Chapter 7: Daddy's Secret
Star was talking with her parents on her wall mirror. Her father was talking about throne postures and giving a similar about it.
Star knew he was talking crap, but she playing the part of a bored teenager as she knew a long time ago to hide the truth from her mother.
"Star! Is that dimensional scissors?" asked Queen Moon.
Star looked at the scissors, "No of course not! They're just regular old scissors!"
She grabbed them and cut a piece of paper, accidently creating a small portal with a smother arm trying to grab her.
Queen Moon just glared at her.
"You are not to leave Earth. Even with Luffy." Said Queen Moon.
"I know." Said Star.
"I'll never know why Hekapoo gave him a pair." Muttered Queen Moon.
"Well your mother and I have to cut it short, I have a lecture to go to." Said King River.
"OF course… Have fun with your thing dad!" said Star.
"Oh you know how these things go." Said King River with a small chuckle.
"Oh he and his lectures." Said Queen Moon.
Star managed to stop the arm and close the portal.
"Hey Star! We're about to celebrate my parents anniversary." Said Marco.
"Oh it's your parents anniversary." Said Star, "I didn't get them anything."
"That's okay… my present can be form both of us." Said Marco.
"But I want to get them something, your parents are actually cool…" said Star, "Not as cool as my dad, but still cool."
"Cool?" asked Marco as his brain had broken, "Cool…"
They went downstairs, to find Mr. and Mrs. Diaz snuggling.
"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!" said Marco.
"Oh Marco." Said Mrs. Diaz.
"I got you fanny packs!" said Marco giving them fanny packs.
"Oh wow… more fanny packs." said Mrs. Diaz trying to be polite.
"I know you guys are non-believers but these ones are cooler than last year." Said Marco as he listed off the things threat they came with.
"Oh yes… you know how we love to travel around." Said Mr. Diaz.
"OH Marco that is very thoughtful of you." Said Mrs. Diaz unaware that she was going to guilt Star, "Gifts are such a great way to show how much you care about them. I don't know if it's possible to love more than right now."
"And I'm going to give you a trip to Mewni!" yelled Star.
"We're going to Mewni!" cheered Mr. and Mrs. Diaz.
"Uh and we can bring our new fanny packs." Said Marco.
And so they went to Mewni, being nervous about her mother finding out Star steered them away from seeing the palace, instead going to peasant market place where Mrs. Diaz bought a wind chime made of bones.
As they explored the market place, Star saw her father at a spear booth.
"Why that rascal." Said Star with a smirk.
She went over and tapped his shoulder.
"Aren't you supposed to be at a lecture?" she asked sternly.
"Star! Aren't you supposed to be on Earth?" asked King River.
Marco ended up walking nearby and saw this.
"Oh no…" said Marco.
He was going to defuse the situation.
However he was surprised when the two of them started to laugh.
"Hugs!" cheered Star.
"What?" asked Marco.
"So what are you doing here?" asked King River.
"It's Mr. and Mrs. Diaz's anniversary so I gave them a gift of a trip to Mewni." Said Star.
"That's very nice of you." Said King River, "Just make sure your mother finds out."
"Just like how she's not going to find out about today." Giggled Star.
Marco decided to finally ask.
"Is… everything okay." Said Marco.
"Yeah it's fine. "said Star, "Just me and dad keeping each others' secrets like always."
"Quite right, now I should get back to choosing the best spear." Said King River.
"And I'll get back to showing the two around Mewni." Cheered Star.
Star and Marco began to walk away.
"What was that about." Said Marco.
"Oh just our little secret exchange." Said Star, "IT's something we've been doing since I was a kid."
"What?" asked Marco.
"It all began back when I was 8…" said Star.
(Flashback)
A young Star headed to a certain bedroom. She giggled as she opened the door.
"Good morning!" she yelled at the occupant.
The person sleeping fell out of bed.
"Star! Really!" yelled the person who was Sabo.
"Oh come on! I love waking you up. You know that." Said Star.
"You would think it would get old after a few months" sighed Sabo.
(Cut out of Flashback)
"Wait… Sabo lived with you?" asked Marco.
"Yeah, for nearly a year." Said Star..
"When… how…" said Marco.
"Do you want to hear this wonderfully cute story on how I connected with my dad or a deeply depressing story on how Sabo came to live in the palace." Said Star.
"The first one…" said Marco.
"Good." Said Star.
Marco blinked, he knew he would have to get that story sometimes, but it was clear it was not that time.
"(Cuts back to Flashback)
"So what's the plan for today?" asked Sabo.
"I managed to steal a pair today." Said Star holding up dimensional scissors.
"All right!" said Sabo.
She cut a portal and both of them entered the tree house. Luffy and Ace saw the portal open and they got excited.
Luffy immediately jugged them right when they arrived.
"I missed you two so much." Said Luffy.
"We saw each other a few days ago." Said Sabo.
"I know." Said Luffy.
"So what's the plan for today?" asked Ace.
"I think today should be a Mewni day…" said Star.
"Do you have something in mind?" asked Ace.
"I do!" said Star.
They went back through the portal.
They ran through the castle following Star.
That was when they turned a corner and she bumped into King River.
"Sorry dad!" said Star.
"It's okay!" said King River, "It's good to see you boys again."
"Good to see you too." Said Ace.
"So what are you up to?" asked King River.
"Just regular kid stuff!" said Sabo making user Luffy didn't answer.
"Of course." Laughed King Ricer, "Now if you excuse me I have to go to a lecture."
He left with a couple of servants.
Once it was clear they left the castle and followed Star to where was taking them.
"The Forest of Certain Death?" asked Ace.
"Yep!" cheered Star.
(Cuts out of Flashback)
"Seriously?" asked Marco as the two had rejoined his parents.
"It's just a name" assured Star.
"IT's not just a name." said Marco.
"You're right." Said Star.
(Cut back to Flashback)
They looked at the crazy spooky forest.
"This place looks awesome!" said Luffy.
"It's worse than Mount Colubo." Said Sabo.
"Nothing we can't handle." Said Luffy.
"You guys ready to explore the forest?" asked Star.
"Yeah!" cheered Luffy.
The two older boys weren't as excited.
"You think we're ready for this?" asked Sabo.
"I think so." Said Ace, "How else are we going to be pirates."
They all headed into the forest, to explore.
They encountered things like carnivorous plants, small hairy monsters and monsters that were disguised like flowers.
Durring this of course they fought them off.
Star punched and kicked several of the monsters.
(Cut out of Flashback)
"That sounds so off to me." Said Marco.
"Well it was long before I got my wand." Said Star.
(Cuts back to Flashback)
Sabo and Ace were both using pipes to beat up the monsters.
Luffy tried to using the Gum Gum Pistol on the monster but it didn't go well.
(Cut out of Flashback)
"Luffy was still having problems controlling his rubber powers." Said Star.
"Okay." Said Marco.
(Cut back to Flashback)
Thankfully Star helped him with taking out the monsters.
Once they were done.
"That was fun!" cheered Luffy.
"Your powers are still useless though." Teased Sabo.
"Hey!" pouted Luffy.
That was when Star noticed something… Ace was gone.
"Where did Ace go?" asked Star.
All of them were on edge.
The three looked at the flower like monsters, which began to get scared and hid under ground.
They knew they had to look for Ace unaware of something watching them.
They heard a muffled scream sound they headed for it.
They found saw something bound in a large spider web.
"That's Ace!" yelled Luffy.
That was when a large spider showed up and picked up Luffy in the web and quickly wrapped him up before the boy could do anything.
"Luffy!" yelled Star.
"You'll pay for that!" yelled Sabo getting his pipe ready.
Before either could fight off the giant spider they heard a yelled.
They turned to see King River wearing nothing but a lion cloth and his crown.
(Cuts out of Flashback)
"What…" said Marco.
"That's…. that's what he wears when he goes monster hunting." Said Star, "And… camping…"
"Okay…" said Marco unsure how to reposed.
(Cuts back to Flashback)
They watched as King River began to fight off the giant spider and killed it.
Durring this time Star and Sabo were processing what they were watching.
When the spider was finally dead, only Star was able to get out a "Dad?!"
King River finally noticed the two.
"Star? Sabo?" asked King River.
He then but the other two out of the web.
"Whoo!" cheered Luffy.
"That spider got me by surprise." Muttered Ace.
"What are you kids doing here?" asked King River.
"Aren't you supposed to be at one of your lectures?" asked Sabo.
"Oh yeah! He's right!" said Star.
"Well…" said King River, "Okay… I must confess something… I do go to lectures, every once in a while I go out monster hunting. It keeps me sane from the monotony of running the kingdom and it's good for the throne posture."
"That's so cool!" said Star with her eyes sparkling.
""I didn't know you did that!" said Luffy.
"Well it's a secret, please none of you boys tell Moon." Said King River.
"Hey… ASLS meeting." Said Ace.
(Cuts out of Flashback)
"ASLS?" asked Marco.
"It's our given name instills. When we were kids we claim we were pirate crew and rampaged Dawn Island!" said Star.
"That sounds about right." Said Marco.
(Cut back to Flashback)
The four began to talk in a huddle.
"Maybe we should tell him the full truth." Said Ace.
"Really? Why?" asked Luffy.
"This is a big secret." Said Sabo, "Plus the servants are starting to notice when you steal the scissors…"
"Yeah…" said Star, "You have a point."
They broke the huddle.
"Dad… we'll keep your secret from mom, if you keep ours from her as well." Said Star.
"Is it you going out to hunt monster too?" asked King River.
"No…" said Star.
"Everyone knows that." Pointed it Sabo.
"We're from the Blue Dimension." Said Ace.
"What?" asked King River.
"We're all from the Blue Dimension." Said Sabo.
"I've been stealing the serves' dimensional scissors and visiting them." Said Star.
"You mean that one sea fearing dimension that is overrun by pirates thanks to that Pirate King?" asked River.
Ace glared at River a little, but Star piped up "That's the one!" to make sure her father didn't' notice the glare.
"How long have you been doing it?" asked King River.
"Almost two years." Said Star.
King River sighed.
"I will keep that secret. Don't worry." Said King River, "And that does explain one thing."
"What?" asked Sabo.
"Why I couldn't find your parents." Said King River, "I've been trying to figure out where they were to (ahem) give them a piece of my mind…"
"Really why?" asked Sabo who seemed to be tearing up.
"Moon and I noticed the little hints of your story when we first let you live in the palace. We know the kind of people they are." Said King River.
Sabo looked at King River, "Thank you… for telling me that."
(Cut out of Flashback)
"Wait… what's going on there?" asked Marco.
"I told you, I'm not telling you that story." Said Star.
"Oh…" said Marco.
(Cut back to Flashback)
"Please tell me your parents aren't the same." Said King River to the other two.
"No…" said Ace.
"I have parents?" asked Luffy confused.
"All right then." Said King River not wanting to touch that with Luffy, "Don't worry your secret is safe with me, as long you don't tell your mother."
"We'll also make sure that Luffy doesn't blab either." Laughed Ace.
"Hey!" yelled Luffy.
"Thanks Dad!" cheered Star and then she hugged him, "Hugs!"
The father and daughter hugged.
After they broke the hug.
"So tell me Sabo… should I still give your parents a piece of my mind?" asked River.
"Probably not a good idea since most people don't know about other Dimensions back home." Said Sabo.
"Oh quite right." Said River, "Well you kids should get out of the forest, that spider was not my prey. Tally ho!"
The king with left with a couple of servants following him.
They watched the king leave knowing that he would keep their secret and they would keep theirs.
(End of Flashback)
"Dad's even been to the Blue Dimension with us several times since then." Said Star.
"I thought he was in the dark too." Said Marco.
"Nope… just mom is." Said Star, "And I intend to keep it that way."
"Star! Marco!" called out Mr. Diaz.
"We got a map to a hot Spring." Said Mrs. Diaz, "Is okay if we go there?"
"Let's see." Said Star.
She checked the map.
"Yeah, it's safe. "said Star.
"Okay… let's go." Said Mrs. Diaz.
Star and Marco were about to follow them.
"Just the two of us… you know… alone." Said Mr. Diaz.
Star and Marco blinked.
"Oh…" said Marco with his eyes widening.
"Come on… let's give them some alone time." Said Star, "I know of some cool places to kill some time in town."
"All right! Let's meet back at the market lace when we're all done." Said Marco.
"Of course." Said Mrs. Diaz.
"Let's just wear the Fanny packs when we get there." Said Mr. Diaz whispering to his wife.
"You're so bad. "giggled Mrs. Diaz.
Mr. and Mrs. Diaz went to the hot springs and had some fun before meeting back up Star and Marco and going home. Thankfully Moon never found about the trip.
Though Marco couldn't help but to wonder if he would ever find out anything about Sabo's parents… he would pretty soon… but not the next thing to happen though…
Next Time: It's Star's classmate's birthday! and due to a miscommunication, Star thinks she's invited and of course she brings Luffy and Marco... what will happen when Ludo joins in on them hem as well? Find out next time!
A/N: Yes... that was the first hint in how Sabo was saved from "dying". I will get more into the story in a later chapter... please don't demand it though...