A/N: It's the chapter that I'm sure everyone's been waiting for! I hope everyone enjoys the chapter!
Chapter 25: The Grey Terminal Inferno
Star was depressed, turns out Earth School have a thing called a guidance councilor who helped Students with their lives.
She met up with him durring the school's career day. However he pointed out that the only thing she could be queen and hopefully she would have time for on the side with hobby of breeding Warnicorns.
Though when she called her mother for advicem she was getting prepared for some kind of meeting and told her not worry about it. Though it was clear she was extremely busy and had no time for anything.
Star had a guidebook about being a queen and found something that would cause her to lose her status as queen.
But before she did that she felt she needed to talk to a certain someone who might know what she was going through.
"Call Sabo." Said Star.
"Calling Sabo." Said the mirror.
Sabo picked up.
"Hey Star!" said Sabo then he noticed the look, "What's wrong?"
"I'm considering cutting off a mermaid's tail." Said Star.
Sabo eyes widened in shock.
If a Princess of Mewni cuts off a Mermaid's tale then they can never be queen…
"Make a portal now! We need to talk about this in person." Said Sabo.
Star created a portal and Sabo immediately walked through it.
"What… happened?" asked Sabo.
She told him about Mr. Candle (the guidance councilor) said about her being queen and how she probably won't have time to breed Warnicorns combined truth what her mother said.
"Star…" sighed Sabo.
He looked at his sister.
He had a different relationship to each sibling.
With Ace they were best friends long before they became brothers.
With Luffy he was just a bright ball of sunshine when he wasn't doing anything stupid. If he was down he was sure that he would make things better.
With Star it was different, they both knew what it was like to be part of royalty. Granted he was only a noble but Star was a Princess, not to mention the vast differences in their family's behavior. They both had that connection.
Not to mention how she saved him.
(Flashback)
For month the siblings had the time of their lives going on adventures, having fun, moving into a tree house. A lot had happened…
Though Star couldn't be there for everything thanks to her double life of being both a sister and a Princess.
But of course the good times couldn't last forever.
Sabo's "father" found them.
It had happened on a day that Star wasn't there.
Blue Jam, the pirate captain of Porchemy (who was killed after getting beaten by a bunch of children)
He was holding Sabo captive.
"Give him back!" demanded Luffy.
"Give him back! He's my son! A parent gave life to a child and it's their job to listen to whatever a parent says!" yelled Outlook, "You incited my son to leave home! And now you're going to pay!"
Outlook grumbled and noticed something.
"Where's the girl?" he asked.
"If you paid attention she's not with them all the time." Said Blue Jam.
Outlook scowled.
However he turned to Blue Jam.
"Take care of her when you find her. But I paid you handsomely so handle the rest now." Said Outlook.
Sabo knew that meant.
"I'll do whatever you want me to do! I'll live the way you want me to live!" yelled Sabo, "But don't hurt them! Please they're my precious brothers!"
With that Sabo went with his so called father, with tears in his eyes.
Meanwhile Blue Jam made Luffy and Ace do a job for him.
The next day Star arrived at tree house.
"Hey! I'm free for the day!" cheered Star.
However they weren't there.
So she began to look in the usual places. However they weren't there. She even checked out Dadan's place, but they weren't there.
Dadan did grumble about something, but was happy that Star was looking out for them, getting a bad feeling what was going on.
The last place she deiced to look was Grey Terminal
She looked around and saw the Blue Jam pirates holding the two hostage.
She decided to first attack the one holding Ace as he could help better than Luffy.
She ran over and kicked the man holding Ace in the spine.
"Gah!" yelled the man holding Ace and forcing him to let go.
Ace saw it ad Star and smiled.
"It's the girl…" muttered Blue Jam.
The two then attacked the man holding Luffy.
"Run!" yelled Ace.
Luffy nodded.
The three ran as fast as they could.
"After them!" yelled Blue Jam.
However the three ran behind a mound of trash, when the pirate got there they were gone.
"Where did they go?" asked one of them.
"They couldn't just disappear into thin air! Could they!" yelled another pirate.
"I heard stories…" said one of the pirates, "That the girl appears from a strange magical portal every now and then… that she's not from this dimension…"
"Stop it! They have to be somewhere!" yelled Blue Jam, "Find them before they spread word!"
Thankfully the three were in Mewni with Star knowing that was a place they could never fin them.
"What's going on? And where's Sabo?" asked Star.
They explained what was going on with Sabo and what happened.
And also what Blue Jam as doing, going to burn the Grey Terminal.
"We have to go save him!" said Luffy.
"All right! Let's break into his family's mansion and find him!" said Star.
"Seriously?" asked Ace.
"Two again one!" said Star.
"Don't be stupid!" said Luffy.
"Yeah and if we do get him back how to prevent his father from getting him back?" asked Ace.
"We're figure something out." Said Luffy and Star at the same time.
Ace sighed.
"Fine… let's go save him." said Ace.
Star opened up a portal to Outlook's mansion.
"All right! Time for stealth!" said Star.
"That's not going to work." Said Ace with his eye twitching.
"Why?" asked Star.
"Hey Sabo!" yelled Luffy.
"Oh right… Luffy doesn't know what stealth means." Said Star face palming.
They both grabbed him and hid.
"Luffy we have to do this quietly." Said Ace.
"So you're looking for Sabo…" said a voice.
They turned and saw Sterry.
He was as Luffy would later put it, "Sabo's fake brother" aka the boy his parents adopted to replace him.
"So you must be those people that kidnapped him." said Sterry.
"What do you mean kidnapped?" asked Ace.
"That's the official statement after all." Said Sterry.
"How old are you?" asked Ace with his eye twitching.
"I'm 8, why?" asked Sterry.
"I don't want to beat up someone younger than me who clearly can't fight." Said Ace.
So Luffy and Star beat him up.
"So where's Sabo!" yelled Ace at the beaten up Sterry.
"He ran off again!" yelled Sterry, " I swear!"
"Let's go look for him!" said Luffy.
The other two nodded.
All of them found the nearest window and jumped out of it.
"They're all nuts." Sterry muttered to himself.
They proceeded to run all over the Capital City calling for Sabo.
That was when they saw the fire breaking out.
"Oh man! It started!" said Ace.
"Those poor people…" said Star.
"We have to find Sabo!" yelled Luffy.
They knew they couldn't worry about what was going on, especially since they couldn't stop it.
With Sabo he was tossed aside so that he wouldn't do anything with the fire. He had asked around all day around the fire in High Town (the area of the capital city where the nobles lives)
That was when he met mysterious man in a cloak.
"Young man… what's wrong?" he asked.
"The people who started this fire were the royal family and the nobles!" cried Sabo, "This town stinks worse than Trash Mountain! It filled with the stink of rotten people! If I stay here I will never free! I wish I never born a noble!"
The man was shocked.
"I understand." Said the man, "I was born in this country too… but I don't have the power to change it."
"What I said matters to you?" asked Sabo.
"Of course, I'll never forget it…" said the man.
Before any more could be said, there was a call.
"Sabo!" cried Luffy.
Sabo turned and saw his three siblings running towards him.
"Ace! Star! Lu…" said Sabo but Luffy tackle hugged him before any more could be said.
"Sabo you're okay…" said Star joining the hug.
"How did you get away?" asked Sabo.
Ace lightly slapped him and pointed to Star.
"Oh… right… stupid question." Said Sabo.
"It looks like you have some people who care about you." Said the man.
"I do…" said Sabo.
You're not Nobles are you?" asked the man.
"Me and Ace aren't but Star is a princess from another…" said Luffy.
"Island… not another dimension… yeah totally another island!" said Star.
"I see…" said the man.
"You four should remain safe." Said the man.
"We won't go anywhere near the fire!" said Sabo.
"Come on let's hide!" said Star.
She led them away.
"Thanks for listening!" Sabo told the man.
The man nodded.
They ran off to another street so that Star could take them to Mewni.
IT was the same hill the first time she took Sabo and Ace to Mewni.
"I can't stay there anymore… I just can't! I have to set sail early!" cried Sabo.
"Sabo that's a really bad idea!" said Ace.
"Yeah! You can't set sail!" said Star.
"Please don't leave us behind!" said Luffy.
"I can't stay in the Goa Kingdom!" said Sabo.
"Then don't…" said Star.
She remember what her mother said about using resources. She looked at the palace.
"I have an idea." Said Star.
"What?" asked Sabo.
Star smiled at Sabo who's eyes widened realized what the plan was.
All that was needed for her parents to agree to it.
So of course the four of them went to talk to Star's parents.
"You want Sabo to live here at the palace?" asked Queen Moon.
"Yeah!" said Star.
"Why?" asked Queen Moon.
"I can't go back home." Said Sabo.
"Why not?" sighed Queen Moon.
"I can't say…" said Sabo.
Queen Moon sighed.
"You have to tell me or you can't live here." He said.
Sabo began to shake, he looked at Star, Ace and Luffy and decided to tell the truth.
He began to shake and cry.
"My parents want me back! And will do anything to get me back." cried Sabo, "If I stay where I'm living now… then they're just find me again… and… I can't live with them… because… I just can't."
Queen Moon had learned through her many years of being queen about body language. She could tell his fear of going back to his parents.
King River realized from his words and the words he weren't saying.
Both of them knew from that that Sabo was abused.
And King River was angry he slammed his fist on the side of his throne.
"River…" said Queen Moon surprised.
"Sorry… I'm just angry… and don't worry Sabo… I'm, not mad at you." Said King River.
Sabo nodded at the outburst.
"Would you two like to live here too?" Queen Moon asked the other two.
"No I'm fine…" said Luffy.
"You don't have to worry about our parents, that's for sure." Said Ace.
Star was about to say something.
"If he gets too bad then we'll come live here." Grumbled Ace.
Queen Moon sighed in relief, it was a good thing that all three weren't coming to stay there.
"We'll have some servants set up a room for you." Said Queen Moon.
"Thank you so much." Said Sabo.
Shortly after the meeting Luffy and Ace decided to go home.
"I can't believe it's going to be like this." Cried Luffy.
"You're just like that because you won't be able to see Sabo every day." Said Ace.
"You're going to miss him too." Said Star.
Ace blushed a little.
"As long as Star can continue to steal the scissors it will be fine." Said Sabo.
"Yeah but I still have Princess lessons on a lot of days… so…" said Star pouting.
"It's okay…" said Ace.
"We already know." Said Luffy.
All four siblings hugged.
"Come when you can…" said Ace.
"I know…" said Sabo.
Star used the scissors to create a portal.
They waved bye.
"I should get these back." Said Star.
Sabo nodded and followed her, knowing he should at least know where the scissors were kept in case of emergencies.
Meanwhile King River was fuming while Queen Moon sighed.
"I'm going to track them down and give them a piece of my mind!" yelled King River.
"Please don't…" said Queen Moon.
"Why not!" yelled King River.
"Because you're the king of a kingdom and if you do that people might get worried that you'll attack random people." Said Queen Moon.
"So you're saying that people wouldn't cheer that I beat up child abusers?" asked King River.
"I still don't think you should do it." Sighed Queen Moon.
"Fine…" sighed King River.
Of course a few weeks later she changed her mind…
That night, Sabo was sleeping in his new bed when suddenly he was awakened with a knock. He was worried when he woke up considering the high quality of the bed and sheets he was sleeping in but then he remembered where he was sleeping and calmed down.
He got up and opened the door, and he was surprised it was Star. She was crying a little.
"I had a nightmare…" said Star.
Sabo let her in.
"What are the nightmare?" asked Sabo.
"That I wasn't able to you guys today and Ace and Luffy died in the fire!" cried Star.
Sabo hugged Star.
"It was just a nightmare…" said Sabo.
"But what if I couldn't steal the scissors today!" cried Star.
"You did!" said Sabo, "And you saved all of us!"
"I know… but what if I didn't!" cried Star.
"It's okay… you got to them in time." Said Sabo, "You got to me in time…"
Star continued to cry.
And the eventually fell back to sleep in Sabo's bed.
While there were a few hiccups in the new argument with Luffy and Ace getting into fights more often as Luffy did say that Sabo was the nice one.
But was better than Sabo running away.
Plus thing did get better, especially once King River found out and he lent them his Scissors sometimes after that point…
However Star occasionally got nightmares about what happened that day.
And thinking about that day also made her think about which made the series of events even more depressing along with the deaths and the fact Sabo couldn't go home again.
But it was defiantly better than any other alternative.
(End of Flashback)
It wasn't just the bond they shared thanks to those events, it was thanks to his interest in Mewni history that could reassure her… which did tie into those events…
"Star I know Moon said that you being a queen would be time consuming… but that's because she's a stick in the mud." Said Sabo.
"Wow…" said Star.
"What?" asked Sabo.
"You're kind of an unofficial mama's boy with her." said Star.
"Hey!" yelled Sabo.
"Continue…" said Star.
Sabo sighed.
"My point is that is she never made time for herself ironically." Said Sabo, "As her mother was well known for cooking and her mother was well known for artistry…"
"Really?" asked Star.
"You really have to pay attention to history." Said Sabo, "Or ask Moon where she got her pie baking song from."
"I mean mom has hobbies like that time she attended…" said Star.
"We do not speak of that class." Said Sabo.
Star immediately shut up.
Sabo shuddered at the memory at the time he, Ace, Luffy and Star saw the results of that class one night while looking around the castle.
Though to be fair they really shouldn't have been looking around the castle in the middle of the night during a sleep over.
"From what I learned about past queen unless you're a man or severally depressed with a obsession with balls you can be any type of queen you can be." Said Sabo.
"Yeah you're right." Said Star.
That was when there was flames outside, the elevator to the underworld appeared and Marco stepped out of it.
"Sabo!" said Marco surprised.
"She need some brotherly advice." Said Sabo.
Marco smiled.
That was when Tom entered the room following Marco. That was when he completely froze up.
"Tom… are you okay?" asked Marco.
"If I don't move… he can't see me…" said Tom.
"No… I'm pretty sure that's a T-Rex." Said Marco giving him a look.
"Not all T-Rexes but some…" said Sabo.
The other three in the room looked at him.
"The Grand Line is a weird place…" said Sabo.
He then glared harshly at Tom.
"So tell me Tom… what are you doing here?" asked Sabo.
Tom sighed, he knew he had to tell the truth… it just that h wasn't expecting Sabo to be there.
AKA the one brother who knew what the Blood Moon does in advanced.
"I have to confess. I used Mr. Candle to get back together with you and it took me destroying Marco 58 times to 0 in Ping Pong to realize I was wrong. Like I slathered him, I mean beat him was so easy."
"She gets it." Groaned Marco.
"All I wanted was to get you back. And I was wrong." Said Tom genuinely seeming to realize that he was in the wrong.
Star placed her hand on Sabo's shoulder.
She walked over to Tom with a gentle smile.
Then she punched him in the nose hard, so much it was bleeding pretty badly.
"You tricked me!" yelled Star, "Why would Mr. Candle even be a good way to get back together with you."
"Well I was planning on having him constantly point out you need a future king and… then try to push us together." Said Tom, "And now that I'm thinking about it… that does like a terrible plan."
"No kidding." Said Sabo glaring at Tom causing him to sweat.
"Well I should get going… and fix my nose…" said Tom sweating at Sabo.
Better to not anger the pirate brother with a grudge.
"So you two were hanging out?" asked Star.
"Uh… yep…" said Marco unsure how to put it.
"Still dark and broody?" asked Star.
"The prince of the underworld. Of course he's dark and broody." Pointed out Sabo.
"Actually he's not that bad." Said Marco.
Star looked at Sabo.
"Hey… Marco… I think I'm finally up to telling you that story…" said Star.
Marco's eyes winded.
"Really?" asked Marco.
"I am…" said Star.
With that Tom's plan on getting back to together with Star failed, but it did prove the bond between the siblings.
And the most ironic thing to come out of it, is that that Marco and Tom started to bond… and who knows maybe in the future the two could be come friends… Only time would tell…
Next Time: Star destroys a police car and decides to lay low back on Dawn Island for a few days until the heat dies down. What sort of adventures will she and Luffy have? Find out next time!