Chapter 61: Puddle Defender
It had ben a few days since arriving at the Magical Sanctuary. The two had slept there for days eating corn from a vending machine.
After their heart to heart they didn't really speak much to be honest.
However as they slept the black goo began to rise up from the well.
They woke up with a startle thanks to the black goo.
"Son of a bitch this is bad!" yelled Star.
She looked at the pods containing the Magic High Commission.
"There's no time!" yelled Queen Moon.
They got to the doors but they wouldn't open and was even shed more goo, then Star noticed her wand and grabbed it.
"Exit Beam Blast!" yelled Star.
She blasted a hole in the sanitary with the goo glowing when she did so. They ended up outside. They watched as the Sanctuary went back into the water with a strange glow.
"Magic is not supposed to do that." Muttered Star.
Queen Moon tried to use magic but it wasn't working.
"Looks like my magic is gone." Said Queen Moon.
"Rats!" said Star.
"Oh… Star… have you stopped..." Said Queen Moon.
"No! Actual rats!" said Star.
Both of them hid from the rats that were on a raft.
Star looked at her wand, unsure what to do.
But Queen Moon took it before anything could be done.
Star grumbled and sighed.
"Now we have to figure out where to stay." Said Queen Moon, "We still need to lay low."
That was when they heard a ribbit.
"I think I know a place." Said Star.
She led Queen Moon to a location somewhere in the swamp. She knocked on the door and Queen Moon was nervous.
It got even worse when the person who lived I the house opened the door.
Or rather monster.
It was Buff Frog.
Queen Moon was scared, however Buff Frog immediately lit up.
"Buff Frog!" cheered Star.
"Star Butterfly!" he cheered, "My little sweet potato! It's been so long!"
Queen Moon was confused, but the she cleared her throat.
It was this time Buff Frog realized he was in his under wart and bathrobe.
"Oh Queen Moon!" he said as he tried to look presentable, "Greetings."
"Mom, this is Yvgeny Bulgolyubov." Said Star using his real name.
"Oh no, no, no. You may call me Buff Frog." Said Buff Frog.
"He used to work for Ludo but now he's cool." Said Star.
"What?" asked Queen Moon.
"Hey Buff Frog, can we crash for the night." Said Star.
"Of course! I owe you for all that Tadpole sitting." He said.
"Star can I speak with you?" asked Queen Moon.
"What the hell! Is this about him being a monster?" asked Star.
"Yes." answered queen Moon.
"Damn it! I already explained about how all pirates aren't bad." Muttered Star, "Well it's true for monsters!"
They heard a snap from the forest.
And Queen Moon realized she had no choice.
She had to stay with a monster.
"Mom, don't be a bitch to him, he's my friend, and he helped save Marco." Said Star.
They entered the house and Queen Moon was clearly angry about the situation as the house was covered in mud.
"Oh, can you please take off your shoes, I am what you say germaphobe." Said Buff Frog.
Queen Moon grumbled.
"I told you not to be a bitch." Muttered Star glaring at her mother as she took off her boots.
"Star?" asked Buff Frog, "You are cursing at mother, are you still upset over Incident I heard about or… is because of what happened at the castle?"
"The incident." Grumbled Star, "Wait… what happened at the castle."
Before Buff Frog could answer, his children jumped up from behind the couch, no longer in their egg sacks.
"Babies!" she cheered.
She was covered in a pile of the buff babies.
"Oh I really needed this." Cheered Star, "And I missed you little ones so much!"
That was when they all revealed they now had arms and they all hugged Star.
"You have little baby arms!" cheered Star.
"All expect Katrina." Said Buff Frog.
"Oh you little snow flake!" cheered Star picking her up.
"Children!" said Buff Frog, "Say hello to Queen Moon."
The buff babies all jumped onto Queen Moon.
"Okay… what were you saying about the Castle." Said Star.
"Well when Ludo took your castle." Said Buff Frog.
"Wait! Toffee has our castle?" asked Star.
"No Ludo take your castle." Said Buff Frog, "Toffee Dead."
"No… Toffee alive, he's inside Ludo." Said Star.
"Oh that is creepy." Said Buff Frog.
"Come on mom! We have to save dad!" cried Star.
"It not just your dad." Sighed Buff Frog, "When Ludo attacked… your brothers were there maybe even Karate Boy, I don't know…"
"What…" cried Star.
"You… you didn't know." Said Buff Frog.
Star got up and headed for the door.
Queen Moon stopped her.
"No!" yelled Queen Moon.
"Why not!" yelled Star.
"I wont' allow it!" said Queen Moon, "You're staying here!"
"No I will not!" yelled Star, "Dad and all of them are in danger!"
"No!" yelled queen Moon.
"You don't understand!" yelled Star, "They risked everything trying to save me! They're lives, they're safety, if Janna wasn't there, who knows what would have happened… I heard something about the Admirals…"
"Star it's dangerous." Said Queen Moon.
"And I don't care!" yelled Star, "I'm so sick and tired of feeling this way mom! Feeling so helpless! Now I have the chance to no longer feel that way! And you won't let me! What the hell mom! And that's there too! Your husband!"
"Star! You're staying here! And that's final!" yelled Queen Moon, "Now if you excuse me I have to use the washroom."
"Uh… washroom." Said Buff Frog confused.
"I'd like to freshen up a bit." Said Queen Moon.
"She has to make a boom boom!" yelled Star, "You know pushing out a corn baby! Taking a crap!"
"Star!" yelled Queen Moon blushing.
"Oh… out back…" said Buff Frog.
"Thank you…" said queen Moon still blushing.
She left.
"Sorry about my mom! She has monster issues." Said Star, "Can't blame her, we all have our issues we're dealing with right now."
"Star, I'm worried about you." Said buff Frog, "I don't know what happened with incident."
"Wait… how do you know about the incident?" said Star realizing she hadn't told him.
"I got blonde brother's mirror number while back to talk to nice pirate girl, she's good with the tadpoles and doesn't care I'm monster, she one that told me." Said Buff Frog.
Star sighed, "I'm fine with Koala telling you." Said Star, "She is one of the ones who saved me…"
"Star…" said Buff Frog.
"I need a favor." Said Star, "I didn't just choose here to stay…"
"Of course anything." Said Buff Frog.
"I need you to distract my mom while I go fight toffee." Said Star.
"But Toffee is dangerous." Said Buff Frog.
"I dealt with worse recently." Said Star, "But don't worry I have plan."
"you have plan?" asked Buff Frog.
"I have plan." Confirmed Star.
"Don't' worry when Moon return I will distract her." Said Buff Frog.
"Distract me from what?" asked queen Moon.
"Form this." Said Buff Frog.
He showed off a tattoo of Ludo that was under his man boob.
"I made bad choices in past." Said Buff Frog embarrassed.
"What do you do for fun?" asked queen Moon.
"We could smash bugs." Said Buff Frog.
Queen Moon didn't look amused.
"Or we could play board game." said Buff Frog.
"Cool! And I go hang out with the babies!" said Star, "Their chubby little faces will cheer me up."
However Katrina looked at Star and leaned on her as if trying hug her.
She left with the babies waiting a few minutes to make her escape.
She left the room after a couple minutes as her mother and Buff Frog played the game Puddle Defender. She did some stuff so to make sure her mother didn't see her, however this wasn't her first stealth mission after all.
However as she made her escape the two argued. And the argument made Buff Frog realized something.
That both of them greatly cared about their children just as Star was in the doorway.
"Star! I will not help you escape!" yelled buff Frog.
"Star?" asked Queen Moon.
"Buff Frog!" yelled Star, "What the hell!"
Buff Frog pulled a rope that pulled a bunch of traps outside preventing her from escaping.
"Keep babies inside and dangers outs." Said Buff Frog.
"I should have known, you're a parent too." Said Queen Moon.
"You're taking her side?" asked Star, she then began to scream.
"Star!" said Queen Moon.
"Get away from me!" cried Star and ran to the Buff Babies room.
Queen Moon looked down.
"I don't know what took away Star's fire." Said Buff Frog, "But I'm worried about her."
Queen Moon didn't say anything.
"You want to hear about my babies?" asked Buff Frog realizing the queen needed a lighter topic.
"I would love that." Said Queen Moon.
In the Buff Babies room Star was crying hugging her knees.
"Star it's okay!" said a voice.
"It's not going to be okay!" cried Star, "My brothers are in danger! My dad's in danger! And I can't control my emotions anymore… I just want everything to be good again!"
"Star… it's okay to cry sometimes…" said the voice.
Then she felt something lean against her.
Then she realized something.
"Wait… who's sign that?" asked Star.
"It's me Katrina!" said Katrina.
She looked at the still armless tadpole.
"You guys can talk?" asked Star.
"Just me." Said Katrina, "I haven't told him yet. And there's something else I haven't told him yet."
Some of the buff babies moved their toy chest and revealed a hole in the ground.
"Holy crap!" said Star, "Oh sorry!"
"It's okay… dad swears a lot too, he has a swear jar." Said Katrina, "I know that a couple my brothers will have a mouth when they start talking."
Star giggled.
"But yeah! Sometimes we just want to go to the club and go dancing." Said Katrina.
"I hear ya!" cheered Star.
They went through the tunnel they had and it even had a good view of the castle.
"So what your plan?" asked Katrina.
"Oh I have plan!" said Star.
"Which is…" said Katrina.
"Luffy it up!" said Star punching her fist.
"What…" said Katrina.
"You know how my brother is." Said Star.
"So you're going face first in a dangerous situation without thinking about it…" said Katrina.
"Yeah." Said Star .
"You know Luffy's an…" said Katrina.
"An idiot! I know, I know…" said Star, "But I have to save them! I know they had a plan when they saved me! But I don't have the luxury right now! So I'm going to Luffy it up!"
Katrina sighed.
"Don't worry my little ribbity babies!" said Star.
"I'm very worried." Said Katrina.
"I'll rescue my dad and my brothers." Said Star, "I'll see you guys after I density Toffee."
She ran towards the castle.
"She's going to die." Sighed Katrina.
Without a plan in hand, she headed towards the castle, hoping to save her father, her brothers and maybe her best friend if he was there.
Though part of her were unaware of a certain chance that some of them didn't need saving.
Next Time: Marco, Luffy, Ace and Sabo manage to break out of the dungeon, however de to reasons, River is unable to. Now they must get the key to free River from Ludo. But it's not going to be easy, will they get unexpected help? Also what about Marco's trump card, will he be forced to use it? Find out next time!