera on his left side while smiling with no front teeth.
"It warms my heart almost as much as my precious MonStar did at that age." Toffee smiled as he replied to Angie.
Currently Angie, Raphael, Moon, Toffee, and Willow were sitting on couches in the living room going over baby pictures of the two kids. Moon and Toffee were in informal clothing while Willow was in an informal lavender dress with her hair done up in the heart shape of the Butterflys. Angie and Raphael were snuggled up against each other with Moon and Toffee doing the same while everyone had some form of formal alcoholic beverage they were sipping at out of wine and champagne glasses. As Willow used a 'levitato' spell to pour more Champagne for Toffee Moon pulled out another picture of Star showing everyone.
"This is when Star asked if she could join the Guardians of Mewni with her friend Alexis." The image showed a 4 year-old Star and 7 year old Alexis sloppily saluting next to Lily Forest who was also saluting. Lily was doing the salute correctly but was glancing out of the corner of her eye while smiling at the two. "Lily really went out of her way for the two that…" Moon was interrupted by a crashing from outside with a few seconds of a car alarm.
"What was that?" Raphael spoke turning towards the door with everyone looking up in concern. When nothing more happened aside from doors being opened and annoyed people talking to each other, they could not hear the exact words, Raphael and Angie relaxed. "Probably just a fender bender, no biggie. Anyways, did you bring the pictures of when the two were together at age four?" Everyone looked at Willow who pulled out a small book and smiled a mile wide as she spoke.
"Did I ever? I would not dream of coming here without those images." She opened the book showing an image of young Star and Marco sleeping on her dress in a heap as Willow read to them. "I will never forget the book I read to them that day. Odd isn't it how you remem…" Willow was cut off when the sound of a chainsaw started up.
"Is that normal?" Toffee spoke to Raphael and Angie who now had worried looks on their faces as Angie replied.
"No not espe-" Angie was cut off when the chainsaw hit the door and cut it in half in front of their eyes revealing Gemini, Heinous, and Dubois's head with Gemini speaking up.
"Knock knock Marcia." The five adults stared at the trio in silence before Moon spoke up.
"Can we help you?"
"See I told you they had no candy in them. Parking meters are there to insure people pay when they park in an area." Star grunted in annoyance rubbing her face as they walked home.
"It's such a tease honestly. I know this is something that's 'common knowledge' on earth but they could at least put up stuff like signs to let people know these things." Marco chuckled at Star and looked her up and down again taking in the light turquoise shirt with a purple octopus on the front.
"How many different outfits do you have? I thought your thing was the black dress?" Star giggled at that turning towards Marco.
"Oh I have plenty outfits. I just wore Black dresses because they fel…" Star trailed off as she spied the vehicles parked in front of their house. "Is a car on another car normal?" Marco glanced at the wreck and shook his head.
"Neither is a unicorn pulled carriage." He nodded to the carriage right next to it. They moved onto the lawn hiding behind a cactus and looked at the door which was cut in half and propped back up on the frame. "Ok Star, you go around the back and when you are in position let me know and I'll zerg rush the door." Star nodded and shot out a small oval shaped crystal from her wand to give to Marco before running around the house leaping over the fence effortlessly.
Marco moved in quietly getting onto one side of the door ready to kick it down at a moment's notice. Star slipped around back and crawled up under the windows to the backdoor slipping inside silently before hiding behind a kitchen table. She whispered into her wand with Marco hearing her words through the gem and nodded before they both counted down. '1…2…3!' They both leapt into the living room with Star leaping over the kitchen table and Marco kicking down the door with it shattering to pieces. They saw that in the room Moon, Toffee, Angie, Raphael, and Willow were on couches talking to Heinous, DuBois, and Gemini who were seated in kitchen chairs. The group of adults looked up in shock at the kids entering with Heinous's eyes locking with Marco's. They both immediately glared at each other with Heinous standing up and pointing a finger while shouting at Marco.
"You!"
"You!" Marco returned the gesture with equal loathing.
'Mega Narwhal blast!' Star shot a narwhal at Gemini knocking him down and covering him with a narwhal. Marco leapt at Heinous and knocked her down with the two grappling at each other viciously. 'Wow, she's strong!' Marco thought to himself as he tried to subdue Heinous with the two being equally matched in terms of strength. DuBois jumped up from her chair, somehow, and rolled in Star's direction with Star kicking her to the side effortlessly and into a garbage can. Gemini used the rail-gun attachment to shoot off the narwhal and turned on Star with his weapon ready. As Star raised her wand ready to shoot magic Toffee's voice rang out like a hammer coming down on everyone.
"Enough!" The fight paused as everyone looked at Toffee who was now standing up with his eyes a cat-pupiled yellow similar to Star's when she was fighting. "All of you sit down so we can talk about this like adults." The combatants looked at each other for a second before talking back.
Marco: "She started it!"
Heinous: "He wronged me and I demand recompense!"
DuBois: "They destroyed my body!" The garbage can shook as DuBois spoke.
Gemini: "They invaded our home and place of work!"
Star: "They tried to brainwash me!"
"Enough!" Moon's words made everyone wince and go silent. "You will stop fighting and give us both sides of this conflict so we can resolve this peacefully. This is not up for debate!" As the king and queen glared down at everyone they detached themselves from each other with Marco and Heinous shooting each other a whispered insult.
"Controlling hag."
"Impudent brat." As they sat down Gemini fished DuBois's head out of the garbage and sat down with it on his lap as Toffee spoke.
"Now it is well known how my wife and mother in law are not fans of you Ms. Heinous or St. Olga's School." Moon and Willow nodded with narrowed eyes at Ms. Heinous. "But I will be an impartial judge for whatever happened at St. Olga's School. So Ms. Heinous, give us your side of the story." Willow moved some tea with magic over to Heinous who accepted it with a nod and drank it in perfect fashion before speaking.
"Thank you. Now Gemini, if you would?" Gemini pulled out a small hand held mirror used before flip mirrors were invented and showed images on it. "As many of you know I was the headmistress of the highly acclaimed and illustrious St. Olga's school for Wayward princesses. Here the wildest of royalty are put to learn proper manners and decency needed to become a queen of their nation. We even changed our teaching methods and the content of our classes as times changed around us to properly educate the children." She glanced at Willow and Moon at this one with an annoyed glare in her eyes before continuing. "That changed however the day the princesses Marcia and Star infiltrated our school to rescue a friend of theirs that had been registered by her father, princess Ponyhead." At this Willow spoke up in shock.
"Wait, King Ponyhead sent his daughter to that school?"
"Yes, it wasn't really kept a secret you know." Toffee responded to Willow's words before nodding at Heinous to continue.
"Regardless, the two came into the school and Marcia inspired the students to outright revolt against their elders who knew better. We lost our Tremorfidian crystal as well as most of our peace keepers when the school was trashed beyond easy repair. Marcia left after a short while but the school was never the same afterwards as children continued on her legacy. These actions even spawned a line of Princess Turdina merchandise to influence other princesses to rebel against their elders matching the Princess Moon franchise."
"Wait you have merchandise?" Star interrupted Heinous's presentation with everyone facing Marco with a weird stare as he replied.
"Yeah, they send me a royalty check of $650 every month." *Ahem* Toffee got their attention with a cough and nodded for Heinous to continue.
"Thank you sir. Regardless the children's acts grew worse and worse as I grew weaker and weaker in power. Within a matter of weeks they were skipping class just too party inviting nobility from the school of wayward princes to join them. Eventually they established control over the whole school rendering me obsolete and threw me out along with what employee's I had left." She gestured to Gemini and DuBois as she lowered her mirror. "And now I live in a car." Marco's parents looked at Heinous in concern as Gemini put his hand on Heinous's shoulder with Heinous putting her hand over his as if to thank him for the support. "Now I demand justice for what Turdina and her side kick Star have done to me." The adults looked at Marco in shock with Raphael speaking.
"Is this… all true?" Marco fidgeted a little before answering.
"Well… yeah. But do you even know what's inside of that school? Every horror story Star and I have ever heard is accurate; this was akin to an actual prison and medieval insane asylum. And what's more she strapped Star to a chair by force and tried to brainwash her." Willow immediately turned on Heinous with rage all too evident in her eyes and stood up with purplish magic encircling her as a nimbus of power.
"Is this true?" Toffee immediately put his hand on Willow's shoulder speaking to her softly.
"Easy there mother, we will decide what happens when all is out on the field?" He turned back to Heinous as Willow sat down. "Do answer her question if you will my lady." Heinous sipped her tea for a second before replying.
"My dears, Star willing let herself be captured and willing let us use our last resort method of her own free will." Everyone murmured in shock with Marco speaking up.
"That is a bold faced lie!" Toffee fixed Marco with a glare making him sit down with Heinous chuckling.
"Are you so sure about that?" She nodded to Star with everyone turning towards her. Star looked at everyone for a second nervously before grabbing onto her tail and rubbing it and casting her face down to the floor. Everyone's faces took on a shocked look of horror as Heinous smiled. "She realized what a burden she was on all of you by being the way she is and wished to be refashioned to become a proper princess; as is necessary." Moon spoke up at this with shocked horror in her voice.
"Is… this true?" Star didn't look up as she replied.
"People want me dead simply because of who I am mom. At the time… I thought that I could become someone you didn't need to protect." Moon couldn't hold herself back and came over to her daughter embracing her in a hug as Star cried silently. "I'm over that now but… you do see how it could be better with me this way… right?" Toffee smiled sadly and rubbed Star's head speaking to her.
"Star… you're perfect the way you are; never stop believing that." At this he cleared his throat and sat back down facing Heinous. "Is that everything?" Heinous nodded as Moon went back to her seat somewhat reluctantly. "Despite the actions you have committed the children did break and enter your facility, broke out a child sent there to be reformed, severely damaged your work place and home, and cost you your livelihood. I do believe recompense is in fact in order." Marco shouted up at that.
"Wait WHAT!?" Willow spoke to Toffee as well.
"You are honestly giving her recompense after what she did to so many princesses including me and your own daughter?" Toffee sighed as he replied.
"The actions before this event should not be taken into account if we wish for fair justice over what has happened. And as much as it pains me to say this Star did submit herself, at least somewhat of her own choice, to the device you were put through; I cannot hold that over Heinous as much as I wish to. Justice should only be lightly tempered with emotions, not ruled by them." Willow stared at him flabbergasted with his reply and went to speak before being cut off by Moon.
"He's… right mother." Everyone looked at Moon in shock, including Heinous. "Justice should not be based off of emotions or events previous to the circumstance unless if they directly affect the crime in some way." It looked like Moon had a blade pushed into her gut as she spoke these words but she said them without remorse. "As much as I look down on Heinous she deserves justice just like everyone else." Heinous sat in shock for a minute before a smirk played across her face as she spoke up.
"Even Moon the Undaunted is agreeing to this? I thought I'd never see the day you acted like a proper queen." Moon kept herself composed looking down as Heinous set her tea glass down carefully and stood up. "The punishment should be commensurate with the crime. How about we… annihilate princess Turdina and display her skeleton as a warning against any further insurrection."
"NO!" Everyone looked at Star as she leapt up shooting green magic at Heinous slamming her into a wall making it crack. "You won't take my Marco!" Before Star could fire another shot however Toffee leapt up and snatched Star's wand out her hand before Moon used magic to push Star back into her seat.
"Star, compose yourself." Toffee spoke in a monotone manner with Moon letting go of Star but keeping ready should Star leap up again. After a few seconds of tense silence, where Heinous got up and limped back to her seat, Star began crying and grabbed onto Marco so tightly his joints creaked and he groaned in pain.
"Please don't let her do it daddy, please!" As Marco gasped for breath Toffee sat back down addressing Heinous.
"You are right the punishment should be commensurate with the crime; which is why I won't let you do it." Heinous gaped in shock as Star sighed in relief releasing Marco. "You have been wronged yes but death is not commensurate with the crime." Heinous glared at him replying with a dark tone of voice.
"That princess destroyed everything I have preserved since the illustrious St. Olga passed on. She has besmirched the name of a school that has been providing for many nations across the multi-verse for centuries. This punishment IS commensurate with the crime!" Toffee folded his arms giving Heinous a look that said he wasn't backing down on this. "Fine, well what would you…"
"Excuse me?" Everyone looked up to the destroyed door to see a police officer standing there. "Is this 4815 Avocado Terrace?" Everyone looked at each other a moment before Raphael spoke up.
"Yes. Is this a noise complaint by any chance? Because if so we're trying to keep it down but tensions are high in here." At this Star and Marco as well as Heinous's trio started speaking all at once.
Marco: "This lady is an oppressive dictator who wants to kill me!"
Heinous: "They are not giving me proper recompense for crimes committed!"
DuBois: "They destroyed my body!"
Gemini: "We are being denied justice!"
Star: "They want to kill my Marco!" The police officer held up his hand calming everyone down.
"Alright alright people no need for heated words. This is a lot to take in but if everyone remains calm I'm sure we can clear all this up right now." Marco and Heinous shot each other poisoned looks as the officer spoke.
Outside everyone is gathered up looking at Heinous's car parked on top of the wrecked car with a sizable crowd gathered around a little ways off. The officer rubs his chin and speaks up to the group that was inside of the house.
"Well I got called about a vehicle being double parked but since the wheels are not on the ground I think it's out of my jurisdiction." Toffee face palmed at this speaking up.
"What kind of slacking law enforcement officials do you humans have?" Angie spoke up at this with a look of exasperation on her face.
"Not entirely sure myself at times." The officer spoke up at this.
"Hey I'm just trying to not break any regulations myself right now, balance of power and all that. I will see if this is in my jurisdiction or not and if the car is still here when I come back then I will deal with it. Whoever owns this vehicle I still strongly suggest you move it. If another crime is being committed be sure to give me a call." He walked off with everyone turning to go back inside.
"Well that was a pointless distraction." Moon's words made Raphael nod with Star speaking up to Marco.
"You think something interesting would happen, like our friends getting involved in this you know." In the sizable crowd Oskar spoke up annoyed.
"But we're right here man." When Star didn't notice him, Ferguson, Starfan13, Jackie, Janna, Chloe, Floyd, and Alfonzo standing there Starfan13 spoke up.
"Should we try to get her attention?" Janna replied to that.
"No, we're just a brief cameo to make this scene interesting and surreal. Let's let the plot move along." Everyone watched Janna as she walked away with eyes falling on Ferguson.
"She does that at times including before we started dating. I think she's always been like this." As the group walked off Jackie commenting.
"I'm kind of surprised everyone in house noticed the vehicles but not Floyd." The bird squawked in agreement as the group moved along.