Ok, I would just like to apologize for this taking so long to get out to you lot. I procrastinated a bit and had to rewrite this damn thing 5 times because it didn't feel right. I even abandoned the original idea for this chapter because I realized halfway through that it was just stupid. No matter, it's here now and I am back on the eight ball… please let it be so. *sobs quietly in the corner.*

Star hefted up the mallet and swung it around in a way one would if they were chopping wood and brought it down on the paddle. The small bit shot up past the various levels including 'The Royal Fool', 'Washerwoman', 'Apple farmer', etc. and hit the bell at the top signaling she had the same strength as 'His Royal Majesty'. She smirked as she casually twirled the 10 pound mallet resting it on her shoulder as she looked at the applauding audience with Marco running out from the group shouting out to her.

"Mom's the greatest! Go mommy!" He went to hug her leg but she casually scooped him up with one arm and planted a kiss on his head as he sat on her forearm.

"Of course I am sweetie, why would I not be?" Marco giggled and hugged onto her shoulders as Star walked over to the reward stand with the vendor staring at her wide eyed. "Now which would you like my little man?" Star was surprised that she wasn't blushing as she talked to Marco like he was her son, 'But then again I have been doing it for several hours at this point.' Star thought to herself as Marco pointed to a dragon looking like Maleficent's from Sleeping Beauty. "Very well, the dragon my dear sir." The man nodded still shocked at her abilities and took down the dragon for them with Marco grabbing onto it. They turned and left the trial of strength with Star leaving the mallet behind as she spoke to Marco. "You're really getting into the 4 year old thing aren't you?" Marco nodded and replied with shining eyes.

"Everything just seems so much bigger and more grand and more… impressive and exciting. It's like today became the best day ever somehow." He looked around the fair with shining eyes with Star smiling at his eagerness. "Oh hey, hi guys!" Marco waved towards where Jackie and Tom of all people were located with the two of them not noticing Star and Marco. "Huh?" Marco blinked in confusion when they didn't notice them. "Wha- oh right we don't look like ourselves. *Ahem* Jackie, Tom, over here." The two looked up at their names blinking in confusion when they saw Star and Marco coming towards them with Tom speaking up.

"Ummm, do we know you by any… wait." He looked them both up and down carefully before his eyes went wide in recognition. "Star! Marco! What happened to you two?" As Jackie's eyes went wide with recognition Star subtly caught her gaze with a silent reaffirmation of their deal passing between the two before Star spoke up.

"Goofing up with magic… again; would rather not go into details." Tom and Jackie nodded in understanding. "Say what are you guys doing here?" Tom and Jackie chuckled with Jackie replying.

"We came to see the bands performing at the end of the day. Good chance to introduce Tom to Viking/Folk/Power Metal." Marco and blinked in confusion at this. "What, that music not your style?" Marco shook his head and replied.

"No that music is ok, but why did you say / between the types of music?" Jackie went to answer and stalled before falling into confused silence. Tom spoke up at this directed towards Star.

"So you two have been going around the fair like that all day?" Star and Marco nodded with Tom smiling. "Well I don't day this often but you two look so cute as a mother and child… wait." Tom's smile turned sly. "You wouldn't by chance be calling Star mommy would you?" Marco and Star looked at each other blushing slightly as Jackie spoke up.

"Of course he would have to, how else would they have let a four year old into the fair?" Tom blinked in confusion before nodding. "Say why would you ask that question it seems pretty straight forward?" Tom went to answer before he realized what he had been hinting at between Star and Marco with it being his turn to blush while Marco and Star smiled slyly at him. Jackie's giggling interrupted them however as she kissed his cheek. "You're so cute when you're flustered." Tom chuckled right back at her as he spoke.

"Ok, you got me." Tom looked back at Star and Marco. "Say um… this is gonna sound strange but…" He looked around nervously for a second. "… can I hold Marco?" Marco stared at him deadpan before replying.

"Seriously, this is what it has degenerated…"

"Of course you can." Marco and Tom both blinked in shock at Star's words as she held the toy and handed Marco to Tom while Jackie struggled to hold back her laughter. "Careful, he's quite a handful and is heavier then he looks." Marco began struggling as he was handed to Tom.

"Star seriously! I'm not a stuffed animal!" Star clucked her tongue at Marco before tweaking his nose.

"Now you listen to your mother young man and let the demon cuddle you." Tom held Marco with shining eyes while Marco pouted in his arms. Jackie, holding back laughter came up to Star's side and began talking to her.

"Ok, you did that because you just wanted to see Marco pout didn't you?" After a few seconds Star nodded slowly with Jackie couldn't hold back a few chuckles. "I can see why, Marco's so cute." The two watched Tom hold Marco with surprising interest while Marco continued to pout. "It's nice that you let him back into your life, Tom's a nice guy huh?" Star smiled softly and nodded looking rather happy. Jackie's eye caught something and she frowned slightly looking back up at Star. "Say you wouldn't have had people staring at you all day haven't you?" Star shrugged before replying.

"Yeah, and I know what you mean by that Jackie." Star gestured over to the group of men who were not so subtly checking out the 'hot momma'. "But honestly I don't mind too much." Jackie blinked in confusion as Star elaborated. "It doesn't do anyone any harm to just look. And if they go further and don't take no for an answer…" Star jerked her knee up in a manner that would make most men wince in sympathy. "I mean what's wrong with guys just checking out a pretty lady?" Jackie spoke up at that a bit concerned.

"Um, making you feel like a piece of meat whose appearance is your only value?" Star shrugged at that as she answered.

"Eh it doesn't bother me, all things considered when it comes to men this is actually a step forward in my regard. And that sounded really sad didn't it?" Star looked at Jackie who smiled and took her hand showing support.

"I understand where you're coming from, but fuck those assholes you're beautiful just the way you are." They shared a smile before a muffled oof came from Tom prompting them to look up and see Marco on Tom's shoulders holding onto his horns with a smile on his face.

"Come on Tom, let's go!" Marco's words accompanied him kicking him like one would kick a horse making Tom groan in protest as he replied.

"Seriously man, you are doing this on purpose aren't you?" Marco shrugged with Jackie and Star laughing at the two. After a few seconds of struggling to get Tom to run Helsinki's voice rang out.

"Easy there, ya don wanna break ya horsey." The quartet looked up at the voice to see Helsinki and Lancer, who was loaded with several prizes of sorts. Everyone waved at each other with smiles, except for Helsinki who had a cautious eye on Tom and Tom who had a nervous eye on her. "Onestly I'm a bit surprised ya lettin im do this Tom bein the prince o the Underworld an all. For that matter wha are ya doin ere?" Tom replied to that in as relaxed a tone he could muster given lil Marco was on his back.

"Oh Marco's a close friend of mine so it's no big deal. And I'm here at my girlfriend's suggestion to see more of what earth has to offer." He pointed towards Jackie who waved at Helsinki and Lancer with Helsinki relaxing somewhat as Tom got a surprised look on his face. "Whoa, what did you do to piss someone off enough to put a Naysaya on you?" At this everyone's attention was directed towards Lancer who was holding the prizes and feeding Naysaya some turkey leg.

"An experiment from some of my students, they will be paying for it eventually. But all things considered it's not so bad." Naysaya moaned in pleasure as he continued to eat turkey with Tom again speaking up.

"Well it seems like you made it to the end of the curse. So who's the lucky lady… or dude I don't like to presume." Lancer gestured as best he could to Helsinki who nodded at Tom making him look back and forth between them in shock. "You went for mad steam cap Helsinki?" Jackie, Marco, and Lancer blinked in confusion at that with Star clarifying.

"That's a nickname my Aunt got for her explosive experiments and hair brained schemes in Mewni." Helsinki shrugged and put her hands on her hips as she replied with a smirk.

"Oh they're jus jealous a me, pay no heed." Lancer chuckled before finally replying to Tom.

"Well yes, yes I did; and I got her." He leaned over kissing Helsinki's cheek with Helsinki chuckling as she replied.

"Easy there ya charmer or I moight hafta pull ya to the side to dose this fire inside o me." At those words Lancer blushed, Jackie giggled, Marco gagged (like a 4 year old would), Tom looked neutral, and Star stared at Helsinki deadpan as she spoke up.

"Really, you had to go there?" Helsinki gave a 'sorry, not sorry' shrug as Tom spoke up again.

"Regardless, good luck surviving her man." Lancer shrugged as he replied.

"After surviving Casper high, there's not much that can even land a solid hit on me." Helsinki raised her eyebrow at that before speaking.

"Is that a challenge?" As if to answer her an explosion occurred in the distance with some smoke going up into the sky. "Well…" Lancer spoke up at this with an almost tired and exasperated voice.

"Well that doesn't sound good; we should do something about it right?" Star replied with the same tone of voice.

"Yeah, and figure out what *cough* Janna and Ferguson *cough* did that." Jackie looked back and forth between them a second before commenting.

"Oh come on you guys blame them for…" Ferguson and Janna came into view from the explosion area with slightly scorched faces and running like hell was behind them with the two yelling at each other.

F: "That was supposed to go into the sky."

J: "You were supposed to stick it in the ground."

F: "It was in the ground."

J: "Outside."

F: "This was your idea!"

"… everything." Jackie finished up in shock as Star and Lancer nodded to each other with Star shooting a 'Taffy fishing rod' and reeled in the duo with Lancer speaking.

"Well I have no idea what you two did but I get the feeling you are going to tell us all about it sooner rather than later." The two kids looked at each other in annoyance and spoke in synchronization.

"Damn it."

Star and Lancer began dragging the two back towards the explosion with Jackie shaking her head as she followed them. As Tom began following them however he was suddenly yanked back between two tents with Marco falling over his head onto the ground. As Tom got his bearings he saw a hand crossbow (pistol-like crossbow) pointed in his face by a suspicious looking Helsinki who pinned him to the tent and began speaking with venom in her voice.

"What's ya angle demon?" Tom stood in silence for several seconds before nervously gulping. "I know demons ave a thing about nevah lettin go of their 'property' and ya jus given up on Star loike that is not in character. So what's ya angle demon?" As Tom struggled to find an answer Marco found them and spoke up.

"No angle he really is a changed guy Helsinki." The two looked at Marco, Tom with hope and Helsinki with suspicion. "Tom has actually come a long way and Star has forgiven him for what he did. And before you say anything yes I know exactly what happened between the two and yes it was bad but Tom has actually improved for the better. And this is coming from a guy Tom nearly killed at one point but is still his best friend." Helsinki looked back and forth between the two as if trying to comprehend what Marco had just said before speaking.

"And ow do you know this ain't a trick jus to get Star for imself?" Tom spoke up at this.

"Because keeping Star as property wasn't a good way to help protect her, and besides Star belongs to Marco not me." Helsinki turned about to threaten Tom some more before pausing in confusion. "I couldn't steal Star from my best friend even if I didn't have Jackie. I mean Star and I had some good times together but even at our best wasn't as good as what those two have now; hell even compared to what Jackie and I have." The gears turned in her head for a minute or two until Marco came up to her grabbing onto her clothes and speaking up.

"Come on, I know Tom did some bad things but what's the point of forgiveness existing if people can't redeem themselves." Helsinki stood there awhile longer just looking between the two before slowly letting Tom down and putting the crossbow away with a sigh before speaking.

"Well… seems I ave a lot to catch up on." She nodded to Tom. "Ok, I'll accept ya peace offering fur now." Tom gave a sigh in relief as she turned towards Marco with a smile on her face. "So, ya actually are wit my niece eh?" She rubbed Marco's head affectionately. "Well it's about time ya two got together."

As the atmosphere relaxed the trio heard a muffled 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!' shouted from Lancer with muffled running sounds coming in their direction. The trio stepped out from their hidey hole to see Star, Lancer, Jackie, Ferguson, and Janna running from an angry mob of Scotsmen and Vikings who were wielding various medieval weaponry. The trio looked at each other in shock with Marco speaking up.

"Well, that escalated quickly." Tom sighed and stepped forward brining his hand up.

"Guess I have to throw my weight around." His eyes turned a brilliant white and he began demonic chanting.

The ground split open bin front of the assorted barbarians with flaming chains coming out and providing a barrier to keep them from getting any closer. As he did so Star cut open a portal with the scissors with Lancer yelling at everyone.

"Time to leave now; these guys aren't accepting apologies anytime soon." Helsinki pouted as she stepped for the portal as she replied.

"Aw, ya ad all the fun without me. Ya gonna ave to make up for it now." She smiled pulling Lancer in alongside her with Janna and Ferguson going through next. Jackie shook her head in exasperation as she spoke up.

"I mean they did set off an explosion but seriously what is wrong with some of these people?!" She stepped through the portal with Star picking up Marco and beckoning for Tom to go through. As he went through Marco spoke up to Star.

"Wait, what about the others?" Star shrugged as she stepped through with the chains disappearing behind them and the ground closing up.

"Eh, they're in no immediate harm." She closed up the portal behind her with the assorted barbarians sweeping the area looking for any sign of where they had gotten off to.

As the group got their bearings after tumbling through the portal they saw they were where the group had met up before coming to the fair. Janna and Ferguson looked at each other with 1,000 yard stares with Janna speaking up.

"That was… intense even for us." Ferguson nodded as he replied.

"I mean that firework was just a test but when it hit all the others meant for the bands…" Everyone double took in shock at those words as Janna continued sentence.

"… all hell broke loose. Well guess they are down fireworks, the band stage, and the washer wench's area." Ferguson nodded as he added on.

"Yeah… wanna do that again sometime?" Janna smirked as she kissed his cheek.

"You know it. Perhaps we could bring Janjak along to…" They both stopped cold when Lancer grabbed their ears pulling them up hard as he spoke with a smirk.

"Oh I highly doubt you're going to do anything like this anytime soon once your parents find out about this." He began dragging them along as they looked at Helsinki for help with her speaking up to Lancer.

"Oh come on they were jus havin fun… wait was anyone in danger aside from yourselves?" They both shook their heads no as best they could with Helsinki smiling. "See, no real arm." Lancer sighed and turned to her as they began sparring over whether the kids should be punished or not. As they did so Tom spoke to Jackie with a sigh.

"Well, guess the band performances are off tonight. Wanna go get corn smoothies and hang at the skate park?" Jackie nodded taking his hand as she replied.

"Anytime man, although I do have to ask what is a corn smoothie?" As they walked off Star and Marco looked at each other with Marco speaking up first.

"Should we go get everyone else?" Star nodded and wordlessly cut a portal and picked up Marco holding him with the stuffed dragon as she moved through.

"Well… that was a day?" Marco was slumped over on Star's back holding onto his dragon as they made their way home in the early evening light.

Despite the trail of destruction and the bands not being able to perform everything else about the day had gone rather well. Janna and Ferguson weren't able to come back obviously but the rest of the group had been able to enjoy their day, even Oskar had enjoyed it despite the fact that he didn't get to play. Alfonzo had wound up accidentally participating in a joust parody and won it gaining the title of 'The Least Least Competent' and had won a coupon to 'The Green wood weaponry' which made wooden weapon replicas. Starfan13 had wound up joining in a 'princess pageant', Star couldn't hold back her laughter throughout it, and won 2nd place which got her a tiara that was eerily like Star's back on Mewni. Lancer had for one reason or another let Janna and Ferguson go thanks to Helsinki and, considering how he was smiling like an idiot and blushed whenever he looked at Helsinki, Star wasn't sure she wanted to know how she had done it. And now that it was all done everyone had gone their separate ways with everyone saying their own goodbyes to Marco; some of them tear filled as they would likely never see lil Marco again which infuriated Marco to no end. But now as Star was carrying him home with him repressing a yawn she had to steal a look over her shoulder to admire how cute he was snuggled up against her. She smiled at his young face with the cute little mole on his cheek and his black fluffy hair all messed up from the long day. As she stared at him he looked up with his chocolate brown eyes with a content if slightly sleepy look to them as he spoke up.

"Um Star, we passed by the house." Star stopped realizing she was nearly at the next house having overshot theirs.

"Oh… Thank you. " Star turned around and walked back. "You know you need to stop looking so cute, it's a might bit distracting." Marco looked at her annoyed with a small smirk slowly splitting his face.

"I can't help it, I was born this way." Star chuckled as she moved up to the door.

"Yeah I suppose so." She put Marco down on the ground with him refusing to let go of the dragon. "Now let's go in and get some second dinner, mama's still hungry." Marco chuckled as they stepped in to see Angie and Raphael dancing to some slow Spanish music in the living room. "Oh hey Mr. and Mrs. Diaz." The parents stopped and turned to see Star and Marco step in with both of them looking confused. "What?" Raphael was the first to speak up.

"Um, who are you and why did you bring your son here?" Angie glanced at Marco and her eyes went wide as she gave a girly squeal before speaking.

"Oh my God Raphy look!" She turned his head to look at Marco. "It's Marco when he was 4 years and 5 months old! My little man has turned into my little boy again!" She moved over and picked Marco up squeezing him tight with Marco gasping for breath.

"Choking, not breathing." Marco whispered out with Star laughing at this and Raphael nodding in understanding.

"Oh of course, didn't recognize him for a minute there. It has been ten years after all." At this Angie turned towards Raphael with a frown on her face as she spoke up.

"You didn't recognize your own son even after you had seen him like this before!? Shame on you old man!" Raphael looked down a bit saddened as Angie's face softened. "Oh come here you and join the family hug." Raphael joined in with Angie turning towards Star. "You too sweetie." Star giggled and ran over joining the hug with Marco speaking up.

"Seriously. Having. Trouble. Breathing." Angie replied to this.

"Oh don't be such a big baby… oh wait you are one again." She shooed off Raphael and Star before carrying him over to the couch and sitting down with him on her lap. "So my little Marco, how was the day? Did you have a lot of fun? Slay any dragons my little Caballero?" Marco sighed before speaking.

"Mom I only look 4 ½, I'm still 14 2/3 and will be that way tomorrow." Angie sniffed as a tear came to her eye.

"Of course of course… I just missed having a little child." Marco huffed and rolled his eyes with Angie getting a mischievous glint in hers. "Oh is someone grumpy? I know the medicine you need…" At this Marco began to panic and tried to run but Angie gripped onto him. "… TICKLE MEDICATION!" She then proceeded to tickle Marco relentlessly with Marco laughing uncontrollably at this.

"No mom *HAHAHA* stop *heeheheheeee* it's not *hahahehehehaha* good for *hehehehahahahaha* STAR HELP ME!" Star however couldn't help him as she was too caught up in laughing herself to intervene while Raphael watched with a happy glint in his eyes.

"Oh this brings back so many warm memories. Oh I know what else we can do while he is still a kid." He ran upstairs quickly and came back down in less than two minutes with Angie wrapping up her tickling session. "So did the medication work." Angie chuckled as she replied.

"I would saw so Raphy." At seeing what he had in his hands her smile somehow grew even larger. "Oh you brought that thing down; I knew keeping it in an easily accessible place was a stroke of genius." She turned to a still chuckling and sobbing Marco as she took the item and handed it to Marco. "Oh Marco, sorry I went overboard on the medication, how about an old friend to make it up to you." Marco looked up and double took in shock at what he saw.

"Wait is that…" The adults nodded with Star cooing at how cute Marco looked holding onto a stuffed animal that looked like a turtle. "… Verrocchio? I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually missed you." He held the stuffed animal close before he began outright talking to it. "Oh we need to make up for lost time. I have a new friend for you to meet, Mal." He showed the turtle to the stuffed dragon. "I know you two will get along just fine… and why am I talking to these things they are stuffed animals?" Everyone chuckled as Marco shook his head in confusion. "Mommy I don't think I'm ok in the head… again."

"*chuckling* Oh don't worry about that my little…" Star and Angie both stopped when they realized they had answered Marco at the same time.

Raphael and Marco grew nervous as Angie and Star looked at each other like one would in a western shoot out while kneeling down to pick up Marco. After a few tense seconds of this Raphael finally spoke up nervously.

"Well she's going to be a good parent to our grandkids later on isn't she?"

"DAAAAD!" Marco exaggerated his scream just a little bit as tried to help alleviate the tension. After a few seconds both the women relaxed with Star stepping back.

"Sorry Mrs. Diaz, he's just had to call me that all day as they won't let young kids in without their parents." Angie nodded and picked Marco up holding him and the stuffed animals close as she replied.

"It's ok. I know he's going to call you mommy one day…" Marco and Star shuddered at that a little. "… but I just want to be his mommy for a little while longer." As she kissed his forehead Raphael spoke up.

"Um you are going to get the chance to be one again remember?" Star and Marco both froze looking at a now shocked Raphael. "Did I just say that out loud?" Angie nodded and chuckled as she replied.

"Well we were going to tell them this evening. Marco Star, we have big news." She handed Marco to Star and pressed the clothes to her body in such a way that it revealed a small bump in her abdomen. "Marco's getting a sibling." Star squealed slightly with glee as Marco blinked unable to comprehend this.

"Wai- sibling. I'm gonna be a big brother!? How did this happen?!" Angie and Raphael chuckled with Raphael speaking up.

"Well when a man and woman feel a powerful compulsion…" Angie shushed him.

"No no he's too young for that right now, wait until… whatever it was that has happened to him wears off for that." Raphael nodded as Marco spoke to himself.

"I'm gonna be a big brother." Star giggled booping his nose.

"Oh you are so cute. *giggle* Oh a Mr. and Mrs. Diaz, no need to worry about Marco he will be back to normal by tomorrow morning." The two nodded with Angie letting out a small sigh.

"Ok, I mean the next one will only be another 4-5 months or so…" Star's face turned thoughtful and then mischievous as she turned to Marco.

"Well it does no harm to turn him this young…"

"NOOOOOOOO!" Marco screamed as the trio laughed.

Helsinki walked through the portal back home feeling light on her feet after her 'date' with Lancer. 'Kind of hard to count it as one as we started half-way through the day. But I found myself a good man for the future… just need to not mess this up.' She thought to herself in glee as she heard her mirror ring.

"Hmmm, wot's tha?" She picked it up revealing Moon was calling. "Ello?" Moon appeared on the screen flustered and nervous as she spoke up.

"Helsinki, I need you down in the main council chambers now! This is a code 'Ice and Steam' meeting!"

Moon hadn't even finished her sentence when Helsinki cut a portal open and rushed through into the chamber to see Buff Frog, Heckapoo, Omnitraxus Prime, Rhombulus, Moon, Toffee, Butler, Willow, Lekmet, Moon's three shadow knights, Lily Forest, Lord Trogdor Avarius, and three other figures were already there. One was a female humanoid Monster with green skin, bat wings, a pair of spiraling horns, purple streaked greying black hair, with three eyes. The second was a man who seemed slightly younger then Moon who was wearing a big over cloak so you couldn't see any clear features. And the third was an elderly woman who was slightly pudgy and looked to be wearing a washerwoman's clothing of all things. Helsinki took her place alongside Moon's closest advisors and friends as Moon began speaking.

"Everyone is here then. Excellent, well not so excellent as the news has gotten rather grim over the last few weeks. Oliver?" Moon nodded to the cloaked man known as Spymaster Oliver Twist as he began giving his report.

"Well over the last few months since Ludo fixed the Senate so they can do their job without allowing people to hurt others we have seen a rise in losses for the Forest Barbarians. Safe houses were falling left and right at a rate unmatched for more than a decade and the rebels were beginning to betray each other in hopes of getting a second chance. That chance being given being a smart move." He nodded to Toffee who nodded in acknowledgment. "But then a bit over a month ago or so, not exactly sure when it started, the findings just dropped off and over time no rebels were found. At first we thought that with these changes and the loss of Mavis with the incident involving Lord Mildrew this meant that they had finally well and truly given up. Until attacks suddenly started and we found this." He put a cast of a footprint up on the table with everyone raising an eyebrow in suspicion with Lily speaking up.

"Um, that's a drakes footprint; Zippleback to be specific." Oliver nodded as he continued.

"In a village raided by the forest barbarians just the night before we found this print." Everyone looked back and forth in concern with Rhombulus speaking up.

"Wait, are you saying that the drakes are helping out the Forest Barbarians because you wouldn't make a big deal out of this if that wasn't your suspicion?" Oliver nodded with a collective gasp in the room followed by Heckapoo speaking up.

"Well I'm speechless. I keep on forgetting how smart you are Rhombulus?" Rhombulus glared at her before replying.

"Not dignifying that." Trogdor spoke up at this.

"Well what other input do we have aside from this? I mean just a potential correlation of them working with drakes is just the tip of the iceberg right now honestly." At this the Washerwoman nodded as she added her input.

"Well word of the commoners is that a new leader has come to the Forest Barbarians and is using some sort of ancient item or entity to unify and organize them giving them an actual chance. Of course these are but the faintest of rumors and are commonly dismissed but with this info…" She let the words lie with Moon speaking up.

"Indeed Margaret. Do you three have anything to offer?" She turned to the Shadow knights who shook their heads hesitantly with one of them speaking.

"Well we have the information that all of the remaining shadows opposed to you have just suddenly disappeared; not run or died just disappeared. And what's more at times when going through the kingdom searching for threats it seems like our vision is… warped. Subtly enough that you wouldn't notice it until you have experienced it enough times." Everyone nodded at that with Toffee speaking up.

"Once is an occurrence, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action. And we have 7 so far; Rumors of a new leader, the Shadows being blocked, raids with drakes, The Forest Barbarians growing more competent, The flux with the magic, the raid by Lord Mildrew, and the return of Eclipsa after more than 300 years. Someone is making a move against Mewni and we have next to no information about what is even going on." Everyone looked at each other worriedly with the Monster woman speaking up in a scots accent.

"Well then, why don'cha come up with an idea then?" Heckapoo chuckled as she grabbed the figures hand in a sign of affection.

"Hey Lucy, when it comes to Toffee he probably already had one before we got here." Everyone chuckled with Toffee joining in before getting serious.

"In all seriousness though we have too little information. Our first course of action is figure out what is going on with the Forest Barbarians and figure out if they are getting outside help. Now…" Toffee pulled a projector screen out of the ceiling with a plan being projected onto it. "… here is the…"

"Wait you just have that at random to pull out at any time?" Everyone turned towards Heckapoo with Lucy answering.

"Are ya really that surprised dear?" Heckapoo shrugged as Toffee nodded and got started.

"So here is the plan..."

WH: Well well well the plot thickens. As Star and Marco experience their summer their enemies just keep on growing stronger with the dark approaching. Next time brace yourselves for cuteness as it is 'Starsitting time'!

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AND I WILL GET THE CHAPTERS OUT SOONER I SWEAR IT!